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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

June 3, 2021

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)

 

American Finance Trust, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Maryland   001-38597   90-0929989

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

650 Fifth Avenue, 30th Floor

 New York, New York

10019

(Zip Code)

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) 

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 415-6500

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligations of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
   
¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
   
¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
   
¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class:   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of each exchange on which registered:
Class A Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share   AFIN   The Nasdaq Global Select Market
         
7.50% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share   AFINP   The Nasdaq Global Select Market
         
7.375% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share   AFINO   The Nasdaq Global Select Market
         
Preferred Stock Purchase Rights   true   The Nasdaq Global Select Market

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company ¨

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On June 3, 2021, AFN ABSPROP001, LLC, AFN ABSPROP001-A, LLC, AFN ABSPROP001-B, LLC (together with AFN ABSPROP001, LLC and AFN ABSPROP001-A, LLC, the “Existing Issuers”), AFN ABSPROP002, LLC, AFN ABSPROP002-A, LLC, AFN ABSPROP002-B, LLC and AFN ABSPROP002-C, LLC (the “New Issuers” and together with the Existing Issuers, the “Issuers”) completed the issuance of $318,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Net-Lease Mortgage Notes, Series 2021-1, Class A-1 (the “Class A-1 (AAA) Notes”), Net-Lease Mortgage Notes, Series 2021-1, Class A-2 (the “Class A-2 (AAA) Notes”), Net-Lease Mortgage Notes, Series 2021-1, Class A-3 (the “Class A-3 (A) Notes”), Net-Lease Mortgage Notes, Series 2021-1, Class A-4 (the “Class A-4 (A) Notes” and, together with the Class A-1 (AAA) Notes, the Class A-2 (AAA) Notes and the Class A-3 (A) Notes, the “Class A Notes”), Net-Lease Mortgage Notes, Series 2021-1, Class B-1 (the “Class B-1 (BBB) Notes”), and Net-Lease Mortgage Notes, Series 2021-1, Class B-2 (the “Class B-2 (BBB) Notes” and, together with the Class B-1 (BBB) Notes, the “Class B Notes”) (the Class A Notes and the Class B Notes together, the “Notes”). Each of the Issuers is a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned, special purpose, bankruptcy-remote subsidiary of the operating partnership, American Finance Operating Partnership, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”), of American Finance Trust, Inc. (the “Company”).

 

The Operating Partnership and the Issuers entered into a Note Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (the “Initial Purchaser”), pursuant to which the Issuers sold the Notes to the Initial Purchaser in reliance on certain exemptions from registration under the Securities Act and upon certain representations and warranties made by the Initial Purchaser in the Purchase Agreement. The Purchase Agreement also contained customary representations, warranties and agreements by the Operating Partnership and the Issuers. The Initial Purchaser sold the Notes to either “qualified institutional investors” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or to “non-U.S. Persons” (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) outside the United States in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act, in each case in transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

 

The Notes

 

The Notes were issued in six classes, Class A-1 (AAA), Class A-2 (AAA), Class A-3 (A), Class A-4 (A), Class B-1 (BBB) and Class B-2 (BBB). The Class A-1 (AAA) Notes are rated AAA (sf) by Standard & Poors and are comprised of $55,000,000 initial principal amount of Notes with an anticipated repayment date in May 2028 and an interest rate of 2.21%. The Class A-2 (AAA) Notes are rated AAA (sf) by Standard & Poors comprised of $95,000,000 initial principal amount of Notes with an anticipated repayment date in May 2031 and an interest rate of 2.79%. The Class A-3 (A) Notes are rated A (sf) by Standard & Poors comprised of $35,000,000 initial principal amount of Notes with an anticipated repayment date in May 2028 and an interest rate of 3.03%. The Class A-4 (A) Notes are rated A (sf) by Standard & Poors comprised of $55,000,000 initial principal amount of Notes with an anticipated repayment date in May 2031 and an interest rate of 3.60%. The Class B-1 (BBB) Notes are rated BBB (sf) by Standard & Poors comprised of $30,000,000 initial principal amount of Notes with an anticipated repayment date in May 2028 and an interest rate of 4.02%. The Class B-2 (BBB) Notes are rated BBB (sf) by Standard & Poors comprised of $48,000,000 initial principal amount of Notes with an anticipated repayment date in May 2031 and an interest rate of 4.58%. The Notes may be redeemed at any time prior to their anticipated repayment date subject to payment of a make-whole premium. If any class of Notes is not paid in full at its respective anticipated repayment date, additional interest will begin to accrue on those Notes. The Notes have a rated final payment date in May 2051. The Class B Notes will initially be retained by the Operating Partnership, but may be sold to unaffiliated third parties in the future.

 

The collateral pool for the Notes and the existing notes is comprised of 357 of the Company’s double- and triple-net leased single tenant properties, together with the related leases and certain other rights and interests. 17 of such properties were owned by the New Issuers prior to the closing date, 136 of such properties were transferred to the New Issuers in connection with the issuance of the Notes, and 204 of such Properties were already owned by the Existing Issuers and securing the existing notes. The net proceeds from the sale of the Notes were used to repay $74.6 million in indebtedness secured by mortgages on 101 individual properties and $80.1 million that was outstanding under the Company’s existing revolving credit facility. Approximately $75.0 million of the remaining net proceeds are available to the Company for general corporate purposes, including to fund acquisitions. A total of 153 properties were added as part of the collateral pool securing the Notes, which are comprised of 108 properties which were removed from the borrowing base under the Company’s existing revolving credit facility (reducing availability under the facility), 41 properties previously secured by mortgages and four previously unencumbered properties, two of which were recently acquired. The 357 properties that serve as part of the collateral pool for the Notes are diversified by industry as follows: gas and convenience at 28%, commercial banking at 15%, limited-service restaurants at 15%, car washes at 9%, full-service restaurants at 9%, kidney dialysis care at 9%, used car dealers at 6%, all other general merchandise stores at 3%, wholesale trade at 3%, warehouse clubs and supercenters at 2%, child day care services at 1%, pharmacies and drug stores at less than 1% and automotive parts and supply stores at less than 1%, weighted by allocated loan amount.

 

The Issuers may release or exchange properties from the collateral pool securing the Notes subject to various terms and conditions, including paying any applicable make-whole premium and limiting the total value of properties released or exchanged to not more than 35% of the aggregate collateral value. These conditions, including the make-whole premium, do not apply under certain circumstances, including a prepayment in an aggregate amount of up to 35% of the initial principal balance if the prepayment is funded with proceeds from qualifying deleveraging events, such as a firm commitment underwritten registered public equity offering by the Company that generates at least $75,000,000 in net proceeds.

 

 

 

 

Indenture and Indenture Supplement

 

The Notes were issued pursuant to a Master Indenture, dated as of May 30, 2019 (as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 dated as of June 3, 2021, the “Indenture”), among the Issuers and Citibank, N.A. (the “Indenture Trustee”) and are governed by the Series 2019-1 Supplement to the Indenture entered into by the Existing Issuers and the Indenture Trustee as of May 30, 2019 (the “Series 2019-1 Indenture Supplement”) and the Series 2021-1 Supplement to the Indenture entered into by the Issuers and the Indenture Trustee as of June 3, 2021 (the “Series 2021-1 Indenture Supplement” and together with the Series 2019-1 Indenture Supplement, the “Indenture Supplements”). From time to time and subject to certain conditions, the Issuers or any special purpose, bankruptcy-remote affiliate of the Issuers (each, a “Co-Issuer”) may issue additional series of notes pursuant to the Indenture and any applicable series supplement thereto. The Notes and any additional series of notes will be payable solely from and secured by a security interest in the assets of the Issuers and any Co-Issuer.

 

Under the Indenture, the Notes are subject to events of default that generally are customary in nature for rated net-lease mortgage securitizations of this type, including (a) the non-payment of interest or principal, (b) material violations of covenants, (c) material breaches of representations and warranties and (d) certain bankruptcy events. The Notes are subject to early amortization events that generally are customary in nature for rated net-lease mortgage securitizations of this type, including (i) the average debt service coverage ratio falling below certain levels, (ii) the occurrence of an event of default and (iii) the failure by the Issuers to repay any class of notes in full prior to the applicable anticipated repayment date. The occurrence of an early amortization event or an event of default could, in certain instances, result in the liquidation of the collateral securing the Notes.

 

Each Issuer is subject to certain restrictive covenants under the Indenture including with respect to the types of business it may conduct and other customary covenants for a bankruptcy-remote special purpose entity.

 

Pursuant to a guaranty executed by the Operating Partnership in favor of the Indenture Trustee (the “Guaranty”), for the benefit of the Noteholders, the Operating Partnership will be liable for any loss incurred by the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders, arising out of or in connection with, among other matters, fraud, gross negligence, intentional destruction or waste of the properties in the collateral pool and the breach of certain representations, warranties, covenants or indemnification provisions in the Indenture concerning environmental matters.

 

The foregoing description is only a summary and is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Indenture, the Series 2021-1 Indenture Supplement and the Guaranty, which are attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibits 4.1, 4.2 and 10.1, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Property Management and Servicing Agreement

 

In connection with the issuance of the Notes, the Issuers have entered into the Amended and Restated Property Management and Servicing Agreement, dated June 3, 2021 (the “PMSA”), with the Company’s property manager, American Finance Properties, LLC, as the property manager and special servicer (the “Property Manager”), KeyBank National Association (“KeyBank”), as back-up property manager, and the Indenture Trustee. Under the PMSA, the Property Manager is responsible for servicing and administering the properties and leases securing the Notes under ordinary and special circumstances, and, as the back-up property manager, KeyBank is responsible for, among other things, maintaining current servicing records and systems concerning the assets securing the Notes in order to enable it to assume the responsibilities of the Property Manager in the event the Property Manager is no longer the property manager and special servicer. Pursuant to the PMSA, the Property Manager may also be required to make reimbursable advances of principal and interest in respect of the Notes and reimbursable servicing advances in respect of the collateral to preserve and protect value under certain circumstances.

 

Pursuant to the PMSA, the Issuers are required to pay the Property Manager a monthly fee equal to the product of (i) one-twelfth of 0.25%, and (ii) the lower of (a) the aggregate allocated loan amounts and (b) the aggregate collateral value of all the properties that serve as part of the collateral for the Notes, except for specially serviced properties. With respect to the specially serviced properties, the Property Manager is entitled to receive a workout fee or liquidation fee under certain circumstances based on 0.50% of applicable amounts recovered, as well as a monthly fee equal to the product of (i) one-twelfth of 0.75%, and (ii) the lower of (a) the aggregate allocated loan amounts and (b) the aggregate collateral value of all the specially serviced properties that serve as part of the collateral pool for the Notes. The Property Manager expects to retain KeyBank as a sub-manager pursuant to a separate sub-management agreement pursuant to which KeyBank would provide certain services the Property Manager is required to provide as property manager under the PMSA. Under the PMSA, the Property Manager has agreed to waive (i) the portion of the monthly fee related to the properties that are not specially serviced that is in excess of the amount to be paid to KeyBank as sub-manager pursuant to the sub-management agreement, (ii) the workout fee, (iii) the liquidation fee and (iv) the monthly fee related to the properties that are specially serviced, although the Property Manager retains the right to revoke these waivers at any time. The Property Manager is also entitled to receive additional servicing compensation related to certain fees and penalties under the leases it is responsible for under the PMSA.

 

 

 

 

The services provided by the Property Manager with respect to the double- and triple-net leased single tenant properties in the collateral pool and related property management fees are separate and independent from the property management services the Property Manager has provided and will continue to provide with respect to those properties pursuant to an existing property management and leasing agreement among the Property Manager, the Company and the Operating Partnership (the “Net Lease PMA”). The relationships between the Company, on the one hand, and the Property Manager and its affiliates (including without limitation the Company’s external advisor, American Finance Advisors, LLC), and related transactions, including the Net Lease PMA, are described in the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2021 and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission made by the Company.

 

The foregoing description is only a summary and is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the PMSA, which is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.2, and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

 

The disclosure set forth in Item 1.01 above is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03 as if fully set forth herein.

  

Item 7.01. Regulation FD.

 

On June 4, 2021, the Company issued a press release announcing the closing of the issuance of the Notes and a presentation summarizing the terms thereof. A copy of this press release and presentation are attached hereto as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference. This information, including the information contained in the press release and presentation, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is not incorporated by reference into any of the Company’s filings, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in any such filing.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

The statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K include statements regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of the Company and members of its management team, as well as the assumptions on which such statements are based, and generally are identified by the use of words such as “may,” “will,” “seeks,” “strives,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “plans,” “intends,” “should” or similar expressions. Actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements, including as a result of those factors set forth in the Risk Factors section of the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 filed on February 25, 2021 and all other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission after that date, as such risks, uncertainties and other important factors may be updated from time to time in Company’s subsequent reports. Further, forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events or changes to future operating results, unless required by law.

 

 

 

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
Number
  Description
     
4.1   Master Indenture, dated as of May 30, 2019, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 dated as of June 3, 2021, by and among AFN ABSPROP001, LLC, AFN ABSPROP001-A, LLC, AFN ABSPROP001-B, LLC, AFN ABSPROP002, LLC, AFN ABSPROP002-A, LLC, AFN ABSPROP002-B, LLC, AFN ABSPROP002-C, LLC and Citibank, N.A., as indenture trustee.
     
4.2   Series 2021-1 Indenture Supplement, dated as of June 3, 2021, by and among AFN ABSPROP001, LLC, AFN ABSPROP001-A, LLC, AFN ABSPROP001-B, LLC, AFN ABSPROP002, LLC, AFN ABSPROP002-A, LLC, AFN ABSPROP002-B, LLC, AFN ABSPROP002-C, LLC and Citibank, N.A., as indenture trustee.
     
10.1   Amended and Restated Guaranty, dated as of June 3, 2021, by American Finance Operating Partnership, L.P. for the benefit of Citibank N.A., as indenture trustee.
     
10.2   Amended and Restated Property Management and Servicing Agreement, dated as of June 3, 2021, by and among AFN ABSPROP001, LLC, AFN ABSPROP001-A, LLC, AFN ABSPROP001-B, LLC, AFN ABSPROP002, LLC, AFN ABSPROP002-A, LLC, AFN ABSPROP002-B, LLC, AFN ABSPROP002-C, LLC, American Finance Properties, LLC, as property manager and special servicer, KeyBank National Association, as back-up manager, and Citibank N.A., as indenture trustee.
     
99.1   Press release dated June 4, 2021.
     
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File - the cover page XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

  AMERICAN FINANCE TRUST, INC.
Dated: June 4, 2021    
  By: /s/ Edward M. Weil, Jr.
    Edward M. Weil, Jr.
    Chief Executive Officer and President
    (Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.1

 

EXECUTION COPY

Conformed Through Amendment No. 1 Dated June 3, 2021

 

 

 

MASTER INDENTURE

 

Dated as of May 30, 2019

 

___________________

 

among

 

AFN ABSPROP001, LLC,

as an Issuer,

 

AFN ABSPROP001-A, LLC,

as an Issuer,

 

AFN ABSPROP001-B, LLC,

as an Issuer,

 

AFN ABSPROP002, LLC,

as an Issuer,

 

AFN ABSPROP002-A, LLC,

as an Issuer,

 

AFN ABSPROP002-B, LLC,

as an Issuer,

 

AFN ABSPROP002-C, LLC,

as an Issuer,

 

and

 

CITIBANK, N.A.,

as Indenture Trustee

 

NET-LEASE Mortgage Notes

 

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Page

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION 2
Section 1.01     Definitions 2
Section 1.02     Rules of Construction 22
ARTICLE II THE NOTES 23
Section 2.01      Forms; Denominations 23
Section 2.02     Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating 25
Section 2.03     Certification of Receipt of the Collateral. 26
Section 2.04     The Notes Generally; New Issuances 26
Section 2.05     Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Notes 29
Section 2.06     Book-Entry Notes 37
Section 2.07     Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes 39
Section 2.08     Noteholder Lists 40
Section 2.09     Persons Deemed Owners 40
Section 2.10     Payment Account 40
Section 2.11     Payments on the Notes 41
Section 2.12     Final Payment Notice 46
Section 2.13     Compliance with Withholding Requirements 46
Section 2.14     Cancellation 47
Section 2.15     Reserved 47
Section 2.16     The Hedge Agreements 47
Section 2.17     Tax Treatment of the Notes 49
Section 2.18     DSCR Reserve Account 49
Section 2.19     Representations and Warranties with Respect to the Issuers 50
Section 2.20     Representations and Warranties With Respect To Properties and Leases 53
ARTICLE III SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE 62
Section 3.01     Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture 62
Section 3.02     Application of Trust Money 63
ARTICLE IV EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES 63
Section 4.01     Events of Default 63
Section 4.02     Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment 65
Section 4.03     Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Indenture Trustee 66
Section 4.04     Remedies 68
Section 4.05     Application of Money Collected 69
Section 4.06     Limitation on Suits 69
Section 4.07     Unconditional Right of Noteholders to Receive Principal and Interest 70
Section 4.08     Restoration of Rights and Remedies 70
Section 4.09     Rights and Remedies Cumulative 70

 

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Section 4.10     Delay or Omission Not Waiver 70
Section 4.11     Control by Requisite Global Majority 71
Section 4.12     Waiver of Past Defaults 71
Section 4.13     Undertaking for Costs 72
Section 4.14     Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws 72
Section 4.15     Sale of Collateral 72
Section 4.16     Action on Notes 73
ARTICLE V THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE 74
Section 5.01     Certain Duties and Responsibilities 74
Section 5.02     Notice of Defaults 77
Section 5.03     Certain Rights of Indenture Trustee 77
Section 5.04     Compensation; Reimbursement; Indemnification 80
Section 5.05     Corporate Indenture Trustee Required; Eligibility 82
Section 5.06     Authorization of Indenture Trustee 82
Section 5.07     Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business 82
Section 5.08     Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor 83
Section 5.09     Acceptance of Appointment by Successor 84
Section 5.10     Unclaimed Funds 84
Section 5.11     Illegal Acts 85
Section 5.12     Communications by the Indenture Trustee 85
Section 5.13     Separate Indenture Trustees and Co-Trustees 85
Section 5.14     Communications with the Rating Agency 87
ARTICLE VI REPORTS TO NOTEHOLDERS 87
Section 6.01     Reports to Noteholders and Others 87
Section 6.02     Certain Communications with the Rating Agencies 88
Section 6.03     Access to Certain Information 88
ARTICLE VII REDEMPTION 90
Section 7.01     Redemption of the Notes 90
ARTICLE VIII SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES; AMENDMENTS 92
Section 8.01     Supplemental Indentures or Amendments Without Consent of Noteholders 92
Section 8.02     Supplemental Indentures With Consent 94
Section 8.03     Delivery of Supplements and Amendments 95
Section 8.04     Series Supplements 95
Section 8.05     Execution of Supplemental Indentures, Etc 96
ARTICLE IX COVENANTS; WARRANTIES 96
Section 9.01     Maintenance of Office or Agency 96
Section 9.02     Existence and Good Standing 97
Section 9.03     Payment of Taxes and Other Claims 97
Section 9.04     Validity of the Notes; Title to the Collateral; Lien 98

 

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Section 9.05     Protection of Collateral Pool 100
Section 9.06     Covenants 100
Section 9.07     Statement as to Compliance 103
Section 9.08     Issuers May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms 103
Section 9.09     Litigation 105
Section 9.10     Notice of Default 105
Section 9.11     Cooperate in Legal Proceedings 105
Section 9.12     Insurance Benefits 105
Section 9.13     Costs of Enforcement 105
Section 9.14     Performance of Issuers’ Duties by the Related Issuer Manager 106
Section 9.15     Further Acts, etc 106
Section 9.16     Recording of Mortgages, etc 106
Section 9.17     Treatment of the Notes as Debt for Tax Purposes 106
Section 9.18     Payment of Debts 107
Section 9.19     Single-Purpose Status 107
Section 9.20     Separateness of Each Issuer 107
Section 9.21     Capitalization of the Issuers 107
Section 9.22     Maintenance of Assets 107
Section 9.23     Compliance with Representations and Warranties 107
Section 9.24     Independent Managers or Independent Directors 107
Section 9.25     Employees 108
Section 9.26     Assumptions in Insolvency Opinion 108
Section 9.27     Performance by the Issuers 108
Section 9.28     Use of Proceeds 109
Section 9.29     Other Rights, etc. 109
Section 9.30     Books and Records 109
Section 9.31     Overhead Expenses 109
Section 9.32     Embargoed Persons 109
ARTICLE X COVENANTS REGARDING PROPERTIES 109
Section 10.01   General 109
Section 10.02   Insurance. 110
Section 10.03   Leases and Rents 110
Section 10.04   Compliance With Laws 110
Section 10.05   Estoppel Certificates 111
Section 10.06   Other Rights, Etc 111
Section 10.07   Right to Release Any Portion of the Collateral Pool 111
Section 10.08   Environmental Covenants 111
Section 10.09   Handicapped Access 112
Section 10.10   Preservation of Title 113
Section 10.11   Maintenance and Use of Properties 113
Section 10.12   Access to Properties 113
ARTICLE XI COSTS 113
Section 11.01   Performance at the Issuers’ Expense 113

 

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ARTICLE XII MISCELLANEOUS 113
Section 12.01   Electronic Signatures and Transmission 114
Section 12.02   Execution Counterparts 114
Section 12.03   Compliance Certificates and Opinions, Etc. 114
Section 12.04   Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee 115
Section 12.05   No Oral Change 116
Section 12.06   Acts of Noteholders 116
Section 12.07   Computation of Percentage of Noteholders 116
Section 12.08   Notice to the Indenture Trustee, the Issuers and Certain Other Persons 117
Section 12.09   Notices to Noteholders; Notification Requirements and Waiver 118
Section 12.10   Successors and Assigns 118
Section 12.11   Interest Charges; Waivers 118
Section 12.12   Severability Clause 119
Section 12.13   Governing Law 119
Section 12.14   Effect of Headings and Table of Contents 119
Section 12.15   Benefits of Indenture 119
Section 12.16   Trust Obligation 119
Section 12.17   Inspection 120
Section 12.18   Method of Payment 120
Section 12.19   Limitation on Liability of the Issuers and Issuer Manager 120
Section 12.20   Non-Petition 121
Section 12.21   Non-Recourse 121

 

Exhibits

 

Exhibit A-1 Form of Restricted Global Net-Lease Mortgage Note
Exhibit A-2 Form of Regulation S Global Net-Lease Mortgage Note
Exhibit A-3 Form of Definitive Net-Lease Mortgage Note
Exhibit B Form of Trustee Report
Exhibit C-1 Form of Transferor Certificate for Transfers of Definitive Notes
Exhibit C-2 Form of Transferee Certificate for Transfers of Definitive Notes
Exhibit D-1 Form of Transfer Certificate for Transfers From Regulation S Global Note or Definitive Note to Restricted Global Note
Exhibit D-2 Form of Transfer Certificate for Transfer from Restricted Global Note or Definitive Note to Regulation S Global Note During the Restricted Period
Exhibit D-3 Form of Transfer Certificate for Transfer from Restricted Global Note or Definitive Note to Regulation S Global Note After the Restricted Period
Exhibit D-4 Form of Regulation S Letter for Exchange of Interests in the Temporary Regulation S Global Note for Interests in the Permanent Regulation S Global Note
Exhibit E-1 Form of Certificate with Respect to Information Request by Beneficial Owner
Exhibit E-2 Form of Certificate with Respect to Information Request by Prospective Purchaser

 

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Exhibit F Form of Noteholder Confidentiality Agreement

  

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MASTER INDENTURE, dated as of May 30, 2019 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time as permitted hereby, the “Indenture”), among AFN ABSPROP001, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as an issuer (“AFN ABSPROP001”), AFN ABSPROP001-A, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as an issuer (“AFN ABSPROP001-A”), AFN ABSPROP001-B, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as an issuer (“AFN ABSPROP001-B” and, collectively with AFN ABSPROP001 and AFN ABSPROP001-A, the “Existing Issuers”), AFN ABSPROP002, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as an issuer (“AFN ABSPROP002”), AFN ABSPROP002-A, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as an issuer (“AFN ABSPROP002-A”), AFN ABSPROP002-B, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as an issuer (“AFN ABSPROP002-B”), AFN ABSPROP002-C, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as an issuer (“AFN ABSPROP002-C” and, collectively with AFN ABSPROP002, AFN ABSPROP002-A, AFN ABSPROP002-B and the Existing Issuers, the “Issuers”), and CITIBANK, N.A., a national banking association duly organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, not in its individual capacity, but solely as Indenture Trustee (the “Indenture Trustee”) under this Indenture.

 

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

 

WHEREAS, the Issuers have duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance of their respective series of Net-Lease Mortgage Notes (collectively, the “Notes”), to be issued pursuant to this Indenture, and the Notes issuable under this Indenture shall be issued in series (each, a “Series”), as from time to time may be created by supplements (each, a “Series Supplement”) to this Indenture;

 

NOW THEREFORE, all things necessary to make the Notes, when the Notes are executed by the applicable Issuers and authenticated and delivered by the Indenture Trustee hereunder and duly issued by such Issuers, the valid and legally binding obligations of such Issuers enforceable in accordance with their terms, and to make this Indenture a valid and legally binding agreement of such Issuers enforceable in accordance with its terms, have been done.

 

GRANTING CLAUSE

 

Each of the Issuers hereby Grants to the Indenture Trustee on the applicable Series Closing Date, for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders, all of such Issuer’s right, title and interest in and to all of such Issuer’s “accounts,” “deposit accounts,” “chattel paper,” “payment intangibles,” “commercial tort claims,” “supporting obligations,” “promissory notes,” “letter-of-credit rights,” “documents,” “goods,” “fixtures,” “general intangibles,” “instruments,” “inventory,” “equipment,” “investment property,” “proceeds” (as each of the foregoing terms is defined in the UCC), rights, interests and property (whether now owned or hereafter acquired or arising) (individually, the “Collateral” and, collectively, the “Collateral Pool”), including the following: (i) fee title to such Issuer’s Properties, (ii) each of the Leases with respect to such Properties and all payments required thereunder on and after the applicable

 

 

 

Series Closing Date or Transfer Date, as applicable, (iii) all of such Issuer’s right, title and interest in all fixtures and reserves and escrows, if any, related to such Properties, (iv) any guarantees of and security for the Tenants’ obligations under the Leases, including any security deposits thereunder, (v) all of such Issuer’s rights under the Guaranty, (vi) all of such Issuer’s rights (but none of its obligations) under the Property Transfer Agreements, (vii) the Collection Account, the Release Account, the DSCR Reserve Account, the Payment Account, in each case, as applicable, and any sub-accounts of such accounts and any other accounts established under the Indenture for purposes of receiving, retaining and distributing amounts received in respect of the Collateral Pool and making payments to the Holders of the Notes and making distributions to the Holders of the Issuer Interests, and all funds and Permitted Investments as may from time to time be deposited therein, (viii) all present and future claims, demands and causes of action in respect of the foregoing, and (ix) all proceeds of the foregoing of every kind and nature whatsoever, including, without limitation, all proceeds of the conversion thereof, voluntary or involuntary, into cash or other liquid property, all cash proceeds, accounts receivable, notes, drafts, acceptances, chattel paper, checks, deposit accounts, rights to payment of any and every kind and other forms of obligations and receivables, instruments and other property that at any time constitute all or part of or are included in the proceeds of the foregoing.

 

The foregoing Grants are made in trust to secure the payment of principal of and interest on, and any other amounts owing in respect of, the Notes, and to secure compliance with the provisions of this Indenture, all as provided in this Indenture and each Series Supplement. Any amounts, proceeds or other property expressly released from the lien of the Indenture shall cease to constitute “Collateral” and shall cease to be part of the “Collateral Pool”.

 

GENERAL COVENANT

 

IT IS HEREBY COVENANTED AND DECLARED that the Notes are to be authenticated and delivered by the Indenture Trustee on the applicable Series Closing Dates, that the Collateral is to be held by or on behalf of the Indenture Trustee and that moneys in or from the Collateral Pool are to be applied by the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders, subject to the further covenants, conditions and trusts hereinafter set forth, and each Issuer does hereby represent and warrant, and covenant and agree, to and with the Indenture Trustee, for the equal and proportionate benefit and security of each Noteholder, as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION

 

Section 1.01       Definitions.

 

Whenever used in this Indenture, including in the Preliminary Statement, the Granting Clause and the General Covenant hereinabove set forth, the following capitalized terms, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the meanings specified in this Section 1.01 or, if not specified in this Section 1.01, then in the Property Management Agreement.

 

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1939 Act”: The Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules, regulations and published interpretations of the SEC promulgated thereunder from time to time.

 

1940 Act”: The Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules, regulations and published interpretations of the SEC promulgated thereunder from time to time.

 

3-Month Average DSCR”: With respect to any Determination Date, the average of the Monthly DSCRs for such Determination Date and the two immediately preceding Determination Dates.

 

Access Laws”: As defined in Section 10.09.

 

Account Control Agreement”: An agreement with respect to a deposit account or a securities account, in form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, pursuant to which the institution at which such account is maintained agrees to follow the instructions or entitlement orders, as the case may be, of the Indenture Trustee or, in certain instances, the Property Manager with respect thereto.

 

Accredited Investor”: As defined in Section 2.05(d)(i).

 

Accrual Period”: With respect to any Class of Notes, as defined in the applicable Series Supplement.

 

ACM”: As defined in Section 2.21(o).

 

Act”: As defined in Section 12.05.

 

Adjusted Principal Balance”: On any Payment Date and for any Class of Notes, the Outstanding Principal Balance of such Class before giving effect to any payments of principal on such Payment Date (or, in the case of the initial Payment Date, the Initial Principal Balance as of the Series Closing Date), minus the Adjustment Amount for such Class on the current Payment Date. In no event will the Adjusted Principal Balance of any Class exceed the Outstanding Principal Balance of such Class or be a number less than zero. On the Series Closing Date, the Adjusted Principal Amount of any Class will be equal to the Outstanding Principal Balance of such Class on the Series Closing Date.

 

Adjustment Amount”: For any Class of any Series of Notes, as defined in the applicable Series Supplement.

 

Advance”: As defined in the Property Management Agreement.

 

AF Properties”: American Finance Properties, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, or its successor in interest.

 

AFIN”: American Finance Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation, or its successor in interest.

 

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Affiliate”: With respect to any specified Person, any other Person controlling or controlled by or under 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.

 

AFOP”: American Finance Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, or its successor in interest.

 

Aggregate Adjustment Amount”: On any Payment Date, the amount, if any, by which the Aggregate Series Principal Balance before giving effect to any payments of principal on such Payment Date exceeds (i) the Aggregate Collateral Value minus (ii) the sum of Collateral Value of the Defaulted Assets and Collateral Value of the Delinquent Assets as of the last day of the Collection Period related to such Payment Date.

 

Aggregate Class A Adjustment Amount”: On any Payment Date, the lesser of (i) the aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance of all Notes designated as Class “A” of all Series before giving effect to any payments of principal on such Payment Date of such Notes, and (ii) the greater of (a) the amount by which the Aggregate Adjustment Amount exceeds the Aggregate Class B Adjustment Amount and (b) zero.

 

Aggregate Class B Adjustment Amount”: On any Payment Date, the lesser of (i) the aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance of all Notes designated as Class “B” of all Series before giving effect to any payments of principal on such Payment Date of such Notes, and (ii) the Aggregate Adjustment Amount.

 

Aggregate Release Amount”: As defined in the Property Management Agreement.

 

Aggregate Series Principal Balance”: On any date of determination, the sum of all Series Principal Balances, in each case, as of such date of determination, after giving effect to any payments of principal on such date.

 

Anticipated Repayment Date” For any Series of Notes, the Anticipated Repayment Date for such Series of Notes, as specified in the related Series Supplement.

 

Applicable Law”: Any federal, state or local law, order, ordinance, court order of law (including common law), statute, constitution, treaty, decree, code, ordinance, rule, regulation, judgment or injunction (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent), arbitration award, license, permit or other requirement of Governmental Authority.

 

Applicable Paydown Percentage”: With respect to any Series of Notes and as of any applicable Payment Date upon which Unscheduled Proceeds are paid pursuant to Section 2.11(b) and/or upon which a Voluntary Prepayment in part is made, a fraction expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the related Series Principal Balance subject to paydown and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Series Principal Balance before giving effect to any payment on such Payment Date.

 

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Appraised Value”: As defined in the Property Management Agreement.

 

Asbestos”: Asbestos or any substance or material containing asbestos.

 

Authenticating Agent”: As defined in Section 2.02(b).

 

Authorized Officer”: With respect to each Issuer, any person who is authorized to act for such Issuer and who is identified on the list delivered by such Issuer to the Indenture Trustee on the applicable Series Closing Date (as such list may be modified or supplemented from time to time thereafter).

 

Authorized Persons”: As defined in Section 5.03(r).

 

Available Amount”: As defined in the Property Management Agreement.

 

Back-Up Fee”: As defined in the Property Management Agreement.

 

Back-Up Manager”: KeyBank National Association, a national banking association, or its successor in interest.

 

Bankruptcy Code”: The federal Bankruptcy Code of 1878, Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended from time to time.

 

Bank”: As defined in Section 12.07.

 

Benefit Plan Investor”: A Plan that is subject to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.

 

Book-Entry Custodian”: Initially, the Indenture Trustee and thereafter, such other bank or trust company as the Indenture Trustee shall appoint pursuant to Section 2.06(a).

 

Book-Entry Note”: Any Note registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee.

 

Business Day”: Any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to remain closed in New York, New York, or any other city in which the principal office of the Issuer, the primary servicing office of the Property Manager or the Special Servicer or the Indenture Trustee’s Office is located.

 

Cash”: Coin or currency of the United States or immediately available federal funds, including such funds delivered by wire transfer.

 

CERCLA”: The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, as amended.

 

Class”: Collectively, all of the Notes of a particular Series that bear the same name and the same alphabetical and, if applicable, numerical class designations.

 

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Code”: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

Collateral”: As defined in the Granting Clause hereto.

 

Collateral Defect”: As defined in the Property Management Agreement.

 

Collateral Pool”: As defined in the Granting Clause hereto.

 

Collateral Pool Expenses”: As defined in Section 2.11(b).

 

Collateral Transfer”: Any voluntary or involuntary sale, transfer, exchange, conveyance, mortgage, grant, bargain, encumbrance, pledge, assignment, grant of any options with respect to, or any other transfer or disposition of (directly or indirectly, voluntarily or involuntarily, by operation of law or otherwise, and whether or not for consideration or of record), including but not limited to: (i) an installments sales agreement wherein an Issuer agrees to sell a related Property or any part thereof for a price to be paid in installments or (ii) an agreement by an Issuer leasing all or a substantial part of a related Property for other than actual occupancy by a Tenant thereunder or a sale, assignment or other transfer of, or the grant of a security interest in, such Issuer’s right, title and interest in and to any Leases or any rents.

 

Collection Account”: As defined in the Property Management Agreement.

 

Collection Period”: As defined in the Property Management Agreement.

 

Control Person”: With respect to any Person, any other Person that constitutes a “controlling person” within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act.

 

Controlling Party”: With respect to any Series, as defined in the applicable Series Supplement.

 

Custodian”: U.S. Bank National Association or its successor in interest.

 

Custody Agreement”: As defined in the Property Management Agreement.

 

Deferred Post-ARD Additional Interest”: With respect to any Payment Date and any Series of Notes, applicable accrued and unpaid Post-ARD Additional Interest from any prior Payment Date. For the avoidance of doubt, Deferred Post-ARD Additional Interest will not bear interest.

 

Definitive Note”: As defined in Section 2.01(b)(ii).

 

Department of Labor Regulations”: The U.S. Department of Labor regulations at 29 C.F.R. §2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA.

 

Depository”: The Depository Trust Company or any successor depository hereafter named as contemplated by Section 2.06. The nominee of the initial Depository, for purposes of registering such Notes that are Book-Entry Notes, is Cede & Co. The Depository shall at all times be a “clearing corporation” as defined in Section 8-102(4) of the UCC of the

 

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State of New York and a “clearing agency” registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act.

 

Depository Participant”: A broker, dealer, bank or other financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time the Depository effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Depository.

 

Determination Date”: With respect to any Payment Date, the 10th day of the month in which such Payment Date occurs or, if such 10th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately succeeding such 10th day.

 

Disposition Period:  If any Series Principal Balance is greater than zero on its related Series Disposition Period Date, a period commencing on such Series Disposition Period Date and ending on the earlier of (i) the date upon which such Series Principal Balance is reduced to zero and (ii) the Rated Final Payment Date for such Series.

 

DSCR Reserve Account”: As defined in Section 2.18(a).

 

DSCR Sweep Period”: A period that shall commence on any Determination Date for which the Monthly DSCR is less than or equal to 1.30x and an Early Amortization Period is not in effect, and shall continue until the Monthly DSCR is greater than 1.30x for three (3) consecutive Determination Dates.

 

Early Amortization Period”: A period that shall commence on any Determination Date: (A) if the 3-Month Average DSCR as of such Determination Date is less than or equal to 1.20x; provided, however, that such Early Amortization Period under this clause (A) shall continue until the 3-Month Average DSCR is greater than 1.20x for three (3) consecutive Determination Dates; (B) if an Event of Default, after giving effect to any grace period, shall have occurred and shall not have been cured or waived in accordance with the terms hereof; or (C) in the event that the Issuers do not repay the Outstanding Principal Balance of any Series of Notes in full on or prior to the Anticipated Repayment Date applicable to such Series; provided, that if the Outstanding Principal Balance of each Class of Notes for which the Anticipated Repayment Date has occurred is subsequently repaid, then such Early Amortization Period shall be deemed to have been cured for all purposes and no longer continuing; provided, further, that such cure may only occur two (2) times in any calendar year and five (5) times in total (after which such Early Amortization Period may no longer be cured).

 

Eligible Account”: Any of (i) a segregated account maintained with a federal- or state-chartered depository institution or trust company, the long-term deposit or long-term unsecured debt obligations of which (or of such institution’s parent holding company) are rated “A” or better by S&P (or, with respect to the Collection Account, the Servicing Account and the General Receipts Account, “A-” or better by S&P), if the deposits are to be held in the account for more than thirty (30) days, or the short-term deposit or short-term unsecured debt obligations of which (or of such institution’s parent holding company) are rated “A-1” by S&P (or, with respect to the Collection Account, the Servicing Account and the General Receipts Account, “A-2” or better by S&P) if the deposits are to be held in the account for thirty (30) days or less, in any event at any time funds are on deposit therein, (ii) a segregated trust account maintained with

 

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a federal- or state-chartered depository institution or trust company acting in its fiduciary capacity, which, in the case of a state-chartered depository institution or trust company is subject to regulations regarding fiduciary funds on deposit therein substantially similar to 12 C.F.R. § 9.10(b), and which, in either case, has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority, or (iii) any other account that is acceptable to the Rating Agencies (as evidenced by written confirmation from such Rating Agencies); provided, that in the event that any of the accounts no longer qualifies as an Eligible Account under this definition, the Issuers shall promptly, and in no event later than thirty (30) calendar days following such account failing to qualify as an Eligible Account, direct the Indenture Trustee to remit all funds in such account to a specified Eligible Account. Eligible Accounts may bear interest.

 

Email Recipient”: As defined in Section 5.03(q).

 

Embargoed Person”: As defined in Section 2.19(v).

 

Environmental Laws”: As defined in Section 10.08(a).

 

ERISA”: The U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

 

Event of Default”: As defined in Section 4.01.

 

Extraordinary Expense Cap”: (A) With respect to the Extraordinary Expenses paid and payable each calendar year, an amount equal to the greater of (i) $250,000 per Series per calendar year and (ii) 0.07% of the Aggregate Series Principal Balance (as of the most recent Series Closing Date and each anniversary thereof) per year and 1/12 of such amount per month (such amount as set forth in clause (i) or (ii) above to be cumulative for each month in a calendar year if not used, although any such cumulative amount not to be carried forward into the next calendar year) and (B) with respect to the aggregate Extraordinary Expenses paid and payable pursuant to this Indenture since the Series Closing Date, an amount equal to $7,500,000.

 

Extraordinary Expenses”: Unanticipated expenses required to be borne by the applicable Issuers, that consist of, among other things: (i) amounts to be paid for the transfer of the Lease Files and other administrative expenses incurred in connection with the sale or transfer of the related Leases or Properties by such Issuers; (ii) payments to the Property Manager, the Special Servicer, any applicable Hedge Counterparty, any Issuers, the Indenture Trustee, the Custodian, the Back-Up Manager or any of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents and Control Persons of amounts for certain expenses and liabilities as specified in this Indenture (including, but not limited to, Section 5.04(a)(2), the Notes, the Property Management Agreement, the applicable Issuer LLC Agreements, the Custody Agreement or any other agreement related thereto; (iii) payments for the advice of counsel and the cost of certain Opinions of Counsel; provided, however, such expenses shall be subject to the Extraordinary Expense Cap; (iv) costs and expenses incurred in connection with environmental remediation with respect to any Property; and (v) certain indemnities that are not paid under the Guaranty, including, but not limited to, indemnities payable by the Issuers under the Indenture, the Property Management Agreement or other transaction documents.

 

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FDIC”: Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any successor.

 

Final Payment Date”: With respect to any Class of Notes, the Payment Date on which the final payment on such Notes is made hereunder by reason of all principal, interest and other amounts due and payable on such Notes having been paid.

 

Flow-Through Entity”: As defined in Section 2.05(m).

 

Foreclosure Proceeding”: Any proceeding, non-judicial sale or power of sale or other proceeding (judicial or non-judicial) for the foreclosure, sale or assignment of any Property or Lease or any other Collateral under any Mortgage.

 

Full Redemption Amount”: With respect to any Series, as defined in the applicable Series Supplement.

 

Governmental Authority”: means any (i) federal, state, local, municipal, foreign or other government, (ii) governmental or quasi-governmental entity of any nature (including any governmental agency, branch, department, official, or entity and any court or other tribunal), whether foreign or domestic, or (iii) body exercising or entitled to exercise any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, police, regulatory, or taxing authority or power of any nature, whether foreign or domestic, including any arbitral tribunal.

 

Grant”:  To mortgage, pledge, bargain, sell, warrant, alienate, demise, convey, assign, transfer, create and grant a security interest in and right of set-off against, deposit, set over and confirm. A Grant of Collateral shall include all rights, powers and options (but none of the obligations) of the granting party thereunder, including, without limitation, the immediate and continuing right to claim for, collect, receive and give receipt for principal and interest payments in respect of such Collateral and all other moneys and proceeds payable thereunder, to give and receive notices and other communications, to make waivers or other agreements, to exercise all rights and options, to bring Proceedings in the name of the granting party or otherwise, and generally to do and receive anything which the granting party is or may be entitled to do or receive thereunder or with respect thereto.

 

Guaranty”: The Amended and Restated Guaranty, dated as of June 3, 2021, executed by AFOP, as Support Provider, in favor of the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Noteholders, as may be amended or supplemented from time to time.

 

Hazardous Substances”: As defined in the Property Management Agreement.

 

Hedge Agreement”: With respect to any Series, as defined in the related Series Supplement, if applicable.

 

Hedge Counterparty”: With respect to any Series, as defined in the related Series Supplement, if applicable.

 

Hedge Counterparty Account”: With respect to any Series, as defined in the related Series Supplement, if applicable.

 

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Improvements”: As defined in the Property Management Agreement.

 

Indenture”: This Indenture, as may be supplemented or amended from time to time by one or more indentures supplemental hereto, entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, including, with respect to any Series, the related Series Supplement.

 

Indenture Trustee”: Citibank, N.A., a national banking association, in its capacity as trustee under this Indenture, or its successor in interest, or any successor trustee appointed as provided in this Indenture.

 

Indenture Trustee Fee” With respect to any Determination Date and each Series of Notes issued under this Indenture, a monthly fee that will be an amount equal to the product of (a) 1/12 of the applicable Indenture Trustee Fee Rate and (b) the Series Principal Balance for such Series as of such Determination Date.

 

Indenture Trustee Fee Rate: With respect to any Series of Notes issued under this Indenture, the percentage set forth as defined in the applicable Series Supplement.

 

Indenture Trustee’s Office”:  The corporate trust office of the Indenture Trustee at which at any particular time its mortgage-backed securities trust business with respect to this Indenture shall be administered, which office at the date of the execution of this Indenture is located at (i) solely for purpose of the transfer, surrender, exchange or presentation of Notes for final payment, Citibank, N.A., 480 Washington Boulevard, 30th Floor, Jersey City, New Jersey 07310, Attention: Citibank Agency & Trust - AFIN 2019-1, and (ii) for all other purposes, 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10013, Attention: Securities Window – AFOP or call 888-855-9695 to ask for the deal administrator’s email address, or at such other address as the Indenture Trustee or Note Registrar may designate from time to time.

 

Independent”: As defined in the Property Management Agreement.

 

Independent Manager”: As defined in Section 9.24.

 

Initial Closing Date”: The Series Closing Date of the first Series of Notes issued under the Master Indenture and related Series Supplement.

 

Initial Principal Balance”: With respect to any Class of any Series of Notes, as defined in the applicable Series Supplement.

 

Initial Purchaser”: With respect to a Series of Notes, any Person named as such in the applicable Series Supplement or any successor thereto.

 

Insolvency Opinion”: As defined in Section 9.26.

 

Interest Carry-Forward Amount”: For any Class of any Series of Notes on any Payment Date, the sum of (i) interest accrued during the related Interest Accrual Period at the applicable Note Rate for such Class on the excess, if any, of the Outstanding Principal Balance of such Class over the Adjusted Principal Balance of such Class before giving effect to any payments of principal on such Payment Date and (ii) any amounts calculated pursuant to

 

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clause (i) above for such Class from all prior Payment Dates remaining unpaid, if any, plus, to the extent permitted by law, interest thereon for each Interest Accrual Period for such Class at the applicable Note Rate. Interest Carry-Forward Amounts on the Notes will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

 

Interested Person”:  Any Issuer, the related Issuer Manager, the holder of any related Issuer Interest, the Property Manager, the Special Servicer or an Affiliate of any such Person.

 

Issuer”:  Each of AFN ABSPROP001, AFN ABSPROP001-A, AFN ABSPROP001-B, AFN ABSPROP002, AFN ABSPROP002-A, AFN ABSPROP002-B, AFN ABSPROP002-C and any other party designated as an “Issuer” in any Series Supplement, as the context may require. References to a “related” or “applicable” Issuer shall refer to the Issuer that owns the Collateral or has issued or co-issued the Notes being addressed.

 

Issuer Expense Cap”: (A) With respect to the Issuer Expenses paid and payable each calendar year, an amount equal to 0.10% of the Aggregate Series Principal Balance (as of the most recent Series Closing Date and each anniversary thereof) per year and 1/12 of such amount per month (such amount to be cumulative for each month in a calendar year if not used, although any such cumulative amount not to be carried forward into the next calendar year) and (B) with respect to the aggregate Issuer Expenses paid and payable pursuant to this Indenture since the most recent Series Closing Date, an amount equal to $7,500,000; provided, that, upon satisfaction of the Rating Condition, the Issuer Expense Cap will be such higher amount as proposed by the Issuers.

 

Issuer Expenses”: The costs and expenses relating to the Collateral Pool for (i) general liability insurance policies maintained by the applicable Issuers as owners of the Properties, or such Issuers’ respective proportionate shares of premiums with respect to general liability insurance policies maintained by Affiliates of such Issuers, (ii) casualty insurance policies maintained by the applicable Issuers, or such Issuers’ respective proportionate shares of premiums with respect to casualty insurance policies maintained by Affiliates of such Issuers, to insure casualties not otherwise insured by any related Tenant due to a default by such Tenant under the insurance covenants of its Lease or because any related Tenant permitted to self-insure fails to pay for casualty losses, and (iii) certain state franchise taxes prohibited by the Leases or by law from being passed through by the applicable Issuers as lessor to a Tenant.

 

Issuer Interests”: The limited liability company interests in any of the Issuers under any Series Supplement.

 

Issuer LLC Agreement”: With respect to each Series, as defined in the applicable Series Supplement.

 

Issuer Manager”: With respect to each Series of Notes, as defined in the applicable Series Supplement.

 

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Issuer Order”:  A written order signed in the name of an Issuer by (i) a Responsible Officer of the related Issuer, in his or her capacity as an officer of such Issuer or (ii) the Issuer Manager.

 

Issuer Request”:  A written request signed in the name of an Issuer by (i) a Responsible Officer of the related Issuer, in his or her capacity as an officer of such Issuer or (ii) the Issuer Manager.

 

Issuer’s Office”: The principal office of any Issuer, located at the address provided in the related Issuer LLC Agreement.

 

Lease”: As defined in the Property Management Agreement.

 

Lease File”: As defined in the Property Management Agreement.

 

Lease Guarantor”: As defined in the Property Management Agreement.

 

Lease Guaranty”: As defined in the Property Management Agreement.

 

Legal Requirements”: With respect to each Property, all federal, state, county, municipal and other governmental statutes, laws, rules, orders, regulations, ordinances, judgments, decrees and injunctions of Governmental Authorities affecting such Property or any part thereof, or the construction, use, alteration or operation thereof, or any part thereof, whether now or hereafter enacted and in force, and all permits, licenses and authorizations and regulations relating thereto.

 

Letter of Representations”: With respect to any Series of Notes, the Letter of Representations, dated on or before the applicable Series Closing Date, among the Depository and the applicable Issuers.

 

Licenses”: As defined in Section 2.20(k).

 

Lien”: With respect to each Property, any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, security interest, or any other encumbrance, charge or transfer of, on or affecting the Property, any portion thereof or any interest therein, including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing, the filing of any financing statement, and mechanic’s, materialmen’s and other similar liens and encumbrances.

 

Liquidated Lease”: As defined in the Property Management Agreement.

 

Liquidation Proceeds”: As defined in the Property Management Agreement.

 

Make Whole Amount”: With respect to each Series, as defined in the applicable Series Supplement.

 

Make Whole Date”: With respect to each Series, as defined in the applicable Series Supplement.

 

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Material Action”: With respect to any Issuer, to consolidate or merge such Issuer with or into any Person, or sell all or substantially all of the assets of such Issuer, or to institute proceedings to have such Issuer be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent, or consent to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against such Issuer or file a petition seeking, or consent to, reorganization or relief with respect to such Issuer under any applicable federal or state law relating to bankruptcy, or consent to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of such Issuer or a substantial part of its property, or make any assignment for the benefit of creditors of such Issuer, or admit in writing such Issuer’s inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or take action in furtherance of any such action, or, to the fullest extent permitted by law, dissolve or liquidate such Issuer.

 

Maturity”: With respect to any Note, the date as of which the principal of and interest on such Note has become due and payable as herein provided, whether on the Rated Final Payment Date, by acceleration or otherwise.

 

Maximum Property Concentration”: As defined in the Series Supplement relating to the most recent Series of Notes.

 

Monthly DSCR”: As defined in the Property Management Agreement.

 

Monthly Lease Payment”: As defined in the Property Management Agreement.

 

Mortgage”: As defined in the Property Management Agreement.

 

New Issuance”: As defined in Section 2.04(c).

 

Non-consolidation Opinion”: As defined in Section 2.19(t).

 

Nonrecoverable Advance”: As defined in the Property Management Agreement.

 

Note”: Any of the Issuers’ Net-Lease Mortgage Notes, executed, authenticated and delivered hereunder and under the related Series Supplements, substantially in the forms attached as Exhibits A-1, A-2 and A-3 hereto.

 

Note Interest”: On any Payment Date for any Class of Notes, the interest accrued during the related Accrual Period at the Note Rate for such Class, applied to the Adjusted Principal Balance of such Class of Notes on such Payment Date before giving effect to any payments of principal on such Payment Date. The Note Interest for a Class of Notes will be calculated in the matter set forth in the related Series Supplement.

 

Note Owner”: With respect to a Book-Entry Note, the Person who is the beneficial owner of such Note as reflected on the books of the Depository, a Depository Participant or an indirect participating brokerage firm for which a Depository Participant acts as agent. With respect to a Definitive Note, the Person who is the holder of such Note as reflected on the Note Register.

 

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Note Rate”: With respect to any Class of Notes, the note interest rate specified in the applicable Series Supplement.

 

Note Register”: As defined in Section 2.05(a).

 

Note Registrar”: Initially, the Indenture Trustee and thereafter, such other bank or trust company as the Indenture Trustee may appoint pursuant to Section 2.05(a).

 

Noteholder” or “Holder”: With respect to any Note, the Person in whose name such Note is registered on the Note Register maintained pursuant to Section 2.05. All references herein to “Noteholders” shall reflect the rights of Note Owners as they may indirectly exercise such rights through the Depository and the Depository Participants, except as otherwise specified herein; provided, however, that the parties hereto shall be required to recognize as a “Noteholder” or “Holder” only the Person in whose name a Note is registered in the Note Register as of the related Record Date.

 

Notice of Default”: As defined in Section 5.02.

 

Officer’s Certificate”: A certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of an Issuer, the Issuer Manager, or the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be.

 

Originator”: AFOP or a Property Subsidiary that transfers Properties to an Issuer pursuant to a Property Transfer Agreement.

 

OTS”: Office of Thrift Supervision or any successor thereto.

 

Outstanding”: When used with respect to Notes, subject to the provisions of the applicable Series Supplement, means as of any date of determination, any Note theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:

 

(i)              Notes theretofore canceled by the Note Registrar or delivered to the Note Registrar for cancellation (other than any Note as to which any amount that has become due and payable in respect thereof has not been paid in full); and

 

(ii)           Notes in exchange for or in lieu of which other Notes have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Notes in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Note Registrar proof satisfactory to it that such Notes are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Notes are valid obligations of the applicable Issuers;

 

provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite amount or percentage have given any request, demand, authorization, vote, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, except as set forth in the applicable Series Supplement, Notes owned by an Interested Person shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding (other than with respect to a request for consent pursuant to Section 8.02 or unless any such Person or Persons owns all such Notes), except that, in determining whether the Indenture Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Notes which a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall

 

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be so disregarded. Notes owned by an Interested Person which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Note Registrar in its sole discretion the pledgee’s right to act with respect to such Notes and that the pledgee is not an Interested Person. 

Outstanding Principal Balance”: With respect to any Class of Notes on any date of determination, the applicable Initial Principal Balance for such Class of Notes, less the sum of all principal payments actually made on the Notes of such Class as of such date of determination.

 

Ownership Interest”:  As to any Note, any ownership or security interest in such Note as held by the Holder thereof and any other interest therein, whether direct or indirect, legal or beneficial, as owner or as pledgee.

 

Partial Redemption Amount”: As defined in Section 7.10(d).

 

Patriot Act”: As defined in Section 2.19(v).

 

Payment Account”: As defined in Section 2.10(a).

 

Payment Date”: The 20th day of each calendar month, or, if such 20th day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing with respect to each Series on the date specified in the applicable Series Supplement, and with respect to any Voluntary Prepayment, the applicable Redemption Date as set forth herein or in the applicable Series Supplement.

 

Payoff Amount”: As defined in the Property Management Agreement.

 

Percentage Interest”: With respect to any Note, the fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the initial principal balance of such Note on the applicable Series Closing Date as set forth on the face thereof, and the denominator of which is the Initial Principal Balance of the related Class of Notes on the applicable Series Closing Date.

 

Percentage Rent”: As defined in the Property Management Agreement.

 

Permanent Regulation S Global Note”: As defined in Section 2.01(c).

 

Permitted Encumbrances”: With respect to any Property, collectively, (a) the Liens and security interests created by the Transaction Documents, (b) all Liens, encumbrances and other matters disclosed in the Title Insurance Policies relating to such Property or any part thereof, (c) Liens, if any, for taxes imposed by any Governmental Authority not yet delinquent, (d) Leases, (e) such other title and survey exceptions as are required by the Lease for such Property, and (f) such other easements, covenants, restrictions, rights-of-way and encumbrances as the applicable Issuer or the Property Manager has approved or may approve in writing in accordance with the Servicing Standard, which Permitted Encumbrances in the aggregate do not materially adversely affect the value or use or operation of such Property, the security intended to be provided by the related Mortgage or the Issuers’ ability to pay in full the principal and interest on the Notes in a timely manner. If reasonably requested by the applicable Issuer or the

 

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Property Manager, the Indenture Trustee shall join in the execution of a Permitted Encumbrance described in (e) and (f) above and subordinate the liens under the Transaction Documents to the same.

 

Permitted Investments”: Any one or more of the following obligations or securities:

 

(i)         direct obligations of, or guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest by, the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof provided that such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America;

 

(ii)        direct obligations of, or guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest by, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, the Federal Home Loan Bank, the Federal National Mortgage Association or the Federal Farm Credit System, provided that any such obligation, at the time of purchase or contractual commitment providing for the purchase thereof, is qualified by any Rating Agency as an investment of funds backing securities rated “AAA” (or such comparable rating);

 

(iii)       demand and time deposits in or certificates of deposit of, or bankers’ acceptances issued by, any bank or trust company, savings and loan association or savings bank fully insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which such bank, trust company, savings and loan association or savings bank shall have a rating of not less than A-2 from S&P;

 

(iv)       repurchase obligations collateralized at 102% by any security described in clause (i) or (ii) above entered into with a depository institution or trust company (acting as principal) described in clause (iii) above; and

 

(v)       such other obligations as the Issuers consent to in writing and would not cause a downgrade of the Notes.

 

Permitted Materials”: As defined in the Property Management Agreement.

 

Person”: Any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, joint-stock company, estate, trust, association, unincorporated organization, or any federal, state, county or municipal government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

 

Plan”: Any one of: (i)(A) an “employee benefit plan” within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA that is subject to the provisions of Title I of ERISA, or (B) a “plan” within the meaning of Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code, that is subject to the provisions of Section 4975 of the Code; (ii) an entity whose underlying assets include assets of any such employee benefit plan or plan as set forth in clause (i) of this definition by reason of an investment in such entity by such employee benefit plan or plan; or (iii)(X) a “governmental plan” within the meaning of Section 3(32) of ERISA, (Y) if no election has been made under Section 410(d) of the Code, a “church plan” within the meaning of Section 3(33) of ERISA or (Z) a non-U.S. plan described in Section 4(b)(4) of ERISA that is subject to any Similar Law.

 

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Plan Fiduciary”: The fiduciary or other person making the decision to acquire the Notes on behalf of the Benefit Plan Investor or who otherwise has discretion or control over the investment and management of “plan assets”.

 

Post-ARD Additional Interest”: On any Payment Date on or after the Anticipated Repayment Date of any applicable Class of Notes, the interest accrued at the applicable Post-ARD Additional Interest Rate from and after such Payment Date on the Outstanding Principal Balance of such Class determined prior to giving effect to any payments of principal on such Payment Date.

 

Post-ARD Additional Interest Rate”: With respect to any applicable Class of Notes, the note interest rate specified in the applicable Series Supplement.

 

Principal Terms”: With respect to any Series: (i) the name or designation of such Series; (ii) the initial principal amount of the Notes to be issued for such Series; (iii) the interest rate to be paid with respect to such Series (or method for the determination thereof); (iv) the Properties pledged to the Indenture Trustee in connection with such Series; (v) the designation of any Series Accounts and the terms governing the operation of any such Series Accounts; (vi) the Rated Final Payment Date for the Series; and (vii) such other terms and provisions as may be specified in the applicable Series Supplement with respect to the related Notes and the Collateral Pool.

 

Private Placement Memorandum”: With respect to each Series, as defined in the applicable Series Supplement.

 

Proceeding”:  Any suit in equity, action at law or other judicial or administrative proceeding.

 

Property”: As defined in the Property Management Agreement.

 

Property Management Agreement”: The Amended and Restated Property Management and Servicing Agreement, dated as of June 3, 2021 among the Issuers, AF Properties, as the Property Manager and Special Servicer, the Indenture Trustee, the Back-Up Manager, and any other joining party thereto, each such joining party as an Issuer, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.

 

Property Management Fee”: As defined in the Property Management Agreement.

 

Property Manager”: AF Properties, or its successor in interest.

 

Property Schedule”: As defined in the Property Management Agreement.

 

Property Subsidiaries”: Certain subsidiaries of AFOP.

 

Property Transfer Agreements”: Any agreements pursuant to which Properties and related Leases have been acquired by an Issuer from a Property Subsidiary or an unaffiliated third party.

 

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Qualified Deleveraging Event”: either (i) a firm commitment underwritten public offering of the equity interests of AFOP or any direct or indirect parent entity of AFOP pursuant to a registration statement under the Securities Act, which results in aggregate cash proceeds to AFOP or any direct or indirect parent entity of AFOP of at least $75,000,000 (net of underwriting discounts and commissions), (ii) an acquisition (whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise) of greater than fifty percent (50%) of the equity interests of AFOP or any direct or indirect parent of AFOP by any person or entity or group of affiliated persons or entities, or (iii) the good faith purchase by a third party unaffiliated with the Issuers of at least $50,000,000 of unsecured corporate debt of AFOP or any direct or indirect parent of AFOP.

 

Qualified Institutional Buyer”: A “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A.

 

Qualified Substitute Property”: As defined in the Property Management Agreement.

 

Rated Final Payment Date”: With respect to any Series of Notes, the date specified in the applicable Series Supplement.

 

Rating Agency”: With respect to any Class of Notes as of any date of determination, each nationally recognized statistical rating organization that is then rating such Class of such Notes at the request of an Issuer.

 

Rating Condition”: With respect to any action or event or proposed action or event, will be satisfied by each Rating Agency confirming in writing that such action or event or proposed action or event will not result in the downgrade, qualification or withdrawal of the current rating of any Class of Notes then rated by such Rating Agency.

 

Record Date”:  As to any Payment Date with respect to Book-Entry Notes, the Business Day immediately preceding such Payment Date. As to any Payment Date with respect to Definitive Notes, the last Business Day of the prior calendar month or, in the case of the initial Payment Date for any Series, the applicable Series Closing Date.

 

Recorded Covenants”: With respect to a Property, all covenants, agreements, restrictions and encumbrances contained in any instruments recorded against the same or any part thereof, including, without limitation, any which may (a) require repairs, modifications or alterations in or to such Property or any part thereof, or (b) in any way limit the use and enjoyment thereof.

 

Redemption Amount”: A Full Redemption Amount or a Partial Redemption Amount, as the context requires.

 

Redemption Date”: As defined in Section 7.01(a).

 

Redemption Notice”: As defined in Section 7.01(e).

 

Refinancing Date:” With respect to each Series, as defined in the applicable Series Supplement.

 

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Regulation S”: Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

Regulation S Global Note”: As defined in Section 2.01(c).

 

Release Account”: As defined in the Property Management Agreement.

 

Remedial Work”: As defined in the Property Management Agreement.

 

Requisite Global Majority”: Noteholders holding more than 66 2/3% of the Aggregate Series Principal Balance.

 

Resolution”:  With respect to any Issuer, a copy of a resolution certified by an Authorized Officer of the applicable Issuer Manager, to have been duly adopted by such Issuer Manager to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification.

 

Responsible Officer”: With respect to the Indenture Trustee, any officer of the Indenture Trustee assigned to its Agency & Trust Group (or any successor thereto), customarily performing functions with respect to corporate trust matters and having direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture and, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter under this Indenture, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject, in each case, having direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture; with respect to the Property Manager, the Back-Up Manager or the Special Servicer, any officer or employee involved in or responsible for the administration or servicing of the Leases or Properties under this Agreement and whose name and specimen signature appear on a list prepared by each party and delivered to the other party, as such list may be amended from time to time by either party; and, with respect to the Issuers and the Issuer Manager, any officer or number of officers or other Person or number of Persons duly authorized to perform the indicated action on behalf of such Person.

 

Restricted Global Note”: As defined in Section 2.01(b).

 

Restricted Period”: With respect to the Notes of any Series, the period of time to and including forty (40) days after the later of (a) the date upon which such Notes were first offered to any Persons (other than distributors) in reliance upon Regulation S and (b) the applicable Series Closing Date.

 

Rule 144A”:  Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

Rule 501(a)”: Rule 501(a) promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

S&P”: S&P Global, Inc.

 

Securities Exchange Act”: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules, regulations and published interpretations of the SEC promulgated thereunder from time to time.

 

Scheduled Principal Payment”: With respect to each Payment Date and each Series, an amount equal to the sum of (a) any unpaid Scheduled Principal Payment or portion

 

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thereof for such Series from any prior Payment Date plus (b) the product of (i) (A) the related Scheduled Series Principal Balance for the prior Payment Date minus (B) the related Scheduled Series Principal Balance for the current Payment Date multiplied by (ii) a fraction (A) the numerator of which is equal to the Series Principal Balance immediately prior to such Payment Date (without taking into account any payments to be made on such Payment Date), minus the amounts specified in clause (a) of this definition and (B) the denominator of which is the related Scheduled Series Principal Balance for the prior Payment Date.

 

Scheduled Series Principal Balance”: With respect to any Payment Date and any Series of Notes, as defined in the applicable Series Supplement.

 

SEC”: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Securities Act”:  The Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules, regulations and published interpretations of the SEC promulgated thereunder from time to time.

 

Series”: Any series of Notes issued pursuant to this Indenture.

 

Series Account”: Any account described in a related Series Supplement as established in the name of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the related Noteholders.

 

Series Available Amount”: As defined in Section 2.11(b).

 

Series Class A Adjustment Amount”: On any Payment Date with respect to the Notes designated as Class “A” of any Series, (i) the quotient of (a) the Outstanding Principal Balance of such Class “A” Notes divided by (b) the aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance of all Notes designated as Class “A” of all Series, multiplied by (ii) the Aggregate Class A Adjustment Amount.

 

Series Closing Date”: With respect to any Series, the closing date specified in the applicable Series Supplement.

 

Series Collateral Release”: As defined in the Property Management Agreement.

 

Series Collateral Release Price”: As defined in the Property Management Agreement.

 

Series Disposition Period Date”:  With respect to each Series of Notes, as defined in the related Series Supplement.

 

Series Note”: Any one of the Notes with the same Series designation, executed by the applicable Issuers and authenticated by or on behalf of the Indenture Trustee.

 

Series Principal Balance”: For any date of determination and any Series, the sum of the Outstanding Principal Balances of each Class of Notes of such Series.

 

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Series Supplement”: With respect to any Series, a supplement to this Indenture, executed and delivered in connection with the original issuance of the Notes of such Series under Section 2.04 hereof, including all amendments thereof and supplements thereto.

 

Series Transaction Documents”: With respect to any Series of Notes, any and all of the related Series Supplements, any related supplements or amendments to the Transaction Documents, and any and all other agreements, documents and instruments executed and delivered by or on behalf or in support of the applicable Issuers with respect to the issuance and sale of such Series of Notes, as the same may from time to time be amended, modified, supplemented or renewed.

 

Servicer Replacement Event”: As defined in the Property Management Agreement.

 

Servicing Standard”: As defined in the Property Management Agreement.

 

Similar Law”: Any federal, state, local or non-U.S. law that is substantially similar to the provisions of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.

 

Special Servicer”:  As defined in the Property Management Agreement.

 

Special Servicing Fee”: As defined in the Property Management Agreement.

 

Specially Managed Unit”: As defined in the Property Management Agreement.

 

Sub-Manager”: As defined in the Property Management Agreement.

 

Successor Person”: As defined in Section 9.08(a)(i).

 

Support Provider”: AFOP, or its successor in interest.

 

Tax Opinion”: An Opinion of Counsel in respect of Taxes.

 

Taxes”: As defined in Section 9.03(a).

 

Temporary Regulation S Global Note”: As defined in Section 2.01(b).

 

Tenant”: With respect to each Lease, the tenant under such Lease and any successor or assign thereof.

 

Tenant Ground Lease”: A Property secured by an Issuer’s fee interest in the land comprising such Property, but not by the improvements thereon.

 

Third Party Purchase Option”: As defined in the Property Management Agreement.

 

Transaction Documents”: This Indenture, the Property Management Agreement, the Property Transfer Agreements, the Hedge Agreements, the Issuer LLC Agreements and other organizational documents of the Issuers, each Account Control

 

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Agreement, the Guaranty, the Custody Agreement and other Series Transaction Documents specified in the related Series Supplement.

 

Transaction Party”: Any of the Issuers, the Property Manager, the Support Provider, the Indenture Trustee, any provider of credit support or other service provider or their respective Affiliates.

 

Transfer”: Any direct or indirect transfer, sale, pledge, hypothecation or other form of assignment of any Ownership Interest in a Note.

 

Transfer Date”: The date on which a Property is acquired by the applicable Issuer.

 

Transfer-Restricted Note”: As defined in Section 2.05(n).

 

Treasury Regulations”:  Temporary, final or proposed regulations (to the extent that by reason of their proposed effective date such proposed regulations would apply to the Issuers) of the United States Department of the Treasury.

 

TRIPRA”: As defined in Section 2.21(zz).

 

Trustee Report”:  As defined in Section 6.01(a).

 

UCC”: The Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect in any applicable jurisdiction

 

UCC Financing Statement”: A financing statement executed and in form sufficient for filing pursuant to the UCC, as in effect in the relevant jurisdiction.

 

Unscheduled Principal Payment”: On any Payment Date, the sum of (A) the Unscheduled Proceeds set forth in clauses (i) through (vii) of the definition thereof that are deposited into the Collection Account for such Payment Date and (B) all Allocated Release Amounts deposited into the Collection Account (including Allocated Release Amounts disbursed from the Release Account to the Collection Account) during the related Collection Period.

 

Unscheduled Proceeds”: As defined in the Property Management Agreement.

 

U.S.”: The United States of America.

 

U.S. Person”: As defined in Regulation S.

 

Voluntary Prepayment”: Any voluntary prepayment of any Class of Notes, in whole or in part, in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 7.01.

 

Section 1.02       Rules of Construction.

 

For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

 

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(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 accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with GAAP, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the terms “generally accepted accounting principles” or “GAAP” with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder means such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United States;

 

(3)         the word “including” shall be construed to be followed by the words “without limitation”;

 

(4)         article and section headings are for the convenience of the reader and shall not be considered in interpreting this Indenture or the intent of the parties hereto;

 

(5)         the definition of or any reference to any agreement, document or instrument herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, document or instrument as from time to time amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified;

 

(6)         references to any law, constitution, statute, treaty, regulation, rule or ordinance, including any section or other part thereof, shall refer to such law, constitution, statute, treaty, regulation, rule or ordinance as amended from time to time, and shall include any successor thereto;

 

(7)         references herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and permitted assigns;

 

(8)         the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular article, section or other subdivision; and

 

(9)         the pronouns used herein are used in the masculine and neuter genders but shall be construed as feminine, masculine or neuter, as the context requires.

 

ARTICLE II

THE NOTES

 

Section 2.01       Forms; Denominations.

 

(a)         Each Series of Notes shall be substantially in the form specified in the applicable Series Supplement and be designated as the “Net-Lease Mortgage Notes”. The Notes may be issued 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 consistent herewith, as determined by the officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution thereof. Any portion of the text of any Note may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the Note. The number of Series of Notes which may be created

 

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by this Indenture is not limited. The aggregate principal amount of Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.

 

(b)          Forms of Notes.

 

(i)              Except as set forth in Section 2.01(b)(ii) below and as otherwise set forth in the related Series Supplement, the Notes of each Class in a Series, upon original issuance, shall be issued as Book-Entry Notes in substantially the form of (i) a global note without interest coupons representing the Notes of such Class sold to Qualified Institutional Buyers, in substantially the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, with such applicable legends as may be set forth in such exhibit (the “Restricted Global Note”), and (ii) a temporary global note without interest coupons representing the Notes of such Class sold in “offshore transactions” (within the meaning of Regulation S) to non-U.S. Persons in reliance on Regulation S, in substantially the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto, with such applicable legends as may be set forth in such exhibit (the “Temporary Regulation S Global Note”).

 

(ii)           Notes held as of the related Series Closing Date by an Issuer or an Affiliate of an Issuer may be issued initially in the form of certificated notes in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons in substantially the form of Exhibit A-3 hereto, with such applicable legends as may be set forth in such exhibit (each, a “Definitive Note”) which shall be registered in the name of the beneficial owner or nominee thereof, duly executed by the Issuers and authenticated by the Indenture Trustee as hereinafter provided.

 

(iii)         Each Class of Notes will be issuable only in denominations of not less than $100,000 and in integral multiples of $1 in excess thereof or as otherwise specified in the applicable Series Supplement. Each Note will be registered on issuance in the names of the initial Noteholders thereof.

 

(c)          After such time as the Restricted Period shall have terminated, and subject to the receipt by the Indenture Trustee of a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D-4 hereto (subject to Section 12.03), beneficial interests in a Temporary Regulation S Global Note may be exchanged for an equal aggregate principal amount of beneficial interest in a permanent global note without interest coupons (a “Permanent Regulation S Global Note” and, together with the Temporary Regulation S Global Notes, the “Regulation S Global Notes”), substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto, with such applicable legends as may be set forth in such exhibit. Upon any exchange of any beneficial interest in a Temporary Regulation S Global Note for a beneficial interest in a Permanent Regulation S Global Note, (i) such Temporary Regulation S Global Note shall be endorsed by the Indenture Trustee to reflect the reduction of the principal amount evidenced thereby, whereupon the principal amount of such Temporary Regulation S Global Note shall be reduced for all purposes by the amount so exchanged and endorsed and (ii) such Permanent Regulation S Global Note shall be endorsed by the Indenture Trustee to reflect the increase of the principal amount evidenced thereby, whereupon the principal amount of such Permanent Regulation S Global Note shall be increased for all purposes by the amount so exchanged and endorsed.

 

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(d) Each Restricted Global Note will be deposited with the Book-Entry Custodian and registered in the name of the Depository or a nominee thereof. Each Regulation S Global Note will be deposited with the Book-Entry Custodian and registered in the name of the Depository or a nominee thereof for the accounts of Clearstream Banking, société anonyme, or its successors, and/or Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System, or its successors. Each Definitive Note will be delivered to and registered in the name of the applicable Noteholder.

 

Section 2.02       Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.

 

(a)               The Notes of each Series shall be executed by manual or facsimile signature on behalf of the applicable Issuers by any Authorized Officers of such Issuers. Notes bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the Authorized Officers of such applicable Issuers shall be entitled to all benefits under this Indenture, subject to the following sentence, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery or Final Payment Date of such Notes or did not hold such offices at the date of such Notes. No Note shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture, or be valid for any purpose, unless there appears on such Note a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein, executed by the Indenture Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate of authentication upon any Note shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Note has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. All Notes shall be dated the respective dates of their authentication.

 

(b)               At the election of the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee may appoint one or more agents (each, an “Authenticating Agent”) with power to act on its behalf and subject to its direction in the authentication of Notes in connection with transfers and exchanges under Sections 2.05 and 2.07, as fully to all intents and purposes as though each such Authenticating Agent had been expressly authorized under those Sections to authenticate the Notes. For all purposes of this Indenture, the authentication of Notes by an Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be the authentication of such Notes “by the Indenture Trustee.” The Indenture Trustee shall be the initial Authenticating Agent.

 

Any corporation, bank, trust company or association into which any Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation, bank, trust company or association resulting from any merger, consolidation or conversion to which any Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation, bank, trust company or association succeeding to the corporate trust business of any Authenticating Agent, shall be the successor of such Authenticating Agent hereunder, without the execution or filing of any further act on the part of the parties hereto or such Authenticating Agent or such successor corporation, bank, trust company or association.

 

Any Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Indenture Trustee and the Issuers. The Indenture Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of any Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of termination to such Authenticating Agent and the Issuers. Upon receiving such notice of resignation or upon such a termination, the Indenture Trustee may promptly appoint a successor Authenticating Agent, and give written notice of such appointment to the Issuers and to the Noteholders. Upon the

 

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resignation or termination of the Authenticating Agent and prior to the appointment of a successor, the Indenture Trustee shall act as Authenticating Agent.

 

Each Authenticating Agent shall be entitled to all limitations on liability, rights of reimbursement and indemnities that the Indenture Trustee is entitled to hereunder as if it were the Indenture Trustee.

 

(c)               The Indenture Trustee shall upon Issuer Request authenticate and deliver Notes of each Series for original issue in an aggregate amount equal to the initial Outstanding Principal Balance for each related Class as set forth in the applicable Series Supplement.

 

Section 2.03       Certification of Receipt of the Collateral.

 

(a)               The Custodian, as provided in the Custody Agreement, has acknowledged receipt of all assets granted to the Indenture Trustee and included in the Collateral Pool and has acknowledged that it is holding such assets for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of all present and future Noteholders. The Indenture Trustee has not received written notice of any adverse claim.

 

(b)               The Indenture Trustee shall not be under any duty or obligation to inspect, review or examine any of the documents, instruments, certificates or other papers relating to the Properties and Leases delivered to it to determine that the same are valid, legal, effective, genuine, enforceable, in recordable form, sufficient or appropriate for the represented purpose or that they are other than what they purport to be on their face.

 

(c)               The parties hereto acknowledge and each Holder by its acceptance of its Note or interest therein thereby acknowledges that the Custodian shall perform the applicable review of the assets and provide the respective certifications as provided in the Custody Agreement.

 

Section 2.04       The Notes Generally; New Issuances.

 

(a)               Each Note of a particular Class shall rank pari passu with each other Note of such Class and be equally and ratably secured by the Collateral included in the Collateral Pool with each other Note of such Class. All Notes of a particular Class shall be substantially identical except as to denominations and as expressly permitted in this Indenture.

 

(b)               This Indenture, together with the related Mortgages, shall evidence a continuing lien on and security interest in the Collateral Granted hereunder or subsequently included in the Collateral Pool to secure the full payment of the principal, interest and other amounts on the Notes of all Series, which shall in all respects be equally and ratably secured hereby for payment as provided herein, and without preference, priority or distinction on account of the actual time or times of the authentication and delivery of the Notes of any Class with respect to any Series, all in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Indenture and each Series Supplement.

 

(c)               Pursuant to one or more Series Supplements, the applicable Issuers may, from time to time, direct the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of such Issuers, to issue one or more

 

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new Series of Notes (a “New Issuance”). The Notes of all outstanding Series shall, except as specified in the applicable Series Supplement, be equally and ratably entitled as provided herein to the benefits of this Indenture without preference, priority or distinction on account of the actual time of the authentication and delivery of any such Notes, all in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Indenture and each Series Supplement.

 

On or before the Series Closing Date relating to any New Issuance, the applicable Issuers shall execute and deliver a Series Supplement which shall specify the Principal Terms with respect to such Series. The Indenture Trustee shall execute the Series Supplement, the applicable Issuers shall execute the Notes of such Series and the Notes of such Series shall be delivered to the Indenture Trustee for authentication and delivery.

 

(d)               The issuance of the first Series of Notes (which Series shall be issued pursuant to a Series Supplement dated as of the Initial Closing Date) shall be subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:

 

(i)              receipt by the Indenture Trustee of an Issuer Order authorizing the execution and authentication of such Notes;

 

(ii)           receipt by the Indenture Trustee of the Transaction Documents and the related Series Transaction Documents duly executed and delivered by the parties thereto and being in full force and effect, free of any breach or waiver;

 

(iii)         all Lease Files with respect to the Collateral Pool, as set forth herein, shall have been delivered to the Custodian pursuant to the terms of the Custody Agreement together with all UCC Financing Statements, documents of similar import in other jurisdictions, and other documents reasonably necessary to perfect the Indenture Trustee’s security interest in such Collateral for the benefit of the Noteholders of all Series;

 

(iv)          receipt by the Indenture Trustee of Opinions of Counsel, (A) relating to the corporate and enforceability matters, as well as securities law matters, reasonably acceptable to the related Initial Purchaser and its counsel; (B) relating to the perfection of the Indenture Trustee’s security interest; (C) relating to the consolidation of the assets and liabilities of the applicable Issuer in a bankruptcy proceeding that involves such Issuer, the Support Provider or the Property Manager; (D) relating to the characterization of the particular Class of Notes indicated in the related Series Supplement as debt for U.S. federal income tax purposes; (E) all opinions relating to enforceability of the related Mortgage; and (F) any other opinion required under the related Series Supplement;

 

(v)            receipt by the Indenture Trustee of copies of letters signed by each applicable Rating Agency confirming that each Class of Notes has been given the ratings as indicated in the related Series Supplement;

 

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(vi)          any applicable Issuer has delivered a certificate of such Issuer to the Indenture Trustee, dated the applicable Series Closing Date, to the effect that such Issuer is a solvent, special-purpose entity, organized with an Independent Manager; and

 

(vii)       receipt by the Indenture Trustee of an Officer’s Certificate from the applicable Issuer, upon which the Indenture Trustee shall be permitted to fully rely and shall not have any liability for so relying, stating that the conditions precedent to such issuance have been fulfilled.

 

(e)               The issuance of the Notes of any Series other than pursuant to Section 2.04(d) above shall be subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:

 

(i)              receipt by the Indenture Trustee of an Issuer Order authorizing the execution and authentication of such Notes;

 

(ii)           receipt by the Indenture Trustee of the Transaction Documents and the related Series Transaction Documents duly executed and delivered by the parties thereto and being in full force and effect, free of any breach or waiver;

 

(iii)         all Lease Files with respect to the Collateral Pool, as set forth herein, shall have been delivered to the Custodian pursuant to the terms of Custody Agreement together with all UCC Financing Statements, documents of similar import in other jurisdictions, and other documents reasonably necessary to perfect the Indenture Trustee’s security interest in such Collateral for the benefit of the Noteholders of all Series;

 

(iv)          each Rating Agency then rating any existing Series of Notes shall have confirmed in writing that such issuance will not result in the downgrade, qualification or withdrawal of the then current rating of any Class of Notes of such Series or any other Series;

 

(v)            receipt by the Indenture Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such New Issuance (A) will not adversely affect the tax characterization of any existing Series that was characterized as debt for U.S. federal income tax purposes at the time of its issuance, (B) will not cause any Issuer to be treated as an association taxable as a corporation or a “publicly traded partnership”, or cause any Issuer (or any portion therein) to be characterized as a taxable mortgage pool, and (C) will not cause or constitute an event in which any taxable gain or loss would be recognized by any Noteholder or the Issuers without the unanimous consent of the holders of Notes affected thereby;

 

(vi)          receipt by the Indenture Trustee of Opinions of Counsel, (A) relating to corporate and enforceability matters, as well as securities law matters reasonably acceptable to the related Initial Purchaser; (B) relating to the perfection of the Indenture Trustee’s security interest in the Collateral added to the Collateral Pool in connection with the related Series Closing Date; (C) relating to the consolidation of the assets of the applicable Issuers in a bankruptcy proceeding that involves any such Issuer,

 

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the Property Manager (if the Property Manager is an Affiliate of the Issuer) or the Support Provider (if the Support Provider is an Affiliate of the Issuer); (D) relating to the characterization of any Class of Notes indicated in the related Series Supplement as debt for U.S. federal income tax purposes; (E) all opinions relating to enforceability of the related Mortgage; and (F) any other opinion required under the related Series Supplement;

 

(vii)       receipt by the Indenture Trustee of copies of letters signed by each applicable Rating Agency confirming that each other Class of Notes has been given the then-current ratings by such Rating Agencies;

 

(viii)     any applicable Issuer of such Series of Notes shall be a solvent, special-purpose entity, organized with an Independent Manager and shall have delivered a certificate to such effect to the Indenture Trustee, dated the applicable Series Closing Date;

 

(ix)          the Rated Final Payment Date with respect to such Notes shall be no earlier than the earliest Rated Final Payment Date with respect to any issued Series of Notes;

 

(x)            no Early Amortization Period is continuing at the time of such issuance and such issuance will not result in the occurrence of an Early Amortization Period;

 

(xi)          either (A) no uncured Event of Default is continuing at the time of such New Issuance and such New Issuance shall not result in the occurrence of an Event of Default and the Issuers have delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate, dated the applicable Series Closing Date (upon which the Indenture Trustee may rely), to the effect that (1) based on the facts known to the Person executing such Officer’s Certificate, the Issuers reasonably believe that no uncured Event of Default is continuing at the time of such New Issuance and that such New Issuance shall not result in the occurrence of an Event of Default and (2) all conditions precedent to such execution, authentication and delivery have been satisfied or (B) the proceeds of such New Issuance will be used to redeem all outstanding Notes in full and pay all accrued and unpaid Note Interest, Interest Carry-Forward Amount, Post-ARD Additional Interest and Deferred Post-ARD Additional Interest with respect such outstanding Notes;

 

(xii)       receipt by the Indenture Trustee of an Officer’s Certificate from each applicable Issuer, upon which the Indenture Trustee shall be permitted to fully rely and shall not have any liability for so relying, stating that the conditions precedent to such issuance have been fulfilled; and

 

(xiii)     any additional conditions as set forth in the related Series Supplement.

 

Section 2.05       Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Notes.

 

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(a)               At all times during the term of this Indenture, there shall be maintained at the office of the Note Registrar a “Note Register” in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as the Note Registrar may prescribe, the Note Registrar shall provide for the registration of Notes and of transfers and exchanges of Notes as herein provided. The offices of the Note Registrar shall be initially located (as of the date hereof) at Citibank, N.A., 480 Washington Boulevard, 30th Floor, Jersey City, New Jersey 07310, Attention: Agency & Trust – AFOP. The Indenture Trustee is hereby initially appointed (and hereby agrees to act in accordance with the terms hereof) as “Note Registrar” for the purpose of registering Notes and transfers and exchanges of Notes as herein provided. The Indenture Trustee may appoint, by a written instrument delivered to the Issuers, any other bank or trust company to act as Note Registrar under such conditions as the predecessor Indenture Trustee may prescribe; provided, that the Indenture Trustee shall not be relieved of any of its duties or responsibilities hereunder by reason of such appointment. If the Indenture Trustee resigns or is removed in accordance with the terms hereof, the successor trustee shall immediately succeed to its predecessor’s duties as Note Registrar. The Issuers, the Property Manager, the Special Servicer, the Back-Up Manager and the Indenture Trustee shall have the right to inspect the Note Register or to obtain a copy thereof at all reasonable times, and to rely conclusively upon a certificate of the Note Registrar as to the information set forth in the Note Register. Upon written request of any Noteholder made for purposes of communicating with other Noteholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture, the Note Registrar shall promptly furnish such Noteholder with a list of the other Noteholders of record identified in the Note Register at the time of the request.

 

(b)               No Transfer of any Note or interest therein shall be made unless that Transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, and effective registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in a transaction that does not require such registration or qualification. No purported Transfer of any interest in any Note or any portion thereof which is not made in accordance with this Section 2.05 shall be given effect by or be binding upon the Indenture Trustee and any such purported Transfer shall be null and void ab initio and vest in the transferee no rights against the Collateral Pool or the Indenture Trustee.

 

None of the Issuers or any other person shall be obligated to register or qualify any Notes under the Securities Act or any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise required under this Indenture to permit the transfer of any Note or interest therein without registration or qualification.

 

By its acceptance of a Note or an Ownership Interest therein, each Holder and Note Owner, respectively, will be deemed to have represented and agreed (or, in the case of Definitive Notes, shall represent and agree) that the Transfer thereof is restricted and agrees that it shall Transfer such Note or Ownership Interest only in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such Note (including the legends applicable thereto) and in compliance with Applicable Law.

 

(c)               A Noteholder or Note Owner may exchange or Transfer a Book-Entry Note or Ownership Interest therein only in accordance with the following provisions:

 

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(i)              No Transfer of any Book-Entry Note or an Ownership Interest therein shall be made unless such Transfer is made to a Qualified Institutional Buyer in reliance on Rule 144A, in an “offshore transaction” (within the meaning of Regulation S) to a non-U.S. Person in reliance on Regulation S or to an Issuer or an Affiliate of an Issuer that is an Accredited Investor, and pursuant to exemption, registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws. The Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon the representations made or deemed made by each transferee pursuant to this Section 2.05, and shall have no duty to undertake any investigation or verify that any Transfer satisfies the requirements of this paragraph.

 

(ii)           Restricted Global Note to Regulation S Global Note during Restricted Period. If a Holder of or a Note Owner with respect to a Restricted Global Note wishes at any time during the Restricted Period to exchange its interest in such Restricted Global Note for an interest in the corresponding Regulation S Global Note, or to Transfer such Restricted Global Note or an Ownership Interest therein to a Person who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a Regulation S Global Note or an Ownership Interest therein, such Holder or Note Owner may, subject to the provisions of this Section 2.05, exchange or Transfer such Restricted Global Note for a Regulation S Global Note of the same Series and Class or an Ownership Interest therein with an equivalent principal amount. Upon receipt by the Indenture Trustee of a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D-2 (subject to Section 12.03) given by the transferee of such Note or Ownership Interest (stating that such transferee is a non-U.S. Person and the exchange or Transfer of such interest has been made in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to such Notes and in accordance with Regulation S), the Indenture Trustee shall cancel the Restricted Global Note so exchanged or transferred (or reduce the principal amount of the Notes evidenced thereby), the applicable Issuers shall, concurrently with such cancellation (or reduction), issue and the Indenture Trustee shall cause to be authenticated to the transferee a Regulation S Global Note of the same Series and Class (or increase the principal amount of the Notes evidenced by such Regulation S Global Note) in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Restricted Global Note so exchanged or transferred.

 

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(iii)         Restricted Global Note to Regulation S Global Note after the Expiration of Restricted Period. If a Holder of or a Note Owner with respect to a Restricted Global Note wishes at any time after the expiration of the Restricted Period to exchange its interest in such Restricted Global Note for an interest in the corresponding Regulation S Global Note, or to Transfer such Restricted Global Note or an Ownership Interest therein to a Person who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a Regulation S Global Note or an Ownership Interest therein, such Noteholder or Note Owner may, subject to provisions of this Section 2.05, exchange or Transfer such Restricted Global Note for a Regulation S Global Note of the same Series and Class or an Ownership Interest therein with an equivalent principal amount. Upon receipt by the Indenture Trustee of a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D-3 (subject to Section 12.03) given by the transferee (stating that the Transfer of such interest has been made in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to such Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S), the Indenture Trustee shall cancel the Restricted Global Note so exchanged or transferred (or reduce the principal amount of the Notes evidenced thereby) and the applicable Issuers shall, concurrently with such cancellation (or reduction), issue and the Indenture Trustee shall cause to be authenticated to the transferee a Regulation S Global Note of the same Series and Class (or increase the principal amount of the Notes evidenced by such Regulation S Global Note) in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Restricted Global Note so exchanged or transferred.

 

(iv)          Regulation S Global Note to Restricted Global Note. If a Holder of or a Note Owner with respect to a Regulation S Global Note wishes at any time to exchange its interest in such Regulation S Global Note for an interest in a Restricted Global Note or to Transfer such Regulation S Global Note or an Ownership Interest therein to a Qualified Institutional Buyer who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Global Note or an Ownership Interest therein, such Noteholder or Note Owner may, subject to the provisions of this Section 2.05, exchange or Transfer such Regulation S Global Note for a Restricted Global Note of the same Series and Class or an Ownership Interest therein in an equivalent principal amount. Upon receipt by the Indenture Trustee of a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 (subject to Section 12.03) given by the transferee and stating that such transferee is a Qualified Institutional Buyer and is obtaining such Restricted Global Note or Ownership Interest therein in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, the Indenture Trustee shall cancel the Regulation S Global Note so exchanged or transferred (or reduce the principal amount of the Notes evidenced thereby) and the applicable Issuers shall, concurrently with such cancellation (or reduction), issue and the Indenture Trustee shall cause to be authenticated to the transferee a Restricted Global Note of the same Series and Class (or increase the principal amount of the Notes evidenced by such Restricted Global Note) in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Regulation S Global Note so exchanged or transferred.

 

(v)            Transfer of Ownership Interests in Book-Entry Notes. Ownership Interests in Book-Entry Notes shall be exchanged or transferred in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Depository and the Depository Participants, including, with respect to Regulation S Global Notes, Clearstream Banking, société anonyme, or its

 

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successors, and Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System, or its successors.

 

(vi)             Book-Entry Note to Definitive Note. If any Book-Entry Note or an Ownership Interest therein is to be exchanged for a corresponding interest held in the form of a Definitive Note, or if any Transfer of a Book-Entry Note or an Ownership Interest therein is to be held by the related transferee in the form of a Definitive Note, then the Note Registrar shall refuse to register such exchange or Transfer unless it receives (and, upon receipt, may conclusively rely upon) (A) an executed transferor certificate from the transferor substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C-1 (subject to Section 12.03), and (B) an executed transferee certificate from the prospective transferee substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C-2 (subject to Section 12.03). If any such transfer of a Book-Entry Note or Ownership Interest held by the related transferor and also to be held by the related transferee in the form of a Book-Entry Note is to be made without registration under the Securities Act, the transferor will be deemed to have made as of the transfer date each of the representations and warranties set forth on Exhibit C-1 in respect of such Note and the transferee will be deemed to have made as of the transfer date each of the representations and warranties set forth on Exhibit C-2 in respect of such Note, in each case as if such Note were evidenced by a Definitive Note.

 

(d)               A Noteholder or Note Owner may exchange or Transfer a Definitive Note or Ownership Interest therein only in accordance with the following provisions:

 

(i)                 No Transfer of any Definitive Note shall be made unless such Transfer is made to a Qualified Institutional Buyer in reliance on Rule 144A or in an “offshore transaction” (within the meaning of Regulation S) to a non-U.S. Person in reliance on Regulation S, and pursuant to exemption, registration or qualification under applicable state securities laws; provided, however, that a Noteholder may Transfer a Definitive Note to an Issuer or an Affiliate of an Issuer that is an accredited investor within the meaning of Rule 501(a) (1), (2), (3) or (7) of the Securities Act (an “Accredited Investor”) and has certified that it is an Affiliate of an Issuer and an Accredited Investor, upon Indenture Trustee’s receipt of (A) such Holder’s Definitive Note properly endorsed for assignment to the transferee, (B) an executed transferor certificate from the transferor substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C-1 (subject to Section 12.03), and (C) an executed transferee certificate from the prospective transferee substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C-2 (subject to Section 12.03). The Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon the representations made or deemed made by each transferee pursuant to this Section 2.05, and shall have no duty to undertake any investigation or verify that any Transfer satisfies the requirements of this paragraph.

 

(ii)           Transfer of Definitive Note to Regulation S Global Note during Restricted Period. If a Holder of or a Note Owner with respect to a Definitive Note wishes at any time during the Restricted Period to exchange its interest in such Definitive Note for an interest in the corresponding Regulation S Global Note, or to Transfer such Definitive Note or an Ownership Interest therein to a Person who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a Regulation S Global Note or an Ownership Interest therein, such Holder or Note Owner may, subject to the provisions of this

 

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Section 2.05, exchange or Transfer such Definitive Note for a Regulation S Global Note of the same Series and Class or an Ownership Interest therein with an equivalent principal amount. Upon receipt by the Indenture Trustee of (A) such Holder’s Definitive Note properly endorsed for assignment to the transferee and (B) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D-2 (subject to Section 12.03) given by the transferee of such Note or Ownership Interest (stating that such transferee is a non-U.S. Person and the exchange or Transfer of such interest has been made in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to such Notes and in accordance with Regulation S), the Indenture Trustee shall cancel the Definitive Note so exchanged or transferred (or reduce the principal amount of the Notes evidenced thereby), the applicable Issuers shall, concurrently with such cancellation (or reduction), issue and the Indenture Trustee shall cause to be authenticated to the transferee a Regulation S Global Note of the same Series and Class (or increase the principal amount of the Notes evidenced by such Regulation S Global Note) in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Definitive Note so exchanged or transferred.

 

(iii)         Transfer of Definitive Note to Regulation S Global Note after the Expiration of Restricted Period. If a Holder of or a Note Owner with respect to a Definitive Note wishes at any time after the expiration of the Restricted Period to exchange its interest in such Definitive Note for an interest in the corresponding Regulation S Global Note, or to Transfer such Definitive Note or an Ownership Interest therein to a Person who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a Regulation S Global Note or an Ownership Interest therein, such Noteholder or Note Owner may, subject to provisions of this Section 2.05, exchange or Transfer such Definitive Note for a Regulation S Global Note of the same Series and Class or an Ownership Interest therein with an equivalent principal amount. Upon receipt by the Indenture Trustee of (A) such Holder’s Definitive Note properly endorsed for assignment to the transferee and (B) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D-3 (subject to Section 12.03) given by the transferee (stating that the Transfer of such interest has been made in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to such Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S), the Indenture Trustee shall cancel the Definitive Note so exchanged or transferred (or reduce the principal amount of the Notes evidenced thereby) and the applicable Issuers shall, concurrently with such cancellation (or reduction), issue and the Indenture Trustee shall cause to be authenticated to the transferee a Regulation S Global Note of the same Series and Class (or increase the principal amount of the Notes evidenced by such Regulation S Global Note) in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Definitive Note so exchanged or transferred.

 

(iv)          Transfer of Definitive Note to Restricted Global Note. If a Holder of or a Note Owner with respect to a Definitive Note wishes at any time to exchange its interest in such Definitive Note for an interest in a Restricted Global Note or to Transfer such Definitive Note or an Ownership Interest therein to a Qualified Institutional Buyer who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Global Note or an Ownership Interest therein, such Noteholder or Note Owner may, subject to the provisions of this Section 2.05, exchange or Transfer such Definitive Note for a Restricted Global Note of the same Series and Class or an Ownership Interest therein in

 

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an equivalent principal amount. Upon receipt by the Indenture Trustee of (A) such Holder’s Definitive Note properly endorsed for assignment to the transferee and (B) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 (subject to Section 12.03) given by the transferee and stating that such transferee is a Qualified Institutional Buyer and is obtaining such Restricted Global Note or Ownership Interest therein in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, the Indenture Trustee shall cancel the Definitive Note so exchanged or transferred (or reduce the principal amount of the Notes evidenced thereby) and the applicable Issuers shall, concurrently with such cancellation (or reduction), issue and the Indenture Trustee shall cause to be authenticated to the transferee a Restricted Global Note of the same Series and Class (or increase the principal amount of the Notes evidenced by such Restricted Global Note) in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the Definitive Note so exchanged or transferred.

 

(v)            Transfer of Definitive Note to Definitive Note. If a Holder of a Definitive Note wishes at any time to transfer such Definitive Note to a Person who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of one or more Definitive Notes, such Holder may transfer or cause the transfer of such Note as provided below. Upon receipt by the Indenture Trustee of (A) such Holder’s Definitive Note, properly endorsed for assignment to the transferee, (B) an executed transferor certificate from the transferor substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C-1 (subject to Section 12.03), and (C) an executed transferee certificate from the prospective transferee substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C-2 (subject to Section 12.03), then the Indenture Trustee shall cancel such original Definitive Note in accordance with Section 2.14, record the transfer in the Note Register in accordance with Section 2.05 and upon execution by the Issuer, authenticate and deliver one or more Definitive Notes bearing the same designation as the Definitive Notes, endorsed for transfer, registered in the names specified in the assignment described in clause (A) above, in the aggregate Outstanding Principal Balances designated by the transferee (the aggregate Outstanding Principal Balances being equal to the aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance of the Definitive Notes, surrendered by the transferor), and in authorized denominations.

 

(e)               If a Person is acquiring any Note as a fiduciary or agent for one or more accounts, such Person shall be required to deliver to the Note Registrar a certification to the effect that, and such other evidence as may be reasonably required by the Note Registrar to confirm that, it has (i) sole investment discretion with respect to each such account and (ii) full power to make the foregoing acknowledgments, representations, warranties, certifications and agreements with respect to each such account as set forth in subsections (b) and (c) of this Section 2.05.

 

(f)                Subject to the preceding provisions of this Section 2.05, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the offices of the Note Registrar maintained for such purpose, the applicable Issuers shall execute, and the Indenture Trustee shall cause to be authenticated and delivered, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Notes of the same Series and Class of a like Percentage Interest.

 

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(g)               At the option of any Holder, its Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of authorized denominations of the same Series and Class of a like Percentage Interest upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at the offices of the Note Registrar maintained for such purpose. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the applicable Issuers shall execute, and the Indenture Trustee shall cause to be authenticated and delivered the Notes which the Noteholder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

 

(h)               Every Note presented or surrendered for transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Note Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in the form satisfactory to the Note Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

 

(i)                 All Notes issued upon any transfer or exchange of the Notes shall be the valid obligations of the applicable Issuers, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the related Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

 

(j)                 No service charge shall be imposed for any transfer or exchange of Notes, but the Indenture Trustee or the Note Registrar may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Notes.

 

(k)               All Notes surrendered for transfer and exchange shall be physically canceled by the Note Registrar, and the Note Registrar shall dispose of such canceled Notes in accordance with its customary procedures.

 

(l)                 The Note Registrar or the Indenture Trustee shall provide to the Issuers, the Property Manager and the Special Servicer upon reasonable written request and at the expense of the requesting party a current copy of the Note Register.

 

(m)             Each transferee of a Note or an Ownership Interest therein will be deemed to have represented, warranted and agreed (or, in the case of Definitive Notes, shall represent, warrant and agree) that either (i) such transferee is not, and is not purchasing such Note on behalf of, as a fiduciary of, as trustee of, or with the assets of, a Plan or (ii)(A) such Note is rated investment grade or better as of the date of the purchase, (B) such transferee acknowledges that it cannot acquire such Note unless it is properly treated as indebtedness without substantial equity features for purposes of Department of Labor Regulations and agrees to so treat such Note and (C) such transferee’s acquisition and continued holding of such Note or Ownership Interest therein will not constitute or give rise to a non-exempt prohibited transaction described in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (or violate any Similar Law).

 

(n)               If any Note or Class of Notes is beneficially owned by a person that also beneficially owns equity interests in an Issuer such that such Note or Class of Notes is not properly treated as issued and outstanding for U.S. federal income tax purposes (a “Transfer-Restricted Note”), then such Transfer-Restricted Note may be sold or transferred to any Person if the Note Registrar receives on the date of such transfer an opinion of nationally recognized tax counsel knowledgeable in the tax aspects of securitization to the effect that, at the time of such

 

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sale or transfer, such Transfer-Restricted Note will be characterized as indebtedness for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

Moreover, each prospective transferee of a Note or an Ownership Interest therein that is a Benefit Plan Investor will be deemed to have represented, warranted and agreed (or, in the case of Definitive Notes, shall represent, warrant and agree) that (i) none of the Transaction Parties has provided any investment recommendation or investment advice to the Benefit Plan Investor or Plan Fiduciary, on which either the Benefit Plan Investor or Plan Fiduciary has relied in connection with the decision to invest in such Note, (ii) the Transaction Parties are not otherwise acting as a “fiduciary”, as that term is defined in Section 3(21) of ERISA or Section 4975(e)(3) of the Code, to the Benefit Plan Investor or Plan Fiduciary is exercising its own independent judgment in evaluating the transaction.

 

Section 2.06       Book-Entry Notes.

 

(a)               The Book-Entry Notes of each Series shall be delivered as one or more Notes held by the Book-Entry Custodian or, if appointed to hold such Notes as provided below, the Depository, and registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee and, except as set forth in any related Series Supplement or as otherwise provided in Section 2.06(c) below, transfer of such Notes may not be registered by the Note Registrar unless such transfer is to a successor Depository that agrees to hold such Notes for the respective Note Owners with Ownership Interests therein. Except as provided in Sections 2.01 and 2.05 above, and Section 2.06(c) below, such Note Owners shall hold and transfer their respective Ownership Interests in and to such Notes through the book-entry facilities of the Depository and, except as provided in Sections 2.01 and 2.05 above, and Section 2.06(c) below, shall not be entitled to Definitive Notes in respect of such Ownership Interests. All transfers by Note Owners of their respective Ownership Interests in the Book-Entry Notes to be held by the related transferees as Book-Entry Notes shall be made in accordance with the procedures established by the Depository Participant or brokerage firm representing each such Note Owner. Each Depository Participant shall only transfer the Ownership Interests in the Book-Entry Notes of Note Owners it represents or of brokerage firms for which it acts as agent in accordance with the Depository’s normal procedures. The Indenture Trustee is hereby initially appointed as the Book-Entry Custodian and hereby agrees to act as such in accordance herewith and in accordance with the agreement that it has with the Depository authorizing it to act as such. Neither the Indenture Trustee nor the Note Registrar shall have any responsibility to monitor or restrict the transfer of any Book-Entry Note transferable through the book-entry facilities of the Depository. The Book-Entry Custodian may, and, if it is no longer qualified to act as such, the Book-Entry Custodian shall, appoint, by a written instrument delivered to the Issuers, the Property Manager and Special Servicer, and, if the Indenture Trustee is not the Book-Entry Custodian, the Indenture Trustee, any other transfer agent (including the Depository or any successor Depository) to act as Book-Entry Custodian under such conditions as the predecessor Book-Entry Custodian and the Depository or any successor Depository may prescribe; provided, that the predecessor Book-Entry Custodian shall not be relieved of any of its duties or responsibilities by reason of any such appointment other than with respect to an appointment of the Depository. If the Indenture Trustee resigns or is removed in accordance with the terms hereof, the successor trustee or, if it so elects, the Depository shall immediately succeed to its predecessor’s duties as Book-Entry Custodian. The

 

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Issuers shall have the right to inspect, and to obtain copies of, any Notes held as Book-Entry Notes by the Book-Entry Custodian.

 

(b)               The Issuers, the Indenture Trustee, the Property Manager, the Special Servicer, the Back-Up Manager and the Note Registrar may for all purposes, including the making of payments due on the Book-Entry Notes, deal with the Depository as the Noteholder and the authorized representative of the Note Owners with respect to such Notes for the purposes of exercising the rights of Noteholders hereunder. The rights of Note Owners with respect to the Book-Entry Notes shall be limited to those established by law and agreements between such Note Owners and the Depository Participants and brokerage firms representing such Note Owners, and all references in this Indenture to actions by the Noteholders shall refer to actions taken by the Depository upon instructions from the Depository Participants, and all references in this Indenture to distributions, notices, reports and statements to the Noteholders shall refer to distributions, notices, reports and statements to the Depositor, as registered holder of the Notes of such Series of Notes for distribution to the Note Owners in accordance with the procedures of the Depository. Multiple requests and directions from, and votes of, the Depository as holder of the Book-Entry Notes with respect to any particular matter shall not be deemed inconsistent if they are made with respect to different Note Owners. The Indenture Trustee may establish a reasonable record date in connection with solicitations of consents from or voting by Noteholders and shall give notice to the Depository of such record date. Whenever this Indenture requires or permits actions to be taken based upon instructions or directions of Noteholders evidencing a specified percentage of the principal amount of Notes, the applicable Depository shall be deemed to represent such percentage only to the extent that it has received instructions to such effect from Note Owners and/or their related Depository Participants owning or representing, respectively, such required percentage of the beneficial interest in the Notes and has delivered such instructions to the Indenture Trustee. Whenever notice or other communication to the Noteholders is required under this Indenture, unless and until Definitive Notes shall have been issued to such Note Owners, the Indenture Trustee and the Issuers shall give all such notices and communications specified herein to be given to Noteholders to the applicable Depository for distribution to the Note Owners.

 

(c)               If (i) the Issuers advise the Indenture Trustee and the Note Registrar in writing that the Depository is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities with respect to the Book-Entry Notes (or any portion thereof), and (ii) the Issuers are unable to locate a qualified successor, the Note Registrar shall notify all affected Note Owners, through the Depository, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of Definitive Notes to such Note Owners requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Note Registrar of the Book-Entry Notes (or any portion thereof) by the Book-Entry Custodian or the Depository, as applicable, and the delivery of registration instructions from the Depository for registration of transfer, the applicable Issuers shall execute, and the Indenture Trustee shall cause to be authenticated and delivered, the Definitive Notes in respect of such Notes to the Note Owners identified in such instructions. None of the applicable Issuers, the Indenture Trustee, the Property Manager, the Special Servicer, the Back-Up Manager or the Note Registrar shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions.

 

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(d)               Upon the issuance of Definitive Notes, for purposes of evidencing ownership of any Notes formerly held as Book-Entry Notes, the registered holders of such Definitive Notes shall be recognized as Noteholders hereunder and, accordingly, shall be entitled directly to receive payments on, to exercise voting and consent rights with respect to, and to transfer and exchange such Definitive Notes. Upon the issuance of Definitive Notes, all references herein to obligations imposed upon or to be performed by the applicable Depository with respect to such Notes shall be deemed to be imposed upon and performed by the Indenture Trustee, to the extent applicable with respect to such Definitive Notes, and the Indenture Trustee shall recognize the Noteholders of the Definitive Notes of such Series of Notes as Noteholders of such Series of Notes hereunder.

 

(e)               Each of the Issuers shall provide an adequate inventory of Definitive Notes of each Class of each Series to the Indenture Trustee.

 

Section 2.07       Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes.

 

If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Note Registrar, the applicable Issuers shall execute and the Indenture Trustee shall cause to be authenticated and delivered, in exchange therefor, a new Note of the same Series, Class and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

 

If there shall be delivered to the applicable Issuers, the Indenture Trustee and the Note Registrar (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction (including mutilation tantamount to destruction), loss or theft of any Note and the ownership thereof, and (ii) indemnity as may be reasonably required by them to hold each of them and any of their agents harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the applicable Issuers or the Note Registrar that such Note has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the applicable Issuers shall execute and the Indenture Trustee shall cause to be authenticated and delivered, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a new Note of the same Series, Class, tenor and denomination registered in the same manner, dated the date of its authentication and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

 

Upon the issuance of any new Note under this Section 2.07, the applicable Issuers, the Indenture Trustee and the Note Registrar may require the payment by the Noteholder of an amount sufficient to pay or discharge any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other reasonable expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of the Authenticating Agent and the Indenture Trustee) in connection therewith.

 

Every new Note issued pursuant to this Section 2.07 in lieu of any destroyed, mutilated, lost or stolen Note shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Issuers, whether or not the destroyed, mutilated, lost or stolen Note shall be at any time enforceable by any Person, and such new Note shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Notes of its Class and Series duly issued hereunder.

 

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The provisions of this Section 2.07 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent permitted by Applicable Law) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes.

 

Section 2.08       Noteholder Lists.

 

The Note Registrar shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of the Noteholders of each Series, which list, upon request, will be made available to the Indenture Trustee insofar as the Indenture Trustee is no longer the Note Registrar. Upon written request of any Noteholder made for purposes of communicating with other Noteholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture, the Note Registrar shall promptly furnish such Noteholder at such Noteholder’s expense with a list of the Noteholders of record identified in the Note Register at the time of the request. Every Noteholder, by receiving such access, or by receiving a Note or an interest therein, agrees with the Note Registrar that the Note Registrar will not be held accountable in any way by reason of the disclosure of any information as to the names and addresses of any Noteholder regardless of the source from which such information was derived.

 

Section 2.09       Persons Deemed Owners.

 

The Issuers, the Indenture Trustee, the Note Registrar and any of their agents, may treat the Person in whose name a Note is registered as the owner of such Note as of the related Record Date for the purpose of receiving payments of principal, interest and other amounts in respect of such Note and for all other purposes, whether or not such Note shall be overdue, and none of the Issuers, the Indenture Trustee, the Note Registrar or any agents of any of them, shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

Section 2.10       Payment Account.

 

(a)               On or prior to the Initial Closing Date, the Indenture Trustee shall establish and maintain one or more segregated trust accounts (collectively, the “Payment Account”) at Citibank, N.A., in its name, as Indenture Trustee, bearing a designation clearly indicating that such account and all funds deposited therein are held for the exclusive benefit of the Noteholders and the Issuers as their interests may appear. At all times, the Payment Account shall be an Eligible Account or a sub-account of an Eligible Account. On each Remittance Date, the Indenture Trustee shall deposit or cause to be deposited in the Payment Account, as provided in the Property Management Agreement, the Available Amounts for such Payment Date. Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, shall have exclusive control and sole right of withdrawal with respect to the Payment Account. Funds in the Payment Account shall not be commingled with any other moneys. All moneys deposited from time to time in the Payment Account shall be held by and under the control of the Indenture Trustee in the Payment Account for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Issuers as herein provided.

 

(b)               Amounts in the Payment Account shall be held uninvested.

 

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(c)               The Indenture Trustee is authorized to make withdrawals from the Payment Account (the order set forth hereafter in this subsection (c) not constituting an order of priority for such withdrawals) to make payments on the Notes and to other parties as set forth in the priorities of payments pursuant to Section 2.11(b) of this Indenture, to the Issuers as provided in Section 2.11.

 

(d)               Upon the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Section 3.01, the Indenture Trustee shall pay to the holders of the Issuer Interests, as their interests may appear, all amounts, if any, held by it remaining as part of the Collateral Pool.

 

Section 2.11       Payments on the Notes.

 

(a)               Subject to Section 2.11(b), the applicable Issuers agree to pay:

 

(i)              on each Payment Date prior to the Rated Final Payment Date for the Classes of each Series of Notes (but only to the extent of the Available Amount pursuant to Section 2.11(b), in the case of payments of principal), interest on and principal of such Notes in the amounts and in accordance with the priorities set forth in Section 2.11(b); and

 

(ii)           on the Rated Final Payment Date for the Classes of each Series of Notes, the entire applicable Series Principal Balance, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon.

 

Amounts properly withheld under the Code by any Person from a payment to any Holder of a Note of interest, principal or other amounts, or any such payment set aside on the Final Payment Date for such Note as provided in Section 2.11(b), shall be considered as having been paid by the applicable Issuers to such Noteholder for all purposes of this Indenture.

 

(b)               With respect to each Payment Date, any interest, principal and other amounts payable on the Notes shall be paid to each Person that is a registered holder thereof at the close of business on the related Record Date; provided, however, that interest, principal and other amounts payable at the Final Payment Date of any Note shall be payable only against surrender thereof at the Indenture Trustee’s Office or such other address as may be specified in the notice of final payment. Payments of interest, principal and other amounts on the Notes shall be made on each Payment Date other than the Final Payment Date, subject to Applicable Law, by wire transfer to such accounts as each such Noteholder shall designate by written instruction received by the Indenture Trustee not later than the Record Date related to such Payment Date or otherwise by check mailed on or before such Payment Date to the Person entitled thereto at such Person’s address appearing on the Note Register as of the related Record Date. The Indenture Trustee shall pay each Note in whole or in part as provided herein on its Final Payment Date in immediately available funds from funds in the Payment Account as promptly as possible after presentation to the Indenture Trustee of such Note at the Indenture Trustee’s Office, but in no event later than the next Business Day after the day of such presentation. If presentation is made after 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on any day, such presentation shall be deemed to have been made on the immediately succeeding Business Day.

 

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Each payment with respect to a Book-Entry Note shall be paid to the Depository, as holder thereof, and the Depository shall be responsible for crediting the amount of such payment to the accounts of its Depository Participants in accordance with its normal procedures. Each Depository Participant shall be responsible for disbursing such payments to the related Note Owners that it represents and to each indirect participating brokerage firm (a “brokerage firm” or “indirect participating firm”) for which it acts as agent. Each brokerage firm shall be responsible for disbursing funds to the related Note Owners that it represents. None of the parties hereto shall have any responsibility therefor except as otherwise provided by this Indenture or Applicable Law. The applicable Issuers and the Indenture Trustee shall perform their respective obligations under each Letter of Representations.

 

Except as provided in the following sentence, if a Note is issued in exchange for any other Note during the period commencing at the close of business at the office or agency where such exchange occurs on any Record Date and ending before the opening of business at such office or agency on the related Payment Date, no interest, principal or other amounts will be payable on such Payment Date in respect of such new Note, but will be payable on such Payment Date only in respect of the prior Note. Interest, principal and other amounts payable on any Note issued in exchange for any other Note during the period commencing at the close of business at the office or agency where such exchange occurs on the Record Date immediately preceding the Final Payment Date for such Notes and ending on the Final Payment Date for such Notes, shall be payable to the Person that surrenders the new Note as provided in this Section 2.11(b).

 

All payments of interest, principal and other amounts made with respect to the Notes of a Class of any Series will be allocated pro rata among the Outstanding Notes of such Class as set forth below.

 

If any Note on which the final payment was due is not presented for payment on its Final Payment Date, then the Indenture Trustee shall set aside such payment in a segregated, non-interest bearing account (and shall remain uninvested) separate from the Payment Account (but which may be a sub-account thereof) but which constitutes an Eligible Account (or a sub-account of an Eligible Account), and the Indenture Trustee and the Issuers shall act in accordance with Section 5.10 in respect of the unclaimed funds.

 

On each Payment Date, the Available Amount on such Payment Date will be applied by the Indenture Trustee, first to pay the following expenses of the Issuers related to the Notes (collectively, “Collateral Pool Expenses”) to the extent not withdrawn from the Collection Account by the Property Manager on or prior to the applicable Remittance Date in accordance with the Property Management Agreement in the following order of priority:

 

(I) to the Indenture Trustee, the earned and unpaid Indenture Trustee Fees;

(II) to the Property Manager, the earned and unpaid Property Management Fee;

(III) to the Special Servicer, any earned and unpaid Special Servicing Fees;

(IV) to the Back-Up Manager, any earned and unpaid Back-Up Fee;

(V) to the Property Manager, the Special Servicer, the Back-Up Manager and the Indenture Trustee, as applicable, an amount equal to all unreimbursed Advances, including

 

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Nonrecoverable Advances (plus interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate) and Extraordinary Expenses for such Payment Date and to the extent unpaid from any prior Payment Date with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate (in the case of Extraordinary Expenses, not to exceed the Extraordinary Expense Cap, unless an Event of Default resulting in the acceleration of any Notes has occurred and is then continuing, in which case, such Extraordinary Expense Cap will not apply);

 

(VI) to the parties entitled thereto, the amount of any Issuer Expenses (not to exceed the Issuer Expense Cap, unless an Event of Default resulting in the acceleration of any Notes has occurred and is then continuing, in which case, such Issuer Expense Cap will not apply); and

 

(VII) (a) first, to the Indenture Trustee in any of its capacities under the Indenture, (b) second, to the Property Manager and the Special Servicer, and (c) third, to the relevant party, the amount of Extraordinary Expenses for such Payment Date and to the extent unpaid from any prior Payment Date, to the extent not already reimbursed in sub-clauses (I) through (VI) above, in each case, with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate (not to exceed the Extraordinary Expense Cap, unless an Event of Default resulting in the acceleration of any Notes has occurred and is then continuing, in which case (i) such Extraordinary Expense Cap will not apply and (ii) indemnities due to the Issuers or any Control Person, member, manager, officer, employee or agent of any such Issuers, other than any such party in connection with its role as Property Manager or Special Servicer, will be payable only after payments due to the Noteholders pursuant to the allocation of Series Available Amount below).

 

Subject to the terms and provisions of each Series Supplement, the Available Amount remaining on any Payment Date after payment of Collateral Pool Expenses will be allocated in the following manner and priority (the aggregate amount allocated pursuant to clauses (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (7) and (8) below, the “Series Available Amount”):

 

(1)               to each Series, Note Interest, allocated pro rata based on all amounts due on such Payment Date to each Series in respect of Note Interest (not including any Interest Carry-Forward Amounts) on the Notes designated as Class “A” (plus all unpaid Note Interest from prior Payment Dates and interest thereon at the applicable Note Rate);

 

(2)               to each Series, Note Interest, allocated pro rata based on all amounts due on such Payment Date to each Series in respect of Note Interest (not including any Interest Carry-Forward Amounts) on the Notes designated as Class “B” (plus all unpaid Note Interest from prior Payment Dates and interest thereon at the applicable Note Rate);

 

(3)               so long as no Early Amortization Period is in effect, sequentially:

 

a. to each Series, Scheduled Principal Payments, allocated pro rata based on all amounts due on such Payment Date to each Series in respect of the Notes of such Series designated as Class “A,” provided, however, that any Scheduled Principal Payments allocated to any Series shall not exceed the Series Principal Balance of the class A notes of such Series;

 

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b. to each Series, Scheduled Principal Payments, allocated pro rata based on all amounts due on such Payment Date to each Series in respect of the Notes of such Series designated as Class “B,” provided, however, that any Scheduled Principal Payments allocated to any Series shall not exceed the Series Principal Balance of the class B notes of such Series;

 

c. to each Series, unscheduled principal payments, allocated pro rata, based on the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Notes of such Series designated as Class “A” (after application of the allocations in clause (3)a. above), provided, however, that any unscheduled principal payments allocated to any Series shall not exceed the Outstanding Principal Balance of the class A notes of such Series; and

 

d. to each Series, unscheduled principal payments, allocated pro rata, based on the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Notes of such Series designated as Class “B” (after application of the allocations in clause (3)b. above), provided, however, that any unscheduled principal payments allocated to any Series shall not exceed the Outstanding Principal Balance of the class B notes of such Series;

 

(4)               during an Early Amortization Period, sequentially:

 

a. to each Series, all remaining Available Amounts, allocated pro rata based on the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Notes of such Series designated as Class “A” plus any Interest Carry-Forward Amounts related to such Class “A” Notes, provided, however, that such amount allocated to any Series shall not exceed the Outstanding Principal Balance of the class A notes of such Series; and

 

b. to each Series, all remaining Available Amounts, allocated pro rata based on the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Notes of such Series designated as Class “B” plus any Interest Carry-Forward Amounts related to such Class “B” Notes, provided, however, that such amount allocated to any Series shall not exceed the Outstanding Principal Balance of the class B notes of such Series;

 

(5)               so long as no Early Amortization Period is in effect, sequentially:

 

a. to each Series, Interest Carry-Forward Amounts, allocated pro rata based on all amounts due on such Payment Date to each Series in respect of the Notes of such Series designated as Class “A” (plus all unpaid Interest Carry-Forward Amounts from prior Payment Dates and interest thereon at the applicable Note Rates);

 

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b. to each Series, Interest Carry-Forward Amounts, allocated pro rata based on all amounts due on such Payment Date to each Series in respect of the Notes of such Series designated as Class “B” (plus all unpaid Interest Carry-Forward Amounts from prior Payment Dates and interest thereon at the applicable Note Rates);

 

(6)               during a DSCR Sweep Period, to the DSCR Reserve Account, all remaining Available Amounts until the amount on deposit in the DSCR Reserve Account is equal to the Aggregate Series Principal Balance;

 

(7)               to each Series, sequentially:

 

a. Make Whole Amounts related to any Unscheduled Principal Payments due on the Notes of such Series designated as Class “A” in clause (3)c. above, plus any unpaid Make Whole Amounts from any prior Payment Date, allocated pro rata based on the aggregate Make Whole Amount due to such Notes; and

 

b. Make Whole Amounts related to any Unscheduled Principal Payments due on the Notes of such Series designated as Class “B” in clause (3)d. above, plus any unpaid Make Whole Amounts from any prior Payment Date, allocated pro rata based on the aggregate Make Whole Amount due to such Notes;

 

(8)               to each Series, sequentially:

 

a. the aggregate unpaid Post-ARD Additional Interest and deferred Post-ARD Additional Interest accrued on the Notes of such Series designated as Class “A”, allocated pro rata based on all amounts due on such Payment Date to each Series in respect of Post-ARD Additional Interest and Deferred Post-ARD Interest on such Notes; and

 

b. the aggregate Post-ARD Additional Interest and deferred Post-ARD Additional Interest accrued on the Notes of such Series designated as Class “B”, allocated pro rata based on all amounts due on such Payment Date to each Series in respect of Post-ARD Additional Interest and Deferred Post-ARD Interest on such Notes;

 

(9)               to the payment of any Issuer Expenses or Extraordinary Expenses for such Payment Date and to the extent unpaid from any prior Payment Date with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate, not paid as part of the Collateral Pool Expenses; and

 

(10)           to the Issuers, all remaining Available Amounts (such amounts to be released from the lien of this Indenture).

 

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The commencement of an Early Amortization Period caused by the occurrence of an event set forth under clause (A) or clause (B) of the definition of “Early Amortization Period” shall be waivable by the Requisite Global Majority. The occurrence of an event, upon the occurrence of which an Early Amortization Period under clause (C) of the definition of “Early Amortization Period” shall otherwise commence, shall be waivable by the Controlling Parties of all Series of Notes.

 

In addition, the Issuers shall be entitled to deposit amounts that are not otherwise subject to the lien of this Indenture, in accordance with the applicable Series Supplements, which amounts shall be added to the Series Available Amount for the applicable Series for the Payment Date following such deposit and distributed to such Series on such Payment Date in accordance with the priority of payments for such Series. Such deposit may only be used for the purpose of preventing the occurrence of an Early Amortization Period under clause (C) of the definition of “Early Amortization Period” or curing any such Early Amortization Period that has already occurred and may not occur more frequently than one (1) time with respect to any three (3) consecutive Collection Periods and more than three (3) times prior to the Rated Final Payment Date.

 

(c)               In connection with making any payments pursuant to Section 2.11(b), the Indenture Trustee shall make available to each Issuer on the related Payment Date via the Indenture Trustee’s internet website specified in Section 6.01(a), a written statement detailing the amounts so paid; provided, that if such information is not so available on the Indenture Trustee’s internet website for any reason, the Indenture Trustee shall provide each Issuer with such written statement by facsimile transmission, confirmed in writing by first class mail or overnight courier.

 

Section 2.12       Final Payment Notice.

 

(a)               Notice of final payment under Section 2.11(b) shall be given by the Indenture Trustee as soon as practicable, but not later than two (2) Business Days prior to the Final Payment Date for a Class of any Series, to each Noteholder of such Series as of the close of business on the Record Date in the calendar month preceding the Final Payment Date at such Noteholder’s address appearing in the Note Register and to each applicable Rating Agency and each applicable Issuer.

 

(b)               All notices of final payment in respect of a Class of Notes of any Series shall state (i) the Final Payment Date for such Notes, (ii) the amount of the final payment for such Notes and (iii) the place where such Notes are to be surrendered for payment.

 

(c)               Notice of final payment of a Class of Notes of any Series shall be given by the Indenture Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Indenture Trustee. Failure to give notice of final payment, or any defect therein, to any Noteholder of such Series shall not impair or affect the validity of the final payment of any other Note.

 

Section 2.13       Compliance with Withholding Requirements.

 

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payments to Noteholders of interest, original issue discount, or other amounts that the Indenture Trustee reasonably believes are applicable under the Code or any other applicable law. The consent of Noteholders shall not be required for any such withholding.

 

Section 2.14       Cancellation.

 

The applicable Issuers may at any time deliver to the Note Registrar for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which such Issuers may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Notes so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Note Registrar. Such cancelled Notes shall be deemed no longer to be outstanding for all purposes under this Indenture and the other transaction documents.

 

If any Note shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Issuers, and the Issuers shall deliver such Note to the Indenture Trustee for cancellation as provided in this Section 2.14 together with a written statement stating that such Indenture Note has never been issued and sold by the Issuers, for all purposes of this Indenture such Note shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall not be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

 

All Notes delivered to the Indenture Trustee for payment shall be forwarded to the Note Registrar. All such Notes and all Notes surrendered for transfer and exchange in accordance with the terms hereof shall be canceled and disposed of by the Note Registrar in accordance with its customary procedures.

 

Section 2.15       Reserved.

 

Section 2.16       The Hedge Agreements.

 

(a)               On any Series Closing Date, the applicable Issuers may enter into one or more Hedge Agreements with respect to any Class of any related Series of Notes as set forth in the applicable Series Supplement.

 

(b)               The Indenture Trustee shall, on behalf of the applicable Issuers, distribute amounts due to each Hedge Counterparty under the applicable Hedge Agreements on any Payment Date from the Payment Account in accordance with Section 2.11 and the applicable Series Supplement.

 

(c)               The Indenture Trustee shall agree to any reduction in the notional amount of any Hedge Agreement requested by the applicable Issuers; provided, that, if any Notes are then Outstanding and rated by the Rating Agencies, the Indenture Trustee shall first have received the written confirmation that the Rating Condition is satisfied. Any amount paid by a Hedge Counterparty to the applicable Issuers in connection with such reduction shall constitute part of the Available Amount except as otherwise provided in the applicable Series Supplement.

 

(d)               Each Hedge Agreement (unless otherwise provided in the applicable Series Supplement) shall permit the complete or partial termination thereof (without the payment by the applicable Issuers of penalties or fees other than termination-related expenses) by the applicable Issuers subject to the provision of at least ten (10) Business Days notification to the

 

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Rating Agencies. The Indenture Trustee shall, prior to each applicable Series Closing Dates if required by the applicable Series Supplement, establish at Citibank, N.A. (or at such other financial institution as provided in the applicable Series Supplement and as necessary to ensure that the Hedge Counterparty Account is at all times an Eligible Account or a sub-account of an Eligible Account) a segregated trust account that shall be designated as a “Hedge Counterparty Account”, in its name, as Indenture Trustee, bearing a designation clearly indicating that such account and all funds deposited therein are held for the exclusive benefit of the applicable Noteholders, over which the Indenture Trustee shall have exclusive control and the sole right of withdrawal, and in which neither the applicable Issuers nor any other Person shall have any legal or beneficial interest. The Hedge Counterparty Accounts may be sub-accounts of the Payment Account. The only permitted withdrawal from or application of funds on deposit in, or otherwise to the credit of, a Hedge Counterparty Account shall be for application to obligations of the applicable Hedge Counterparty to the applicable Issuers under the related Hedge Agreement.

 

(e)               In the event a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee becomes aware that a Hedge Counterparty has defaulted in the payment when due of its obligations to the applicable Issuers under the related Hedge Agreement, the Indenture Trustee shall make a demand on such Hedge Counterparty, or any guarantor, if applicable, demanding payment by 12:30 p.m., New York City time, on such date (or by such time on the next succeeding Business Day if such actual knowledge is obtained by such Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee after 11:00 a.m., New York City time). The Indenture Trustee shall give notice to the applicable Noteholders upon the continuing failure by such Hedge Counterparty to perform its obligations during the two (2) Business Days following a demand made by the Indenture Trustee on such Hedge Counterparty.

 

(f)                If at any time a Hedge Agreement becomes subject to early termination due to the occurrence thereunder of an event of default or a termination event, the applicable Issuers and the Indenture Trustee shall take such actions (following the expiration of any applicable grace period and after the expiration of the two (2) Business Day period referred to in Section 2.16(e), as applicable) to enforce the rights of the applicable Issuers and the Indenture Trustee thereunder as may be permitted by the terms of such Hedge Agreement and consistent with the terms hereof, and shall apply the proceeds of any such actions (including, without limitation, the proceeds of the liquidation of any collateral pledged by the related Hedge Counterparty) to enter into a replacement Hedge Agreement on such terms or provide such other substitute arrangement (or forebear from doing either of the foregoing) as provided in the applicable Series Supplement. Any costs attributable to entering into a replacement Hedge Agreement which exceed the aggregate amount of the proceeds of the liquidation of the terminated Hedge Agreement shall constitute Issuer Expenses payable under Section 2.11(b). In addition, the applicable Issuers will use their best efforts to cause the termination of a Hedge Agreement to become effective simultaneously with the entry into a replacement Hedge Agreement described as aforesaid.

 

(g)               The applicable obligations under a Hedge Agreement must be non-recourse obligations of the applicable Issuers payable only to the extent of available funds in accordance with Section 2.11(b). In addition, the provisions under each Hedge Agreement shall provide that the related Hedge Counterparty shall not institute against, or join any other person or entity in instituting against, any of the Issuers, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement,

 

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insolvency or liquidation proceeding, or other proceedings under any federal or state bankruptcy or similar law (including the Bankruptcy Code), for two (2) years and thirty-one (31) days after the last Note issued by the Issuers is paid in full, and that the agreements in such provisions shall survive termination of such Hedge Agreement.

 

Section 2.17       Tax Treatment of the Notes.

 

The Issuers have entered into this Indenture, and each Class of Notes will be issued, with the intention that, for purposes of any federal, state and local income or franchise tax and any other taxes imposed on or measured by income (all of the foregoing, “Income Tax”), such Notes will qualify as indebtedness (unless otherwise provided in the applicable Series Supplement) upon their issuance for federal income tax purposes. Notwithstanding the above, any Note that, as a result of being beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by a person that also beneficially owns equity interests in an Issuer, is treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as not properly issued and outstanding will not be treated as indebtedness for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The Issuers, the Indenture Trustee and each Noteholder, by its acceptance of its Note, and each Note Owner, by purchasing or otherwise acquiring an Ownership Interest in a Note, agree to treat the Notes and such Ownership Interests in a manner consistent with all of the foregoing for Income Tax purposes and not take any contrary positions for such purposes.

 

Section 2.18       DSCR Reserve Account.

 

(a)               On or prior to the date hereof, the Indenture Trustee shall establish and maintain at Citibank, N.A. one or more segregated trust accounts (collectively, the “DSCR Reserve Account”), in its name, as Indenture Trustee, bearing a designation clearly indicating that such account and all funds deposited therein are held for the exclusive benefit of the Noteholders and the Issuers as their interests may appear. At all times, the DSCR Reserve Account shall be an Eligible Account or a sub-account of an Eligible Account.

 

(b)               The Indenture Trustee shall deposit or cause to be deposited in the DSCR Reserve Account during any DSCR Sweep Period the amount allocated for such purpose pursuant to Section 2.11(b). Except as provided in this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, shall have exclusive control and sole right of withdrawal with respect to the DSCR Reserve Account. Funds in the DSCR Reserve Account shall not be commingled with any other moneys. All moneys deposited from time to time in the DSCR Reserve Account shall be held by and under the control of the Indenture Trustee in the DSCR Reserve Account for the benefit of the Noteholders and the Issuers as herein provided.

 

(c)               All amounts in the DSCR Reserve Account shall remain uninvested.

 

(d)               Upon the termination of a DSCR Sweep Period, the Indenture Trustee shall remit such amounts to the Payment Account for application as Available Amount (other than as Unscheduled Proceeds) by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11(b). During an Early Amortization Period, the Indenture Trustee shall apply all amounts on deposit in the DSCR Reserve Account as Unscheduled Principal Payments and allocate such amounts to all Series in accordance with Section 2.11(b) on the related Payment Date.  On the Rated Final Payment Date of any Class of Notes, the Indenture Trustee shall transfer all amounts on deposit

 

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in the DSCR Reserve Account on such date to the Payment Account to be applied in accordance with Section 2.11(b).

 

Section 2.19       Representations and Warranties with Respect to the Issuers.

 

Except as otherwise provided in any applicable Series Supplement, each applicable Issuer hereby represents and warrants to the other parties hereto, as of the applicable Series Closing Date, as follows:

 

(a)               Such Issuer is a limited liability company duly created and validly existing in good standing under the laws of, and is duly qualified to do business in, the State of Delaware and has full power, authority and legal right to own its properties and conduct its business as presently owned or conducted, to execute and deliver the Indenture and the other Transaction Documents to which such Issuer is a party and to perform its obligations under the Indenture and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party.

 

(b)               The execution and delivery by such Issuer of the Indenture and the performance by such Issuer of its obligations under the Indenture and the other Transaction Documents to which such Issuer is a party has been duly and validly authorized and directed and does not violate the applicable Issuer LLC Agreement, nor does such execution, delivery or performance require the authorization, consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the filing or registration with, or the taking of any other action by, any arbitrator, court or other Governmental Authority or conflict with, or result in a breach or violation of, any provision of any law or regulation governing such Issuer or any order, writ, judgment or decree of any arbitrator, court or other Governmental Authority applicable to such Issuer or any of its assets, any material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, partnership agreement or other agreement or instrument to which such Issuer is a party or by which such Issuer or any portion of the Collateral is a party or by which such Issuer or all or any portion of the Collateral is bound, which breach or violation would materially adversely affect either the ability of such Issuer to perform its obligations under the Indenture and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party or the financial condition of such Issuer or the value of any Property as security for the Notes.

 

(c)               Such Issuer has requisite power and authority to own the applicable Properties and to transact the businesses in which it is now engaged. Such Issuer is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where it is required to be so qualified in connection with the applicable Properties, its business and operations. Such Issuer possesses all rights, licenses, permits and authorizations, governmental or otherwise, necessary to entitle it to own the applicable Properties and to transact the businesses in which it is now engaged, the failure of which to obtain would result in a material adverse effect on either the ability of such Issuer to perform its obligations under the Indenture and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party or the financial condition of such Issuer or the value of any such Property as security for the Notes. The sole business of such Issuer is as set forth in the applicable Issuer LLC Agreement.

 

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execution and delivery by each of the other parties hereto, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of such Issuer, enforceable against such Issuer in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (B) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

 

(e)               Such Issuer has no employee benefit plans and is not required to make any contributions to any Plans.

 

(f)                Such Issuer (a) has not entered into the Indenture or any of the other Transaction Documents with the actual intent to hinder, delay, or defraud any creditor and (b) has received reasonably equivalent value in exchange for its obligations under the Indenture. Giving effect to the applicable Series of Notes, the fair saleable value of all Issuers’ assets exceed and will, immediately following the execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents, exceed the Issuers’ total liabilities, including, without limitation, subordinated, unliquidated, disputed or contingent liabilities. The Issuers’ assets do not and, immediately following the execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents will not, constitute unreasonably small capital to carry out its business as conducted or as proposed to be conducted. Such Issuer does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts and liabilities (including, without limitation, contingent liabilities and other commitments) beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature (taking into account the timing and amounts to be payable on or in respect of obligations of such Issuer).

 

(g)               Such Issuer is not: (a) an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company,” within the meaning of the 1940 Act; (b) a “holding company” or a “subsidiary company” of a “holding company” or an “affiliate” of either a “holding company” or a “subsidiary company” within the meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as amended; or (c) subject to any other federal or state law or regulation which prevents such Issuer from entering into the Indenture; the Indenture is not required to be qualified under the 1939 Act.

 

(h)               No Issuer is, and neither the sale of the Notes in the manner contemplated by the Private Placement Memorandum nor the activities of any Issuer pursuant to this Agreement will cause such Issuer to be, (a) an “investment company” or under the control of an “investment company” as defined in the 1940 Act and the rules and regulations thereunder or (b) required to be registered under the 1940 Act. Each Issuer is relying on an exclusion or exemption from the definition of “investment company” contained in Section 3(c)(5) of the 1940 Act, although there may be additional exclusions or exemptions available. Each Issuer does not constitute a “covered fund” under the so-called Volcker Rule under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

 

(i)                 The Transaction Documents and the applicable Private Placement Memorandum (as defined in the applicable Series Supplement) do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make statements contained herein or therein not misleading.

 

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(j)                 The applicable Series of Notes, the Indenture, the other Transaction Documents and the organizational documents of such Issuer are not subject to any right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense, including the defense of usury, nor would the operation of any of the terms of such Series of Notes, the Indenture, any of the other Transaction Documents or the organizational documents of such Issuer, or the exercise of any right thereunder, render the Indenture unenforceable, in whole or in part, or subject to any right of rescission, set-off, counterclaim or defense, including the defense of usury.

 

(k)               The Indenture is in full force and effect and no Event of Default or violation under the Indenture or any of the other Transaction Documents or the organizational documents of such Issuer by any party thereunder has occurred and is continuing.

 

(l)                 Neither such Issuer nor any of its constituent Persons are contemplating either the filing of a petition by it under any state or federal bankruptcy or insolvency laws or the liquidation of all or a major portion of such Issuer’s assets or property, and such Issuer has no knowledge of any Person contemplating the filing of any such petition against it or such constituent Persons.

 

(m)             Such Issuer is not a “foreign person” within the meaning of Section 1445(f)(3) of the Code and the related Treasury Regulations, including temporary regulations.

 

(n)               Such Issuer does not own any asset or property other than the applicable Properties and related Leases.

 

(o)               Such Issuer has not incurred any indebtedness, secured or unsecured, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent (including guaranteeing any obligation), that has not been repaid in full, other than (i) the Notes, and (ii) trade and operational debt incurred in the ordinary course of business with trade creditors and in amounts as are normal and reasonable under the circumstances.

 

(p)               Such Issuer has not made any loans or advances to any third party (including any Affiliate or constituent party or any Affiliate of any constituent party).

 

(q)               Such Issuer has done or caused to be done all things necessary to observe organizational formalities and preserve its existence.

 

(r)                Such Issuer has maintained its assets in such a manner that it will not be costly or difficult to segregate, ascertain or identify its individual assets from those of any Affiliate or constituent party or any Affiliate of any constituent party, or any other Person.

 

(s)                Such Issuer has not guaranteed, become obligated for, pledged its assets as security for, or held itself out to be responsible for the debts or obligations of any other Person or the decisions or actions respecting the daily business or affairs of any other Person, except for (a) guarantees or pledges from which such Issuer has been released or (b) the Notes.

 

(t)                 All of the assumptions made in any applicable substantive non-consolidation opinion letter dated the date hereof, delivered by Clifford Chance US LLP in connection with the Notes and any subsequent non-consolidation opinion delivered on behalf of

 

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such Issuer as required by the terms and conditions of the Indenture (the “Non-consolidation Opinion”), including, but not limited to, any exhibits attached thereto, are true and correct in all material respects. Each Person other than such Issuer, if any, with respect to which an assumption is made in the applicable Non-Consolidation Opinion has complied with all of the assumptions made with respect to it in such Non-Consolidation Opinion.

 

(u)               Upon the issuance of the applicable Series of Notes, the Indenture Trustee has a valid and enforceable first priority perfected lien or perfected security interest, as applicable, in the Collateral, subject only to Permitted Encumbrances. Upon the execution of any Account Control Agreement, the Indenture Trustee has a first priority perfected security interest in any accounts to which the Account Control Agreement relates.

 

(v)               As of the date hereof, each applicable Series Closing Date and at all times throughout the term of the Notes, (i) none of the funds or other assets of such Issuer constitute property of, or are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any Person, entity or government subject to trade restrictions under U.S. law, including but not limited to, the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 (including the anti-terrorism provisions thereof) (the “Patriot Act”), the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. Sections 1701, et seq., The Trading with the Enemy Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 1 et seq., and any Executive Orders or regulations promulgated thereunder, with the result that the investment in such Issuer (whether directly or indirectly) is prohibited by law or the Notes are in violation of law (such person, an “Embargoed Person”), (ii) no Embargoed Person has any interest of any nature whatsoever in such Issuer, with the result that the investment in such Issuer (whether directly or indirectly) is prohibited by law or the Notes are in violation of law, and (iii) none of the funds of such Issuer have been derived from any lawful activity with the result that the investment in such Issuer (whether directly or indirectly) is prohibited by law or the Notes are in violation of law.

 

(w)             No part of the proceeds of the Notes will be used for the purpose of purchasing or acquiring any “margin stock” within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or for any other purpose which would be inconsistent with such Regulation U or any other Regulations of such Board of Governors, or for any purposes prohibited by Legal Requirements or by the terms and conditions of the Indenture or the other Transaction Documents.

 

Section 2.20       Representations and Warranties With Respect To Properties and Leases.

 

Except as set forth in Schedule I-B of the applicable Series Supplement, each of the applicable Issuers shall make the following representations and warranties and the representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit A of such Series Supplement, as of (i) the date specified in the applicable representation or warranty or (ii) if no date is specified, the later of (a) the most recent Series Closing Date and (b) with respect to any Qualified Substitute Property, as of the applicable Transfer Date with respect to (x) the Properties and Leases indicated in such Series Supplement or otherwise added to the Collateral Pool by such Issuer in connection with the issuance of any Series of Notes or (y) Qualified Substitute Properties acquired by an Issuer from a third party, as applicable:

 

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(a)               There are no pending actions, suits or proceedings, arbitrations or governmental investigations against such Issuer or the related Properties, an adverse outcome of which would materially affect (i) such Issuer’s performance under or ability to pay principal, interest or any other amounts due under the Notes, the Indenture (including any applicable Series Supplement) or the other Transaction Documents, or the use of such Properties for the use currently being made thereof, the operation of such Properties as currently being operated or the value of such Properties or (ii) the collectability or enforceability of the Mortgages with respect to such Properties or the related Leases.

 

(b)               Such Issuer has good, marketable (or with respect to the related Properties located in Texas, indefeasible) and insurable title to each Property, and has the full power, authority and right to deed, encumber, mortgage, give, grant, bargain, sell, alienate, setoff, convey, confirm, pledge, assign and hypothecate the same; and such Issuer possesses an unencumbered fee estate, or ground lease interest, in each Property and, other than with respect to the Tenant Ground Leases, the improvements thereon, and it owns each Property free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and charges whatsoever except for Permitted Encumbrances and each Mortgage is a valid and enforceable first lien on and security interest in the applicable Property, subject only to said permitted encumbrances.

 

(c)               With respect to any Property operating in the NAICS industry group Gas/Convenience Stores, the insurance policies with respect to such Property comply with state insurance funds or maintain policies of at least of $1 million.

 

(d)               Upon the execution by such Issuer and the recording of each Mortgage, and upon the execution and proper filing of UCC Financing Statements (if required by a jurisdiction to perfect the security interest set forth in the Mortgage), the Indenture Trustee will have a valid first lien on the related Properties and a valid security interest in such Issuer’s interest in the “Equipment” (as defined in the Mortgages), if any, subject to no liens, charges or encumbrances other than the Permitted Encumbrances.

 

(e)               Each Property is covered by an ALTA (or an equivalent form thereof as adopted in the applicable jurisdiction) title insurance policy (a “Title Policy”), in an amount at least equal to the initial Allocated Loan Amount of such Property, issued during the six (6) months after the date such Property was added to the Collateral Pool. Each Property insured for the Allocated Loan Amount includes an aggregation endorsement. The Title Policy insures, as of the date of such policy (or any date-down endorsement to such policy, if applicable), that the related Mortgage is a valid first lien on the fee or leasehold interest in such Property subject only to the Permitted Encumbrances (to the extent stated therein); such Title Policy is in full force and effect and names the Indenture Trustee as the mortgagee of record; such Title Policy is assignable to assignees of the insured in accordance with its terms. As of the Series Closing Date or the related date of substitution or acquisition, as applicable, all premiums for the Title Policy have been paid and no material claims have been made thereunder. The Title Policy has been issued by a company licensed to issue such policies in the state in which such Property is located.

 

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disclosed in surveys delivered to the Indenture Trustee in connection with the issuance of the Notes, all public utilities necessary to the continued use and enjoyment of each Property as presently used and enjoyed are located in the public right-of-way abutting such Property or an adjacent mortgaged property, and all such utilities are connected so as to serve such Property, directly from such public right-of-way, through such adjacent mortgaged property or through valid easements insured under the Title Policy. All roads necessary for the current utilization of each Property have been completed and dedicated to public use and accepted by all governmental authorities or are the subject of access easements for the benefit of the applicable Property or an adjacent mortgaged property.

 

(g)               Except as disclosed in the Title Policies, to the knowledge of such Issuer, there are no material pending or proposed special or other assessments for public improvements or otherwise affecting the related Properties, nor, to the knowledge of such Issuer, are there any contemplated improvements to such Properties that may result in such special or other assessments.

 

(h)               There are no delinquent or unpaid taxes affecting any Property which are or may become a lien of priority equal to or higher than the lien of the related Mortgage. For purposes of this representation and warranty, taxes shall not be considered delinquent or unpaid until the date on which interest and/or penalties would be payable thereon.

 

(i)                 Each related Property as of the date such Property was added to the Collateral Pool is free and clear of any mechanics’ and materialmen’s liens or similar liens that would materially and adversely affect the value of such Property.

 

(j)                 No material improvements on any Property are located in an area designated as Flood Zone A or Flood Zone V by the Federal Emergency Management Agency or otherwise located in a flood zone area as identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as a 100 year flood zone or special hazard area, except as may be shown on the surveys delivered to the Indenture Trustee in connection with the issuance of the Notes, for which such applicable Properties such Issuer has caused the Tenant under the related Lease to obtain flood insurance in accordance with the provisions of the Lease and the Property Management Agreement.

 

(k)               All certifications, permits, licenses and approvals, including, without limitation, certificates of completion and occupancy permits required for the legal use, occupancy and operation of the related Properties (collectively, the “Licenses”) as currently being operated have been obtained and are in full force and effect except to the extent the failure of any such License to be in full force and effect would not have a material adverse effect on such Issuer or the use and operation of any Property. The related Properties are free of material damage and are in good repair in all material respects, and there is no proceeding pending or to the knowledge of such Issuer, is threatened or contemplated, for the total or partial condemnation of, or affecting, such Properties, or for the relocation of roadways providing access to any Property.

 

(l)                 There is no valid dispute, claim, offset, defense or counterclaim to such Issuer’s rights in the Lease. The Lease, together with applicable state law, contains customary

 

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and enforceable provisions such as to render the rights and remedies of the lessors thereof adequate for the practical realization against the related Property of the principal benefits of the security intended to be provided thereby, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

 

(m)             Except as illustrated on surveys delivered to the Indenture Trustee in connection with the issuance of the Notes, all of the material improvements which were included in determining the Appraised Value of each Property lie wholly within the boundaries and building restriction lines of such Property except to the extent such improvements may encroach upon an adjoining Property, and no improvements on adjoining properties, other than an adjoining Property, encroach materially upon any Property, and no easements or other encumbrances upon a Property encroach materially upon any of the improvements, so as to affect the value or marketability of any Property, except those which are insured against by the Title Policies.

 

(n)               Attached to the applicable Series Supplement is a true and correct list of Tenants operating at the related Properties and such Issuer has received no notice of any material defaults under any franchise or operating agreements.

 

(o)               In connection with the acquisition of record title to each related Property, such Issuer inspected or caused to be inspected the related Property by (i) appraisal inspection performed by an independent, third party MAI appraiser and (ii) by a property condition engineer or (iii) otherwise as required by the Underwriting Guidelines then in effect; the related Lease File contains a survey with respect to such Property, which survey was deemed sufficient to delete the standard title survey exception (to the extent the deletion of such exception is available in the related state). In addition, such survey of such Property has been performed by a duly licensed surveyor or registered professional engineer in the jurisdiction in which such Property is situated, with the signature and seal of a licensed engineer or surveyor affixed thereto and does not fail to reflect any material matter known to such Issuer affecting such Property or the title thereto. Each appraisal contains a statement, or is accompanied by a letter from the appraiser, to the effect that the appraisal was performed in accordance with the requirements of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, as in effect on the date such appraisal was obtained.

 

(p)               The origination, servicing and collection of Monthly Lease Payments on such Lease is in all respects legal, proper and prudent and in accordance with customary industry standards. No portion of the related Properties has been purchased or leased by Issuer or any affiliate with proceeds of any illegal activity.

 

(q)               To the extent required under applicable law, such Issuer was authorized to transact and do business in the jurisdiction in which such Property is located, except where such failure to qualify would not result in a material adverse effect on the enforceability of the related Lease.

 

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(r)                Except as set forth on reports and surveys delivered to the Indenture Trustee in connection with the issuance of the Notes, the related Properties and all improvements thereon are in compliance in all material respects with all recorded covenants and all legal requirements, including, without limitation, building and zoning ordinances and codes and subdivision laws, the failure of which to comply with the same would result in a material adverse effect on either the ability of such Issuer to perform its obligations under the Indenture (including the applicable Series Supplement) and the other Transaction Documents or the financial condition of such Issuer or the value of any related Property as security for the Notes.

 

(s)                No fraudulent acts were committed by such Issuer during the origination process with respect to each related Lease; and, there has not been committed by such Issuer or any other person in occupancy of or involved in the operation or use of the related Properties any act or omission affording the federal government or any state or local government the right of forfeiture as against such Properties or any part thereof or any moneys paid in performance of such Issuer’s obligations under any of the Transaction Documents.

 

(t)                 Such Issuer is not a party to any agreement or instrument or subject to any restriction which might materially and adversely affect such Issuer or any Property, or such Issuer’s business, properties or assets, operations or condition, financial or otherwise. Such Issuer is not in default in any material respect in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any of the obligations, covenants or conditions contained in any agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which such Issuer or any of the related Properties are bound, which default would materially adversely affect either the ability of such Issuer to perform its obligations under the Indenture and the other Transaction Documents or the financial condition of such Issuer or the value of any related Property as security for the Notes.

 

(u)               All financial data that have been delivered to the Indenture Trustee in respect of the related Properties, including, to such Issuer’s knowledge, any such data relating to Tenants under Leases, (i) are true, complete and correct in all material respects, (ii) accurately represent the financial condition of such Properties as of the date of such reports and (iii) to the extent prepared or audited by an independent certified public accounting firm, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP throughout the periods covered, except as disclosed therein; provided, however, that it is expressly understood by each party to the Indenture that any cost estimates, projections and other predictions contained in such data are not deemed to be representations of such Issuer. Since the date of such financial statements, there has been no materially adverse change in the financial condition, operations or business of such Issuer from that set forth in said financial statements.

 

(v)               Each Property is comprised of one (1) or more parcels, which constitute a separate tax lot or lots, and does not constitute a portion of any other tax lot not a part of such Property or is subject to an endorsement under the related Title Policy insuring the Property, or in certain cases, an application has been made to the applicable governing authority for creation of separate tax lots, in which case an escrow amount sufficient to pay taxes for the existing tax parcel of which the Property is a part is required until the separate tax lots are created.

 

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(w)             The operation of any of the terms of the related Lease, or the exercise of any rights thereunder, does not render such Lease unenforceable, in whole or in part, or subject to any right of rescission, set-off, abatement, diminution, counterclaim or defense.

 

(x)               The related Issuer has obtained and has delivered to the Indenture Trustee certificates of all insurance policies reflecting the insurance coverages, amounts and other requirements set forth in the Indenture or any of the other Transaction Documents. To such Issuer’s knowledge, no material pending claims have been made under any such policy, and no person, including such Issuer, has done, by act or omission, anything which would materially impair the coverage of any such policy.

 

(y)               Each Property is used exclusively for purposes related to each Tenant’s existing business on the date such Property is added to the Collateral Pool and other existing uses permitted under the related leases.

 

(z)               Except as set forth on reports delivered to the Custodian on behalf of the Indenture Trustee in connection with the issuance of the Notes: (1) each Property, including, without limitation, all buildings, improvements, parking facilities, sidewalks, storm drainage systems, roofs, plumbing systems, HVAC systems, fire protection systems, electrical systems, equipment, elevators, exterior sidings and doors, landscaping, irrigation systems and all structural components, is in good condition, order and repair in all material respects so as to not materially and adversely affect the use or value of such Property, and such Property is free of material damage and is in good repair in all material respects, in each case, as of the date such Property was added to the Collateral Pool; (2) there exists no structural or other material defects or damages in any Property, whether latent or otherwise; and (3) no insurance company or bonding company has given notice of any defects or inadequacies in any Property as of the date such Property was added to the Collateral Pool, or any part thereof, which would adversely affect the insurability of the same or cause the imposition of extraordinary premiums or charges thereon or of any termination or threatened termination of any policy of insurance or bond.

 

(aa)            In connection with each Property with respect to which a Lease Guarantor has executed a Lease Guaranty with respect to all payments due under the related Lease:

 

(i)              such Lease Guaranty is in full force and effect and, to the related Issuer’s knowledge, there are no defaults by the related Lease Guarantor thereunder;

 

(ii)           such Lease Guaranty, on its face: (1) contains no conditions to such payment, other than a notice and right to cure; (2) provides that it is the guaranty of both the performance and payment of the financial obligations of the Tenant under the Lease; and (3) does not provide that the rejection of the Lease in a bankruptcy or insolvency of the Tenant shall affect the related Lease Guarantor’s obligations under such Lease Guaranty; and

 

(iii)         such Lease Guaranty is binding on the successors and assigns of the related Lease Guarantor and inures to the benefit of the lessor’s successors and assigns; such Lease Guaranty cannot be released or amended without the lessor’s

 

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consent or unless a predetermined performance threshold is achieved or a predetermined period of time has elapsed.

 

(bb)           Except as set forth on a schedule to the applicable Series Supplement:

 

(i)              the related Properties are not subject to any leases other than the Leases (and the subleases and assignments as permitted thereunder) as described in the Lease Schedule attached to the applicable Series Supplement and made a part of the Master Indenture. No person has any possessory interest in any Property or right to occupy the same except under and pursuant to the provisions of the Leases and subleases or assignments permitted thereunder. The Leases are in full force and effect and there are no material defaults thereunder by the related Issuer or any Tenant. No rent (including security deposits) has been paid more than one (1) month in advance of its due date. All material work, if any, to be performed by such Issuer under each Lease has been performed as required and has been accepted by the applicable Tenant, and any payments, free rent, partial rent, rebate of rent or other payments, credits, allowances or abatements required to be given by such Issuer to any Tenant has already been received by such Tenant. There has been no prior sale, transfer or assignment from such Issuer of any Property or Leases in the Collateral or hypothecation or pledge by such Issuer of any Lease or of the rents received therein, except for such hypothecation or pledges to the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the holders of the Notes or that have been released. Except as permitted under certain leases referenced on a schedule to the applicable Series Supplement, no Tenant listed on the Lease Schedule attached to the Series Supplement has assigned its Lease, and no such Tenant holds its leased premises under assignment or sublease. Such Lease Schedule to the applicable Series Supplement sets forth a true and correct list of each Property that is subject to a Third Party Purchase Option or an option to terminate such Lease prior to the Rated Final Payment Date, together with the earliest date on which each such option may be exercised;

 

(ii)           the Tenant under each Lease (or a permitted sublessee or assignee as permitted under such Lease) is in possession of the related Property and paying rent pursuant to the applicable Lease; the related Issuer is the owner of the lessor’s interest in each Lease; the Tenant or an assignee as permitted under such Lease is required to make rental payments as directed by such Issuer, as lessor, and its successors and assigns;

 

(iii)         each lease requires that the Tenant has all material licenses, permits, material agreements, including, but not limited to franchise agreements, if applicable, necessary for the operation and continuance of such Tenant’s business on the related Property and to the best of the Issuer’s knowledge all Tenants are in compliance; no Issuer has received notice of any Tenant in default of such Tenant’s obligations under any such applicable license, permit or agreement, which default would materially and adversely affect its business operations on the subject Property; and no Issuer has received notice of a material default under any applicable franchise or operating agreement;

 

(iv)          neither the related Issuer nor to such Issuer’s knowledge, any Tenant is the subject of any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding;

 

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(v)            there are no pending actions, suits or proceedings by or before any court or governmental authority against or affecting any Tenant that, if determined adverse to any Tenant, would materially and adversely affect the ability of any Tenant to pay any amounts due under the applicable Lease;

 

(vi)          the obligations of the related Tenant under the Lease, including, but not limited to, the obligation of Tenant to pay rent, are not affected by reason of: (1) any damage to or destruction of any portion of a related Property, except damage to such Property caused by casualty in the last twelve (12) or twenty-four (24) months of the lease term or substantial damage to the Property such that the improvements cannot be repaired so as to allow Tenant to conduct a substantial part of its business within a specified time period ranging from one hundred eighty (180) days to one (1) year; (2) any taking of such Property, except a total condemnation and taking of the Property or a partial condemnation and taking that renders the Property unsuitable for the continuation of Tenant’s business; (3) any prohibition, limitation, interruption, cessation, restriction, prevention or interference of Tenant’s use, occupancy or enjoyment of such Property, except with respect to certain abatement rights in connection with casualty and condemnation which may be provided for under the related Lease;

 

(vii)       every obligation associated with managing, owning, developing and operating the Property, including, but not limited to, the costs associated with utilities, taxes, insurance, capital and structural improvements, maintenance and repairs is an obligation of the Tenant;

 

(viii)     all obligations related to the initial construction of the improvements on the Property have been satisfied and, except for the obligation to rebuild such improvements after a casualty (which obligation is limited by available insurance proceeds), such Issuer, as lessor under the Lease, does not have any material monetary or non-monetary obligations under the Lease and has made no representation or warranty under the Lease, the breach of which would result in the abatement of rent, a right of setoff or termination of the Lease;

 

(ix)          except as otherwise provided in the related Lease, the Tenant may not assign or sublease the Property without the consent of such Issuer, and in the event the Tenant assigns or sublets the Property, the Tenant remains primarily obligated under the Lease;

 

(x)            the Tenant has agreed to indemnify such Issuer, as lessor under the Lease, from any claims of any nature relating to the Lease and the Tenant’s operations at the related Property other than the lessor’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, including, without limitation, arising as a result of violations of environmental laws resulting from the Tenant’s operation of the property;

 

(xi)          any obligation or liability imposed by any easement or reciprocal easement agreement is an obligation of the Tenant, and the related Issuer has no liability to the Tenant for the performance of the same;

 

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(xii)       pursuant to the terms of each Lease, each Lease is automatically subordinate to the related Mortgage, and to the extent the terms of a Lease do not include such automatic subordination language, the related Issuer and related Tenant have executed a subordination, non-disturbance, and attornment agreement;

 

(xiii)     except for certain rights of first offer or rights of first refusal set forth in certain Leases, the Lease is freely assignable by the lessor and its successors and assigns (including, but not limited to, the Indenture Trustee, which acquires title to a Property by foreclosure or otherwise) to any person without the consent of the Tenant, and in the event the lessor’s interest is so assigned, the Tenant is obligated to recognize the assignee as lessor under such Lease, whether under the Lease or by operation of law; and

 

(xiv)      the Tenant has not been released, in whole or in part, from its obligations under the terms of the Lease.

 

(cc)            No adverse selection was employed in selecting such Lease for inclusion in the Collateral Pool.

 

(dd)           With respect to any Property which is the subject of a Master Lease, the lessor under the Master Lease has assigned its interest in the Leases of the Properties to such Issuer and such Issuer and the other lessors under the Master Leases have entered into inter-lessor agreements by which the rents and the rights to enforce the provisions of the Master Leases pertinent to any of the Properties have also been assigned to such Issuer.

 

(ee)            All security deposits collected in connection with such Property are being held in accordance with all applicable laws.

 

(ff)              With respect to any Property acquired and Lease entered into after the Series Closing Date, including with respect to any Qualified Substitute Properties substituted by the related Issuer from a third party (subject to exceptions scheduled and set forth in the related Property Transfer Agreement, if applicable): (a) each Qualified Substitute Property satisfies the requirements set forth in the definition of Qualified Substitute Property; and (b) such Property and Lease are required to be acquired or entered into pursuant to the terms and provisions of the Indenture and the Property Management Agreement in accordance with the related Underwriting Guidelines.

 

(gg)           All transfer taxes, deed stamps, intangible taxes or other amounts in the nature of transfer taxes required to be paid by any person under applicable legal requirements currently in effect in connection with the transfer of the related Properties to the related Issuer have been paid. All mortgage, mortgage recording, stamp, intangible or other similar taxes required to be paid by any person under applicable legal requirements currently in effect in connection with the execution, delivery, recordation, filing, registration, perfection or enforcement of any of the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, the Mortgages, have been paid, and, under current legal requirements, each of the Mortgages is enforceable in accordance with their respective terms by the Indenture Trustee (or any subsequent holder thereof).

 

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(hh)           To such Issuer’s knowledge, except as disclosed in the environmental reports delivered to the Custodian in connection with the issuance of the Notes, in all material respects: (a) no Property is in violation of any environmental laws; (b) no Property is subject to any private or governmental lien or judicial or administrative notice or action or inquiry, investigation or claim relating to hazardous substances; (c) no hazardous substances are or have been (including the period prior to such Issuer’s acquisition of each Property) released, discharged, generated, treated, disposed of or stored on, incorporated in, or removed or transported from each Property other than in compliance with all environmental laws; and (d) no hazardous substances other than permitted materials, are present in, on or under any nearby real property which could migrate to or otherwise affect each Property.

 

(ii)               To such Issuer’s knowledge, no asbestos is located on any related Property except as may have been disclosed in the environmental reports delivered to the Custodian in connection with the issuance of the Notes.

 

ARTICLE III

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

 

Section 3.01       Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

 

This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect except as to (i) any surviving rights herein expressly provided for, including any rights of transfer or exchange of Notes herein expressly provided for, (ii) in the case of clause (1)(B) below, the rights of the Noteholders hereunder to receive payment of the Outstanding Principal Balance of and interest on the Notes and any other rights of the Noteholders hereunder, and (iii) the provisions of Section 3.02, when:

 

(1)               either: (A) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Notes which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.07 and (ii) Notes for which payment of money has theretofore been deposited in the Payment Account by the Indenture Trustee and thereafter repaid to the Issuers or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 5.10) have been delivered to the Note Registrar for cancellation; or (B) all such Notes not theretofore delivered to the Note Registrar for cancellation (i) have become due and payable or (ii) will become due and payable on the next Payment Date, and in the case of clause (B)(i) or (B)(ii) above, cash in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Notes not theretofore delivered to the Note Registrar for cancellation or sufficient to pay the Outstanding Principal Balance thereof and any interest thereon accrued to the date of such deposit (in the case of Notes which have become due and payable) or to the end of the related Accrual Period for the next Payment Date has been deposited with the Indenture Trustee as trust funds in trust for these purposes;

 

(2)               the Issuers have paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable or reasonably expected to become payable by such Issuers to the Indenture Trustee, the Property Manager, the Special Servicer, the Back-Up

 

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Manager, each of the Rating Agencies, each of the other Persons to which amounts are payable hereunder and each of the Noteholders (in each case, if any);

 

(3)               the Issuers have delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate of the applicable Issuer Manager (upon which the Indenture Trustee may rely) stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with; and

 

(4)               the Issuers have furnished to the Indenture Trustee a Tax Opinion to the effect that the actions contemplated by this Section 3.01 will not (i) adversely affect the tax characterization of any outstanding Notes treated as debt for U.S. federal income tax purposes, or (ii) cause or constitute an event in which any U.S. federal income tax gain or loss would be recognized by any Noteholder or any Issuer;

 

provided, however, that if, at any time after the payment that would have otherwise resulted in the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and such obligations, such payment is rescinded or must otherwise be returned for any reason, effective upon such rescission or return such satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and such obligations shall automatically be deemed never to have occurred and this Indenture and such obligations shall be deemed to be in full force and effect.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the Issuers to the Indenture Trustee under Section 5.04 hereof and the obligations of the Indenture Trustee to the Noteholders under Section 3.02 hereof shall survive satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

 

Section 3.02       Application of Trust Money.

 

Subject to the provisions of Section 2.11, Section 5.10 and Section 7.01, all Cash deposited with the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 3.01 shall be held in the Payment Account and applied by the Indenture Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to pay to the Persons entitled thereto the amounts to which such Persons are entitled pursuant to the provisions hereof.

 

ARTICLE IV

EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES

 

Section 4.01       Events of Default.

 

Event of Default,” wherever used herein with respect to the Notes 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):

 

(a)               unless otherwise specified in the related Series Supplement, the failure of any Issuer to pay Note Interest on any related Notes on any Payment Date (not including any

 

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Post-ARD Additional Interest, Deferred Post-ARD Additional Interest or Interest Carry-Forward Amount, post-ARD additional interest, deferred post-ARD additional interest or interest carry-forward amount on any class of Notes) and such failure continues unremedied for a period of two (2) Business Days;

 

(b)               the failure of any Issuer to reduce to zero the Outstanding Principal Balance of any related Class of Notes on the applicable Rated Final Payment Date;

 

(c)               (i) any material default in the observance or performance of any material covenant or agreement of any Issuer made in this Indenture, the Transaction Documents or any related Mortgage (other than (A) a covenant or agreement, a default in the observance or performance of which is elsewhere in this Section 4.01 specifically dealt with and (B) with respect to a Collateral Defect that has been either cured or for which the Property that is subject to such Collateral Defect has been exchanged by the Issuer or purchased by the Support Provider), which default shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after there shall have been given to the Issuers by the Indenture Trustee, or to the Issuers and the Indenture Trustee by the Noteholders holding at least 25% of the Aggregate Series Principal Balance, a written notice specifying such default and requiring it to be remedied; (ii) any monetary default by any Issuer under any Transaction Document (other than this Indenture, any Mortgage or any Series of Notes), which monetary default continues beyond any applicable cure period set forth in such Transaction Document, or if no cure period is set forth in such document, such default continues unremedied for a period of five (5) days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to such Issuer by the Indenture Trustee; and (iii) any material default in the observance or performance of any non-monetary covenant or agreement on the part of any Issuer contained in any Transaction Document (other than this Indenture, any Mortgage or any Series of Notes), which continues unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to such Issuer by the Indenture Trustee, provided, however, if such default under this subclause (iii) is reasonably susceptible of cure, but not within such thirty (30) day period, then such Issuer may be permitted an additional ninety (90) days to cure such default provided such Issuer diligently and continuously pursues such cure;

 

(d)               (i) the impairment of the validity or effectiveness of this Indenture or the impairment of the validity or effectiveness of the lien of any Mortgage, the subordination of the lien of any such Mortgage, the creation of any lien or other encumbrance on any part of the Collateral Pool in addition to the lien of any such Mortgage or the failure of the lien of any such Mortgages to constitute a valid first priority perfected security interest in the Collateral included in the Collateral Pool, in each case that has a material adverse effect with respect to the Collateral Pool and subject to liens expressly permitted under the terms of the Property Management Agreement and the related Mortgages; provided, that if susceptible of cure, no Event of Default shall arise pursuant to this clause (d) until the continuation of any such default unremedied for a period of five (5) days or, with respect to the lien of any Mortgage, thirty (30) days after receipt by the Issuers of notice thereof; or (ii) the creation of any mechanic’s, materialmen’s or other lien or encumbrance, other than a Permitted Encumbrance and subject to such Issuer’s right to contest such lien pursuant to Section 9.04(b), on any part of the Collateral in addition to the lien of any Mortgage, which lien is not removed of record or otherwise insured

 

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over to Indenture Trustee’s satisfaction within forty-five (45) days of the filing or recording of such lien;

 

(e)               a breach of the representations and warranties of any Issuer contained in the Indenture (other than as set forth in Section 2.20) and such breach materially and adversely affects the interests of the Noteholders, which continues unremedied for a period of five (5) days after the date on which written notice of such breach, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to such Issuer by the Indenture Trustee;

 

(f)                a decree or order of a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction in the premises in an involuntary case under any present or future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities and reorganization or similar proceedings, or for the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, shall have been entered against any Issuer or Issuer Manager and such decree or order shall have remained in force undischarged or unstayed for a period of ninety (90) days;

 

(g)               any Issuer shall voluntarily file a petition for bankruptcy, reorganization, assignment for the benefit of creditors or similar proceeding or consent to the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities, or similar proceedings of, or relating to, such Issuer or the related Issuer Manager or of, or relating to, all or substantially all of the assets of such Issuers or the related Issuer Manager;

 

(h)               the Properties are subject to a Collateral Transfer other than as provided in this Indenture or the Property Management Agreement;

 

(i)                 any default on the obligations of any Issuer as set forth under any applicable Series Supplement, or any default under any other Transaction Document (that is deemed an “Event of Default under the Indenture” pursuant to the terms of such other Transaction Document); or

 

(j)                 with respect to any Series of Notes, any material default by the related Issuer in the observance or performance of the covenants set forth in Section 9.24 of this Indenture, which default shall continue unremedied for a period of two (2) Business Days after the date on which written notice of such breach shall have been given to such Issuer.

 

Section 4.02       Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.

 

If an Event of Default (other than with respect to clause (f), clause (g) or clause (j) of the definition thereof) should occur and be continuing, at the written direction of the Requisite Global Majority (which shall have the right, but not the obligation, to direct the Indenture Trustee to accelerate the Notes), the Indenture Trustee shall declare all of the Notes to be immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 4.01(f), (g) or (j) occurs, the unpaid Outstanding Principal Balance of such Notes, together with all accrued interest thereon through the date of acceleration, shall automatically become due and payable in full without any declaration or other act on the part of the Indenture Trustee or any Noteholder.

 

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At any time after such declaration of acceleration has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due in respect of the Notes has been obtained by the Indenture Trustee as hereinafter provided in this Article IV, the Requisite Global Majority may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:

 

(a)               the Issuers have paid to or deposited with the Indenture Trustee a sum sufficient to pay:

 

(i)              all payments of principal of and interest on the Notes and all other amounts that would, in each case, then be due hereunder or upon the Notes if the Event of Default giving rise to such acceleration had not occurred; and

 

(ii)           all sums paid or advanced by the Indenture Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Indenture Trustee and counsel; and

 

(b)               all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal of the Notes that has become due solely by virtue of such acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 4.12.

 

No such rescission and annulment shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereto.

 

Section 4.03       Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Indenture Trustee.

 

(a)               If the Issuers fail to pay all amounts due upon an acceleration of the Notes under Section 4.02 forthwith upon demand and such declaration and its consequences shall not have been rescinded and annulled, the Indenture Trustee, in its capacity as Indenture Trustee and as trustee of an express trust, shall, if directed by the Requisite Global Majority (which, subject to the provisions of Section 4.15, will have the right, but not the obligation, to direct the Indenture Trustee to cause the foreclosure and sale of the Collateral in the Collateral Pool), institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and enforce the same against the Issuers or any other obligor upon such Notes and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the Collateral, wherever situated, or may institute and prosecute such non-judicial proceedings in lieu of judicial proceedings as are then permitted by Applicable Law.

 

(b)               If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee may, in its discretion and in any order, proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Noteholders by such appropriate proceedings as the Indenture Trustee shall deem most effective to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein or to enforce any other proper remedy or legal or equitable right vested in the Indenture Trustee by this Indenture or any Mortgage or by Applicable Law.

 

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States Code or any other applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, (y) a receiver, assignee, debtor-in-possession or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been appointed for or shall have taken possession of any Issuer or its property or (z) there shall be pending a comparable judicial proceeding brought by creditors of any Issuer or affecting the property of such Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of or interest on any Notes shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Indenture Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or otherwise:

 

(i)              to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Notes and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Indenture Trustee (including any claim for reasonable compensation to the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor Indenture Trustee, and their respective attorneys, and for reimbursement of all reasonable expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor Indenture Trustee, except as a result of willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith of the Indenture Trustee or any predecessor Indenture Trustee, as applicable) and of the Noteholders allowed in such proceedings;

 

(ii)           unless prohibited by Applicable Law, to vote on behalf of the Noteholders in any election of a trustee, a standby trustee or Person performing similar functions in any such proceedings;

 

(iii)         to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute all amounts received with respect to the claims of the Noteholders and of the Indenture Trustee on their and its behalf; and

 

(iv)          to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to any Issuer, its creditors and its property;

 

and any trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official in any such proceeding is hereby authorized by each of Noteholders to make payments to the Indenture Trustee, and, in the event that the Indenture Trustee shall consent to the making of payments directly to such Noteholders to pay to the Indenture Trustee such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to the Indenture Trustee, each predecessor Indenture Trustee and their respective attorneys, and all other expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Indenture Trustee and each predecessor Indenture Trustee except as a result of willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith of the Indenture Trustee or predecessor Indenture Trustee.

 

(d)               Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Indenture Trustee to authorize or consent to or vote for or accept or adopt on behalf of any Noteholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any related Noteholder or to authorize the Indenture Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of

 

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any Noteholder in any such proceeding except, as aforesaid, to vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar Person.

 

(e)               In any proceedings brought by the Indenture Trustee (and also any proceedings involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the Indenture Trustee shall be a party), the Indenture Trustee shall be held to represent all the Noteholders, and it shall not be necessary to make any Noteholder a party to any such proceedings.

 

(f)                All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Notes may be prosecuted and enforced by the Indenture Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Indenture 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 Indenture Trustee and its counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Noteholders in respect of which such judgment has been recovered, subject to the payment priorities of Section 2.11(b).

 

Section 4.04       Remedies.

 

If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and the Notes have been declared due and payable pursuant to Section 4.02 and such declaration and its consequences shall not have been rescinded and annulled, the Indenture Trustee shall, at the written direction of the Requisite Global Majority (subject to Section 4.15), in addition to performing any tasks as provided in Section 4.03, do one or more of the following:

 

(a)               institute, or cause to be instituted, Proceedings for the collection of all amounts then payable on or under the Collateral or this Indenture with respect to the Notes, whether by declaration of acceleration or otherwise, of the sums due and unpaid, prosecute such Proceedings, enforce any judgment obtained and collect from the Collateral included in the Collateral Pool the moneys adjudged to be payable;

 

(b)               liquidate, or cause to be liquidated, all or any portion of the Collateral Pool at one or more public or private sales called and conducted in any manner permitted by Applicable Law; provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee shall give the Issuers written notice of any private sale called by or on behalf of the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section 4.04(b) at least ten (10) days prior to the date fixed for such private sale;

 

(c)               institute, or cause to be instituted, Foreclosure Proceedings with respect to all or part of the Collateral included in the Collateral Pool;

 

(d)               exercise, or cause to be exercised, any remedies of a secured party under the UCC;

 

(e)               maintain the lien of this Indenture and the Mortgages over the Collateral included in the Collateral Pool and, in its own name or in the name of the Issuers or otherwise, collect and otherwise receive in accordance with the Property Management Agreement or this Indenture any money or property at any time payable or receivable on account of or in exchange for the Properties and Leases in the Collateral Pool;

 

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(f)                take any other appropriate action to protect and enforce the rights and remedies of the Indenture Trustee hereunder; and

 

(g)               exercise, or cause to be exercised, any remedies contained in any Mortgage;

 

provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee shall not, unless required by law, sell or otherwise liquidate all or any portion of the Collateral Pool following any Event of Default except in accordance with Section 4.15; provided, further, that, with respect to instituting any remedies pursuant to this Section 4.04 in any state wherein the law prohibits more than one “judicial action” or “one form of action” to enforce a mortgage obligation, the Indenture Trustee shall enforce any of the Indenture Trustee’s rights hereunder with respect to any Properties in accordance with the directions of the Property Manager.

 

In the event that the Indenture Trustee, following an Event of Default hereunder, institutes Foreclosure Proceedings, the Indenture Trustee shall promptly give a notice to that effect to the Issuers and each Rating Agency.

 

Section 4.05       Application of Money Collected.

 

Any money collected by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be deposited in the Payment Account and, on each Payment Date, shall be applied in accordance with Section 2.11 and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of the principal of or interest on the Notes, upon presentation and surrender of the Notes if fully paid.

 

Section 4.06       Limitation on Suits.

 

Except as provided in Section 4.07, no Noteholder 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 Noteholder has previously given written notice to the Indenture Trustee of a continuing Event of Default;

 

(2)               the Requisite Global Majority shall have made written request to the Indenture Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Indenture Trustee hereunder;

 

(3)               such Noteholder has offered to the Indenture Trustee adequate indemnity or security satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;

 

(4)               the Indenture Trustee for sixty (60) days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity or security has failed to institute any such proceeding; and

 

(5)               an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

 

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it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Noteholders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing itself or themselves of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Noteholders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Noteholders 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 Noteholders. Subject to the foregoing restrictions, the Noteholders may exercise their rights under this Section 4.06 independently.

 

Section 4.07       Unconditional Right of Noteholders to Receive Principal and Interest.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Note at Maturity shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payments of interest, principal and other amounts then due on such Note (subject to Section 2.11) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment (subject to Section 4.06), and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Noteholder, unless a non-payment has been cured pursuant to the second paragraph of Section 4.02. The Issuers shall, however, be subject to only one consolidated lawsuit by the Noteholders, or by the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders, for any one cause of action arising under this Indenture or otherwise.

 

Section 4.08       Restoration of Rights and Remedies.

 

If the Indenture Trustee or any Noteholder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued, waived, rescinded or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Indenture Trustee or to such Noteholder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Issuers, the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

 

Section 4.09       Rights and Remedies Cumulative.

 

Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes in Section 2.07, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Indenture Trustee or to the Noteholders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

 

Section 4.10       Delay or Omission Not Waiver.

 

No delay or omission of the Indenture Trustee or any Noteholder 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 Indenture or by law to the Indenture Trustee or to the Noteholders may be

 

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exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, by the Indenture Trustee or the Noteholders, as the case may be.

 

Section 4.11       Control by Requisite Global Majority.

 

The Requisite Global Majority shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Indenture Trustee under Section 4.04, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Indenture Trustee (including, without limitation, the exercise of its rights under any Account Control Agreement and the waiver of a Servicer Replacement Event under the Property Management Agreement); provided, that such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture or involve the Indenture Trustee in personal liability; provided, further, that the Indenture Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Indenture Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Requisite Global Majority will not be required to provide, and the Indenture Trustee will not be required to obtain, a Tax Opinion in the case of a direction by the Requisite Global Majority to the Indenture Trustee, following an Event of Default, to realize upon the Collateral included in the Collateral Pool by liquidating such Collateral or otherwise.

 

Section 4.12       Waiver of Past Defaults.

 

Prior to the acceleration of the Maturity of the Notes, the Requisite Global Majority may waive any past default hereunder and its consequences, except a default:

 

(1)               in the distribution of principal or interest on any Note, for which a waiver shall require the consent of Noteholders holding 100% of the Series Principal Balance of all Notes affected thereby;

 

(2)               in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article VIII cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Note affected thereby, for which a waiver shall require the consent by each such Holder;

 

(3)               depriving the Indenture Trustee of a lien on any part the Collateral, for which a waiver shall require the consent of the Indenture Trustee; or

 

(4)               depriving the Indenture Trustee of any fees, reimbursement, or indemnification, to which the Indenture Trustee is entitled, for which a waiver shall require the written consent of the Indenture Trustee.

 

Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom (and any Early Amortization Period under clause (B) of the definition thereof resulting 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. Any costs or expenses incurred by the Indenture Trustee in connection with such waiver shall be reimbursable to the Indenture Trustee, as applicable, as an Extraordinary Expense from amounts on deposit in the Payment Account.

 

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Section 4.13       Undertaking for Costs.

 

All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Noteholder and Note Owner by its acceptance of such Note or an Ownership Interest therein shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Indenture Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Indenture Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses based on time expended, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by any Issuer, or to any suit instituted by the Indenture Trustee, or to any suit instituted by any Noteholder or group of Noteholders, holding in the aggregate at least 25% of the Aggregate Series Principal Balance, or to any suit instituted by any Noteholder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or interest on any Note on or after the Maturity of such Note.

 

Section 4.14       Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.

 

Each Issuer 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 to take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; each Issuer (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of such law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the exercise of any power herein granted to the Indenture Trustee, but will suffer and permit the exercise of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

 

Section 4.15       Sale of Collateral.

 

(a)               The power to effect any public or private sale of any portion of the Collateral Pool pursuant to Section 4.03 or Section 4.04 shall not be exhausted by any one or more sales as to any portion of the Collateral remaining unsold, but shall continue unimpaired until either the entirety of the Collateral Pool shall have been sold or all amounts payable on the Notes and under this Indenture with respect thereto shall have been paid. The Indenture Trustee may from time to time postpone any sale by public announcement made at the time and place of such sale. The Indenture Trustee hereby expressly waives its right to any amount fixed by law as compensation for any such sale but such waiver does not apply to any amounts to which the Indenture Trustee is otherwise entitled under Section 5.04.

 

(b)               The Indenture Trustee shall not sell the Collateral included in the Collateral Pool pursuant to Section 4.03 or Section 4.04, unless:

 

(i)              (i) the Holders of (a) 66 2/3% of the Outstanding Principal Balance of all Notes with a AAA(sf) rating from any Rating Agency, (b) 66 2/3% of the Outstanding Principal Balance of all Notes with a AA(sf) rating from any Rating Agency, (c) 66 2/3% of the Outstanding Principal Balance of all Notes with a A(sf)

 

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rating from any Rating Agency, and (d) 66 2/3% of the Outstanding Principal Balance of all Notes with a BBB(sf) rating from any Rating Agency each consent to or direct the Indenture Trustee to make the related sales; or; or

 

(ii)           the proceeds of such liquidation would be greater than or equal to the Aggregate Series Principal Balance plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon (including Interest Carry-Forward Amounts).

 

The foregoing provisions of this Section 4.15 shall not preclude or limit the ability of the Indenture Trustee or its designee to purchase all or any portion of the Collateral at any sale, public or private, and the purchase by the Indenture Trustee or its designee of all or any portion of the Collateral at any sale shall not be deemed a sale or disposition thereof for purposes of this Section 4.15(b).

 

(c)               [Reserved].

 

(d)               In connection with a sale of all or any portion of the Collateral Pool:

 

(i)              any Holder or Holders of Notes may bid for and purchase the property offered for sale, and upon compliance with the terms of sale may hold, retain and possess and dispose of such property, without further accountability, and may, in paying the purchase money therefor, deliver any Outstanding Notes or claims for interest thereon in lieu of cash up to the amount which shall, upon distribution of the net proceeds of such sale, be payable thereon, and such Notes, in case the amounts so payable thereon shall be less than the amount due thereon, shall be returned to the Holders thereof after being appropriately stamped to show such partial payment;

 

(ii)           the Indenture Trustee shall execute and deliver, without recourse, an appropriate instrument of conveyance transferring its interest in any portion of the Collateral Pool in connection with a sale thereof;

 

(iii)         the Indenture Trustee is hereby irrevocably appointed the agent and attorney-in-fact of the Issuers to transfer and convey any such Issuer’s interest in any portion of the Collateral Pool in connection with a sale thereof, and to take all action necessary to effect such sale;

 

(iv)          no purchaser or transferee at such a sale shall be bound to ascertain the Indenture Trustee’s authority, inquire into the satisfaction of any conditions precedent or see to the application of any moneys; and

 

(v)            no purchaser or transferee at such a sale shall have been a prior owner of such Collateral if such prior owner was AFOP or an Affiliate thereof.

 

Section 4.16       Action on Notes.

 

The Indenture Trustee’s right to seek and recover judgment on the Notes or under this Indenture shall not be affected by the seeking, obtaining or application of any other relief under or with respect to this Indenture. Neither the lien of the Mortgages and this Indenture nor

 

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any rights or remedies of the Indenture Trustee, or the Noteholders shall be impaired by the recovery of any judgment by the Indenture Trustee against any Issuer or by the levy of any execution under such judgment upon any portion of the Collateral Pool.

 

ARTICLE V

THE INDENTURE TRUSTEE

 

Section 5.01       Certain Duties and Responsibilities.

 

The Issuers hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint the Indenture Trustee, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in place and stead of the Issuers and in the name of the Issuers or in its own name or in the name of a nominee, from time to time in the Indenture Trustee’s discretion, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments which may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Indenture, all as set forth in this Section.

 

(a)               The rights, duties and liabilities of the Indenture Trustee in respect of this Indenture shall be as follows:

 

(i)              The Indenture Trustee shall have the full power and authority to do all things not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture that it may deem advisable in order to enforce the provisions hereof or to take any action with respect to a default or an Event of Default hereunder, or to institute, appear in or defend any suit or other proceeding with respect hereto, or to protect the interests of the Noteholders. The Issuers shall prepare and file or cause to be filed, at the applicable Issuers’ expense, a UCC Financing Statement and any continuation statements, describing such Issuers as debtor, the Indenture Trustee as secured party and the Collateral included in the Collateral Pool as the collateral, in all appropriate locations in the State of Delaware promptly following the initial issuance of each Series of Notes, and within six months prior to each fifth anniversary of the original filing. The Indenture Trustee is hereby authorized and obligated to make, at the expense of the applicable Issuers, all required filings and refilings with respect to which the Indenture Trustee receives written direction from an Issuer, necessary to preserve the liens created by the Mortgages and this Indenture as provided therein and herein. The Indenture Trustee shall not be required to take any action to exercise or enforce the trusts hereby created which, in the opinion of the Indenture Trustee, shall be likely to involve expense or liability to the Indenture Trustee, unless the Indenture Trustee shall have received an agreement satisfactory to it in its reasonable discretion to indemnify it against such liability and expense. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Indenture Trustee shall not be required to ascertain or inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the covenants or agreements contained herein, or in any other instruments to be performed or observed by the Issuers.

 

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documents, orders or other instruments furnished to the Indenture Trustee that are specifically required to be furnished pursuant to any provisions of this Indenture, shall examine them to determine whether they are on their face in the form required by this Indenture to the extent expressly set forth herein. If any such instrument is found on its face not to conform to the requirements of this Indenture in a material manner, the Indenture Trustee shall take such action as it deems appropriate to have the instrument corrected. The Indenture Trustee shall not incur any liability in acting upon any signature, notice, request, consent, certificate, opinion, or other instrument reasonably believed by it to be genuine. In administering the trusts hereunder, the Indenture Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder directly or through its agents or attorneys; provided, that it shall remain liable for the acts of all such agents and attorneys. The Indenture Trustee may, at its own expense (except as otherwise provided in Section 5.04), consult with counsel, accountants and other professionals to be selected and employed by it, and the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for anything done, suffered or omitted in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of any such Person nor for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Indenture Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts.

 

(iii)         The Indenture Trustee shall not, except as otherwise provided in Section 5.01(a)(i), have any duty to make, arrange or ensure the completion of any recording, filing or registration of any instrument or other document (including any UCC Financing Statements), or any amendments or supplements to any of said instruments or to determine if any such instrument or other document is in a form suitable for recording, filing or registration, and the Indenture Trustee shall not have any duty to make, arrange or ensure the completion of the payment of any fees, charges or taxes in connection therewith.

 

(iv)          Whenever in performing its duties hereunder, the Indenture Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Indenture Trustee may, in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Indenture Trustee, rely upon (unless other evidence in respect thereof be specifically prescribed herein) an Officer’s Certificate of any applicable Issuer Manager and such Officer’s Certificate shall be full warrant to the Indenture Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it on the faith thereof.

 

(v)            Except in its capacity as successor to the Property Manager, the Indenture Trustee shall not have any obligations to see to the payment or discharge of any liens (other than the liens of this Indenture and the Mortgages) upon the Collateral included in the Collateral Pool, or to see to the application of any payment of the principal of or interest on any Note secured thereby or to the delivery or transfer to any Person of any property released from any such lien, or to give notice to or make demand upon any mortgagor, mortgagee, trustor, beneficiary or other Person for the delivery or transfer of any such property. The Indenture Trustee (and any successor trustee or co-trustee in its individual capacity) nevertheless agrees that it will, at its own cost and expense, promptly take all action as may be necessary to discharge any liens or encumbrances on the Collateral included in the Collateral Pool, arising as a result of the

 

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Indenture Trustee (or such successor trustee or co-trustee, as the case may be) acting negligently, in bad faith or with willful misconduct in its capacity as Indenture Trustee (or such successor trustee or co-trustee, as the case may be).

 

(vi)          The Indenture Trustee shall not be concerned with or accountable to any Person for the use or application of any deposited moneys or of any property or securities or the proceeds thereof that shall be released or withdrawn in accordance with the provisions hereof or of any property or securities or the proceeds thereof that shall be released from the lien hereof or thereof in accordance with the provisions hereof or thereof and the Indenture Trustee shall not have any liability for the acts of other parties that are not in accordance with the provisions hereof.

 

(b)               The rights, duties and liabilities of the Indenture Trustee in respect of the Collateral Pool and this Indenture, in addition to those set forth in Section 5.01(a), shall be as follows:

 

(i)              except during the continuance of an Event of Default with respect to the Notes, the Indenture Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Indenture Trustee; and

 

(ii)           the Indenture Trustee may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Indenture Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture or any other Transaction Document, as applicable; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform on their face to the requirements of this Indenture, to the extent expressly set forth herein.

 

(c)               Subject to Section 4.12, in case an Event of Default known to the Indenture Trustee with respect to the Notes has occurred and is continuing, the Indenture Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and the Mortgages, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.

 

(d)               No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Indenture Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:

 

(i)              this subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of subsections (a), (b) or (c) of this Section;

 

(ii)           the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Indenture Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;

 

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(iii)         the Indenture Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the directions of any applicable party pursuant to a Transaction Document, the Requisite Global Majority, any Controlling Party or Noteholders of more than 50% (unless a lower or higher percentage of Noteholders is expressly permitted or required to authorize such action hereunder, in which case such lower or higher percentage) of the Aggregate Series Principal Balance, as the case may be, relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Indenture Trustee, or exercising or omitting exercise any trust or power conferred upon the Indenture Trustee, under this Indenture with respect to the Notes; and

 

(iv)          the Indenture Trustee shall not be required to take notice or be deemed to have notice or knowledge of a default in the observance of any covenant contained in Section 9.06 or Article X unless either (i) a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee shall have actual knowledge of such default or (ii) written notice of such default shall have been given by the Issuers or by any Noteholder to and received by a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee. In the absence of receipt of such notice or actual knowledge the Indenture Trustee may conclusively assume that is no default or Event of Default.

 

The Indenture Trustee shall perform the duties and obligations specified to be performed by the Indenture Trustee in the Property Management Agreement and in the other Transaction Documents.

 

Section 5.02       Notice of Defaults.

 

The Indenture Trustee, promptly but not later than two (2) Business Days after a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee acquires actual knowledge of the occurrence of any default under this Indenture, shall notify the Issuers the Noteholders and the Rating Agencies of any such default (a “Notice of Default”), unless all such defaults known to the Indenture Trustee shall have been cured before the giving of such notice or unless the same is rescinded and annulled, or waived by the Requisite Global Majority pursuant to Section 4.02 or Section 4.12. For the purpose of this Section 5.02, the term “default” means any event which is, or after notice, or direction of the Requisite Global Majority or lapse of time would become, an Event of Default with respect to the Notes.

 

Section 5.03       Certain Rights of Indenture Trustee.

 

Subject to the provisions of Section 5.01, in connection with this Indenture:

 

(a)               the Indenture Trustee may request and rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties as may be required by such party or parties pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or any other Transaction Document, as applicable;

 

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(b)               any request or direction of an Issuer mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Issuer Request or Issuer Order and any resolution of the board of managers of the Issuer Manager may be sufficiently evidenced by a Resolution;

 

(c)               whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Indenture Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Indenture Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officer’s Certificate;

 

(d)               the Indenture Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel rendered thereby 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;

 

(e)               [reserved];

 

(f)                the Indenture 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, coupon, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Indenture Trustee in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Indenture Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Issuers, personally or by agent or attorney;

 

(g)               the Indenture Trustee may, at its own expense (except as otherwise provided in Section 5.04), execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys of the Indenture Trustee; provided, that it shall remain liable for the acts of all such attorneys and agents;

 

(h)               the Indenture Trustee shall not be required to provide any surety or bond of any kind in connection with the execution or performance of its duties hereunder;

 

(i)                 except with respect to the representations made by it in Section 5.06, the Indenture Trustee shall not make any representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture;

 

(j)                 the Indenture Trustee shall not at any time have any responsibility or liability with respect to the legality, validity or enforceability of the Collateral included in the Collateral Pool other than its failure to act in accordance with the terms of this Indenture or the Property Management Agreement;

 

(k)               The Indenture Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the powers vested in it by this Indenture or any other Transaction Document, as applicable, or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto at the request, order or direction of any of the Noteholders, pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, unless such Noteholders shall have offered to the Indenture Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or

 

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thereby (which in the case of the Requisite Global Majority will be deemed to be satisfied by a letter agreement with respect to such costs from such Noteholders); nothing contained herein shall, however, relieve the Indenture Trustee of the obligation, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee shall have actual knowledge, and such Event of Default having not been cured, to exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and to use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs;

 

(l)                 The Indenture Trustee shall not be personally liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or the rights and powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;

 

(m)             The right of the Indenture Trustee to perform any discretionary act enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty, and the Indenture Trustee shall not be answerable for other than its own negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of such act;

 

(n)               The Indenture Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability for the performance of any of its duties hereunder or the exercise of any of its rights or powers if there is reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not assured to it;

 

(o)               The right of the Indenture Trustee to perform any discretionary act enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty, and Indenture Trustee shall not be answerable for other than its negligence or willful misconduct in the performance of such act;

 

(p)               To help the U.S. government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, federal law requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person who opens an account. When an account is opened, the Indenture Trustee shall ask for information that will allow the Indenture Trustee to identify relevant parties. The other parties hereto hereby acknowledge such information disclosure requirements and agree to comply with all such information disclosure requests from time to time from the Indenture Trustee;

 

(q)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, any and all email communications (both text and attachments) by or from the Indenture Trustee that the Indenture Trustee deems to contain confidential, proprietary, and/or sensitive information may be encrypted. The recipient (the “Email Recipient”) of the encrypted email communication will be required to complete a registration process. Instructions on how to register and/or retrieve an encrypted message will be included in the first secure email sent by the Indenture Trustee to the Email Recipient; and

 

(r)                The Indenture Trustee shall have the right to require that any directions, instructions or notices provided to it by any Noteholder be signed by an Authorized Person (as hereinafter defined), be provided on corporate letterhead, be notarized or contain a medallion signature guarantee, or contain such other evidence as may be reasonably requested by the

 

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Indenture Trustee to establish the identity and/or signatures thereon. The identity of such Authorized Persons, as well as their specimen signatures, title, telephone number and e-mail address, shall be delivered to the Indenture Trustee in a list of authorized signers form acceptable to the Indenture Trustee and shall remain in effect until the applicable party, or an entity acting on its behalf, notifies the Indenture Trustee of any change thereto (the person(s) so designated from time to time, the “Authorized Persons”).

 

Section 5.04       Compensation; Reimbursement; Indemnification.

 

(a)               Subject to Section 5.04(b), the applicable Issuers hereby agree:

 

(1)               to pay or cause to be paid to the Indenture Trustee, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, monthly, the related Indenture Trustee Fee as compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust); and

 

(2)               to reimburse, indemnify or cause to be indemnified and hold harmless the Indenture Trustee and its directors, officers, employees, agents, Affiliates and Control Persons for any loss, liability, claim, expense or disbursements (including without limitation costs and expenses of litigation, and of investigation, reasonable counsel fees, damages, judgments and amounts paid in settlement): (A) incurred in connection with any act (including any actions taken by the Indenture Trustee or its agents pursuant to Article IV) or omission on the part of the Indenture Trustee with respect to this Indenture (and the transactions contemplated in connection herewith), any other Transaction Documents, the Collateral Pool (including but not limited to protecting its interest in such Collateral or collecting any amount payable thereunder or in enforcing its rights with respect to such Collateral, whether or not any legal proceeding is commenced hereunder or under the Mortgages) or the Notes (in each case, other than any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance of the Indenture Trustee’s obligations or duties under this Indenture); (B) arising out of or in any way relating to any one or more of the following: (i) any accident, injury to or death of persons or loss of or damage to property occurring in, on or about any Property or any part thereof or on the adjoining sidewalks, curbs, adjacent property or adjacent parking areas, streets or ways; (ii) any use, non-use or condition in, on or about any Property or any part thereof or on the adjoining sidewalks, curbs, adjacent property or adjacent parking areas, streets or ways; (iii) performance of any labor or services or the furnishing of any materials or other property in respect of any Property or any part thereof; and (iv) any failure of any Property to be in compliance with any Applicable Law; or (C) arising out of or in any way relating to any tax on the making and/or recording of any Mortgage.

 

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With respect to any third party claim:

 

(i)              the Indenture Trustee shall give the Issuers written notice thereof promptly after the Indenture Trustee shall have knowledge thereof;

 

(ii)           while maintaining control over its own defense, the Indenture Trustee shall cooperate and consult fully with the Issuers in preparing such defense; and

 

(iii)         notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.04(a), the Indenture Trustee shall not be entitled to reimbursement out of the Payment Account for settlement of any such claim by the Indenture Trustee entered into without the prior written consent of the applicable Issuers, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

 

The provisions of this Section 5.04(a) shall survive the termination of this Indenture and the resignation or termination of the Indenture Trustee.

 

Each of the Authenticating Agents and the Note Registrar shall be entitled to all limitations on liability, rights of reimbursement and indemnities that the Indenture Trustee is entitled to under this Indenture.

 

The Indenture Trustee agrees to fully perform its duties under this Indenture notwithstanding any failure on the part of any of the Issuers to make any payments, reimbursements or indemnifications to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section 5.04(a); provided, however, that (subject to Sections 5.04(b) and 5.04(c)) nothing in this Section 5.04 shall be construed to limit the exercise by the Indenture Trustee of any right or remedy permitted under this Indenture in the event of any such Issuer’s failure to pay any sums due the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section 5.04.

 

(b)               The obligations of the Issuers set forth in Section 5.04(a) are nonrecourse obligations solely of the Issuers and will be payable only from the Collateral Pool. The Indenture Trustee hereby agrees that it has no rights or claims against the Issuers directly and shall only look to the Collateral Pool to satisfy any Issuer’s obligations under Section 5.04(a). Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4.03, the Indenture Trustee hereby agrees not to file or join in filing any petition in bankruptcy or commence any similar proceeding in respect of any Issuer.

 

(c)               The Indenture Trustee shall not institute any proceeding seeking the enforcement of any lien against the Collateral Pool unless (i) such proceeding is in connection with a proceeding in accordance with Article IV hereof for enforcement of the lien of the Mortgages and this Indenture for the benefit of the Noteholders after the occurrence of an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default due solely to a breach of this Section 5.04) and a resulting declaration of acceleration of such Notes that has not been rescinded and annulled, or (ii) such proceeding does not and will not result in or cause a sale or other disposition of the Collateral included in the Collateral Pool.

 

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Section 5.05       Corporate Indenture Trustee Required; Eligibility.

 

The Issuers hereby agree that there shall at all times be an Indenture Trustee hereunder which shall be a bank (within the meaning of Section 2(a)(5) of the 1940 Act) organized and doing business under the laws of the United States or any State thereof, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having aggregate capital, surplus and undivided profits of at least $100,000,000, and subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authority, the long-term unsecured debt of which is rated not lower than “A-” by S&P and the short-term debt of which is rated not lower than “A-1” by S&P, or another institution the retention of which satisfies the Rating Condition. If such bank publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the applicable supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital, surplus and undivided profits of such bank shall be deemed to be its combined capital, surplus and undivided profits as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. The Indenture Trustee shall at all times meet the requirements of Section 26(a)(1) of the 1940 Act and shall in no event be an Affiliate of any Issuer or an Affiliate of any Person involved in the organization or operation of any Issuer or be directly or indirectly controlled by any Issuer. If at any time a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee becomes aware that the Indenture Trustee has ceased to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Indenture Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.

 

Section 5.06       Authorization of Indenture Trustee.

 

The Indenture Trustee represents and warrants as to itself: that it is duly authorized under applicable federal law, its charter and its by-laws to execute and deliver this Indenture, and to perform its obligations hereunder, including, without limitation, that (assuming it is enforceable against the other parties hereto) this Indenture constitutes its valid and binding obligation enforceable against it in accordance with the Indenture’s terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy and insolvency laws and general principles of equity), that it is duly authorized to accept the Grant to it of the Collateral included in the Collateral Pool and is authorized to authenticate any Series of Notes issued pursuant to the applicable Series Supplement, and that all corporate action necessary or required therefor has been duly and effectively taken or obtained and all federal and state governmental consents and approvals required with respect thereto have been obtained.

 

Section 5.07       Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.

 

Any corporation, bank, trust company or association into which the Indenture Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation, bank, trust company or association resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Indenture Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation, bank, trust company or association succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Indenture Trustee, shall be the successor of the Indenture Trustee hereunder; provided, that such corporation, bank, trust company or association 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.

 

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Section 5.08       Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.

 

(a)               No resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee and no appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until (i) the acceptance of appointment by the successor Indenture Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 5.09, (ii) payment to the predecessor Indenture Trustee of all unpaid fees and expenses and (iii) the Rating Condition is satisfied.

 

(b)               Subject to Section 5.08(a), the Indenture Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Notes by the Requisite Global Majority and notice of such action by the Noteholders shall be delivered to the Indenture Trustee, the Issuers and the Rating Agencies.

 

(c)               If at any time:

 

(i)              the Indenture Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 5.05, or the representations of the Indenture Trustee in Section 5.06 shall prove to be untrue in any material respect, and the Indenture Trustee shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Issuer Manager or the Noteholders of 10% of the Aggregate Series Principal Balance; or

 

(ii)           the Indenture Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Indenture Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Indenture Trustee or its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation;

 

then, in either such case, (i) the Issuer Manager, may, by written notice, remove the Indenture Trustee, or (ii) subject to Section 4.13, any Noteholder may, on its own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Indenture Trustee and the appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee.

 

(d)               If the Indenture Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Indenture Trustee for any reason (including removal), the Issuer Manager, on behalf of the Issuers, with the consent of the Requisite Global Majority, shall promptly appoint a successor Indenture Trustee, who shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 5.09. If, within sixty (60) days after such resignation, or incapacity, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Indenture Trustee shall not have been appointed by the Issuer Manager, on behalf of the Issuers, and shall not have accepted such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 5.09, then a successor Indenture Trustee shall be appointed by act of the Requisite Global Majority delivered to the Issuers and the retiring Indenture Trustee, and the successor Indenture Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 5.09, become the successor Indenture Trustee with respect to the Notes. If the Indenture Trustee shall resign pursuant to this Section 5.08, then such resigning Indenture Trustee must pay all costs and expenses associated with the transfer of its duties. If the Indenture Trustee shall be removed pursuant to this Section 5.08, then the party requesting such removal of the Indenture Trustee shall pay all costs and expenses associated with the transfer of its duties.

 

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If, within one hundred twenty (120) days after such resignation, removal or incapacity, or the occurrence of such vacancy, no successor Indenture Trustee shall have been so appointed and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 5.09, the resigning Indenture Trustee may, on its own behalf, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee.

 

(e)               The Issuers shall give notice of any resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee and the appointment of a successor Indenture Trustee by giving notice of such event to the Rating Agencies and the Noteholders. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Indenture Trustee and the address of its corporate trust office.

 

Section 5.09       Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.

 

In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Indenture Trustee, the successor Indenture Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Issuers and to the retiring Indenture Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Indenture Trustee shall become effective and such successor Indenture Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Indenture Trustee; but, on the request of the Issuer Manager or the successor Indenture Trustee, such retiring Indenture Trustee shall, upon payment of its fees, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Indenture Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Indenture Trustee, shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Indenture Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Indenture Trustee hereunder, and shall take such action as may be requested by the Issuer Manager to provide for the appropriate interest in the Collateral Pool (including, without limitation, the Mortgages) to be vested in such successor Indenture Trustee, but shall not be responsible for the recording of such documents and instruments as may be necessary to give effect to the foregoing.

 

Upon request of any such successor Indenture Trustee, the Issuers shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Indenture Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in this Section.

 

No successor Indenture Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Indenture Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.

 

Section 5.10       Unclaimed Funds.

 

The Indenture Trustee is required to hold any payments received by it with respect to the Notes that are not paid to the Noteholders in trust for the Noteholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at the expiration of three years following the Final Payment Date for any Class of Notes of any Series any moneys set aside in accordance with Section 2.11(b) for payment of principal, interest and other amounts on such Notes remaining unclaimed by any lawful owner thereof, and, to the extent required by Applicable Law, any accrued interest thereon shall be remitted to the applicable Issuers, as their interest may appear, to be held in trust by such Issuers for the benefit of the applicable Noteholder until distributed in accordance with

 

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Applicable Law, and all liability of the Indenture Trustee with respect to such money shall thereupon cease; provided, that the Indenture Trustee, before being required to make any such remittance, may, at the expense of the applicable Noteholder, payable out of such unclaimed funds, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, and otherwise at the expense of the applicable Issuers payable out of the Collateral Pool, cause to be published at least once but not more than three times in two newspapers in the English language customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in New York, New York, a notice to the effect that such moneys remain unclaimed and have not been applied for the purpose for which they were deposited, and that after a date specified therein, which shall be not less than 30 days after the date of first publication of said notice, any unclaimed balance of such moneys then remaining in the hands of the Indenture Trustee will be paid to the applicable Issuers upon their written directions to be held in trust for the benefit of the applicable Noteholder until distributed in accordance with Applicable Law. Any successor to an Issuer through merger, consolidation or otherwise or any recipient of substantially all the assets of an Issuer in a liquidation of such Issuer shall remain liable for the amount of any unclaimed balance paid to such Issuer pursuant to this Section 5.10.

 

Section 5.11       Illegal Acts.

 

No provision of this Indenture or any amendment or supplement hereto shall be deemed to impose any duty or obligation on the Indenture Trustee to do any act in the performance of its duties hereunder or to exercise any right, power, duty or obligation conferred or imposed on it, which under any present or future law shall be unlawful, or which shall be beyond the corporate powers, authorization or qualification of the Indenture Trustee.

 

Section 5.12       Communications by the Indenture Trustee.

 

The Indenture Trustee, if any principal of or interest on any Notes due and payable hereunder is not paid, shall send to the applicable Issuers, within one (1) Business Day after the Maturity thereof, a written demand for payment thereon.

 

Section 5.13       Separate Indenture Trustees and Co-Trustees.

 

(a)               Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, at any time, for the purpose of meeting legal requirements applicable to it in the performance of its duties hereunder, the Indenture Trustee shall have the power to, and shall execute and deliver all instruments to, appoint one or more Persons to act as separate trustees or co-trustees hereunder, jointly with the Indenture Trustee, of any portion of the Collateral Pool subject to this Indenture, and any such Persons shall be such separate trustee or co-trustee, with such powers and duties consistent with this Indenture as shall be specified in the instrument appointing such Person but without thereby releasing the Indenture Trustee from any of its duties hereunder. If the Indenture Trustee shall request the Issuers to do so, the Issuers shall join with the Indenture Trustee in the execution of such instrument, but the Indenture Trustee shall have the power to make such appointment without making such request. A separate trustee or co-trustee appointed pursuant to this Section 5.13 need not meet the eligibility requirements of Section 5.05.

 

(b)               Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent not prohibited by law, be subject to the following terms and conditions:

 

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(i)              the rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon such separate or co-trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Indenture Trustee and such separate or co-trustee jointly, as shall be provided in the appointing instrument, except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act is to be performed any nonresident trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations shall be exercised and performed by such separate trustee or co-trustee at the direction of the Indenture Trustee;

 

(ii)           all powers, duties, obligations and rights conferred upon the Indenture Trustee, in respect of the custody of all cash deposited hereunder shall be exercised solely by the Indenture Trustee; and

 

(iii)         the Indenture Trustee may at any time by written instrument accept the resignation of or remove any such separate trustee or co-trustee, and, upon the request of the Indenture Trustee, the Issuers shall join with the Indenture Trustee in the execution, delivery and performance of all instruments and agreements necessary or proper to make effective such resignation or removal, but the Indenture Trustee shall have the power to accept such resignation or to make such removal without making such request. A successor to a separate trustee or co-trustee so resigning or removed may be appointed in the manner otherwise provided herein.

 

(c)               Such separate trustee or co-trustee, upon acceptance of such trust, shall be vested with the estates or property specified in such instruments, jointly with the Indenture Trustee, and the Indenture Trustee shall take such action as may be necessary to provide for (i) the appropriate interest in the Collateral Pool to be vested in such separate trustee or co-trustee, and (ii) the execution and delivery of any transfer documentation or bond powers that may be necessary to give effect to the transfer of the lien of this Indenture and the Mortgages to the co-trustee. Any separate trustee or co-trustee may, at any time, by written instrument constitute the Indenture Trustee, its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, to the extent permitted by law, do all acts and things and exercise all discretion authorized or permitted by it, for and on behalf of it and in its name. If any separate trustee or co-trustee shall be dissolved, become incapable of acting, resign, be removed or die, all the estates, property, rights, powers, trusts, duties and obligations of said separate trustee or co-trustee, so far as permitted by law, shall vest in and be exercised by the Indenture Trustee, without the appointment of a successor to said separate trustee or co-trustee, until the appointment of a successor to said separate trustee or co-trustee is necessary as provided in this Indenture.

 

(d)               Any notice, request or other writing, by or on behalf of any Noteholder, delivered to the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to have been delivered to all separate trustees and co-trustees.

 

(e)               Although co-trustees may be jointly liable, no co-trustee or separate trustee shall be severally liable by reason of any act or omission of the Indenture Trustee or any other such trustee hereunder.

 

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(f)                No appointment of a separate trustee or co-trustee pursuant to this Section 5.13 shall relieve the Indenture Trustee of any of its obligations, duties or responsibilities hereunder in any way or to any degree.

 

Section 5.14       Communications with the Rating Agency.

 

The Indenture Trustee will transmit a copy of each statement, notice or other document required to be provided to any applicable Rating Agency pursuant to this Indenture via email to the applicable Rating Agency’s website(s) set forth in the applicable Series Supplements contemporaneously with its posting or delivery of such statement, notice or other document to each such Rating Agency, as the case may be. Except as expressly provided in this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall not have any oral or written communications regarding the terms and provisions of the Transaction Documents or of the transactions contemplated hereunder or thereunder with any applicable Rating Agency without the prior written consent of the Support Provider.

 

ARTICLE VI

REPORTS TO NOTEHOLDERS

 

Section 6.01       Reports to Noteholders and Others.

 

(a)               Based on information with respect to the Properties and Leases provided to the Indenture Trustee by the Property Manager and the Special Servicer pursuant to the Property Management Agreement (and the Indenture Trustee’s calculations based on such information and the Indenture Trustee’s records with respect to the Notes), the Indenture Trustee shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, and make available either in electronic format or by first class mail on each Payment Date, or as soon thereafter as is practicable, to the Issuers, the Initial Purchasers, the Rating Agencies, each Noteholder and any other Person upon the direction of any Issuer a statement in respect of the payments made on such Payment Date setting forth the information set forth in Exhibit B hereto (the “Trustee Report”). The Indenture Trustee shall promptly make each Trustee Report available via the Indenture Trustee’s internet website to any Noteholder, Note Owner or prospective investor upon receipt by the Indenture Trustee from such person of a certification in the form of Exhibit E-1 or E-2 attached hereto, as applicable, and to the Issuers, designees of the Issuers, the Property Manager, the Special Servicer, the Back-Up Manager, the Sub-Manager, the Rating Agencies and the Initial Purchasers. The Indenture Trustee’s internet website will be located at “http://www.sf.citidirect.com” or at such other address as the Indenture Trustee shall notify the parties hereto from time to time. For assistance with the Indenture Trustee’s internet website, Noteholders may call (888) 855-9695.

 

In connection with providing access to the Indenture Trustee’s internet website, the Indenture Trustee shall require registration and the acceptance of a disclaimer as well as the delivery of a request for information, substantially in the form of Exhibit E-1 or Exhibit E-2, as applicable. The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for having disseminated information in accordance with this Indenture.

 

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The Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to rely on and shall not be responsible for the content or accuracy of any information provided by third parties for purposes of preparing the Trustee Report and may affix thereto any disclaimer it deems appropriate in its reasonable discretion (without suggesting liability on the part of any other party hereto).

 

(b)               Within a reasonable period of time after the end of each calendar year (but in no event more than sixty (60) days following the end of such calendar year), the Indenture Trustee shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, and make available either in electronic format or by first class mail to each Person who at any time during the calendar year was a Noteholder (i) a statement containing the aggregate amount of principal and interest payments on the Notes for such calendar year or applicable portion thereof during which such person was a Noteholder and (ii) such other customary information as the Indenture Trustee deems necessary or desirable for Noteholders to prepare their federal, state and local income tax returns including, without limitation (and to the extent provided to it by the Issuers which shall so cause such information to be provided), the amount of original issue discount accrued on the Notes, if applicable. The obligations of the Indenture Trustee in the immediately preceding sentence shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent that substantially comparable information has been provided by the Indenture Trustee.

 

Section 6.02       Certain Communications with the Rating Agencies.

 

Upon request by any Rating Agency (and subject to Section 5.14), the Indenture Trustee shall make available or send, in the case of all material items, and shall endeavor to make available or send, in the case of all other items, a copy of each supplement, notice, certificate, request, demand, financial statement and amortization schedule sent by it or received by it pursuant to or in connection with this Indenture or the Collateral Pool or any part thereof, other than statements of the Indenture Trustee’s fees and expenses sent by it to the Issuers and any other communications of a similar and solely administrative nature in the Indenture Trustee’s sole opinion, to such Rating Agency.

 

Section 6.03       Access to Certain Information.

 

(a)               The Indenture Trustee shall afford to the Noteholders, the Issuers, the Property Manager, the Support Provider, the Special Servicer, the Back-Up Manager, the OTS, the FDIC and any other banking or insurance regulatory authority that may exercise authority over any Noteholder, access to any documentation regarding the Collateral Pool within its control; provided, however, to the extent the Property Manager delivers any operating statements or other financial information to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01(c)(B) or Section 4.01(d)(v) of the Property Management Agreement (and such statements or information are designated in writing (by email or otherwise) by the Property Manager to the Indenture Trustee as confidential), the Indenture Trustee shall not disseminate any such information to any Noteholder unless such Noteholder executes a confidentiality agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F. Any such confidentiality agreement executed by a Noteholder shall apply to all future disclosures of operating statements and other financial information delivered by the Property Manager to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01(c)(B) or Section 4.01(d)(v) of the Property Management Agreement and provided to such Noteholder by the Indenture Trustee under this Section 6.03(a). Such access shall be afforded without charge but

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(b)               The Indenture Trustee shall maintain at its office primarily responsible for administration of the Collateral Pool and shall deliver to the Issuers, the Rating Agencies and, subject to the succeeding paragraph, any Noteholder or Note Owner or Person identified to the Indenture Trustee as a prospective transferee of a Note or an Ownership Interest therein (at the reasonable request and, except for the Rating Agencies, expense of the requesting party), copies of the following items (to the extent that such items have been delivered to the Indenture Trustee or the Indenture Trustee can cause such items to be delivered to it without unreasonable burden or expense): (i) any private placement memorandum or disclosure document relating to the applicable Notes, in the form most recently provided to the Indenture Trustee by the applicable Issuers or by any Person designated by such Issuers; (ii) this Indenture, the Issuer LLC Agreements, the Property Management Agreement and any amendments hereto or thereto; (iii) all reports prepared by, and all reports delivered to, the Indenture Trustee, the Property Manager, the Special Servicer or the Back-Up Manager in such capacities since the Initial Closing Date; (iv) all Officer’s Certificates delivered by the Property Manager and the Special Servicer since the Initial Closing Date pursuant to Section 3.11 of the Property Management Agreement and all Officer’s Certificates delivered by the Issuer Manager since the Initial Closing Date pursuant to Section 9.07; (v) all accountants’ reports caused to be delivered by the Property Manager and the Special Servicer since the Initial Closing Date pursuant to Section 3.12 of the Property Management Agreement; (vi) all Determination Date Reports, Special Servicer Reports and Modified Collateral Detail and Realized Loss Reports (each, as defined in the Property Management Agreement) since the Initial Closing Date prepared pursuant to Section 4.01 of the Property Management Agreement; (vii) the Lease Files, including any and all modifications, waivers and amendments of the terms of each Lease, as applicable, entered into or consented to by the Property Manager or the Special Servicer and delivered to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 3.16(c) of the Property Management Agreement or otherwise; and (viii) any and all Officer’s Certificates and other evidence to support the Property Manager’s or the Special Servicer’s, as the case may be, determination that any Advance was or, if made, would be a Nonrecoverable Advance. The Indenture Trustee shall make available copies of any and all of the foregoing items upon written request of any party set forth in the previous sentence. However, the Indenture Trustee shall be permitted to require of such party the payment of a sum sufficient to cover the reasonable costs and expenses of providing such copies as are requested by such party.

 

If requested by any Noteholder, the Indenture Trustee (to the extent it is able to obtain such information from the Property Manager) shall provide: (i) the most recent inspection report prepared by the Property Manager or the Special Servicer in respect of each Property pursuant to Section 3.10 of the Property Management Agreement; (ii) the most recent available documentation and information collected by the Property Manager or the Special Servicer pursuant to Article IV of the Property Management Agreement, together with the accompanying written reports to be prepared by the Property Manager or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, pursuant to Article IV of the Property Management Agreement; and (iii) any and all notices and reports with respect to any Property as to which environmental testing is contemplated by Section 10.08.

 

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The Indenture Trustee will make available, upon reasonable advance notice and at the expense of the requesting party, copies of the above items to any Noteholder or Note Owner and to prospective purchasers of Notes; provided, that, as a condition to making such items available, the Indenture Trustee shall require (a) in the case of Noteholders or Note Owners, a confirmation executed by the requesting Person substantially in the form of Exhibit E-1 hereto generally to the effect that such Person is a Noteholder or Note Owner, is requesting the information solely for use in evaluating such Person’s investment in the related Notes and will otherwise keep such information confidential and (b) in the case of a prospective purchaser, confirmation executed by the requesting Person and such Person’s prospective transferor substantially in the form of Exhibit E-2 hereto generally to the effect that such Person is a prospective purchaser of Notes, is requesting the information solely for use in evaluating a possible investment in such Notes and will otherwise keep such information confidential.

 

(c)               The Indenture Trustee shall not be liable for any dissemination of information made in accordance with Section 6.03(a) or (b).

 

(d)               Each Issuer shall permit agents, representatives and employees of the Indenture Trustee to inspect the Properties or any part thereof at reasonable hours upon reasonable advance notice, subject to the applicable Leases.

 

ARTICLE VII

REDEMPTION

 

Section 7.01       Redemption of the Notes.

 

(a)               Redemption Date. Unless otherwise specified in a Series Supplement for a Series of Notes, and subject to Sections 7.01(b) and (e), on any Business Day, the Issuers may, at their option, elect to prepay the Outstanding Notes (i) in whole in accordance with Section 7.01(c) or (ii) in part in accordance with Section 7.01(d) (the date of such prepayment, the “Redemption Date”).

 

(b)               Redemption Amount. In the event that the Issuers elect to cause a Voluntary Prepayment pursuant to this Section 7.01, the Issuers shall deposit into the Collection Account not later than the applicable Redemption Date, the applicable Redemption Amount in immediately available funds equal to the amount described in Sections 7.01(c) or (d), as applicable. Upon confirmation that such deposit has been made, the Indenture Trustee shall: (1) remit principal amounts set forth in clause (i) of the definition of Full Redemption Amount pursuant to Section 7.01(c) or the Partial Redemption Amount pursuant to Section 7.01(d)(i)(1), as applicable, pro rata, to the applicable Noteholders based on their respective Outstanding Principal Balances, and shall remit interest amounts set forth in clause (ii) of the definition of Full Redemption Amount pursuant to Section 7.01(c) or the Partial Redemption Amount pursuant to Section 7.01(d)(i)(2), as applicable, in accordance with the respective accrued and unpaid amounts to which they are then entitled to payment; and (2) pay all amounts set forth in clause (iii) of the definition of Full Redemption Amount pursuant to Section 7.01(c) or under Section 7.01(d)(i)(3), as applicable, to each applicable party as set forth in the applicable Redemption Notice.

 

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(c)               Full Prepayment. Unless otherwise specified in the related Series Supplement, with respect to a Voluntary Prepayment in full of a Series of Notes, the Issuers will be required to deposit with the Indenture Trustee an amount equal to the Full Redemption Amount; provided, that a Series of Notes may only be prepaid in full if no other Class of Notes with a higher alphabetical designation and an Anticipated Repayment Date that is the same or sooner than the Anticipated Repayment Date of the Class of Notes being prepaid is still outstanding, unless (x) such Series is being prepaid in full in connection with a Series Collateral Release or (y) the applicable Redemption Date is on or after the Make-Whole Date. For the avoidance of doubt, in connection with a prepayment of a Series in full as set forth in this clause (c), payments are not required to be allocated pro rata among all Series of Notes.

 

(d)               Partial Prepayment.

 

(i)                 With respect to a Voluntary Prepayment in part of a Series of Notes, the Issuers will be required to deposit with the Indenture Trustee an amount equal to the sum (such amount, the “Partial Redemption Amount”) of (1) the Applicable Paydown Percentage with respect to the then outstanding Aggregate Series Principal Balance, (2) all accrued and unpaid interest (including any Interest Carry-Forward Amount) thereon, (3) all amounts outstanding to the Indenture Trustee, the Property Manager, the Special Servicer and the Back-Up Manager and (4) the required Make Whole Amount, if any, and all such amounts deposited pursuant to clauses (1) through (4) above shall be allocated pro rata among all Series of Notes.

 

(ii)              Proceeds in connection with a Series Collateral Release shall not be used to effect a partial Voluntary Prepayment pursuant to this Section 7.01(d).

 

(e)               Series Collateral Release. In accordance with Section 7.10 of the Property Management Agreement, one or more Issuers may elect to sell Properties and the related Leases in connection with a prepayment in full of a Series of Notes, subject to the requirements set forth therein. The related Series Collateral Release Price received in connection with a Series Collateral Release shall be deposited into the Collection Account and shall be treated as the Redemption Amount and applied in accordance with the terms of Section 7.01(c) above; provided, that if any Series Collateral Release Price in the Collection Account exceeds the applicable Full Redemption Amount, such excess amounts shall be transferred to the Release Account and treated as a Release Price in accordance with the terms of the Property Management Agreement.

 

(f)                Redemption Notice. No Voluntary Prepayment shall occur unless the Issuers provide written notice (a “Redemption Notice”) to the Indenture Trustee, the Property Manager, the Special Servicer, the Back-Up Manager and the Rating Agencies no less than fifteen (15) days prior to the Redemption Date, which Redemption Notice shall specify (i) with respect to a Voluntary Prepayment in full of a Series of Notes, the Series of Notes that the Issuers are electing to prepay, (ii) with respect to a Voluntary Prepayment in part of a Series of Notes, the Applicable Paydown Percentage of the Notes to be purchased on such Redemption Date, (iii) the Redemption Amount required pursuant to Section 7.01(b), (iv) the parties to whom payments are owed and the respective amounts thereof pursuant to Sections 7.01(c) and (d), and (iv) the targeted Redemption Date.

 

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(g)               Make Whole Amount. Unless otherwise specified in the related Series Supplement, with respect to a Class of Notes, if a Redemption Date occurs (i) prior to the applicable Make Whole Date, a Make Whole Amount shall be due to the Noteholders of such Class or (ii) on or after the applicable Make Whole Date, a Make Whole Amount shall not be due to each Noteholder of such Class based on the principal amount of such prepayment.

 

(h)               Release of Collateral. With respect to a purchase of all of the Outstanding Notes, the Indenture Trustee shall release or cause to be released to the Issuers the Lease Files and for the Properties and the Leases specified in the applicable redemption notice and execute all assignments, endorsements and other instruments furnished to it by the Issuers without recourse, as shall be necessary to effectuate transfer of the Notes, the Mortgages, and the Leases to the Issuers or their respective designees.

 

(i)                 In addition to the right of redemption set forth in this Article VII, a Series of Notes shall be subject to mandatory or optional redemption as specified in the applicable Series Supplement, if any.

 

 

ARTICLE VIII

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES; AMENDMENTS

 

Section 8.01       Supplemental Indentures or Amendments Without Consent of Noteholders.

 

Without the consent of any Noteholder, but upon ten (10) days’ prior written notice to the Rating Agencies, the parties to each agreement listed below, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, or one or more amendments hereto or to the Notes, the Property Management Agreement, the Guaranty, any Mortgage or any other Transaction Documents, as applicable, for any of the following purposes:

 

(1)               to correct any typographical error or cure any ambiguity, or to cure, correct, amend or supplement any provision herein or in the Notes, the Property Management Agreement, the Guaranty, any Mortgage with respect to a Property or any other Transaction Document; provided, that such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders in any material respect; provided, further, that if the Rating Condition is satisfied, any such action shall be deemed not to materially adversely affect the interests of any Noteholder;

 

(2)               to cause any provision herein or in the Notes, the Property Management Agreement, the Guaranty, any Mortgage or any other Transaction Document to conform or be consistent with or in furtherance of the statements set forth in the applicable Private Placement Memorandum (as defined in the applicable Series Supplement) or to correct or supplement any provisions herein or therein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provisions herein or therein, as applicable;

 

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(3)               to institute or modify any procedures relating to compliance with Rule 17g-5 under the Securities Exchange Act;

 

(4)               to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge any property to the Indenture Trustee so long as the interests of the Noteholders would not be adversely affected in any material respect;

 

(5)               to correct any manifestly incorrect description, or amplify the description, of any property subject to the lien of the Mortgages or this Indenture;

 

(6)               to modify the Indenture, the Property Management Agreement, any Mortgage, the Guaranty, or any other Transaction Documents as required or made necessary by any change in Applicable Law, so long as the interests of the Noteholders would not be adversely affected in any material respect; provided, that if the Rating Condition is satisfied, any such action shall be deemed not to materially adversely affect the interests of any Noteholder;

 

(7)               to add to the covenants of any Issuer, or any other party for the benefit of the Noteholders, or to surrender any right or power conferred upon any Issuer under this Indenture, the Property Management Agreement, any Mortgage, the Guaranty or any other Transaction Document;

 

(8)               to add any additional Events of Default hereunder or Servicer Replacement Events (as defined in the Property Management Agreement) under the Property Management Agreement; provided, that such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders in any material respect; provided, further, that if the Rating Condition is satisfied, any such action shall be deemed not to materially adversely affect the interests of any Noteholder; or

 

(9)               to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment by a successor Indenture Trustee, Custodian, Property Manager, Special Servicer or Back-Up Manager.

 

No such supplemental indenture or amendment shall be effective unless the Indenture Trustee shall have first received a Tax Opinion to the effect that such amendment will not (x) adversely affect the tax characterization of the Notes that was characterized as debt at the time of its issuance, (y) cause any Issuers to be treated as an “association taxable as a corporation” or a “publicly traded partnership” or cause any Issuers (or portion there) to be treated as a “taxable mortgage pool”, and (z) cause or constitute an event in which any taxable gain or loss would be recognized by any Noteholder or any of the Issuers without the express written consent of any affected Noteholders.

 

Without the consent of any Noteholder, but upon ten (10) days’ prior written notice to the Rating Agencies, the Issuers and the Indenture Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more amendments to any Account Control Agreement.

 

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Section 8.02       Supplemental Indentures With Consent.

 

With the consent of the Controlling Party of each Series with Notes Outstanding, and ten (10) days’ prior written notice to the Rating Agencies, the parties to the agreements listed below may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, or one or more amendments hereto or to the Notes, the Property Management Agreement, any Mortgage, the Guaranty or any other Transaction Document for the purpose of adding any provisions hereto or thereto, changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions hereof or thereof or modifying in any manner the rights of the Noteholders hereunder or thereunder; provided, that no such supplemental indenture or amendment shall be effective unless the Indenture Trustee shall have first received a Tax Opinion to the effect that such amendment will not (x) adversely affect the tax characterization of any outstanding Notes that was characterized as debt at the time of its issuance are treated as debt for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (y) cause any Issuers not otherwise treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes to be treated as an “association taxable as a corporation” or “publicly traded partnership” , and none of the Issuers (or portion thereof) will be characterized as a “taxable mortgage pool”, and (z) cause or constitute an event in which any taxable gain or loss would be recognized by any Noteholder or any of the Issuers without the express written consent of any affected Noteholders; provided, further, that no such supplemental indenture or amendment may, without the consent of the Noteholders of 100% of the Aggregate Series Principal Balance of the Outstanding Notes affected thereby:

 

(1)               change a Rated Final Payment Date or the Payment Date of any principal, interest or other amount on any Note;

 

(2)               reduce the Outstanding Principal Balance of a Note, the applicable Note Rate or the applicable Post-ARD Additional Interest Rate (if any);

 

(3)               authorize the Indenture Trustee to agree to delay the timing of, or reduce the payments to be made on or in respect of, the Properties or the Leases, except as provided in this Indenture or in the Property Management Agreement;

 

(4)               change the coin or currency in which the principal of any Note or interest thereon is payable;

 

(5)               impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after a Rated Final Payment Date;

 

(6)               reduce the percentage of the then Outstanding Aggregate Series Principal Balance, the consent of whose Noteholders is required for any such supplemental indenture or amendment, or the consent of whose Noteholders is required for any waiver of defaults under this Indenture and their consequences provided for in this Indenture, or for any other reason under this Indenture;

 

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(7)               change any obligation of the Issuers to maintain an office or agency in the places and for the purposes set forth in this Indenture;

 

(8)               except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, in the Property Management Agreement or in any Mortgage, deprive the Indenture Trustee of the benefit of a first priority security interest in the Collateral;

 

(9)               modify Section 2.11; or

 

(10)             release from the lien of this Indenture and the applicable Mortgage and (except as specifically permitted under this Indenture, the Property Management Agreement or such Mortgage) all or any portion of the Collateral.

 

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

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture, none of the above-referenced Transaction Documents may be amended without the consent of the Property Manager, the Special Servicer or the Back-Up Manager, as applicable, if such person would be materially adversely affected by such amendment, regardless of whether any such person is a party to such agreement.

 

Section 8.03       Delivery of Supplements and Amendments.

 

Promptly after the execution by the Issuers and the Indenture Trustee (and any other party, if required) of any supplemental indenture or amendment pursuant to the provisions hereof, the Indenture Trustee, at the expense of the Issuers, payable out of the Collateral Pool pursuant to Section 5.04, shall furnish a notice setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture or amendment to the Rating Agencies and to each Noteholder at the address for such Noteholder set forth in the Note Register.

 

Section 8.04       Series Supplements.

 

(a)               For purposes of this Article VIII, a Series Supplement executed in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.04(c) shall not be considered an amendment or supplemental indenture for the purposes of this Article VIII. Accordingly, any Series Supplement executed in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.04(c) may amend, modify or supplement this Indenture and the Issuers and the other parties thereto may amend, modify or supplement any of the Mortgages, and any other of the Transaction Documents in connection with any such New Issuance, in each case without the consent of the Noteholders; provided, that no such Series Supplement may, without the consent of each Noteholder holding 100% of the Aggregate Series Principal Balance of the Outstanding Notes affected thereby:

 

(1)               change the Rated Final Payment Date, or the Payment Date of any principal, interest or other amount on any such Note, or reduce the Outstanding Principal Balance thereof, the Note Rate thereon or the applicable Post-ARD Additional Interest Rate thereon (if any), or change the coin or

 

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currency in which the principal of any Note or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Rated Final Payment Date thereof;

 

(2)               reduce the percentage of the then Aggregate Series Principal Balance, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such Series Supplement, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver of defaults hereunder and their consequences provided for in this Indenture, or for any other reason under this Indenture (including for actions taken by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to Section 4.01);

 

(3)               change any obligation of the Issuers to maintain an office or agency in the places and for the purposes set forth in this Indenture;

 

(4)               except as otherwise expressly provided in this Indenture, in the Property Management Agreement or in any Mortgage, deprive any Noteholder of the benefit of a valid first priority perfected security interest in the Collateral included in the Collateral Pool;

 

(5)               release from the lien of the Mortgages or this Indenture (except as specifically permitted under this Indenture, the Property Management Agreement or the related Mortgage) all or any portion of the Collateral Pool;

 

(6)               modify the definition of Noteholder; or

 

(7)               modify this Section 8.04.

 

Section 8.05       Execution of Supplemental Indentures, Etc.

 

In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture or amendment permitted by this Article or in accepting the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture or in giving any consent to any modification of any Lease pursuant to this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to receive, at the applicable Issuers’ expense payable out of the Collateral Pool pursuant to Section 5.04, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture, amendment or modification is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and each Series Supplement. The Indenture Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture or amendment or consent to any such modification which affects the Indenture Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

 

ARTICLE IX

COVENANTS; WARRANTIES

 

Section 9.01       Maintenance of Office or Agency.

 

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Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Issuers shall give prompt written notice to the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency.

 

Section 9.02       Existence and Good Standing.

 

Subject to Section 9.08, the Issuers shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect their existence, rights, licenses, permits and corporate franchises and comply in all material respects with all Legal Requirements applicable to them and the Properties. There shall never be committed by any Issuer or any other Person in occupancy of or involved with the operation or use of any Properties any act or omission affording any Governmental Authority the right of forfeiture as against any Property or any part thereof or any moneys paid in performance of such Issuer’s obligations under any of the Transaction Documents. The Issuers hereby covenant and agree not to commit, permit or suffer to exist any act or omission affording such right of forfeiture. The Issuers shall at all times maintain, preserve and protect, or cause to be maintained, preserved and protected, all franchises and trade names and preserve all the remainder of its property required for the conduct of its business and shall keep (or cause to be kept) such properties in good working order and repair, and from time to time make, or cause to be made, all reasonably necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereto, as is more fully provided in this Indenture and the Property Management Agreement. The Issuers shall keep (or cause the Tenants under each applicable Lease to keep) the Properties insured at all times by financially sound and reputable insurers, to such extent and against such risks, and maintain liability and such other insurance, as is more fully provided in this Indenture and the Property Management Agreement.

 

Section 9.03       Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.

 

(a)               Each Issuer shall pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, all applicable taxes, assessments and governmental charges and claims (the “Taxes”) levied or imposed by a governmental taxation authority upon such Issuer or upon the income, profits or property of such Issuer, or shown to be due on the tax returns filed by such Issuer, except as set forth in Section 9.03(b); provided, that such failure to pay or discharge will not cause a forfeiture of, or a lien (other than a Permitted Encumbrance) to encumber, any property included in the Collateral. Upon the written direction of Property Manager, the Indenture Trustee is authorized to pay out of the Payment Account, prior to making payments on the Notes, any such Taxes which, if not paid, would cause a forfeiture or sale of, or a lien (other than a Permitted Encumbrance) to encumber, any property included in the Collateral.

 

(b)               After prior written notice to the Indenture Trustee, any Issuer, at its own expense, may in good faith contest by appropriate legal proceeding, promptly initiated and conducted in good faith and with due diligence, the amount or validity or application in whole or in part of any applicable Taxes; provided, that: (i) no Event of Default has occurred and remains uncured; (ii) such proceeding shall not be precluded by, and be conducted in accordance with the provisions of, any other instrument to which such Issuer is subject and shall not constitute a default thereunder and such proceeding shall be conducted in accordance with all applicable statutes, laws and ordinances; (iii) no applicable Property nor any part thereof or interest therein

 

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will be in danger of being sold, forfeited, terminated, canceled or lost; (iv) such Issuer shall promptly upon final determination thereof pay, or cause to be paid, the amount of any such Taxes, together with all costs, interest and penalties which may be payable in connection therewith; (v) such proceeding shall suspend the collection of such contested Taxes from the applicable Property; and (vi) such Issuer shall furnish such security and/or reserves as may be required in the proceeding, or as may be reasonably requested by the Indenture Trustee or as required in accordance with GAAP, to insure the payment of any such Taxes, together with all interest and penalties thereon; provided, that the Indenture Trustee shall not require such Issuer to post additional security if a contest is being conducted by a Tenant under an applicable Lease (even if such Issuer has joined in such proceeding to accommodate such Tenant’s contest) if such contest is conducted in accordance with such Lease and the related Tenant has provided such security as such Issuer may be entitled to require under such Lease. The Indenture Trustee may transfer any such cash deposit or part thereof held by the Indenture Trustee to the claimant entitled thereto at any time when, in the judgment of the Indenture Trustee, the entitlement of such claimant is established.

 

Section 9.04       Validity of the Notes; Title to the Collateral; Lien.

 

(a)               Each Issuer represents and warrants to the other parties hereto that such Issuer is duly authorized under Applicable Law and the related Issuer LLC Agreement to create and issue the Notes, to pledge the applicable Collateral included in the Collateral Pool to the Indenture Trustee, to execute and deliver this Indenture, the other documents referred to herein to which it is a party and all instruments included in the Collateral Pool which it has executed and delivered, and that all partnership, limited liability company, corporate or trust action and governmental consents, authorizations and approvals necessary or required therefor have been duly and effectively taken or obtained. The Notes, when issued, will be, and this Indenture and such other documents are, valid and legally binding obligations of the Issuers enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject only to bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditor’s rights generally and to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or law).

 

(b)               Each Issuer represents and warrants to the other parties hereto that (i) such Issuer has good title to, and is the sole owner of, each Property and Lease, as applicable, and all other applicable Collateral included in the Collateral Pool, free and clear of any pledge, lien, encumbrance or security interest other than Permitted Encumbrances and the liens created hereby and under the related Mortgages, (ii) this Indenture creates a valid and continuing security interest in each such item of the Collateral Pool in which a security interest may be created under Article 9 of the UCC in favor of the Indenture Trustee, which security interest is prior to all other liens, encumbrances and security interests, subject only to exceptions permitted in this Indenture, in the Property Management Agreement and in the related Mortgages, and is enforceable as such against creditors of and purchasers from such Issuer, subject only to bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditor’s rights generally and to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or law), (iii) each Mortgage creates a valid lien upon the applicable Property and Lease specified therein, which lien is prior to all other liens, encumbrances and security interests, subject only to exceptions permitted in this Indenture, in the Property Management Agreement and in such Mortgage, and is enforceable as such against creditors of and purchasers from such

 

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Issuer, subject only to bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditor’s rights generally and to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or law), (iv) the assignment of rents contained in each related Mortgage (or in a separate document, if required by the local jurisdiction) constitutes the legal, valid, binding and enforceable assignment of such Issuer’s rights in each related Lease, subject only to exceptions permitted in this Indenture, in the Property Management Agreement and in such Mortgage or separate document and to bankruptcy reorganization, insolvency and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditor’s rights generally and to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or law), and (v) such Issuer has received all consents and approvals required by the terms of the applicable Collateral to Grant such Collateral included in the Collateral Pool to the Indenture Trustee as provided herein and in the related Mortgages.

 

(c)               The Issuers have caused the filing of appropriate financing statements with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in order to perfect the security interests in the Collateral granted to the Indenture Trustee hereunder, to the extent such security interests may be perfected by such filing.

 

(d)               Other than the lien and security interest Granted to the Indenture Trustee hereunder and under the Mortgages (and as otherwise permitted in the Property Management Agreement or this Indenture) the Issuers have not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the Collateral included in the Collateral Pool. The Issuers have not authorized the filing of and are not aware of any financing statements against any such Issuer that include a description of collateral covering the Collateral other than any financing statements filed in favor of the Indenture Trustee. The Issuers are not aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against any such Issuer.

 

(e)               The Issuers shall ensure that all cash and investment property at any time owned by the Issuers and held as part of the Collateral Pool is deposited and maintained in the Collection Account, the Payment Account, the DSCR Reserve Account, the Release Account, the Hedge Counterparty Accounts or any other account subject to an Account Control Agreement. Each such account (other than the Collection Account) shall be maintained in the name of the Indenture Trustee, and the Issuers shall not consent to the bank or securities intermediary maintaining any such account complying with instructions or entitlement orders of any Person other than the Property Manager or any sub-manager in accordance with the Property Management Agreement or the Indenture Trustee. If any such account is not held at a depository institution that is the same as the Indenture Trustee, the Issuers will cause the bank or securities intermediary maintaining the Collection Account, the Release Account, the Payment Account, the DSCR Reserve Account or any other account held as part of the Collateral Pool, to execute and deliver to the Indenture Trustee an Account Control Agreement with respect to such account.

  

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(f)                The Issuers represent and warrant that the Indenture is not required to be qualified under the 1939 Act and that no Issuer is required to be registered as an “investment company” under the 1940 Act.

 

Section 9.05       Protection of Collateral Pool.

 

The Issuers, and, to the extent directed by the Issuers or the Requisite Global Majority, the Indenture Trustee, will from time to time execute and deliver all such amendments and supplements hereto (subject to Sections 8.01 and 8.02) and all such financing statements, continuation statements, instruments of further assurance and other instruments (provided, however, that the Indenture Trustee will not be obligated to prepare or file any such supplements, statements or other instruments), and will take such other action necessary or advisable to:

 

(a)               Grant more effectively all or any portion of the Collateral Pool;

 

(b)               maintain or preserve the lien (and the priority thereof) of the Mortgages and this Indenture or carry out more effectively the purposes hereof;

 

(c)               perfect, publish notice of, or protect the validity of any Grant made or to be made by or in the Mortgages or this Indenture;

 

(d)               subject to the Property Management Agreement, enforce any of the Leases included in the Collateral Pool; or

 

(e)               preserve and defend title to the Collateral included in the Collateral Pool and the rights of the Indenture Trustee in such Collateral against the claims of all Persons and parties.

 

Each of the Issuers hereby designates the Indenture Trustee, its agent and attorney-in-fact, to execute and deliver any financing statement, continuation statement or other instrument required pursuant to this Section 9.05; provided, that, subject to and consistent with Section 5.01, the Indenture Trustee will not be obligated to prepare or file any such statements or instruments.

 

Section 9.06       Covenants.

 

(a)               For so long as the Notes of any Series are outstanding, no Issuer shall:

 

(i)              cause or permit any Collateral Transfer of a legal or beneficial interest in any Property, Lease or any part thereof or any legal or beneficial interest therein or any other part of the Collateral Pool, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture or the Property Management Agreement;

 

(ii)           dissolve or liquidate in whole or in part, except as provided in Section 9.08;

 

(iii)         engage, directly or indirectly, in any business other than that arising out of the issuance of the Notes and the actions contemplated or required to be performed under the related Issuer LLC Agreement, this Indenture or other Transaction Documents;

 

(iv)          incur, create or assume any indebtedness for borrowed money other than the Notes or otherwise pursuant to this Indenture or other Transaction Documents;

 

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(v)            voluntarily file a petition for bankruptcy or reorganization, make an assignment for the benefit of creditors or commence any similar proceeding;

 

(vi)          change its state of organization, name, identity or organizational status, or otherwise amend its Issuer LLC Agreement, without notifying the Indenture Trustee of such change in writing at least thirty (30) days prior to the effective date of such change and, in the case of a change in such Issuer’s organizational status or any such amendment, without first satisfying the Rating Condition;

 

(vii)       withdraw or direct any party to withdraw any funds from the Collection Account, other than in accordance with the terms of this Indenture or the Property Management Agreement;

 

(viii)     [reserved];

 

(ix)          except as contemplated by the Transaction Documents, commingle its funds or assets with those of any other Person and shall not participate in any cash management system with any other Person;

 

(x)            pledge its assets to or for the benefit of any other Person other than with respect to loans secured by the Property and no such pledge remains outstanding except to the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Noteholders to secure the Notes;

 

(xi)          other than capital contributions and distributions permitted under the terms of its organizational documents, enter into or be a party to, any transaction with any of its partners, members, shareholders or Affiliates except in the ordinary course of its business and on terms which are commercially reasonable terms comparable to those of an arm’s-length transaction with an unrelated third party;

 

(xii)       indemnify its partners, officers, directors or members, as the case may be, in each case unless such an obligation or indemnification is fully subordinated to the Notes and shall not constitute a claim against it in the event that its cash flow is insufficient to pay the Notes;

 

(xiii)     other than with respect to a pledge or financing under a repurchase transaction of the related Issuer Interests, cause or permit a voluntary or involuntary sale, transfer, exchange, encumbrance, pledge or assignment or any other transfer or disposition of (directly, voluntarily or involuntarily, by operation of law or otherwise, and whether for consideration or of record) any of the ownership interests in such Issuer;

 

(xiv)      without the consent the Requisite Global Majority, be, become or hold itself out (or permit itself to be held out) as being liable for the debts or other obligations of any other Person, or hold out its credit (or permit its credit to be held out) as being available to satisfy the obligation of any other Person; except for (A) debts or other obligations secured by the Collateral and assumed in its entirety by such Issuer at the time it acquired the related Collateral, and (B) the Notes; or

 

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(xv)        take any action to cause any Issuer (or any portion thereof) not otherwise treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes to be treated as an association taxable as a corporation, a “publicly traded partnership” or as a “taxable mortgage pool” including, without limitation, by filing any returns, elections or statements with the applicable United States tax authorities.

 

(b)               For so long as the Notes of any Series are outstanding, each Issuer covenants, that:

 

(i)              it shall be organized solely for the purpose of acquiring, developing, owning, holding, selling, leasing, transferring, exchanging, managing and operating the related Property, entering into and performing its obligations under the Transaction Documents and transacting lawful business that is incident, necessary and appropriate to accomplish the foregoing;

 

(ii)           it shall not have any assets other than as contemplated in the Transaction Documents and personal property necessary or incidental to its ownership and operation of such assets;

 

(iii)          (A) it shall be structured as a single member, bankruptcy-remote, special-purpose Delaware limited liability company consistent with the requirements of each applicable Rating Agency and (B) it shall have at least one Independent Director and an independent “Springing Member” if the Issuer Manager is dissolved or is otherwise no longer a member of such Issuer;

 

(iv)          it (A) shall maintain its financial statements, accounting records and other entity documents separate from those of any other Person; (B) show, in its financial statements, its asset and liabilities separate and apart from those of any other Person; and (C) shall not permit its assets to be listed as assets on the financial statement of any of its Affiliates except as required by GAAP; provided, however, that any such consolidated financial statement contains a note indicating that its separate assets and credit are not available to pay the debts of such Affiliate and that its liabilities do not constitute obligations of the consolidated entity;

 

(v)            it shall cause the related Issuer Manager to provide the Indenture Trustee with thirty (30) days prior written notice prior to the removal of the Independent Director of such Issuer;

 

(vi)          it shall have a limited liability company agreement that provides that such Issuer will not take any Material Action without the affirmative vote of an Independent Director;

 

(vii)       it shall maintain an arm’s-length relationship with each of its Affiliates, not enter into any contract or agreement or amendment thereof with any of its Affiliates, unless the terms are commercially reasonable, intrinsically fair and substantially similar to those that would be available on an arm’s-length basis with third parties, and transact all business with its Affiliates pursuant to enforceable agreements

 

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with material terms established at the inception that will not be amendable except with the consent of each of the parties to such agreement;

 

(viii)     to the extent that any Issuer leases premises from an Affiliate, such Issuer shall pay appropriate, fair and reasonable compensation or rental to the lessor; or

 

(ix)          so long as AF Properties or an Affiliate of any Issuer is the Property Manager, any legal proceedings to collect rent, principal or interest or other income from the Properties, or to oust or dispossess a Tenant or other Person from a Property, shall be brought only in the name of the related Issuer and at such Issuer’s expense. So long as AF Properties or an Affiliate of any Issuer is the Property Manager, the applicable Issuer shall execute all Leases, service contracts and other contracts, including amendments thereto. So long as AF Properties or an Affiliate of any Issuer is the Property Manager, the Property Manager shall not bind any Issuer in respect of any term or condition of any such Lease or contract except in Leases or other contracts that are executed by the applicable Issuer.

 

Section 9.07       Statement as to Compliance.

 

Each Issuer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee and to each Rating Agency, within one hundred twenty (120) days after the end of each fiscal year commencing with 2019, an Officer’s Certificate of the related Issuer Manager on behalf of such Issuer stating that, in the course of the performance by the officer executing such Officer’s Certificate of such officer’s present duties as an officer of such Issuer, such officer would normally obtain knowledge or have made due inquiry of employees of such Issuer and such Issuer’s Affiliates as to the existence of any condition or event which would constitute an Event of Default after the giving of notice or lapse of time or both and that to the best of the officer’s knowledge, (a) such Issuer has fulfilled all of its obligations under this Indenture in all material respects throughout such year, or, if there has been an Event of Default in the fulfillment of any such obligation in any material respect, specifying each such default known to such officer and the nature and status thereof, and (b) as of the end of such fiscal year, no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and no condition or event that would constitute an Event of Default after notice or lapse of time or both has occurred, or, if such an event has occurred and is continuing, specifying each such event known to such officer and the nature and status thereof.

 

Section 9.08       Issuers May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.

 

(a)               For so long as the Notes of any Series are outstanding, no Issuer may consolidate or merge with or into any other Person or convey or transfer all or substantially all of the applicable Collateral Pool to any Person (other than as provided in the Transaction Documents) without the consent of the Requisite Global Majority, unless:

 

(i)              the Person (if other than any such Issuer) formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger or that acquires by conveyance or transfer the Collateral Pool (the “Successor Person”) shall be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or of any State thereof, shall have expressly assumed by written instrument, and executed and delivered such written instrument to the Indenture

 

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Trustee, the obligation (to the same extent as such Issuer was so obligated) to make payments of principal, interest and other amounts, as applicable, on all of the applicable Notes and the obligation to perform every covenant of this Indenture on the part of such Issuer to be performed or observed, all as provided herein;

 

(ii)           at the time of, and immediately after giving effect to, such transaction, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or Early Amortization Period shall have occurred and be continuing;

 

(iii)         the Indenture Trustee shall have received written confirmation that the Rating Condition is satisfied;

 

(iv)          any such Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each to the effect that, such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer complies with and satisfies all conditions precedent set forth in this Article IX;

 

(v)            the Successor Person shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that (1) the Successor Person has good and marketable title to the applicable Collateral included in the Collateral Pool, free and clear of any lien, security interest or charge other than the lien and security interest of the related Mortgages and this Indenture and any other lien permitted hereby, and (2) immediately following the event which causes the Successor Person to become the Successor Person, the Indenture Trustee continues to have a perfected security interest in such Collateral included in the Collateral Pool to the extent a security interest may be created and perfected under Article 9 of the UCC and a valid, first priority lien (subject to Permitted Encumbrances) in the related Properties and Leases; and

 

(vi)          the Successor Person shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that, with respect to a Successor Person that is a corporation, partnership or trust: such Successor Person shall be duly organized, validly existing and in good standing in the jurisdiction in which such Successor Person is organized; that the Successor Person has sufficient power and authority to assume the obligations set forth in clause (i) above and to execute and deliver an indenture supplement hereto for the purpose of assuming such obligation; that the Successor Person has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance of any indenture supplement and that such supplemental indenture is a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Successor Person, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject only to bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency and other laws affecting the enforcement of creditor’s rights generally and to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or law); and that, immediately following the event which causes the Successor Person to become the Successor Person, the Indenture Trustee continues to have a perfected security interest in the applicable Collateral included in the Collateral Pool to the extent a security interest may be created and perfected under Article 9 of the UCC.

 

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(b)               Upon any consolidation or merger, or any conveyance or transfer of all or substantially all of the Collateral Pool (unless in connection with a Series Collateral Release), the Successor Person shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, an Issuer under this Indenture with the same effect as if such Successor Person had been named as an Issuer herein. In the event of any such conveyance or transfer of the Collateral Pool permitted by this Section 9.08, the Person named as an “Issuer” in the first paragraph of this Indenture, or any successor that shall theretofore have become such in the manner prescribed in this Article IX and that has thereafter effected such a conveyance or transfer, may be dissolved, wound up and liquidated at any time thereafter, and such Person thereafter shall be released from its liabilities as obligor and maker on all of the then Outstanding Notes and from its obligations under this Indenture.

 

Section 9.09      Litigation. Each Issuer shall give prompt written notice to the Indenture Trustee of any litigation or governmental proceedings pending against such Issuer which might materially and adversely affect such Issuer’s condition (financial or otherwise) or business or any Property.

 

Section 9.10       Notice of Default. Each Issuer shall promptly advise the Indenture Trustee in writing of any material adverse change in such Issuer’s condition, financial or otherwise not otherwise reported, or of the occurrence of any material Event of Default of which such Issuer has knowledge.

 

Section 9.11       Cooperate in Legal Proceedings. Each Issuer shall cooperate fully with the Indenture Trustee with respect to any proceedings before any court, board or other Governmental Authority which may in any way affect the rights of the Indenture Trustee hereunder or any rights obtained by the Indenture Trustee under any of the other Transaction Documents and, in connection therewith, permit the Indenture Trustee, at its election, to participate in any such proceedings.

 

Section 9.12       Insurance Benefits. Each Issuer shall cooperate with the Indenture Trustee in obtaining for the Indenture Trustee the benefits of any proceeds of the insurance policies lawfully or equitably payable in connection with any applicable Property, subject to the rights of Tenants under the applicable Leases and the terms of the Property Management Agreement, and the Indenture Trustee shall be reimbursed for any expenses incurred in connection therewith (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements) out of such insurance proceeds.

 

Section 9.13       Costs of Enforcement. In the event (a) that any Mortgage encumbering any Property is foreclosed in whole or in part or that any such Mortgage is put into the hands of an attorney for collection, suit, action or foreclosure, (b) of the foreclosure of any mortgage prior to or subsequent to any Mortgage encumbering any Property in which proceeding the Indenture Trustee is made a party, or (c) of the bankruptcy, insolvency, rehabilitation or other similar proceeding in respect of any Issuer or related Issuer Manager or an assignment by such Issuer or related Issuer Manager for the benefit of its creditors, such Issuer, its successors or assigns, shall be chargeable with and agrees to pay all reasonable costs of collection and defense, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, incurred by the Indenture Trustee or such Issuer in connection therewith and in connection with any appellate proceeding or post-judgment action involved therein, together with all required service or use taxes.

 

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Section 9.14       Performance of Issuers’ Duties by the Related Issuer Manager. The duties of each Issuer will be performed on behalf of such Issuer by its Board of Managers or the related Issuer Manager pursuant to the applicable Issuer LLC Agreement.

 

Section 9.15       Further Acts, etc. Each Issuer will, at such Issuer’s expense, and without expense to the Indenture Trustee, do, execute, acknowledge and deliver all and every such further acts, deeds, conveyances, mortgages, assignments, notices of assignment, UCC Financing Statements or continuation statements, transfers and assurances as the Indenture Trustee shall, from time to time, reasonably require, for the better assuring, conveying, assigning, transferring, and confirming unto the Indenture Trustee the property and rights hereby deeded, mortgaged, given, granted, bargained, sold, alienated, offset, conveyed, confirmed, pledged, assigned and hypothecated or intended now or hereafter so to be, or which such Issuer may be or may hereafter become bound to convey or assign to the Indenture Trustee, or for carrying out the intention or facilitating the performance of the terms of this Indenture or for filing, registering or recording this Indenture. Each Issuer will promptly execute and deliver and hereby authorizes the Indenture Trustee to execute in the name of such Issuer or without the signature of such Issuer to the extent the Indenture Trustee may lawfully do so, one or more financing statements or other instruments, to evidence more effectively the security interest of the Indenture Trustee in the Properties. Upon foreclosure, the appointment of a receiver or any other relevant action, each such Issuer will, at the cost of such Issuer and without expense to the Indenture Trustee, cooperate fully and completely to effect the assignment or transfer of any license, permit, agreement or any other right necessary or useful to the operation of the Properties. Each Issuer grants to the Indenture Trustee an irrevocable power of attorney coupled with an interest for the purpose of exercising and perfecting any and all rights and remedies available to the Indenture Trustee at law and in equity, including, without limitation, such rights and remedies available to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this Section.

 

Section 9.16       Recording of Mortgages, etc. Each Issuer forthwith upon the execution and delivery of this Indenture and thereafter, from time to time, will cause the applicable Mortgages, and any security instrument creating a lien or security interest or evidencing the lien thereof upon the related Properties and each instrument of further assurance to be filed, registered or recorded in such manner and in such places as may be required by any present or future law in order to publish notice of and fully to protect the lien or security interest upon, and the interest of the Indenture Trustee in, such Properties. Each Issuer will pay all filing, registration or recording fees, and all expenses incident to the preparation, execution and acknowledgment of the applicable Mortgages, any Mortgages supplemental thereto, any security instrument with respect to the related Properties and any instrument of further assurance, and all federal, state, county and municipal, taxes, duties, imposts, assessments and charges arising out of or in connection with the execution and delivery of such Mortgages, any Mortgages supplemental thereto, any security instrument with respect to such Properties or any instrument of further assurance, except where prohibited by law so to do. Each Issuer shall hold harmless and indemnify the Indenture Trustee, its successors and assigns, against any liability incurred by reason of the imposition of any tax on the making and recording of the applicable Mortgages.

 

Section 9.17       [Reserved].

 

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Section 9.18      Payment of Debts. Each Issuer will remain solvent and such Issuer will pay its debts and liabilities (including, as applicable, shared personnel and overhead expenses) from its assets as the same shall become due.

 

Section 9.19      Single-Purpose Status. Each Issuer will do all things necessary to observe organizational formalities and preserve its existence, and such Issuer will not, nor will such Issuer permit the applicable Issuer Manager to, amend, modify or otherwise change the certificate of formation, limited liability agreement, articles of incorporation and bylaws, operating agreement, certificate of organization, trust or other organizational documents of such Issuer in any manner that would affect the status of such Issuer or Issuer Manager as a single-purpose, bankruptcy-remote entity, without (i) the prior written consent of the Requisite Global Majority, in its sole discretion, and (ii) the satisfaction of the Rating Condition.

 

Section 9.20       Separateness of Each Issuer. Each Issuer will be, and at all times will hold itself out to the public as, a legal entity separate and distinct from any other entity (including any Affiliate of such Issuer), shall correct any known misunderstanding regarding its status as a separate entity, shall conduct business in its own name, shall not identify itself or any of its Affiliates as a division or part of the other and shall maintain and utilize separate stationery, invoices and checks.

 

Section 9.21     Capitalization of the Issuers. Each Issuer shall maintain adequate capital for the normal obligations reasonably foreseeable in a business of its size and character and in light of its contemplated business operations.

 

Section 9.22      Maintenance of Assets. Each Issuer will maintain its assets in such a manner that it will not be costly or difficult to segregate, ascertain or identify its individual assets from those of any Affiliate or constituent party or any Affiliate of any constituent party, or any other Person.

 

Section 9.23       Compliance with Representations and Warranties. Each Issuer Manager shall at all times comply, and will cause the Issuers to comply, with each of the applicable representations, warranties, and covenants contained in this Indenture (including any Series Supplement) as if such representation, warranty or covenant was made directly by such Issuer Manager.

 

Section 9.24      Independent Managers or Independent Directors. Each Issuer shall at all times cause there to be at least one (1) duly appointed director or one (1) duly appointed manager (an “Independent Manager”) of such Issuer who is an individual duly who, at the time of such appointment, is not and will not be serving as the Manager of the Company, and has not been at any time during the preceding five (5) years: (a) a direct or indirect legal or beneficial owner of any equity interest in the Company, the Member or any of their respective Affiliates, (b) a creditor, customer, supplier, employee, officer, director, member, manager or contractor of, or other Person who derives any of its purchases or revenues from its activities with, the Company, the Member or any of their respective Affiliates (except as an Independent Manager of the Company), (c) an individual directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Company, the Member or any of their respective Affiliates, or any creditors, suppliers, customers, employees, officers, other directors, Manager, or contractors of the

 

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Company, the Member or any of their respective Affiliates, or (d) a member of the immediate family of any individual described in (a), (b) or (c) above Each Independent Manager is designated as a “manager” of the Company within the meaning of Section 18-101(10) of the Act.

 

As used herein, the term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management policies or activities of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no individual shall be disqualified from serving as an Independent Manager solely on account of (i) his or her receipt of customary compensation, if any, from the Company in exchange for his or her service as Independent Manager, (ii) his or her employment by or ownership interest in any reputable, national service entity engaged by the Company to fill the position of Independent Manager required hereunder and that (A) is not an Affiliate of the Company or the Member and (B) regularly provides as a principal component of its business the services of an independent director, independent trustee or independent manager (as determined pursuant to requirements substantially similar in all material respects to those set forth in this definition) to special-purpose, bankruptcy-remote entities, (iii) his or her service as an independent director, independent trustee or independent manager (as determined pursuant to requirements substantially similar in all material respects to those set forth in this definition) of another limited or special-purpose, bankruptcy-remote entity or (iv) his or her receipt of customary compensation, if any, in exchange therefor from such other limited or special-purpose bankruptcy-remote entity.

 

Section 9.25       Employees. Each Issuer shall pay its own liabilities and expenses, including, without limitation, the salaries of its own employees, if any, out of its own funds and assets and maintain a sufficient number of employees if any are required in light of its contemplated business operations.

 

Section 9.26       Assumptions in Insolvency Opinion. Each Issuer shall conduct its business so that the assumptions made with respect to such Issuer in any non-consolidation Opinion of Counsel, dated the date of the applicable Series Supplement, delivered in connection with the Notes and any subsequent non-consolidation opinion delivered on behalf of such Issuer as required by the terms and conditions of this Indenture (an “Insolvency Opinion”) shall be true and correct in all respects.

 

Section 9.27       Performance by the Issuers. (a) Each Issuer shall observe, perform and satisfy all the terms, provisions, covenants and conditions of, and shall pay when due all applicable costs, fees and expenses to the extent required under, the Transaction Documents executed and delivered by, or applicable to, such Issuer.

 

(b)               Each Issuer shall in a timely manner observe, perform, enforce and fulfill each and every covenant, term and provision of each Transaction Document executed and delivered by, or applicable to, such Issuer, or recorded instrument affecting or pertaining to the applicable Properties, to the extent the failure to observe or perform the same would materially and adversely affect such Issuer’s interest in such Properties, and shall not enter into or otherwise suffer or permit any amendment, waiver, supplement, termination or other modification of any

 

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Transaction Document executed and delivered by, or applicable to, such Issuer except in accordance with the terms and provisions thereof and hereof.

 

Section 9.28      Use of Proceeds. The Issuers shall use the proceeds of the Notes to (a) repay and discharge, or cause to be repaid and discharged, any existing loans relating to the Properties, (b) pay costs and expenses incurred in connection with the closing of any transaction contemplated by this Indenture, (c) fund any working capital requirements of the Properties, (d) distribute the balance, if any, to their respective partners or equity holders, and (e) as otherwise provided in the related Series Supplement.

 

Section 9.29      Other Rights, etc. It is agreed that the risk of loss or damage to any Property is on the Issuers, and the Indenture Trustee shall have no liability whatsoever for decline in value of the Property or for failure to determine whether insurance in force is adequate as to the amount of risks insured.

 

Section 9.30      Books and Records. The Issuers will maintain all of their respective books, records, financial statements and bank accounts separate from those of its Affiliates and any constituent party and file its own tax returns (provided that each such Issuer’s financial statements and tax returns may be prepared on a consolidated basis with other entities provided that such consolidated financial statements and tax returns indicate the separate existence of such Issuer and its assets and liabilities). The Issuers shall maintain their respective books, records, resolutions and agreements as official records.

 

Section 9.31     Overhead Expenses. The Issuers shall allocate fairly and reasonably overhead expenses, if any, that are shared with an Affiliate, including paying for office space and services performed by any employee of an Affiliate.

 

Section 9.32      Embargoed Persons. Each Issuer has performed and shall perform reasonable due diligence to insure that at all times throughout the term of the Notes, (a) none of the funds or other assets of such Issuer constitute property of, or are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any Embargoed Person; (b) no Embargoed Person has any interest of any nature whatsoever in such Issuer, with the result that the investment in such Issuer (whether directly or indirectly) is prohibited by law or the Notes are in violation of law; and (c) none of the funds of such Issuer, have been derived from, or are the proceeds of, any unlawful activity, including money laundering, terrorism or terrorism activities, with the result that the investment in such Issuer (whether directly or indirectly) is prohibited by law or the Notes are in violation of law, or may cause any of the related Properties to be subject to forfeiture or seizure.

 

ARTICLE X

COVENANTS REGARDING PROPERTIES

 

Section 10.01   General.

 

The Issuers will be required to maintain and manage, or cause the Property Manager to maintain and manage, each of its related Properties in accordance with the terms and provisions set forth in the Property Management Agreement.

 

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Section 10.02   Insurance.

 

The Issuers will be required to maintain, or cause to be maintained, insurance of the types and amounts set forth in the Property Management Agreement.

 

Section 10.03   Leases and Rents.

 

With respect to each Property, the related Issuer (i) shall observe and perform (or cause to be performed) all the obligations imposed upon the lessor under the related Lease and shall not do or permit to be done anything to impair materially the value of the Property or related Lease as security, (ii) shall promptly send copies to the Indenture Trustee of all notices of event of default which such Issuer shall send or receive under the related Lease, (iii) shall notify the Indenture Trustee in writing of any material change in the status of any tenancy at such Property, including, without limitation, the vacating, surrender or going dark of any Tenant, even if such action is expressly permitted by the terms of such Tenant’s Lease, (iv) shall, consistent with the Property Management Agreement, enforce all of the material terms, covenants and conditions contained in a related Lease upon the part of the Tenant thereunder to be observed or performed (including, without limitation, collecting financial information from each Tenant), (v) shall not execute any assignment of the lessor’s interest in a related Lease or the Monthly Lease Payments except as permitted under the Property Management Agreement, and (vi) shall not consent to any assignment of or subletting under a Lease not in accordance with its terms or as permitted under the Property Management Agreement. No Issuer shall agree to any material modification of a Lease except in accordance with the terms of the Property Management Agreement.

 

Section 10.04   Compliance With Laws.

 

With respect to each Property:

 

(a)               The related Issuer shall promptly comply, or shall take commercially reasonable efforts to enforce the Tenants’ obligations under the Leases to comply, in all material respects with Applicable Law affecting such Property, or the use thereof, currently existing or enacted in the future.

 

(b)               The Issuers shall give prompt notice to the Indenture Trustee of the receipt by any such Issuer of any written governmental agency notice related to a violation of any Applicable Law and of the commencement of any governmental agency proceedings or investigations which relate to compliance with Applicable Law.

 

(c)               After prior written notice to the Indenture Trustee, the related Issuer, at its own expense, may contest by appropriate legal proceeding, promptly initiated and conducted in good faith and with due diligence, the Applicable Law affecting any Property; provided, that (i) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under any Mortgage or this Indenture, (ii) such Issuer is not prohibited from doing so under the provisions of any Lease and any other mortgage, deed of trust or deed to secure debt affecting the related Property, (iii) such proceeding shall not be prohibited under, and shall be conducted in accordance with, the Property Management Agreement, (iv) none of such Property, any part thereof or interest therein,

 

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any of the Tenants or occupants thereof, or such Issuer shall be affected in any materially adverse way as a result of such proceeding, (v) non-compliance with the Applicable Law shall not impose criminal liability on such Issuer or civil or criminal liability on the Indenture Trustee, and (vi) such Issuer shall have furnished to the Indenture Trustee all other items reasonably requested by the Indenture Trustee.

 

Section 10.05   Estoppel Certificates.

 

The Issuers shall use their commercially reasonable best efforts to deliver or cause to be delivered to the Indenture Trustee, promptly upon request, duly executed estoppel certificates from any one or more Tenants as required by the Property Management Agreement attesting to such facts regarding such Lease as the Property Manager may require in accordance with the Property Management Agreement.

 

Section 10.06   Other Rights, Etc.

 

It is agreed that the risk of loss or damage to a Property is on the related Issuer, and the Indenture Trustee shall have no liability whatsoever for decline in value of such Property, for failure to maintain insurance policies, or for failure to determine whether insurance in force is adequate as to the amount of risks insured. Possession by the Indenture Trustee shall not be deemed an election of judicial relief, if any such possession is requested or obtained, with respect to any Property or any other Collateral included in the Collateral Pool and not in the Indenture Trustee’s possession.

 

Section 10.07   Right to Release Any Portion of the Collateral Pool.

 

The Indenture Trustee shall not release any portion of the Collateral Pool except as expressly set forth in the terms and provisions of the Property Management Agreement, the Indenture and the other Transaction Documents and shall release such portion without, as to the remainder of such Collateral, in any way impairing or affecting the lien or priority of this Indenture, or improving the position of any subordinate lienholder with respect thereto, except to the extent that the obligations hereunder shall have been reduced by the actual monetary consideration, if any, received by the Indenture Trustee for such release, and may accept by assignment, pledge or otherwise any other property in place thereof, all in accordance with the terms hereof and of the Property Management Agreement. This Indenture shall continue as a lien and security interest in the remaining portion of the Collateral Pool to which it applies.

 

Section 10.08   Environmental Covenants.

 

(a)               So long as the Issuers own or are in possession of each Property, the Issuers shall keep or cause each Property to be kept free from Hazardous Substances other than Permitted Materials and in compliance with any and all local, state, federal or other Governmental Authority, statute, ordinance, code, order, decree, law, rule or regulation pertaining to or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning environmental regulation, contamination or clean-up including, without limitation, CERCLA, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended, the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, as amended, the Hazardous Substances Transportation Act, as amended, the Solid Waste

 

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Disposal Act, as amended, the Clean Water Act, as amended, the Clean Air Act, as amended, the Toxic Substance Control Act, as amended, the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended, the Occupational Safety and Health Act, as amended, any state super-lien and environmental statutes and all rules and regulations adopted in respect to the foregoing laws whether presently in force or coming into being and/or effectiveness hereafter (collectively, “Environmental Laws”).

 

(b)               The Issuers shall protect, indemnify, and hold harmless the Indenture Trustee from and against all liabilities, obligations, claims, demands, damages, penalties, causes of action, losses, fines, costs and expenses (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements), imposed upon or incurred by or asserted against the Indenture Trustee by reason of (i) the presence, disposal, escape, seepage, leakage, spillage, discharge, emission, release, or threatened release of any Hazardous Substance or Asbestos on, from or affecting any Properties or other real properties owned by an Issuer at any time since the initial formation of such Issuer; (ii) any personal injury (including wrongful death) or property damage (real or personal) arising out of or related to such Hazardous Substance or Asbestos; (iii) any lawsuit brought or threatened, settlement reached, or government order relating to such Hazardous Substance or Asbestos; and (iv) any violation of Environmental Laws, including, without limitation, the costs and expenses of any Remedial Work, reasonable attorney and consultant fees and disbursements, investigation and laboratory fees, court costs, and litigation expenses.

 

(c)               The Issuers shall, within six (6) months of each Series Closing Date (or such longer time as may reasonably be required to complete the same with diligent effort by the applicable Issuers, in light of the Legal Requirements and Governmental Authorities involved), deliver evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Property Manager establishing that such Issuers have performed and paid or caused the Tenants to perform and pay for the work set forth in exhibits to the applicable Series Supplement, if any, all in accordance with all Environmental Laws.

 

(d)               The Issuers shall not install Asbestos in any Property and, upon discovery of any Asbestos in any Property, shall, to the extent permitted under the related Lease and at the Issuers’ sole expense, cause an operations and maintenance program to be established with respect to such Asbestos. The Issuers shall in all instances comply with, and ensure compliance by all occupants of each Property with, all applicable federal, state and local laws, ordinances, rules and regulations with respect to Asbestos, and shall keep each Property free and clear of any liens imposed pursuant to such laws, ordinances, rules or regulations. In the event that the Issuers receives any written notice or advice from any governmental agency or any source whatsoever with respect to Asbestos on, affecting or installed on any Property, the Issuers shall promptly notify the Property Manager and the Indenture Trustee. The obligations and liabilities of the Issuers under this Section 10.08(d) shall survive any termination, satisfaction, or assignment of this Indenture and the exercise by the Indenture Trustee of any of its rights or remedies hereunder, including but not limited to, the acquisition of any Property by foreclosure or a conveyance in lieu of foreclosure.

 

Section 10.09   Handicapped Access. (a) The Issuers agree that the Properties shall at all times comply in all material respects to the extent applicable with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 (if applicable), all state and local laws and ordinances related to handicapped access and all rules,

 

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regulations, and orders issued pursuant thereto including, without limitation, the Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities (collectively, “Access Laws”). The Issuers agree to give prompt notice to the Indenture Trustee of the receipt by any Issuer of any complaints related to material violation of any Access Laws and of the commencement of any proceedings or investigations which relate to compliance with applicable Access Laws.

 

Section 10.10   Preservation of Title. Subject to any Permitted Encumbrances, the Issuers shall forever warrant, defend and preserve such title and the validity and priority of the lien of any Mortgage and the other Transaction Documents and shall forever warrant and defend the same to the Indenture Trustee against the claims of all Persons whomsoever.

 

Section 10.11   Maintenance and Use of Properties. The Properties shall be maintained in accordance with the terms of the Leases and the Property Management Agreement.

 

Section 10.12   Access to Properties. The Issuers shall permit the agents, representatives and employees of the Indenture Trustee to inspect the Properties or any part thereof at reasonable hours upon reasonable advance notice, subject to the Leases.

 

ARTICLE XI

COSTS

 

Section 11.01   Performance at the Issuers’ Expense.

 

The Issuers acknowledge and confirm that the Indenture Trustee shall impose certain administrative processing fees in connection with the release or substitution of any Property, which fees are payable to the Indenture Trustee under the Property Management Agreement as an Extraordinary Expense. The Issuers further acknowledge and confirm that they shall be responsible for the payment of all costs of reappraisal of any Property or any part thereof, whether required by law, regulation or any Governmental Authority. The Issuers hereby acknowledge and agree to pay all such fees (as the same may be reasonably increased or decreased from time to time), and any additional fees of a similar type or nature which may reasonably be imposed by the Indenture Trustee from time to time, upon the occurrence of any release or substitution of any Property or otherwise, in accordance with the priorities set forth herein and in the Property Management Agreement and as Extraordinary Expenses. Wherever it is provided for herein that an Issuer pay any costs and expenses, such costs and expenses shall include, but not be limited to, all reasonable legal fees and disbursements of the Indenture Trustee in accordance with the priorities set forth herein.

 

ARTICLE XII

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 12.01   Electronic Signatures and Transmission.

 

(a)               For purpose of this Indenture, any reference to “written” or “in writing” means any form of written communication, including, without limitation, electronic signatures,

 

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and any such written communication may be transmitted by Electronic Transmission. “Electronic Transmission” means any form of communication not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, including the use of, or participation in, 1 or more electronic networks or databases (including 1 or more distributed electronic networks or databases), that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved and reviewed by a recipient thereof and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process. The Indenture Trustee is authorized to accept written instructions, directions, reports, notices or other communications delivered by Electronic Transmission and shall not have any duty or obligation to verify or confirm that the Person sending instructions, directions, reports, notices or other communications or information by Electronic Transmission is, in fact, a Person authorized to give such instructions, directions, reports, notices or other communications or information on behalf of the party purporting to send such Electronic Transmission; and the Indenture Trustee shall not have any liability for any losses, liabilities, costs or expenses incurred or sustained by any party as a result of such reliance upon or compliance with such instructions, directions, reports, notices or other communications or information to the Indenture Trustee, including, without limitation, the risk of the Indenture Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, notices, reports or other communications or information, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties.

 

(b)               Any requirement in this Indenture or the Notes that a document, including the Notes, is to be signed or authenticated by “manual signature” or similar language shall not be deemed to prohibit signature to be by facsimile or electronic signature and shall not be deemed to prohibit delivery thereof by Electronic Transmission.

 

(c)               Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture, any and all communications (both text and attachments) by or from the Indenture Trustee that the Indenture Trustee in its sole discretion deems to contain confidential, proprietary and/or sensitive information and sent by Electronic Transmission will be encrypted. The recipient of the Electronic Transmission will be required to complete a one-time registration process.

 

Section 12.02   Execution Counterparts.

 

This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original regardless of whether delivered in physical or electronic form, but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Indenture in Portable Document Format (PDF) or by facsimile transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed original counterpart of this Indenture.

 

Section 12.03   Compliance Certificates and Opinions, Etc. 

 

Upon any application or request by an Issuer to the Indenture Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, such Issuer shall (at the request of the Indenture Trustee) furnish to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with, except that, in the case of any such application or request as to which the

 

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furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

 

Section 12.04   Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture 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 Authorized Officer of an Issuer or Issuer Manager 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 of an Authorized Officer 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 an Issuer or Issuer Manager stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of such Issuer or Issuer Manager, 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.

 

Whenever this Indenture requires that a document or instrument (other than any Note) be delivered in substantially the form attached hereto as an exhibit, modifications and additions to and deletions from any such exhibit reflected in such document or instrument as delivered hereunder shall not impair the validity or acceptability of such document or instrument (nor shall any Person be entitled to reject such document or instrument as a result thereof) to the extent that such modifications, additions or deletions are approved by the Issuers and are made in a manner consistent with Applicable Law (including changes thereto).

 

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.

 

Whenever in this Indenture, in connection with any application or certificate or report to the Indenture Trustee, it is provided that any Person shall deliver any document as a condition of the granting of such application, or as evidence of such Person’s compliance with any term hereof, it is intended that the truth and accuracy, at the time of the granting of such application or at the effective date of such certificate or report (as the case may be), of the facts and opinions stated in such document shall in such case be conditions precedent to the right of such Person to have such application granted or to the sufficiency of such certificate or report. The foregoing shall not, however, be construed to affect the Indenture Trustee’s right to rely upon the truth and accuracy of any statement or opinion contained in any such document as provided in Article V.

 

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Section 12.05   No Oral Change.

 

This Indenture, and any provisions hereof, may not be modified, amended, waived, extended, changed, discharged or terminated orally or by any act or failure to act on the part of any Issuer, Issuer Manager or the Indenture Trustee, but only by an agreement in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of any modification, amendment, waiver, extension, change, discharge or termination is sought and otherwise in accordance herewith.

 

Section 12.06   Acts of Noteholders.

 

(a)               Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by the Noteholders of any Class of any Series or in their entirety may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Noteholders in person or by agents 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 Indenture Trustee, and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the applicable Issuers. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” or “Acts” of the Noteholders 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 5.01) conclusive in favor of the Indenture Trustee and the Issuers if made in the manner provided in this Section. With respect to authorization to be given or taken by Noteholders, the Indenture Trustee shall be authorized to follow the written directions or the vote of Noteholders of Notes representing more than 50% of the Aggregate Series Principal Balance (or Outstanding Notes of the affected Class, if applicable), unless any greater or lesser percentage is required by the terms hereunder.

 

(b)               The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved in any manner that the Indenture Trustee deems sufficient.

 

(c)               The Series, Class, Outstanding Principal Balance and serial numbers of Notes held by any Person, and the date of holding the same, shall be proved by the Note Register.

 

(d)               Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, election, declaration, waiver or other act of any Noteholder shall bind every future Noteholder of the same Note and the Noteholder of every Note issued upon the transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, suffered or omitted to be done by the Indenture Trustee or the applicable Issuers in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Note.

 

Section 12.07   Computation of Percentage of Noteholders.

 

Unless otherwise specified herein, whenever this Indenture states that any action may be taken by a specified percentage of the Noteholders or the Noteholders of any Class, such statement shall mean that such action may be taken by the Noteholders of such specified percentage of the Aggregate Series Principal Balance or of such Class of Notes, respectively.

 

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Section 12.08   Notice to the Indenture Trustee, the Issuers and Certain Other Persons.

 

Any communication provided for or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered by courier or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, or if transmitted by facsimile or by e-mail and confirmed in a writing delivered or mailed as aforesaid, to: (i) in the case of any Issuer, to c/o American Finance Operating Partnership, L.P., 650 Fifth Avenue, 30th Floor, NY, NY 10019, Attention: Legal Department or to such other address as provided in the applicable Series Supplement, as applicable; (ii) in the case of the Indenture Trustee, Citibank, N.A., 388 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10013, Attention: Securities Window – AFOP, or at such other address as the Indenture Trustee or Note Registrar may designate from time to time; and (iii) with respect to any applicable Series, in the case of any Rating Agency or Hedge Counterparty, the address of such Rating Agency or Hedge Counterparty as provided in the applicable Series Supplement, or, as to each such Person, such other address or facsimile number as may hereafter be furnished by such Person to the parties hereto in writing.

 

Citibank, N.A. (the “Bank”) (in each of its capacities hereunder and under the Transaction Documents) agrees to accept and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to this Indenture or any documents executed in connection herewith sent by unsecured email, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods, provided, however, that any person providing such instructions or directions shall provide to the Bank an incumbency certificate listing persons designated to provide such instructions or directions (including the email addresses of such persons), which incumbency certificate shall be amended whenever a person is added or deleted from the listing. If such person elects to give the Bank email (of .pdf or similar files) or facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the Bank in its discretion elects to act upon such instructions, the Bank’s reasonable understanding of such instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Bank shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Bank’s reliance upon and compliance with such instructions notwithstanding such instructions conflicting with or being inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. Any person providing such instructions or directions agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Bank, including without limitation the risk of the Bank acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties.

 

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Section 12.09   Notices to Noteholders; Notification Requirements and Waiver.

 

Where this Indenture provides for notice to Noteholders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given if in writing and delivered by courier or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid to each Noteholder affected by such event, at its address as it appears on the Note Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Noteholders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice nor any defect in any notice so mailed to any particular Noteholder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Noteholders, and any notice that is delivered or mailed in the manner herein provided shall conclusively be presumed to have been duly given.

 

Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by any 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 Noteholders shall be filed with the Indenture Trustee but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such a waiver.

 

In case, by reason of the suspension of regular courier and mail service as a result of a strike, work stoppage or similar activity, it shall be impractical to mail notice of any event to Noteholders when such notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any manner of giving such notice as shall be satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving of such notice.

 

Where this Indenture provides for notice to the Rating Agencies, failure to give any such notice shall not affect any other rights or obligations created hereunder, and shall not under any circumstance constitute a default or Event of Default.

 

Section 12.10   Successors and Assigns.

 

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

 

Section 12.11   Interest Charges; Waivers.

 

This Indenture is subject to the express condition that at no time shall any Issuer be obligated or required to pay interest hereunder at a rate which could subject the Indenture Trustee to either civil or criminal liability as a result of being in excess of the maximum interest rate which such Issuer is permitted by Applicable Law to contract or agree to pay. If by the terms of this Indenture, any Issuer is at any time required or obligated to pay interest hereunder at a rate in excess of such maximum rate, such rate shall be deemed to be immediately reduced to such maximum rate and all previous payments in excess of the maximum rate shall be deemed to have been payments in reduction of principal and not on account of the interest due hereunder.

 

The Issuers expressly waives presentment, demand, diligence, protest and all notices of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Indenture, except for notices expressly provided for in this Indenture, the Mortgages or the Notes.

 

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Section 12.12   Severability Clause.

 

In case any provision of this Indenture or of the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall, to the extent permitted by law, not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

Section 12.13   Governing Law.

 

(a)               THIS INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BUT OTHERWISE WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES).

 

(b)               Any action or proceeding against any of the parties hereto relating in any way to this Indenture or any Note or the Collateral included in the Collateral Pool may be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of New York sitting in the borough of Manhattan or of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and each of the Issuers irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of each such court in respect of any such action or proceeding. The Issuers hereby waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any right to remove any such action or proceeding by reason of improper venue or inconvenient forum. As long as any of the Notes remain Outstanding, service of process upon any Issuer shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be deemed in every respect effective service in any such legal action or proceeding.

 

Section 12.14   Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.

 

The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

Section 12.15   Benefits of Indenture.

 

Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, the Noteholders, the Property Manager, the Special Servicer, the Back-Up Manager and any other party secured hereunder or named as a beneficiary of any provision hereof, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

 

Section 12.16   Trust Obligation.

 

No recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Issuers on the Notes or under this Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection herewith or therewith, against (i) any Issuer, any Issuer Manager, the Indenture Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Property Manager, the Back-Up Manager or the Special Servicer, each in its individual capacity, (ii) any owner of a beneficial interest in an Issuer or Issuer Manager or (iii) any partner, owner, beneficiary, agent, officer, director, employee, agent or Control Person of an Issuer, an Issuer Manager, the Indenture Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Property Manager, the Back-Up Manager or the Special Servicer in its individual capacity,

 

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any holder of a beneficial interest in an Issuer or of any successor or assignee of an Issuer, an Issuer Manager, the Indenture Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Property Manager, the Back-Up Manager or the Special Servicer, each in its individual capacity, except as any such Person may have expressly agreed (it being understood that none of any Issuer Manager, the Indenture Trustee, the Collateral Agent, the Property Manager, the Back-Up Manager or the Special Servicer has any such obligations in its individual capacity).

 

Section 12.17   Inspection.

 

Each Issuer agrees that, on reasonable prior notice, it will permit any representative of the Indenture Trustee, during such Issuer’s normal business hours, to examine all the books of account, records, reports, and other papers of such Issuer, to make copies and extracts therefrom and to discuss such Issuer’s affairs, finances and accounts relating to such Issuer with the officers of AFOP on behalf of such Issuer and such Issuer’s employees and independent public accounting firm, all at such reasonable times and as often as may be reasonably requested. The Indenture Trustee shall and shall cause its representatives to hold in confidence all such information except to the extent disclosure may be required by law (and all reasonable applications for confidential treatment are unavailing) or the Indenture Trustee may reasonably determine that such disclosure is consistent with its obligations hereunder.

 

Section 12.18   Method of Payment.

 

Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.11(b), all amounts payable or to be remitted pursuant to this Indenture shall be paid or remitted or caused to be paid or remitted in immediately available funds by wire transfer to an account specified in writing by the recipient thereof.

 

Section 12.19   Limitation on Liability of the Issuers and Issuer Manager.

 

None of the Issuers, Issuer Manager, or any of the directors, managers, members, partners, officers, employees, agents or Control Persons of any Issuer or Issuer Manager, shall be under any liability to the Noteholders for any action taken or for refraining from the taking of any action in good faith pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors in judgment. The Issuers, the Issuer Manager and any person who is a manager, officer, employee, agent or Control Person of the Issuers will be entitled to indemnification, payable in accordance with (and subject to) Section 2.11, against any losses, liabilities or expenses incurred in connection with any legal action that relates to the Indenture, the Notes or any agreement related thereto. The Issuers, Issuer Manager and any director, manager, officer, employee or agent of any Issuer or Issuer Manager, may rely in good faith on any document of any kind which, prima facie, is properly executed and submitted by any Person respecting any matters arising hereunder. No Issuer or Issuer Manager shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action unless such action is related to its duties under this Indenture and which in its opinion does not involve it in any expenses or liability; provided, however, that any such Issuer or Issuer Manager may in its discretion undertake any such action which it may deem necessary or desirable with respect to this Indenture and the rights and duties of the parties hereto and the interests of the Noteholders hereunder.

 

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Section 12.20   Non-Petition.

 

Each of the Noteholders, by its acceptance of a Note, and the Indenture Trustee hereby covenants and agrees that, prior to the date which is two years and thirty-one days after the payment in full of the latest maturing Note, it will not institute against, or join with, encourage or cooperate with any other Person in instituting, against an Issuer any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings, under any federal or state bankruptcy or similar law; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 12.19 shall constitute a waiver of any right to indemnification, reimbursement or other payment from any Issuer pursuant to this Indenture. In the event that any such Noteholder or the Indenture Trustee takes action in violation of this Section 12.19, the applicable Issuer, shall file or cause to be filed an answer with the bankruptcy court or otherwise properly contesting the filing of such a petition by any such Noteholder or the Indenture Trustee against such Issuer or the commencement of such action and raising the defense that such Noteholder or the Indenture Trustee has agreed in writing not to take such action and should be estopped and precluded therefrom and such other defenses, if any, as its counsel advises that it may assert. The provisions of this Section 12.19 shall survive the termination of this Indenture, and the resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee. Nothing contained herein shall preclude participation by any Noteholder or the Indenture Trustee in the assertion or defense of its claims in any such proceeding involving an Issuer.

 

Section 12.21   Non-Recourse.

 

The obligations of each Issuer under this Indenture are solely the obligations of such Issuer. No recourse shall be had for the payment of any amount owing in respect of any fee hereunder or any other obligation or claim arising out of or based upon this Indenture against any member, employee, officer or director of such Issuer. Fees, expenses, costs or other obligations payable by an Issuer hereunder shall be payable by such Issuer only to the extent that funds are then available or thereafter become available for such purpose pursuant to Section 2.11. In the event that sufficient funds are not available for their payment pursuant to Section 2.11, the excess unpaid amount of such fees, expenses, costs or other obligations shall in no event constitute a claim (as defined in Section 101 of the Bankruptcy Code) against, or corporate obligation of, such Issuer. Nothing in this Section 12.20 shall be construed to limit the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders, from exercising its rights hereunder and otherwise in accordance with the provisions of the applicable Series Supplement with respect to the Collateral Pool.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the day and year first above written.

 

  CITIBANK, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee
   
  By:  
  Name:
  Title:

 

Master Indenture

 

 

 

  AFN ABSPROP001, LLC
   
  By: American Finance Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, its sole member

 

  By: American Finance Trust, Inc., a Maryland Corporation, its general partner

 

  By:  
  Name: Michael R. Anderson
  Title: Authorized Signatory

 

Master Indenture

 

 

 

  AFN ABSPROP001-A, LLC
   
  By: American Finance Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, its sole member

 

  By: American Finance Trust, Inc., a Maryland Corporation, its general partner

 

  By:  
  Name: Michael R. Anderson
  Title: Authorized Signatory

 

Master Indenture

 

 

 

  AFN ABSPROP001-B, LLC
   
  By: American Finance Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, its sole member

 

  By: American Finance Trust, Inc., a Maryland Corporation, its general partner

 

  By:  
  Name: Michael R. Anderson
  Title: Authorized Signatory

 

Master Indenture

 

 

 

  AFN ABSPROP002, LLC
   
  By: American Finance Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, its sole member

 

  By: American Finance Trust, Inc., a Maryland Corporation, its general partner

 

  By:  
  Name: Michael R. Anderson
  Title: Authorized Signatory

 

Master Indenture

 

 

 

  AFN ABSPROP002-A, LLC
   
  By: American Finance Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, its sole member

 

  By: American Finance Trust, Inc., a Maryland Corporation, its general partner

 

  By:  
  Name: Michael R. Anderson
  Title: Authorized Signatory

 

Master Indenture

 

 

 

  AFN ABSPROP002-B, LLC
   
  By: American Finance Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, its sole member

 

  By: American Finance Trust, Inc., a Maryland Corporation, its general partner

 

  By:  
  Name: Michael R. Anderson
  Title: Authorized Signatory

 

Master Indenture

 

 

 

  AFN ABSPROP002-C, LLC
   
  By: American Finance Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, its sole member

 

  By: American Finance Trust, Inc., a Maryland Corporation, its general partner

 

  By:  
  Name: Michael R. Anderson
  Title: Authorized Signatory

 

Master Indenture

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.2

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

AFN ABSPROP001, LLC

 

AFN ABSPROP001-A, LLC

 

AFN ABSPROP001-B, LLC

 

AFN ABSPROP002, LLC

 

AFN ABSPROP002-A, LLC

 

AFN ABSPROP002-B, LLC

 

AFN ABSPROP002-C, LLC

 

each, as an Issuer,

 

and

 

CITIBANK, N.A.,

as Indenture Trustee

 

 

SERIES 2021-1 SUPPLEMENT

 

Dated as of June 3, 2021

 

to the

 

Master Indenture dated as of May 30, 2019

 

 

 

NET-LEASE MORTGAGE NOTES,
SERIES 2021-1, CLASS A-1 (AAA), CLASS A-2 (AAA), CLASS A-3 (A), CLASS A-4 (A),
CLASS B-1 (BBB) AND CLASS B-2 (BBB) NOTES

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

ARTICLE I Definitions 2
   
Section 1.01.   Definitions 2
   
ARTICLE II Creation of the Series 2021-1 Notes; Payments on the Series 2021-1 Notes 10
   
Section 2.01.   Designation 10
Section 2.02.   Payments on the Series 2021-1 Notes 12
Section 2.03.   Voluntary Prepayment 15
Section 2.04.   Early Refinancings 15
Section 2.05.   Unscheduled Principal Payments. 16
Section 2.06.   Triple A Release Event. 16
   
ARTICLE III Representations and Warranties 16
   
Section 3.01.   Representations and Warranties 16
Section 3.02.   Conditions Precedent Satisfied 17
Section 3.03.   Collateral Representations and Warranties 17
   
ARTICLE IV Miscellaneous Provisions 18
   
Section 4.01.   Ratification of Indenture 18
Section 4.02.   Counterparts 19
Section 4.03.   Governing Law 19
Section 4.04.   Beneficiaries 19
Section 4.05.   Non-Petition 19
Section 4.06.   Non-Recourse 19
Section 4.07.   Amendments 20
Section 4.08.   Notice to the Rating Agency 20
Section 4.09.   Assignment of Owner’s Title Policy 20
Section 4.01.   Co-Issuer Status 20

 

Exhibits  
EXHIBIT A Additional Representations and Warranties

 

Schedules  
SCHEDULE I-A Properties / Locations
SCHEDULE I-B Representations and Warranties Exception Schedule
SCHEDULE II-A Amortization Schedule (Series 2019-1 Notes)
SCHEDULE II-B Amortization Schedule (Class A-1 (AAA) Notes)
SCHEDULE II-C Amortization Schedule (Class A-2 (AAA) Notes)
SCHEDULE II-D Amortization Schedule (Class A-3 (A) Notes)
SCHEDULE II-E Amortization Schedule (Class A-4 (A) Notes)
SCHEDULE II-F Amortization Schedule (Class B-1 (BBB) Notes)
SCHEDULE II-G Amortization Schedule (Class B-2 (BBB) Notes)

 

 

 

SERIES 2021-1 SUPPLEMENT, dated as of June 3, 2021 (the “Series 2021-1 Supplement”), among AFN ABSPROP001, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as an issuer (“AFN ABSPROP001”), AFN ABSPROP001-A, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as an issuer (“AFN ABSPROP001-A”), AFN ABSPROP001-B, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as an issuer (“AFN ABSPROP001-B”; collectively with AFN ABSPROP001 and AFN ABSPROP001-A, the “Existing Issuers”), AFN ABSPROP002, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as an issuer (“AFN ABSPROP002”), AFN ABSPROP002-A, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as an issuer (“AFN ABSPROP002-A”), AFN ABSPROP002-B, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as an issuer (“AFN ABSPROP002-B”), AFN ABSPROP002-C, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as an issuer (“AFN ABSPROP002-C”; collectively with AFN ABSPROP002, AFN ABSPROP002-A, AFN ABSPROP002-B and the Existing Issuers, the “Issuers” and each, an “Issuer”) and CITIBANK, N.A. (the “Indenture Trustee”).

 

Pursuant to this Series 2021-1 Supplement, the Issuers and the Indenture Trustee hereby create a new Series of Notes (the “Series 2021-1 Notes”), which consists of the Class A-1 (AAA) Notes (as defined below), the Class A-2 (AAA) Notes (as defined below), the Class A-3 (A) Notes (as defined below), the Class A-4 (A) Notes (as defined below), the Class B-1 (BBB) Notes (as defined below) and the Class B-2 (BBB) Notes (as defined below), and specify the Principal Terms thereof.

 

Pursuant to the Master Indenture, dated as of May 30, 2019 (as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of June 3, 2021, the “Master Indenture”), among the Issuers and the Indenture Trustee, and the Series 2019-1 Supplement, dated as of May 30, 2019 (the “Series 2019-1 Supplement”), among the Existing Issuers and the Indenture Trustee, the Existing Issuers issued the Net-Lease Mortgage Notes, Series 2019-1 (the “Series 2019-1 Notes”), with an initial series principal balance equal to $242,000,000.

 

Pursuant to the Master Indenture, the Issuers, together with any applicable co-issuers, may from time to time direct the Indenture Trustee to authenticate one or more new Series of Notes. The Principal Terms of any new Series are to be set forth in a related Series Supplement to the Master Indenture.

 

ARTICLE I

 

Definitions

 

Section 1.01.      Definitions.

 

Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning set forth in the Master Indenture or in the Property Management Agreement, as applicable.

 

Accrual Period”: With respect to the Series 2021-1 Notes and any Payment Date, the period from and including the 20th day of the preceding month (or, with respect to the initial Accrual Period, from and including the Series Closing Date) to, but excluding, the 20th day of the month of payment. For the avoidance of doubt, the Accrual Period will always be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

 

2

 

 

Adjustment Amount”: For each Class of the Class A (AAA) Notes, the applicable Class A (AAA) Adjustment Amount, for each Class of the Class A (A) Notes, the applicable Class A (A) Adjustment Amount and for each Class of the Class B Notes, the applicable Class B Adjustment Amount.

 

Aggregate Collateral Value”: As defined in the Property Management Agreement.

 

Allocated Loan Amount”: As defined in the Property Management Agreement.

 

Allocated Release Amount”: As defined in the Property Management Agreement.

 

Anticipated Repayment Date”: With respect to the Class A-1 (AAA) Notes, the Class A-3 (A) Notes and the Class B-1 (BBB) Notes, the Payment Date occurring in May 2028. With respect to the Class A-2 (AAA) Notes, the Class A-4 (A) Notes and the Class B-2 (BBB) Notes, the Payment Date occurring in May 2031.

 

Class A (AAA) Adjustment Amount”: For each Class of the Class A (AAA) Notes on any Payment Date, (i) the quotient of (a) the Outstanding Principal Balance of such Class, divided by (b) the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Class A (AAA) Notes multiplied by (ii) the Series Class A (AAA) Adjustment Amount for such Payment Date.

 

Class A (A) Adjustment Amount”: For each Class of the Class A (A) Notes on any Payment Date, (i) the quotient of (a) the Outstanding Principal Balance of such Class, divided by (b) the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Class A (A) Notes multiplied by (ii) the Series Class A (A) Adjustment Amount for such Payment Date.

 

Class A-1 (AAA) Notes”: Any of the $55,000,000 Net-Lease Mortgage Notes, Series 2021-1, Class A-1 (AAA), issued pursuant to this Series 2021-1 Supplement and the Master Indenture, executed by the Issuers and authenticated by the Indenture Trustee or the Authenticating Agent, if any, substantially in the form of Exhibits A-1, A-2 or A-3 attached to the Indenture.

 

Class A-2 (AAA) Notes”: Any of the $95,000,000 Net-Lease Mortgage Notes, Series 2021-1, Class A-2 (AAA), issued pursuant to this Series 2021-1 Supplement and the Master Indenture, executed by the Issuers and authenticated by the Indenture Trustee or the Authenticating Agent, if any, substantially in the form of Exhibits A-1, A-2 or A-3 attached to the Indenture.

 

Class A-3 (A) Notes”: Any of the $35,000,000 Net-Lease Mortgage Notes, Series 2021-1, Class A-3 (A), issued pursuant to this Series 2021-1 Supplement and the Master Indenture, executed by the Issuers and authenticated by the Indenture Trustee or the Authenticating Agent, if any, substantially in the form of Exhibits A-1, A-2 or A-3 attached to the Indenture.

 

Class A-4 (A) Notes”: Any of the $55,000,000 Net-Lease Mortgage Notes, Series 2021-1, Class A-4 (A), issued pursuant to this Series 2021-1 Supplement and the Master Indenture, executed by the Issuers and authenticated by the Indenture Trustee or the Authenticating Agent, if any, substantially in the form of Exhibits A-1, A-2 or A-3 attached to the Indenture.

 

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Class A (AAA) Notes”: Any of the Class A-1 (AAA) Notes and the Class A-2 (AAA) Notes.

 

Class A (A) Notes”: Any of the Class A-3 (A) Notes and the Class A-4 (A) Notes.

 

Class A-1 (AAA) Note Rate”: The Note Rate set forth in Section 2.01(a) that corresponds to the Class A-1 (AAA) Notes.

 

Class A-2 (AAA) Note Rate”: The Note Rate set forth in Section 2.01(a) that corresponds to the Class A-2 (AAA) Notes.

 

Class A-3 (A) Note Rate”: The Note Rate set forth in Section 2.01(a) that corresponds to the Class A-3 (A) Notes.

 

Class A-4 (A) Note Rate”: The Note Rate set forth in Section 2.01(a) that corresponds to the Class A-4 (A) Notes.

 

Class A-1 (AAA) Noteholder”: With respect to any Class A-1 (AAA) Note, the Person in whose name such Note is registered on the Note Register.

 

Class A-2 (AAA) Noteholder”: With respect to any Class A-2 (AAA) Note, the Person in whose name such Note is registered on the Note Register.

 

Class A-3 (A) Noteholder”: With respect to any Class A-3 (A) Note, the Person in whose name such Note is registered on the Note Register.

 

Class A-4 (A) Noteholder”: With respect to any Class A-4 (A) Note, the Person in whose name such Note is registered on the Note Register.

 

Class B Adjustment Amount”: For each Class of the Class B Notes on any Payment Date, (i) the quotient of (a) the Outstanding Principal Balance of such Class, divided by (b) the sum of (A) the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Class B Notes and (B) the aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance of all class B notes that are Related Series Notes, multiplied by (ii) the Aggregate Class B Adjustment Amount for such Payment Date.

 

Class B-1 (BBB) Notes”: Any of the $30,000,000 Net-Lease Mortgage Notes, Series 2021-1, Class B-1 (BBB), issued pursuant to this Series 2021-1 Supplement and the Master Indenture, executed by the Issuers and authenticated by the Indenture Trustee or the Authenticating Agent, if any, substantially in the form of Exhibits A-1, A-2 or A-3 attached to the Indenture.

 

Class B-2 (BBB) Notes”: Any of the $48,000,000 Net-Lease Mortgage Notes, Series 2021-1, Class B-2 (BBB), issued pursuant to this Series 2021-1 Supplement and the Master Indenture, executed by the Issuers and authenticated by the Indenture Trustee or the Authenticating Agent, if any, substantially in the form of Exhibits A-1, A-2 or A-3 attached to the Indenture.

 

Class B Notes”: Any of the Class B-1 (BBB) Notes and the Class B-2 (BBB) Notes.

 

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Class B-1 (BBB) Note Rate”: The Note Rate set forth in Section 2.01(a) that corresponds to the Class B-1 (BBB) Notes.

 

Class B-2 (BBB) Note Rate”: The Note Rate set forth in Section 2.01(a) that corresponds to the Class B-2 (BBB) Notes.

 

Class B-1 (BBB) Noteholder”: With respect to any Class B-1 (BBB) Note, the Person in whose name such Note is registered on the Note Register.

 

Class B-2 (BBB) Noteholder”: With respect to any Class B-2 (BBB) Note, the Person in whose name such Note is registered on the Note Register.

 

Controlling Party”: With respect to the Series 2021-1 Notes, the Noteholders (excluding AFOP and any of its affiliates unless AFOP and its affiliates own 100% of the Class A (AAA) Notes) representing in the aggregate more than 50% of the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Class A (AAA) Notes, or, if such Series Class A (AAA) Notes have been paid in full, Noteholders (excluding AFOP and any of its affiliates unless AFOP and its affiliates own 100% of the Class A (A) Notes) representing in the aggregate more than 50% of the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Class A (A) Notes or, if such Class A (A) Notes have been paid in full, Noteholders (excluding AFOP and any of its affiliates unless AFOP and its affiliates own 100% of the Class B Notes) representing in the aggregate more than 50% of the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Class B Notes.

 

Early Refinancing Notice Date”: As defined in Section 2.04.

 

Early Refinancing Prepayment”: As defined in Section 2.04.

 

Full Redemption Amount”: The amount specified in Section 2.03(b).

 

Indenture”: The Master Indenture, as supplemented by the Series 2019-1 Supplement, this Series 2021-1 Supplement and any other Series Supplement, as applicable.

 

Indenture Trustee Fee Rate”: With respect to the Series 2021-1 Notes, 0.0140%.

 

Initial Purchaser”: Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC.

 

Initial Principal Balance”: The Initial Principal Balance set forth in Section 2.01(a) hereof that corresponds to each Class of Series 2021-1 Notes, as applicable.

 

Issuer LLC Agreement”: As the context requires, (i) the limited liability company agreement of AFN ABSPROP001, dated as of March 26, 2019, (ii) the limited liability company agreement of AFN ABSPROP001-A, dated as of March 26, 2019, (iii) the limited liability company agreement of AFN ABSPROP001-B, dated as of March 26, 2019, (iv) the amended and restated limited liability company agreement of AFN ABSPROP002, dated as of the Series Closing Date, (v) the amended and restated limited liability company agreement of AFN ABSPROP002-A, dated as of the Series Closing Date, (vi) the amended and restated limited liability company agreement of AFN ABSPROP002-B, dated as of the Series Closing Date or (vii) the amended and restated limited liability company agreement of AFN ABSPROP002-C, dated as of the Series Closing Date, in each case as may be amended or restated from time to time.

 

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Issuer Manager”: American Finance Operating Partnership, L.P., in its capacity as manager of each Issuer, and its permitted successors and assigns.

 

Make Whole Amount”: With respect to any Class of the Series 2021-1 Notes and any Voluntary Prepayment or Unscheduled Principal Payment, an amount (not less than zero) equal to: (A) using the Reinvestment Yield, the sum of the discounted present values of the aggregate payments of principal and interest remaining due prior to the applicable Refinancing Date on the portion of the Series 2021-1 Notes being prepaid (calculated prior to the application of the Voluntary Prepayment or Unscheduled Principal Payment), minus (B) the amount of principal repaid by the Voluntary Prepayment or Unscheduled Principal Payment made with respect to such Class of Series 2021-1 Notes, as applicable.

 

Maximum Property Concentration”: With respect to any Determination Date, after giving effect to any Qualified Substitute Property, Replacement Property and, in each case, the Leases thereunder, the following percentages equal to the aggregate Allocated Loan Amounts of the Properties in such concentration over the aggregate Allocated Loan Amount of the Collateral Pool: (i) (a) with respect to the Restaurant Industry Group as of any Determination Date, no limit, so long as no related Restaurant Concept exceeds 25.00% of the Allocated Loan Amount of the Collateral Pool) as of such Determination Date, (b) with respect to the Gas/Convenience Industry Group as of any Determination Date, a percentage equal to 40.00%, and (c) with respect to each other Industry Group as of any Determination Date, a percentage equal to 20.00%; (ii) with respect to any Tenant (including affiliates thereof), (a) in the case of the largest Tenant (including affiliates thereof) as of such Determination Date, a percentage equal to 30.00% and (b) in the case of the five (5) largest Tenants (including affiliates thereof) as of such Determination Date, an aggregate percentage equal to 70.00% as of such Determination Date; (iii) with respect to Tenant Ground Leases as of such Determination Date, a percentage equal to 2.00% as of such Determination Date; (iv) with respect to Percentage Rent as a percentage of total rent as of such Determination Date, a percent equal to 2.00% as of such Determination Date; (v) with respect to Properties with less than twelve (12) months of operating history at such location as of such Determination Date, a percentage equal to 10.00% as of such Determination Date; (vi) with respect to Properties with “double-net” leases as of such Determination Date, a percentage equal to 7.00% as of such Determination Date; and (vii) with respect to Properties in any industry group not identified on Exhibit A (other than any new Industry Group added on an Issuance Date), a percentage equal to 15.00% as of such Determination Date with no requirement to obtain consent from Noteholders; provided, that the Rating Condition is satisfied with respect to any such addition.

 

Note Rate”: The Note Rate set forth in Section 2.01(a) hereof that corresponds to each Class of Series 2021-1 Notes, as applicable.

 

Post-ARD Additional Interest Rate”: With respect to the Series 2021-1 Notes, a per annum rate equal to the rate determined by the Property Manager to be the greater of (i) 5.00% and (ii) the amount, if any, by which the sum of the following exceeds the Note Rate for such Class of Series 2021-1 Notes: (A) the yield to maturity (adjusted to a “mortgage equivalent basis” pursuant to the standards and practices of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association) on such Anticipated Repayment Date of the United States Treasury Security having a term closest to ten (10) years, plus (B) 5.00%, plus (C) the applicable Post-ARD Spread.

 

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Post-ARD Spread”: With respect to (i) the Class A-1 (AAA) Notes, 1.05%, (ii) the Class A-2 (AAA) Notes, 1.30%, (iii) the Class A-3 (A) Notes, 1.85%, (iv) the Class A-4 (A) Notes, 2.10%, (v) the Class B-1 (BBB) Notes, 2.85% and (vi) the Class B-2 (BBB) Notes, 3.10%.

 

Private Placement Memorandum”: With respect to the Series 2021-1 Notes, the Private Placement Memorandum dated May 20, 2021.

 

Property Management Agreement”: The Amended and Restated Property Management Agreement, dated as of June 3, 2021, by and among the Issuers, American Finance Properties, LLC, as the Property Manager and the Special Servicer, KeyBank National Association, as the Back-Up Manager, Citibank, N.A., as the Indenture Trustee and any additional joining party, each such joining party as an Issuer.

 

Rated Final Payment Date”: With respect to the Series 2021-1 Notes, the Payment Date occurring in May 2051.

 

Rating Agency”: S&P Global, Inc.

 

Refinancing Date”: With respect to the Class A-1 (AAA) Notes, the Class A-3 (A) Notes and the Class B-1 (BBB) Notes, the Payment Date occurring in May 2026 and with respect to the Class A-2 (AAA) Notes, the Class A-4 (A) Notes and the Class B-2 (BBB) Notes, the Payment Date occurring in May 2028.

 

Reinvestment Yield”: With respect to any Class of Series 2021-1 Notes, the yield on the United States Treasury Securities having the closest maturity (month and year) to the weighted average life of such Class of Series 2021-1 Notes as of such Payment Date, measured as of the Anticipated Repayment Date with respect to such Class of Series 2021-1 Notes (prior to the application of any Voluntary Prepayment or Unscheduled Principal Prepayment with respect thereto) plus 0.50%. If more than one such United States Treasury Security is quoted as maturing on such date, then the yield of the United States Treasury Security quoted closest to par shall be used in the calculation of the Reinvestment Yield.

 

Related Series Notes”: One or more additional series of Notes issued by the Issuers and any applicable co-issuer pursuant to the Master Indenture and the applicable Series Supplement, each of which will also be secured by the Collateral Pool on a pro rata basis.

 

Scheduled Class A-1 Principal Balance”: With respect to any Payment Date and the Class A-1 (AAA) Notes, the amount set forth for such date on the Amortization Schedule annexed hereto as Schedule II-B.

 

Scheduled Class A-2 Principal Balance”: With respect to any Payment Date and the Class A-2 (AAA) Notes, the amount set forth for such date on the Amortization Schedule annexed hereto as Schedule II-C.

 

Scheduled Class A-3 Principal Balance”: With respect to any Payment Date and the Class A-3 (A) Notes, the amount set forth for such date on the Amortization Schedule annexed hereto as Schedule II-D.

 

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Scheduled Class A-4 Principal Balance”: With respect to any Payment Date and the Class A-4 (A) Notes, the amount set forth for such date on the Amortization Schedule annexed hereto as Schedule II-E.

 

Scheduled Class A-1 Principal Payment”: With respect to each Payment Date and the Class A-1 (AAA) Notes, an amount, calculated by the Property Manager and confirmed by the Indenture Trustee upon receipt of and based upon the Determination Date Report equal to the sum of (a) any unpaid portion of Scheduled Class A-1 Principal Payment, from any prior Payment Dates and (b) the product of (i)(A) the related Scheduled Class A-1 Principal Balance for the prior Payment Date minus (B) the Scheduled Class A-1 Principal Balance for the current Payment Date and (ii) a fraction (A) the numerator of which is equal to the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Class A-1 (AAA) Notes (without taking into account any payments to be made on such Payment Date) minus the amounts specified in clause (a) of this definition and (B) the denominator of which is the related Scheduled Class A-1 Principal Balance for the prior Payment Date.

 

Scheduled Class A-2 Principal Payment”: With respect to each Payment Date and the Class A-2 (AAA) Notes, an amount, calculated by the Property Manager and confirmed by the Indenture Trustee upon receipt of and based upon the Determination Date Report equal to the sum of (a) any unpaid portion of Scheduled Class A-2 Principal Payment, from any prior Payment Dates and (b) the product of (i)(A) the related Scheduled Class A-2 Principal Balance for the prior Payment Date minus (B) the Scheduled Class A-2 Principal Balance for the current Payment Date and (ii) a fraction (A) the numerator of which is equal to the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Class A-2 (AAA) Notes (without taking into account any payments to be made on such Payment Date) minus the amounts specified in clause (a) of this definition and (B) the denominator of which is the related Scheduled Class A-2 Principal Balance for the prior Payment Date.

 

Scheduled Class A-3 Principal Payment”: With respect to each Payment Date and the Class A-3 (A) Notes, an amount, calculated by the Property Manager and confirmed by the Indenture Trustee upon receipt of and based upon the Determination Date Report equal to the sum of (a) any unpaid portion of Scheduled Class A-3 Principal Payment, from any prior Payment Dates and (b) the product of (i)(A) the related Scheduled Class A-1 Principal Balance for the prior Payment Date minus (B) the Scheduled Class A-3 Principal Balance for the current Payment Date and (ii) a fraction (A) the numerator of which is equal to the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Class A-3 (A) Notes (without taking into account any payments to be made on such Payment Date) minus the amounts specified in clause (a) of this definition and (B) the denominator of which is the related Scheduled Class A-3 Principal Balance for the prior Payment Date.

 

Scheduled Class A-4 Principal Payment”: With respect to each Payment Date and the Class A-4 (A) Notes, an amount, calculated by the Property Manager and confirmed by the Indenture Trustee upon receipt of and based upon the Determination Date Report equal to the sum of (a) any unpaid portion of Scheduled Class A-4 Principal Payment, from any prior Payment Dates and (b) the product of (i)(A) the related Scheduled Class A-4 Principal Balance for the prior Payment Date minus (B) the Scheduled Class A-4 Principal Balance for the current Payment Date and (ii) a fraction (A) the numerator of which is equal to the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Class A-4 (A) Notes (without taking into account any payments to be made on such Payment Date)

 

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minus the amounts specified in clause (a) of this definition and (B) the denominator of which is the related Scheduled Class A-4 Principal Balance for the prior Payment Date.

 

Scheduled Class B-1 Principal Balance”: With respect to any Payment Date and the Class B-1 (BBB) Notes, the amount set forth for such date on the Amortization Schedule annexed hereto as Schedule II-F.

 

Scheduled Class B-2 Principal Balance”: With respect to any Payment Date and the Class B-2 (BBB) Notes, the amount set forth for such date on the Amortization Schedule annexed hereto as Schedule II-G.

 

Scheduled Class B-1 Principal Payment”: With respect to each Payment Date and the Class B-1 (BBB) Notes, an amount, calculated by the Property Manager and confirmed by the Indenture Trustee upon receipt of and based upon the Determination Date Report equal to the sum of (a) any unpaid portion of Scheduled Class B-1 Principal Payment, from any prior Payment Dates and (b) the product of (i)(A) the related Scheduled Class B-1 Principal Balance for the prior Payment Date minus (B) the Scheduled Class A-1 Principal Balance for the current Payment Date and (ii) a fraction (A) the numerator of which is equal to the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Class B-1 (BBB) Notes (without taking into account any payments to be made on such Payment Date) minus the amounts specified in clause (a) of this definition and (B) the denominator of which is the related Scheduled Class B-1 Principal Balance for the prior Payment Date.

 

Scheduled Class B-2 Principal Payment”: With respect to each Payment Date and the Class B-2 (BBB) Notes, an amount, calculated by the Property Manager and confirmed by the Indenture Trustee upon receipt of and based upon the Determination Date Report equal to the sum of (a) any unpaid portion of Scheduled Class B-2 Principal Payment, from any prior Payment Dates and (b) the product of (i)(A) the related Scheduled Class B-2 Principal Balance for the prior Payment Date minus (B) the Scheduled Class B-2 Principal Balance for the current Payment Date and (ii) a fraction (A) the numerator of which is equal to the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Class B-2 (BBB) Notes (without taking into account any payments to be made on such Payment Date) minus the amounts specified in clause (a) of this definition and (B) the denominator of which is the related Scheduled Class B-2 Principal Balance for the prior Payment Date.

 

Scheduled Series Principal Balance”: The Scheduled Class A-1 Principal Balance, the Scheduled Class A-2 Principal Balance, the Scheduled Class A-3 Principal Balance, the Scheduled Class A-4 Principal Balance, the Scheduled Class B-1 Principal Balance or the Scheduled Class B-2 Principal Balance, as the context requires.

 

Series 2021-1 Early Refinancing Period”: As defined in Section 2.04.

 

Series 2021-1 Note”: Any of the Class A-1 (AAA) Notes, the Class A-2 (AAA) Notes, the Class A-3 (A) Notes, the Class A-4 (A) Notes, the Class B-1 (BBB) Notes and the Class B-2 (BBB) Notes.

 

Series 2021-1 Noteholder”: Any of the Class A-1 (AAA) Noteholders, the Class A-2 (AAA) Noteholders, the Class A-3 (A) Noteholders, the Class A-4 (A) Noteholders, the Class B-1 (BBB) Noteholders and the Class B-2 (BBB) Noteholders.

 

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Series Class A (AAA) Adjustment Amount”: On any Payment Date, the lesser of (i) the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Class A (AAA) Notes before giving effect to any payments of principal on such Payment Date and (ii) the greater of (a) the amount by which the Series Class A Adjustment Amount exceeds the Series Class A (A) Adjustment Amount and (b) zero.

 

Series Class A (A) Adjustment Amount”: On any Payment Date, the lesser of (i) the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Class A (A) Notes before giving effect to any payments of principal on such Payment Date of the Class A (A) Notes and (ii) the Series Class A Adjustment Amount for such Payment Date.

 

Series Closing Date”: June 3, 2021.

 

Series Collateral Release”: As defined in the Property Management Agreement.

 

Series Disposition Period Date”: As defined in Section 2.01(f).

 

Triple A Release Date”: The Payment Date occurring in May 2037.

 

ARTICLE II

Creation of the Series
2021-1 Notes; Payments on the Series 2021-1 Notes

 

Section 2.01.      Designation.

 

(a)          There is hereby created a Series of Notes consisting of the Class A-1 (AAA) Notes, the Class A-2 (AAA) Notes, the Class A-3 (A) Notes, the Class A-4 (A) Notes, the Class B-1 (BBB) Notes and the Class B-2 (BBB) Notes to be issued by the Issuers pursuant to the Indenture and this Series 2021-1 Supplement to be known as “Net-Lease Mortgage Notes, Series 2021-1.” The Series 2021-1 Notes shall have the following Class designations, Initial Principal Balances, Note Rates and ratings:

 

Class Designation  

Initial

Principal Balance

    Note Rate     Ratings (S&P)
Class A-1 (AAA)   $ 55,000,000       2.21 %   AAA (sf)
Class A-2 (AAA)   $ 95,000,000       2.79 %   AAA (sf)
Class A-3 (A)   $ 35,000,000       3.03 %   A (sf)
Class A-4 (A)   $ 55,000,000       3.60 %   A (sf)
Class B-1 (BBB)   $ 30,000,000       4.02 %   BBB (sf)
Class B-2 (BBB)   $ 48,000,000       4.58 %   BBB (sf)

 

The Note Interest with respect to the Series 2021-1 Notes will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

 

The Series 2021-1 Notes shall not have preference or priority over the Notes of any other Series except to the extent set forth in the Indenture. The Series 2021-1 Notes shall not be subordinate to any other Series.

 

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(b)          The initial Payment Date with respect to the Series 2021-1 Notes shall be the Payment Date occurring in June 2021.

 

(c)          [Reserved].

 

(d)          On the Series Closing Date, (1) the Series 2021-1 Class A Notes shall be issued in the form of Book-Entry Notes and (2) the Series 2021-1 Class B Notes offered and sold shall be issued in the form of Definitive Notes. For the avoidance of doubt, the Series 2021-1 Notes may be transferred in accordance with Article II of the Master Indenture, subject to the additional requirements set forth herein.

 

(e)          Each statement, notice or other document related to the Series 2021-1 Notes required to be provided to any applicable Rating Agency pursuant to Section 5.14 of the Master Indenture via email shall be sent to the following addresses: servicer_reports@sandp.com, with a copy to the 17g-5 site at afin202115etb@17g5.com.

 

(f)           The “Series Disposition Period Date” with respect to the Series 2021-1 Notes shall be the Payment Date occurring in May 2048.

 

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Section 2.02.      Payments on the Series 2021-1 Notes. On each Payment Date, the Indenture Trustee will apply the Series Available Amount with respect to the Series 2021-1 Notes for such Payment Date for the following purposes and in the following order of priority:

 

1) on a pro rata basis, (a) to the holders of the Class A-1 (AAA) Notes, the Note Interest with respect to the Class A-1 (AAA) Notes, plus unpaid Note Interest with respect to the Class A-1 (AAA) Notes from any prior Payment Date, together with interest on any such unpaid Note Interest at the applicable Note Rate, and (b) to the holders of the Class A-2 (AAA) Notes, the Note Interest with respect to the Class A-2 (AAA) Notes, plus unpaid Note Interest with respect to the Class A-2 (AAA) Notes from any prior Payment Date, together with interest on any such unpaid Note Interest at the applicable Note Rate;

 

2) on a pro rata basis, (a) to the holders of the Class A-3 (A) Notes, the Note Interest with respect to the Class A-3 (A) Notes, plus unpaid Note Interest with respect to the Class A-3 (A) Notes from any prior Payment Date, together with interest on any such unpaid Note Interest at the applicable Note Rate, and (b) to the holders of the Class A-4 (A) Notes, the Note Interest with respect to the Class A-4 (A) Notes, plus unpaid Note Interest with respect to the Class A-4 (A) Notes from any prior Payment Date, together with interest on any such unpaid Note Interest at the applicable Note Rate;

 

3) on a pro rata basis, (a) to the holders of the Class B-1 (BBB) Notes, the Note Interest with respect to the Class B-1 (BBB) Notes, plus unpaid Note Interest with respect to the Class B-1 (BBB) Notes from any prior Payment Date, together with interest on any such unpaid Note Interest at the applicable Note Rate, and (b) to the holders of the Class B-2 (BBB) Notes, the Note Interest with respect to the Class B-2 (BBB) Notes, plus unpaid Note Interest with respect to the Class B-2 (BBB) Notes from any prior Payment Date, together with interest on any such unpaid Note Interest at the applicable Note Rate;

 

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4) (a) so long as no Early Amortization Period or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, on a pro rata basis, (i) to the holders of the Class A-1 (AAA) Notes, an amount equal to the Scheduled Class A-1 Principal Payment and a pro rata share (based on the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Class A-1 (AAA) Notes as a percentage of the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Class A (AAA) Notes) of any Unscheduled Principal Payment allocable to the Series 2021-1 Notes for such Payment Date (until the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Class A-1 (AAA) Notes has been reduced to zero ($0)), and (ii) to the holders of the Class A-2 (AAA) Notes, an amount equal to the Scheduled Class A-2 Principal Payment and a pro rata share (based on the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Class A-2 (AAA) Notes as a percentage of the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Class A (AAA) Notes) of any Unscheduled Principal Payment allocable to the Series 2021-1 Notes for such Payment Date (until the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Class A-2 (AAA) Notes has been reduced to zero ($0)), or (b) if an Early Amortization Period or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, on a pro rata basis (based on the Outstanding Principal Balance of each Class as a percentage of the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Class A (AAA) Notes), to the holders of the Class A-1 (AAA) Notes and the Class A-2 (AAA) Notes all remaining Series Available Amounts until the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Class A (AAA) Notes has been reduced to zero;

 

5) to the holders of the Class A-1 (AAA) Notes and the Class A-2 (AAA) Notes, pro rata, the Interest Carry-Forward Amounts, if any, due on such Payment Date;

 

6) (a) so long as no Early Amortization Period or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, on a pro rata basis, (i) to the holders of the Class A-3 (A) Notes, an amount equal to the Scheduled Class A-3 Principal Payment and a pro rata share (based on the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Class A-3 (A) Notes as a percentage of the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Class A (A) Notes) of any Unscheduled Principal Payment allocable to the Series 2021-1 Notes for such Payment Date (until the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Class A-3 (A) Notes has been reduced to zero ($0)), and (ii) to the holders of the Class A-4 (A) Notes, an amount equal to the Scheduled Class A-4 Principal Payment and a pro rata share (based on the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Class A-4 (A) Notes as a percentage of the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Class A (A) Notes) of any Unscheduled Principal Payment allocable to the Series 2021-1 Notes for such Payment Date (until the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Class A-4 (A) Notes has been reduced to zero ($0)), or (b) if an Early Amortization Period or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, on a pro rata basis (based on the Outstanding Principal Balance of each Class as a percentage of the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Class A (A) Notes), to the holders of the Class A-3 (A) Notes and the Class A-4 (A) Notes all remaining Series Available Amounts until the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Class A (A) Notes has been reduced to zero;

 

7) to the holders of the Class A-3 (A) Notes and the Class A-4 (A) Notes, pro rata, the Interest Carry-Forward Amounts, if any, due on such Payment Date;

 

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8) (a) so long as no Early Amortization Period or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, on a pro rata basis, (i) to the holders of the Class B-1 (BBB) Notes, an amount equal to the Scheduled Class B-1 Principal Payment and a pro rata share (based on the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Class B-1 (BBB) Notes as a percentage of the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Class B Notes) of any Unscheduled Principal Payment allocable to the Series 2021-1 Notes for such Payment Date (until the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Class B-1 (BBB) Notes has been reduced to zero ($0)) and (ii) to the holders of the Class B-2 (BBB) Notes, an amount equal to the Scheduled Class B-2 Principal Payment and a pro rata share (based on the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Class B-2 (BBB) Notes as a percentage of the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Class B Notes) of any Unscheduled Principal Payment allocable to the Series 2021-1 Notes for such Payment Date (until the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Class B-2 (BBB) Notes has been reduced to zero ($0)), or (b) if an Early Amortization Period or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, on a pro rata basis (based on the Outstanding Principal Balance of each Class as a percentage of the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Class B Notes), to the holders of the Class B-1 (BBB) Notes and the Class B-2 (BBB) Notes all remaining Series Available Amounts;

 

9) to the holders of the Class B-1 (BBB) Notes and the Class B-2 (BBB) Notes, pro rata, the Interest Carry-Forward Amounts, if any, due on such Payment Date;

 

10) to the holders of the Class A-1 (AAA) Notes and the Class A-2 (AAA) Notes, pro rata, based on the amount payable, the Make Whole Amount allocated to the Class A-1 (AAA) Notes and the Class A-2 (AAA) Notes, if any, due on such Payment Date;

 

11) to the holders of the Class A-3 (A) Notes and the Class A-4 (A) Notes, pro rata, based on the amount payable, the Make Whole Amount allocated to the Class A-3 (A) Notes and the Class A-4 (A) Notes, if any, due on such Payment Date;

 

12) to the holders of the Class B-1 (BBB) Notes and the Class B-2 (BBB) Notes, pro rata, based on the amount payable, the Make Whole Amount allocated to the Class B-1 (BBB) Notes and the Class B-2 (BBB) Notes, if any, due on such Payment Date;

 

13) to the holders of the Class A-1 (AAA) Notes and the Class A-2 (AAA) Notes, pro rata, based on the amount payable, any Post-ARD Additional Interest and Deferred Post-ARD Additional Interest, if any, due to the Class A-1 (AAA) Notes and the Class A-2 (AAA) Notes on such Payment Date;

 

14) to the holders of the Class A-3 (A) Notes and the Class A-4 (A) Notes, pro rata, based on the amount payable, any Post-ARD Additional Interest and Deferred Post-ARD Additional Interest, if any, due to the Class A-3 (A) Notes and the Class A-4 (A) Notes on such Payment Date;

 

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15) to the holders of the Class B-1 (BBB) Notes and the Class B-2 (BBB) Notes, pro rata, based on the amount payable, any Post-ARD Additional Interest and Deferred Post-ARD Additional Interest, if any, due to the Class B-1 (BBB) Notes and the Class B-2 (BBB) Notes on such Payment Date; and

 

16) to the Issuers, all remaining Series Available Amounts (such amounts to be released from the lien of the Indenture).

 

Section 2.03.      Voluntary Prepayment

 

        (a)             The Issuers may, at their option, elect to make a Voluntary Prepayment with respect to the Series 2021-1 Notes in whole or in part on the related Redemption Date in accordance with Section 7.01 of the Master Indenture.

 

       (b)                The “Full Redemption Amount” in connection with a Voluntary Prepayment of the Series 2021-1 Notes in full shall be an amount equal to the sum of (i) the then Outstanding Principal Balance of the Series 2021-1 Notes, (ii) all accrued and unpaid interest thereon (plus any Interest Carry-Forward Amount, Post-ARD Additional Interest and Deferred Post-ARD Additional Interest), (iii) all amounts related to such Series 2021-1 Notes that are outstanding to the Indenture Trustee, the Property Manager, the Special Servicer, the Back-Up Manager and any other parties to the Transaction Documents and (iv) the required Make Whole Amount, if applicable.

 

     (c)             The Partial Redemption Amount in connection with a Voluntary Prepayment of the Series 2021-1 Notes in part shall be as set forth in Section 7.01(d) of the Master Indenture. For the avoidance of doubt, proceeds from a Series Collateral Release are not permitted to be used for a Voluntary Prepayment in connection with a partial prepayment of the Series 2021-1 Notes or any Related Series Notes.

 

     (d)            In addition, the Issuers may prepay a Class of Series 2021-1 Notes in full (without prepaying any Related Series Notes or any other Class of Series 2021-1 Notes) on any Business Day that is on or following the Payment Date in May 2026, with respect to the Class A-1 (AAA) Notes, the Class A-3 (A) Notes and the Class B-1 (BBB) Notes and in May 2028, with respect to the Class A-2 (AAA) Notes, the Class A-4 (A) Notes and the Class B-2 (BBB) Notes; provided, that, except in connection with a Series Collateral Release, such Class of Series 2021-1 Notes may only be prepaid in full (without prepaying any Related Series Notes or other Class of Series 2021-1 Notes) if no other Class of Series 2021-1 Notes or class of any other Series of Notes with a higher alphabetical designation and an Anticipated Repayment Date that is the same as or sooner than the Anticipated Repayment Date of the Series 2021-1 Notes is then outstanding.

 

Section 2.04.      Early Refinancings. With respect to the Series 2021-1 Notes and on any Payment Date, the Issuers have the right to prepay an aggregate amount up to thirty-five percent (35%) of the Initial Principal Balance of the Series 2021-1 Notes (the “Early Refinancing Prepayment”). No Make Whole Amount will be due in relation to any Early Refinancing Prepayment; provided, that (i) the prepayment is made with funds obtained from a Qualified Deleveraging Event, (ii) the Issuers provided no less than thirty (30) days’ notice to the Series 2021-1 Noteholders (such date, the “Early Refinancing Notice Date”) and (iii) such Early Refinancing Prepayment is used to prepay a portion of the Outstanding Principal Balance of the

 

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Series 2021-1 Notes no later than twelve (12) months following the Early Refinancing Notice Date (the “Series 2021-1 Early Refinancing Period”); provided, that the maximum Early Refinancing Prepayments permitted to be made is an amount equal to (A) thirty-five percent (35%) of the Initial Principal Balance of the Series 2021-1 Notes, minus (B) the amount of Early Refinancing Prepayments and Unscheduled Principal Payments made on the Notes from Allocated Release Amounts since the Series Closing Date.

 

Section 2.05.      Unscheduled Principal Payments. Prior to the applicable Refinancing Date, Make Whole Amount will be due to Noteholders of each Class of Series 2021-1 Notes in connection with the payment of any Unscheduled Principal Payment actually paid on the related Payment Date to such Class of Notes; provided however no Make Whole Amount will be due at any time for prepayments on the Notes with amounts constituting: (i) Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds, (ii) Early Refinancing Prepayments made in connection with the Qualified Deleveraging Event, (iii) amounts disbursed to the Payment Account from the DSCR Reserve Account, (iv) amounts received in respect of a Specially Managed Unit or a repurchase due to a Collateral Defect, (v) amounts received in respect of the transfer of a Defaulted Asset, Delinquent Asset or Terminated Lease Property or (vi) Allocated Release Amounts in an aggregate amount up to fifteen percent (15%) of the Initial Principal Balance of the Series 2021-1 Notes; provided, however, that when combined with any Early Refinancing Prepayments made since the Series Closing Date, such Allocated Release Amounts shall not exceed thirty-five percent (35%) of the Initial Principal Balance of the Series 2021-1 Notes (and for any amount that does exceed thirty-five percent (35%), a Make Whole Amount will be due).

 

ARTICLE III

Representations and Warranties

 

Section 3.01.      Representations and Warranties.

 

(a)          The Issuers and the Indenture Trustee hereby restate as of the Series Closing Date, or as of such other date as is specifically referenced in the body of such representation and warranty, all of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2.19, Section 2.20, Section 2.21, Section 2.22, Section 5.06 and Section 9.04, as applicable, of the Master Indenture.

 

(b)          Each of the Issuers and the Indenture Trustee hereby represents and warrants to each other as of the Series Closing Date:

 

(i)                       it has full corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Series 2021-1 Supplement, and to consummate the transactions set forth herein. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Series 2021-1 Supplement will not conflict with, or result in a breach of, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of its organizational documents, or any material agreement or instrument to which it is now a party or by which it is bound, or result in the violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree to which it or its property is subject, except any such conflict, violation or breach that would not result in a material adverse effect on such party’s ability to perform its obligations hereunder or the enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents. The execution, delivery and performance by it of this Series 2021-1 Supplement, and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby, have

 

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been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action or limited liability company action, as applicable. This Series 2021-1 Supplement has been duly executed and delivered by it and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by each other party hereto, constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation of it enforceable against it in accordance with its terms (except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles, whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity and by an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing); and

 

(ii)                    No consent, approval, order or authorization of, or declaration, filing or registration with, any governmental entity is required to be obtained or made by it in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by it of this Series 2021-1 Supplement, or the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby, except such as have already been obtained.

 

Section 3.02.      Conditions Precedent Satisfied. The Issuers hereby represent and warrant to the Indenture Trustee that, as of the Series Closing Date, each of the conditions precedent set forth in the Master Indenture to the issuance of the Series 2021-1 Notes have been satisfied.

 

Section 3.03.      Collateral Representations and Warranties. The Issuers hereby represent and warrant to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Series 2021-1 Noteholders that the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2.20 of the Master Indenture and Exhibit A hereto, if any, are true and correct as of the Series Closing Date (or such other date as is set forth in any such representation or warranty) with respect to the Properties and Leases Granted by such Issuer on the Series Closing Date, except as otherwise set forth in Schedule I-B hereto.

 

Section 3.04.      Recycled SPE Representations and Warranties. Each of AFN ABSPROP002-A, LLC, AFN ABSPROP002-B, LLC and AFN ABSPROP002-C, LLC hereby represents and warrants (on behalf of itself) to the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders that it:

 

(a)          is and always has been duly formed, validly existing and in good standing in the state of its incorporation and in all other jurisdictions where it is qualified to do business;

 

(b)          has no judgments or liens of any nature against it except tax liens not yet due;

 

(c)          is in compliance with all laws, regulations and orders applicable to it and has received all permits necessary for it to operate;

 

(d)          is not aware of any pending or threatened litigation against it;

 

(e)          is not involved in any dispute with any taxing authority;

 

(f)           has paid all taxes;

 

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(g)          has never owned any property other than the Property that is the subject of the transaction contemplated by the Indenture and has never engaged in any business except the ownership and operation of such property;

 

(h)          is not now, and has never been, party to any lawsuit, arbitration, summons or legal proceeding;

 

(i)            has no material, contingent or actual obligations not related to the Property it holds; and

 

(j)            has operated as a bankruptcy remote entity and is not exposed to substantive consolidation risk.

 

ARTICLE IV

Miscellaneous Provisions

 

Section 4.01.      Ratification of Indenture. As supplemented by the Series 2019-1 Supplement and this Series 2021-1 Supplement, the Master Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and the Indenture, as so supplemented by the Series 2019-1 Supplement and this Series 2021-1 Supplement shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.

 

(a)          For purposes of this Series 2021-1 Supplement, any reference to “written” or “in writing” means any form of written communication, including, without limitation, electronic signatures, and any such written communication may be transmitted by Electronic Transmission. “Electronic Transmission” means any form of communication not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, including the use of, or participation in, 1 or more electronic networks or databases (including 1 or more distributed electronic networks or databases), that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved and reviewed by a recipient thereof and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process. The Indenture Trustee is authorized to accept written instructions, directions, reports, notices or other communications delivered by Electronic Transmission and shall not have any duty or obligation to verify or confirm that the Person sending instructions, directions, reports, notices or other communications or information by Electronic Transmission is, in fact, a Person authorized to give such instructions, directions, reports, notices or other communications or information on behalf of the party purporting to send such Electronic Transmission; and the Indenture Trustee shall not have any liability for any losses, liabilities, costs or expenses incurred or sustained by any party as a result of such reliance upon or compliance with such instructions, directions, reports, notices or other communications or information to the Indenture Trustee, including, without limitation, the risk of the Indenture Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, notices, reports or other communications or information, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties.

 

(b)          Any requirement in this Series 2021-1 Supplement or the Notes that a document, including the Notes, is to be signed or authenticated by “manual signature” or similar language shall not be deemed to prohibit signature to be by facsimile or electronic signature and shall not be deemed to prohibit delivery thereof by Electronic Transmission.

 

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(c)          Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Series 2021-1 Supplement, any and all communications (both text and attachments) by or from the Indenture Trustee that the Indenture Trustee in its sole discretion deems to contain confidential, proprietary and/or sensitive information and sent by Electronic Transmission will be encrypted. The recipient of the Electronic Transmission will be required to complete a one-time registration process.

 

Section 4.02.      Counterparts. This Series 2021-1 Supplement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original regardless of whether delivered in physical or electronic form, but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Series 2021-1 Supplement in Portable Document Format (PDF) or by electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed original counterpart of this Series 2021-1 Supplement.

 

Section 4.03.      Governing Law. THIS SERIES 2021-1 SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF, OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.

 

Section 4.04.      Beneficiaries. As supplemented by this Series 2021-1 Supplement, the Master Indenture shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, the Series 2021-1 Noteholders, and their respective successors and permitted assigns. No other Person shall have any right or obligation hereunder.

 

Section 4.05.      Non-Petition. Each Series 2021-1 Noteholder shall be deemed to have agreed, by acceptance of its Series 2021-1 Note, and the Indenture Trustee hereby covenant and agrees, not to file or join in filing any petition in any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings, under any federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in respect of any Issuer for a period of two (2) years and thirty-one (31) days following payment in full of all of the Notes (including the Series 2021-1 Notes) issued or co-issued by the Issuers under the Indenture provided, however, that nothing in this Section 4.05 shall constitute a waiver of any right to indemnification, reimbursement or other payment from the Issuers pursuant to the Indenture. In the event that any such Series 2021-1 Noteholder or the Indenture Trustee takes action in violation of this Section 4.05, the applicable Issuer, shall file or cause to be filed an answer with the bankruptcy court or otherwise properly contesting the filing of such a petition by any such Series 2021-1 Noteholder or the Indenture Trustee against such Issuer or the commencement of such action and raising the defense that such Series 2021-1 Noteholder or the Indenture Trustee has agreed in writing not to take such action and should be estopped and precluded therefrom and such other defenses, if any, as its counsel advises that it may assert. The provisions of this Section 4.05 shall survive the termination of the Indenture, and the resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee. Nothing contained herein shall preclude participation by any Series 2021-1 Noteholder or the Indenture Trustee in the assertion or defense of its claims in any such proceeding involving any Issuer.

 

Section 4.06.      Non-Recourse. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or otherwise in the Indenture, the Series 2021-1 Notes are nonrecourse obligations solely of the

 

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Issuers and shall be payable only from the Collateral Pool. Upon the exhaustion of the Collateral included in the Collateral Pool, any liabilities of the Issuers hereunder shall be extinguished. No recourse shall be had for the payment of any amount owing in respect of any fee hereunder or any other obligation or claim arising out of or based upon the Indenture against any member, employee, officer or director of the Issuers. Fees, expenses, costs or other obligations payable by the Issues hereunder shall be payable by the Issuers only to the extent that funds are then available or thereafter become available for such purpose pursuant to Section 2.11 of the Master Indenture. In the event that sufficient funds are not available for their payment pursuant to Section 2.11 of the Master Indenture, the excess unpaid amount of such fees, expenses, costs or other obligations shall in no event constitute a claim (as defined in Section 101 of the Bankruptcy Code) against, or corporate obligation of, the Issuers. Nothing in this Section 4.06 shall be construed to limit the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders, from exercising its rights hereunder and otherwise in accordance with Article IV of the Master Indenture with respect to the Collateral Pool.

 

Section 4.07.      Amendments. This Series 2021-1 Supplement may, from time to time, be amended, modified or waived in accordance with Article VIII of the Master Indenture.

 

Section 4.08.      Notice to the Rating Agency. Any communication provided for or permitted hereunder or otherwise pursuant to the Indenture shall be in writing and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered by courier or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, or if transmitted by facsimile and confirmed in a writing delivered or mailed as aforesaid, to, in the case of S&P Global, Inc., 55 Water Street, 41st Floor, New York, New York, 10004, Attention: Asset-Backed Surveillance Department, facsimile number: (212) 438-2435; or, as to such Person, such other address or facsimile number as may hereafter be furnished by such Person to the parties hereto in writing.

 

Section 4.09.      Co-Issuer Status. Each Issuer shall be a co-issuer of the Series 2019-1 Notes and the Series 2021-1 Notes and each Issuer shall have all the rights and obligations of each other Issuer under each of the Transaction Documents. 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuers and the Indenture Trustee have caused this Series 2021-1 Supplement to be duly executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized and their respective seals, duly attested, to be hereunto affixed, all as of the day and year first above written.

 

  AFN ABSPROP001, LLC
   
  By:   American Finance Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, its sole member
   
    By:   American Finance Trust, Inc., a Maryland Corporation, its general partner 
   
      By:   /s/ Jason F. Doyle
      Name: Jason F. Doyle
      Title: Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer

 

Series Supplement (AFIN 2021-1)

 

 

 

 

  AFN ABSPROP001-A, LLC
   
  By:   American Finance Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, its sole member
   
    By:   American Finance Trust, Inc., a Maryland Corporation, its general partner
   
      By: /s/ Jason F. Doyle
      Name: Jason F. Doyle
      Title: Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer

 

Series Supplement (AFIN 2021-1)

 

 

 

 

  AFN ABSPROP001-B, LLC
   
  By:   American Finance Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, its sole member
   
    By:   American Finance Trust, Inc., a Maryland Corporation, its general partner 
   
      By:  /s/ Jason F. Doyle
      Name: Jason F. Doyle
      Title: Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer

 

Series Supplement (AFIN 2021-1)

 

 

 

 

  AFN ABSPROP002, LLC
   
  By:   American Finance Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, its sole member
   
    By:   American Finance Trust, Inc., a Maryland Corporation, its general partner 
   
      By:  /s/ Jason F. Doyle
      Name: Jason F. Doyle
      Title: Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer

 

Series Supplement (AFIN 2021-1)

 

 

 

 

  AFN ABSPROP002-A, LLC
   
  By:   American Finance Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, its sole member
   
    By:   American Finance Trust, Inc., a Maryland Corporation, its general partner 
   
      By: /s/ Jason F. Doyle
      Name: Jason F. Doyle
      Title: Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer

 

Series Supplement (AFIN 2021-1)

 

 

 

 

  AFN ABSPROP002-B, LLC
   
  By:   American Finance Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, its sole member
   
    By:   American Finance Trust, Inc., a Maryland Corporation, its general partner 
   
      By: /s/ Jason F. Doyle
      Name: Jason F. Doyle
      Title: Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer

 

Series Supplement (AFIN 2021-1)

 

 

 

 

  AFN ABSPROP002-C, LLC
   
  By:   American Finance Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, its sole member
   
    By: American Finance Trust, Inc., a Maryland Corporation, its general partner 
   
      By: /s/ Jason F. Doyle
      Name: Jason F. Doyle
      Title: Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer

 

Series Supplement (AFIN 2021-1)

 

 

 

 

  CITIBANK, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee 
   
  By:   /s/ James Polcari
  Name: James Polcari
  Title: Senior Trust Officer

 

Series Supplement (AFIN 2021-1)

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE II-A

 

SERIES 2019-1 NOTES AMORTIZATION SCHEDULE

 

Payment Date Scheduled Class A-1 Principal Balance Scheduled Class A-2 Principal Balance
Series Closing Date $118,580,008 $121,000,000.00
6/20/2021 $118,530,101 $120,949,074.00
7/20/2021 $118,480,194 $120,898,148.00
8/20/2021 $118,430,287 $120,847,222.00
9/20/2021 $118,380,380 $120,796,296.00
10/20/2021 $118,330,473 $120,745,370.00
11/20/2021 $118,280,566 $120,694,444.00
12/20/2021 $118,230,659 $120,643,518.00
1/20/2022 $118,180,752 $120,592,592.00
2/20/2022 $118,130,845 $120,541,666.00
3/20/2022 $118,080,938 $120,490,740.00
4/20/2022 $118,031,031 $120,439,814.00
5/20/2022 $117,981,124 $120,388,888.00
6/20/2022 $117,931,217 $120,337,962.00
7/20/2022 $117,881,310 $120,287,036.00
8/20/2022 $117,831,403 $120,236,110.00
9/20/2022 $117,781,496 $120,185,184.00
10/20/2022 $117,731,589 $120,134,258.00
11/20/2022 $117,681,682 $120,083,332.00
12/20/2022 $117,631,775 $120,032,406.00
1/20/2023 $117,581,868 $119,981,480.00
2/20/2023 $117,531,961 $119,930,554.00
3/20/2023 $117,482,054 $119,879,628.00
4/20/2023 $117,432,147 $119,828,702.00
5/20/2023 $117,382,240 $119,777,776.00
6/20/2023 $117,332,333 $119,726,850.00
7/20/2023 $117,282,426 $119,675,924.00
8/20/2023 $117,232,519 $119,624,998.00
9/20/2023 $117,182,612 $119,574,072.00
10/20/2023 $117,132,705 $119,523,146.00
11/20/2023 $117,082,798 $119,472,220.00
12/20/2023 $117,032,891 $119,421,294.00
1/20/2024 $116,982,984 $119,370,368.00
2/20/2024 $116,933,077 $119,319,442.00
3/20/2024 $116,883,170 $119,268,516.00
4/20/2024 $116,833,263 $119,217,590.00
5/20/2024 $116,783,356 $119,166,664.00
6/20/2024 $116,733,449 $119,115,738.00
7/20/2024 $116,683,542 $119,064,812.00

 

  II-A-1  

 

 

Payment Date Scheduled Class A-1 Principal Balance Scheduled Class A-2 Principal Balance
8/20/2024 $116,633,635 $119,013,886.00
9/20/2024 $116,583,728 $118,962,960.00
10/20/2024 $116,533,821 $118,912,034.00
11/20/2024 $116,483,914 $118,861,108.00
12/20/2024 $116,434,007 $118,810,182.00
1/20/2025 $116,384,100 $118,759,256.00
2/20/2025 $116,334,193 $118,708,330.00
3/20/2025 $116,284,286 $118,657,404.00
4/20/2025 $116,234,379 $118,606,478.00
5/20/2025 $116,184,472 $118,555,552.00
6/20/2025 $116,134,565 $118,504,626.00
7/20/2025 $116,084,658 $118,453,700.00
8/20/2025 $116,034,751 $118,402,774.00
9/20/2025 $115,984,844 $118,351,848.00
10/20/2025 $115,934,937 $118,300,922.00
11/20/2025 $115,885,030 $118,249,996.00
12/20/2025 $115,835,123 $118,199,070.00
1/20/2026 $115,785,216 $118,148,144.00
2/20/2026 $115,735,309 $118,097,218.00
3/20/2026 $115,685,402 $118,046,292.00
4/20/2026 $115,635,495 $117,995,366.00
5/20/2026 - $117,944,440.00
6/20/2026   $117,893,514.00
7/20/2026   $117,842,588.00
8/20/2026   $117,791,662.00
9/20/2026   $117,740,736.00
10/20/2026   $117,689,810.00
11/20/2026   $117,638,884.00
12/20/2026   $117,587,958.00
1/20/2027   $117,537,032.00
2/20/2027   $117,486,106.00
3/20/2027   $117,435,180.00
4/20/2027   $117,384,254.00
5/20/2027   $117,333,328.00
6/20/2027   $117,282,402.00
7/20/2027   $117,231,476.00
8/20/2027   $117,180,550.00
9/20/2027   $117,129,624.00
10/20/2027   $117,078,698.00
11/20/2027   $117,027,772.00
12/20/2027   $116,976,846.00
1/20/2028   $116,925,920.00

 

  II-A-2  

 

 

Payment Date Scheduled Class A-1 Principal Balance Scheduled Class A-2 Principal Balance
2/20/2028   $116,874,994.00
3/20/2028   $116,824,068.00
4/20/2028   $116,773,142.00
5/20/2028   $116,722,216.00
6/20/2028   $116,671,290.00
7/20/2028   $116,620,364.00
8/20/2028   $116,569,438.00
9/20/2028   $116,518,512.00
10/20/2028   $116,467,586.00
11/20/2028   $116,416,660.00
12/20/2028   $116,365,734.00
1/20/2029   $116,314,808.00
2/20/2029   $116,263,882.00
3/20/2029   $116,212,956.00
4/20/2029   $116,162,030.00
5/20/2029   -

 

  II-A-3  

 

 

SCHEDULE II-B

 

CLASS A-1 (AAA) NOTES AMORTIZATION SCHEDULE

  

Payment Date Scheduled Class A-1 Principal Balance
Series Closing Date $55,000,000
6/20/2021 $54,926,667
7/20/2021 $54,853,333
8/20/2021 $54,780,000
9/20/2021 $54,706,667
10/20/2021 $54,633,333
11/20/2021 $54,560,000
12/20/2021 $54,486,667
1/20/2022 $54,413,333
2/20/2022 $54,340,000
3/20/2022 $54,266,667
4/20/2022 $54,193,333
5/20/2022 $54,120,000
6/20/2022 $54,046,667
7/20/2022 $53,973,333
8/20/2022 $53,900,000
9/20/2022 $53,826,667
10/20/2022 $53,753,333
11/20/2022 $53,680,000
12/20/2022 $53,606,667
1/20/2023 $53,533,333
2/20/2023 $53,460,000
3/20/2023 $53,386,667
4/20/2023 $53,313,333
5/20/2023 $53,240,000
6/20/2023 $53,240,000
7/20/2023 $53,240,000
8/20/2023 $53,240,000
9/20/2023 $53,240,000
10/20/2023 $53,240,000
11/20/2023 $53,240,000
12/20/2023 $53,240,000
1/20/2024 $53,240,000
2/20/2024 $53,240,000
3/20/2024 $53,240,000
4/20/2024 $53,240,000
5/20/2024 $53,240,000
6/20/2024 $53,240,000
7/20/2024 $53,240,000

 

  II-B-1  

 

 

Payment Date Scheduled Class A-1 Principal Balance
8/20/2024 $53,240,000
9/20/2024 $53,240,000
10/20/2024 $53,240,000
11/20/2024 $53,240,000
12/20/2024 $53,240,000
1/20/2025 $53,240,000
2/20/2025 $53,240,000
3/20/2025 $53,240,000
4/20/2025 $53,240,000
5/20/2025 $53,240,000
6/20/2025 $53,240,000
7/20/2025 $53,240,000
8/20/2025 $53,240,000
9/20/2025 $53,240,000
10/20/2025 $53,240,000
11/20/2025 $53,240,000
12/20/2025 $53,240,000
1/20/2026 $53,240,000
2/20/2026 $53,240,000
3/20/2026 $53,240,000
4/20/2026 $53,240,000
5/20/2026 $53,240,000
6/20/2026 $53,240,000
7/20/2026 $53,240,000
8/20/2026 $53,240,000
9/20/2026 $53,240,000
10/20/2026 $53,240,000
11/20/2026 $53,240,000
12/20/2026 $53,240,000
1/20/2027 $53,240,000
2/20/2027 $53,240,000
3/20/2027 $53,240,000
4/20/2027 $53,240,000
5/20/2027 $53,240,000
6/20/2027 $53,240,000
7/20/2027 $53,240,000
8/20/2027 $53,240,000
9/20/2027 $53,240,000
10/20/2027 $53,240,000
11/20/2027 $53,240,000
12/20/2027 $53,240,000
1/20/2028 $53,240,000

 

  II-B-2  

 

 

Payment Date Scheduled Class A-1 Principal Balance
2/20/2028 $53,240,000
3/20/2028 $53,240,000
4/20/2028 $53,240,000
5/20/2028 0

 

  II-B-3  

 

 

SCHEDULE II-C

 

CLASS A-2 (AAA) NOTES AMORTIZATION SCHEDULE

 

Payment Date Scheduled Class A-2 Principal Balance
Series Closing Date $95,000,000
6/20/2021 $94,873,333
7/20/2021 $94,746,667
8/20/2021 $94,620,000
9/20/2021 $94,493,333
10/20/2021 $94,366,667
11/20/2021 $94,240,000
12/20/2021 $94,113,333
1/20/2022 $93,986,667
2/20/2022 $93,860,000
3/20/2022 $93,733,333
4/20/2022 $93,606,667
5/20/2022 $93,480,000
6/20/2022 $93,353,333
7/20/2022 $93,226,667
8/20/2022 $93,100,000
9/20/2022 $92,973,333
10/20/2022 $92,846,667
11/20/2022 $92,720,000
12/20/2022 $92,593,333
1/20/2023 $92,466,667
2/20/2023 $92,340,000
3/20/2023 $92,213,333
4/20/2023 $92,086,667
5/20/2023 $91,960,000
6/20/2023 $91,960,000
7/20/2023 $91,960,000
8/20/2023 $91,960,000
9/20/2023 $91,960,000
10/20/2023 $91,960,000
11/20/2023 $91,960,000
12/20/2023 $91,960,000
1/20/2024 $91,960,000
2/20/2024 $91,960,000
3/20/2024 $91,960,000
4/20/2024 $91,960,000
5/20/2024 $91,960,000
6/20/2024 $91,960,000

 

  II-C-1  

 

 

Payment Date Scheduled Class A-2 Principal Balance
7/20/2024 $91,960,000
8/20/2024 $91,960,000
9/20/2024 $91,960,000
10/20/2024 $91,960,000
11/20/2024 $91,960,000
12/20/2024 $91,960,000
1/20/2025 $91,960,000
2/20/2025 $91,960,000
3/20/2025 $91,960,000
4/20/2025 $91,960,000
5/20/2025 $91,960,000
6/20/2025 $91,960,000
7/20/2025 $91,960,000
8/20/2025 $91,960,000
9/20/2025 $91,960,000
10/20/2025 $91,960,000
11/20/2025 $91,960,000
12/20/2025 $91,960,000
1/20/2026 $91,960,000
2/20/2026 $91,960,000
3/20/2026 $91,960,000
4/20/2026 $91,960,000
5/20/2026 $91,960,000
6/20/2026 $91,960,000
7/20/2026 $91,960,000
8/20/2026 $91,960,000
9/20/2026 $91,960,000
10/20/2026 $91,960,000
11/20/2026 $91,960,000
12/20/2026 $91,960,000
1/20/2027 $91,960,000
2/20/2027 $91,960,000
3/20/2027 $91,960,000
4/20/2027 $91,960,000
5/20/2027 $91,960,000
6/20/2027 $91,960,000
7/20/2027 $91,960,000
8/20/2027 $91,960,000
9/20/2027 $91,960,000
10/20/2027 $91,960,000
11/20/2027 $91,960,000
12/20/2027 $91,960,000

 

  II-C-2  

 

 

Payment Date Scheduled Class A-2 Principal Balance
1/20/2028 $91,960,000
2/20/2028 $91,960,000
3/20/2028 $91,960,000
4/20/2028 $91,960,000
5/20/2028 $91,960,000
6/20/2028 $91,960,000
7/20/2028 $91,960,000
8/20/2028 $91,960,000
9/20/2028 $91,960,000
10/20/2028 $91,960,000
11/20/2028 $91,960,000
12/20/2028 $91,960,000
1/20/2029 $91,960,000
2/20/2029 $91,960,000
3/20/2029 $91,960,000
4/20/2029 $91,960,000
5/20/2029 $91,960,000
6/20/2029 $91,960,000
7/20/2029 $91,960,000
8/20/2029 $91,960,000
9/20/2029 $91,960,000
10/20/2029 $91,960,000
11/20/2029 $91,960,000
12/20/2029 $91,960,000
1/20/2030 $91,960,000
2/20/2030 $91,960,000
3/20/2030 $91,960,000
4/20/2030 $91,960,000
5/20/2030 $91,960,000
6/20/2030 $91,960,000
7/20/2030 $91,960,000
8/20/2030 $91,960,000
9/20/2030 $91,960,000
10/20/2030 $91,960,000
11/20/2030 $91,960,000
12/20/2030 $91,960,000
1/20/2031 $91,960,000
2/20/2031 $91,960,000
3/20/2031 $91,960,000
4/20/2031 $91,960,000
5/20/2031 0

 

  II-C-3  

 

 

SCHEDULE II-D

 

CLASS A-3 (A) NOTES AMORTIZATION SCHEDULE

 

Payment Date Scheduled Class A-3 Principal Balance
Series Closing Date $35,000,000
6/20/2021 $35,000,000
7/20/2021 $35,000,000
8/20/2021 $35,000,000
9/20/2021 $35,000,000
10/20/2021 $35,000,000
11/20/2021 $35,000,000
12/20/2021 $35,000,000
1/20/2022 $35,000,000
2/20/2022 $35,000,000
3/20/2022 $35,000,000
4/20/2022 $35,000,000
5/20/2022 $35,000,000
6/20/2022 $35,000,000
7/20/2022 $35,000,000
8/20/2022 $35,000,000
9/20/2022 $35,000,000
10/20/2022 $35,000,000
11/20/2022 $35,000,000
12/20/2022 $35,000,000
1/20/2023 $35,000,000
2/20/2023 $35,000,000
3/20/2023 $35,000,000
4/20/2023 $35,000,000
5/20/2023 $35,000,000
6/20/2023 $35,000,000
7/20/2023 $35,000,000
8/20/2023 $35,000,000
9/20/2023 $35,000,000
10/20/2023 $35,000,000
11/20/2023 $35,000,000
12/20/2023 $35,000,000
1/20/2024 $35,000,000
2/20/2024 $35,000,000
3/20/2024 $35,000,000
4/20/2024 $35,000,000
5/20/2024 $35,000,000
6/20/2024 $35,000,000
7/20/2024 $35,000,000

 

  II-D-1  

 

 

Payment Date Scheduled Class A-3 Principal Balance
8/20/2024 $35,000,000
9/20/2024 $35,000,000
10/20/2024 $35,000,000
11/20/2024 $35,000,000
12/20/2024 $35,000,000
1/20/2025 $35,000,000
2/20/2025 $35,000,000
3/20/2025 $35,000,000
4/20/2025 $35,000,000
5/20/2025 $35,000,000
6/20/2025 $35,000,000
7/20/2025 $35,000,000
8/20/2025 $35,000,000
9/20/2025 $35,000,000
10/20/2025 $35,000,000
11/20/2025 $35,000,000
12/20/2025 $35,000,000
1/20/2026 $35,000,000
2/20/2026 $35,000,000
3/20/2026 $35,000,000
4/20/2026 $35,000,000
5/20/2026 $35,000,000
6/20/2026 $35,000,000
7/20/2026 $35,000,000
8/20/2026 $35,000,000
9/20/2026 $35,000,000
10/20/2026 $35,000,000
11/20/2026 $35,000,000
12/20/2026 $35,000,000
1/20/2027 $35,000,000
2/20/2027 $35,000,000
3/20/2027 $35,000,000
4/20/2027 $35,000,000
5/20/2027 $35,000,000
6/20/2027 $35,000,000
7/20/2027 $35,000,000
8/20/2027 $35,000,000
9/20/2027 $35,000,000
10/20/2027 $35,000,000
11/20/2027 $35,000,000
12/20/2027 $35,000,000
1/20/2028 $35,000,000

 

  II-D-2  

 

 

Payment Date Scheduled Class A-3 Principal Balance
2/20/2028 $35,000,000
3/20/2028 $35,000,000
4/20/2028 $35,000,000
5/20/2028 0

 

  II-D-3  

 

 

SCHEDULE II-E

 

CLASS A-4 (A) NOTES AMORTIZATION SCHEDULE

 

Payment Date Scheduled Class A-4 Principal Balance
Series Closing Date $55,000,000
6/20/2021 $55,000,000
7/20/2021 $55,000,000
8/20/2021 $55,000,000
9/20/2021 $55,000,000
10/20/2021 $55,000,000
11/20/2021 $55,000,000
12/20/2021 $55,000,000
1/20/2022 $55,000,000
2/20/2022 $55,000,000
3/20/2022 $55,000,000
4/20/2022 $55,000,000
5/20/2022 $55,000,000
6/20/2022 $55,000,000
7/20/2022 $55,000,000
8/20/2022 $55,000,000
9/20/2022 $55,000,000
10/20/2022 $55,000,000
11/20/2022 $55,000,000
12/20/2022 $55,000,000
1/20/2023 $55,000,000
2/20/2023 $55,000,000
3/20/2023 $55,000,000
4/20/2023 $55,000,000
5/20/2023 $55,000,000
6/20/2023 $55,000,000
7/20/2023 $55,000,000
8/20/2023 $55,000,000
9/20/2023 $55,000,000
10/20/2023 $55,000,000
11/20/2023 $55,000,000
12/20/2023 $55,000,000
1/20/2024 $55,000,000
2/20/2024 $55,000,000
3/20/2024 $55,000,000
4/20/2024 $55,000,000
5/20/2024 $55,000,000
6/20/2024 $55,000,000
7/20/2024 $55,000,000

 

  II-E-1  

 

 

Payment Date Scheduled Class A-4 Principal Balance
8/20/2024 $55,000,000
9/20/2024 $55,000,000
10/20/2024 $55,000,000
11/20/2024 $55,000,000
12/20/2024 $55,000,000
1/20/2025 $55,000,000
2/20/2025 $55,000,000
3/20/2025 $55,000,000
4/20/2025 $55,000,000
5/20/2025 $55,000,000
6/20/2025 $55,000,000
7/20/2025 $55,000,000
8/20/2025 $55,000,000
9/20/2025 $55,000,000
10/20/2025 $55,000,000
11/20/2025 $55,000,000
12/20/2025 $55,000,000
1/20/2026 $55,000,000
2/20/2026 $55,000,000
3/20/2026 $55,000,000
4/20/2026 $55,000,000
5/20/2026 $55,000,000
6/20/2026 $55,000,000
7/20/2026 $55,000,000
8/20/2026 $55,000,000
9/20/2026 $55,000,000
10/20/2026 $55,000,000
11/20/2026 $55,000,000
12/20/2026 $55,000,000
1/20/2027 $55,000,000
2/20/2027 $55,000,000
3/20/2027 $55,000,000
4/20/2027 $55,000,000
5/20/2027 $55,000,000
6/20/2027 $55,000,000
7/20/2027 $55,000,000
8/20/2027 $55,000,000
9/20/2027 $55,000,000
10/20/2027 $55,000,000
11/20/2027 $55,000,000
12/20/2027 $55,000,000
1/20/2028 $55,000,000

 

  II-E-2  

 

 

Payment Date Scheduled Class A-4 Principal Balance
2/20/2028 $55,000,000
3/20/2028 $55,000,000
4/20/2028 $55,000,000
5/20/2028 $55,000,000
6/20/2028 $55,000,000
7/20/2028 $55,000,000
8/20/2028 $55,000,000
9/20/2028 $55,000,000
10/20/2028 $55,000,000
11/20/2028 $55,000,000
12/20/2028 $55,000,000
1/20/2029 $55,000,000
2/20/2029 $55,000,000
3/20/2029 $55,000,000
4/20/2029 $55,000,000
5/20/2029 $55,000,000
6/20/2029 $55,000,000
7/20/2029 $55,000,000
8/20/2029 $55,000,000
9/20/2029 $55,000,000
10/20/2029 $55,000,000
11/20/2029 $55,000,000
12/20/2029 $55,000,000
1/20/2030 $55,000,000
2/20/2030 $55,000,000
3/20/2030 $55,000,000
4/20/2030 $55,000,000
5/20/2030 $55,000,000
6/20/2030 $55,000,000
7/20/2030 $55,000,000
8/20/2030 $55,000,000
9/20/2030 $55,000,000
10/20/2030 $55,000,000
11/20/2030 $55,000,000
12/20/2030 $55,000,000
1/20/2031 $55,000,000
2/20/2031 $55,000,000
3/20/2031 $55,000,000
4/20/2031 $55,000,000
5/20/2031 0

 

  II-E-3  

 

 

SCHEDULE II-F

 

CLASS B-1 (BBB) NOTES AMORTIZATION SCHEDULE

 

Payment Date Scheduled Class B-1 Principal Balance
Series Closing Date $30,000,000
6/20/2021 $30,000,000
7/20/2021 $30,000,000
8/20/2021 $30,000,000
9/20/2021 $30,000,000
10/20/2021 $30,000,000
11/20/2021 $30,000,000
12/20/2021 $30,000,000
1/20/2022 $30,000,000
2/20/2022 $30,000,000
3/20/2022 $30,000,000
4/20/2022 $30,000,000
5/20/2022 $30,000,000
6/20/2022 $30,000,000
7/20/2022 $30,000,000
8/20/2022 $30,000,000
9/20/2022 $30,000,000
10/20/2022 $30,000,000
11/20/2022 $30,000,000
12/20/2022 $30,000,000
1/20/2023 $30,000,000
2/20/2023 $30,000,000
3/20/2023 $30,000,000
4/20/2023 $30,000,000
5/20/2023 $30,000,000
6/20/2023 $30,000,000
7/20/2023 $30,000,000
8/20/2023 $30,000,000
9/20/2023 $30,000,000
10/20/2023 $30,000,000
11/20/2023 $30,000,000
12/20/2023 $30,000,000
1/20/2024 $30,000,000
2/20/2024 $30,000,000
3/20/2024 $30,000,000
4/20/2024 $30,000,000
5/20/2024 $30,000,000
6/20/2024 $30,000,000
7/20/2024 $30,000,000
8/20/2024 $30,000,000

 

  II-F-1  

 

 

Payment Date Scheduled Class B-1 Principal Balance
9/20/2024 $30,000,000
10/20/2024 $30,000,000
11/20/2024 $30,000,000
12/20/2024 $30,000,000
1/20/2025 $30,000,000
2/20/2025 $30,000,000
3/20/2025 $30,000,000
4/20/2025 $30,000,000
5/20/2025 $30,000,000
6/20/2025 $30,000,000
7/20/2025 $30,000,000
8/20/2025 $30,000,000
9/20/2025 $30,000,000
10/20/2025 $30,000,000
11/20/2025 $30,000,000
12/20/2025 $30,000,000
1/20/2026 $30,000,000
2/20/2026 $30,000,000
3/20/2026 $30,000,000
4/20/2026 $30,000,000
5/20/2026 $30,000,000
6/20/2026 $30,000,000
7/20/2026 $30,000,000
8/20/2026 $30,000,000
9/20/2026 $30,000,000
10/20/2026 $30,000,000
11/20/2026 $30,000,000
12/20/2026 $30,000,000
1/20/2027 $30,000,000
2/20/2027 $30,000,000
3/20/2027 $30,000,000
4/20/2027 $30,000,000
5/20/2027 $30,000,000
6/20/2027 $30,000,000
7/20/2027 $30,000,000
8/20/2027 $30,000,000
9/20/2027 $30,000,000
10/20/2027 $30,000,000
11/20/2027 $30,000,000
12/20/2027 $30,000,000
1/20/2028 $30,000,000
2/20/2028 $30,000,000

 

  II-F-2  

 

 

Payment Date Scheduled Class B-1 Principal Balance
3/20/2028 $30,000,000
4/20/2028 $30,000,000
5/20/2028 0

 

  II-F-3  

 

 

SCHEDULE II-G

 

CLASS B-2 (BBB) NOTES AMORTIZATION SCHEDULE

 

Payment Date Scheduled Class B-2 Principal Balance
Series Closing Date $48,000,000
6/20/2021 $48,000,000
7/20/2021 $48,000,000
8/20/2021 $48,000,000
9/20/2021 $48,000,000
10/20/2021 $48,000,000
11/20/2021 $48,000,000
12/20/2021 $48,000,000
1/20/2022 $48,000,000
2/20/2022 $48,000,000
3/20/2022 $48,000,000
4/20/2022 $48,000,000
5/20/2022 $48,000,000
6/20/2022 $48,000,000
7/20/2022 $48,000,000
8/20/2022 $48,000,000
9/20/2022 $48,000,000
10/20/2022 $48,000,000
11/20/2022 $48,000,000
12/20/2022 $48,000,000
1/20/2023 $48,000,000
2/20/2023 $48,000,000
3/20/2023 $48,000,000
4/20/2023 $48,000,000
5/20/2023 $48,000,000
6/20/2023 $48,000,000
7/20/2023 $48,000,000
8/20/2023 $48,000,000
9/20/2023 $48,000,000
10/20/2023 $48,000,000
11/20/2023 $48,000,000
12/20/2023 $48,000,000
1/20/2024 $48,000,000
2/20/2024 $48,000,000
3/20/2024 $48,000,000
4/20/2024 $48,000,000
5/20/2024 $48,000,000
6/20/2024 $48,000,000
7/20/2024 $48,000,000

 

  II-G-1  

 

 

Payment Date Scheduled Class B-2 Principal Balance
8/20/2024 $48,000,000
9/20/2024 $48,000,000
10/20/2024 $48,000,000
11/20/2024 $48,000,000
12/20/2024 $48,000,000
1/20/2025 $48,000,000
2/20/2025 $48,000,000
3/20/2025 $48,000,000
4/20/2025 $48,000,000
5/20/2025 $48,000,000
6/20/2025 $48,000,000
7/20/2025 $48,000,000
8/20/2025 $48,000,000
9/20/2025 $48,000,000
10/20/2025 $48,000,000
11/20/2025 $48,000,000
12/20/2025 $48,000,000
1/20/2026 $48,000,000
2/20/2026 $48,000,000
3/20/2026 $48,000,000
4/20/2026 $48,000,000
5/20/2026 $48,000,000
6/20/2026 $48,000,000
7/20/2026 $48,000,000
8/20/2026 $48,000,000
9/20/2026 $48,000,000
10/20/2026 $48,000,000
11/20/2026 $48,000,000
12/20/2026 $48,000,000
1/20/2027 $48,000,000
2/20/2027 $48,000,000
3/20/2027 $48,000,000
4/20/2027 $48,000,000
5/20/2027 $48,000,000
6/20/2027 $48,000,000
7/20/2027 $48,000,000
8/20/2027 $48,000,000
9/20/2027 $48,000,000
10/20/2027 $48,000,000
11/20/2027 $48,000,000
12/20/2027 $48,000,000
1/20/2028 $48,000,000
2/20/2028 $48,000,000

 

  II-G-2  

 

 

Payment Date Scheduled Class B-2 Principal Balance
3/20/2028 $48,000,000
4/20/2028 $48,000,000
5/20/2028 $48,000,000
6/20/2028 $48,000,000
7/20/2028 $48,000,000
8/20/2028 $48,000,000
9/20/2028 $48,000,000
10/20/2028 $48,000,000
11/20/2028 $48,000,000
12/20/2028 $48,000,000
1/20/2029 $48,000,000
2/20/2029 $48,000,000
3/20/2029 $48,000,000
4/20/2029 $48,000,000
5/20/2029 $48,000,000
6/20/2029 $48,000,000
7/20/2029 $48,000,000
8/20/2029 $48,000,000
9/20/2029 $48,000,000
10/20/2029 $48,000,000
11/20/2029 $48,000,000
12/20/2029 $48,000,000
1/20/2030 $48,000,000
2/20/2030 $48,000,000
3/20/2030 $48,000,000
4/20/2030 $48,000,000
5/20/2030 $48,000,000
6/20/2030 $48,000,000
7/20/2030 $48,000,000
8/20/2030 $48,000,000
9/20/2030 $48,000,000
10/20/2030 $48,000,000
11/20/2030 $48,000,000
12/20/2030 $48,000,000
1/20/2031 $48,000,000
2/20/2031 $48,000,000
3/20/2031 $48,000,000
4/20/2031 $48,000,000
5/20/2031 0

 

  II-G-3  

 

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED GUARANTY

 

This AMENDED AND RESTATED GUARANTY (this “Guaranty”) is executed as of June 3, 2021, by American Finance Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Support Provider”), for the benefit of CITIBANK, N.A., a national banking association, as Indenture Trustee (“Indenture Trustee”) under the Indenture (as defined below) for the benefit of the holders of the Notes (as hereinafter defined) (the Noteholders”).

 

WITNESSETH:

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to an Indenture, dated May 30, 2019, as amended by Amendment No. 1 dated as of June 3, 2021 (as from time to time may be amended or supplemented, the “Master Indenture”), by and among AFN ABSPROP001, LLC (“AFN”), AFN ABSPROP001-A, LLC (“AFN-A”), AFN ABSPROP001-B, LLC (“AFN-B”), AFN ABSPROP002, LLC (“AFN2”), AFN ABSPROP002-A, LLC (“AFN-2A”), AFN ABSPROP002-B, LLC (“AFN-2B”), AFN ABSPROP002-C, LLC (“AFN-2C”; collectively with AFN, AFN-A, AFN-B, AFN2, AFN-2A, AFN-2B and any other party designated as an “Issuer” in any Series Supplement, the “Issuers”) and the Indenture Trustee, as supplemented by the Series 2019-1 Supplement (“Series 2019-1 Supplement”), dated as of May 30, 2019, among AFN, AFN-A, AFN-B (collectively, the “Series 2019-1 Issuers”) and the Indenture Trustee, and as further supplemented by the Series 2021-1 Supplement (the “Series 2021-1 Supplement”; collectively with the Master Indenture, the Series 2019-1 Supplement and any other indenture supplement thereto, the “Indenture”), dated as of June 3, 2021 among the Issuers and the Indenture Trustee, as of the date hereof, the Issuers have issued their Net-Lease Mortgage Notes, Series 2021-1 (the “Series 2021-1 Notes”) and the Issuers in the future may issue or co-issue additional series of notes (“Related Series Notes” and, collectively with the Series 2019-1 Notes and the Series 2021-1 Notes, the “Notes”). Such indebtedness of the Issuers to the Noteholders will be secured by, among other things, all of the Issuers’ right, title and interest in the Properties and the related Leases;

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto entered into a Guaranty, dated as of May 30, 2019 (the “Existing Guaranty”);

 

WHEREAS, the Indenture requires, as a condition of the issuance of the Notes, among other things, that the Support Provider execute and provide to Indenture Trustee this Guaranty, which amends and restates the Existing Guaranty;

 

WHEREAS, the Support Provider is the owner of a direct or indirect interest in Issuers, and Support Provider will directly benefit from the issuance of indebtedness of Issuers evidenced by the Notes (such indebtedness, “Debt”);

 

 

 

 

WHEREAS, capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the meaning specified in the Indenture or, if not defined therein, in the Master Indenture or the Property Management Agreement, as the context requires;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, as an inducement to the Noteholders to acquire the Notes, and to extend such additional credit as may from time to time be extended under the Master Indenture and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and legal sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties do hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

NATURE AND SCOPE OF GUARANTY

 

1.1.          Guaranty of Obligation. The Support Provider hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Noteholders, the payment and the full and prompt performance of the Guaranteed Obligations as and when the same shall be due and payable, whether by lapse of time, by acceleration of maturity or otherwise. Support Provider hereby irrevocably and unconditionally covenants and agrees that it is liable for the Guaranteed Obligations as a primary obligor.

 

1.2.          Definition of Guaranteed Obligations. (a) As used herein, the term “Guaranteed Obligations” means the obligations or liabilities of Issuers to the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Noteholders, for any loss, damage, cost, expense, liability, claim or other obligation incurred by Indenture Trustee (including but not limited to attorneys’ fees and costs reasonably incurred) arising out of or in connection with the following:

 

(i)           fraud or intentional misrepresentation by any Issuer or Support Provider in connection with the Debt;

 

(ii)          the gross negligence or willful misconduct or bad faith of any Issuer;

 

(iii)         intentional destruction or waste of the Properties by any Issuer;

 

(iv)         the breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or indemnification provision in the Indenture concerning Environmental Laws, Hazardous Substances or Asbestos and, with respect to any Property operating in the NAICS industry group Gas/Convenience Stores, any representation, warranty, covenant or indemnification with respect to the required insurance policies;

 

(v)          the removal or disposal of any portion of any Property during the continuation of an Event of Default (other than as permitted by the Indenture and the Property Management Agreement);

 

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(vi)         the misapplication or conversion by any Issuer of (A) any insurance proceeds paid by reason of any loss, damage or destruction to the Properties, (B) any awards or other amounts received in connection with the condemnation of all or a portion of the Properties, (C) any Monthly Lease Payments following an Event of Default, (D) any Monthly Lease Payments paid more than one month in advance, (E) premiums for the Property Insurance Policies (as defined in the Property Management Agreement) required under the Property Management Agreement and received by such Issuer from any third party or Tenant under the Leases (as defined in the Property Management Agreement) or (F) any funds received by such Issuer for payment of Taxes or other charges that can create liens on any portion of the Properties;

 

(vii)        any security deposits (including letters of credit) collected with respect to any Property which are not delivered to Indenture Trustee upon a foreclosure of such Property or action in lieu thereof, except to the extent any such security deposits were applied in accordance with the terms and conditions of any of the Leases prior to the occurrence of the Event of Default that gave rise to such foreclosure or action in lieu thereof; and

 

(viii)       any lis pendens that has been filed against the Properties identified as “Children of America 2-Pack” on the Property Schedule or any adverse judgment arising from the related litigation.

 

(b)           In addition, the Support Provider shall guaranty and be liable for the full amount of the Debt in the event that within ninety (90) days from the date hereof, (A) a receiver, liquidator or trustee of any Issuer shall be appointed at the request of, or with the consent of, such Issuer or Support Provider, (B) any voluntary petition for bankruptcy, reorganization or arrangement related to any Issuer pursuant to federal bankruptcy law, or any similar federal or state law, shall be filed by or against, consented to, or acquiesced in by, any Issuer or Support Provider or (C) any proceeding for the dissolution or liquidation of any Issuer shall be instituted by such Issuer or Support Provider.

 

(c)           In the event of a breach by any Issuer of its obligation to cure a Collateral Defect (as defined in the Property Management Agreement) or cause a release or substitution of the related Property as required under the Property Management Agreement, the Support Provider shall guaranty and be liable for curing such breach or exchanging one or more Qualified Substitute Properties for such Property or shall be obligated to purchase the related Property for the Payoff Amount (as defined in the Property Management Agreement).

 

(d)           Any obligations or liabilities incurred by Support Provider under subparagraphs (b) and (c) immediately above shall be included in the definition of “Guaranteed Obligations”.

 

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(e)            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any of the Transaction Documents, Indenture Trustee shall not be deemed to have waived any right which Indenture Trustee may have under Section 506(a), 506(b), 1111(b) or any other provisions of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code to file a claim for the full amount of the Debt secured by the Mortgages or to require that all collateral shall continue to secure all of the Debt owing to Indenture Trustee in accordance with the Transaction Documents.

 

1.3.          Nature of Guaranty. This Guaranty is an irrevocable, absolute, continuing guaranty of payment and performance and not a guaranty of collection. This Guaranty may not be revoked by Support Provider and shall continue to be effective with respect to any Guaranteed Obligations arising or created after any attempted revocation by Support Provider and after (if Support Provider is a natural person) Support Provider’s death (in which event this Guaranty shall be binding upon Support Provider’s estate and Support Provider’s legal representatives and heirs). The fact that at any time or from time to time the Guaranteed Obligations may be increased or reduced shall not release or discharge the obligation of Support Provider to Indenture Trustee with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations. This Guaranty may be enforced by Indenture Trustee and any subsequent holder of the Notes and shall not be discharged by the assignment or negotiation of all or part of the Notes.

 

1.4.          Guaranteed Obligations Not Reduced by Offset. The Notes, the Guaranteed Obligations and the liabilities and obligations of Support Provider to Indenture Trustee hereunder, shall not be reduced, discharged or released because or by reason of any existing or future offset, claim or defense of Issuer, or any other party, against Indenture Trustee or any other party or against payment of the Guaranteed Obligations, whether such offset, claim or defense arises in connection with the Guaranteed Obligations (or the transactions creating the Guaranteed Obligations) or otherwise.

 

1.5.          Payment By Support Provider. If all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations shall not be punctually paid when due, whether at demand, maturity, acceleration or otherwise, Support Provider shall, immediately upon demand by Indenture Trustee, and without presentment, protest, notice of protest, notice of non-payment, notice of intention to accelerate the maturity, notice of acceleration of the maturity, or any other notice whatsoever, pay in lawful money of the United States of America, the amount due on the Guaranteed Obligations to Indenture Trustee at Indenture Trustee’s address as set forth herein. Such demand(s) may be made at any time coincident with or after the time for payment of all or part of the Guaranteed Obligations, and may be made from time to time with respect to the same or different items of Guaranteed Obligations. Such demand shall be deemed made, given and received if made, given or received in accordance with the notice provisions hereof.

 

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1.6.          No Duty To Pursue Others. It shall not be necessary for Indenture Trustee (and Support Provider hereby waives any rights which Support Provider may have to require Indenture Trustee), in order to enforce the obligations of Support Provider hereunder, first to (i) institute suit or exhaust its remedies against Issuers or others liable on the Debt or the Guaranteed Obligations or any other person, (ii) enforce Indenture Trustee’s rights against any collateral which shall ever have been given to secure the Debt, (iii) enforce Indenture Trustee’s rights against any other guarantors of the Guaranteed Obligations, (iv) join Issuers or any others liable on the Guaranteed Obligations in any action seeking to enforce this Guaranty, (v) exhaust any remedies available to Indenture Trustee against any collateral which shall ever have been given to secure the Debt, or (vi) resort to any other means of obtaining payment of the Guaranteed Obligations. Indenture Trustee shall not be required to mitigate damages or take any other action to reduce, collect or enforce the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

1.7.          Waivers. Support Provider agrees to the provisions of the Transaction Documents, and hereby waives notice of (i) any loans or advances made by Indenture Trustee to Issuer, (ii) acceptance of this Guaranty, (iii) any amendment or extension of the Notes, the Indenture, the Mortgages or of any other Transaction Documents, (iv) the execution and delivery by any Issuer and Indenture Trustee of any other loan or credit agreement or of any Issuer’s execution and delivery of any promissory notes or other documents arising under the Transaction Documents or in connection with the Properties, (v) the occurrence of any breach by any Issuer or a Default or an Event of Default, (vi) Indenture Trustee’s transfer or disposition of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, (vii) sale or foreclosure (or posting or advertising for sale or foreclosure) of any collateral for the Guaranteed Obligations, (viii) protest, proof of non-payment or default by any Issuer or any other party, (ix) any other action at any time taken or omitted by Indenture Trustee, and, generally, all presentments, demands and notices of every kind in connection with this Guaranty, the Transaction Documents, any documents or agreements evidencing, securing or relating to any of the Guaranteed Obligations and the obligations hereby guaranteed, or (x) existence or creation or nonpayment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

1.8.          Payment of Expenses. In the event that Support Provider should breach or fail to timely perform any provisions of this Guaranty, Support Provider shall, promptly upon demand by Indenture Trustee, pay Indenture Trustee all reasonable costs and expenses (including but not limited to court costs and attorneys’ fees) incurred by Indenture Trustee in the enforcement hereof or the preservation of Indenture Trustee’s rights hereunder. The covenant contained in this Section 1.8 shall survive the payment and performance of the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

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1.9.          Effect of Bankruptcy. In the event that, pursuant to any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership or other debtor relief law, or any judgment, order or decision thereunder, Indenture Trustee must rescind or restore any payment, or any part thereof, received by Indenture Trustee in satisfaction of the Guaranteed Obligations, as set forth herein, any prior release or discharge from the terms of this Guaranty given to Support Provider by Indenture Trustee shall be without effect, and this Guaranty shall remain in full force and effect. It is the intention of Issuers and Support Provider that Support Provider’s obligations hereunder shall not be discharged except by Support Provider’s performance of such obligations and then only to the extent of such performance.

 

1.10.        Waiver of Subrogation, Reimbursement and Contribution. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Guaranty, Support Provider hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives, releases and abrogates any and all rights it may now or hereafter have under any agreement, at law or in equity (including, without limitation, any law subrogating Support Provider to the rights of Indenture Trustee), to assert any claim against or seek contribution, indemnification or any other form of reimbursement from Issuers or any other party liable for payment of any or all of the Guaranteed Obligations for any payment made by Support Provider under or in connection with this Guaranty or otherwise.

 

1.11.        Issuers. The term “Issuers” as used herein shall include any new or successor corporation, association, limited liability company, partnership (general or limited), joint venture, trust or other individual or organization formed as a result of any merger, reorganization, sale, transfer, devise, gift or bequest of any Issuer or any interest in any Issuer.

 

ARTICLE II. 

 

EVENTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES NOT REDUCING
OR DISCHARGING SUPPORT PROVIDER’S OBLIGATIONS

 

Support Provider hereby consents and agrees to each of the following, and agrees that Support Provider’s obligations under this Guaranty shall not be released, diminished, impaired, reduced or adversely affected by any of the following, and waives any common law, equitable, statutory or other rights (including without limitation rights to notice) which Support Provider might otherwise have as a result of or in connection with any of the following:

 

2.1.          Modifications. Any renewal, extension, increase, modification, alteration or rearrangement of all or any part of the Notes, the Indenture, the Mortgages, the other Transaction Documents, or any other document, instrument, contract or understanding between any Issuer and Indenture Trustee, or any other parties, pertaining to the Guaranteed Obligations or any failure of Indenture Trustee to notify Support Provider of any such action.

 

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2.2.          Condition of Issuers or Support Provider. The insolvency, bankruptcy, arrangement, adjustment, composition, liquidation, disability, dissolution or lack of power of any Issuer, Support Provider or any other party at any time liable for the payment of all or part of the Guaranteed Obligations; or any dissolution of any Issuer or Support Provider, or any sale, lease or transfer of any or all of the assets of any Issuer or Support Provider, or any changes in the shareholders, partners or members of any Issuer or Support Provider; or any reorganization of any Issuer or Support Provider.

 

2.3.          Invalidity of Guaranteed Obligations. The invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any document or agreement executed in connection with the Guaranteed Obligations, for any reason whatsoever, including without limitation the fact that (i) the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, exceeds the amount permitted by law, (ii) the act of creating the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof is ultra vires, (iii) the officers or representatives executing the Notes, the Indenture, the Mortgages or the other Transaction Documents or otherwise creating the Guaranteed Obligations acted in excess of their authority, (iv) the Guaranteed Obligations violate applicable usury laws, (v) Issuers have valid defenses, claims or offsets (whether at law, in equity or by agreement) which render the Guaranteed Obligations wholly or partially uncollectible from Issuers, (vi) the creation, performance or repayment, of the Guaranteed Obligations (or the execution, delivery and performance of any document or instrument representing part of the Guaranteed Obligations or executed in connection with the Guaranteed Obligations, or given to secure the repayment of the Guaranteed Obligations) is illegal, uncollectible or unenforceable, or (vii) the Notes, the Indenture, the Mortgages or any of the other Transaction Documents have been forged or otherwise are irregular or not genuine or authentic, it being agreed that Support Provider shall remain liable hereon regardless of whether Issuers or any other person be found not liable on the Guaranteed Obligations or any part thereof for any reason.

 

2.4.          Release of Obligors. Any full or partial release of the liability of Issuers on the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, or of any co-guarantors, or any other person or entity now or hereafter liable, whether directly or indirectly, jointly, severally, or jointly and severally, to pay, perform, guarantee or assure the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, it being recognized, acknowledged and agreed by Support Provider that Support Provider may be required to pay the Guaranteed Obligations in full without assistance or support of any other party, and Support Provider has not been induced to enter into this Guaranty on the basis of a contemplation, belief, understanding or agreement that other parties will be liable to pay or perform the Guaranteed Obligations, or that Indenture Trustee will look to other parties to pay or perform the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

2.5.          Other Collateral. The taking or accepting of any other security, collateral or guaranty, or other assurance of payment, for all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

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2.6.          Release of Collateral. Any release, surrender, exchange, subordination, deterioration, waste, loss or impairment (including without limitation negligent, willful, unreasonable or unjustifiable impairment) of any collateral, property or security at any time existing in connection with, or assuring or securing payment of, all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

2.7.          Care and Diligence. The failure of Indenture Trustee or any other party to exercise diligence or reasonable care in the preservation, protection, enforcement, sale or other handling or treatment of all or any part of such collateral, property or security, including but not limited to any neglect, delay, omission, failure or refusal of Indenture Trustee (i) to take or prosecute any action for the collection of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or (ii) to foreclose, or initiate any action to foreclose, or, once commenced, prosecute to completion any action to foreclose upon any security therefor, or (iii) to take or prosecute any action in connection with any instrument or agreement evidencing or securing all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

2.8.          Unenforceability. The fact that any collateral, security, security interest or lien contemplated or intended to be given, created or granted as security for the repayment of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any part thereof, shall not be properly perfected or created, or shall prove to be unenforceable or subordinate to any other security interest or lien, it being recognized and agreed by Support Provider that Support Provider is not entering into this Guaranty in reliance on, or in contemplation of the benefits of, the validity, enforceability, collectibility or value of any of the collateral for the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

2.9.           Merger. The reorganization, merger or consolidation of any Issuer into or with any other corporation or entity.

 

2.10.        Preference. Any payment by any Issuer to Indenture Trustee is held to constitute a preference under bankruptcy laws, or for any reason Indenture Trustee is required to refund such payment or pay such amount to such Issuer or someone else.

 

2.11.        Other Actions Taken or Omitted. Any other action taken or omitted to be taken with respect to the Transaction Documents, the Guaranteed Obligations, or the security and collateral therefor, whether or not such action or omission prejudices Support Provider or increases the likelihood that Support Provider will be required to pay the Guaranteed Obligations pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

It is the unambiguous and unequivocal intention of Support Provider that Support Provider shall be obligated to pay the Guaranteed Obligations when due, notwithstanding any occurrence, circumstance, event, action, or omission whatsoever, whether contemplated or uncontemplated, and whether or not otherwise or particularly described herein, which

 

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obligation shall be deemed satisfied only upon the full and final payment and satisfaction of the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

ARTICLE III.

 

REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS

 

To induce Indenture Trustee to enter into the Transaction Documents, Support Provider represents and warrants to, and covenants with, Indenture Trustee as follows:

 

3.1.          Benefit. Support Provider is an Affiliate of Issuers, is the owner of a direct or indirect interest in Issuers, and has received, or will receive, direct or indirect benefit from the making of this Guaranty with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

3.2.          Familiarity and Reliance. Support Provider is familiar with, and has independently reviewed books and records regarding, the financial condition of Issuers and is familiar with the value of any and all collateral intended to be created as security for the payment of the Notes or Guaranteed Obligations; however, Support Provider is not relying on such financial condition or the collateral as an inducement to enter into this Guaranty.

 

3.3.          No Representation By Indenture Trustee. Neither Indenture Trustee nor any other party has made any representation, warranty or statement to Support Provider in order to induce Support Provider to execute this Guaranty.

 

3.4.          Support Provider’s Financial Condition. As of the date hereof, and after giving effect to this Guaranty and the contingent obligation evidenced hereby, Support Provider is, and will be, solvent, and has and will have assets which, fairly valued, exceed its obligations, liabilities (including contingent liabilities) and debts.

 

3.5.          Organization. Support Provider has been duly organized and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of its incorporation with requisite power and authority to own its assets and to transact the businesses in which it is now engaged. Support Provider is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where it is required to be so qualified in connection with its assets, businesses and operations. Support Provider possesses all rights, licenses, permits and authorizations, governmental or otherwise, necessary to entitle it to own its assets and to transact the businesses in which it is now engaged.

 

3.6.          Proceedings. Support Provider has taken all necessary action to authorize its execution, delivery and performance of this Guaranty. Support Provider has all necessary power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Guaranty. This Guaranty has been duly executed and delivered by or on behalf of Support

 

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Provider and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of Support Provider enforceable against Support Provider in accordance with its respective terms, subject only to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting rights of creditors generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law).

 

3.7.          Legality. The execution, delivery and performance by Support Provider of this Guaranty and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder do not, and will not, contravene or conflict with any law, statute or regulation whatsoever to which Support Provider is subject or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default) under, or result in the breach of, or result in the imposition of a lien on any of its property under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, charge, lien, or any contract, agreement or other instrument to which Support Provider is a party or which may be applicable to Support Provider. This Guaranty is a legal and binding obligation of Support Provider and is enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other laws of general application relating to the enforcement of creditors’ rights.

 

3.8.          Survival. All representations and warranties made by Support Provider herein shall survive the execution hereof.

 

ARTICLE IV.

 

SUBORDINATION OF CERTAIN INDEBTEDNESS

 

4.1.          Subordination of All Support Provider Claims. As used herein, the term “Support Provider Claims” shall mean all debts and liabilities of Issuers to Support Provider, whether such debts and liabilities now exist or are hereafter incurred or arise, or whether the obligations of Issuers thereon be direct, contingent, primary, secondary, several, joint and several, or otherwise, and irrespective of whether such debts or liabilities be evidenced by note, contract, open account, or otherwise, and irrespective of the person or persons in whose favor such debts or liabilities may, at their inception, have been, or may hereafter be created, or the manner in which they have been or may hereafter be acquired by Support Provider. The Support Provider Claims shall include without limitation all rights and claims of Support Provider against any Issuer (arising as a result of subrogation or otherwise) as a result of Support Provider’s payment of all or a portion of the Guaranteed Obligations. During the existence of an Event of Default, Support Provider shall not receive or collect, directly or indirectly, from Issuers or any other party any amount upon the Support Provider Claims.

 

4.2.          Claims in Bankruptcy. In the event of receivership, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, debtor’s relief, or other insolvency proceedings involving

 

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Support Provider as debtor, Indenture Trustee shall have the right to prove its claim in any such proceeding so as to establish its rights hereunder and receive directly from the receiver, trustee or other court custodian dividends and payments which would otherwise be payable upon Support Provider Claims. Support Provider hereby assigns such dividends and payments to Indenture Trustee. Should Indenture Trustee receive, for application upon the Guaranteed Obligations, any such dividend or payment which is otherwise payable to Support Provider, and which, as between Issuers and Support Provider, shall constitute a credit upon the Support Provider Claims, then upon payment to Indenture Trustee in full of the Guaranteed Obligations, Support Provider shall become subrogated to the rights of Indenture Trustee to the extent that such payments to Indenture Trustee on the Support Provider Claims have contributed toward the liquidation of the Guaranteed Obligations, and such subrogation shall be with respect to that proportion of the Guaranteed Obligations which would have been unpaid if Indenture Trustee had not received dividends or payments upon the Support Provider Claims.

 

4.3.          Payments Held in Trust. In the event that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Guaranty, Support Provider should receive any funds, payment, claim or distribution which is prohibited by this Guaranty, Support Provider agrees to hold in trust for Indenture Trustee an amount equal to the amount of all funds, payments, claims or distributions so received, and agrees that it shall have absolutely no dominion over the amount of such funds, payments, claims or distributions so received except to pay them promptly to Indenture Trustee, and Support Provider covenants promptly to pay the same to Indenture Trustee.

 

4.4.          Liens Subordinate. Support Provider agrees that any liens, security interests, judgment liens, charges or other encumbrances upon Issuers’ assets securing payment of the Support Provider Claims shall be and remain inferior and subordinate to any liens, security interests, judgment liens, charges or other encumbrances upon Issuers’ assets securing payment of the Guaranteed Obligations, regardless of whether such encumbrances in favor of Support Provider or Indenture Trustee presently exist or are hereafter created or attach. Without the prior written consent of Indenture Trustee, Support Provider shall not (i) exercise or enforce any creditor’s right it may have against Issuers, or (ii) foreclose, repossess, sequester or otherwise take steps or institute any action or proceedings (judicial or otherwise, including without limitation the commencement of, or joinder in, any liquidation, bankruptcy, rearrangement, debtor’s relief or insolvency proceeding) to enforce any liens, mortgages, deeds of trust, security interests, collateral rights, judgments or other encumbrances on assets of Issuers held by Support Provider.

 

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ARTICLE V.

MISCELLANEOUS

 

5.1.          Waiver. No failure to exercise, and no delay in exercising, on the part of Indenture Trustee, any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The rights of Indenture Trustee hereunder shall be in addition to all other rights provided by law. No modification or waiver of any provision of this Guaranty, nor consent to departure therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing and no such consent or waiver shall extend beyond the particular case and purpose involved. No notice or demand given in any case shall constitute a waiver of the right to take other action in the same, similar or other instances without such notice or demand.

 

5.2.          Notices. Any notice, demand, statement, request or consent made hereunder shall be in writing, addressed to the address, as set forth below, of the party to whom such notice is to be given, or to such other address as Support Provider or Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, shall designate in writing, and shall be deemed to be received by the addressee on (i) the day such notice is personally delivered to such addressee, (ii) the third (3rd) day following the day such notice is deposited with the United States postal service first class certified mail, return receipt requested, or (iii) the day following the day on which such notice is delivered to a nationally recognized overnight courier delivery service.

 

If to Indenture Trustee:

Citibank, N.A.

388 Greenwich Street

New York, New York 10013

Attention: Agency & Trust - AFIN 2021-1

 


If to Support Provider:

American Finance Operating Partnership, L.P.

650 Fifth Avenue

30th Floor

New York, New York 10019

 

5.3.          GOVERNING LAW.

 

(a)         THIS GUARANTY WAS NEGOTIATED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE PROCEEDS OF THE NOTE WERE DISBURSED FROM THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WHICH STATE THE PARTIES AGREE HAS A SUBSTANTIAL RELATIONSHIP TO THE PARTIES AND TO THE UNDERLYING TRANSACTION EMBODIED HEREBY, AND IN ALL RESPECTS, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND PERFORMANCE, THIS GUARANTY AND THE

 

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OBLIGATIONS ARISING HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED IN SUCH STATE (WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT LAWS) AND ANY APPLICABLE LAW OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IT BEING UNDERSTOOD THAT, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY THE LAW OF SUCH STATE, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN THE CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND ENFORCEABILITY OF THIS GUARANTY AND ALL OF THE OBLIGATIONS ARISING HEREUNDER. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, SUPPORT PROVIDER HEREBY UNCONDITIONALLY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY CLAIM TO ASSERT THAT THE LAW OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION GOVERNS THIS GUARANTY, AND THIS GUARANTY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK PURSUANT TO SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW.

 

(b)         ANY LEGAL SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST SUPPORT PROVIDER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY SHALL BE INSTITUTED IN ANY FEDERAL OR STATE COURT IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, COUNTY OF NEW YORK, PURSUANT TO SECTION 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW AND SUPPORT PROVIDER WAIVES ANY OBJECTIONS WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE BASED ON VENUE AND/OR FORUM NON CONVENIENS OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING, AND SUPPORT PROVIDER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY SUCH COURT IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING.

 

5.4.          Invalid Provisions. If any provision of this Guaranty is held to be illegal, invalid, or unenforceable under present or future laws effective during the term of this Guaranty, such provision shall be fully severable and this Guaranty shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision had never comprised a part of this Guaranty, and the remaining provisions of this Guaranty shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be affected by the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision or by its severance from this Guaranty, unless such continued effectiveness of this Guaranty, as modified, would be contrary to the basic understandings and intentions of the parties as expressed herein.

 

5.5.          Amendments. This Guaranty may be amended only by an instrument in writing executed by the party or an authorized representative of the party against whom such amendment is sought to be enforced.

 

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5.6.          Parties Bound; Assignment; Joint and Several. This Guaranty shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Indenture Trustee and its successors, assigns and legal representatives; provided, however, that Support Provider may not, without the prior written consent of Indenture Trustee, assign any of its rights, powers, duties or obligations hereunder. If Support Provider consists of more than one person or party, the obligations and liabilities of each such person or party shall be joint and several.

 

5.7.          Headings. Section headings are for convenience of reference only and shall in no way affect the interpretation of this Guaranty.

 

5.8.          Recitals. The recital and introductory paragraphs hereof are a part hereof, form a basis for this Guaranty and shall be considered prima facie evidence of the facts and documents referred to therein.

 

5.9.          Counterparts. To facilitate execution, this Guaranty may be executed in as many counterparts as may be convenient or required. It shall not be necessary that the signature of, or on behalf of, each party, or that the signature of all persons required to bind any party, appear on each counterpart. All counterparts shall collectively constitute a single instrument. It shall not be necessary in making proof of this Guaranty to produce or account for more than a single counterpart containing the respective signatures of, or on behalf of, each of the parties hereto. Any signature page to any counterpart may be detached from such counterpart without impairing the legal effect of the signatures thereon and thereafter attached to another counterpart identical thereto except having attached to it additional signature pages.

 

5.10.        Rights and Remedies. If Support Provider becomes liable for any indebtedness owing by Issuers to Indenture Trustee, by endorsement or otherwise, other than under this Guaranty, such liability shall not be in any manner impaired or affected hereby and the rights of Indenture Trustee hereunder shall be cumulative of any and all other rights that Indenture Trustee may ever have against Support Provider. The exercise by Indenture Trustee of any right or remedy hereunder or under any other instrument, or at law or in equity, shall not preclude the concurrent or subsequent exercise of any other right or remedy.

 

5.11.        ENTIRETY. THIS GUARANTY EMBODIES THE FINAL, ENTIRE AGREEMENT OF SUPPORT PROVIDER AND INDENTURE TRUSTEE WITH RESPECT TO SUPPORT PROVIDER’S GUARANTY OF THE GUARANTEED OBLIGATIONS AND SUPERSEDES ANY AND ALL PRIOR COMMITMENTS, AGREEMENTS, REPRESENTATIONS AND UNDERSTANDINGS, WHETHER WRITTEN OR ORAL, RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF. THIS GUARANTY IS INTENDED BY SUPPORT PROVIDER AND INDENTURE TRUSTEE AS A FINAL AND COMPLETE EXPRESSION OF THE TERMS OF THIS GUARANTY, AND NO COURSE OF DEALING BETWEEN SUPPORT PROVIDER

 

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AND INDENTURE TRUSTEE, NO COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, NO TRADE PRACTICES, AND NO EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OR DISCUSSIONS OR OTHER EXTRINSIC EVIDENCE OF ANY NATURE SHALL BE USED TO CONTRADICT, VARY, SUPPLEMENT OR MODIFY ANY TERM OF THIS GUARANTY. THERE ARE NO ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN SUPPORT PROVIDER AND INDENTURE TRUSTEE.

 

5.12.        WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. EACH OF SUPPORT PROVIDER AND INDENTURE TRUSTEE HEREBY AGREES NOT TO ELECT A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY ISSUE TRIABLE OF RIGHT BY JURY, AND WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY FULLY TO THE EXTENT THAT ANY SUCH RIGHT SHALL NOW OR HEREAFTER EXIST WITH REGARD TO THIS GUARANTY, THE NOTE, THE DEED OF TRUST, OR THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS, OR ANY CLAIM, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER ACTION ARISING IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. THIS WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IS GIVEN KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY BY EACH OF SUPPORT PROVIDER AND INDENTURE TRUSTEE, AND IS INTENDED TO ENCOMPASS INDIVIDUALLY EACH INSTANCE AND EACH ISSUE AS TO WHICH THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY WOULD OTHERWISE ACCRUE. EACH OF SUPPORT PROVIDER AND INDENTURE TRUSTEE IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO FILE A COPY OF THIS PARAGRAPH IN ANY PROCEEDING AS CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE OF THIS WAIVER BY THE OTHER PARTY.

 

5.13.        Amendment and Restatement. This Guaranty amends and restates in its entirety the Existing Guaranty.

 

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EXECUTED as of the day and year first above written.

 

  American Finance Operating Partnership,
L.P.,
as Support Provider
       
       
  By: American Finance Trust, Inc., a Maryland Corporation,
its general partner
       
    By: /s/ Michael R. Anderson
    Name: Michael R. Anderson
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

A&R Guaranty (AFIN 2021-1)

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.2 

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

AFN ABSPROP001, LLC
as an Issuer,

 

AFN ABSPROP001-A, LLC
as an Issuer,

 

AFN ABSPROP001-B, LLC
as an Issuer,

 

AFN ABSPROP002, LLC
as an Issuer,

 

AFN ABSPROP002-A, LLC
as an Issuer,

 

AFN ABSPROP002-B, LLC
as an Issuer,

 

AFN ABSPROP002-C, LLC
as an Issuer,

 

and

 

EACH JOINING PARTY
each, as an Issuer,

 

American Finance Properties, LLC
as Property Manager and Special Servicer,

 

KeyBank National Association

as Back-Up Manager

 

and

 

Citibank, N.A.

not individually but solely as Indenture Trustee

 

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND SERVICING
AGREEMENT

Dated as of June 3, 2021

 

 

 

Net-Lease Mortgage Notes

 

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

  Page
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS 1
Section 1.01.    Defined Terms 1
Section 1.02.    Other Definitional Provisions 21
Section 1.03.    Certain Calculations in Respect of the Leases 22
Section 1.04.    Fee Calculations 23
ARTICLE II REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; RECORDINGS AND FILINGS; BOOKS AND RECORDS; DEFECT, BREACH, CURE, REPURCHASE AND SUBSTITUTION 23
Section 2.01.    Representations and Warranties of AF Properties and the Back-Up Manager 23
Section 2.02.    Representations and Warranties of the Issuer 26
Section 2.03.    Recordings and Filings; Books and Records 27
Section 2.04.    Repurchase or Transfer and Exchange for Collateral Defects and Breaches of Representations and Warranties 29
Section 2.05.    Non Petition Agreement 30
ARTICLE III ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF PROPERTIES AND LEASES 30
Section 3.01.    Administration of the Properties and Leases 30
Section 3.02.    Collection of Monthly Lease Payments; General Receipts Accounts; Collection Account; Release Account; Servicing Account 32
Section 3.03.    Advances 35
Section 3.04.    Withdrawals from the Collection Account 39
Section 3.05.    Investment of Funds in the Collection Account, the Servicing Accounts and the Release Account 39
Section 3.06.    Maintenance of Insurance Policies:  Errors and Omissions and Fidelity Coverage 41
Section 3.07.    DSCR Reserve Account 43
Section 3.08.    Issuers, Custodian and Indenture Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Lease Files 44
Section 3.09.    Property Management Compensation:  Interest on Advances 45
Section 3.10.    Property Inspections; Collection of Financial Statements; Delivery of Certain Reports 47
Section 3.11.    Statements as to Compliance 48
Section 3.12.    Reports by Independent Public Accountants 48
Section 3.13.    Access to Certain Information; Delivery of Certain Information 49
Section 3.14.    Management of Properties Relating to Defaulted Assets 49
Section 3.15.    Release, Sale and Exchange of Defaulted Assets and Terminated Lease Properties 50

 

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Section 3.16.    Renewals, Modifications, Waivers, Amendments; Consents and Other Matters 53
Section 3.17.    Transfer of Servicing Between Property Manager and Special Servicer; Record Keeping 56
Section 3.18.    Sub-Management Agreements 57
Section 3.19.    Casualty 59
Section 3.20.    Condemnation 59
Section 3.21.    Separateness Provisions 59
Section 3.22.    Estoppels 60
Section 3.23.    Environmental Matters 61
Section 3.24.    Appraised Values 62
ARTICLE IV REPORTS 63
Section 4.01.   Reports to the Issuers and the Indenture Trustee 63
Section 4.02.    Use of Agents 65
ARTICLE V THE PROPERTY MANAGER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER AND THE BACK-UP MANAGER 65
Section 5.01.    Liability of the Property Manager, the Special Servicer and the Back-Up Manager 65
Section 5.02.    Merger, Consolidation or Conversion of the Property Manager, the Special Servicer and the Back-Up Manager 66
Section 5.03.    Limitation on Liability of the Property Manager, the Special Servicer and the Back-Up Manager 66
Section 5.04.    Term of Service; Property Manager and Special Servicer Not to Resign 67
Section 5.05.    Rights of Certain Persons in Respect of the Property Manager and the Special Servicer 68
Section 5.06.    [Reserved] 69
Section 5.07.    Property Manager or Special Servicer as Owner of Notes 69
ARTICLE VI SERVICER REPLACEMENT EVENTS 69
Section 6.01.    Servicer Replacement Events 69
Section 6.02.    Termination of Property Manager and Special Servicer and appointment of Successor 72
Section 6.03.    Back-Up Manager 73
Section 6.04.    Additional Remedies of Issuers and the Indenture Trustee upon a Servicer Replacement Event 75
ARTICLE VII TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES OF PROPERTIES BY ISSUERS; RELEASE OF PROPERTIES BY ISSUERS 76
Section 7.01.    Exchange of Properties 76
Section 7.02.    Sale Pursuant to Third Party Purchase Option 78
Section 7.03.    Transfer of Lease to New Property 78

 

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Section 7.04.    Release of Property by an Issuer 79
Section 7.05.    Terminated Lease Property 79
Section 7.06.    Risk-Based or Credit Risk Substitution 79
Section 7.07.    Disposition Period 80
Section 7.08.    [Reserved] 80
Section 7.09.    [Reserved] 80
Section 7.10.    Series Collateral Release 80
Section 7.11.    Early Refinancing 81
Section 7.12.    Triple A Release Event 81
Section 7.13.    Defeasance 81
ARTICLE VIII TERMINATION 82
Section 8.01.    Termination 82
ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 82
Section 9.01.    Amendment 82
Section 9.02.    Counterparts 83
Section 9.03.    Governing Law 83
Section 9.04.    Notices 83
Section 9.05.    Severability of Provisions 84
Section 9.06.    Effect of Headings and Table of Contents 84
Section 9.07.    Notices to the Rating Agencies and Others 84
Section 9.08.    Successors and Assigns:  Beneficiaries 85
Section 9.09.    Complete Agreement 85
Section 9.10.    Consent to Jurisdiction 86
Section 9.11.    No Proceedings 86
Section 9.12.    Cooperation 86
Section 9.13.    Acknowledgment of Receipts by Indenture Trustee 87

 

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EXHIBITS

 

EXHIBIT A FORM OF LIMITED POWERS OF ATTORNEY FROM ISSUER AND INDENTURE TRUSTEE

 

EXHIBIT B FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT

 

EXHIBIT C FORM OF CERTIFICATE UNDER SECTION 7.01(b)

 

EXHIBIT D FORM OF DETERMINATION DATE REPORT

 

EXHIBIT E CALCULATION OF FIXED CHARGE COVERAGE RATIOS

 

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This AMENDED AND RESTATED PROPERTY MANAGEMENT AND SERVICING AGREEMENT, dated as of June 3, 2021 (as may be further amended or supplemented from time to time, this "Agreement"), is made among AFN ABSPROP001, LLC, AFN ABSPROP001-A, LLC, AFN ABSPROP001-B, LLC (together, the "Original Issuers"), AFN ABSPROP002, LLC, AFN ABSPROP002-A, LLC, AFN ABSPROP002-B, LLC, AFN ABSPROP002-C, LLC and each Joining Party, each as an issuer (each, together with the Original Issuers, an "Issuer" and collectively, the "Issuers"), American Finance Properties, LLC ("AF Properties"), as property manager and special servicer (together with its successors in such capacities, the "Property Manager" and "Special Servicer," respectively), Citibank, N.A., not individually but solely as indenture trustee (together with its successors in such capacity, the "Indenture Trustee") and KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ("KeyBank"), as back-up manager (together with its successors in such capacity, the "Back-Up Manager") amends and restates in its entirety the Property Management and Servicing Agreement, dated as of May 30, 2019 and as amended from time to time, among the Original Issuers, the Property Manager, the Special Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and the Back-Up Manager.

 

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

 

As of the date hereof, the Issuers own the Properties and related Leases and, as of each successive Series Closing Date, the applicable Issuer will own the Properties and related Leases as set forth in the applicable Series Supplement, and upon the issuance of the Notes under the Indenture, each Issuer will grant or has granted a first priority security interest in its right, title and interest in and to such Properties and Leases to the Indenture Trustee as security for the indebtedness evidenced by the Indenture and the Notes issued under the Indenture. The Property Manager and Special Servicer have agreed to provide property management services and special services, as applicable, with respect to the Properties and Leases in accordance with this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.01.      Defined Terms.

 

Whenever used in this Agreement, including in the Preliminary Statement, the capitalized terms, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the meanings specified in this Section 1.01. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement, including the Preliminary Statement, and not defined herein, unless the context otherwise requires, shall have the respective meanings specified in Section 1.01 of the Indenture (as defined below).

 

Additional Servicing Compensation”: Property Manager Additional Servicing Compensation and Special Servicer Additional Servicing Compensation.

 

Advance”: Any P&I Advance or Property Protection Advance.

 

Advance Interest”: Interest accrued on any Advance at the Reimbursement Rate and payable to the Property Manager, the Back-Up Manager or the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, each in accordance with Section 3.09(e).

 

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AF Properties”: As defined in the preamble.

 

AFOP”: American Finance Operating Partnership, L.P., a limited partnership formed under the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

AFOP SPE”: A special purpose, bankruptcy remote subsidiary of AFOP.

 

Aggregate Collateral Value”: On any date of determination, the sum of the Collateral Values of the Properties in the Collateral Pool.

 

Aggregate Excess Principal Payment Amount”: On any Payment Date, the sum of all Excess Principal Payment Amounts.

 

Agreement”: This Property Management and Servicing Agreement and all amendments hereof and supplements hereto.

 

Allocated Loan Amount”: With respect to any Property at any time, the product of (i) the Aggregate Series Principal Balance at such time and (ii) a fraction, (a) the numerator of which is the Collateral Value of such Property at such time and (b) the denominator of which is the Aggregate Collateral Value at such time.

 

Allocated Release Amount”: With respect to a Released Property, an amount equal to the lesser of (A) the Fair Market Value and (B) 115% of the Allocated Loan Amount of such Released Property.

 

ALTA”: American Land Title Association, or any successor thereto.

 

Amendment”: As defined in Section 3.16(c)(i).

 

Appraised Value”: With respect to any Property means an appraised value obtained in accordance with the Indenture and determined pursuant to an independent appraisal completed by an MAI certified appraiser in accordance with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice and which takes into account the leased fee value of the related buildings and land of such Property, consistent with industry standards, and excludes the value of trade equipment and other tangible personal property and business enterprise value, and (1) with respect to any Property in the Collateral Pool added to the Collateral Pool on an Issuance Date, is the most recent appraisal report completed by an MAI certified appraiser and obtained for such Property in accordance with the requirements of FIRREA with respect to such Property as of the related Issuance Date, and (2) with respect to any Qualified Substitute Property added to the Collateral Pool since the most recent Issuance Date, is the most recent appraisal report completed by an MAI certified appraiser and obtained for such Qualified Substitute Property in conjunction with such addition (which appraisal will not be obtained in accordance with the requirements of FIRREA).

 

Asbestos”: As defined in Section 3.23(b).

 

Available Amount”: The Available Amount on any Payment Date will consist of (i) all amounts received in respect of the Collateral Pool during the related Collection Period, (ii) all amounts on deposit in the Collection Account on the related Determination Date, including

 

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amounts earned, if any, on the investment of funds on deposit in the Collection Account and the Release Account during the related Collection Period, (iii) Unscheduled Proceeds, (iv) amounts received on account of payments under any Lease Guaranties, (v) amounts received on account of payments under the Guaranty, (vi) any Parent Contribution during the related Collection Period, (vii) amounts received in connection with a Voluntary Prepayment or Early Refinancing Prepayment and (viii) any payments received in respect of United States government securities pledged to the Indenture Trustee in accordance with Section 7.13; provided, however, that the following amounts will be excluded from Available Amount: (a) amounts on deposit in the Release Account and not transferred to the Collection Account for such Payment Date, (b) the amount of any Workout Fees, Liquidation Fees or Additional Servicing Compensation, (c) amounts withdrawn from the Collection Account to reimburse the Property Manager, the Indenture Trustee or the Back-Up Manager, as applicable, for any unreimbursed Advances, including any Nonrecoverable Advances (plus interest thereon) and to pay the Property Management Fee, the Back- Up Fee, any Special Servicing Fee and any Emergency Property Expenses, (d) amounts required to be paid by the related Issuer or any Co-Issuer as lessor under the Leases in respect of franchise or similar taxes, (e) any amount received from a Tenant as reimbursement for any cost paid by or on behalf of the related Issuer or any applicable Co- Issuer as lessor under any Lease, (f) any amounts collected by or on behalf of the Issuers or any applicable Co-Issuer as lessor and held in escrow or impound to pay future obligations due under a Lease, as applicable, and (g) amounts received in connection with a Series Collateral Release (not required to be deposited into the applicable Release Account).

 

Back-Up Fee”: With respect to each Property, the monthly fee payable to the Back-Up Manager pursuant to Section 3.09(f) in an amount equal to the product of (i) the Back-Up Fee Rate and (ii) the aggregate Allocated Loan Amount of all Properties in the Collateral Pool as of the related Determination Date.

 

Back-Up Fee Rate”: With respect to each Property, a monthly rate equal to the product of (i) one-twelfth and (ii) 0.10%.

 

Back-Up Manager”: As defined in the preamble.

 

Back-Up Servicing Transfer Date”: As defined in Section 6.03(c).

 

Bankruptcy Code”: The federal Bankruptcy Code of 1978, Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended from time to time.

 

Collateral Defect”: As defined in Section 2.04(a).

 

Collateral Value”: As of any date of determination with respect to each Property, such Property’s Appraised Value.

 

Collection Account”: As defined in Section 3.02(d) hereof.

 

Collection Account Bank”: As defined in Section 3.02(d) hereof.

 

Collection Period”: With respect to any Payment Date, the period commencing on the day immediately following the Determination Date in the month immediately preceding the

 

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month in which such Payment Date occurs and ending on (and including) the Determination Date related to such Payment Date.

 

Condemnation”: As defined in Section 3.20(a) hereof.

 

Condemnation Proceeds”: All proceeds received in connection with the Condemnation of any Property or Improvements.

 

Consolidated” (or “consolidated”) or “Consolidating” (or “consolidating”): When used with reference to any financial term in this Agreement, the aggregate for two or more Persons of the amounts signified by such term for all such Persons determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

 

Corrected Unit”: Any Property that had been a Specially Managed Unit but with respect to which (a) as of the date of determination, no circumstance identified in clauses (i) through (v) of the definition of the term “Specially Managed Unit” then exists and (b) one or more of the following as are applicable occur:

 

(i)                 if a circumstance described in clause (i) of the definition of the term “Specially Managed Unit” previously existed with respect to such Property, such condition shall have ceased to exist and (A) the related Tenant has made two consecutive full and timely Monthly Lease Payments under the terms of the related Lease (as such terms may be changed or modified in connection with a bankruptcy or similar proceeding involving the related Tenant or by reason of a modification, waiver or amendment granted or agreed to by the Special Servicer) or (B) with respect to a Lease, such Lease has been terminated and the related Property has been re-leased;

 

(ii)              if a default described in clause (ii) of the definition of the term “Specially Managed Unit” previously existed with respect to such Property, such default is cured in the good faith and reasonable judgment of the Special Servicer;

 

(iii)            if a circumstance described in clause (iii) of the definition of the term “Specially Managed Unit” previously existed with respect to such Property, such circumstances cease to exist in the good faith and reasonable judgment of the Special Servicer;

 

(iv)             if a circumstance described in clause (iv) of the definition of the term “Specially Managed Unit” previously existed with respect to such Property, such default is cured; and

 

(v)               if a circumstance described in clause (v) of the definition of the term “Specially Managed Unit” previously existed with respect to such Property, the related notice has been revoked or terminated by the Tenant.

 

Credit Risk”: As defined in Section 7.06.

 

Custodian”: U.S. Bank National Association or its successor in interest.

 

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Custody Agreement”: The Custody Agreement, dated as of the Initial Closing Date, among the Original Issuers, the Indenture Trustee, the Custodian and each joining party thereto, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Default Interest”: With respect to any Lease, any amounts collected thereon (other than late payment charges or amounts representing the Third Party Option Price paid by the related Tenant or any third party) that represent penalty interest accrued at the rate specified in such Lease.

 

Defaulted Asset”: Any Lease or Property included in the Collateral Pool (other than a Delinquent Asset) with respect to which the related Tenant is in default and such default continues unremedied for the applicable grace period under the terms of the related Lease (or, if no grace period is specified, for 30 days).

 

Defaulting Party”: As defined in Section 6.02(a).

 

Defeasance”: As defined in Section 7.13.

 

Defeasance Collateral”: As defined in Section 7.13.

 

Defeasance Date”: As defined in Section 7.13.

 

Delinquent Asset”: Any Lease in the Collateral Pool with respect to which any Monthly Lease Payment becomes delinquent more than 60 consecutive days (without taking into account the required giving of notices under such Lease) and which Lease has not been rejected in any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding.

 

Determination Date Report”: As defined in Section 4.01(a).

 

Document Defect”: As defined in Section 2.03(c).

 

Due Date”: With respect to any Lease, the day of each calendar month on which the Monthly Lease Payment with respect thereto is due.

 

Electronic Transmission”: Any form of communication not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, including the use of, or participation in, one or more electronic networks or databases (including one or more distributed electronic networks or databases), that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved and reviewed by a recipient thereof and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.

 

Emergency Property Expenses”: As defined in Section 3.03(e).

 

Environmental Insurer”: Any Qualified Insurer that issues Environmental Policies relating to any of the Properties.

 

Environmental Policy”: Any insurance policy issued by an Environmental Insurer, together with any endorsements thereto, providing insurance coverage for losses, with

 

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respect to certain Properties, caused by the presence of Hazardous Substances on, or the migration of Hazardous Substances from, the related Properties.

 

Escrow Payment”: Any payment received by the Property Manager or the Special Servicer for the account of any Tenant or otherwise deposited in the Servicing Account for application toward the payment of real estate taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, ground rents (if applicable) and similar items in respect of the related Property.

 

Exchanged Property”: A Property and the related Lease that is exchanged for a Qualified Substitute Property subject to the conditions and limitations described in this Agreement.

 

Excess Principal Payment Amount”: On any Payment Date during an Early Amortization Period, an amount (not less than zero) equal to:

 

(A)       any reduction of the Outstanding Principal Balance of the Class A Notes, minus

 

(B)       the Scheduled Class A Principal Payment.

 

Excess Proceeds”: As defined in Section 3.02(f).

 

Fair Market Value”: At any time, a price determined by the Property Manager (or by the Special Servicer with respect to a Specially Managed Unit) in accordance with the Servicing Standard to be the most probable price that the related Lease or Property should bring in a competitive and open market under all conditions requisite to a fair sale, the buyer and seller each acting prudently and knowledgeably, and assuming the price is not affected by undue stimulus. In making any such determination, the Property Manager or Special Servicer may obtain an MAI certified appraisal of the related Property and shall assume the consummation of a sale as of a specified date (and with respect to Properties, the passing of title from seller to buyer) under conditions whereby: (i) buyer and seller are typically motivated; (ii) both parties are well informed or well advised, and acting in what they consider their best interests; (iii) a reasonable time is allowed for exposure in the open market; (iv) payment is made in terms of cash in United States dollars or in terms of financial arrangements comparable thereto; and (v) the price represents the normal consideration for such Lease or Property unaffected by special or creative financing or sales concessions granted by anyone associated with the sale.

 

Financing Statement”: One or more financing statements filed or recorded or in a form suitable for filing and recording under the UCC.

 

FIRREA”: The Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989.

 

Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” or “FCCR”: The fixed charge coverage ratio for a Tenant determined in accordance with the provisions of Exhibit E attached hereto.

 

GAAP”: Generally accepted accounting principles as in effect in the United States, consistently applied, as of the date of such application.

 

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General Receipts Account”: As defined in Section 3.02(b).

 

General Receipts Account Bank”: As defined in Section 3.02(b).

 

Guaranty”: the Amended and Restated Guaranty, dated as of June 3, 2021, executed by AFOP, as Support Provider, in favor of the Indenture Trustee, for the benefit of the Noteholders.

 

Hazardous Substances”: As defined in Section 3.23(a).

 

Improvements”: As defined in the granting clause of the related Mortgage with respect to each Property.

 

Indenture”: The Master Indenture together with any Series Supplements.

 

Indenture Trustee”: As defined in the preamble.

 

Independent”: When used with respect to any specified Person, any such Person who (i) is not an Issuer, an Issuer Member, the Indenture Trustee, the Property Manager, the Special Servicer or an Affiliate thereof, (ii) does not have any direct financial interest in or any material indirect financial interest in any of the Issuers, the Issuer Members, the Indenture Trustee, the Property Manager, the Special Servicer or any of their respective Affiliates, and (iii) is not connected with the Issuers, the Issuer Members, the Indenture Trustee, the Property Manager, the Special Servicer or any of their respective Affiliates as an officer, employee, promoter, underwriter, trustee, partner, director or Person performing similar functions; provided, however, that a Person shall not fail to be Independent of the Issuers, the Issuer Members, the Indenture Trustee, the Property Manager, the Special Servicer or an Affiliate thereof merely because such Person is the beneficial owner of 1% or less of any class of securities issued by any Issuer, any Issuer Member, the Indenture Trustee, the Property Manager, the Special Servicer or an Affiliate thereof, as the case may be.

 

Insurance Proceeds”: All proceeds received under any Property Insurance Policy that provides coverage with respect to any Property.

 

Insured Casualty”: As defined in Section 3.19.

 

Issuance Date”: With respect to any Series of Notes, the applicable Series Closing Date.

 

Issuer Interests”: With respect to (i) any Issuer that constitutes an Issuer as of the date hereof, the limited liability company interests issued pursuant to such Issuer’s limited liability company agreement and (ii) any other Issuer, as indicated in the applicable Joinder Agreement, in each case as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereto and the Indenture.

 

Issuer Member”: With respect to (i) any Issuer that constitutes an Issuer as of the date hereof, the holder of the Issuer Interests with respect to such Issuer, and (ii) any other Issuer, as indicated in the applicable Joinder Agreement.

 

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Joinder Agreement”: With respect to any Series of Notes, the Joinder Agreement, dated as of the applicable Series Closing Date, among the applicable Joining Party, the Property Manager, the Special Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and the Back-Up Manager, substantially in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto.

 

Joining Party”: Any AFOP SPE, as indicated in the applicable Joinder Agreement.

 

KeyBank”: As defined in the preamble.

 

Lease”: Each lease listed on the Property Schedule from time to time. As used herein and in the other Transaction Documents, the term “Lease” includes the related lease agreement and all amendments, modifications and waiver agreements related thereto.

 

Lease Documents”: Any related lease agreement, non-disturbance agreement, guaranty or other agreement or instrument, to the extent made for the benefit of the related Originator.

 

Lease Expiration Date”: With respect to any Lease, the date specified in such Lease (as in effect on the Initial Closing Date or, if later, the date such Lease was first included in the Collateral Pool) on which the term of the Lease expires or such earlier date on which the Tenant has an option to terminate the Lease (as in effect on the Initial Closing Date or, if later, the date such Lease was first included in the Collateral Pool), without regard to any unexercised options to renew or extend such Lease or change in or modification of such terms in connection with a bankruptcy or similar proceeding involving the related Tenant or a modification, waiver, extension or amendment of such Lease granted or agreed to by the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.16.

 

Lease File”: With respect to each Property and the related Lease, the following documentation:

 

(i)                 the executed original or a copy of the Lease and any amendment thereto;

 

(ii)              the executed original or a copy of any Lease Guaranty of the Lease and any amendment, modification, waiver agreement or instrument related thereto;

 

(iii)            copies of any Financing Statements filed under the UCC relating to the Lease and any amendments and continuation statements, if any are in the possession of the related Originator or Issuer;

 

(iv)             the executed original recorded Mortgage and any assignment thereof in favor of the Indenture Trustee with respect to the related Property or a complete copy thereof delivered by the related Originator or the related Issuer or any applicable title company that closed or is closing such Mortgage as a true and complete copy of the original thereof submitted for recording (which delivery shall be deemed to be a certification by such Originator and such Issuer that such copy is a true and complete copy of the original submitted for recording);

 

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(v)               an original or copy of the lender’s title insurance policy relating to the Mortgage for such Property, together with all riders thereto showing the Indenture Trustee and its successors and assigns as the named insured; or, with respect to each Property as to which a title insurance policy has not yet been issued, a policy meeting the foregoing description as evidenced by either a commitment for title insurance “marked up” by the title company or a proforma title policy which the title company has agreed to issue pursuant to an email from the title company or pursuant to a closing instruction letter or email setting forth such requirements of the lender’s title insurance policy; provided, that such email or closing instruction letter shall not be part of the Lease File;

 

(vi)             a Tenant estoppel certificate, if any, to the extent in the possession of the related Issuer or the related Originator, in which the Tenant acknowledges that the Lease is in full force and effect, that the lessor is not in default under the terms of the Lease, and that no circumstances currently exist that would give the Tenant the right to abate or offset its rent;

 

(vii)          a copy of the appraisal (whether in hard copy, electronic copy or CD ROM format) containing the appraisal information for such Property;

 

(viii)        environmental reports, if applicable;

 

(ix)             a copy of the Environmental Policy, if applicable, together with the assignment thereof to the Indenture Trustee or evidence naming the Indenture Trustee as a loss payee or additional insured party;

 

(x)               evidence of insurance showing the related Issuer or its affiliate as the insured or an additional insured party under certain casualty insurance policies, if any;

 

(xi)             with respect to any Lease to a franchisee, a copy of the related franchise agreement, to the extent in the possession of the related Issuer or the related Originator, if applicable;

 

(xii)          any purchase option agreements, to the extent not included in the Lease;

 

(xiii)        a survey of the Property;

 

(xiv)         a property condition report, if applicable;

 

(xv)           any property zoning reports;

 

(xvi)         the related ground lease, if any, and any amendment, modification, waiver agreement or instrument relating thereto, together with the applicable ground lessor estoppel;

 

(xvii)      with respect to any ground lease, an assignment of ground lease, if any, and a non-disturbance agreement from the ground lessor and the fee mortgagee, if any;

 

(xviii)    all original letters of credit, if any; and

 

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(xix)         any subordination, non-disturbance, and attornment agreements;

 

provided, that (x) no assignment of any of the foregoing documents in favor of the Indenture Trustee shall be considered to be effective until the applicable Series Closing Date, notwithstanding any earlier date on any such assignment, (y) whenever the term “Lease File” is used to refer to documents actually received by the Custodian pursuant to this Agreement or the Custody Agreement, such term shall not be deemed to include such documents required to be included therein unless they are actually so received and (z) whenever the term “Lease File” is used in connection with any receipt or certification by the Custodian for documents described in clauses (ii), (vi), (ix), (xi), (xv), (xvi), (xvii), (xviii) and (xix) of this definition, such term shall be deemed to include such documents and any amendment, modification, waiver, agreement or instrument related thereto, only to the extent that a Responsible Officer of the Custodian has actual knowledge of their existence.

 

Lease Guarantor”: Any guarantor under any Lease Guaranty.

 

Lease Guaranty”: With respect to any Lease, the guaranty related to such Lease executed by an Affiliate or parent of the Tenant in favor of the lessor.

 

Lease Security Deposit”: As defined in Section 3.02(g).

 

Lease Transfer Property”: As defined in Section 7.03.

 

Leasehold Property”: A Property for which an Issuer does not own fee title to the related property, but instead has entered into a ground lease with the owner of the property and therefore possesses a leasehold estate in such property, along with title to the buildings and other improvements located on such property.

 

Liquidated Lease”: A Defaulted Asset that is a Lease with respect to which the related Property has been either re-leased or sold, or any Lease related to a Property purchased from the applicable Issuer or disposed of by such Issuer pursuant to an exchange, whether or not terminated because of a default by the Tenant.

 

Liquidation Fee”: As defined in Section 3.09(h).

 

Liquidation Fee Rate”: A percentage equal to 0.50%.

 

Liquidation Proceeds”: (i) All net cash proceeds and all other amounts (other than Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds) received by the applicable Issuer, the Property Manager, or the Special Servicer and retained in connection with the liquidation of any Lease or Property; (ii) all cash proceeds and all other amounts (other than Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds) from the release or substitution of any Property other than to the extent deposited into the Release Account; (iii) all proceeds from the investment of funds on deposit in the Release Account; and (iv) all cash proceeds from the release or substitution of any Property transferred from the Release Account to the Collection Account pursuant to Section 7.01(e).

 

MAI”: A designation signifying that the designee is a member of the Appraisal Institute.

 

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"Master Indenture": The Master Indenture, dated as of May 30, 2019, among the Original Issuers and the Indenture Trustee, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of June 3, 2021, among the Issuers and the Indenture Trustee (as may be further amended restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time).

 

Modified Collateral Detail and Realized Loss Report”: As defined in Section 4.01(c).

 

Monthly DSCR”: With respect to any Determination Date, the quotient, expressed as a ratio, of (i) the sum of (A) all Monthly Lease Payments and any income earned from the investment of funds on deposit in the Collection Account and the Release Account in Permitted Investments during the related Collection Period and (B) not more than one time since the most recent Issuance Date, any Parent Contribution during the related Collection Period, and (ii) the Total Debt Service for the related Payment Date; provided, that with respect to the initial Collection Period for any Series, the amount in clause (i) above will include the Property Manager’s good faith estimate (in accordance with the Servicing Standard) of what such amount would have been if such first Collection Period had commenced on the day immediately after the Determination Date in the month immediately preceding the first Payment Date, based on amounts actually received by the Property Manager during the initial Collection Period. For purposes of determining the Monthly DSCR, the Total Debt Service will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

 

Monthly Lease Payment”: With respect to any Lease, the fixed or “base” rent monthly payment that is actually payable by the related Tenant from time to time under the terms of such Lease (excluding any Percentage Rent), after giving effect to any provision of such Lease providing for periodic increases in such fixed or “base” rent by fixed percentages or dollar amounts or by percentages based on increases in the Consumer Price Index.

 

Mortgage”: A mortgage (or deed of trust or deed to secure debt), assignment of leases and rents, security agreement and fixture filing or similar document executed by the applicable Issuer, pursuant to which such Issuer grants a lien on its interest in the related Property in favor of the Indenture Trustee.

 

Net Default Interest”: With respect to any Lease, any Default Interest collected thereon, net of any Advance Interest accrued on Advances made in respect of such Lease and reimbursable from such Default Interest in accordance with Section 2.11 of the Indenture.

 

Net Investment Earnings”: The amount by which the aggregate of all interest and other income realized during a Collection Period on funds held in the Collection Account, the Release Account and any other accounts established under the Indenture from time to time, if any, exceeds the aggregate of all losses, if any, incurred during such Collection Period in connection with the investment of such funds in accordance with Section 3.05.

 

Net Worth”: With respect to any entity means the difference between (i) the fair market value of such entity’s assets determined in accordance with GAAP, but excluding accumulated depreciation, and (ii) such entity’s liabilities determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

Non-Renewal Risk”: As defined in Section 7.06.

 

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Nonrecoverable Advance”: Any portion of an Advance previously made or proposed to be made which, in the case of an Advance previously made, has not been previously reimbursed to the Property Manager, the Backup Manager or the Indenture Trustee, as applicable, and which the Property Manager or the Backup Manager, in accordance with the terms hereof, or the Indenture Trustee, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, as applicable, determines, taking into account amounts that may be collected or realized on such Properties or Leases prior to final liquidation and Liquidation Proceeds, will not, or, in the case of a proposed Advance, would not, be ultimately recoverable together with interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate from amounts to be deposited in the Collection Account under the terms of this Agreement with respect to such Properties or Leases (including, without limitation, payments by the Tenants and collections under the related Leases, Default Interest and late payment fees, Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds, Liquidation Proceeds, and proceeds from the operation and servicing of such Properties and Leases), as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate pursuant to Section 3.03(f). In making any determination as to nonrecoverability pursuant to the provisions of the Transaction Documents following the occurrence and continuance of an event of default under the Indenture, the Property Manager, the Back-Up Manager and the Indenture Trustee may consider the limitations on its enforcement remedies.

 

Officer’s Certificate”: A certificate signed by a Servicing Officer of the Property Manager or the Special Servicer or a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee or the applicable Issuer Member on behalf of an Issuer, as the case may be, and with respect to any other Person, a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, the President, a Vice President or Assistant Vice President, the Treasurer, the Secretary, or one of the Assistant Treasurers or Assistant Secretaries of such Person.

 

Opinion of Counsel”: A written opinion of counsel (which shall be rendered by counsel that is Independent of the Issuers, the Issuer Members, the Indenture Trustee, the Property Manager and the Special Servicer) in form and substance reasonably acceptable to and delivered to the addressees thereof.

 

P&I Advance”: Any advance of principal and/or interest made by the Property Manager or the Indenture Trustee, as applicable, pursuant to Section 3.03. Each reference to reimbursement or payment of a P&I Advance shall be deemed to include, whether or not specifically referred to, payments or reimbursement of interest thereon at the Reimbursement Rate through the date of payments or reimbursement.

 

Parent Contribution”: Any deposit of funds by AFOP or its affiliate into the Collection Account to be included in the Available Amount for the following Payment Date.

 

Payoff Amount”: With respect to any Released Property released or sold due to a Collateral Defect, an amount equal to the Collateral Value of such Released Property, plus any unpaid Monthly Lease Payments and any unreimbursed Advances, Emergency Property Expenses, Liquidation Fees, Workout Fees, Special Servicing Fees, Issuer Expenses, Back-Up Fees, Extraordinary Expenses and any fees and expenses incurred in connection with such release (in each case, plus interest thereon as applicable), in each case related to such Released Property or the related Lease.

 

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Percentage Rent”: With respect to any Lease, the rent thereunder, if any, calculated as a percentage of the total sales generated by the related Tenant at the related Property in excess of or in lieu of, as applicable the Monthly Lease Payments as provided in the applicable Lease.

 

Permitted Leases”: Those Leases referenced on the Property Schedule and any other Leases entered into in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Indenture and this Agreement.

 

Permitted Materials”: Hazardous Substances used or generated by any Tenant in the ordinary course of business and treated in accordance with applicable Environmental Laws.

 

Primary Servicing Office”: (i) With respect to the Property Manager or the Special Servicer, the office of the Property Manager or the Special Servicer, as the context may require, that is primarily responsible for such party’s servicing obligations hereunder and (ii) with respect to the Back-Up Manager, the office of the Back-Up Manager, as the context may require, that is primarily responsible for such party’s servicing obligations hereunder.

 

Prime Rate”: The “prime rate” published in the “Money Rates” section of The Wall Street Journal, as such “prime rate” may change from time to time. If The Wall Street Journal ceases to publish the “prime rate,” then the Indenture Trustee shall select an equivalent publication that publishes such “prime rate”; and if such “prime rate” is no longer generally published or is limited, regulated or administered by a governmental or quasi-governmental body, then the Indenture Trustee shall select a comparable interest rate index. In either case, such selection shall be made by the Indenture Trustee in its sole discretion and the Indenture Trustee shall notify the Property Manager and the Special Servicer in writing of its selection.

 

Property”: Each parcel of real property listed on the Property Schedule and from time to time included in the Collateral Pool.

 

Property Insurance Policy”: With respect to any Property, any hazard insurance policy, flood insurance policy, or other insurance policy that is maintained from time to time in respect of such Property (including, without limitation, any blanket insurance policy maintained by or on behalf of the applicable Issuer).

 

Property Management Fee”: With respect to each Property, the monthly fee payable to the Property Manager pursuant to Section 3.09(a) in amount equal to the product of: (i) the Property Management Fee Rate and (ii) the lower of (a) the aggregate Allocated Loan Amount and (b) the aggregate Collateral Value (each as of the related Determination Date) of all Properties in the Collateral Pool that did not relate to Specially Managed Units during the related Collection Period.

 

Property Management Fee Rate”: With respect to each Lease, a monthly rate equal to the product of (i) one-twelfth and (ii) 0.25%.

 

Property Manager”: AF Properties, in its capacity as property manager under this Agreement, or any successor property manager appointed as herein provided.

 

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Property Manager Additional Servicing Compensation”: The additional servicing compensation payable to the Property Manager pursuant to Section 3.09(b).

 

Property Protection Advance”: With respect to the Leases and the Properties, all customary, reasonable and necessary out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Property Manager or the Special Servicer, in connection with servicing the Leases and the Properties, in accordance with the Servicing Standard and this Agreement, for the purpose of paying real estate taxes, premiums on Property Insurance Policies (not already paid pursuant to Section 2.11 of the Indenture, as confirmed by the applicable Issuer), in the case of Leasehold Properties, payments required to be made under the related ground leases and other amounts necessary to preserve or maintain the security interest and lien of the Indenture Trustee in, and value of, each related Property (including any costs and expenses necessary to re-lease such Property), Lease (including costs and expenses related to collection efforts), including, but not limited to, amounts incurred by the Property Manager or the Special Servicer to (a) repair, or make improvements to, a Property in order to re-lease such Property or to induce a Tenant to extent, modify and/or renew the related Lease, and/or (b) provide to an existing or proposed Tenant a tenant allowance to enable such existing or proposed Tenant to repair, or make improvements to, a Property in connection with a new Lease or the extension, modification and/or renewal of an existing Lease. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, “Property Protection Advances” shall not include allocable overhead of the Property Manager, the Special Servicer or the Back-Up Manager, such as costs for office space, office equipment, supplies and related expenses, employee salaries and related expenses and similar internal costs and expenses.

 

Property Schedule”: The list of Properties and related Leases identified on an exhibit or schedule to each applicable Series Supplement in connection with the issuance of a related Series of Notes. Such list shall set forth the following information with respect to each Lease:

 

(i)                 the identification number for the Property;

 

(ii)              the related Issuer property number and name of the related Tenant;

 

(iii)            the Lease Expiration Date for such Lease;

 

(iv)             the street address (including city, state and zip code) of such Property;

 

(v)               the Appraised Value of such Property;

 

(vi)             the concept operated on such Property; and

 

(vii)          the Allocated Loan Amount.

 

Qualified Insurer”: An insurance company or security or bonding company qualified to write the related Property Insurance Policy in the relevant jurisdiction, which company has a claims-paying ability rated at least “A:VIII” by A.M. Best’s Key Rating Guide.

 

Qualified Release Amount”: A portion of the Collateral Pool that may be released in connection with an Early Refinancing Prepayment, applying a Release Price for each

 

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asset to be released equal to the greater of Fair Market Value and 115% of the Allocated Loan Amount of the Properties being released, that in the aggregate is no greater than the dollar amount of the Notes being prepaid in connection with such Early Refinancing Prepayment.

 

Qualified Substitute Property”: A Property acquired by an Issuer (A) in substitution for any Exchanged Property that, on the date such Qualified Substitute Property is added to the Collateral Pool, (i) has a Collateral Value that, when combined with the Collateral Value of all other Qualified Substitute Properties acquired by the Issuers since the most recent Issuance Date, is at least equal to the sum of the Fair Market Value of all Exchanged Properties released since the most recent Issuance Date (each measured on the date of their respective removals), (ii) complies, in all material respects, with all of the representations and warranties made with respect to Properties under the Indenture (subject to exceptions that are materially consistent with the underwriting criteria for the existing Properties), (iii) has, together with all other Qualified Substitute Properties acquired by the Issuers since the most recent Issuance Date, the same or greater aggregate Monthly Lease Payments as the Exchanged Properties released since the most recent Issuance Date (each measured on the date of their respective removals), (iv) is leased pursuant to a Lease, that when combined with the Leases of all other Qualified Substitute Properties acquired by the Issuers since the most recent Issuance Date, has a weighted average remaining term that equals or exceeds the weighted average remaining term of the Leases associated with the Exchanged Properties released since the most recent Issuance Date (each measured as of the date of their respective removals), (v) if the Tenant thereof or any third party has an option to purchase such Qualified Substitute Property, the contractual amount of such Third Party Option Price is not less than what the Allocated Loan Amount of such Qualified Substitute Property would be after giving effect to the substitution of such Property, (vi) when combined with all other Qualified Substitute Properties acquired since the most recent Issuance Date, does not cause the Weighted Average FCCR of such Qualified Substitute Properties to be less than the Weighted Average FCCR (measured as of the date of each respective substitution) of all Exchanged Properties released since the most recent Issuance Date; provided, however, with respect to no more than fifteen (15)% of the Aggregate Appraised Value of all Properties, the requirement set forth in this clause (vi) will not apply so long as such Qualified Substitute Properties (1) have a weighted average unit FCCR not less than 2.0x and (2) the Property Manager, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, has determined that such substitution is in the best interest of the Issuers and the Noteholders, (vii) is leased pursuant to a “triple-net” or “double-net” lease, and (viii) has an appraisal that meets the requirements set forth in the definition of Appraised Value and was obtained no more than twelve (12) months prior to such substitution or (B) with proceeds deposited in the Release Account that, on the date of such acquisition, (i) complies, in all material respects, with all of the representations and warranties made with respect to Properties under the Indenture (subject to exceptions that are materially consistent with the underwriting criteria for the existing Properties), (ii) is leased pursuant to a Lease that when combined with the Leases of all other Qualified Substitute Properties acquired by the Issuers since the most recent Issuance Date, has a weighted average remaining term that equals or exceeds the weighted average remaining term of the Leases associated with the Released Properties released since the most recent Issuance Date (each measured on the date of their respective removals), (iii) if the Tenant thereof or any third party has an option to purchase such Qualified Substitute Property, the contractual amount of such Third Party Option Price is not less than what the Allocated Loan Amount of such Qualified Substitute Property would be after being acquired by such Issuer; (iv) is leased to the Tenant who leased the related Released Property, or to a different Tenant whose FCCR is greater

 

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than or equal to the then-current FCCR, (v) is leased pursuant to a “triple-net” or “double-net” lease and (vi) has an appraisal meeting the requirements set forth in the definition of Appraised Value that was obtained no more than twelve (12) months prior to such substitution.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to a Risk-Based Substitution, the related Qualified Substitute Property shall not be required to comply with clauses (A) (iv),(v), or (vi) or (B) (ii), (iii) or (iv) above.

 

Reimbursement Amounts”: Any amounts payable by a Tenant to the Property Manager or the related Issuer pursuant to the terms of the related Lease as reimbursement for the payment of taxes or other expenses made by the Property Manager or such Issuer in connection with the Property.

 

Reimbursement Rate”: The rate per annum applicable to the accrual of Advance Interest, which rate per annum is equal to the Prime Rate plus 3%.

 

Release Account”: As defined in Section 3.02(f).

 

Release Price”: With respect to any Released Property, an amount equal to (i) the Third Party Option Price, if the release occurs in connection with any Third Party Purchase Option, (ii) with respect to any Delinquent Asset or Defaulted Asset purchased by the Special Servicer or the Property Manager or any assignee thereof, the greater of (A) the Fair Market Value, plus any unreimbursed Advances, Emergency Property Expenses, Liquidation Fees, Workout Fees, Special Servicing Fees and Extraordinary Expenses (plus interest thereon as applicable), in each case related to such Lease or Property, and (B) 115% of the Allocated Loan Amount, (iii) the Payoff Amount with respect to any Released Property released due to a Collateral Defect, (iv) the greater of (A) the Fair Market Value and plus any unreimbursed Advances, Emergency Property Expenses, Liquidation Fees, Workout Fees, Special Servicing Fees and Extraordinary Expenses (plus interest thereon as applicable) and (B) 115% of the Allocated Loan Amount of the Properties being released, with respect to a Qualified Deleveraging Event, or (v) other than with respect to clauses (i)-(iv) hereof, the Fair Market Value, plus any unreimbursed Advances, Emergency Property Expenses, Liquidation Fees, Workout Fees, Special Servicing Fees and Extraordinary Expenses (plus interest thereon as applicable), in each case related to such Lease or Property, for any Released Property sold.

 

Released Property”: As defined in Section 7.04(a).

 

Remedial Work”: As defined in Section 3.23(c).

 

Remittance Date”: The Business Day preceding each Payment Date.

 

Removed Property”: A Released Property or Exchanged Property that has either been released or substituted pursuant to Section 2.04 and Article VII hereof.

 

Request for Release”: A request signed by a Servicing Officer of the applicable Issuer or the Property Manager in the form of Exhibit A-l attached hereto or of such Issuer or the Special Servicer in the form of Exhibit A-2 attached hereto.

 

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Required Conditions”: Subject to any additional requirements set forth in any applicable Series Supplement, with respect to any proposed substitution, release, exchange or lease transfer of any Property, the Required Conditions will be satisfied if:

  

(i)                 the applicable Issuer shall submit to the Indenture Trustee all documentation that is reasonably required to be delivered by any party hereto in connection with such substitution, release, exchange or lease transfer, together with an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such documentation (A) is in compliance with all Legal Requirements, and (B) will effect such release in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; and

 

(ii)              if the Property sought to be substituted, released, exchanged or have its lease transferred is subject to a Lease that also covers any other Property, such Lease shall be severed and amended so that, after giving effect to such release, no Property shall be subject to a Lease that also affects any Property that is not subject to a Mortgage.

 

Risk-Based Substitution”: The meaning specified in Section 7.06.

 

Sales Tax Deposit”: As defined in Section 3.02(g).

 

Series Collateral Release”: The meaning specified in Section 7.10(a).

 

Series Collateral Release Price”: With respect to a Released Property in connection with a Series Collateral Release, an amount equal to the greater of (i) 115% of the Allocated Loan Amount of such Released Property and (ii) the Fair Market Value of such Released Property, plus any unreimbursed Advances, Emergency Property Expenses, Liquidation Fees, Workout Fees, Special Servicing Fees and Extraordinary Expenses (plus interest thereon as applicable), in each case related to such Lease or Property.

 

Series Supplement”: With respect to any Series of Notes, a supplement to the Indenture, executed and delivered in connection with the original issuance of the Notes of such Series under Section 2.04 of the Indenture, including all amendments thereof and supplements thereto.

 

Servicer Replacement Event”: The meaning specified in Section 6.01(a).

 

Servicing Accounts”: One or more accounts established and maintained by each of the Property Manager and the Special Servicer relating to those Properties and Leases each such party is obligated to service and administer hereunder pursuant to Section 3.02(g).

 

Servicing Fees”: With respect to each Property and the related Lease, the Property Management Fee, the Back-Up Fee, the Property Manager Additional Servicing Compensation, if any, the Special Servicing Fee, if any, and the Special Servicer Additional Servicing Compensation, if any.

 

Servicing File”: Any documents (other than documents required to be part of the related Lease File) in the possession of the Property Manager or the Special Servicer and relating to the origination and servicing of any Lease or the administration of any Property.

 

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Servicing Officer”: Any officer or employee of the Property Manager or the Special Servicer involved in, or responsible for, the administration, management and servicing of the Properties or Leases, whose name and specimen signature appear on a list of Servicing Officers furnished by such party to the applicable Issuer Members, the applicable Issuer and the Indenture Trustee on the related Series Closing Date, as such list may be amended from time to time.

 

Servicing Standard”: To perform the applicable obligation or make the applicable decision (a) in the same manner in which, and with the same care, skill, prudence and diligence with which, the Property Manager, the Special Servicer or the Back-Up Manager, as the case may be, services and administers similar leases and properties, including, without limitation, the granting of certain Permitted Encumbrances, for their own account and the account of their Affiliates or any third-party portfolios, to the extent applicable, or (b) in a manner normally associated with the prudent management and operation of similar properties, whichever standard is highest, and in each such case, in material compliance with all applicable laws, but without regard to: (i) any known relationship that the Property Manager, the Special Servicer, the Back-Up Manager, or an Affiliate thereof, may have with any Issuer, any Tenant, any of their respective Affiliates or any other party to the Transaction Documents; (ii) the ownership of any Note or Issuer Interest by the Property Manager, the Special Servicer or the Back-Up Manager or any Affiliate thereof (as applicable); (iii) the Property Manager’s or the Back-Up Manager's obligation to make Advances, or the Property Manager's obligation to incur servicing expenses or to direct the Indenture Trustee to withdraw funds from the Collection Account to pay Emergency Property Expenses with respect to the Leases and Properties; (iv) the Property Manager’s, the Special Servicer’s or the Back-Up Manager's right to receive compensation for its services or reimbursements of the costs under this Agreement; (v) the ownership, servicing or management for others, by the Property Manager, the Special Servicer or the Back-Up Manager of any other leases or commercial real properties; (vi) the release, transfer or indemnification obligations of the Property Manager, the Special Servicer or the Back-Up Manager; or (vii) the existence of any loans made to a Tenant by the Property Manager, the Special Servicer, the Back-Up Manager or any Affiliate thereof.

 

Servicing Transfer Agreement”: As defined in Section 5.04.

 

Servicing Transfer Date”: As defined in Section 5.04.

 

Servicing Transfer Event”: With respect to any Property, the occurrence of any of the events described in clauses (i) through (v) of the definition of “Specially Managed Unit.”

 

Special Servicer”: AF Properties, in its capacity as special servicer under this Agreement, or any successor special servicer appointed as herein provided.

 

Special Servicer Additional Servicing Compensation”: The additional servicing compensation payable to the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.09(d).

 

Special Servicer Report”: As defined in Section 4.01(b).

 

Special Servicing Fee”: With respect to each Specially Managed Unit, the monthly fee payable to the Special Servicer pursuant to the first paragraph of Section 3.09(c) in amount equal to the product of (i) the Special Servicing Fee Rate and (ii) the lower of (a) the

 

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aggregate Allocated Loan Amount and (b) the aggregate Collateral Value (each as of the related Determination Date) of all Properties in the Collateral Pool that did not relate to Specially Managed Units during the related Collection Period.

 

Special Servicing Fee Rate”: With respect to each Specially Managed Unit, a monthly rate equal to the product of (i) one-twelfth and (ii) 0.75%.

 

Specially Managed Unit”: Any Property as to which any of the following events has occurred:

 

(i)                 such Property is a Delinquent Asset; or

 

(ii)              such Property is a Defaulted Asset, with respect to which the related default materially and adversely affects the interests of the applicable Issuer; or

 

(iii)            there shall have been commenced in a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction an involuntary action against the Tenant under any present or future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities, or similar proceedings or for the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, which action shall not have been dismissed for a period of 90 days, and the subject Lease has not been rejected in any related proceeding; or the Tenant shall have consented to the appointment of a conservator or receiver or liquidator in any insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to the Tenant or of or relating to all or substantially all of its property, and the subject Lease has not been rejected in any related proceeding; or the Tenant shall have admitted in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, filed a petition to take advantage of any applicable insolvency or reorganization statute, made an assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or voluntarily suspend payment of its obligations, and the subject Lease has not been rejected in any related proceeding; or

 

(iv)             the Lease has expired, been terminated, or rejected in any bankruptcy or related proceeding; or

 

(v)               the Property Manager receives written notice that a Tenant will no longer make Monthly Lease Payments under such Tenant’s Lease.

 

Sub-Management Agreement”: The written contract between the Property Manager or the Special Servicer, on the one hand, and any Sub-Manager, on the other hand, relating to servicing and administration of Leases and Properties, as provided in Section 3.18.

 

Sub-Manager”: Any Person with which the Property Manager or the Special Servicer has entered into a Sub-Management Agreement.

 

Successor Property Manager”: As defined in Section 6.02.

 

Successor Special Servicer”: As defined in Section 6.02.

 

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Support Provider”: AFOP or any successor support provider.

 

Tenant”: With respect to each Lease, the tenant under such Lease and any successor or assign thereof.

 

Terminated Lease Property”: A Property, the Lease with respect to which has expired, has been terminated or has been rejected in a bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding of the Tenant or from which the Tenant has been evicted or otherwise removed.

 

Third Party Option Price”: With respect to any Property pursuant to which a Third Party Purchase Option is exercised, the cash price that is set forth in the related Lease.

 

Third Party Purchase Option”: The option under a Lease, whether conditional or otherwise, for the related Tenant or another third party to purchase the related Property before or at the expiration of the term of the Lease for the Third Party Option Price.

 

Title Companies”: As defined in Section 2.03(a).

 

Title Insurance Policies”: With respect to each Property, an ALTA mortgagee title insurance policy in the customary form (or, if any Property is in a state which does not permit the issuance of such ALTA policy, such form as shall be permitted in such state) issued with respect to such Property and insuring the lien of the Mortgage encumbering such Property.

 

Total Debt Service”: (A) the sum of (i) the Scheduled Principal Payments and all Note Interest with respect to each Class of Notes, assuming there is no Adjustment Amount, (less any scheduled principal payment due on the Anticipated Repayment Date with respect to each Class of Notes), (ii) the Property Management Fee, (iii) the Special Servicing Fee, if any, (iv) the Back-Up Fee, and (v) the Indenture Trustee Fee, each as accrued during the related Collection Period minus (B) the lesser of (i) the Aggregate Excess Principal Payment Amount as of the prior Payment Date and (ii) the aggregate unpaid portions of Scheduled Principal Payments. For the purpose of calculation “Monthly DSCR,” the Note Interest component of Total Debt Service shall, for each Series, be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. For the avoidance of doubt, any Interest Carry-Forward Amount, Post-ARD Additional Interest and Deferred Post-ARD Additional Interest will not be included in the calculation of Total Debt Service.

 

Transfer Date”: The date on which a Property is acquired by the applicable Issuer.

 

Triple A Notes”: Any Notes that have been issued pursuant to the Indenture and have received a rating of “AAA(sf)” from the applicable Rating Agency.

 

Triple A Release Date” With respect to any Triple A Notes, as defined in the related Series Supplement.

 

Triple A Release Event”: The meaning specified in Section 7.12.

 

UCC”: The Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any applicable jurisdiction.

 

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Unscheduled Proceeds”: Collectively, without duplication, (i) Liquidation Proceeds and any other proceeds received by the Property Manager or the Special Servicer with respect to the disposition of a Property that is a Defaulted Asset, (ii) Condemnation Proceeds or Insurance Proceeds in connection with a Condemnation or Insured Casualty, as applicable, to the extent deposited in the Collection Account, (iii) any Third Party Option Price received as a result of the exercise of a Third Party Purchase Option (only up to the Collateral Value) to the extent deposited into the Collection Account, (iv) Payoff Amounts received in connection with the release and sale of a Lease or a Property in relation to a Collateral Defect, (v) any proceeds (other than Release Prices) derived from each un-leased Property (exclusive of related operating costs, including certain reimbursements payable to the Property Manager in connection with the operation and disposition of such un-leased Property), (vi) all amounts disbursed to the Payment Account from the DSCR Reserve Account during an Early Amortization Period, (vii) any Release Price collected in connection with a Triple A Release Event and (viii) amounts disbursed from the Release Account to the Collection Account during the related Collection Period.

 

U.S. Credit Risk Retention Rules”: The final rules adopted by the FDIC, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency of the Department of the Treasury, the SEC, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development implementing the credit risk retention requirements of Section 15G of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as added by Section 941 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

 

U.S. Risk Retention Agreement”: (x) Prior to June 3, 2021, the U.S. Credit Risk Retention Agreement, dated as of May 30, 2019, entered into by AFOP in favor of the Indenture Trustee, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time and (y) thereafter, the U.S. Credit Risk Retention Agreement, dated as of June 3, 2021, entered into by AFOP in favor of the Indenture Trustee, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Weighted Average FCCR”: An amount equal to the quotient of (i) the sum of the products of the FCCRs and the Allocated Loan Amounts of each Property in the Collateral Pool and (ii) the aggregate Allocated Loan Amount of all Properties in the Collateral Pool.

 

Workout Fee”: As defined in Section 3.09(g).

 

Section 1.02.      Other Definitional Provisions.

 

(a)               All capitalized terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein.

 

(b)               As used in this Agreement and in any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms not defined in this Agreement or in any such certificate or other document, and accounting terms partly defined in this Agreement or in any such certificate or other document, to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP. To the extent that the definitions of accounting terms in this Agreement or in any such certificate or other document are inconsistent with the meanings of such

 

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terms under GAAP, the definitions contained in this Agreement or in any such certificate or other document shall control.

 

(c)               The words “hereof,” “herein,” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; Section and Exhibit references contained in this Agreement are references to Sections and Exhibits in or to this Agreement unless otherwise specified; a reference to a subsection or other subdivision without further reference to a Section is a reference to such subsection or other subdivision as contained in the Section in which the reference appears; and the words “include” and “including” shall mean without limitation by reason of enumeration.

 

(d)               The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well as the feminine and neuter genders of such terms.

 

(e)               Any agreement, instrument or statute defined or referred to herein or in any instrument or certificate delivered in connection herewith means such agreement, instrument or statute as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented and includes (in the case of agreements or instruments) references to all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein; references to a Person are also to its permitted assignees.

 

Section 1.03.      Certain Calculations in Respect of the Leases.

 

(a)               All amounts collected in respect of any Lease in the form of payments from the related Tenants, guaranties provided by related Lease Guarantors, Unscheduled Proceeds or otherwise shall be applied to amounts due and owing under the Lease in accordance with the express provisions of such Lease; in the absence of such express provisions, all amounts collected shall be applied for purposes of this Agreement: first, as a recovery of any related and unreimbursed Advances; and second, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, but subject to Section 1.03(c), as a recovery of any other amounts then due and owing under such Lease, including, without limitation, Percentage Rent, Reimbursement Amounts and Default Interest. Any proceeds derived from an unleased Property (exclusive of related operating costs, including reimbursement of Advances made by the Property Manager, the Special Servicer or the Indenture Trustee in connection with the operation and disposition of such Property) shall be applied by the Property Manager in the same manner as if they were Monthly Lease Payments due on the previously existing Lease for such Property until such Lease becomes a Liquidated Lease pursuant to the terms of such Lease and the related Lease Documents.

 

(b)               [Reserved].

 

(c)               Insofar as amounts received in respect of any Lease and allocable to fees and charges owing in respect of such Lease constituting Additional Servicing Compensation payable to the Property Manager or Special Servicer are insufficient to cover the full amount of such fees and charges, such amounts shall be allocated between such of those fees and charges as are payable to the Property Manager, on the one hand, and as are payable to the Special Servicer, on the other, pro rata in accordance with their respective entitlements.

 

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(d)               The foregoing applications of amounts received in respect of any Lease shall be determined by the Property Manager and reflected in the appropriate monthly Determination Date Report and any Modified Collateral Detail and Realized Loss Report.

 

(e)               Notwithstanding the early termination of any Lease resulting from a default by the related Tenant, such Lease will be treated for purposes of determining Servicing Fees, Liquidation Fees, Workout Fees and Indenture Trustee Fees as remaining in effect until such Lease becomes a Liquidated Lease.

 

Section 1.04.      Fee Calculations.

 

The calculation of the Servicing Fees shall be made in accordance with Section 3.09 and the payment of Indenture Trustee Fees shall be made pursuant to the terms of the Indenture. All dollar amounts calculated hereunder shall be rounded to the nearest penny with one-half of one penny being rounded up.

 

ARTICLE II

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; RECORDINGS
AND FILINGS; BOOKS AND RECORDS; DEFECT,
BREACH, CURE, REPURCHASE AND SUBSTITUTION

 

Section 2.01.      Representations and Warranties of AF Properties and the Back-Up Manager.

 

(a)                  AF Properties represents and warrants to the other parties hereto, and for the benefit of the Issuers, and the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders as of Series Closing Date:

 

(i)                 AF Properties is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of its state of organization and is in compliance with the laws of each state (within the United States of America) in which any Property is located to the extent necessary to its performance under this Agreement;

 

(ii)              The execution and delivery of this Agreement by AF Properties, and the performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement by AF Properties, do not violate its organizational documents or constitute an event that, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound;

 

(iii)            AF Properties has the limited liability company power and authority to enter into and consummate all transactions to be performed by it contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement, and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement;

 

(iv)             This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by each of the other parties hereto, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of AF Properties, enforceable against AF Properties in accordance with the terms hereof, subject

 

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to (A) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, receivership, moratorium and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (B) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;

 

(v)               AF Properties is not in violation of, and its execution and delivery of this Agreement and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not constitute a violation of, any law, any order or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority, which violation is likely to affect materially and adversely either the ability of AF Properties to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the financial condition of AF Properties;

 

(vi)             No litigation is pending or, to AF Properties’ knowledge, threatened against AF Properties that is reasonably likely to be determined adversely to AF Properties and, if determined adversely to AF Properties, would prohibit AF Properties from entering into this Agreement or that, in AF Properties’ good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of AF Properties to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the financial condition of AF Properties;

 

(vii)          No consent, approval, authorization or order under any court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and performance by AF Properties of, or the compliance by AF Properties with, this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions of AF Properties contemplated by this Agreement, except for any consent, approval, authorization or order that has been obtained or that if not obtained would not have a material and adverse effect on the ability of AF Properties to perform its obligations hereunder; and

 

(viii)        Each officer and employee of AF Properties that has responsibilities concerning the management, servicing and administration of Properties and Leases is covered by errors and omissions insurance and the fidelity bond as and to the extent required by Section 3.06.

 

(b)               The representations and warranties of AF Properties set forth in Section 2.01(a) shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and shall inure to the benefit of the Persons to whom and for whose benefit they were made until all amounts owed to the Noteholders under or in connection with this Agreement, the Indenture and the Notes have been indefeasibly paid in full. Upon discovery by any party hereto of any breach of any of the foregoing representations and warranties, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other parties.

 

(c)               Any successor Property Manager or Special Servicer shall be deemed to have made, as of the date of its succession, each of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2.01(a), subject to such appropriate modifications to the representation and warranty set forth in Section 2.01(a)(i) to accurately reflect such successor’s jurisdiction of organization and whether it is a corporation, partnership, bank, association or other type of organization.

 

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(d)               The Back-Up Manager represents and warrants to the other parties hereto, and for the benefit of the Issuers, and the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders, as of each Series Closing Date:

 

(i)                 The Back-Up Manager is a national banking association duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the United States of America and is in compliance with the laws of each state (within the United States of America) in which any Property is located to the extent necessary to its performance under this Agreement;

 

(ii)              The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Back-Up Manager, and the performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement by the Back-Up Manager, do not violate its organizational documents or constitute an event that, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound;

 

(iii)            The Back-Up Manager has the corporate power and authority to enter into and consummate all transactions to be performed by it contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement, and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement;

 

(iv)             This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by each of the other parties hereto, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of the Back-Up Manager, enforceable against the Back-Up Manager in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, receivership, moratorium and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (B) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;

 

(v)               The Back-Up Manager is not in violation of, and its execution and delivery of, this Agreement and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not constitute a violation of, any law, any order or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority, which violation is likely to affect materially and adversely either the ability of the Back-Up Manager to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the financial condition of the Back-Up Manager;

 

(vi)             No litigation is pending or, to the Back-Up Manager’s knowledge, threatened (in writing received by the Back-Up Manager) against the Back-Up Manager, which if determined adversely to the Back-Up Manager, would prohibit the Back-Up Manager from entering into this Agreement or that, in the Back-Up Manager’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of the Back-Up Manager to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the financial condition of the Back-Up Manager;

 

(vii)          No consent, approval, authorization or order under any court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Back-Up Manager of, or the compliance by the Back-Up Manager with, this Agreement

 

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or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Back-Up Manager by this Agreement, except for any consent, approval, authorization or order that has been obtained or that if not obtained would not have a material and adverse effect on the ability of the Back-Up Manager to perform its obligations hereunder; and

 

(viii)        Each officer and employee of the Back-Up Manager that has responsibilities concerning the management, servicing and administration of Properties and Leases is covered by errors and omissions insurance and the fidelity bond as and to the extent required by Section 3.06.

 

Section 2.02.      Representations and Warranties of the Issuer.

 

(a)               Each Issuer hereby represents and warrants to each of the other parties hereto and for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of the Noteholders as of the related Series Closing Date on or after the date on which such Issuer becomes a party to this Agreement:

 

(i)                 Such Issuer is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and is in compliance with the laws of each state (within the United States of America) in which any applicable Property is located to the extent necessary to its performance under this Agreement;

 

(ii)              The execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Issuer, and the performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement by such Issuer, do not violate its organizational documents or constitute an event that, with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default under, or result in the breach of, any material agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound;

 

(iii)            Such Issuer has the limited liability company power and authority to enter into and consummate all transactions to be performed by it contemplated by this Agreement, has duly authorized the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement and any applicable Joinder Agreement, and has duly executed and delivered this Agreement and any applicable Joinder Agreement;

 

(iv)             This Agreement, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by each of the other parties hereto, constitutes a valid, legal and binding obligation of such Issuer, enforceable against such Issuer in accordance with the terms hereof, subject to (A) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, receivership, moratorium and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and (B) general principles of equity, regardless of whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;

 

(v)               Such Issuer is not in violation of, and its execution and delivery of, this Agreement or any applicable Joinder Agreement and its performance and compliance with the terms of this Agreement will not constitute a violation of, any law, any order or decree of any court or arbiter, or any order, regulation or demand of any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory authority, which violation is likely to affect materially and adversely either the ability of such Issuer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the financial condition of such Issuer;

 

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(vi)             No litigation is pending or, to such Issuer’s knowledge, threatened against such Issuer that is reasonably likely to be determined adversely to such Issuer and, if determined adversely to such Issuer, would prohibit such Issuer from entering into this Agreement or that, in such Issuer’s good faith and reasonable judgment, is likely to materially and adversely affect either the ability of such Issuer to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the financial condition of such Issuer;

 

(vii)          No consent, approval, authorization or order under any court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and performance by such Issuer of, or the compliance by such Issuer with, this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions of such Issuer contemplated by this Agreement, except for any consent, approval, authorization or order that has been obtained or that if not obtained would not have a material and adverse effect on the ability of such Issuer to perform its obligations hereunder; and

 

(viii)        To such Issuer’s knowledge, each of the Properties owned by such Issuer is a commercial property.

 

The representations and warranties of each Issuer set forth in this Section 2.02 shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and shall inure to the benefit of the Persons to whom and for whose benefit they were made for so long as such Issuer remains in existence. Upon discovery by any party hereto of any breach of any of the foregoing representations and warranties, the party discovering such breach shall give prompt written notice to the other parties.

 

Section 2.03.      Recordings and Filings; Books and Records.

 

(a)               In connection with the Grant made by each Issuer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the granting clause of the Indenture, each Issuer shall cause the delivery of the applicable Lease Files for the applicable Leases to the Custodian in accordance with the Custody Agreement (which may provide for electronic delivery with respect to certain items specified therein) for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee in furtherance of such Grant and such Issuer shall cause (with respect to the Properties owned by such Issuer): (A) each Mortgage referred to in the definition of “Lease File” herein to be submitted to the appropriate Title Company (as defined below) on or before the applicable Series Closing Date or Transfer Date for recording or filing, as the case may be, in the appropriate public office for real property records, at the expense of such Issuer and (B) each title insurance binder or commitment referred to in the definition of “Lease File” herein to be issued as a Title Insurance Policy by the title companies (the “Title Companies”) issuing the same. Each Mortgage shall reflect that, following recording, it should be returned by the public recording office to the Custodian, on behalf of the Indenture Trustee (or to the Property Manager (or its designee), who shall then deliver such recorded document to the Custodian); provided, that delivery of a copy of each such Mortgage with recording information within 30 days of the Property Manager’s receipt of such recorded Mortgage shall satisfy the foregoing. Each of the Title Companies issuing the Title Insurance Policies shall be instructed by the applicable Issuer to deliver such policies to the Custodian (or to the Property Manager (or its designee), who shall then deliver such recorded document to the Custodian), in each case for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee. The Property Manager, on behalf of the Indenture Trustee, shall use reasonable efforts to diligently pursue with the Title Companies the return of each of the Mortgages from the

 

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appropriate recording or filing offices and the delivery of the Title Insurance Policies by the related Title Company. If any such document or instrument is lost or returned unrecorded or unfiled, as the case may be, because of a defect therein, the Indenture Trustee or the Custodian shall notify the Property Manager and the Property Manager shall promptly prepare and cause to be executed a substitute therefor or cure such defect, as the case may be, and thereafter, the Property Manager shall cause the same to be duly recorded. The Indenture Trustee and the related Issuer shall cooperate as necessary for the Property Manager to perform such obligations.

 

(b)               Each Issuer shall deliver to and deposit with, or cause to be delivered to and deposited with, the Property Manager all documents and records in the possession of such Issuer or any related Originator that relate to the applicable Properties and Leases and that are not required to be a part of a Lease File in accordance with the definitions thereof, and the Property Manager shall hold all such documents and records in trust on behalf of the Indenture Trustee (in hard copy or electronic format). The Property Manager’s possession of such documents and records shall be at the will of the related Issuer and the Indenture Trustee for the sole purpose of facilitating the servicing of the applicable Leases and Properties pursuant to this Agreement and such possession by the Property Manager shall be in a custodial capacity only on behalf of the Indenture Trustee. The ownership of such documents and records shall be vested in each Issuer, as applicable, subject to the lien of the Indenture, and the ownership of all documents and records with respect to the applicable Leases and Properties that are prepared by or which come into possession of the Property Manager or the Special Servicer shall immediately vest in such Issuer, subject to the lien of the Indenture, and shall be delivered to and deposited with the Property Manager, in the case of documents or records in the hands of the Special Servicer, and retained and maintained in trust by the Property Manager in such custodial capacity only on behalf of the Indenture Trustee, except as otherwise provided herein. All such documents and records shall be appropriately maintained in a manner to clearly reflect the ownership of such documents and records by the applicable Issuer, subject to the lien of the Indenture, and that such documents and records are being held on behalf of the Indenture Trustee, and the Property Manager shall release such documents and records from its custody only in accordance with this Agreement.

 

(c)               If any party hereto discovers that any document constituting a part of a Lease File has not been properly executed, is missing, contains information that does not conform in any respect with the corresponding information set forth in the Property Schedule (and the terms of such document have not been modified by written instrument contained in the Lease File) or does not appear to be regular on its face (each, a “Document Defect”), such party shall give prompt written notice thereof to the other parties thereto. Upon its discovery or receipt of notice of any such Document Defect, the Property Manager shall notify the Issuers. If the applicable Issuer does not correct any Document Defect within 60 days of its receipt of such notice and such Document Defect materially and adversely affects the value of, or the interests of such Issuer or any Noteholder in, the related Lease or Property, the Property Manager shall, on behalf of such Issuer, (i) notify the Rating Agency and (ii) subject to the provisions of Section 2.04, exercise such rights and remedies as such Issuer may have under Section 2.04 with respect to such Document Defect in such manner as it determines, in its good faith and reasonable judgment, is in the best interests of such Issuer.

 

(d)               The Property Manager shall monitor the delivery of the Lease Files to the Custodian, for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee.

 

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Section 2.04.      Repurchase or Transfer and Exchange for Collateral Defects and Breaches of Representations and Warranties.

 

(a)               If any party hereto discovers or receives notice of any Document Defect (after the date the related document is required to be delivered) or that there exists a breach of any representation or warranty relating to any Property or Lease set forth in Section 2.20 of the Indenture and if such absence, deficiency or breach materially and adversely affects (a) the value of the related Property or Lease or (b) the interests of the Issuers or any Noteholders in the related Property or Lease (any such document defect or breach, a “Collateral Defect”), the party discovering such Collateral Defect shall give prompt written notice thereof to the other parties hereto. Promptly upon becoming aware of any such Collateral Defect, the Property Manager shall request that such Issuer shall, not later than 60 days from the receipt by such Issuer of such request, (i) cure such Collateral Defect in all material respects, (ii) the Support Provider shall, pursuant to the Guaranty, purchase such Property and the related Lease from the applicable Issuer in accordance with Section 7.04 of this Agreement, or (iii) the Issuers (or the Support Provider pursuant to the Guaranty) shall substitute one or more Qualified Substitute Properties for the subject Property in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 7.01 of this Agreement; provided that if (i) such Collateral Defect is capable of being cured (including by delivery of a missing document) but not within such 60-day period, (ii) such Issuer has commenced and is diligently proceeding with the cure of such Collateral Defect (which may including the delivery of a missing document) within such 60-day period, and (iii) such Issuer shall have delivered to the Property Manager and the Indenture Trustee a certification executed on behalf of such Issuer by an officer thereof setting forth the reason such Collateral Defect is not reasonably capable of being cured within an initial 60-day period and what actions such Issuer is pursuing in connection with the cure thereof and stating that such Issuer anticipates that such Collateral Defect will be cured within an additional 60-day period, then such Issuer shall have an additional 60 days commencing on the 61st day from receipt by such Issuer of such request to complete such cure.

 

(b)               If the Issuers have elected to substitute one or more of the Properties and the Property Manager and/or such Issuer has complied with the applicable provisions of Section 7.01, the Property Manager shall, and is hereby authorized and empowered by such Issuer and the Indenture Trustee to, prepare, execute and deliver in its own name, on behalf of such Issuer, the Indenture Trustee or any of them, the endorsements, assignments and other documents contemplated by Section 7.01 necessary to effectuate an exchange or release pursuant to Section 2.04(a) and such Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall execute and deliver any limited powers of attorney substantially in the form of Exhibit A prepared by the Property Manager and necessary to permit the Property Manager to do so; provided, however, that none of the applicable Issuer, the applicable Issuer Member, the applicable Issuer board of managers and the Indenture Trustee shall be held liable for any misuse of any such power of attorney by the Property Manager and the Property Manager hereby agrees to indemnify such Issuer, such Issuer Member, such Issuer board of managers and the Indenture Trustee against, and hold such Issuer, such Issuer Member, such Issuer board of managers and the Indenture Trustee harmless from, any loss or liability arising from any misuse of such power of attorney. In connection with any such release or substitution by an Issuer, the Property Manager or the Special Servicer, as appropriate, shall concurrently deliver the related Lease File to or at the direction of such Issuer. For the avoidance of doubt, the Indenture Trustee shall execute and deliver a limited power of attorney on or before June 30th of each year.

 

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(c)               Subject to the terms of the Guaranty, this Section 2.04 provides the sole remedies available to the Indenture Trustee and the Noteholders with respect to any Collateral Defect. If both the applicable Issuer and the Support Provider default on their obligations to cure, substitute or purchase as contemplated by Section 2.04(a) or the Guaranty, as the case may be, such default shall be deemed an Event of Default under the Indenture and the Property Manager shall promptly notify the Issuers, the Back-Up Manager, the Indenture Trustee and any applicable Rating Agency and shall take such actions with respect to the enforcement of such obligations, including the institution and prosecution of appropriate proceedings, as the Property Manager shall determine, in its good faith and reasonable judgment, are in the best interests of the applicable Issuer and the Noteholders, and the Property Manager shall notify the Noteholders of each Series of any proposed action and, prior to the Property Manager taking such action, the Requisite Global Majority shall consent to such action. Any and all expenses incurred by the Property Manager or the Indenture Trustee with respect to the foregoing shall constitute Property Protection Advances in respect of the affected Property and neither the Property Manager nor the Back-Up Manager shall have any obligation to advance any such expenses if it determines that such amounts would constitute Nonrecoverable Advances.

 

Section 2.05.      Non Petition Agreement.

 

Each Issuer will cause each party to any Property Transfer Agreement to covenant and agree that such party shall not institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against, any Issuer, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding, or any other proceeding under any federal or state bankruptcy or similar law.

 

ARTICLE III

ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICING OF PROPERTIES AND LEASES

 

Section 3.01.      Administration of the Properties and Leases.

 

(a)               Each of the Property Manager and the Special Servicer shall manage, service and administer the Properties and Leases that it is obligated to manage, service and administer pursuant to this Agreement on behalf of the Issuers and in the best interests and for the benefit of the Noteholders and the holders of the Issuer Interests (as a collective whole), in accordance with any and all applicable laws and the terms of this Agreement, the Property Insurance Policies and the respective Leases and, to the extent consistent with the foregoing, in accordance with the Servicing Standard. Without limiting the foregoing, and subject to Section 3.18, (i) the Property Manager shall service and administer each Lease (and each related Property) as to which no Servicing Transfer Event has occurred and each Corrected Unit and (ii) the Special Servicer shall service and administer each Lease (and each related Property) as to which a Servicing Transfer Event has occurred and that is not a Corrected Unit or has not been released from the Lien of the related Mortgage in accordance with this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents; provided, however, that the Property Manager shall continue to collect information and prepare and deliver all reports to the Indenture Trustee and each Issuer required hereunder with respect to any Specially Managed Unit (and the related Leases), and further to render such incidental services with respect to any Specially Managed Unit as are specifically provided for herein. No direction, consent or approval or lack of direction, consent or approval of any

 

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Controlling Party or the Requisite Global Majority may (and the Special Servicer or the Property Manager will ignore and act without regard to any such advice or approval or lack of approval that the Special Servicer or the Property Manager has determined, in its reasonable, good faith judgment, would) (A) require or cause the Special Servicer or the Property Manager to violate applicable law, the Servicing Standard or the terms of any Lease or (B) expand the scope of the Property Manager’s or Special Servicer’s responsibilities under this Agreement. In addition, neither the Property Manager nor the Special Servicer, acting in its individual capacity, shall take any action or omit to take any action as lessor of any Property if such action or omission would materially and adversely affect the interests of the Noteholders or the Issuer Interests, or any Issuer. None of the Property Manager, the Special Servicer or the Back-Up Manager shall be liable to the Indenture Trustee, any Noteholder or any other Person for following any direction of a Controlling Party hereunder, and any action taken in accordance with such direction shall be deemed to be in accordance with the Servicing Standard and deemed not to breach such party’s obligations hereunder.

 

(b)               Subject to Section 3.01(a), the Property Manager and the Special Servicer each shall have full power and authority, acting alone, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration in accordance with the Servicing Standard. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of the Property Manager and the Special Servicer, in its own name, with respect to each of the Properties and Leases it is obligated to service or administer hereunder, is hereby authorized and empowered by the applicable Issuer and the Indenture Trustee to execute and deliver, on behalf of each such Issuer and the Indenture Trustee: (i) any and all Financing Statements, continuation statements and other documents or instruments necessary to maintain the lien created by any Mortgage or other security document in the related Lease File on the related Collateral; (ii) in accordance with the Servicing Standard and subject to Section 3.16, any and all modifications, waivers, amendments or consents to or with respect to any documents contained in the related Lease File, other than the Transaction Documents; (iii) subject to the Servicing Standard, all documents to be executed by the Indenture Trustee pursuant to the last sentence of the definition of Permitted Encumbrances; and (iv) any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments. Subject to Section 3.08, each applicable Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall, at the written request of a Servicing Officer of the Property Manager or the Special Servicer, execute and deliver to the Property Manager or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, any limited powers of attorney (substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto) and other documents furnished by the Property Manager or the Special Servicer, as applicable, and necessary or appropriate to enable it to carry out its servicing and administrative duties hereunder; provided, however, that none of the Issuers, the Issuer Members or the Indenture Trustee shall be held liable for any misuse of any such power of attorney by the Property Manager or the Special Servicer and each of the Property Manager and the Special Servicer hereby agree to indemnify each Issuer, the Issuer Members and the Indenture Trustee against, and hold each Issuer, the Issuer Members and the Indenture Trustee harmless from, any cost, loss or liability arising from any misuse of such power of attorney. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Property Manager shall not, without the Indenture Trustee’s written consent: (i) initiate any action, suit or proceeding solely under the Indenture Trustee’s name without indicating the Indenture Trustee’s representative capacity or (ii) take any action with the intent to cause, and which actually does cause, the Indenture Trustee to be registered to do business in any state.

 

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(c)               Promptly after any request therefor, the Property Manager shall provide to the Indenture Trustee: (i) the most recent inspection report prepared or obtained by the Property Manager or the Special Servicer in respect of each Property pursuant to Section 3.10(a); (ii) the most recent available operating statement and financial statements of the related Tenant collected by the Property Manager or the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.10(d), together with the accompanying written reports to be prepared by the Property Manager or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, pursuant to Section 3.10(b); and (iii) any and all notices and reports with respect to any Property as to which environmental testing is contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.

 

(d)               The relationship of each of the Property Manager and the Special Servicer to each Issuer and the Indenture Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be and shall be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

 

Section 3.02.      Collection of Monthly Lease Payments; General Receipts Accounts; Collection Account; Release Account; Servicing Account.

 

(a)               Each of the Property Manager and the Special Servicer shall undertake reasonable efforts to collect all payments called for under the terms and provisions of the Leases it is obligated to service hereunder and shall, to the extent such procedures shall be consistent with this Agreement, follow such collection procedures as it would follow were it the owner of such Leases. Consistent with the foregoing and the Servicing Standard (and without regard to Section 3.16), the Special Servicer or the Property Manager, as the case may be, may waive any Net Default Interest or late payment charge it is entitled to in connection with any delinquent payment on a Lease it is obligated to service hereunder.

 

(b)               The Property Manager shall establish and maintain, or cause to be established and maintained, one or more accounts (each, a “General Receipts Account”) with one or more banks (each, a “General Receipts Account Bank”). Each General Receipts Account shall (i) be maintained at an institution that satisfies the institutional requirements of clauses (i) or (ii) of the definition of Eligible Account or (ii) is otherwise acceptable to the Rating Agencies (as evidenced by written confirmation from such Rating Agencies) and may be an account to which payments relating to other assets are paid; provided, that such account shall be in the nature of a clearing account. Each of the Property Manager and the Special Servicer shall, on or prior to each Series Closing Date (or, if applicable, such other date of acquisition), as to those Leases it is obligated to service hereunder, instruct the related Tenant to make all Monthly Lease Payments to a General Receipts Account. With respect to amounts contained in the General Receipts Account, the Property Manager or the Back-Up Manager shall at all times be able to readily identify any amounts that constitute Collateral.

 

(c)               [Reserved].

 

(d)               The Property Manager has established and is required to maintain a segregated account in the name of the Issuers for the benefit Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders for the collection of payments on and other amounts received in respect of the Leases and the Properties (collectively, the “Collection Account”), which shall be established in such manner and with the type of depository institution (the “Collection Account Bank”) specified in

 

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this Agreement that permits the Collection Account to be an Eligible Account. Initially, the Collection Account Bank shall be KeyBank. If the Collection Account Bank is not the same depository institution as the Indenture Trustee, then the Collection Account will be subject to an Account Control Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to which the Collection Account Bank agrees to follow the instructions of the Indenture Trustee with respect to the Collection Account and the amounts on deposit therein. Prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Property Manager shall have the right to withdraw from the Collection Account solely in accordance with Sections 3.03 and 3.04. Following an Event of Default, neither the Property Manager nor any Issuer will have any right of withdrawal from the Collection Account, and the Property Manager hereby covenants and agrees that it shall not withdraw, or direct any Person to withdraw, any funds from the Collection Account. The Collection Account shall be maintained as a segregated account, separate and apart from trust funds created for trust certificates or bonds of other series serviced and the other accounts of the Property Manager.

 

(e)               The Property Manager and the Special Servicer shall deposit or cause to be deposited into the Collection Account, within two (2) Business Days after receipt, the following payments and collections received by or on behalf of the Property Manager or Special Servicer on or after the later of the related Series Closing Date and the applicable Transfer Date (other than payments due before the applicable Series Closing Date or Transfer Date) or, in the case of collections and payments to the General Receipts Account, on each Business Day, the Property Manager shall instruct the General Receipts Account Bank to transfer the following amounts deposited in the General Receipts Account prior to the end of such Business Day directly into the Collection Account, immediately after funds have been identified, cleared and become available in accordance with the policies of the General Receipts Account Bank:

 

(i)                 all payments on account of Monthly Lease Payments;

 

(ii)              all payments of other amounts payable by the Tenants on the Leases, except with respect to Escrow Payments, Lease Security Deposits, Sales Tax Deposits and amounts in respect of Additional Servicing Compensation pursuant to Section 3.09;

 

(iii)            all Insurance Proceeds up to the Collateral Value of such Property which shall not include (A) Insurance Proceeds applied to the restoration of property or released to the related Tenant or related Issuer in accordance with this Agreement, or (B) Excess Proceeds;

 

(iv)             all Condemnation Proceeds up to the Collateral Value of such Property, which shall not include (A) Condemnation Proceeds applied to the restoration of property or released to the related Tenant or the related Issuer in accordance with this Agreement or (B) Excess Proceeds;

 

(v)               except as otherwise deposited into the Release Account as set forth herein, (A) all proceeds from the purchase or substitution of any Released Property or Exchanged Property, (B) all proceeds from the purchase of a Property in connection with a Third Party Purchase Option, (C) all proceeds from the purchase of Property related to a Defaulted Asset and (D) all proceeds received in connection with a Voluntary Prepayment, Early

 

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Refinancing Prepayment or the release of the Properties following the termination of the Indenture and the redemption of the Notes;

 

(vi)              any amounts paid by any party to indemnify the Issuers pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, the Indenture or the Guaranty;

 

(vii)            any Series Collateral Release Price received in connection with a Series Collateral Release; provided, that any amounts in excess of the amount to be paid to Noteholders in connection with a Series Collateral Release will be deposited into the Release Account;

 

(viii)            any amounts received by the Issuers on account of payments under the Guaranty or the Lease Guaranties; and

 

(ix)               any other amounts required to be so deposited under this Agreement.

 

Upon direct receipt by the Special Servicer of any of the amounts described in clauses (i) through (iii) above with respect to any Specially Managed Unit, the Special Servicer shall promptly but in no event later than the second Business Day after receipt remit such amounts to the Property Manager for deposit into the Collection Account in accordance with this Section 3.02(e), unless the Special Servicer determines, consistent with the Servicing Standard, that a particular item should not be deposited because of a restrictive endorsement or other reasonably appropriate reason. With respect to any such amounts paid by check to the order of the Special Servicer, the Special Servicer shall endorse such check to the order of the Property Manager and shall deliver promptly, but in no event later than one (1) Business Day after receipt, any such check to the Property Manager by overnight courier, unless the Special Servicer determines, consistent with the Servicing Standard, that a particular item cannot be so endorsed and delivered because of a restrictive endorsement or other reasonably appropriate reason.

 

(f)                The Indenture Trustee has established and will maintain, or has caused to be established and will cause to be maintained, a segregated account (the “Release Account”) in the name of the Indenture Trustee, held for the benefit of the Noteholders. The Release Account shall be an Eligible Account. Initially, the Release Account bank shall be Citibank, N.A. The funds held in the Release Account may be held as cash or invested in Permitted Investments in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.05(a). All right, title and interest of each Issuer in the Release Account and the amounts on deposit therein will be pledged to the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture. The Property Manager will deposit or cause to be deposited in the Release Account, on the date of receipt, (i) the cash proceeds from the sale or release of any Released Property (other than any Release Prices obtained in connection with a Triple A Release Event, Liquidation Proceeds received with respect to Defaulted Assets, or any Series Collateral Release Prices) and (ii) to the extent that proceeds in connection with an Insured Casualty or Condemnation exceeds the Collateral Value of the related Property, such excess amounts (the “Excess Proceeds”). Pursuant to the Indenture, any excess proceeds remaining after prepaying the applicable Series of Notes in connection with a Series Collateral Release will be remitted to the Release Account as a Release Price.

 

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(g)               Each of the Property Manager and the Special Servicer shall, as to those Leases it is obligated to service hereunder, establish and maintain, or cause to be established and maintained, one or more accounts (the “Servicing Accounts”), and shall cause to be deposited from the General Receipts Account or otherwise into such Servicing Accounts all Escrow Payments, security deposits received from Tenants pursuant to the Leases, subject to the Tenants’ rights to such amounts (“Lease Security Deposits”), and amounts required to be paid by the applicable Issuers as lessors under the Leases in respect of sales taxes (“Sales Tax Deposits”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Servicing Accounts shall be established and maintained with respect to those Properties or Leases pursuant to which the Tenant is not required to make Escrow Payments, Lease Security Deposit or Sales Tax Deposits. Each Servicing Account shall be an Eligible Account. Withdrawals of amounts so collected from a Servicing Account (other than Lease Security Deposits) may be made only to: (i) effect payment of real estate or personal property taxes, sales taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, ground rents (if applicable) and comparable items (including taxes or other amounts that could constitute liens prior to or on parity with the lien of the related Mortgage); (ii) refund to the related Tenant any sums as may be determined to be overages; (iii) pay interest, if required and as described below in clause (h), to Tenants on balances in the Servicing Account; (iv) clear and terminate the Servicing Account at the termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 8.01; (v) withdraw any amounts deposited in error or (vi) for any other purpose required by the applicable Lease; provided, however, that Lease Security Deposits may not be withdrawn for such purposes and shall be withdrawn only in accordance with the terms of the related Lease, to be repaid to the related Tenant or applied in full or partial satisfaction of the obligations of the related Tenant in accordance with the Servicing Standard (for application in the same manner as payments in respect of such obligations). Any remaining portion of such Lease Security Deposit (after no further allocations could be required pursuant to clauses (i) through (vi) above) shall be withdrawn by the Property Manager from the Servicing Account and deposited into the Collection Account and shall constitute part of the Available Amount on the next Payment Date.

 

(h)               The Property Manager and the Special Servicer shall each pay or cause to be paid to the applicable Tenant interest, if any, earned on the investment of funds in Servicing Accounts maintained thereby, if required by law or the terms of the related Lease. If the Property Manager or the Special Servicer shall deposit in a Servicing Account any amount not required to be deposited therein, it may at any time withdraw such amount from such Servicing Account, any provision herein to the contrary notwithstanding.

 

Section 3.03.      Advances.

 

(a)               Each of the Property Manager and the Special Servicer shall, as to those Properties it is obligated to service hereunder, maintain accurate records with respect to each Property reflecting the status of real estate taxes, ground rents, assessments and other similar items that are or may become a lien thereon, and the status of insurance premiums payable in respect thereof that, in each case, the related Tenant is contractually or legally obligated to pay under the terms of the applicable Lease, and, subject to Section 3.03(c) below, if any such amounts are not paid by the related Tenant, the Property Manager shall effect payment thereof, as a Property Protection Advance or otherwise as payment of an Emergency Property Expense from funds on deposit in the Collection Account, as described below, to the extent that the Property Manager or Special Servicer, as applicable, has received notice from any source of such non-payment by such

 

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Tenant. For purposes of effecting any such payment, the Property Manager or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall apply Escrow Payments as allowed under the terms of the related Lease or, if such Lease does not require the related Tenant to escrow for the payment of real estate taxes, assessments and insurance premiums (or the amounts escrowed are insufficient), each of the Property Manager and the Special Servicer shall, as to those Leases it is obligated to service hereunder, enforce the requirement of the related Lease that such Tenant make payments in respect of such items at the time they first become due.

 

(b)               In the event (i) a Monthly Lease Payment, or any portion thereof, on any Lease, has not been made on the related Due Date, (ii) the Notes of any Series are not paid in full on the related Rated Final Payment Date or (iii) any Property has become untenanted, then the Property Manager, subject to its determination that such amounts are not Nonrecoverable Advances, shall be required to make a P&I Advance; provided, that the Property Manager will not be required to make any advance to cover (A) any resulting shortfall in the scheduled payment of principal on any Class of Notes on or after the related Anticipated Repayment Date, (B) the Make Whole Amount, (C) Interest Carry-Forward Amount, (D) Post-ARD Additional Interest or (E) Deferred Post-ARD Additional Interest. The Property Manager will be required to deposit such P&I Advance into the Payment Account not later than 11:00 a.m. New York time on the Remittance Date, in an amount equal to the excess of (x) the scheduled monthly amount required to be paid with respect to principal and interest on the Notes on the related Payment Date, over (y) the amount on deposit in the Payment Account prior to such deposit by the Property Manager, taking into account all amounts on deposit in the Collection Account that are required to be transferred to the Payment Account for such Payment Date. If a late payment of a Monthly Lease Payment is received on or prior to the Remittance Date, the Property Manager shall immediately set-off such late payment against such P&I Advance, and no interest shall be payable on such P&I Advance unless such late payment shall have been received too late on the date of its receipt for the Property Manager to invest such funds. On or before 5:00 p.m. New York time on the Remittance Date in the event that that the full amount of any P&I Advance required to be made by the Property Manager has not been so made, the Indenture Trustee shall provide notice of such failure to a Servicing Officer of the Property Manager and the Back-Up Manager. The Back-Up Manager will be required to make any required P&I Advance by 11:00 a.m. New York City time on the related Payment Date to the extent that any P&I Advance required to be made by the Property Manager pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence is not made and the Back-Up Manager receives notice thereof, subject to the Back-Up Manager’s sole discretion exercised in good faith and in accordance with Section 3.03(g) below, that the P&I Advance will not be a Nonrecoverable Advance. If the Property Manager and the Back-Up Manager fail to make such Advance and the Indenture Trustee receives notice thereof, the Indenture Trustee will be required to make any required P&I Advance by 3:00 p.m. New York City time on the related Payment Date, subject to the Indenture Trustee’s sole discretion exercised in good faith, that such P&I Advance will not be a Nonrecoverable Advance.

 

(c)               In accordance with the Servicing Standard, the Property Manager shall advance with respect to each Property any and all Property Protection Advances; provided, that in no event shall the Property Manager be required to make any Property Protection Advance that it determines would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance in accordance with Section 3.03(f). The Property Manager shall not have any obligation under this Section 3.03(c) to advance any funds in respect of real estate taxes or premiums on Insurance Policies that the related Tenant or the

 

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applicable Issuer is not contractually or legally obligated to pay, nor shall it have any obligation to monitor the timely payment of real estate taxes and insurance premiums the payment of which is the responsibility of a person other than such Tenant or Issuer, unless it has actual knowledge of the non-payment of such items and would otherwise make such advance in accordance with the Servicing Standard. The Back-Up Manager will be required to make any required Property Protection Advance, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, to the extent that any Property Protection Advance required to be made by the Property Manager pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence is not made and the Back-Up Manager receives notice thereof, subject to the Back-Up Manager’s determination (in accordance with the Servicing Standard) that the Property Protection Advance will not be a Nonrecoverable Advance. The Indenture Trustee will be required to make any required Property Protection Advance to the extent that any Property Protection Advance required to be made by the Property Manager or the Back-Up Manager pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence is not made and the Indenture Trustee receives notice thereof, subject to the Indenture Trustee’s determination (in its sole discretion exercised in good faith) that the Property Protection Advance will not be a Nonrecoverable Advance.

 

(d)               All Advances, together with Advance Interest thereon, shall be reimbursable from collections from the Leases and Properties as provided in Section 2.11(b) of the Indenture.

 

(e)               If, prior to making any Property Protection Advance, the Property Manager shall have determined, in its commercially reasonable, good faith business judgment and in accordance with the Servicing Standard, (i) that such Property Protection Advance, if made, would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance and (ii) that the payment of such cost, expense or other amount for which a Property Protection Advance might be made is nonetheless in the best interest of the Noteholders, the Property Manager shall, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, instruct the Indenture Trustee to withdraw funds from the Collection Account and use such funds in order to pay such costs, expenses and other amounts (collectively, “Emergency Property Expenses”) to the extent necessary to preserve the security interest in, and value of, any Property. Any such funds withdrawn from the Collection Account to pay Emergency Property Expenses shall not constitute part of the Available Amount on any Payment Date and shall not be available to make payments to the Noteholders or to pay any other expenses or obligations of the Issuers.

 

(f)                The determination by the Property Manager or the Back-Up Manager that it has made a Nonrecoverable Advance or that any proposed Advance, if made, would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance, shall be made in good faith and in accordance with (i) with respect to Property Protection Advances, Section 3.03(g) below and the Servicing Standard and (ii) with respect to P&I Advances, Section 3.03(h) below and the Servicing Standard, and, in each case, shall be evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate delivered promptly to each Issuer and to the Indenture Trustee setting forth the basis for such determination. The determination by the Indenture Trustee that it has made a Nonrecoverable Advance or that any proposed Advance, if made, would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance, shall be made in good faith. The Indenture Trustee may conclusively rely on any determination by the Property Manager that an Advance, if made, would be a Nonrecoverable Advance.

 

(g)               In making a nonrecoverability determination with respect to any Property Protection Advance, the Property Manager (or, if applicable, the Back-Up Manager or Indenture

 

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Trustee) shall be entitled to (a) consider (among other things) the obligations of the Obligor under the terms of the related Lease Documents as they may have been modified, (b) consider the related Properties in their “as is” or then current conditions and occupancies, as modified by such party’s assumptions (consistent with the Servicing Standard in the case of the Property Manager or the Back-Up Manager) regarding the possibility and effects of future adverse changes with respect to such Properties, (c) estimate and consider (consistent with the Servicing Standard in the case of the Property Manager or the Back-Up Manager) (among other things) future expenses, and (d) estimate and consider (consistent with the Servicing Standard in the case of the Property Manager or the Back-Up Manager) (among other things) the timing of recoveries. In addition, any such Person may update or change its recoverability determinations at any time (but not reverse any other Person’s determination that a Property Protection Advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance). The determination by the Property Manager, the Back-Up Manager or the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be, that it has made a Property Protection Advance that is a Nonrecoverable Advance or that any proposed Property Protection Advance, if made, would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance, or any updated or changed recoverability determination, shall be conclusive and binding on the applicable Issuer, the Property Manager, the Noteholders the Back-Up Manager and the Indenture Trustee. The Special Servicer shall promptly furnish any party required to make Property Protection Advances hereunder with any information in its possession regarding the Specially Serviced Assets, as such party required to make Property Protection Advances may reasonably request for purposes of making recoverability determinations.

 

(h)               In making a nonrecoverability determination with respect to any P&I Advance, the Property Manager (or, if applicable, the Indenture Trustee or the Back-Up Manager) may only consider the obligations of the Issuers under the terms of the Transaction Documents as they may have been modified, the related Collateral in its “as is” or then current conditions and the timing and availability of anticipated cash flows as modified by such party’s assumptions regarding the possibility and effect of future adverse changes, together with such other factors, including but not limited to an estimate of future expenses, timing of recovery, the inherent risk of a protracted period to complete liquidation or the potential inability to liquidate Collateral as a result of intervening creditor claims or of a bankruptcy proceeding affecting any Issuer and the effect thereof on the existence, validity and priority of any security interest encumbering the Collateral, the direct and indirect equity interests in the Issuers, available cash on deposit in the Collection Account, the future allocations and disbursements of cash on deposit in the Collection Account, and the net proceeds derived from any of the foregoing. Any such determination shall be conclusive and binding on the applicable Issuer, the Property Manager, the Noteholders, the Back-Up Manager and the Indenture Trustee.

 

(i)                 In the event any Advances made by the Property Manager or the Indenture Trustee shall at any time be outstanding, or any amounts of interest thereon shall be accrued and unpaid, all amounts available to repay Advances and interest hereunder shall be applied first entirely to Advances made by the Indenture Trustee (and the accrued and unpaid interest thereon) until such Advances made by the Indenture Trustee (and the accrued and unpaid interest thereon) shall have been repaid in full and then to Advances made by the Property Manager (and the accrued and unpaid interest thereon). Any costs or expenses in connection with any actions to be taken by the Property Manager or Special Servicer pursuant to this paragraph shall be borne by the Property Manager or Special Servicer, as applicable.

 

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Section 3.04.      Withdrawals from the Collection Account.

 

On each Remittance Date, the Collection Account Bank shall deliver the Available Amount by wire transfer of immediately available funds for deposit into the Payment Account for application by the Indenture Trustee to make payments in accordance with the priorities set forth pursuant to Section 2.11(b) of the Indenture. The Property Manager may, or may instruct the Indenture Trustee to, withdraw funds from the Collection Account to (i) on each Remittance Date, pay the Property Management Fee, Back-Up Fee, Workout Fees, Liquidation Fees, Additional Servicing Compensation, any applicable Special Servicing Fee due and payable to the Property Manager, Back-Up Manager and Special Servicer, and to reimburse any Advances (including Nonrecoverable Advances) plus interest thereon (including to reimburse the Indenture Trustee therefor); (ii) on any date, pay any Emergency Property Expenses (pursuant to Section 3.03(e)) and (iii) on any date, to remove amounts deposited in the Collection Account in error; provided, however, that no other amounts may be withdrawn from the Collection Account by (or at the direction of) the Property Manager, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement. Funds withdrawn by the Property Manager for any of the purposes set forth in clauses (i) through (iii) above shall not constitute part of the Available Amount on any Payment Date.

 

Section 3.05.      Investment of Funds in the Collection Account, the Servicing Accounts and the Release Account.

 

(a)               The Property Manager shall direct the Collection Account Bank to invest the funds held in the Collection Account in one or more Permitted Investments bearing interest or sold at a discount, and maturing, unless payable on demand, not later than the Business Day immediately preceding the next succeeding Remittance Date, which may be in the form of a standing direction. The Property Manager may direct any institution maintaining the Release Account to invest the funds held therein in one or more specific Permitted Investments bearing interest or sold at a discount, and maturing, unless payable on demand, not later than the Business Day immediately preceding the day such amounts are required to be distributed pursuant to this Agreement, which may be in the form of a standing direction. The Property Manager may direct any institution maintaining the Servicing Accounts with respect to Lease Security Deposits to invest the funds held therein in one or more specific Permitted Investments bearing interest or sold at a discount, and maturing, unless payable on demand, not later than the Business Day immediately preceding the day such amounts are required to be distributed pursuant to this Agreement, which may be in the form of a standing direction. The Property Manager shall promptly deliver to the Indenture Trustee, and the Indenture Trustee shall maintain continuous possession of, any Permitted Investment that is either (i) a “certificated security,” as such term is defined in the Uniform Commercial Code, or (ii) other property in which a secured party may perfect its security interest by possession under the Uniform Commercial Code or any other applicable law. If amounts on deposit in the Collection Account, the Servicing Accounts or the Release Account are at any time invested in a Permitted Investment payable on demand, the Property Manager shall:

 

(i)                 consistent with any notice required to be given thereunder, demand that payment thereon be made on the last day such Permitted Investment may otherwise mature hereunder in an amount equal to the lesser of (x) all amounts then payable thereunder and (y) the amount required to be withdrawn on such date; and

 

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(ii)              demand payment of all amounts due thereunder promptly upon determination by the Property Manager that such Permitted Investment would not constitute a Permitted Investment in respect of funds thereafter on deposit in the Collection Account, the Servicing Accounts or the Release Account, as applicable.

 

(b)               In the event that (i) any Issuer elects to remove a Property from the Collateral Pool under Section 2.04, 7.01 or 7.04, or (ii) amounts in connection with a Series Collateral Release are deposited into the Release Account pursuant to Section 7.10(c) and the Indenture, in each case, amounts deposited in the Release Account shall be applied by the Property Manager (or the Indenture Trustee based solely on the instructions of the Property Manager if the Property Manager is AF Properties), first, to reimburse the Property Manager, the Special Servicer and the Indenture Trustee any amounts owed with respect to unreimbursed Extraordinary Expenses, Advances (plus Advance Interest thereon) and Emergency Property Expenses related to such Lease or Property and to pay the expenses related to such release and, second, either to (i) allow any Issuer to acquire a Qualified Substitute Property within twelve (12) months following the removal of the related Released Property, or (ii) at the option of the Property Manager, be deposited as Unscheduled Proceeds into the Collection Account. Any amounts remaining in the Release Account following the twelve (12) month period described in clause (i) above shall be transferred as Unscheduled Proceeds into the Collection Account; provided, that only the related Allocated Release Amount will be applied as Unscheduled Principal Payments. During an Early Amortization Period, all amounts in the Release Account shall be deposited as Unscheduled Proceeds into the Collection Account and will be applied on the Payment Date following the commencement of such Early Amortization Period.

 

(c)               Whether or not the Property Manager directs the investment of funds in the Collection Account, the Release Account or the Servicing Accounts, interest and investment income realized on funds deposited therein, to the extent of the Net Investment Earnings, if any, for the Collection Account, the Servicing Accounts or the Release Account for each Collection Period, shall be added to the Available Amount for such Collection Period. Except as provided in Section 5.03(a), the Property Manager shall have no liability for any investment of funds in the Collection Account, the Release Account or Servicing Accounts.

 

(d)               Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, if any default occurs in the making of a payment due under any Permitted Investment, or if a default occurs in any other performance required under any Permitted Investment, the Indenture Trustee may take such action as may be appropriate to enforce such payment or performance, including the institution and prosecution of appropriate proceedings.

 

(e)               Notwithstanding the investment of funds held in the Collection Account or the Release Account, for purposes of the calculations hereunder, including the calculation of the Available Amount, the amounts so invested shall be deemed to remain on deposit in the Collection Account or the Release Account, as applicable.

 

(f)                Any actual losses sustained on the liquidation of a Permitted Investment in the Collection Account or the Release Account shall be deposited by the applicable Issuer (out of funds not otherwise subject to the lien of the indenture) immediately, but in no event later than one

 

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(1) Business Day following such liquidation, into the Collection Account or the Release Account, as applicable.

 

Section 3.06.      Maintenance of Insurance Policies: Errors and Omissions and Fidelity Coverage.

 

(a)               The Property Manager (other than with respect to Specially Managed Units) and the Special Servicer (with respect to Specially Managed Units) shall use reasonable efforts in accordance with the Servicing Standard to cause the related Tenant to maintain for each Property all insurance coverage as is required under the terms of the related Lease (including for the avoidance of doubt, any Environmental Policy or compliance with state insurance fund requirements); provided, that if and to the extent that any such Lease permits the lessor thereunder any discretion (by way of consent, approval or otherwise) as to the insurance coverage that the related Tenant is required to maintain, the Property Manager or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall exercise such discretion in a manner consistent with the Servicing Standard. If such Tenant does not maintain the required insurance or, with respect to any Environmental Policy in place as of the related Series Closing Date or Transfer Date, the Property Manager will itself cause such insurance to be maintained with Qualified Insurers; provided, that the Property Manager shall not be required to maintain such insurance if the Indenture Trustee (as mortgagee of record on behalf of the Noteholders) does not have an insurable interest or the Property Manager has determined, in its reasonable judgment in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that either (i) such insurance is not available at a commercially reasonable rate and the subject hazards are at the time not commonly insured against by prudent owners of properties similar to the Property located in or around the region in which such Property is located or (ii) such insurance is not available at any rate. The cost of any such insurance coverage shall be a Property Protection Advance to be paid by the Property Manager, and such insurance coverage need not be obtained if it would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. All such insurance policies shall contain (if they insure against loss to property) a “standard” mortgagee clause, with loss payable to the Property Manager or an Emergency Protection Expense (subject to the limitations in Section 3.03), as agent of and for the account of the applicable Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, and shall be issued by an insurer authorized under applicable law to issue such insurance. Any amounts collected by the Property Manager or the Special Servicer under any such policies (other than amounts to be applied to the restoration or repair of the related Property or amounts to be released to the related Tenant, in each case in accordance with the Servicing Standard) shall be deposited in the Collection Account, subject to withdrawal pursuant to Section 2.11 of the Indenture.

 

(b)               The Property Manager or Special Servicer may satisfy its obligations under Section 3.06(a) by obtaining, maintaining or causing to be maintained a blanket or forced place insurance policy. If applicable, the Property Manager or the Special Servicer shall obtain and maintain, or cause to be obtained and maintained on behalf of each applicable Issuer, a master forced place insurance policy or a blanket policy (or an endorsement to an existing policy) insuring against hazard losses (not otherwise insured by a Tenant due to a default by such Tenant under the insurance covenants of its Lease or because a Tenant permitted to self-insure fails to pay for casualty losses) on the applicable Properties that it is required to service and administer, which policy shall (i) be obtained from a Qualified Insurer having a claims-paying ability rated at least “A:VIII” by A.M. Best’s Key Rating Guide and at least “A” by S&P and (ii) provide protection equivalent to the individual policies otherwise required under Section 3.06(a). The Property

 

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Manager and the Special Servicer shall bear the cost of any premium payable in respect of any such blanket policy without right of reimbursement; provided, that if the Property Manager or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, causes any Property to be covered by such blanket policy, the incremental costs of such insurance applicable to such Property shall constitute, and be reimbursable as, a Property Protection Advance to the extent that such blanket policy provides insurance that the related Tenant has failed to maintain. Neither the Property Manager nor the Special Servicer shall have any obligation to cause any Property to be covered by any such policy if the Property Manager determines that the related Property Protection Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance. If the Property Manager or Special Servicer, as applicable, causes any Property to be covered by a force-placed insurance policy, the incremental costs of such insurance applicable to such Property (which shall not include any minimum or standby premium payable for such policy whether or not any Property is covered thereby) shall be paid as a Property Protection Advance (and if such costs would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance such insurance shall not be maintained). The Property Manager or the Special Servicer, as appropriate, shall prepare and present, on behalf of itself, the Indenture Trustee and the applicable Issuer, claims under any such force placed or blanket policy in a timely fashion in accordance with the terms of such policy. Any payments on such policy relating to liability of an Issuer with respect to the Properties shall be made to the Property Manager or Special Servicer as agent of and for the account of the applicable Issuer, the Noteholders and the Indenture Trustee.

 

(c)               Each of the Property Manager and the Special Servicer shall at all times during the term of this Agreement (or, in the case of the Special Servicer, at all times during the term of this Agreement in which Specially Managed Units exist as part of the Collateral) keep in force with a Qualified Insurer having a claims paying ability rated at least “A:VIII” by A.M. Best’s Key Rating Guide and at least “A” by S&P, a fidelity bond in such form and amount as would not adversely affect any rating assigned by any Rating Agency to the Notes (as evidenced in writing from each Rating Agency; which, as of the Initial Closing Date, shall be evidenced by the assignment of ratings to the Notes on the Initial Closing Date). Each of the Property Manager and the Special Servicer shall be deemed to have complied with the foregoing provision if an Affiliate thereof has such fidelity bond coverage and, by the terms of such fidelity bond, the coverage afforded thereunder extends to the Property Manager or the Special Servicer, as the case may be. Such fidelity bond shall provide that it may not be canceled without at least 10 days’ prior written notice to the Property Manager or the Special Servicer, as applicable.

 

Each of the Property Manager and the Special Servicer shall at all times during the term of this Agreement (or, in the case of the Special Servicer, at all times during the term of this Agreement in which Specially Managed Units exist as part of the Collateral) also keep in force with a Qualified Insurer having a claims-paying ability rated at least “A:VIII” by A.M. Best’s Key Rating Guide and at least “A” by S&P, a policy or policies of insurance covering loss occasioned by the errors and omissions of its officers, employees and agents in connection with its servicing obligations hereunder, which policy or policies shall be in such form and amount as would not adversely affect any rating assigned by any Rating Agency to the Notes (as evidenced in writing from each Rating Agency; which, as of the Initial Closing Date, shall be evidenced by the assignment of ratings to the Notes on the Initial Closing Date). Each of the Property Manager and the Special Servicer shall be deemed to have complied with the foregoing provisions if an Affiliate thereof has such insurance and, by the terms of such policy or policies, the coverage afforded thereunder extends to the Property Manager or the Special Servicer, as the case may be. Any such

 

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errors and omissions policy shall provide that it may not be canceled without 10 days’ prior written notice to each Issuer.

 

The Back-Up Manager (whether as Back-Up Manager, Property Manager or Special Servicer) shall at all times during the term of this Agreement maintain insurance in conformity with market requirements and shall keep in force with a Qualified Insurer having a claims paying ability rated by at least one of the following Rating Agencies of at least (a) “A3” by Moody’s Investor Services, Inc., (b) “A-” by S&P, (c) “A-” by Fitch Ratings Inc. or (d) “A:X” by A.M. Best Company, Inc., (i) a fidelity bond (employee dishonesty insurance) in such form and amount as is consistent with the Servicing Standard and (ii) a policy or policies of insurance covering loss occasioned by the errors and omissions of its officers and employees in connection with its servicing obligations hereunder, which policy or policies shall be in such form and amount as is consistent with the Servicing Standard. The Back-Up Manager shall cause any awards or other amounts payable under such policy or policies that result from the errors or omissions of its officers and employees in connection with its servicing obligations hereunder to be promptly remitted to the Indenture Trustee for application in accordance with the Indenture. The Back-Up Manager shall be deemed to have complied with the foregoing provision if an Affiliate thereof has such fidelity bond and/or errors and omissions coverage and, by the terms of such fidelity bond and/or errors and omissions policy, the coverage afforded thereunder extends to the Property Manager or the Special Servicer, as the case may be.

 

Each of the Property Manager and the Special Servicer shall at all times during the term of this Agreement (or, in the case of the Special Servicer, at all times during the term of this Agreement in which Specially Managed Units exist as part of the Collateral) also, on behalf of each Issuer, keep in force with a Qualified Insurer having a claims-paying ability rated at least “A:VIII” by A.M. Best’s Key Rating Guide and at least “A” by S&P, a lessor’s general liability insurance policy or policies, which policy or policies shall be in such form and amount as would not adversely affect any rating assigned by any Rating Agency to the Notes without giving effect to any Insurance Policy (as evidenced in writing from each Rating Agency; which, as of the Initial Closing Date, shall be evidenced by the assignment of ratings to the Notes on the Initial Closing Date). Any payments on such policy shall be made to the Property Manager as agent of and for the account of any applicable Issuer and the Indenture Trustee.

 

If the Property Manager (or its corporate parent), the Special Servicer (or its corporate parent) or the Back-Up Manager (or its corporate parent), as applicable, are rated not lower than “A” by S&P, the Property Manager, the Special Servicer or the Back-Up Manager, as applicable, may self-insure with respect to any insurance coverage or fidelity bond coverage required hereunder, in which case it shall not be required to maintain an insurance policy with respect to such coverage; provided, that AF Properties may not self-insure with respect to any such insurance coverage or fidelity bond.

 

Section 3.07.      DSCR Reserve Account.

 

On each Payment Date occurring during any DSCR Sweep Period, the Indenture Trustee shall deposit funds into the DSCR Reserve Account in accordance with Sections 2.11(b) and 2.18 of the Indenture. The DSCR Reserve Account shall be an Eligible Account (or the sub-account of an Eligible Account). The Property Manager shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee a

 

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calculation of the Monthly DSCR on or before each Remittance Date. The Issuers grant to the Indenture Trustee a first-priority perfected security interest in the DSCR Reserve Account and any and all monies now or hereafter deposited in the DSCR Reserve Account as additional security for payment of the Notes. Until disbursed or applied in accordance herewith, the DSCR Reserve Account shall constitute additional security for the Notes. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Indenture Trustee may, in addition to any and all other rights and remedies available to the Indenture Trustee, apply any sums then present in the DSCR Reserve Account to the payment of the Notes in such order and priority as set forth in the Indenture.

 

Section 3.08.      Issuers, Custodian and Indenture Trustee to Cooperate; Release of Lease Files.

 

(a)               If from time to time, and as appropriate for servicing of any Lease, assumption of a Lease, modification of a Lease or the re-lease or sale of any Property, the Property Manager or the Special Servicer shall otherwise require the use of any Lease File (or any portion thereof), the Custodian shall release such Lease File (or portion thereof) in accordance with Section 3.5 of the Custody Agreement.

 

(b)               Within seven (7) Business Days of the Special Servicer’s request therefor (or, if the Special Servicer notifies each Issuer and the Indenture Trustee of an exigency, within such shorter period as is reasonable under the circumstances), each of the applicable Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall execute and deliver to the Special Servicer, in the reasonable form supplied to such Issuer and the Indenture Trustee by the Special Servicer, any court pleadings, leases, sale documents or other documents reasonably necessary to the re-lease, foreclosure or sale in respect of any Property or to any legal action brought to obtain judgment against any Tenant on the related Lease or to obtain a judgment against a Tenant, or to enforce any other remedies or rights provided by the Lease or otherwise available at law or in equity or to defend any legal action or counterclaim filed against such Issuer, the Property Manager or the Special Servicer; provided that each of such Issuer and the Indenture Trustee may alternatively execute and deliver to the Special Servicer, in the form supplied to such Issuer and the Indenture Trustee by the Special Servicer, a limited power of attorney substantially in the form of Exhibit A issued in favor of the Special Servicer and empowering the Special Servicer to execute and deliver any or all of such pleadings or documents on behalf of such Issuer or the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be; provided, however, that neither the applicable Issuer nor the Indenture Trustee shall be held liable for any misuse of such power of attorney by the Special Servicer and the Special Servicer hereby agrees to indemnify such Issuer and the Indenture Trustee against, and hold such Issuer and the Indenture Trustee harmless from, any loss or liability arising from any misuse of such power of attorney. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Special Servicer shall not, without the Indenture Trustee’s written consent (i) initiate any action, suit or proceeding solely under the Indenture Trustee’s name without indicating its representative capacity or (ii) take any action with the primary purpose of causing, and which actually does cause, the Indenture Trustee to be registered to do business in any state. Together with such pleadings or documents (or such power of attorney empowering the Special Servicer to execute the same on behalf of such Issuer and the Indenture Trustee), the Special Servicer shall deliver to each of the applicable Issuer and the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate requesting that such pleadings or documents (or such power of attorney empowering the Special Servicer to execute the same on behalf of such Issuer or the

 

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Indenture Trustee, as the case may be) be executed by such Issuer or the Indenture Trustee and certifying as to the reason such pleadings or documents are required.

 

(c)               With respect to those Leases it is obligated to service hereunder, each of the Property Manager and the Special Servicer, on behalf of the Issuers and the Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the holders of the Notes, shall enforce the restrictions contained in the related Lease or in any other document in the related Lease File on transfers or further encumbrances of the related Property and on transfers of interests in the related Tenant, unless it has determined, consistent with the Servicing Standard, that waiver of such restrictions would be in accordance with the Servicing Standard. After having made any such determination, the Property Manager or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee (and the Property Manager in the case of the Special Servicer) an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the basis for such determination. In connection with any assignment or sublet by a Tenant of its interest under a Lease, the applicable Issuer shall not take any action to release such Tenant from its obligations under such Lease unless a new Tenant approved by such Issuer assumes the obligations under such Lease and any applicable requirements set forth in the applicable Lease have been satisfied.

 

Section 3.09.      Property Management Compensation: Interest on Advances.

 

(a)               As compensation for its activities hereunder, the Property Manager shall be entitled to receive the Property Management Fee with respect to each Property included in the Collateral Pool (excluding the Specially Managed Units, if any); provided, that, for so long as AF Properties is the Property Manager, AF Properties shall waive the portion of the Property Management Fee that is in excess of the amount to be paid to the Sub-Manager pursuant to the Sub-Management Agreement; provided, further, that AF Properties may revoke such waiver of the Property Management Fee at any time. As to each such Property, the Property Management Fee shall accrue daily at the related Property Management Fee Rate on the basis of the Allocated Loan Amount (as of the related Determination Date) of each such Property. The Property Management Fee with respect to any Property shall cease to accrue if the Property becomes a Specially Managed Unit. The right to receive the Property Management Fee may not be transferred in whole or in part except in connection with the transfer of all of the Property Manager’s responsibilities and obligations under this Agreement. Earned but unpaid Property Management Fees shall be distributable monthly on the Payment Date by the Indenture Trustee from the Available Amount pursuant to Section 2.11(b) of the Indenture.

 

(b)               On each Payment Date, the Property Manager shall be entitled to receive, and the Indenture Trustee shall distribute to the Property Manager from the Payment Account (to the extent deposited therein), the Property Manager Additional Servicing Compensation, consisting of (i) all transaction, returned check fees, assumption, modification and similar fees and late payment charges received with respect to Properties that are not Specially Managed Units; and (ii) any Default Interest collected on a Lease, but only to the extent that (x) such Default Interest is allocable to the period (not to exceed 60 days) when the related Property did not constitute a Specially Managed Unit and (y) such Default Interest is not allocable to cover interest payable to the Property Manager, the Back-Up Manager or the Indenture Trustee with respect to any Advances made in respect of the related Property.

 

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(c)               As compensation for its activities hereunder, the Special Servicer shall be entitled to receive the Special Servicing Fee with respect to each Specially Managed Unit; provided, that, for so long as AF Properties is the Special Servicer, AF Properties shall waive the Special Servicing Fee; provided, further, that AF Properties may revoke such waiver of the Special Servicing Fee at any time. As to each Specially Managed Unit, the Special Servicing Fee shall accrue daily from time to time at the Special Servicing Fee Rate on the basis of the Allocated Loan Amount (as of the related Determination Date) of each such Specially Managed Unit. The Special Servicing Fee with respect to any Specially Managed Unit shall cease to accrue if (i) the related Property is sold or exchanged for a Qualified Substitute Property or (ii) such Specially Managed Unit becomes a Corrected Unit. Earned but unpaid Special Servicing Fees shall be distributable monthly on the Payment Date by the Indenture Trustee from the Available Amount pursuant to Section 2.11(b) of the Indenture. The Special Servicer’s right to receive the Special Servicing Fee may not be transferred in whole or in part except in connection with the transfer of all of the Special Servicer’s responsibilities and obligations under this Agreement.

 

(d)               On each Payment Date, the Special Servicer shall be entitled to receive, and the Indenture Trustee shall distribute to the Special Servicer from the Payment Account (to the extent deposited therein), the Special Servicer Additional Servicing Compensation, consisting of (i) all returned check fees, assumption, modification and similar fees and late payment charges received on or collected from Tenants on the Specially Managed Units; and (ii) any Default Interest collected on or with respect to a Specially Managed Unit, but only to the extent that such Default Interest is not allocable to reimburse Property Protection Advances cover interest payable to the Property Manager or the Indenture Trustee with respect to any Advances made in respect of the related Property.

 

(e)               Except as otherwise set forth herein, the Property Manager, Back-Up Manager and the Special Servicer shall each be required to pay all ordinary expenses incurred by it in connection with its servicing activities under this Agreement, including fees of any subservicers retained by it; provided, however, that the Property Manager or Special Servicer, in accordance with the Servicing Standard and the terms of this Agreement, shall be permitted to engage third party valuation experts and other consultants to conduct appraisals at the cost of the Issuers. As and to the extent permitted by Section 2.11(b) of the Indenture, the Property Manager and the Indenture Trustee shall each be entitled to receive interest at the Reimbursement Rate in effect from time to time, accrued on the amount of each Advance and unreimbursed Extraordinary Expenses made by it for so long as such Advance is outstanding.

 

(f)                As compensation for its activities hereunder, the Back-Up Manager shall be entitled to receive the monthly Back-Up Fee with respect to each Property included in the Collateral Pool. The right to receive the monthly Back-Up Fee may not be transferred in whole or in part except in connection with the transfer of all of the Back-Up Manager’s responsibilities and obligations under this Agreement. Earned but unpaid Back-Up Fees shall be payable monthly pursuant to Section 2.11(b) of the Indenture. For so long as KeyBank is the Sub- Manager, KeyBank hereby waives its right to receive the Back-Up Fee.

 

(g)               A Workout Fee shall be payable to the Special Servicer with respect to each Corrected Unit. As to each such Corrected Unit, the “Workout Fee” will be payable out of, and will be calculated by application of 0.50% to, each collection of rents, interest (other than any

 

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default interest) and principal (including scheduled payments, prepayments and payments at maturity) received on the related Lease, so long as it remains a Corrected Unit; provided, that no Workout Fee will be payable from any Liquidation Proceeds collected in connection with (i) the purchase of any Specially Managed Unit by the Property Manager or the Special Servicer or (ii) the purchase of any Specially Managed Unit by the Support Provider due to a Collateral Defect within the period provided to cure such Collateral Defect. The Workout Fee with respect to any related Lease will cease to be payable if such Lease again becomes a Specially Managed Unit or the Property Manager determines in its good faith and reasonable judgement that a default in making a Monthly Lease Payment is likely to occur within 30 days and is not likely to be remedied for 60 days and no such default actually occurs or, if such default has occurred, is remedied within the 60 days provided; provided, that a new Workout Fee will become payable if and when such Lease again ceases to be a Specially Managed Unit. For so long as AF Properties is the Special Servicer, AF Properties shall waive any Workout Fee; provided, that AF Properties may revoke such waiver of any Workout Fee at any time.

 

(h)               A “Liquidation Fee” shall be payable to the Special Servicer with respect to (i) each Lease or Property purchased by the Support Provider due to a Collateral Defect if purchased after the applicable cure period, and shall equal the product of (a) the purchase price with respect to any such purchase and (b) the Liquidation Fee Rate, (ii) any Specially Managed Unit as to which the Special Servicer obtains a full, partial or discounted payoff for some or all of the Allocated Loan Amount of the Property from the related Tenant, and shall equal the product of (a) the amount of such payoff and (b) the Liquidation Fee Rate, or (iii) any Specially Managed Unit as to which the Special Servicer recovered any Liquidation Proceeds, and shall equal the product of (i) the amount of such Liquidation Proceeds and (ii) the Liquidation Fee Rate; provided, that no Liquidation Fee will be payable from any Liquidation Proceeds collected in connection with the purchase of any Specially Managed Unit by the Property Manager or the Special Servicer. For so long as AF Properties is the Special Servicer, AF Properties shall waive any Workout Fee; provided, that AF Properties may revoke such waiver of any Workout Fee at any time.

 

Section 3.10.      Property Inspections; Collection of Financial Statements; Delivery of Certain Reports.

 

(a)               The Property Manager shall obtain a physical inspection with respect to each Property (i) whose FCCR is below 1.5x on an annual basis or (ii) with respect to which the Property Manager has received notice from the Tenant or has actual knowledge that the Tenant is a non-renewal or termination risk, within a reasonable amount of time from receipt of such notice or knowledge. If a Lease becomes a Specially Managed Unit, the Special Servicer shall perform or obtain a physical inspection of the related Property within six (6) months after such Property becomes a Specially Managed Unit.

 

(b)               Following the completion of a physical inspection pursuant to Section 3.10(a), if applicable, the Property Manager or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall prepare a written report of each such inspection performed by it. Such written report prepared by the Property Manager or the Special Servicer or written report obtain by the Property Manager or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall set forth in detail the condition of the related Property and that specifies the condition of the related Property and the existence of (i) any sale, transfer or abandonment of such Property, or (ii) any material change in the condition or value of such

 

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Property. The Special Servicer shall deliver to each Issuer, the Back-Up Manager, the Indenture Trustee and the Property Manager a copy of each such written report prepared by it during each calendar quarter within 15 days of the completion of each such inspection.

 

(c)               The Special Servicer or Property Manager, as applicable, (i)(A) shall receive reimbursement for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses related to any Property inspections as a Property Protection Advance and (B) such inspection need not be performed if such Property Protection Advance would constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance and (ii) shall be entitled to a reasonable inspection fee for any such inspection, in each case from the applicable Issuer pursuant to Section 2.11(b) of the Indenture.

 

(d)               The Special Servicer, in the case of any Specially Managed Unit, and the Property Manager, in the case of all other Leases, shall make reasonable efforts to collect promptly from each related Tenant and review annual and quarterly financial statements of such Tenant and the Properties it operates as the same are required to be delivered by the Tenant to the applicable Issuer under its Lease.

 

Section 3.11.      Statements as to Compliance.

 

Each of the Property Manager and the Special Servicer (other than KeyBank to the extent it has become the successor Property Manager or Special Servicer) shall deliver to the Issuers, the Indenture Trustee and, in the case of the Special Servicer, the Property Manager, within 60 days after the end of the first three calendar quarters of each year and within 120 days after the end of each calendar year, an Officer’s Certificate stating, as to each signer thereof, that (i) a review of the activities of the Property Manager and the Special Servicer throughout the preceding reporting period, and of its performance under this Agreement, has been made under such officer’s supervision, and (ii) to the best of such officer’s knowledge, based on such review, the Property Manager or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, complied in all material respects throughout such period with the minimum servicing standards in this Agreement and fulfilled in all material respects throughout such period its obligations under this Agreement or, if there was noncompliance with such standards or a default in the fulfillment of any such obligation in any material respect, such Officer’s Certificate shall include a description of such noncompliance or specify each such default, as the case may be, known to such officer and the nature and status thereof. To the extent KeyBank has become the successor Property Manager or Special Servicer, it shall provide an annual certification relating to the foregoing to be delivered by March 31st of each calendar year.

 

Section 3.12.      Reports by Independent Public Accountants.

 

On or before September 30 of each year (or, to the extent KeyBank has become the successor Property Manager or Special Servicer, March 31), each of the Property Manager and the Special Servicer, at its expense, shall cause an independent, registered public accounting firm (which may also render other services to the Property Manager or the Special Servicer, as the case may be) to furnish to each Issuer and the Indenture Trustee and, in the case of the Special Servicer, to the Property Manager, a report containing such firm’s opinion that, on the basis of an examination conducted by such firm substantially in accordance with standards established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the assertion made pursuant to Section 3.11

 

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regarding compliance by the Property Manager or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, with the minimum servicing standards in this Agreement during the preceding calendar year (or from the date hereof through August 30, 2020, in the case of the first such report) is fairly stated in all material respects, subject to such exceptions and other qualifications that, in the opinion of such firm, such institute’s standards require it to report. In rendering such statement, such firm may rely, as to matters relating to direct servicing of Leases by Sub-Managers, upon comparable reports for examinations conducted substantially in accordance with such institute’s standards (rendered within one year of such report) of independent public accountants with respect to the related Sub-Managers.

 

Section 3.13.      Access to Certain Information; Delivery of Certain Information.

 

(a)               Each of the Property Manager and the Special Servicer shall afford to the other, to the Issuers, the Indenture Trustee, the Back-Up Manager and the Rating Agencies and to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and any other banking or insurance regulatory authority that may exercise authority over any Noteholder or holder of Issuer Interests, reasonable access to any documentation regarding the Leases and Properties and its servicing thereof within its control, except to the extent it is prohibited from doing so by applicable law, rule or regulation or contract or to the extent such information is subject to a privilege under applicable law to be asserted on behalf of an Issuer, the Noteholders or the holders of Issuer Interests. Such access shall be afforded without charge but only upon reasonable prior written request and during normal business hours at the offices of the Property Manager or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, designated by it.

 

(b)               The Property Manager or the Special Servicer shall notify the Indenture Trustee and the Back-Up Manager of any Property whose Tenant has ceased to exercise its business activity on such Property within 30 days of becoming aware of such a circumstance.

 

Section 3.14.      Management of Properties Relating to Defaulted Assets.

 

(a)               At any time that a Property is not subject to a Lease or is subject to a Lease that is (or relates to) a Defaulted Asset, the Special Servicer’s decision as to how such Property shall be managed and operated shall be based on the good faith and reasonable judgment of the Special Servicer as to the best interest of the applicable Issuer and the Noteholders by maximizing (to the extent commercially feasible) the net after-tax revenues received by the applicable Issuer with respect to such property and, to the extent consistent with the foregoing, in the same manner as would commercial lease servicers and asset managers operating property comparable to the respective Property under the Servicing Standard. The applicable Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Special Servicer may consult with counsel at the expense of the applicable Issuer in connection with determinations required under this Section 3.14(a). None of the Indenture Trustee, the Property Manager or the Special Servicer shall be liable to any Issuer, the Noteholders, the other parties hereto or each other, nor shall any Issuer be liable to any Noteholders or to the other parties hereto, for errors in judgment made in good faith in the exercise of their discretion while performing their respective responsibilities under this Section 3.14(a). Nothing in this Section 3.14(a) is intended to prevent the sale, release or re-lease of a Property pursuant to the terms and conditions contained elsewhere in this Agreement.

 

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(b)               With respect to any Property not subject to a Lease, the Special Servicer shall manage, conserve, protect and operate such Property for the benefit of the Issuers in accordance with the Servicing Standard. Subject to the foregoing, however, the Special Servicer shall have full power and authority to do any and all things in connection therewith as are consistent with the Servicing Standard and, consistent therewith, shall direct that the Property Manager make, and the Property Manager shall make, Property Protection Advances, or pay Emergency Property Expenses from funds on deposit in the Collection Account, necessary for the proper operation, management, maintenance and disposition of such Property to the extent required pursuant to Section 3.03.

 

(c)               The Special Servicer shall submit requests to make Property Protection Advances to the Property Manager not more than once per month unless the Special Servicer determines on an emergency basis in accordance with the Servicing Standard that earlier payment is required to protect the interests of each Issuer and the Noteholders. If the Property Manager fails to make any Property Protection Advance pursuant to this Section 3.14(b), the Back-Up Manager and the Indenture Trustee will have the same obligation to advance as described in Section 3.03(c). Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Property Manager, the Back-Up Manager or the Indenture Trustee shall have any obligation to make any such Property Protection Advance if (as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the applicable Issuer and the Indenture Trustee) if such party determines, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that such payment would be a Nonrecoverable Advance.

 

Section 3.15.      Release, Sale and Exchange of Defaulted Assets and Terminated Lease Properties.

 

(a)               Subject to any additional requirements set forth in any applicable Series Supplement, the Property Manager, the Special Servicer and the applicable Issuer may sell or purchase, or permit the release, sale or purchase of, a Property only on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 3.15 and Section 7.07 or as otherwise expressly provided in or contemplated by Section 2.04 and Article VII or elsewhere in this Agreement.

 

(b)               The Special Servicer and the Property Manager, as applicable, shall exercise reasonable efforts, to the extent consistent with the Servicing Standard, to enforce remedies with respect to a Defaulted Asset, including, without limitation, the commencement and prosecution of any eviction or foreclosure proceedings, as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of delinquent payments. In the event any Property becomes a Terminated Lease Property, the Special Servicer shall use reasonable efforts, consistent with the Servicing Standard, to (i) with respect to such Terminated Lease Property, attempt to induce another Tenant to assume the obligations under the existing Lease, with or without modification, (ii) lease the Terminated Lease Property under a new Lease on economically desirable terms or (iii) dispose of such Property. The decision to enter into a lease assumption or re-lease the Terminated Lease Property shall be made by the Special Servicer in accordance with the Servicing Standard. The Special Servicer shall pay all costs and expenses (other than costs or expenses that would, if incurred, constitute a Nonrecoverable Advance) incurred by it in connection with the foregoing as a Property Protection Advance, and shall be entitled to reimbursement therefor as provided herein. If the Special Servicer is successful in leasing the Terminated Lease Property, a new Appraised Value will be obtained by the Special Servicer for the Terminated Lease Property in the Special Servicer’s

 

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discretion, and the costs of any such appraisal shall be a Property Protection Advance. If the Special Servicer leases any Terminated Lease Property, the Property Manager shall deliver to the applicable Rating Agency, the Indenture Trustee and the Issuers an amended Property Schedule reflecting the addition of such Lease to the Collateral Pool. Monthly Lease Payments on the modified or new Lease will be applied pursuant to the Indenture. If the Special Servicer determines that a lease assumption with modification, or re-lease, of a Defaulted Asset would maximize revenue received by the related Issuer, and the terms of such new lease will produce rent that is 60% or less than the rent from the Defaulted Asset, then the Special Servicer shall enter into any such lease for no more than 10 years, so long as the Special Servicer determines that entering into such reduced lease term would be in accordance with the Servicing Standard and in the best interests of the Noteholders.

 

(c)               If the Lease has not been assumed or the Terminated Lease Property has not been leased to a new tenant and the Terminated Lease Property has not been released from the lien of the Mortgage pursuant to Section 3.15(h) below within twenty-four (24) months of becoming a Terminated Lease Property, the Special Servicer may offer to sell the Terminated Lease Property pursuant to this Section 3.15, for a fair price, free and clear of the lien of the related Mortgage, if and when the Special Servicer determines, consistent with the Servicing Standard, that such a sale would be in the best interests of the Noteholders. No Interested Person shall be obligated to submit a bid to purchase any such Terminated Lease Property. The Liquidation Proceeds shall be deposited into the Collection Account and applied as set forth herein.

 

(d)               If and when the Special Servicer deems it necessary and prudent for purposes of establishing a fair price for any Terminated Lease Property for purposes of conducting a sale of such Terminated Lease Property pursuant to subsection (c) above, the Special Servicer is authorized to have an appraisal conducted by an Independent MAI-designated appraiser or other expert (the cost of which appraisal shall constitute a Property Protection Advance).

 

(e)               Whether any cash bid constitutes a fair price for any Terminated Lease Property for purposes of Section 3.15(c) shall be determined by the Special Servicer or, if such cash bid is from an Interested Person, by the Indenture Trustee or, if the expected Liquidation Proceeds with respect to such Terminated Lease Property would be insufficient to provide reimbursement for all unreimbursed Advances made with respect to the subject Terminated Lease Property, together with any related Advance Interest thereon, by the Property Manager. In determining whether any bid received from an Interested Person represents a fair price for any Terminated Lease Property, the Indenture Trustee shall be supplied with and may conclusively rely on the most recent appraisal conducted in accordance with Section 3.15(d) within the preceding 12-month period or, in the absence of any such appraisal, on a narrative appraisal prepared by an Independent MAI-designated appraiser or other expert retained by the Special Servicer, at Issuer’s cost or as a Property Protection Advance. Such appraiser shall be selected by the Special Servicer if the Special Servicer is not bidding with respect to a Terminated Lease Property and shall be selected by the Property Manager if the Special Servicer is bidding, provided that if the Property Manager and the Special Servicer are the same Person and such Person is bidding, then such appraiser shall be selected by the Indenture Trustee. In determining whether any bid constitutes a fair price for any such Terminated Lease Property, the Special Servicer, the Indenture Trustee (if applicable) or the Property Manager, as applicable, shall take into account, among other factors, the occupancy status and physical condition of the Terminated Lease Property,

 

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the state of the local economy, and, with respect to Terminated Lease Properties, the period and amount of any delinquency on the effected Lease. In connection therewith, the Special Servicer may charge prospective bidders fees that approximate the Special Servicer’s actual costs in the preparation and delivery of information pertaining to such sales or evaluating bids without obligation to deposit such amounts into the Collection Account.

 

(f)                The Special Servicer shall act on behalf of the applicable Issuer and the Indenture Trustee in negotiating and taking any other action necessary or appropriate in connection with the sale of any Terminated Lease Property and the collection of all amounts payable in connection therewith. The Special Servicer shall take such actions as it determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard will be in the best interests of the applicable Issuer and the Indenture Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders. Any sale of a Terminated Lease Property shall be free and clear of the lien of the Indenture and shall be final and without recourse to the applicable Issuer or the Indenture Trustee. If such sale is consummated in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, none of the Property Manager, the Special Servicer or the Indenture Trustee shall have any liability to any Issuer or any Noteholder with respect to the purchase price therefor accepted by the Property Manager, the Special Servicer or the Indenture Trustee, as the case may be.

 

(g)               The Special Servicer shall accept the first (and, if multiple bids are received contemporaneously, highest) cash bid received from any Person that constitutes a fair price for such Terminated Lease Property. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Special Servicer shall not be obligated to accept the highest cash bid if the Special Servicer determines, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that rejection of such bid would be in the best interests of the Noteholders, and the Special Servicer may accept a lower cash bid if it determines, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, that acceptance of such bid would be in the best interests of the Noteholders (for example, if the prospective buyer making the lower bid is more likely to perform its obligations or the terms offered by the prospective buyer making the lower bid are more favorable).

 

(h)               At any time that a Terminated Lease Property has not already been sold or leased pursuant to the terms hereof, the related Issuer may at its option (i) release the lien of the Indenture and the related Mortgage from such Terminated Lease Property pursuant to Section 7.04 or (ii) exchange one or more Qualified Substitute Properties for the subject Terminated Lease Property pursuant to Section 7.01.

 

(i)                 The Special Servicer shall, and is hereby authorized and empowered by the Issuers and the Indenture Trustee to, prepare, execute and deliver in its own name, on behalf of the Issuers and the Indenture Trustee or any of them, the endorsements, assignments and other documents necessary to effectuate a sale of a Terminated Lease Property pursuant to this Section 3.15, and the Issuers and the Indenture Trustee shall execute and deliver any limited powers of attorney substantially in the form of Exhibit A necessary to permit the Special Servicer to do so; provided, however, that none of the Issuers, the Issuer Members or the Indenture Trustee shall be held liable for any misuse of any such power of attorney by the Special Servicer and the Special Servicer hereby agrees to indemnify the Issuers, the Issuer Members and the Indenture Trustee against, and hold the Issuers, the Managers and the Indenture Trustee harmless from, any loss or liability arising from any misuse in the exercise of such power of attorney.

 

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(j)                 The Special Servicer shall give the applicable Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Property Manager not less than five (5) Business Days’ prior written notice of its intention to sell any Terminated Lease Property pursuant to this Section 3.15.

 

Section 3.16.      Renewals, Modifications, Waivers, Amendments; Consents and Other Matters.

 

(a)               The applicable Issuer and the Property Manager may enter into renewals of Leases and new Leases that provide for rental rates comparable to existing local market rates and are on commercially reasonable terms. All Leases executed after the Initial Closing Date shall provide that they are subordinate to the Mortgage encumbering the applicable Property and that the lessee agrees to attorn to the Indenture Trustee or any purchaser at a sale by foreclosure or power of sale. The Indenture Trustee shall, at the request of the related Issuer or the Property Manager, enter into a subordination, non-disturbance, and attornment agreement with the Tenant under a Lease to the extent such Lease does not contain provisions subordinating such Lease to the lien of the related Mortgage and requiring the related Tenant to attorn and recognize the holders of the beneficial interests under such Mortgage or such other party as may acquire title to the related Property by foreclosure, deed-in-lieu thereof or otherwise. The Property Manager shall observe and perform the obligations imposed upon the lessor under the Leases in accordance with the Servicing Standard. The applicable Issuer shall execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, at the request of any party hereto all such further assurances, confirmations and assignments in connection with the Leases as may be required by such party.

 

(b)               Except as specifically set forth herein, the Property Manager shall: (i) not (A) amend or modify in any material respect, or terminate (other than in connection with a bona fide default by the Tenant thereunder beyond any applicable notice or grace period or with respect to the Lease Transfer Properties) any Lease; provided, however, a reduction in rent with respect to a Lease will not be deemed to be a material modification if (1) the Monthly Lease Payment following such reduction is consistent with market prices for similar leases, (2) such reduction is in exchange for an extended lease term and (3) the Property Manager reasonably determines that such modification will not materially and adversely affect the interests of the applicable Issuer, (B) unless permitted by the related Lease and remitted and initiated thereunder by the related Tenant, collect rents more than one (1) month in advance (other than security deposits), or (C) execute any other Tenant assignment; and (ii) execute and deliver all such further assurances, confirmations and assignments as the Indenture Trustee shall reasonably require.

 

(c)               Notwithstanding the foregoing:

 

(i)                 Each of the Issuers, the Property Manager and the Special Servicer may, consistent with the Servicing Standard, agree to any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of, forgive any payment on, and permit the release of the Tenant on or any Lease Guarantor, and approve of the assignment of a Tenant’s interest in its Lease or the sublease of all or a portion of a Property (each, an “Amendment”) without the consent of the Indenture Trustee, the Back-Up Manager, any Noteholder or any other Person, provided that the Property Manager certifies to the Indenture Trustee that:

 

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(A)             such Amendment is entered into for a commercially reasonable purpose in an arm’s-length transaction on market terms; and

 

(B)              unless such Amendment is approved by the applicable Property Manager in accordance with the Servicing Standard, subject to the provisions below, such Amendment shall not cause the Monthly DSCR to be less than 1.25; and

 

(C)              in the reasonable judgment of the party agreeing to the Amendment, such Amendment is in the best interest of the Noteholders and (other than in connection with a Tenant default or with respect to Lease Transfer Properties) will not have an adverse effect on the Collateral Value of the related Property;

 

provided, that any such Amendment (x) in connection with a Delinquent Asset or Defaulted Asset, (y) that is required by the terms of the applicable Lease or (z) with respect to which the Rating Condition is satisfied, shall not be subject to the foregoing restrictions set forth in (A), (B) or (C) above.

 

Any Amendment that would cause the Monthly DSCR to fall below 1.25 shall require the approval of the Property Manager, if the Property Manager is not also the Special Servicer, in accordance with the Servicing Standard after notice thereof to the Indenture Trustee and Back-Up Manager. In the event that Property Manager shall fail to respond to any request for approval hereunder within such ten (10) Business Day period, the applicable Issuer may send a second notice, which shall state in capitalized, bold faced 16 point type at the top of the first page that: “If the Property Manager fails to approve or disapprove the proposed Amendment within ten (10) Business Days, the Amendment shall be deemed approved, and if the Property Manager shall fail to respond to such second request within such ten (10) Business Day period, the Amendment shall be deemed approved by the Property Manager.”

 

(ii)              Any Amendment (A) in connection with a bona fide default by the Tenant, (B) that is required by the terms of any Lease or is solely within any Tenant’s control or (C) with respect to which the Rating Condition is satisfied, shall not be subject to the foregoing terms of this Section 3.16. The Property Manager or Special Servicer shall endeavor to cause the costs related to requesting and receiving any such Rating Condition to be paid by the Tenant; provided, that if the Property Manager or the Special Servicer is unable to cause the Tenant to pay such expenses, such expenses shall constitute an Extraordinary Expense of the Issuers. Regardless of whether any Amendment is material or not, the Property Manager will give the Indenture Trustee prompt written notice thereof and shall indicate whether such action is being taken pursuant to the preceding sentence and upon request will deliver a copy of any documents executed in connection therewith to the Rating Agencies and the Indenture Trustee.

 

(iii)            To the extent that the applicable Issuer is not entitled, under the terms of any Lease, to withhold its consent to an assignment, subletting or assumption thereunder, the granting of such consent shall not be restricted by this Section 3.16.

 

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the related Tenant, any Amendment or other action with respect to any Lease that is required under the terms of such Lease or that is solely within the control of the related Tenant.

 

(v)               Neither the Property Manager nor the Special Servicer shall be required to oppose the confirmation of a plan in any bankruptcy or similar proceeding involving a Tenant if in their reasonable and good faith judgment such opposition would not ultimately prevent the confirmation of such plan or one substantially similar.

 

(vi)             The limitations, conditions and restrictions set forth in Section 3.16(c)(i) above shall not apply to the Property Manager’s or the Special Servicer’s ability to terminate a Lease in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

(d)               The Property Manager and the Special Servicer shall have no liability to the Issuers, the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders or to any other Person if its analysis and determination that the Amendment or other action contemplated by Section 3.16(c) would not materially reduce the likelihood of timely payment of amounts due thereon, or that such Amendment or other action is reasonably likely to produce a greater recovery to the related Issuer on a present value basis than would liquidation, should prove to be wrong or incorrect, so long as the analysis and determination were made on a reasonable basis in accordance with the Servicing Standard in good faith by the applicable Issuer, the Property Manager or the Special Servicer, as the case may be.

 

(e)               The Property Manager and the Special Servicer each may, as a condition to its granting any request by a Tenant for consent, modification, waiver or indulgence or any other matter or thing, the granting of which is within the Property Manager’s or Special Servicer’s, as the case may be, discretion pursuant to the terms of the instruments evidencing or securing the related Lease and is permitted by the terms of this Agreement, require that such Tenant, to the extent permitted by the subject Lease, or, if not so permitted, the related Issuer, pay to the Property Manager or Special Servicer, as applicable, as additional servicing compensation a reasonable or customary fee for the additional services performed in connection with such request, together with any related costs and expenses incurred by it.

 

(f)                All modifications, waivers, amendments and other actions entered into or taken in respect of a Lease pursuant to this Section 3.16 shall be in writing. Each of the Property Manager and the Special Servicer shall notify the other such party and each Issuer, the Back-Up Manager, the applicable Rating Agencies and the Custodian, in writing, of any modification, waiver, amendment or other action entered into or taken in respect of any Lease pursuant to this Section 3.16 and the date thereof, and shall deliver to the Custodian for deposit in the related Lease File a counterpart of the agreements relating to such modification, waiver, amendment or other action, promptly (and in any event within ten (10) Business Days) following the execution thereof. In addition, following any Amendment or other action agreed to by the Property Manager or the Special Servicer pursuant to Section 3.16(c) above, the Property Manager or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall deliver to each Issuer, to the Indenture Trustee and, in the case of the Special Servicer, to the Property Manager, an Officer’s Certificate certifying compliance with such subsection (c).

 

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(g)               From time to time, subject to the Servicing Standard, the Property Manager or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall be entitled (on behalf of the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee) to release an immaterial portion of any Property that it is then administering from the lien of the Indenture and the Mortgage (and simultaneously release the Issuer’s interest in such portion of such Property) or consent to, or make, an immaterial modification with respect to any Property that it is then administering; provided, that, such Property Manager or Special Servicer shall have delivered an Officer’s Certificate to the Indenture Trustee (upon which the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely) that it reasonably believes that such release or modification (both individually and collectively with any other similar releases or modifications with respect to such Property) will not materially adversely affect (i) the Appraised Value of such Property or (ii) the Noteholders’ interests in such Property. Following the Indenture Trustee’s receipt of such Officer’s Certificate, the Indenture Trustee shall execute and deliver such instruments of release, transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse, as shall be provided to it and are reasonably necessary to effect such release or modification.

 

Section 3.17.      Transfer of Servicing Between Property Manager and Special Servicer; Record Keeping.

 

(a)               Upon determining that a Servicing Transfer Event has occurred with respect to any Lease and if the Property Manager is not also the Special Servicer, the Property Manager shall immediately give notice thereof, and shall deliver the related Servicing File, to the Special Servicer, the Indenture Trustee and the Back-Up Manager and shall provide the Special Servicer with all information, documents (or copies thereof) and records (including records stored electronically on computer tapes, magnetic discs and the like) relating to such Lease and reasonably requested by the Special Servicer to the extent in Property Manager’s possession, to enable it to assume its functions hereunder with respect thereto without acting through a Sub-Manager. The Property Manager shall use its best efforts to comply with the preceding sentence within five (5) Business Days of its receipt of Special Servicer’s request following the occurrence of each related Servicing Transfer Event.

 

Upon determining that a Specially Managed Unit has become a Corrected Unit and if the Property Manager is not also the Special Servicer, the Special Servicer shall immediately give notice thereof, and shall return the related Servicing File, to the Property Manager and, upon giving such notice and returning such Servicing File, to the Property Manager, (i) the Special Servicer’s obligation to service such Lease shall terminate, (ii) the Special Servicer’s right to receive the Special Servicing Fee with respect to such Lease shall terminate and (iii) the obligations of the Property Manager to service and administer such Lease shall resume, in each case, effective as of the first day of the calendar month following the calendar month in which such notice was delivered and effected.

 

(b)               In servicing any Specially Managed Unit, the Special Servicer shall provide to the Custodian, for the benefit of the Indenture Trustee, originals of documents included within the definition of “Lease File” for inclusion in the related Lease File (with a copy of each such original to the Property Manager) to the extent any such documents come into its possession, and copies of any additional related Lease information, including correspondence with the related Tenant.

 

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(c)               Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event that the Property Manager and the Special Servicer are the same Person, all notices, certificates, information and consents required to be given by the Property Manager to the Special Servicer or vice versa shall be deemed to be given without the necessity of any action on such Person’s part.

 

Section 3.18.      Sub-Management Agreements.

 

(a)               The Property Manager and the Special Servicer may enter into Sub-Management Agreements to provide for the performance by third parties of any or all of their respective obligations hereunder; provided, that, in each case, the Sub-Management Agreement: (i) is consistent with this Agreement in all material respects and requires the Sub-Manager to comply with all of the applicable conditions of this Agreement; (ii) provides that if the Property Manager or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall for any reason no longer act in such capacity hereunder (including by reason of a Servicer Replacement Event), the Back-Up Manager (or if the Back-Up Manager is then terminated and another successor has not been named, the Indenture Trustee) may terminate such Sub-Management Agreement without cause and without payment of any penalty or termination fee; (iii) permits the termination of such agreement with respect to any Released Property or Exchanged Property without penalty; (iv) does not permit the Sub-Manager to enter into or consent to any modification, waiver or amendment or otherwise take any action on behalf of the Property Manager or Special Servicer, as the case may be, contemplated by Section 3.16 hereof without the written consent of the Property Manager or Special Servicer, as the case may be; and (v) does not permit the Sub-Manager any rights of indemnification that may be satisfied out of the Collateral (it being understood that any Sub-Manager shall be entitled to recover amounts in respect of Property Protection Advances as described in the following paragraph). In addition, each Sub-Management Agreement entered into by the Property Manager shall provide that the Sub-Manager thereunder shall have no obligation to take any enforcement or collection action or any other action in the nature of special servicing with respect to any Specially Managed Unit, and any Sub-Management Agreement entered into by the Special Servicer shall relate only to Specially Managed Units and shall terminate with respect to any such Property that ceases to be a Specially Managed Unit.

 

The Property Manager and the Special Servicer shall each deliver to each Issuer and the Indenture Trustee copies of all Sub-Management Agreements, and any amendments thereto and modifications thereof, entered into by it promptly upon its execution and delivery of such documents. References in this Agreement to actions taken or to be taken by the Property Manager or the Special Servicer include actions taken or to be taken by a Sub-Manager on behalf of the Property Manager or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, and in connection therewith, all amounts advanced by any Sub-Manager to satisfy the obligations of the Property Manager or Special Servicer hereunder to make Advances shall be deemed to have been advanced by the Property Manager or Special Servicer out of its own funds and, accordingly, such Advances shall be recoverable by such Sub-Manager in the same manner and out of the same funds as if such Sub-Manager were the Property Manager or Special Servicer. For so long as they are outstanding, Advances shall accrue Advance Interest in accordance with Sections 3.09(e), such interest to be allocable between the Property Manager and such Sub-Manager as they may agree. For purposes of this Agreement, the Property Manager and the Special Servicer each shall be deemed to have received any payment, and shall be obligated to handle such payment in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, when a Sub-Manager retained by it receives such payment. The Property

 

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Manager and the Special Servicer each shall notify the other, each Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Back-Up Manager in writing promptly of the appointment by it of any Sub-Manager.

 

(b)               The Property Manager shall have determined to its commercially reasonable satisfaction that each Sub-Manager is authorized to transact business, and has obtained all necessary licenses and approvals, in each jurisdiction in which the failure to be so authorized or qualified or to have obtained such licenses would adversely affect such Sub-Manager’s ability to carry out its obligations under the related Sub-Management Agreement to which it is a party.

 

(c)               The Property Manager and the Special Servicer, for the benefit of each Issuer, shall (at no expense to an Issuer or the Indenture Trustee) monitor the performance and enforce the obligations of their respective Sub-Managers under the related Sub-Management Agreements. Such enforcement, including the legal prosecution of claims, termination of Sub-Management Agreements in accordance with their respective terms and the pursuit of other appropriate remedies, shall be in such form and carried out to such an extent and at such time as the Property Manager or the Special Servicer, as applicable, in its good faith and reasonable judgment, would require were it the owner of the Properties. Subject to the terms of the related Sub-Management Agreement, the Property Manager and the Special Servicer shall each have the right to (in its sole discretion and without the consent of any other person) remove a Sub-Manager retained by it at any time it considers such removal to be in the best interests of each Issuer.

 

(d)               In the event that the Back-Up Manager has succeeded to the rights and assumed the obligations hereunder of the Property Manager or the Special Servicer, then the Back-Up Manager shall succeed to the rights and assume the obligations of the Property Manager or the Special Servicer, as applicable, under any Sub-Management Agreement, unless the Back-Up Manager or the Indenture Trustee elects to terminate any such Sub-Management Agreement in accordance with its terms. In any event, if a Sub-Management Agreement is to be assumed by the Back-Up Manager, then the Property Manager or the Special Servicer, as applicable, at its expense shall, upon request of the Back-Up Manager or the Indenture Trustee, deliver to the Back-Up Manager all documents and records relating to such Sub-Management Agreement and the Properties then being serviced thereunder and an accounting of amounts collected and held on behalf of it thereunder, and otherwise use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect the orderly and efficient transfer of the Sub-Management Agreement to the assuming party.

 

(e)               Notwithstanding any Sub-Management Agreement, the Property Manager and the Special Servicer shall remain obligated and liable to each Issuer, the Noteholders, the Indenture Trustee and each other for the performance of their respective obligations and duties under this Agreement in accordance with the provisions hereof to the same extent and under the same terms and conditions as if each alone were servicing and administering the Properties and Leases for which it is responsible.

 

(f)                Except as otherwise expressly provided for herein, the Property Manager or the Special Servicer, as applicable, will be solely liable for all fees owed by it to any Sub-Manager, irrespective of whether its compensation pursuant to this Agreement is sufficient to pay such fees, and in no event shall such Sub-Manager have any claim against the Collateral with respect to such fees.

 

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(g)               Each of the Property Manager and the Special Servicer shall have all the limitations upon liability and all the indemnities for the actions and omissions of any such Sub-Manager retained by it that it has for its own actions hereunder.

 

Section 3.19.      Casualty.

 

(a)       If any Property or Improvements thereon shall be materially damaged or destroyed, in whole or in part, by fire or other casualty (an “Insured Casualty”), the Issuers shall give prompt written notice thereof to the Indenture Trustee and the Property Manager and shall delivery any and all related document to both parties.

 

(b)       Following the occurrence of an Insured Casualty, the Property Manager shall (in its sole discretion and in accordance with the Servicing Standard) either (i) make available or direct the Indenture Trustee to make available all related Insurance Proceeds to the applicable Issuer for the purposes of restoring, repairing, replacing or rebuilding to the extent required by the Lease Documents, or (ii) deposit such Insurance Proceeds in the Collection Account to be applied in accordance with the Indenture; provided, that Excess Proceeds will instead be deposited into the Release Account.

 

(c)       If the Property Manager directs the Indenture Trustee to make Insurance Proceeds available to the related Issuer, such Issuer may make available to the related Tenant or the Property Manager such Insurance Proceeds for the purposes of restoring, repairing, replacing or rebuilding the Property or the portion thereof subject to an Insured Casualty.

 

Section 3.20.      Condemnation.

 

(a)               The Issuers shall promptly give the Indenture Trustee and the Property Manager written notice of the actual or threatened commencement of any condemnation or eminent domain proceeding of which any Issuer receives notice (a “Condemnation”) and shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee and the Property Manager copies of any and all papers served upon such Issuer in connection with such Condemnation.

 

(b)               Following the occurrence of a Condemnation, the Property Manager shall (in its sole discretion and in accordance with the Servicing Standard) either (i) make available or direct the Indenture Trustee to make available all related Condemnation Proceeds to the applicable Issuer for the purposes of restoring, repairing, replacing or rebuilding to the extent required by the Lease Documents, or (ii) deposit such Condemnation Proceeds in the Collection Account to be applied in accordance with the Indenture; provided, that Excess Proceeds will instead be deposited into the Release Account.

 

(c)               If the Property Manager directs the Indenture Trustee to make Condemnation Proceeds available to the related Issuer, such Issuer may make available to the related Tenant or the Property Manager such Condemnation Proceeds for the purposes of restoring, repairing, replacing or rebuilding the Property or the portion thereof subject to a Condemnation.

 

Section 3.21.      Separateness Provisions.

 

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(a)               So long as AF Properties or an Affiliate of the Issuers is the Property Manager, the Property Manager shall at all times take all steps necessary and appropriate to maintain its own separateness from each Issuer, and maintain the separateness of all Affiliates of the Property Manager and other properties that the Property Manager manages from the Issuers and from the Properties. Without limiting the foregoing: (i) the Property Manager will not hold its credit out as available to pay or support (as guarantor or otherwise) any of the Issuers’ obligations and it will not pay any such Issuer’s obligations or expenses from the Property Manager’s funds (other than expenses or advances required by this Agreement to be made by the Property Manager), (ii) the Property Manager will not make any loans to or borrow any funds from any Issuer (except as provided in clause (i) above), (iii) the Property Manager will not permit the Issuers’ assets to be included in or consolidated within the Property Manager’s financial statements without including a note indicating that the assets and credit of the Issuers are not available to pay the debts of the Property Manager and that its liabilities do not constitute obligations of any Issuer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Property Manager or its Affiliates may make capital contributions, on a non-regular basis, to any of the Issuers.

 

(b)               Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in the Agreement and so long as AF Properties or an Affiliate of any Issuer is the Property Manager, the Property Manager agrees that each Issuer is a “single purpose entity” and that each Issuer must maintain such status so long as the Notes remain outstanding as set forth in such Issuer’s organizational documents. Accordingly, the Property Manager shall:

 

(i)                 hold itself out to the public as the ultimate parent of each Issuer, legally distinct from such Issuer, and shall conduct its duties and obligations on behalf of such Issuer in its own name and shall correct any known misunderstanding regarding its separate identity from such Issuer, and shall not identify itself as a department or division of such Issuer or such Issuer as a division or department of the Property Manager;

 

(ii)              in the management, servicing and administration of the Properties and Leases, use the related Issuer’s separate stationery, invoices or checks for letters, invoices or checks to be signed by such Issuer; and

 

(iii)            shall pay each Issuer’s liabilities solely from such Issuer’s funds (except that the Property Manager shall make all Advances required to be made by the Property Manager by this Agreement).

 

(c)               So long as AF Properties or an Affiliate of any Issuer is the Property Manager, the Property Manager shall bring any legal proceedings to collect rent or other income from the Properties, or to oust or dispossess a Tenant or other Person from a Property, only in the name of the related Issuer and at such Issuer’s expense.

 

Section 3.22.      Estoppels.

 

(a)               The Property Manager shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Indenture Trustee, promptly upon request but in no event later than twenty (20) days following receipt by Property Manager of any estoppel, from each applicable Issuer, certifications, duly acknowledged and certified, setting forth (i) the original Series Principal Balance of each Series of Notes, (ii) the

 

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outstanding Series Principal Balance of each Series of Notes, (iii) the applicable Note Rate of each Class of Notes in each Series, (iv) the last Payment Date, (v) any offsets or defenses to the payment of the Notes, if any, and (vi) that the Notes, this Indenture, the Mortgages, the organizational documents of such Issuer and the other Transaction Documents are valid, legal and binding obligations and have not been modified or, if modified, giving particulars of such modification.

 

Section 3.23.      Environmental Matters.

 

(a)               So long as an Issuer owns or is in possession of each Property, each such Issuer shall, or shall cause the Property Manager to, promptly notify the Indenture Trustee in writing if such Issuer or the Property Manager shall become aware of the presence of any hazardous and/or toxic, dangerous and/or regulated, substances, wastes, materials, raw materials which include hazardous constituents, pollutants or contaminants including without limitation, petroleum, tremolite, anthlophylie, actinolite or polychlorinated biphenyls and any other substances or materials which are included under or regulated by Environmental Laws (collectively, “Hazardous Substances”) to the extent that such Hazardous Substances are in violation of any Environmental Law. If such Issuer or the Property Manager shall become aware that any such Property is in direct violation of any Environmental Laws or if such Issuer or the Property Manager shall become aware of any condition on or near any such Property which violates any Environmental Laws, in each case the Property Manager shall cause such Issuer to cure such violations of such Environmental Law as shall be reasonably required by the Property Manager in accordance with reasonable commercial lending standards and practices, at such Issuer’s sole expense. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph, each such Issuer and its related Tenants may use and store Hazardous Substances at each Property if such use or storage is in connection with the ordinary operation, cleaning and maintenance of each Property so long as such use and storage is in compliance with any applicable Environmental Laws. Nothing herein shall prevent such Issuer from recovering such expenses from any other party that may be liable for such removal or cure.

 

(b)               Each Issuer shall, or shall cause the Property Manager to, give prompt written notices to the Indenture Trustee and the Property Manager, as the case may be, of any of the following: (i) any demand, notice of any violation, notice of any potential responsibility, proceeding or official inquiry by any Governmental Authority with respect to the presence of any Hazardous Substance or asbestos or any substance or material containing asbestos (“Asbestos”) on, under, from or about any Property; (ii) all claims made by any third party against such Issuer or any Property relating to any loss or injury resulting from any Hazardous Substance or Asbestos; and (iii) such Issuer’s or the Property Manager’s discovery of any occurrence or condition on any real property adjoining or in the vicinity of any Property, in each case, that causes such Property to be subject to any official investigation or cleanup pursuant to any Environmental Law. Subject to the rights of the applicable Tenant under the related Lease, each Issuer shall permit the Indenture Trustee to join and participate in, as a party if it so elects, any legal proceedings or actions initiated with respect to any Property in connection with any Environmental Law or Hazardous Substance and in such an instance, the Issuers and the Indenture Trustee shall be represented by the same counsel; provided, however, that, if a conflict of interest arises between any Issuer and the Indenture Trustee because potential claims could be brought against the Indenture Trustee, then the Indenture Trustee shall be represented by its own counsel and such Issuer shall pay all

 

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reasonable attorney’s fees and disbursements incurred by the Indenture Trustee in connection therewith.

 

(c)               Upon the Property Manager’s request and subject to the rights of the Tenants under the Leases, at any time and from time to time while this Indenture is in effect, when (x) the Property Manager has determined (in the exercise of its good faith judgment) that reasonable cause exists for the performance of an environmental inspection or audit of any Property or (y) an Event of Default exists, each Issuer shall, or shall cause the Property Manager to, provide at such Issuer’s sole expense, (I) an inspection or audit of each such Property prepared by a licensed hydrogeologist or licensed environmental engineer indicating the presence or absence of Hazardous Substances on, in or near each such Property, and (II) an inspection or audit of such Property prepared by a duly qualified engineering or consulting firm, indicating the presence or absence of Asbestos on such Property. If such Issuer fails to provide such inspection or audit within 30 days after such request, the Property Manager, at such Issuer’s sole expense, which shall be deemed a Property Protection Advance, may order the same, and such Issuer hereby grants to the Property Manager and its employees and agents access to each Property and a license to undertake such inspection or audit in each case subject to the rights of the Tenants under the Leases. In the event that any environmental site assessment report prepared in connection with such inspection or audit reasonably recommends that an operations and maintenance plan be implemented for Asbestos or any Hazardous Substance, the related Issuer shall, to the extent permitted under the related Lease, cause such operations and maintenance plan to be prepared and implemented at such Issuer’s expense upon request of the Property Manager. In the event that any investigation, site monitoring, containment, cleanup, removal, restoration, or other work of any kind is reasonably necessary under an applicable Environmental Law (the “Remedial Work”), each Issuer shall, or shall cause the Property Manager to, promptly commence and thereafter diligently prosecute, or cause any related Tenant to commence and thereafter diligently prosecute, to completion all such Remedial Work after written demand by the Property Manager for performance thereof. All Remedial Work shall be performed by contractors, and under the supervision of a consulting engineer. All costs and expenses of such Remedial Work shall be paid by the related Issuer. In the event such Issuer shall fail to timely commence, or cause to be commenced, or fail to diligently prosecute to completion, such Remedial Work, the Property Manager may, but shall not be required to, cause such Remedial Work to be performed, and all costs and expenses thereof, or incurred in connection therewith, shall be deemed a Property Protection Advance.

 

(d)               The Property Manager shall enforce or pursue in accordance with the Servicing Standard any claim for payment, indemnity or reimbursement available to any of the Issuers or the Indenture Trustee in respect of any liabilities, losses, claims, costs or expenses in respect of Hazardous Substances including, without limitation, any right to payment under the Guaranty.

 

Section 3.24.      Appraised Values. The Property Manager may, if directed by the Issuers and if it determines in accordance with the Servicing Standard that obtaining a new appraisal is necessary, obtain a new appraisal for any Property following the Series Closing Date.

 

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ARTICLE IV

REPORTS

 

Section 4.01.      Reports to the Issuers and the Indenture Trustee.

 

(a)               Not later than 3:00 p.m. (New York City time), three (3) Business Days prior to each Payment Date, the Property Manager shall deliver to each Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Back-Up Manager and each Rating Agency a report containing the information specified on Exhibit D hereto, and such other information with respect to the Leases and Properties as the Indenture Trustee may reasonably request (such report, the “Determination Date Report”) in a mutually agreeable electronic format, reflecting as of the close of business on the last day of the related Collection Period, the information required for purposes of making the payments required by Section 2.11(b) of the Indenture and the calculations and reports referred to in Section 6.01 of the Indenture, including, but not limited to, the maturity date and the required monthly rent of each Lease. So long as AF Properties or another Affiliate of an Issuer is the Property Manager, the Determination Date Report shall also contain a certification by the Property Manager that each Issuer has not incurred any indebtedness except indebtedness permitted by the Transaction Documents. The initial Determination Date Report shall also contain information necessary to comply with Section 4(c)(ii) of the U.S. Credit Risk Retention Rules. Such information shall be delivered by the Property Manager to each Issuer and the Indenture Trustee in such form as may be reasonably acceptable to each Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, as applicable. The Special Servicer shall from time to time (and, in any event, as may be reasonably required by the Property Manager) provide the Property Manager with such information regarding the Specially Managed Units as may be necessary for the Property Manager to prepare each Determination Date Report and any supplemental information to be provided by the Property Manager to each Issuer or the Indenture Trustee.

 

(b)               Not later than 3:00 p.m. (New York City time) three (3) Business Days prior to each Payment Date, the Special Servicer shall deliver to the Property Manager, the Indenture Trustee and each Rating Agency a report containing such information relating to the Specially Managed Units and in such form as the Indenture Trustee may reasonably request (such report, the “Special Servicer Report”) reflecting information as of the close of business on the last day of the immediately preceding Collection Period.

 

(c)               Not later than the 45th day following the end of each calendar quarter, commencing with the quarter ended June 30, 2019 the Special Servicer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee, the Rating Agencies and the Property Manager with respect to each Specially Managed Unit (A) a report containing such information and in such form as the Indenture Trustee may reasonably request (such report, a “Modified Collateral Detail and Realized Loss Report”) with respect to all renewals, modifications, waivers, security deposits paid or rental concessions made pursuant to Section 3.16 as of such calendar quarter and (B) subject to Section 6.03(a) of the Indenture, upon the reasonable request of the Indenture Trustee, the Rating Agencies or the Property Manager, operating statements and other financial information collected or otherwise obtained by the Special Servicer during such calendar quarter (together with copies of the operating statements and other financial information on which it is based) to the extent such information is

 

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not prohibited from being disclosed or restricted by confidentiality under the terms of the applicable Lease Documents.

 

(d)               The Property Manager or the Special Servicer, to the extent received by such party, shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee and each applicable Rating Agency:

 

(i)                 within sixty (60) days after the end of each calendar quarter the following items received by it, each executed by a Responsible Officer of each applicable Issuer or the applicable Issuer Manager on behalf of such Issuer as being true and correct: (A) a written statement dated as of the last day of each such calendar quarter identifying to its knowledge any defaults under a Lease which continues after the expiration of applicable cure periods and not otherwise included in the Special Servicer Report, in each case as of the last day of such calendar quarter, and (B) the principal amount, aggregate unfunded loan commitments and maturity dates of all credit and loan facilities then in place as of the last day of such calendar quarter relating to the Support Provider or any of its subsidiaries so long as the maturity date of such indebtedness is scheduled to occur within 365 days of the end of such calendar quarter, which shall be calculated by the Support Provider; and

  

(ii)              within sixty (60) days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each year the following items received by it, each executed by a Responsible Officer of each applicable Issuer as being true and correct (A) consolidated financial statements of the related Issuer’s (consolidated with any co-Issuer) financial affairs and condition for each such fiscal quarter, including a balance sheet and statement of profit and loss for the related Issuers (prepared on a consolidated basis for all Issuers) in such detail as the Indenture Trustee may request for the Issuers, in each case, for the immediately preceding calendar quarter, which statements shall be prepared by such Issuers, (B) consolidated financial statements of the Support Provider's financial affairs and condition, including a balance sheet, a cash flow summary report for the Support Provider and an operating statement including detailed income and expense statement, in each case in such detail as the Indenture Trustee may request for the Support Provider, in each case, for the immediately preceding calendar quarter, which statements shall be prepared by the Support Provider, and (C) the Net Worth of the Support Provider at the end of the immediately preceding calendar quarter, which shall be calculated by the Support Provider; and

 

(iii)            within one hundred fifty (150) days after the end of each calendar year, (A) consolidated financial statements of the financial affairs and condition of the related Issuer (consolidated with any co-Issuer), including a balance sheet and statement of profit and loss prepared on a consolidated basis for all Issuers, in such detail as the Indenture Trustee may reasonably request, in each case, for the immediately preceding calendar year, audited in conjunction with the audit of the Support Provider by a “Big Four” accounting firm or other nationally recognized independent certified public accountant reasonably acceptable to the Indenture Trustee and (B) consolidated financial statements of the Support Provider’s financial affairs and condition and all related footnotes, audited in conjunction with the audit of the Support Provider by a “Big Four” accounting firm, or other nationally recognized independent certified public accountant reasonably acceptable to the Indenture Trustee, for the immediately preceding calendar year, and (C) the Net Worth of the Support

 

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Provider at the end of the immediately preceding year, which shall be calculated by the Support Provider; and

 

(iv)             within sixty (60) days after the end of each calendar quarter copies of notices of defaults under, or any material modifications to, any of the Leases, in each case, for such calendar quarter; and

 

(v)               subject to Section 6.03(a) of the Indenture, at any time and from time to time such other financial data as the Indenture Trustee or its agents shall reasonably request with respect to the Support Provider or any of its subsidiaries or the ownership, maintenance, use and operation of the Properties and servicing and administration of the Leases, to the extent such information is not prohibited from being disclosed or restricted by confidentiality under the terms of the applicable Lease documents.

 

(e)               The Indenture Trustee and Property Manager shall have the right, during the continuance of an Event of Default exists, upon reasonable notice to the Issuers and during normal business hours at the Issuers’ principal place of business, to conduct an inspection or review, at the Issuers’ expense, of the Issuers’ books and records. Each Issuer shall cooperate, and shall cause its agents and employees to cooperate in the conduct of any such inspection or review.

 

(f)                The Indenture Trustee shall have no obligations or duties (i) to monitor AFOP’s compliance with the U.S. Risk Retention Agreement or (ii) to verify, recalculate or confirm any of the information contained in the Determination Date Report with respect to the U.S. Risk Retention Agreement.

 

Section 4.02.      Use of Agents.

 

The Property Manager may at its own expense utilize agents or attorneys-in-fact, including Sub-Managers, in performing any of its obligations under this Article IV, but no such utilization shall relieve the Property Manager from any of such obligations, and the Property Manager shall remain responsible for all acts and omissions of any such agent or attorney-in-fact. The Property Manager shall have all the limitations upon liability and all the indemnities for the actions and omissions of any such agent or attorney-in-fact that it has for its own actions hereunder pursuant to Article V hereof, and any such agent or attorney-in-fact shall have the benefit of all the limitations upon liability, if any, and all the indemnities provided to the Property Manager under Section 5.03. Such indemnities shall be expenses, costs and liabilities of each Issuer, and any such agent or attorney-in-fact shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor (to the same extent the Property Manager would be entitled to be reimbursed) as provided in Section 2.11(b) of the Indenture.

 

ARTICLE V

THE PROPERTY MANAGER, THE SPECIAL SERVICER AND THE BACK-UP MANAGER

 

Section 5.01.      Liability of the Property Manager, the Special Servicer and the Back-Up Manager.

 

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The Property Manager, the Special Servicer and the Back-Up Manager shall be liable in accordance herewith only to the extent provided in Section 5.03 with respect to the obligations specifically imposed upon and undertaken by the Property Manager, the Special Servicer and the Back-Up Manager, respectively, herein.

 

Section 5.02.      Merger, Consolidation or Conversion of the Property Manager, the Special Servicer and the Back-Up Manager.

 

Subject to the following paragraph, the Property Manager, the Special Servicer and the Back-Up Manager shall each keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a partnership, corporation, bank or association under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation, and each will obtain and preserve its qualification to do business as a foreign partnership, corporation, bank or association in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement or any of the Leases and the Loans and to perform its respective duties under this Agreement.

 

Each of the Property Manager, the Special Servicer and the Back-Up Manager may be merged or consolidated with or into any Person, or may transfer all or substantially all of its assets to any Person, in which case any Person resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Property Manager, the Special Servicer or the Back-Up Manager is a party, or any Person succeeding to the business of the Property Manager, the Special Servicer or the Back-Up Manager, will be the successor Property Manager, the successor Special Servicer or the successor Back-Up Manager, as the case may be, hereunder, and each of the Property Manager, the Special Servicer and the Back-Up Manager may transfer any or all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to any Person; provided, however, that no transferee (other than with respect to KeyBank, if the transferee is affiliated with KeyBank) will succeed to the rights of the Property Manager or the Special Servicer unless (i) the Rating Condition is satisfied or (ii) such successor is (x) an affiliate of the Property Manager or the Special Servicer, as applicable, (y) the obligations of such successor hereunder are guaranteed by the Support Provider, and (z) such successor shall furnish evidence to the Issuers and the Indenture Trustee that it is regularly engaged in the management, ownership or operation of commercial real estate properties and of comparable or better experience to the Property Manager or the Special Servicer, as applicable.

 

Section 5.03.      Limitation on Liability of the Property Manager, the Special Servicer and the Back-Up Manager.

 

None of the Property Manager, the Special Servicer or the Back-Up Manager or any director, officer, employee, agent or Control Person of any of them shall be under any liability to the Issuers, the Indenture Trustee, the Custodian or the Noteholders or the holders of the Issuer Interests or to any other Person for any action taken, or not taken, in good faith pursuant to this Agreement, or for errors in judgment; provided, however, that none of the Property Manager, the Special Servicer or the Back-Up Manager shall be protected against any liability that would otherwise be imposed by reason of misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance (including the failure to perform) of obligations or duties hereunder. The Property Manager, the Special Servicer and the Back-Up Manager and any director, officer, employee, agent or Control Person of any of them shall be entitled to indemnification by the Issuers, payable, subject to Section 2.11(b) of the Indenture, out of the Payment Account, against any claim, loss, liability or expense

 

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incurred in connection with any legal action that relates to this Agreement, the Issuer LLC Agreements, the Issuer Interests, the Indenture or the Notes or any other Transaction Document; provided, however, that such indemnification shall not extend to any loss, liability or expense incurred by reason of misfeasance, bad faith or negligence in the performance (including the failure to perform) of obligations or duties under this Agreement. None of the Property Manager, the Back-Up Manager or the Special Servicer shall be under any obligation to appear in, prosecute or defend any legal action that is not incidental to its respective responsibilities under this Agreement and that in its opinion may involve it in any expense or liability; provided, however, that each of the Property Manager, the Special Servicer and the Back-Up Manager shall be permitted, at its sole discretion, to undertake any such action necessary or desirable with respect to the enforcement or protection of the rights and duties of the parties hereto or the interests of the Issuers hereunder. In such event, the legal expenses and costs of such action, and any liability resulting therefrom, shall be expenses, costs and liabilities of the Issuers as an Extraordinary Expense and the Property Manager, the Special Servicer, or the Back-Up Manager as the case may be, shall be entitled to be reimbursed therefor from the Payment Account, pursuant to Section 2.11(b) of the Indenture.

 

Section 5.04.      Term of Service; Property Manager and Special Servicer Not to Resign.

 

(a)               Each Issuer may, upon written consent by the Indenture Trustee (acting at the direction of the Requisite Global Majority) and written notice (without any requirement of consent) to the Property Manager and the Special Servicer, transfer the servicing duties and obligations of the Property Manager and the Special Servicer to a new servicer. The Indenture Trustee’s written consent to any such transfer shall be contingent upon receipt by the Indenture Trustee of: (1) satisfaction of the Rating Condition; (2) the replacement Property Manager and Special Servicer of its acceptance of its appointment; and (3) consent by the Requisite Global Majority. The Issuers and the replacement Property Manager and Special Servicer shall execute and deliver a transfer agreement (the “Servicing Transfer Agreement”) mutually agreed upon in advance and effective on the transfer date (the “Servicing Transfer Date”), whereby the replacement Property Manager and the Special Servicer will agree to perform all of the duties and obligations of the Property Manager and the Special Servicer under this Agreement. Each Servicing Transfer Agreement shall include any additional terms and provisions that the parties to this Agreement reasonably determine are necessary or appropriate and which additional terms and provisions shall be approved by all the parties to the Servicing Transfer Agreement, which approvals shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Transfer Agreement shall contain a provision stating that the former Property Manager and Special Servicer is relieved from all liability under this Agreement for acts or omissions occurring after the Servicing Transfer Date.

 

(b)               None of the Property Manager or the Special Servicer (subject to Section 5.02) shall resign from the obligations and duties hereby imposed on it, except upon determination that the performance of its duties hereunder are no longer permissible under applicable law or are in material conflict by reason of applicable law with any other activities carried on by it, the other activities of the Property Manager or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, so causing such a conflict being of a type and nature carried on by the Property Manager or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, at the date of this Agreement. Any such determination permitting the resignation of the Property Manager or the Special Servicer, as applicable, shall be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel to such effect that shall be delivered to each Issuer and the Indenture Trustee. No such

 

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resignation shall become effective until the Back-Up Manager or another successor shall have assumed the responsibilities and obligations of the resigning party hereunder. If within 120 days of the date of such determination, no successor shall have assumed the applicable responsibilities and obligations of the resigning party, Property Manager or Special Servicer, as applicable, shall be permitted to petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor.

 

(c)               Notwithstanding the foregoing, each of the Property Manager and the Special Servicer may cause all or part of the obligations and duties imposed on it by this Agreement to be assumed by, and may assign part or all of its rights, benefits or privileges hereunder to, with the prior written approval of each Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, to any Person, upon its delivery to each Issuer and the Indenture Trustee of evidence of satisfaction of the Rating Condition, and the assumption by the assignee of all of the obligations and duties of the Property Manager and/or the Special Servicer, as applicable. Upon any such assignment and assumption by the assignee of all or a part of the obligations of the Property Manager and/or the Special Servicer, the assignor (or its successor acting prior to such assignment), shall be relieved from all liability hereunder for acts or omissions of the Property Manager and/or the Special Servicer, as applicable, occurring after the date of the assignment and assumption.

 

(d)               Except as expressly provided herein, neither the Property Manager nor the Special Servicer shall assign or transfer any of its rights, benefits or privileges hereunder to any other Person or delegate to or subcontract with, or authorize or appoint, any other Person to perform any of the duties, covenants or obligations to be performed by it hereunder, or cause any other Person to assume such duties, covenants or obligations. If, pursuant to any provision hereof, the duties and obligations of the Property Manager or the Special Servicer are transferred by an assignment and assumption to a successor thereto, the entire amount of compensation payable to the Property Manager or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, that accrues pursuant hereto from and after the date of such transfer shall be payable to such successor.

 

Section 5.05.      Rights of Certain Persons in Respect of the Property Manager and the Special Servicer.

 

Each of the Property Manager and the Special Servicer shall afford to the other and, also, to each Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Back-Up Manager, upon reasonable notice, during normal business hours (a) access to all records maintained by it relating to the Properties and Leases included in the Collateral Pool and in respect of its rights and obligations hereunder, to the extent not prohibited by confidentiality (including attorney-client privilege), contract or applicable law, and (b) access to such of its officers as are responsible for such obligations. Upon reasonable request, the Property Manager and the Special Servicer shall each furnish the Issuers and the Indenture Trustee with its most recent financial statements and such other information as it possesses, and which it is not prohibited by confidentiality (including attorney-client privilege), applicable law or contract from disclosing, regarding its business, affairs, property and condition, financial or otherwise. Each Issuer may, but is not obligated to, enforce the obligations of the Property Manager and the Special Servicer hereunder and may, but is not obligated to, perform, or cause a designee to perform, any defaulted obligation of the Property Manager or the Special Servicer hereunder, or, in connection with any such defaulted obligation, exercise the related rights of the Property Manager or the Special Servicer hereunder; provided, however, that neither the

 

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Property Manager nor the Special Servicer shall be relieved of any of its obligations hereunder by virtue of such performance by any such Issuer or its designee. The Issuers shall not have any responsibility or liability for any action or failure to act by or with respect to the Property Manager or the Special Servicer.

 

Section 5.06.      [Reserved].

 

Section 5.07.      Property Manager or Special Servicer as Owner of Notes.

 

Subject to Section 3.17 herein and the terms of the Indenture, if, at any time during which an Affiliate of the Property Manager or the Special Servicer is the holder of any Note or Issuer Interests the Property Manager or the Special Servicer proposes to take or omit to take action (i) which action or omission is not expressly prohibited by the terms hereof and would not, in the Property Manager or the Special Servicer’s good faith judgment, violate the Servicing Standard, and (ii) which action, if taken, or omission, if made, might nonetheless, in the Property Manager’s or the Special Servicer’s good faith judgment, be considered by other Persons to violate the Servicing Standard, the Property Manager or the Special Servicer may, but need not, seek the approval of the Noteholders and the holders of the Issuer Interests to such action or omission by delivering to each Issuer and the Indenture Trustee a written notice that (a) states that it is delivered pursuant to this Section 5.07, (b) identifies the portion of Notes and Issuer Interests beneficially owned by an Affiliate Party, and (c) describes in reasonable detail the action that the Property Manager or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, proposes to take or omit. If, at any time, the holders of Issuer Interests representing greater than 50% of the Issuer Interests and a Requisite Global Majority (calculated in accordance with the terms of the Indenture) separately consent in writing to the proposal described in the related notices, and if the Property Manager or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, takes action or omits to take action as proposed in such notices, such action or omission will be deemed to comply with the Servicing Standard. It is not the intent of the foregoing provision that the Property Manager or the Special Servicer be permitted to invoke the procedure set forth herein with respect to routine servicing matters arising hereunder, but rather in the case of unusual circumstances.

 

ARTICLE VI

SERVICER REPLACEMENT EVENTS

 

Section 6.01.      Servicer Replacement Events.

 

(a)               Servicer Replacement Event” wherever used herein with respect to the Property Manager or Special Servicer, means any one of the following events:

 

(i)                 any failure by the Property Manager or the Special Servicer to remit to the Collection Account, the Release Account or the Payment Account (or to the Indenture Trustee for deposit into the Payment Account) any amount as and when required to be so remitted pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or the Indenture, which failure remains unremedied for two (2) business days after the earlier of (x) the date on which notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, is given to the Property Manager or Special

 

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Servicer, as applicable, by the Indenture Trustee or (y) actual knowledge of such failure by such Property Manager or Special Servicer, as applicable; or

 

(ii)              the Property Manager fails to make any P&I Advance as required by the Indenture or this Agreement; or

 

(iii)            the Property Manager fails to make any Property Protection Advance as required by the Indenture or this Agreement, which failure remains unremedied for four (4) Business Days following the date on which Property Manager or Special Servicer receives of notice of (or obtains actual knowledge of) any such failure;

 

(iv)             any failure on the part of the Property Manager or the Special Servicer to observe or perform in any material respect any other of the covenants or agreements on the part of the Property Manager or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, contained in this Agreement which failure continues unremedied for a period of 30 days (or such longer period as is reasonably required to cure the subject matter provided that (A) the Property Manager or the Special Servicer shall diligently prosecute such cure, (B) such extended cure period does not have a material adverse effect on the Issuers, the Noteholders or the Properties and (C) such longer period shall not exceed 60 days) after the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Property Manager and the Special Servicer by any other party hereto or the Property Manager or the Special Servicer otherwise has notice of such failure; or

 

(v)               any breach on the part of the Property Manager or the Special Servicer of any representation or warranty contained in this Agreement that materially and adversely affects the interests of the Issuers, which remains unremedied for 30 days after the date on which written notice of such breach, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Property Manager and the Special Servicer by any other party hereto; provided, however, that if the breach is capable of being cured and such Property Manager or Special Servicer is diligently pursuing that cure, the 30 day period will be extended for another 30 days; or

 

(vi)             there shall have been commenced before a court or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction an involuntary proceeding against the Property Manager or the Special Servicer under any present or future federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law for the appointment of a conservator, receiver, liquidator, trustee or similar official in any bankruptcy, insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, which action shall not have been dismissed for a period of 90 days; provided, that if any decree or order cannot be discharged, dismissed or stayed within the 90-day period, such Property Manager or Special Servicer will have an additional 30 days to effect the discharge, so long as it commenced proceedings to have the decree or order dismissed within the initial 90-day period and it is continuing to pursue the discharge; or

 

(vii)          either the Property Manager or the Special Servicer shall consent to the appointment of a conservator, receiver, liquidator, trustee or similar official in any

 

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bankruptcy, insolvency, readjustment of debt, marshaling of assets and liabilities or similar proceedings of or relating to it or of or relating to all or substantially all of its property; or

  

(viii)        either the Property Manager or the Special Servicer shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, file a petition to take advantage of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization statute, make an assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or

 

(ix)             either the Property Manager or the Special Servicer assigns any of its obligations under this Agreement to any third party other than as permitted under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document; or

 

(x)               either the Property Manager or the Special Servicer fails to observe reporting requirements, which failure remains unremedied for five (5) days after the date on which written notice of such breach, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Property Manager and the Special Servicer; provided, that with respect to the delivery of the Determination Date report, such period shall be for one (1) day after such notice; or

 

(xi)             (xi) AR Global Investments LLC, shall cease to own a majority of the equity interests (whether directly or indirectly) of AF Properties or American Finance Advisors, LLC without the consent of the Requisite Global Majority, or AF Properties shall cease to be the property manager for AFOP; or

 

(xii)          the Issuers or the Indenture Trustee shall have received confirmation in writing from any Rating Agency that the failure to remove the Property Manager or the Special Servicer in such capacity would in and of itself cause a downgrade, qualification or withdrawal of any of the ratings then assigned by such Rating Agency to the Notes; or

 

(xiii)        an Event of Default under Section 4.01(a), (b), (c), (f), (g) or (j) of the Indenture shall have occurred; or

 

(xiv)         any other Event of Default under the Indenture, other than an Event of Default under Section 4.01(a), (b), (c), (f), (g) or (j) thereof, shall have occurred and the Indenture Trustee shall have accelerated the Notes; or

 

(xv)           the Monthly DSCR shall be less than 1.20x for three (3) consecutive Payment Dates and such reduction in Monthly DSCR is reasonably determined by the Back-Up Manager (unless the Back-Up Manager is then serving as Property Manager or Special Servicer) or the Requisite Global Majority to be primarily attributable to acts or omissions of the Property Manager; provided, however no more than one time since the initial Issuance Date, to the extent that such act or omission occurred as a consequence of extraordinary events outside the control of the Property Manager, such acts or omissions shall be deemed not to be a Servicer Replacement Event as described in this clause (xv).

 

(b)               Each of the Property Manager and the Special Servicer will notify the Indenture Trustee and the Back-Up Manager in writing of the occurrence of a Servicer Replacement Event or an event that, with the giving of notice or the expiration of any cure period,

 

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or both, would constitute a Servicer Replacement Event promptly upon obtaining actual knowledge thereof.

 

Section 6.02.      Termination of Property Manager and Special Servicer and appointment of Successor.

 

(a)               If any Servicer Replacement Event (other than under clauses (ii) or (iii) of Section 6.01 above) with respect to AF Properties as the initial Property Manager or the initial Special Servicer (in either case, for purposes of this Section 6.02, the “Defaulting Party”) of which a responsible officer of the Indenture Trustee shall have actual knowledge shall occur and be continuing, then, and in each and every such case, subject to the remainder of this Section 6.02, the Indenture Trustee shall deliver a notice in writing to the Noteholders (with a copy of such notice to the Defaulting Party) advising the Noteholders of their right to approve the removal of the Defaulting Party or to waive such Servicer Replacement Event. In the event that the Noteholders representing the Requisite Global Majority have either approved of the removal of the Defaulting Party or not waived the occurrence of such Servicer Replacement Event within thirty (30) days of such notice, the Indenture Trustee shall (by notice in writing to the Defaulting Party and each other party hereto) cause such Defaulting Party to be immediately replaced with the Back-Up Manager and terminate all of the rights and obligations accruing from and after such notice of the Defaulting Party under this Agreement and in and to the Collateral (other than as a holder of any Note or Issuer Interest). All notices by the Indenture Trustee of a Servicer Replacement Event shall be delivered to the Noteholders together with a request that the Noteholders either waive such Servicer Replacement Event or consent to the termination of the Property Manager or the Special Servicer. Upon the occurrence of a Servicer Replacement Event under clause (ii) or (iii) with respect to the Defaulting Party (provided that the Defaulting Party is the initial Property Manager or Special Servicer), the Indenture Trustee shall immediately terminate the Property Manager and/or the Special Servicer and replace them with the Back-Up Manager. When a single entity acts as Property Manager and Special Servicer, a Servicer Replacement Event in one capacity shall constitute a Servicer Replacement Event in each capacity; provided, however, that, subject to Section 6.01(b), the Indenture Trustee shall upon direction from the Requisite Global Majority elect to terminate the Property Manager or the Special Servicer in one or the other capacity rather than both such capacities.

 

Except as provided in the immediately preceding paragraph, upon the occurrence of a Servicer Replacement Event with respect to the Property Manager or the Special Servicer, the Indenture Trustee (i) may (with the consent of the Requisite Global Majority) cause the Property Manager and/or the Special Servicer to be replaced with a successor Property Manager (the “Successor Property Manager”) and/or successor Special Servicer (the “Successor Special Servicer”), and (ii) shall (at the direction of the Requisite Global Majority) cause the Property Manager and/or the Special Servicer to be replaced with a Successor Property Manager and/or Successor Special Servicer.

 

(b)               From and after the termination of the Property Manager or Special Servicer, all authority and power of the terminated Property Manager or Special Servicer under this Agreement, whether with respect to the Issuers (other than as a holder of any Note or Issuer Interest) or the Leases or Properties or otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the Back-Up Manager or the applicable Successor Property Manager or Successor Special Servicer pursuant to and under

 

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this Section, and, without limitation, the Back-Up Manager or the applicable Successor Property Manager or Successor Special Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of and at the expense of the terminated Property Manager or Special Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and all documents and other instruments, and to do or accomplish all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination, whether to complete the transfer and endorsement or assignment of the Leases, Properties and related documents, or otherwise.

 

(c)               The appointment of a Successor Property Manager or Successor Special Servicer will be subject to, among other things, (i) the satisfaction of the Rating Condition and (ii) the written agreement of the Successor Property Manager or Successor Special Servicer to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement, together with an Opinion of Counsel regarding the enforceability of such agreement. Subject to the foregoing, any person, including any holder of Notes or Issuer Interests or any Affiliate thereof, may be appointed as the Successor Property Manager or Successor Special Servicer.

 

(d)               Each of the Property Manager and the Special Servicer agrees that, if it is terminated pursuant to this Section 6.02, it shall promptly provide the Indenture Trustee and the Back-Up Manager (or such other applicable successor) with all documents and records in its possession requested thereby to enable the Back-Up Manager (or such other applicable successor) to assume the Property Manager or Special Servicer’s, as the case may be, functions hereunder, and shall cooperate with the Back-Up Manager (or such other applicable successor) in effecting the termination of the Property Manager or Special Servicer’s, as the case may be, responsibilities and rights hereunder. The terminated Property Manager or Special Servicer and its directors, officers, employees and agents shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Section 5.03 notwithstanding any such termination). The Back-Up Manager (or such other applicable successor) shall use reasonable efforts to diligently complete the physical transfer of servicing from the terminated Property Manager or Special Servicer, as applicable, with the cooperation of such Property Manager or Special Servicer.

 

Section 6.03.      Back-Up Manager.

 

(a)               The Back-Up Manager shall maintain current servicing records and systems concerning the Properties and the Leases in order to enable it to timely and efficiently assume the responsibilities of the Property Manager and/or Special Servicer in accordance with the Servicing Standard and otherwise in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

(b)               Subject to Section 6.02, following the appointment of the Back-Up Manager as successor Property Manager, the initial Property Manager shall arrange for the delivery to the Back-Up Manager of all Servicing Files related to Properties that are not Specially Managed Units, which Servicing Files shall contain sufficient data (as determined by the initial Property Manager in the exercise of its good faith judgment) to permit the Back-Up Manager to assume the duties of the Property Manager hereunder without delay. Subject to Section 6.02, following the appointment of the Back-Up Manager as successor Special Servicer, the initial Special Servicer shall arrange for the delivery to the Back-Up Manager of all Servicing Files related to Specially Managed Units, which Servicing Files shall contain sufficient data (as determined by the initial

 

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Special Servicer in the exercise of its good faith judgment) to permit the Back-Up Manager to assume the duties of the Property Manager hereunder without delay.

 

(c)               Subject to Section 6.02, following a Servicer Replacement Event, the Back-Up Manager shall use reasonable efforts to diligently complete the physical transfer of servicing from the terminated Property Manager or Special Servicer with the cooperation of such Defaulting Party. From and after the date physical transfer of servicing is completed (the “Back-Up Servicing Transfer Date”), the Back-Up Manager shall service and/or specially service the Properties and Leases in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement with all the rights and obligations of the Property Manager and the Special Servicer and shall have no liability or responsibility with respect to any obligations of each Defaulting Party, arising or accruing prior to the Back-Up Servicing Transfer Date. Each Issuer, if it determines in its reasonable discretion that enforcement rights and/or remedies are available to the Noteholders against the terminated Property Manager or Special Servicer and it is prudent under the circumstances to enforce such rights, agree to enforce their rights under this Agreement against the terminated Property Manager or Special Servicer, including any rights they have to enforce each Defaulting Party’s obligation to fully cooperate in the orderly transfer and transition of servicing and otherwise comply with the terms of this Agreement. In the event that the Back-Up Manager discovers or becomes aware of any errors in any records or data of each Defaulting Party which impairs its ability to perform its duties hereunder, the Back-Up Manager shall notify each Issuer and the Indenture Trustee in writing of such errors and shall, at each Defaulting Party’s expense (or, if not paid by such party, as a Property Protection Advance) and upon the Issuers’ direction, undertake to correct or reconstruct such records or data.

 

(d)               From and after the date of this Agreement until the Back-Up Servicing Transfer Date, the Property Manager shall provide or cause to be provided to the Back-Up Manager on or before the 20th day of each month, in electronic form, a complete data tape of the Loan Schedule, the Owned Property Schedule and such other information as any Issuer may reasonably deem necessary, including all information necessary to determine the Release Price and original purchase price paid by the applicable Issuer, and shall make available to the Back-Up Manager a copy of each Determination Date Report and any Special Servicer Report. In addition, the Property Manager shall provide all other documents and materials as are reasonably requested by the Back-Up Manager. The Back-Up Manager will perform an initial comprehensive data integrity review and a monthly review of this information to determine whether it provides adequate information to enable the Back-Up Manager to perform its obligations hereunder as the Back-Up Manager. To the extent that the Back-Up Manager determines within ten (10) calendar days of its receipt of such information that such information is inadequate for the Back-Up Manager to perform its obligations as the Back-Up Manager, the Back-Up Manager will provide prompt written notice to each Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and the Property Manager identifying any deficiencies in such information that do not enable the Back-Up Manager to perform its obligations as the Back-Up Manager. The Property Manager shall use its best efforts to provide any such deficient information to the Back-Up Manager within ten (10) calendar days of receipt of such notice from the Back-Up Manager.

 

(e)               Within ten (10) Business Days of the date of receipt from the Property Manager, the Back-Up Manager shall, in order to understand the purpose of each data field (and the interrelationships among such data fields), review the form of Determination Date Report and

 

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the Special Servicer Report, each in the form agreed to by the Property Manager, the Indenture Trustee and the Back-Up Manager. Provided the data in the Determination Date Report and the Special Servicer Report are in a format readable by the Back-Up Manager, the Back-Up Manager shall create a set of conversion routines and database mapping programs, as necessary, that will enable the Back-Up Manager to (i) receive such data from the Property Manager on a monthly basis and to ensure that the data is readable, and (ii) independently generate such Determination Date Reports and Special Servicer Reports, as applicable, following the Back-Up Servicing Transfer Date; provided, however, that the Back-Up Manager shall have no obligations with respect to the information contained in the Determination Date Report with respect to the U.S. Risk Retention Agreement.

 

(f)                On a monthly basis, the Back-Up Manager shall (x) verify receipt of the Determination Date Report and the Special Servicer Report required to be delivered by the Property Manager and (y) verify that such records and data are in a readable format.

 

(g)               The Back-Up Manager (subject to Section 5.02) may resign from its obligations under this Agreement (i) with the consent of the Requisite Global Majority, (ii) upon determination that the performance of its duties hereunder are no longer permissible under applicable law or are in material conflict by reason of applicable law with any other activities carried on by it, the other activities of the Back-Up Manager so causing such a conflict being of a type and nature carried on by the Back-Up Manager at the date of this Agreement, (iii) if the Back-Up Manager identifies a successor back-up manager who agrees to undertake the obligations of the Back-Up Manager under this Agreement and provides the Indenture Trustee with written confirmation of satisfaction of the Rating Condition, and (iv) upon 60 day’s written notice to the Issuers, the Support Provider and the Indenture Trustee, if at any time KeyBank is terminated as Sub-Manager under the related Sub-Management Agreement; provided, that no such resignation pursuant to this clause (iv) shall become effective until a successor shall have been appointed by the Issuers and assumed the responsibilities and obligations of the resigning Back-Up Manager. If within 60 days of the date of such notice of resignation, no successor shall have assumed the responsibilities and obligations of the resigning Back-Up Manager, the resigning Back-Up Manager shall be permitted to petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor.

 

(h)               Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Back-Up Manager may cause all or part of the obligations and duties imposed on it by this Agreement to be assumed by, and may assign part or all of its rights, benefits or privileges hereunder to, with the prior written approval of each Issuer, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, to any Person, upon its delivery to each Issuer and the Indenture Trustee of evidence of satisfaction of the Rating Condition, and the assumption by the assignee of all of the obligations and duties of the Back-Up Manager. Upon any such assignment and assumption by the assignee of all or a part of the obligations of the Back-Up Manager, the assignor (or its successor acting prior to such assignment), shall be relieved from all liability hereunder for acts or omissions of the Back-Up Manager occurring after the date of the assignment and assumption

 

Section 6.04.      Additional Remedies of Issuers and the Indenture Trustee upon a Servicer Replacement Event.

 

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During the continuance of any Servicer Replacement Event, so long as such Servicer Replacement Event shall not have been remedied, in addition to the rights specified in Section 6.01, each Issuer shall have the right, and the Indenture Trustee shall have the right, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, to take all actions now or hereafter existing at law, in equity or by statute to enforce its rights and remedies and to protect the interests, and enforce the rights and remedies of the Noteholders (including the institution and prosecution of all judicial, administrative and other proceedings and the filings of proofs of claim and debt in connection therewith). Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, no remedy provided for by this Agreement shall be exclusive of any other remedy, and each and every remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to any other remedy, and no delay or omission to exercise any right or remedy shall impair any such right or remedy or shall be deemed to be a waiver of any Servicer Replacement Event.

 

ARTICLE VII

TRANSFERS AND EXCHANGES OF PROPERTIES BY ISSUERS; RELEASE OF PROPERTIES BY ISSUERS

 

Section 7.01.      Exchange of Properties.

 

(a)               Each Issuer may remove an Exchanged Property from the Collateral Pool in exchange for the addition of one or more Qualified Substitute Properties to the Collateral Pool; provided, that, after giving effect to a substitution or exchange pursuant to this Section 7.01, the sum of the Collateral Value of all Released Properties and Exchanged Properties released or exchanged since the most recent Series Closing Date shall not exceed 35% of the Aggregate Collateral Value as of such Series Closing Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) a release or exchange of a Property in connection with a Collateral Defect, a Third Party Purchase Option, a Risk-Based Substitution or a Qualified Deleveraging Event, (ii) the release or exchange of a Terminated Lease Property, Delinquent Asset or Defaulted Asset, (iii) releases during the Disposition Period, (iv) releases as a result of a Triple A Release Event, (v) releases in connection with a Series Collateral Release or (vi) a transfer of lease terms to a Lease Transfer Property shall not be taken into consideration for purposes of the 35% maximum described in the prior sentence. No Property will constitute a Qualified Substitute Property unless, after giving effect to the transfer of such Property to the related Issuer, either (i) a Maximum Property Concentration is not exceeded, or (ii) if, prior to such substitution, an existing Maximum Property Concentration is already exceeded, the addition of such Qualified Substitute Property will reduce the Maximum Property Concentration or such Maximum Property Concentration will remain unchanged after giving effect to such substitution. In addition, no exchange of a Property or Lease may occur (other than pursuant to a Third Party Purchase Option or release due to a Collateral Defect) if an Early Amortization Period would occur as a result of such exchange.

 

(b)               In the event that any Issuer elects to substitute one or more Qualified Substitute Properties pursuant to this Section 7.01, the Property Manager shall require such Issuer to deliver to the Custodian all documents as specified in the definition of “Lease File” in Section 1.01 with respect to each Qualified Substitute Property in accordance with this Agreement and the Custody Agreement. Monthly Lease Payments due with respect to Qualified Substitute Properties in the month of substitution shall not be part of the Collateral and will be retained by the Property

 

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Manager and remitted by the Property Manager to such Issuer on the next succeeding Payment Date. For the month of substitution, the Available Amount shall include the Monthly Lease Payment due on the Lease for the Removed Property for such month and, thereafter, the applicable Issuer designee shall be entitled to retain all amounts received in respect of such Lease. On or prior to the effective date of any such substitution, the Property Manager shall deliver to the Custodian and each Issuer an amended Property Schedule reflecting the addition to the Collateral of each new Qualified Substitute Property and related Lease and the removal from the Collateral of each Removed Property and related Lease. Upon such substitution, each Qualified Substitute Property shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement in all respects, and the applicable Issuer shall be deemed to have made the representations and warranties contained in Section 2.20 of the Indenture with respect to each Qualified Substitute Property, and the applicable Issuer shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee a certificate in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto certifying to the Indenture Trustee that such exceptions as have been proposed by the Property Manager or the Issuers are materially consistent with the underwriting criteria for existing Properties.

  

(c)               Each Issuer shall effect such substitution by having each Qualified Substitute Property deeded (or, with respect to Qualified Substitute Properties, having the leasehold interest in the ground lease therein assigned) to such Issuer and distributing or otherwise transferring the Removed Property to a designee of the Issuer Manager and delivering to and depositing with the Custodian (i) the deed (or assignment of ground lease), if applicable, and any other transfer documents transferring such Qualified Substitute Property (or leasehold interest in the ground lease) to such designee, (ii) the deed (or assignment of ground lease), if applicable, and any other transfer documents transferring such Removed Property (or leasehold interest in the ground lease) to a designee of the applicable Issuer Manager, or the entity purchasing the Removed Property, (iii) the Lease Files for such Qualified Substitute Properties, all of which shall meet the Lease File requirements for such Qualified Substitute Property, and (iv) an Officer’s Certificate certifying that all of the taxes (including transfer taxes with respect to Qualified Substitute Property) in connection with the acquisition of the Qualified Substitute Property and the transfer of the Removed Property have been paid.

 

(d)               Upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate from the Property Manager or the applicable Issuer to the effect that all requirements with respect to any substitution pursuant to the foregoing terms of this Section 7.01 have been satisfied, which Officer’s Certificate shall be furnished by the Property Manager upon becoming appropriate, and upon which the Indenture Trustee shall be permitted to fully rely and shall have no liability for so relying without any obligation to confirm or verify, (i) the Indenture Trustee shall release or cause to be released to such Issuer’s designee the related Lease File for the Removed Property (ii) each of the Indenture Trustee and such Issuer shall execute and deliver such instruments of release, transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse, as shall be provided to it and are reasonably necessary to vest in such Issuer’s designee the ownership of the Removed Property and the related Lease and to release any Mortgage or other lien or security interest in such Removed Property or the related Lease. In connection with any such release or transfer, the Special Servicer shall deliver the related Servicing File to such Issuer’s designee. Simultaneously with any substitution made pursuant to this Section 7.01, such Issuer shall distribute or transfer the Removed Property and Lease at the direction of the applicable Issuer Manager.

 

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(e)               Any Release Price received by the applicable Issuer in connection with the release of a Released Property pursuant to this Section 7.01 or the other terms and provisions of this Agreement (other than any Release Prices obtained in connection with a Triple A Release Event, Liquidation Proceeds received with respect to Defaulted Assets, or any Series Collateral Release Prices) shall first be deposited into the Release Account and, after payment of any unreimbursed Extraordinary Expenses, Advances and Emergency Protection Expenses (plus Advance Interest thereon) related to such Released Property and the expenses related to such release, shall either (i) be applied by such Issuer to acquire a Qualified Substitute Property within twelve (12) months following the related release or (ii) at the option of the Property Manager, be deposited as Unscheduled Proceeds into the Collection Account. Any amounts relating to such a Released Property remaining in the Release Account following such twelve (12) month period will be transferred as Unscheduled Proceeds into the Collection Account; provided, that only the related Allocated Release Amount will be applied as Unscheduled Principal Payments. Notwithstanding the foregoing, during an Early Amortization Period, all amounts on deposit in the Release Account will be transferred as Unscheduled Proceeds into the Collection Account and applied as Unscheduled Principal Payments on the Payment Date following the commencement of such Early Amortization Period.

 

(f)                No exchange of a Property may occur if an Early Amortization Period would commence as a result of such exchange.

 

Section 7.02.      Sale Pursuant to Third Party Purchase Option.

 

(a)               If any Person shall exercise its Third Party Purchase Option prior to the Rated Final Payment Date, the applicable Issuer shall, simultaneously with the transfer of the applicable Property pursuant to the Third Party Purchase Option, deposit the Third Party Option Price into the Release Account, and upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate from the Property Manager or the Issuers to the effect that such deposit has been made (which the Property Manager shall deliver to the Indenture Trustee and the Issuers promptly upon such deposit being made and upon which Officer’s Certificate the Indenture Trustee shall be permitted to fully rely and shall have no liability for so relying without any obligation to confirm or verify), the Indenture Trustee shall release to such Issuer or its designee the related Lease File and execute and deliver such instruments of release, transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse, that shall be provided by such Issuer or the Property Manager and reasonably necessary to release the subject Mortgage and the other liens and security interests in such Property and the related Lease.

 

(b)               After such release, the released Property shall not be deemed to be a Property (except for the purposes of obligations under the Transaction Documents that are expressly provided to survive repayment in full of the Notes and satisfaction of the Mortgage).

 

Section 7.03.      Transfer of Lease to New Property.

 

In the event a Tenant under a Lease requests that such Lease be modified to apply to a different Property (the “Lease Transfer Property”) owned by such Tenant or substituted for a Lease on a different Property owned by such Tenant, the related Issuer may, with the approval of the Property Manager or the Special Servicer, as applicable, to the extent permitted under the subject Lease or imposed by the Property Manager, approve such transfer. Each of the Property

 

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Manager, the Special Servicer and the applicable Issuer has covenanted that it will not give its consent to a transfer unless: (i) the substituted property is a Qualified Substitute Property; (ii) all Advances, Extraordinary Expenses and Emergency Property Expenses related to the Property being transferred are reimbursed; and (iii) such Lease will not be treated as a new Lease but instead will be treated as a modification of the original Lease. Such Qualified Substitute Property will be included in the Collateral Pool and pledged to the Indenture Trustee to secure the Notes. Upon the Indenture Trustee’s receipt of an Officer’s Certificate (upon which the Indenture Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely) from the Property Manager or the Special Servicer to the effect that such modification or substitution has been completed in accordance with the terms hereof, including satisfaction of the Required Conditions (which shall include a certification that such Issuer has executed and delivered a Mortgage or, within 60 days of the Property Manager’s receipt of the related recorded Mortgage, will deliver a copy thereof with recording information) with respect thereto to the Indenture Trustee), the Indenture Trustee shall execute and deliver such instruments of release, transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse, as shall be provided to it by such Issuer and are reasonably necessary to release any lien or security interest in the original Property and related Lease, whereupon such original Property shall be free and clear of the lien of the Indenture and any Mortgage and the other Transaction Documents. Any proceeds of such sale, transfer or other disposition shall not constitute part of the Collateral and shall not be deposited in the Collection Account or the Release Account, as applicable.

 

Section 7.04.      Release of Property by an Issuer.

 

(a)               Except in connection with the release or encumbrance of an immaterial portion of any Property pursuant to Section 3.16(g), and subject to Section 7.08, 7.10 and 7.11, the applicable Issuer shall have the right to have released from the lien of the related Mortgage and the Indenture any Property and related Leases (following such release, a “Released Property”, as applicable) by depositing or causing to be deposited in the Release Account an amount equal to the Release Price in immediately available funds for the Released Property and satisfying the Required Conditions. Upon the Indenture Trustee’s receipt of an Officer’s Certificate by the applicable Issuer or Property Manager certifying that all conditions set forth herein have been satisfied, the Indenture Trustee shall release to such Issuer or its designee the related Lease File and execute and deliver such instruments of release, transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse, that shall be provided to it by such Issuer and are reasonably necessary to release any Mortgage or other lien or security interest in such Property and the related Lease from the lien of the Indenture.

 

(b)               No release of a Property (other than pursuant to a Third Party Purchase Option or release due to a Collateral Defect) may occur if an Early Amortization Period would occur as a result of such release.

 

Section 7.05.      Terminated Lease Property.

 

An Issuer may remove a Terminated Lease Property from the Collateral Pool in exchange for the addition of one or more Qualified Substitute Properties to the Collateral Pool pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.01.

 

Section 7.06.      Risk-Based or Credit Risk Substitution.

 

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Each applicable Issuer may, with respect to a Lease, remove a Property from the Collateral Pool in exchange for the addition of one or more Qualified Substitute Properties to the Collateral Pool; provided that: (i) the remaining term to maturity of the related Lease is less than three (3) years from the date of the proposed substitution and the Property Manager, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, determines that there is a reasonable risk of non-renewal of such Lease (“Non-Renewal Risk”); (ii) based on written communications from the Tenant under such Lease, the Property Manager, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, determines that there is a Non-Renewal Risk; (iii) the applicable Issuer has received from the Tenant under the related Lease for such Property written notice of the non-renewal of such Lease; or (iv) the Property Manager, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, determines that there is a reasonable risk of monetary default by the Tenant under such Lease (“Credit Risk” and any substitution related to clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv), collectively, a “Risk-Based Substitution”). In addition, the Property Manager or the applicable Issuer shall provide to the Indenture Trustee an explanation of the Non-Renewal Risk or Credit Risk, including, if applicable, a copy of any written communication from the Tenant related to such Non-Renewal Risk or Credit Risk, as well as a summary description of the anticipated Qualified Substitute Property.

 

Section 7.07.      Disposition Period.

 

During the Disposition Period, the Property Manager will be required to utilize efforts consistent with the Servicing Standard to cause all of the Properties and related Leases to be released from the Collateral Pool prior the Rated Final Payment Date by receiving payment of the Release Price for such Properties and Leases through the sale of such Properties.

 

Section 7.08.      [Reserved].

 

Section 7.09.      [Reserved].

 

Section 7.10.      Series Collateral Release.

 

(a)               In accordance with Article VII of the Indenture and subject to Section 7.01(a) and 7.10(b), one or more Issuers may sell any Property and the related Lease in connection with a prepayment in full of a Series of Notes (a “Series Collateral Release”). Any Series Collateral Release Price received in connection with a Series Collateral Release shall be deposited into the Collection Account and applied by the Indenture Trustee on the date of such Series Collateral Release, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture. For the avoidance of doubt, AFOP or an Affiliate may elect to make a capital contribution to one or more Issuers for the purposes of paying the applicable Series Collateral Release Price and the related Released Properties may be distributed by the applicable Issuer to AFOP or an Affiliate.

 

(b)               No Series Collateral Release shall occur unless (i) the Rating Condition is satisfied, (ii) no Event of Default or Early Amortization Period will occur following such Series Collateral Release and (iii) no Maximum Property Concentration will be exceeded (or, if prior to such Series Collateral Release, an existing Maximum Property Concentration is already exceeded, the release of such Released Properties will reduce such Maximum Property Concentration or such Maximum Property Concentration will remain unchanged after giving effect to such release).

 

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(c)               Any Series Collateral Release Prices that are required to be transferred from the Collection Account to the Release Account pursuant to the Indenture shall be treated as a “Release Price” and applied in accordance with Section 3.05(b).

 

(d)               Any Released Property sold in connection with a Series Collateral Release shall not be taken into consideration for the purposes of the limitations set forth in Section 7.01(a).

 

(e)               In connection with a release of Properties pursuant to Section 7.10(a), upon the Indenture Trustee’s receipt of an Officer’s Certificate by the applicable Issuer or Property Manager, certifying that all conditions set forth herein have been satisfied, upon which the Indenture Trustee shall be permitted to fully rely and shall have no liability for so relying without any obligation to confirm or verify, the Indenture Trustee shall release to such Issuer or its designee the related Lease File and execute and deliver such instruments of release, transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse, that shall be provided to it by such Issuer and are reasonably necessary to release any Mortgage or other lien or security interest in such Property and the related Lease from the lien of the Indenture.

 

Section 7.11.      Early Refinancing.

 

In connection with an Early Refinancing Prepayment as permitted pursuant to the terms of any applicable Series Supplement, an Issuer may release Properties with an aggregate Allocated Loan Amount not to exceed the Qualified Release Amount.

 

Section 7.12.      Triple A Release Event.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, if any Triple A Notes are Outstanding on their related Triple A Release Date and an Early Amortization Period is in effect, the Property Manager shall use commercially reasonable efforts to sell Properties in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) 35% of the Aggregate Collateral Value, taking into account the aggregate Collateral Value of all Released Properties released since the most recent Series Closing Date by paying the Release Price and (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Principal Balance of all Triple A Notes (such event, a "Triple A Release Event"). Any Release Price collected in connection with a Triple A Release Event shall be deposited as Unscheduled Proceeds into the Collection Account and shall be included in the Available Amount on the following Payment Date.

 

Section 7.13.      Defeasance.

 

One or more Issuers may effect a defeasance (a “Defeasance”) of the Notes by obtaining the release from all covenants of the Indenture relating to ownership and operation of the Properties, by delivering United States government securities providing for payments that replicate the required payments with respect to each Class of Notes then outstanding on each Payment Date (the “Defeasance Collateral”), including Indenture Trustee Fees, Workout Fees, Property Management Fees, Emergency Property Expenses, Liquidation Fees, Special Servicing Fees and Extraordinary Expenses and any other amounts due and owing to the Property Managers, the Special Servicers, the Back-up Manager or the Indenture Trustee, if any, through and including the first Payment Date on which each such Class Notes could be prepaid without payment of any Make Whole Amounts (including payment in full of principal of such Class of Notes on such Payment Date). Any Defeasance is subject to the satisfaction of the Rating Condition and the

 

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following conditions: (i) such Defeasance shall occur on a Payment Date, and the applicable Issuers shall provide not less than ten (10) days prior written notice to the Indenture Trustee, the Property Managers and the Special Servicers of the Payment Date upon which it intends to effect a Defeasance hereunder (the “Defeasance Date”); (ii) all accrued and unpaid interest and all other sums due on the Notes up to the Defeasance Date shall be paid in full on or prior to the Defeasance Date; (iii) the applicable Issuers shall execute and deliver to the Indenture Trustee any and all certificates, opinions, documents or instruments reasonably requested by the Indenture Trustee in connection with such Defeasance, including, without limitation, a pledge and security agreement reasonably satisfactory to Indenture Trustee creating a first priority lien on the Defeasance Collateral; and (iv) the applicable Issuers shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee a certificate reasonably satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee certifying that the Defeasance Collateral shall generate monthly amounts sufficient to make the payments described in the first sentence of this section. The Indenture Trustee shall make any notice provided to it pursuant to clause (i) of the immediately prior sentence available to Noteholders.

 

ARTICLE VIII

TERMINATION

 

Section 8.01.      Termination.

 

The respective obligations and responsibilities under this Agreement of the Property Manager, the Special Servicer, the Back-Up Manager and each Issuer shall terminate upon the earlier of (i) liquidation or final payment under the last remaining Lease with respect to a Property included in the Collateral Pool and (ii) satisfaction of the indebtedness evidenced by the Notes, whereupon the Indenture Trustee shall execute and deliver to the Issuers such instruments of release, transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse, as shall be provided to it by the Issuers and reasonably necessary to release any lien or security interest in the subject Properties and Leases.

 

ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

 

Section 9.01.      Amendment.

 

Subject to the provisions of the Indenture governing amendments, supplements and other modifications to this Agreement, this Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto from time to time but only by the mutual written agreement signed by the parties hereto. The Property Manager shall furnish to each party hereto and to each Issuer a fully executed counterpart of each amendment to this Agreement.

 

The parties hereto agree that no modifications or amendments will be made to the Indenture, any Series Supplement or other Transaction Documents without the consent of the Property Manager, the Special Servicer or the Back-Up Manager, as applicable, if such person would be materially adversely affected by such modification or amendment, regardless of whether

 

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such person is a party to such agreement. In addition, the parties hereto agree that no modifications or amendments will be made to the definition of “Lease File” herein without the written consent of the Custodian.

 

Section 9.02.      Counterparts.

 

This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which counterparts shall be deemed an original instrument and all of which together shall constitute a single Agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement in Portable Document Format (PDF), by facsimile transmission or other Electronic Transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed original counterpart of this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, any reference to “written” or “in writing” means any form of written communication, including, without limitation, electronic signatures, and any such written communication may be transmitted by Electronic Transmission. The Indenture Trustee is authorized to accept written instructions, directions, reports, notices or other communications delivered by Electronic Transmission and shall not have any duty or obligation to verify or confirm that the Person sending instructions, directions, reports, notices or other communications or information by Electronic Transmission is, in fact, a Person authorized to give such instructions, directions, reports, notices or other communications or information on behalf of the party purporting to send such Electronic Transmission, and the Indenture Trustee shall not have any liability for any losses, liabilities, costs or expenses incurred or sustained by any party as a result of such reliance upon or compliance with such instructions, directions, reports, notices or other communications or information to the Indenture Trustee, including, without limitation, the risk of such party acting on unauthorized instructions, notices, reports or other communications or information, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any and all communications (both text and attachments) by or from the Indenture Trustee that the Indenture Trustee in its sole discretion deems to contain confidential, proprietary and/or sensitive information and sent by Electronic Transmission will be encrypted. The recipient of the Electronic Transmission will be required to complete a one-time registration process.

 

Section 9.03.      Governing Law.

 

THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN SUCH STATE (WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES), AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAWS.

 

Section 9.04.      Notices.

 

All notices, requests and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and, unless otherwise provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given if delivered by courier or mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, or if transmitted by electronic mail and confirmed in a writing delivered or mailed as aforesaid, to:

 

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(a)               in the case of AF Properties, as the initial Property Manager and initial Special Servicer, 650 Fifth Avenue, 30th Floor, New York, NY 10019, Attention: Legal Department;

 

(b)               in the case of any Issuer, 38 Washington Square, Newport, Rhode Island, 02840, Attention: Legal Department, or such address as provided in any Joinder Agreement;

 

(c)               in the case of the Indenture Trustee, Citibank, N.A., 388 Greenwich St., New York, New York 10013, Attention: Agency & Trust – AFIN 2021-1 or call 888-855-9695 to ask for the deal administrator’s E-mail address;

 

(d)               in the case of the applicable Rating Agency, as provided in each outstanding Series Supplement; and

 

(e)               in the case of the Back-Up Manager, KeyBank National Association, 11501 Outlook St., Suite 300, Overland Park, KS 66211, Attention: W. Todd Reynolds, E-mail: Todd_Reynolds@keybank.com;

 

or, as to each such Person, to such other address as shall be designated by such Person in a written notice to parties hereto. Any notice required or permitted to be delivered to a holder of Issuer Interests or Notes shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, at the address of such holder as shown in the register maintained for such purposes under the applicable Issuer LLC Agreement and the Indenture, respectively. Any notice so mailed within the time prescribed in this Agreement shall conclusively be presumed to have been duly given, whether or not such holder receives such notice.

 

Section 9.05.      Severability of Provisions.

 

If any one or more of the covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement shall be for any reason whatsoever held invalid, then such covenants, agreements, provisions or terms shall be deemed severable from the remaining covenants, agreements, provisions or terms of this Agreement and shall in no way affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement.

 

Section 9.06.      Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.

 

The article and section headings and the table of contents herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the construction hereof.

 

Section 9.07.      Notices to the Rating Agencies and Others.

 

(a)            The Indenture Trustee shall promptly provide notice in accordance with Section 5.14 of the Indenture to the applicable Rating Agency with respect to each of the following of which the Indenture Trustee has actual knowledge:

 

(i)                 any material change or amendment to this Agreement;

 

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(ii)              the occurrence of any Servicer Replacement Event that has not been cured; and

 

(iii)            the resignation or termination of the Property Manager or the Special Servicer and the appointment of a successor.

 

(b)                  The Property Manager shall promptly provide notice to the applicable Rating Agency with respect to each of the following of which it has actual knowledge:

 

(i)                 the resignation or removal of the Indenture Trustee and the appointment of a successor;

 

 

(ii)              any change in the location of the Collection Account;

 

(iii)            any change in the identity of a Tenant; and

 

(iv)             any addition or removal of a Property from the Collateral.

 

(c)                  Each of the Property Manager and the Special Servicer, as the case may be, shall furnish the applicable Rating Agency such information with respect to the Leases and Properties as such Rating Agency shall reasonably request and that the Property Manager or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, can reasonably provide.

 

(d)                  Any Officer’s Certificate, Opinion of Counsel, report, notice, request or other material communication prepared by the Property Manager, the Special Servicer, each Issuer, the Issuer Members on behalf of the Issuers, or the Indenture Trustee, or caused to be so prepared, for dissemination to any of the parties to this Agreement or any holder of Notes or Issuer Interests shall also be concurrently forwarded by such Person to the Issuers and the Initial Purchasers to the extent not otherwise required to be so forwarded. Any Officer’s Certificate delivered under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document shall be deemed to have been delivered by the Person which is a party to this Agreement with respect to which the same was delivered, and under no circumstances shall the officer or other person executing the same have any personal liability under or in connection with any Officer’s Certificate executed by it.

 

Section 9.08.      Successors and Assigns: Beneficiaries.

 

The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and the respective successors and assigns of the parties hereto, and all such provisions shall inure to the benefit of each Issuer and the Noteholders. No other person, including any Tenant, shall be entitled to any benefit or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Agreement.

 

Section 9.09.      Complete Agreement.

 

This Agreement embodies the complete agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and may not be varied or, other than pursuant to Section 8.01, terminated except by a written agreement conforming to the provisions of Section 9.01. All prior

 

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negotiations or representations of the parties are merged into this Agreement and shall have no force or effect unless expressly stated herein.

 

Section 9.10.      Consent to Jurisdiction.

 

Any action or proceeding against any of the parties hereto relating in any way to this Agreement may be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of New York sitting in the borough of Manhattan or of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and each of the parties hereto irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of each such court in respect of any such action or proceeding. Each of the parties hereto hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any right to remove any such action or proceeding by reason of improper venue or inconvenient forum.

 

Section 9.11.      No Proceedings.

 

The Property Manager, the Special Servicer, each Issuer (with respect to any other Issuer) and the Back-Up Manager hereby covenant and agree that, prior to the date which is two years and thirty-one days after the payment in full of the latest maturing Note, it will not institute against, or join with, encourage or cooperate with any other Person in instituting, against an Issuer any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings, under any federal or state bankruptcy or similar law; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 9.11 shall constitute a waiver of any right to indemnification, reimbursement or other payment from the Issuer pursuant to the Indenture. In the event that any such Person takes action in violation of this Section 9.11, the applicable Issuer, shall file or cause to be filed an answer with the bankruptcy court or otherwise properly contesting the filing of such a petition by any such Person against such Issuer or the commencement of such action and raising the defense that such Person has agreed in writing not to take such action and should be estopped and precluded therefrom and such other defenses, if any, as its counsel advises that it may assert. The provisions of this Section 9.11 shall survive the termination of this Agreement, and the resignation or removal of any party hereto. Nothing contained herein shall preclude participation by any Person in the assertion or defense of its claims in any such proceeding involving an Issuer.

 

The obligations of each Issuer under this Agreement are solely the obligations of such Issuer. No recourse shall be had for the payment of any amount owing in respect of any fee hereunder or any other obligation or claim arising out of or based upon this Agreement against any member, employee, officer or director of such Issuer. Fees, expenses, costs or other obligations payable by an Issuer hereunder shall be payable by such Issuer solely to the extent that funds are then available or thereafter become available for such purpose pursuant to Section 2.11 of the Indenture. In the event that sufficient funds are not available for their payment pursuant to Section 2.11 of the Indenture, the excess unpaid amount of such fees, expenses, costs or other obligations shall in no event constitute a claim (as defined in Section 101 of the Bankruptcy Code) against, or corporate obligation of, such Issuer.

 

Section 9.12.      Cooperation.

 

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Each party hereto hereby agrees to act diligently in responding to a request made by any other party to this Agreement and agrees to reasonably cooperate with the requesting party in connection with the subject matter.

 

Section 9.13.      Acknowledgment of Receipts by Indenture Trustee.

 

Upon request, within ten (10) Business Days after its receipt of any notice, document or other delivery pursuant to any Transaction Document, the Indenture Trustee shall acknowledge its receipt of the same in writing delivered to the party that delivered the same to the Indenture Trustee.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective officers or representatives all as of the day and year first above written.

 

  American Finance Properties, LLC, as Property Manager and Special Servicer

 

    By: /s/ Michael R. Anderson
      Name: Michael R. Anderson
      Title: Authorized Signatory

 

  AFN ABSPROP001, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as an Issuer

 

    By: American Finance Operating Partnership, L.P., a
    Delaware limited partnership, its sole member

 

    By: American Finance Trust, Inc., a Maryland
    corporation, its general partner

 

    By: /s/ Michael R. Anderson
      Name: Michael R. Anderson
      Title: Authorized Signatory

 

  AFN ABSPROP001-A, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as an Issuer

 

    By: American Finance Operating Partnership, L.P., a
    Delaware limited partnership, its sole member

 

    By: American Finance Trust, Inc., a Maryland
    corporation, its general partner

 

    By: /s/ Michael R. Anderson
      Name: Michael R. Anderson
      Title: Authorized Signatory

 

Signature Page to Amended and Restated Property Management and Servicing Agreement – AFIN 2021-1 

 

 

  AFN ABSPROP001-B, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as an Issuer

 

    By: American Finance Operating Partnership, L.P., a
    Delaware limited partnership, its sole member

 

    By: American Finance Trust, Inc., a Maryland
    corporation, its general partner

 

    By: /s/ Michael R. Anderson
      Name: Michael R. Anderson
      Title: Authorized Signatory

 

  AFN ABSPROP002, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as an Issuer

 

    By: American Finance Operating Partnership, L.P., a
    Delaware limited partnership, its sole member

 

    By: American Finance Trust, Inc., a Maryland
    corporation, its general partner

 

    By: /s/ Michael R. Anderson
      Name: Michael R. Anderson
      Title: Authorized Signatory

 

  AFN ABSPROP002-A, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as an Issuer

 

    By: American Finance Operating Partnership, L.P., a
    Delaware limited partnership, its sole member

 

    By: American Finance Trust, Inc., a Maryland
    corporation, its general partner

 

    By: /s/ Michael R. Anderson
      Name: Michael R. Anderson
      Title: Authorized Signatory

 

Signature Page to Amended and Restated Property Management and Servicing Agreement – AFIN 2021-1

 

 

 

  AFN ABSPROP002-B, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as an Issuer

 

    By: American Finance Operating Partnership, L.P., a
    Delaware limited partnership, its sole member

 

    By: American Finance Trust, Inc., a Maryland
    corporation, its general partner

 

    By: /s/ Michael R. Anderson
      Name: Michael R. Anderson
      Title: Authorized Signatory

 

  AFN ABSPROP002-C, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as an Issuer

 

    By: American Finance Operating Partnership, L.P., a
    Delaware limited partnership, its sole member

 

    By: American Finance Trust, Inc., a Maryland
    corporation, its general partner

 

    By: /s/ Michael R. Anderson
      Name: Michael R. Anderson
      Title: Authorized Signatory

 

Signature Page to Amended and Restated Property Management and Servicing Agreement – AFIN 2021-1

 

 

 

  CITIBANK, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Indenture Trustee

 

  By: /s/ James Polcari

  Name:   James Polcari

  Title:   Senior Trust Officer
      Authorized Signatory

 

Signature Page to Amended and Restated Property Management and Servicing Agreement – AFIN 2021-1 

 

 

 

  KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,as Back-Up Manager

 

  By: /s/ Craig Younggren

  Name:    Craig Younggren
  Title:    Senior Vice President

 

Signature Page to Amended and Restated Property Management and Servicing Agreement – AFIN 2021-1

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

 

American Finance Trust Closes $240 Million Securitization at

Weighted-Average Interest Rate of 2.88%, Loan Term of 8.9 Years

Includes $150 Million of AAA Rated Notes

 

NEW YORK –June 4, 2021 – American Finance Trust, Inc. (Nasdaq: AFIN) (“AFIN” or the “Company”) announced today that it has issued $240 million of long-term fixed-rate notes designated as AFIN’s Net-Lease Mortgage Notes, Series 2021-1. The net proceeds from the sale of the notes will be used primarily to repay certain indebtedness, including a $74 million loan at 5.50% interest.

 

The notes were issued in four classes in a private placement to institutional investors. Notes aggregating $150 million are rated AAA by Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”) consisting of $55 million of 7-year Class A-1 notes issued at an interest rate of 2.21% and $95 million of 10-year Class A-2 notes issued at an interest rate of 2.79%. Two classes are rated A by S&P consisting of $35 million of 7-year Class A-3 notes issued at an interest rate of 3.03% and $55 million of 10-year Class A-4 notes issued at an interest rate of 3.60%. The weighted-average interest rate of all classes of the notes is 2.88% and the weighted-average loan term is 8.9 years. The transaction settled on June 3, 2021.

 

“Our second asset-backed note offering was an accretive, well-executed transaction that meaningfully improved AFIN’s consolidated balance sheet,” said Michael Weil, AFIN’s Chief Executive Officer. “Not only is the weighted-average interest rate over 130 basis points lower than our first securitization but using the proceeds to repay debt that carried a rate that was over 260 basis points higher will reduce our overall weighted-average interest rate. These notes will also extend our overall weighted-average debt maturity to 5.3 years from 4.5 years.”

 

The notes are not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or qualified under any applicable state securities law, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements. The notes may only be offered and sold in the United States in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act and outside the United States in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of any offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of the notes in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful under the laws of such jurisdiction.

 

About American Finance Trust, Inc.

 

American Finance Trust, Inc. (Nasdaq: AFIN) is a publicly traded real estate investment trust listed on the Nasdaq focused on acquiring and managing a diversified portfolio of primarily service-oriented and traditional retail and distribution related commercial real estate properties in the U.S. Additional information about AFIN can be found on its website at www.americanfinancetrust.com.

 

Important Notice

 

The statements in this press release that are not historical facts may be forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause the outcome to be materially different. In addition, words such as “may,” “will,” “seeks,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “expects,” “plans,” “intends,” “should” or similar expressions indicate a forward-looking statement, although not all forward-looking statements include these words. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are outside of AFIN’s control, which could cause actual results to differ materially from the results contemplated by the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include the potential adverse effects of the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic, including actions taken to contain or treat COVID-19, on AFIN, AFIN’s tenants and the global economy and financial markets and that the information about rent collections may not be indicative of any future period, as well as those set forth in the Risk Factors section of AFIN’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 filed on February 25, 2021, the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2021 filed on May 5, 2021, and all other filings filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission after that date. Further, forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and AFIN undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events or changes to future operating results over time, unless required by law. 

 

Contacts:

Investor Relations

investorrelations@americanfinancetrust.com

(866) 902-0063