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

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 13, 2022

Modiv Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Maryland
 
001-40814
 
47-4156046
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

120 Newport Center Drive
   
Newport Beach, California
 
92660
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (888) 686-6348

None
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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

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

Title of each class
 
Trading Symbol(s)
 
Name of each exchange on which registered
7.375% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value per share
 
MDVA
 
New York Stock Exchange

 
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
 
Contribution Agreement

On January 13, 2022, Modiv Inc. ( “Modiv”), through its operating partnership, Modiv Operating Partnership, LP (“Modiv OP”), entered into a contribution agreement (the “Contribution Agreement”) with Trophy of Carson Real Estate LLC (“Contributor”) in a sale-leaseback transaction, whereby Modiv OP acquired all of the right, title and interest in a property located at 22020 Recreation Rd., Carson, California, one of the top three largest KIA auto dealership properties in the U.S., (the “Kia - Carson, CA Property”), for a total purchase price of $69,275,000, which includes the issuance of 1,312,382 units of Class C limited partnership interest in Modiv OP issued to Group of Trophy, LLC, the indirect owner of Contributor, and the repayment of a $36,465,449 existing mortgage on the Kia – Carson, CA Property (the “Contribution Transaction”).  The repayment of the existing indebtedness was paid through a draw on the KeyBank Credit Facility (described in Item 2.03 below) which was syndicated by KeyBank National Association (“KeyBank”).   In addition, Modiv has granted Nasser Watar, the sole member of Group of Trophy, LLC, a limited board observer right (only regularly scheduled quarterly board meetings) as long as the Group of Trophy, LLC or any of its affiliates own more than five percent (5%) of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Modiv on a fully-diluted basis. The Contribution Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the Contributor and Modiv OP.  The Contribution Transaction closed on January 18, 2022.

The foregoing summary of the material terms of the Contribution Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Contribution Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated by reference herein.

Kia - Carson, CA Lease Agreement

The Kia - Carson, CA Property is leased in its entirety to Trophy of Carson LLC, a California limited liability company (the “Tenant”), under that certain Lease Agreement, dated as of January 18, 2022 (the “Lease Effective Date”), by and between MDV Trophy Carson CA LLC (the “Landlord”) and the Tenant (the “Kia – Carson, CA Lease Agreement”).

Pursuant to the Kia – Carson, CA Lease Agreement, the initial term of the lease commenced as of the Lease Effective Date and expires at midnight on January 17, 2047.  Subject to certain exceptions in the Kia – Carson, CA Lease Agreement, the Tenant has the option to extend the initial term of the lease for two additional successive periods of five years.  The current annual rent is $3,815,000, which shall increase by 2.0% on February 1, 2023 and annually on every February 1st thereafter during the term of the Kia – Carson, CA Lease Agreement.

As of the Lease Effective Date, the implied capitalization rate for the Kia - Carson, CA Property is approximately 5.70%. The estimated going-in capitalization rate is determined by dividing the projected net rental payment for the first fiscal year the Landlord owns the Kia - Carson, CA Property, along with project rental payments for a billboard lease located on the property which was assigned to Landlord, by the acquisition price (exclusive of closing and offering costs). The Kia – Carson, CA Property is leased to Tenant on a triple-net basis (Tenant is directly responsible for the payment of all property operating expenses, insurance and taxes), and therefore the net rental payment is equivalent to the base rental payment. The projected net rental payment includes assumptions that may not be indicative of the actual future performance of the Kia - Carson, CA Property, including the assumption that the Tenant will perform its obligations under the Kia – Carson, CA Lease Agreement during the next 12 months.

The foregoing summary of the material terms of the Kia – Carson, CA Lease Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Kia – Carson, CA Lease Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2 and incorporated by reference herein.





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

KeyBank Credit Facility

On January 18, 2022, Modiv OP entered into a $100,000,000 four-year revolving line of credit (the “Revolver”) and a $150,000,000 five-year term loan with KeyBank, and the other lending institutions party thereto (collectively, the “Lenders”), KeyBank, as Agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Agent”), BMO Capital Markets, Truist Bank and The Huntington National Bank as Co-Syndication Agents and KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., BMO Capital Markets, Inc., Truist Securities, Inc. and The Huntington National Bank as Joint-Lead Arrangers  (the “Term Loan” and together with the “Revolver,” the “KeyBank Credit Facility”).  Each of the Term Loan and Revolver is subject to increases and extensions upon the satisfaction of certain customary conditions as provided in the KeyBank Credit Agreement.

The KeyBank Credit Facility is secured by a pledge of all of Modiv OP’s equity interests in certain of the single-purpose, property-owning entities (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”) that are indirectly owned by Modiv, and various cash collateral owned by Modiv OP and the Subsidiary Guarantors.

In connection with the KeyBank Credit Facility, Modiv and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors entered into an Unconditional Guaranty of Payment and Performance in favor of the Agent, pursuant to which Modiv and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors agreed to guarantee the full and prompt payment of Modiv OP’s obligations under the Credit Agreement.

The KeyBank Credit Facility is available for general corporate purposes, including, but not limited to, acquisitions, repayment of existing indebtedness and capital expenditures. The KeyBank Credit Facility is priced on a leverage-based pricing grid that fluctuates based on Modiv’s actual leverage ratio. If Modiv’s leverage ratio is below or equal to 50%, the interest rate on the Revolver will be 175 basis points over the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) plus a ten (10) basis point credit adjustment, which would equate to a floating interest rate of 1.90% as of January 1, 2022.

Modiv OP borrowed $155,775,000 on January 18, 2022, including $100,000,000 under the Term Loan and $55,775,000 under the Revolver. Modiv OP used the loan proceeds to repay 20 existing mortgages on 27 properties, refinance the mortgage on the KIA auto dealership acquired on January 18, 2022 as discussed above and to pay the lenders commitment fees and legal fees. The Term Loan includes a $50,000,000 delayed draw which is available until July 17, 2022.

Modiv OP has made customary representations and warranties under the KeyBank Credit Agreement and is required to comply with various covenants and other customary requirements for similar credit facilities. The KeyBank Credit Agreement includes usual and customary events of default and remedies for facilities of this nature. Modiv incurred certain customary fees, costs and expenses in connection with the closing of the KeyBank Credit Facility.

The foregoing summary of the material terms of the KeyBank Credit Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the KeyBank Credit Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.3 and incorporated by reference herein.
 


Item 8.01.
Other Events.

Acquisition of the Kia – Carson, CA Property

As noted above, on January 18, 2022, pursuant to the Contribution Agreement, Contributor contributed its entire right, title and interest in the Kia – Carson, CA Property to Modiv OP for a total purchase price of $69,275,000.  The Kia – Carson, CA Property is leased in its entirety to Tenant in a triple-net lease expiring in January 2047.  For more information regarding the Contribution Agreement and the Lease, see Item 1.01 above.

In connection with entering into the Kia – Carson, CA Lease Agreement described above, Landlord, and Tenant entered into a letter agreement with Tenant, which provides Tenant with a right of first offer to purchase the Kia – Carson, CA Property should Landlord decide to sell the property to a third party (the “Letter Agreement”).  If Tenant does not accept the offer, the Landlord may sell the property to the third-party; provided, however, if Landlord agrees to accept a purchase price more the 7.5% below the original offer price, Landlord must then reoffer the property to Tenant at the lower price.  Should Tenant not accept the offer, then Landlord may then sell the property to the third-party. Tenant’s rights under the Letter Agreement expire if (i) the Lease expires or is terminated, (ii) Tenant transfers the Lease under a Permitted Transfer (as defined in the Lease), (iii) Tenant sells its business through a stock sale, asset sale, merger or similar transaction, or (iv) Tenant transfers, sells or otherwise disposes of more than 50% of its interest in Modiv OP (or shares in Modiv if Tenant’s interest in Modiv OP is converted into shares of common stock of Modiv).

Item 9.01.
Financial Statement and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

 
Exhibit No.
Description
     
 
Contribution Agreement between Trophy of Carson Real Estate LLC and Modiv OP dated January 13, 2022
     
 
Kia – Carson, CA Lease Agreement as of January 18, 2022, by and between MDV Trophy Carson CA LLC, and Trophy of Carson LLC for the property located at 22020 Recreation Rd., Carson, California
     
 
KeyBank Credit Agreement dated January 18, 2022, by and among Modiv OP, as the borrower, KeyBank National Association, the other lenders which are parties to the agreement, and other lenders that may become parties to the agreement, KeyBank National Association, as the agent, BMO Capital Markets, Truist Bank and The Huntington Bank, as co-syndication agents, and KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., BMO Capital Markets, Truist Securities, Inc. and The Huntington Bank, as joint-lead arrangers
     
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SIGNATURE
 
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.

 
MODIV INC.
(Registrant)
   
 
By:
/s/ RAYMOND J. PACINI
   
Name:
Raymond J. Pacini
   
Title:
Chief Financial Officer


 
Date: January 20, 2022

 



Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION VERSION

CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

between

TROPHY OF CARSON REAL ESTATE LLC,
a California limited liability company,
as CONTRIBUTOR

and

MODIV OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, LP,
a Delaware limited partnership, as ACQUIROR,

Dated effective as of January 13, 2022

THE CONTRIBUTOR AND THE UNIT RECIPIENTS (COLLECTIVELY, THE “INVESTORS”) ARE MAKING A DECISION TO INVEST IN UNITS OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP INTEREST IN THE ACQUIROR (THE “SECURITIES”). IN MAKING SUCH INVESTMENT DECISION, THE INVESTORS MUST RELY ON THEIR OWN EXAMINATION OF THE ISSUERS OF THE SECURITIES AND THE TERMS OF THE INVESTMENT, INCLUDING THE MERITS OF THE INVESTMENT AND THE RISKS INVOLVED. THE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN RECOMMENDED BY ANY FEDERAL OR STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION OR REGULATORY AUTHORITY.  FURTHERMORE, THE FOREGOING AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT CONFIRMED THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS DOCUMENT. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

THE SECURITIES ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY AND RESALE AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED OR RESOLD EXCEPT AS PERMITTED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND THE APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, PURSUANT TO REGISTRATION OR EXEMPTION THEREFROM.  EACH INVESTOR IS AWARE THAT IT MAY BE REQUIRED TO BEAR THE FINANCIAL RISK OF THIS INVESTMENT FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME.

NO GENERAL SOLICITATION WILL BE CONDUCTED AND NO OFFERING LITERATURE OR ADVERTISING IN ANY FORM WILL OR MAY BE EMPLOYED IN THIS OFFERING OF THE SECURITIES, EXCEPT FOR THIS DOCUMENT (INCLUDING AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS HERETO) AND THE DOCUMENTS SUMMARIZED HEREIN OR ENCLOSED HEREWITH.  THE ACQUIROR AND REIT MAKE NO REPRESENTATION IN CONNECTION WITH THIS OFFERING NOT CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT (INCLUDING AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS HERETO) AND THE DOCUMENTS SUMMARIZED HEREIN OR ENCLOSED HEREWITH. ANY INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATIONS, IF GIVEN OR MADE, THAT IS NOT CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT MUST NOT BE RELIED UPON.



THIS CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into effective as of the 13th  day of January, 2022, by, between and among Trophy of Carson Real Estate LLC, a California limited liability company (the “Contributor”), and MODIV OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Acquiror”).

R E C I T A L S:

A.
Contributor owns fee simple title in and to certain real property located at 22020 Recreation Rd., Carson, California, which real property is more particularly described on Exhibit “A” attached hereto and by this reference made a part hereof.

B.
Contributor desires to contribute and convey all of Contributor’s interests relating to the Property (hereinafter defined) to Acquiror, and Acquiror desires to acquire and accept same from Contributor, each upon and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of and in reliance upon the terms, covenants, conditions and representations contained in this Agreement, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Contributor and Acquiror agree as follows:

1.
Contribution.  Subject to, and on the terms and conditions herein set forth, Contributor hereby agrees to contribute and convey to Acquiror, and Acquiror hereby agrees to accept, all of Contributor’s right, title, and interest in and to the Property.  At Closing, Acquiror will lease the property to Trophy of Carson LLC, a California limited liability company (“Lessee”), pursuant to a Lease Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit “B” (the “Lease”).  The Lease shall be guaranteed by Group of Trophy LLC, a California limited liability company, Trophy Automotive Dealer Group LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and First City Investment Group LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (individually and collectively, “Guarantor”) pursuant a written agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Acquiror and Guarantor (the “Guaranty”).

2.
Property Description.  As used in this Agreement, the term “Property” shall mean all of the right, title and interest of the Contributor in and to the following:

(a)
All of the right, title and interest of Contributor in and to that certain real property that is described on Exhibit “A” attached hereto and by this reference made a part hereof together with all buildings, structures, easements, rights of way and improvements located thereon or appurtenant thereto (the “Real Property”);

(b)
Together with, (i) all fixtures affixed to the Real Property (other than any fixtures, furniture, or equipment owned by Lessee and to avoid any confusion, the car wash, lifts, service bays, and any and all fixtures necessary for Lessee’s business are owned by Lessee, provided that Lessee may only remove the car wash, lifts, service bays and other fixtures necessary for Lessee's business in the ordinary course of business and as necessary to replace those fixtures); (ii) all plans, specifications and studies pertaining to the Real Property in Contributor’s possession or under its control; (iii) all mineral, oil and gas rights, water rights, sewer rights and other utility rights allocated to the Real Property; and (iv) all easements, licenses, privileges and other property interests belonging or appurtenant to the Real Property; and

(c)
All leases, subleases and rights thereunder relating to the Real Property, including, but not limited to, all cell tower, billboard, and any other tenant leases that Acquiror does not require to be terminated prior to Closing;

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With all of the foregoing items in clauses (a) through (c) above, now or hereafter existing, collectively, the “Property”.

3.
Contribution Consideration; Class C Units; Other Agreements.

(a)
General.  Acquiror’s sole general partner is Modiv Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “REIT”).  The REIT is a real estate investment trust whose common stock has a par value of $0.001 per share (the “Stock”).  The REIT intends to list the shares of the Stock for trading on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”).

(b)
Contribution Consideration.  Subject to the provisions of Sections 3(c) and 3(d) below, the aggregate consideration to be delivered to Contributor by Acquiror for the Property (the “Contribution Consideration”) shall consist of that number (the “Total Class C Unit Amount”) of Class C Units (as defined in the Third Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement (hereinafter defined)) that is equal to the quotient of (A) the Total OP Unit Value divided by (B) $25.00.

As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meaning hereinafter specified in this Section 3(b):

Existing Indebtedness Payoff Amount shall mean the amount necessary to pay in full, as of the Closing, the outstanding balance of the Third Party Loan (hereinafter defined), including unpaid principal and interest and any related charges and other fees and expenses that would be payable with respect to the Third Party Loan, and any Prepayment Fees (defined below) payable with respect to the payoff of the Third Party Loan.

Gross Dollar Value shall mean Sixty-Nine Million Two Hundred and Seventy Thousand Dollars ($69,275,000.00).

Total OP Unit Value shall mean the aggregate of: (A) the Gross Dollar Value, minus (B) the Existing Indebtedness Payoff Amount.

(c)
If the calculation of the Total Class C Unit Amount would result in a fraction of a Class C Unit being delivered to Contributor, then such fraction shall be rounded up or down to the nearest whole number.  Each Class C Unit issued by Acquiror pursuant to this Agreement shall have the rights and preferences and be subject to the restrictions specified in this Agreement and the Third Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement.  For reference purposes, the Class C Units issued to Contributor pursuant to this Agreement are, from time to time, collectively referred to as the “Units” and each individually referred to as a “Unit”.  As used in this Agreement, the term “Third Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement” shall mean and refer to the Third Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of Modiv Operating Partnership, LP dated February 1, 2021, as amended.

(d)
Issuance of Class C Units to Unit Recipients.  At Closing, Acquiror will issue and deliver Class C Units to the following (the “Unit Recipient”):

Name of Unit Recipient
Share of Total Class C Unit Amount
Group of Trophy, LLC
100%

The parties agree that the Class C Units are being issued directly to Unit Recipient for the convenience and at the request of Contributor and its direct and indirect Members and, for state law purposes, shall be deemed to be the issuance of the Class C Units to Contributor followed by: (i) the distribution of the Class C Units by Contributor to its sole member, Trophy of Carson LLC and (ii) the distribution of the Class C Units by Trophy of Carson LLC to its sole member, Group of Trophy, LLC.

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(e)
Redemption of Class C Units.  Subject to the terms and conditions contained in the Third Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement and the provisions of this Agreement, the Class C Units shall be redeemable for cash or, at the REIT’s option, exchangeable for shares of the Stock (“REIT Shares”). Prior to effectuating any redemption for REIT Shares pursuant to this Section 3(e), Unit Recipient agrees to provide any information that may be reasonably requested in connection with any share ownership waiver required under the REIT’s charter.

(f)
Third Party Loan. As used herein the term “Third Party Loan” shall mean (i) that certain loan evidenced by a Promissory Note in the original principal amount of $37,591,139.08 dated June 24, 2020 in which Contributor appears as Borrower and Mercedes Benz Financial Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company appears as Lender (the “Third Party Note”), which Third Party Note is secured by a mortgage or deed of trust against the Property and which will have an outstanding principal balance of $36,465,449.12 as of January 18, 2022, with per diem interest of $4,030.65 for each additional day.  For references purposes, the documents evidencing and/or securing the Third Party Loan, are hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Third Party Loan Documents”.  At Closing, Acquiror shall pay, solely from Refinancing Proceeds, in full the outstanding balance owing with respect to the respective Third Party Loan, including unpaid principal and interest and any related charges and other fees and expenses and any prepayment fees or prepayment penalties payable with respect to the Third Party Loan (collectively the “Prepayment Fees”). “Refinancing Proceeds” means proceeds of an advance on Aquiror’s line of credit to pay off the Third Party Loan, the principal balance of which advance shall not be paid off prior to the second anniversary of the contribution of the Property to Acquiror pursuant to this Agreement (other than by refinancing such amount with new debt of Acquiror, which shall be subject to the same payoff restriction).

(g)
Transfer Restrictions.  By executing and delivering this Agreement, each Unit Recipient agrees that such Unit Recipient may only sell, transfer, assign, pledge or encumber, or otherwise convey any or all of the Class C Units issued and delivered to such Unit Recipient in connection with this transaction (any of the foregoing, a “Transfer”) in strict compliance with this Agreement, the Third Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement, the charter documents of the REIT and the registration and other provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (together with the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Securities Act”)), any state securities laws, the rules of the NYSE, in each case as may be applicable (collectively, the “Transfer Requirements”).

(h)
Board Observer Rights.  As long as the Unit Recipient or any of its affiliates own more than five percent (5%) of the REIT’s issued and outstanding capital stock (on a fully-diluted basis), the REIT shall, subject to review of a customary background check, invite Nasser Watar to attend the meetings of its Board of Directors (the “Board”) during which the Board is asked to approve the quarterly and annual reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (excluding executive sessions of the independent directors) in a nonvoting observer capacity and, in this respect, shall give such representative copies with such quarterly or annual reports that it provides to its directors at the same time and in the same manner as provided to such directors; provided, however, that Mr. Watar shall agree to hold in confidence and trust and to act in a fiduciary manner with respect to all information so provided; and provided further, that the REIT reserves the right to withhold any information and to exclude Mr. Watar from any meeting or portion thereof if access to such information or attendance at such meeting could result in disclosure of trade secrets or a conflict of interest or adversely affect the attorney-client privilege between the REIT and its counsel, or if the REIT reasonably determines that the Unit Recipient, Mr. Watar or any of their affiliates is a competitor of the REIT or an officer, employee, director or greater-than-5% shareholder of a competitor.

(i)
Lock-Up Period.  By executing and delivering this Agreement, the Unit Recipient agrees that until the close of the period immediately following the Closing Date and ending on the earlier of (a) the first anniversary of the date on which the REIT Shares are listed for trading on the NYSE or similar national securities exchange, or (b) March 31, 2023 (the “Lock-Up Period”) such Unit Recipient shall not have the right to require Acquiror to redeem any Units held by such Unit Recipient under the Third Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement.  If such Unit Recipient transfers any Units, such Units shall remain subject to this Section 3(i) and, as a condition to the validity of such disposition and in addition to any other Transfer Requirements, the transferee of such Units shall be required to assume, in a form acceptable to Acquiror, the obligations of this Section 3(i) with respect to such Units. Thereafter, such transferee shall, for purposes of this Section 3(i), be a Unit Recipient.

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(j)
Pledge of Units.  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3(i) above, both prior to and after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, each Unit Recipient may (in each case, in strict compliance with the Transfer Requirements) pledge or encumber (to or for the benefit of an institutional lender, which, in addition to banks, shall include, without limitation, securities firms, broker/dealers and other entities engaged in the business of commercial lending) such Unit Recipient’s Units.  Acquiror agrees to review each request by a Unit Recipient that Acquiror consent to such Unit Recipient’s pledging or encumbering such Unit Recipient’s Units on a case by case basis; provided, however, that such consent shall not be unreasonably denied, withheld or delayed.

(k)
Permitted Transfers.  Furthermore, subject to Section 3(g) and Section 3(i), but notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 9.2 of the Third Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement, Acquiror agrees to not unreasonably withhold or delay its consent with respect to any Transfer of Units by a Unit Recipient (i) to a Guarantor, or (ii) for estate planning objectives, including the assignment, sale, transfer or conveyance of Units (Y) to parents, spouses, siblings, descendants, and/or ancestors of any individuals who own and control such Unit Recipient, and (Z) to trusts, family trusts, partnerships, limited liability companies, family limited partnerships or other entities established for estate planning purposes by any individuals who own and control such Unit Recipient.

(l)
Further Assurances.  Each party hereto will execute such further documents and take such further actions as may be reasonably requested by the other to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, to vest the Acquiror with full right, title and interest in and to the Property, to vest each Unit Recipient with full right, title and interest in and to the Class C Units to be issued to such Unit Recipient, or to effect the other purposes of this Agreement.

(m)
Tax Treatment.  The contribution, transfer, conveyance and assignment of the Property in exchange for the Contribution Consideration effectuated pursuant to this Agreement is intended to, except to the extent of gain recognized as a distribution in excess of basis under Section 731 of the Code on account of a reduction in the amount of liabilities allocable to Contributor under Section 752 of the Code, qualify as a tax-deferred contribution of assets to the Acquiror in exchange for a partnership interest under Section 721(a) of the Code.  The Parties each hereby agree to report the transactions contemplated herein for all income tax purposes (including for purposes of reporting on any income tax returns filed by Acquiror and Contributor) in a manner that is consistent with the provisions of this Section 3(m) and none of the Parties shall take any position (whether in audits, or tax returns or otherwise) that is inconsistent with the provisions of this Section 3(m) unless required to do so by applicable law.

(n)
Survival of Obligations.  The parties agree that the obligations of the parties pursuant to Sections 3(e), 3(f), 3(g), 3(h), 3(i), 3(j), 3(k), and 3(l), and 3(m) shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Deed and the other documents contemplated by this Agreement.

4.
Earnest Money Deposit.  Within three (3) business days after the execution of this Agreement, Acquiror shall deposit with First American Title Insurance Company, 18500 Von Karman #600, Irvine, California 92612, Attention: Brian Serikaku (bmserikaku@firstam.com) (“Title Company”) an earnest money deposit in cash in the amount of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) (“Earnest Money Deposit”).  The Earnest Money Deposit, together with any and all interest earned thereon, net of any investment costs, shall hereinafter be referred to as the “Earnest Money Deposit”.  Upon the Closing (as defined below), the Earnest Money Deposit shall be returned to Acquiror.  The “Effective Date” of this Agreement shall be the date inserted on the first page hereof.

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The Title Company hereby serves as escrow agent in connection with this Transaction.  This Agreement shall be used as instructions to the Title Company, as escrow agent, which may provide its standard conditions of acceptance of escrow; provided, however, that in the event of any inconsistency between such standard conditions of acceptance and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail.  The Title Company’s receipt of this Agreement and the opening of an escrow pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to constitute conclusive evidence of the Title Company’s agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement pertaining to the Title Company.  The Title Company is authorized to pay, from any funds held by it for each party’s respective credit and in accordance with the closing statements executed by both parties, all amounts set forth on the closing statements as necessary to procure the delivery of any documents and to pay, on behalf of Acquiror and Contributor, all charges and obligations payable by them, respectively.  Contributor and Acquiror will pay all charges payable by them to the Title Company.  The Title Company shall not cause the Transaction to close unless and until it has received written instructions from Contributor and Acquiror to do so.  The Title Company is authorized, in the event any conflicting demand is made upon it concerning these instructions or the escrow, at its election, to hold any documents and/or funds deposited hereunder until an action shall be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction to determine the rights of Contributor and Acquiror or to interplead such documents and/or funds in an action brought in any such court.  Deposit by the Title Company of such documents and funds, after deducting therefrom its reasonable expenses and attorneys’ fees incurred in connection with any such court action, shall relieve the Title Company of all further liability and responsibility for such documents and funds.

5.
Items from Contributor.  After the Effective Date, Contributor shall deliver to Acquiror legible and complete copies of the documentation or items in the possession or control of Contributor as listed on Exhibit “C” attached hereto and incorporated herein (collectively, the "Due Diligence Materials").  Each such item identified in Exhibit “C” shall be delivered within three (3) business days of the Effective Date.  Acquiror acknowledges that each item identified in Exhibit “C” has already been delivered to Acquiror by Contributor. During the Due Diligence Period, Contributor shall reasonably cooperate with Acquiror’s efforts to obtain a letter or other written evidence from the applicable governmental authority that the Property complies with all current zoning laws, bylaws, ordinances, rules and regulations if the applicable governmental authority issues such letters.  In addition, Contributor agrees that, during the term of this Agreement, Contributor will provide to Acquiror updated reports promptly following the Effective Date.  Acquiror acknowledges and agrees that, except as expressly set forth in Section 14 below neither Contributor, nor Unit Recipient, nor any of their respective agents, employees or contractors, has made any representation or warranty regarding any of the documentation or items listed on Exhibit “C” attached hereto and all information is delivered in “AS IS” condition.

6.
Due Diligence Period.

(a)
Due Diligence Period.  From the Effective Date through January 18, 2022 (“Due Diligence Period”) Acquiror may perform whatever non-invasive investigations, tests and inspections upon the Property in order to determine, in Acquiror’s sole discretion, that the Property is suitable and satisfactory for Acquiror’s intended use of the Property.  Acquiror’s inspections may include the following:

(1)
Property Evaluation.  Acquiror shall have the right to inspect and examine the Property, during regular business hours, to the extent Acquiror deems necessary in its sole discretion, to determine the condition of the Property.  Acquiror and Acquiror’s representatives, consultants, agents and employees shall, during regular business hours and upon no less than 24 hours prior notice to Contributor, who shall be entitled to accompany Acquiror during all inspections, (a) have the right to cause complete environmental reviews and site assessments and inspections of the Property to be made including only a customary Phase I environmental report, (b) have access to all buildings, improvements, storage areas (not under the control of tenants) and, subject to tenant rights, other spaces, equipment and personalty that are included in the Property, and (c) conduct all other necessary feasibility studies, title reports, surveys, soils tests, ground water tests, engineering studies, examination of zoning status, building and use permits, sign permits and all other permits required for the Property.  Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, Acquiror shall not conduct any invasive testing, or so-called Phase II Study, of the Property without first obtaining Contributor’s prior written consent which may be withheld in his sole discretion. While conducting such investigations, tests and studies, Acquiror shall not unreasonably disturb or interfere with Contributor’s business, tenants or employees or with access to or from the Property.

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(2)
Evaluation of Business.  In addition to Acquiror’s inspection of the documents provided by Contributor pursuant to Section 5, during the Due Diligence Period, Acquiror, and its agents and accountants, shall have the right to inspect and examine all non-privileged, non-confidential business and service records, tenant files, leases, service agreements, accounts receivable, accounts payable, books and records of account, computer records, bank deposit receipts and all other such documents relating to the management, operation, income and expense of the Property, including, but not limited to, the Third Party Loan Documents.  Acquiror shall have the right to make photocopies of all records and documents at Acquiror’s expense.  Acquiror will use any such information supplied by Contributor solely to evaluate the business conducted from each Property.  In the event that this transaction does not close for any reason Acquiror will return to Contributor all documents that Acquiror has obtained from Contributor, including the items provided pursuant to Section 5.

(3)
Engineering Report.  During the Due Diligence Period, Acquiror shall also have the right to obtain at Acquiror’s sole cost and expense an engineering report on the Property and all structures thereon, as applicable, issued either internally or by a licensed company acceptable to Acquiror in its sole discretion and issued for the benefit of Acquiror, at Acquiror’s sole cost and expense.

(b)
Right to Extend Due Diligence Period.  If during the Due Diligence Period any third-party investigation obtained by Acquiror recommends a Phase II environmental site assessment or study (a “Phase II Study”) with respect to the Property, Acquiror shall notify Contributor in writing of its desire to conduct such Phase II Study, and should Contributor, in its sole discretion, consent to Acquiror performing the Phase II Study then Acquiror shall have the right to extend the Due Diligence Period and Closing for an additional 21 days to complete the Phase II Study and otherwise continuing Acquiror’s investigation of the environmental condition of the Property, but not beyond the Closing Date.  Should Contributor consent in writing to the conduct of Phase II testing, Acquiror shall exercise Acquiror’s right to extend the Due Diligence Period pursuant to this Section 6(b) by giving Contributor written notice of such exercise at any time prior to the expiration of the Due Diligence Period.

(c)
Acquiror’s Indemnification.  Acquiror shall indemnify, defend and hold Contributor harmless from and against any and all costs, expenses, losses, attorneys’ fees and liabilities resulting directly from the activities of Acquiror and Acquiror’s agents upon the Property under this Agreement.  Acquiror shall repair any damage to the Property that results from such inspections.  The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of the Agreement.

(d)
Right to Terminate.  Notwithstanding any provision contained herein, in the event that Acquiror determines, in its sole discretion, that the Property is not satisfactory, and Acquiror provides written notice thereof to Contributor on or before expiration of the Due Diligence Period, then in any such event, Acquiror shall have right to terminate this Agreement in which event the Earnest Money Deposit shall be returned to Acquiror and neither Contributor nor Acquiror shall have any further duties or obligations under this Agreement except as otherwise provided herein.  If Acquiror fails to affirmatively terminate this Agreement by written notice to Contributor prior to 5:00 pm (Pacific Time) on the last day of the Due Diligence Period, Acquiror shall be deemed to have approved each and every aspect of the Property and shall proceed to the Closing in accordance with this Agreement.

7.
Survey and Title Matters.

(a)          Title Insurance.  Promptly after the Effective Date, Acquiror will order from the Title Company a current title insurance commitment for a policy (ALTA) of owner’s extended coverage title insurance with respect to the Property (“Title Commitment”) accompanied by true, complete, and legible copies of all documents referred to in the Title Commitment.  The Title Commitment shall irrevocably obligate the Title Company to issue an ALTA extended coverage title insurance policy with respect to the Property in an amount equal to the Gross Dollar Value and include such endorsements that Acquiror may deem appropriate and subject only to the Permitted Exceptions (as defined below) (the “Title Policy”).  The Title Policy shall insure fee simple title to the Property as vested in Acquiror or, subject to the provisions of Section 28 below, Acquiror’s nominee or assignee.

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(b)
Survey.  Acquiror may order, at its sole option and expense, an ALTA survey of the Property in a form sufficient to enable Title Company to delete the survey exception from the Title Policy (the “Survey”).

(c)
Zoning.  Acquiror may order, at its sole option and expense, a zoning report for the Property (the “Zoning Report”).  Contributor agrees to reasonably cooperate with Acquiror and its agents in efforts to obtain information, including execution of written requests and releases to third-parties and municipal authorities for such information; provided, however, that the receipt of the Survey and the Zoning Report is done at Acquiror's election and any delay in obtaining the Survey or the Zoning Report shall not extend the Due Diligence Period.

(d)
Title, Survey, and Zoning Objection.  Not later than five (5) days prior to the expiration of the Due Diligence Period, Acquiror shall provide Contributor with written notice of any matters set forth in the Title Commitment, Survey, or Zoning Report to which Acquiror objects and shall set forth the reason for such objection and the desired cure.  Any matters set forth in the Title Commitment or Survey, other than “Monetary Encumbrances” as defined below, to which Acquiror does not object or which have been waived or cured, shall be referred to collectively herein as the “Permitted Exceptions.”  Contributor shall have two (2) days from the date of receiving such notice of Acquiror’s title and zoning objections from Acquiror within which Contributor may elect to have such exceptions removed from the Title Commitment, Survey, and/or Zoning Report or the exceptions cured to the reasonable satisfaction of Acquiror and the Title Company.  In the event Contributor, at Contributor’s discretion, fails or determines not to cure any of Acquiror’s title, zoning and/or survey objections on or before Closing, then Acquiror shall have the right to either (i) waive Acquiror’s objection to said exception or exceptions and consider said title and zoning objection(s) Permitted Exceptions or (ii) terminate this Agreement, in which event the Earnest Money Deposit shall be immediately refunded by Title Company to Acquiror and, except as specifically provided otherwise in this Agreement, the parties shall have no further obligations to each other under this Agreement. Contributor and Acquiror agree that “Monetary Encumbrances” (hereinafter defined) shall not constitute Permitted Exceptions and Contributor shall have the obligation, at or prior to the Closing, to remove all Monetary Encumbrances other than the liens or encumbrances securing the Third Party Loan.  As used herein, the term “Monetary Encumbrances” shall mean mortgages, deeds of trust, and other encumbrances securing an obligation to pay money which arise through or under actions undertaken by Contributor; provided, however, that Monetary Encumbrances shall not include property taxes, assessments, or special taxes for the year in which the Closing occurs and common area maintenance charges, if any, which are not yet due and payable.

8.
Proration, Closing Date and Closing Procedures and Requirements.

(a)
Closing Date.  The “Closing Date” or “Closing” of this Agreement and the completion of Acquiror’s acquisition of the Property shall occur by 9:00 am Pacific Time on January 21, 2022 or such other date that is acceptable to Acquiror and Contributor.  Closing shall be coordinated and conducted through the Title Company’s office and neither party shall be required to personally attend the Closing.  The “Closing Date” shall be the date on which the “Closing” occurs.  The “Closing” shall be deemed to have occurred when all of the conditions to Closing (as set forth in this Agreement) have either been satisfied or waived, the Title Company holds a settlement statement signed by Contributor, a settlement statement signed by Acquiror and all of the funds and all of the other documents required by this Agreement, and Contributor and Acquiror have authorized Title Company to disburse such funds and deliver such documents in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

(b)
Transitional Walk-Through.  Within ten (10) days prior to Closing, Acquiror’s operational staff shall have the right to conduct a walk-through of the Property with representatives of Contributor in order to prepare for and assist in the transition of management at Closing.

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(c)
Conveyance of Title and Delivery of Closing Documents.  On or prior to the Closing Date, the parties shall either deliver or cause to be delivered the following to the Title Company:

(1)
The original “Deed” executed and notarized by Contributor in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D - 1”, pursuant to which Contributor shall convey the Property to Assignor, and the “Assignment” executed by Acquiror and Contributor in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D - 2”, pursuant to which Contributor shall assign all warranties and intangible property relating to the Property to Acquiror.

(2)
A certificate of non-foreign status ("FIRPTA Certificate"), or form W-9, duly executed by Contributor.

(3)
A duly completed California Form 593-C (Real Estate Withholding Certificate) duly executed by Contributor.

(4)
Two (2) original counterparts of the Lease, duly executed by Lessee and Contributor.

(5)
One (1) original of the Guaranty, executed by the Guarantors.

(6)
One (1) original of the joinder to the Third Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement, executed by Unit Recipient.

(7)
A closing statement, duly executed by Contributor and Acquiror, reflecting all adjustments, prorations and credits in accordance with this Agreement, as prepared by the Title Company and reasonably approved by Contributor (“Closing Statement”).

(8)
A payoff letter from Mercedes Benz Financial Services, LLC, for complete and full repayment of amounts owed, plus accrued and unpaid interest and any prepayment fees or penalties or other expenses or fees, under the Third Party Note.

(9)
Fully executed Accedited Investor Questionnaire approved and confirmed by Acquiror.

(d)
Prorations.  In view of the Lease of the Property to Lessee pursuant to the Lease and Lessee’s obligations thereunder, there shall be no proration of insurance, taxes, special assessments, utilities or any other costs related to the Property between Contributor and Acquiror at Closing.  All real and personal property and other applicable taxes and assessments, utilities and any other charges relating to the Property which are due and payable on or prior to the Closing Date shall be paid by Contributor at or prior to Closing, and all other taxes and assessments shall be paid by Lessee in accordance with the terms of the Lease.

(e)
Closing Costs.  Contributor shall pay (i) all filing and recording fees relating to documents required to clear Monetary Encumbrances, (ii) all filing and recording fees relating to the Deed and other documents necessary to transfer title from Contributor to Acquiror, (iii) one-half of any escrow and closing fees charged by the Title Agency, (iv) all taxes (including, but not limited to, transfer taxes, transfer fees, documentary taxes) relating to the transfer of title to the Property, (v) the cost of the standard coverage owner’s Title Policy, and (vi) all fees associated with property condition reports, surveys, zoning reports, appraisals and Phase I reports.  Acquiror shall pay (i) one-half of any escrow and closing fees charged by the Title Agency; (ii) the cost of extended coverage with respect to the owner’s Title Policy, and (iii) the cost of any extended coverage Title Policy and lender’s Title Policy and any endorsements to the Title Policy.

(f)
Transfer of Possession and Risk of Loss.  Possession of the Property shall be transferred to Acquiror at the start of business on the Closing Date.  Subject to Section 10 below, all risks of loss with respect to the Property shall be borne by Contributor until the Closing.

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9.
Covenants of Contributor.  Contributor covenants and agrees as follows:

(a)
Conduct of Business.  Up to the time of Closing, Contributor shall (i) operate the business conducted at the Property in the ordinary and usual course of business and in a manner that is consistent with good business practices, (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to preserve intact the Property and the good will of Contributor with customers, suppliers, independent contractors, employees and other persons or entities material to the operation of the business conducted on the Property, (iii) perform Contributor’s material obligations under all contracts or other agreements affecting the Property, and (iv) not take any action or omit to take any action which would cause any of the representations or warranties of Contributor contained herein to become inaccurate or any of the covenants of Contributor to be breached. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 9(a), except in the ordinary course of business of Contributor, Contributor shall not, without Acquiror’s written consent (which consent will not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), enter into any lease agreements with tenants or modify or extend existing Leases on the Property.

(b)
Existing Notes & Mortgages.  Until the earlier of the Closing or termination of this Agreement, Contributor shall not modify, alter or amend the Third Party Loan Documents or any other existing note or mortgage encumbering any of the Property, nor shall Contributor further encumber any of the Property without the prior written consent of Acquiror, or allow any existing note or mortgage encumbering the Property to be in default in any material respect.

(c)
Further Contracts.  Up to the earlier of the Closing or the termination of this Agreement, and except in the ordinary course of business, Contributor shall not, without Acquiror’s prior written approval (which approval may be withheld in Acquiror’s sole and absolute discretion), enter into any further agreements or contracts relating to the Property that cannot be terminated upon thirty (30) days’ notice without cost to Acquiror.

(d)
Warranties and Guaranties.  Contributor shall not, before or after the Closing Date or earlier termination of this Agreement, release or materially and adversely modify any warranties or guarantees, if any, of manufacturers, suppliers and installers related to the Property or any part thereof, except with the prior written consent of Acquiror, which consent may be withheld in Acquiror’s sole and absolute discretion. The provisions of this Section 9(d) shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Deed and the other documents contemplated by this Agreement.

(e)
Lease.  Concurrently with the Closing, Unit Recipient shall cause Lessee to enter into the Lease with Acquiror.

(f)
Maintenance of Property.  Until the Closing, Contributor shall maintain the Property in good operating and repair in accordance with current practices.

(g)
Reserved.

(h)
Insurance.  Until the Closing, Contributor shall pay the premiums on, and shall not cancel or voluntarily allow to expire, any of Contributor’s insurance policies relating to the Property unless such policy is replaced, without any lapse of coverage, by another policy or policies providing coverage at least as extensive as the policy or policies being replaced.  Contributor agrees to provide contact information for its insurance brokers, and hereby authorizes Acquiror and its agents to contact Contributor’s insurance brokers and insurers for the purpose of obtaining loss histories related to the Property, plus certificates of insurance evidencing such insurance for the current policy year.  Effective as of the Closing, Acquiror shall extend coverage to the existing title insurance policy.  Contributor agrees to cooperate reasonably with Acquiror in such insurance matters.

(i)
Sales and Use Taxes.  Contributor shall fully and completely pay, when due, all sales and use taxes arising from or relating to Contributor’s operations on the Property prior to Closing.

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10.
Damage to Property.  If prior to the Closing the Property is materially affected in any way as a result of any fire, flood, earthquake, similar acts of nature or other acts of destruction (as determined by Acquiror in its sole discretion), Acquiror shall have the option to (a) proceed with the Closing with respect to the Property, taking the Property in its un-restored condition together with any insurance proceeds or the right to receive such insurance proceeds, and the rights to any other claims arising as a result of such material or adverse change, with no adjustment to the Gross Dollar Value; or (b) terminate this Agreement.  Upon a termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10, Title Company shall return the Earnest Money Deposit to Acquiror and the parties shall have no further liability to one another hereunder with respect to the Property except to the extent expressly stated otherwise in this Agreement.  For purposes of this Section 10 and Section 11 below “material” portion of the Property shall mean (a) loss or damage in an amount in excess of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000), as estimated by a duly licensed architect or general contractor selected by Contributor and reasonably acceptable to Acquiror, or a loss or damage that results in the permanent loss of parking for the Property that causes the Property not to comply with applicable zoning laws (including parking requirements), or (b) with respect to a condemnation proceeding, any condemnation that results in the permanent loss of parking for the Property that causes the Property not to comply with applicable zoning laws (including parking requirements).

11.
Eminent Domain.  If prior to the Closing proceedings are commenced or threatened for the taking by exercise of the power of eminent domain of all or a material part of the Property which, as reasonably determined by Acquiror, would render the Property unacceptable to Acquiror as a automotive dealership facility, Acquiror shall have the right, by giving written notice to Contributor within twenty (20) days after Contributor gives written notice to Acquiror of the commencement of such proceedings, to terminate this Agreement.  If before the Closing, proceedings are commenced or threatened for the taking by exercise of the power of eminent domain of less than such a material part of the Property, or if Acquiror has the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to the preceding sentence but Acquiror does not exercise such right, then this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and, on the Closing, the condemnation award (or, if not therefore received, the right to receive such award) payable on account of each such taking shall be transferred by Contributor to Acquiror and Acquiror and Contributor shall proceed to Closing in accordance with the terms of this Agreement without a reduction in the Contribution Consideration.  Contributor shall give notice of such proceedings to Acquiror within five (5) days after Contributor receives notice of the commencement of any proceedings for the taking by exercise of the power of eminent domain of all or any part of the Property.  Upon a termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 11, Title Company shall return the Earnest Money Deposit to Acquiror and the parties shall have no further liability to one another hereunder except to the extent expressly stated otherwise in this Agreement.

12.
Conditions to Acquiror’s Obligations.  Acquiror’s obligation to acquire the Property pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise perform any obligations provided for in this Agreement is conditioned upon the occurrence of the following conditions on or before the Closing Date:

(a)
The representations, warranties and covenants of Contributor and each Unit Recipient contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date.

(b)
Contributor shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all covenants and agreements contained herein which are to be performed and complied with by Contributor at or prior to the Closing Date.

(c)
Contributor shall have delivered to the Title Company:  (i) the Deed conveying good and marketable title to the Property to MDV Trophy of Carson CA LLC, a wholly-owned special purpose subsidiary of Acquiror, subject to Permitted Exceptions; (ii) an assignment of the billboard lease; (iii) the Lease and the Guaranty; (iv) an assignment of warranties and intangible property owned by Contributor; and (iv) a signed closing statement.

(d)
Contributor shall have delivered to the Title Company a certificate of an officer, manager or general partner, as applicable, of each of Contributor, Lessee and each Guarantor, together with copies of each entity’s (A) articles of organization or certificate of formation, as applicable, amended to date; (B) operating agreement, bylaws or partnership agreement, as applicable, amended to date; (C) resolutions authorizing the transaction and the execution of this Agreement and the other transaction documents, and identifying the person(s) authorized to execute this Agreement and the other transaction Documents; and (D) original certificates of good standing or similar documents from the states in which each entity was organized or formed, and original certificates of qualification or similar documents from the state where the Property is located;.

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(e)
The Title Company shall be irrevocably and unconditionally committed to issuing the Title Policy insuring title in the name of MDV Trophy of Carson CA LLC upon Closing.

(f)
There shall be no pending actions, suits or proceedings of any kind or nature whatsoever, legal or equitable, affecting the Property in any material way, or relating to or arising out of the ownership or operation of the Property, and continuing after the date of this Agreement in any court or before or by a federal, state, county, municipal department, commission, board, bureau, or agency or other governmental instrumentality.

(g)
No default shall have occurred and be then continuing with respect to the Third Party Loan and no event shall have occurred and be then continuing which, with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, shall constitute such a default that would have an economic effect on the Third Party Loan.

(h)
Reserved.

(i)
In the event any of the foregoing conditions or other conditions to this Agreement are not fulfilled, and are not waived by Acquiror on or before the Closing, Acquiror may terminate this Agreement.  Upon a termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 12(i), Title Company shall return the Earnest Money Deposit to Acquiror and the parties shall have no further liability to one another hereunder with respect to the Property except to the extent expressly stated otherwise herein.  Acquiror shall have the right to waive, in its sole and absolute discretion, any of the conditions precedent set forth in this Section 12, and the election by Acquiror to proceed with the Closing as to a particular Property with the actual knowledge that a condition precedent has not been satisfied, shall be deemed Acquiror’s waiver of such condition precedent for such Property to the extent any such Acquiror condition precedent has not been previously satisfied or waived.

Neither Acquiror nor Contributor shall willfully or in bad faith act or fail to act for the purpose of permitting any of Acquiror’s Conditions in this Section 12 to fail.

13.
Conditions to Contributor’s Obligations.  Contributor’s obligation to convey the Property or otherwise perform Contributor’s obligations under this Agreement is conditioned upon the occurrence of the following conditions on or before the Closing Date:

(a)
The representations, warranties and covenants of Acquiror contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date.

(b)
Acquiror shall have performed and complied in all material respects with all covenants and agreements contained herein which are to be performed and complied with by Acquiror at or prior to the Closing Date.

(c)
Acquiror shall have delivered to Contributor:  (i) a countersigned copy of the Lease; (ii) a countersigned copy of the assignment of warranties and intangible property owned by Contributor, (iii) an executed closing statement, and (iv) any and all documents required of Acquiror by the Title Company in order for the Closing to occur.

(d)
In the event any of the foregoing conditions or other conditions to this Agreement are not fulfilled, and are not waived by Contributor on or before the Closing, Contributor may terminate this Agreement.  Upon a termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 13(d), Title Company shall, subject to the provisions of Section 24(d) below, return the Earnest Money Deposit to Acquiror and the parties shall have no further liability to one another hereunder with respect to the Property except to the extent expressly stated otherwise herein.  Contributor shall have the right to waive, in Contributor’s and absolute discretion, any of the conditions precedent set forth in this Section 13, and the election by Contributor to proceed with the Closing with the actual knowledge that a condition precedent has not been satisfied, shall be deemed Contributor’s waiver of such condition precedent to the extent any such condition precedent has not been previously satisfied or waived.

Neither Acquiror nor Contributor shall willfully or in bad faith act or fail to act for the purpose of permitting any of Acquiror’s Conditions in this Section 13 to fail.

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14.
Contributor’s Representations and Warranties.

(a)
Contributor makes the following representations and warranties, as of the date hereof and the Closing Date, each of which is material and is being relied upon by Acquiror:

(1)
Contributor is a limited liability company duly formed, validly existing and in good standing in the state of its organization and is duly qualified to do business in California.

(2)
Contributor has the full power and authority necessary to enter into, deliver and perform this Agreement, the other agreements contemplated hereby and any other documents or instruments to be executed and delivered by Contributor at Closing.  The execution and delivery of this Agreement by Contributor and the consummation by Contributor of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of Contributor and will not, with or without the giving of notice, lapse of time or both, violate, conflict with, result in a breach of, or constitute a default under or give to others any right of termination or cancellation of, (1) the organizational documents, including the bylaws and charter, if any, of Contributor, (2) any agreement, document, instrument or other undertaking to which Contributor is a party or by which Contributor, its interests or any of its assets or properties are bound, or (3) any applicable law, or any judgment, writ, injunction, decree, statute, order, rule or regulation applicable to Contributor or by which its interests or any of its assets or properties are bound, or (4) result in the creation of any lien upon the Property.  This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Contributor and constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of Contributor, enforceable against Contributor in accordance with and subject to its respective terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws relating to creditors’ rights and general principles of equity.  The signatures on this Agreement for and on behalf of Contributor are genuine, and the signatory for Contributor has been duly authorized to execute the same on behalf of Contributor.

(3)
No agreement concerning or restricting the sale of the Property is in effect and no person or entity has any right or option to acquire any of the Property other than Acquiror.

(4)
To Contributor’s knowledge, at Closing, other than the billboard lease described on ExhibitC”, no lease or license for the Property, or any portion of the Property, shall be in effect, and no person or entity shall be in possession of, or have the right to possess, the Property or any portion of the Property, except for Lessee.

(5)
Reserved.

(6)
The documents and other information delivered to Acquiror pursuant to ExhibitC” fairly and accurately represent in all material respects the financial condition and operating results of the Property for the periods indicated.  Since the date of the last financial statement included in the information provided to Acquiror pursuant to this Agreement, there has been no material adverse change in the financial condition or in the operations of the Property.

(7)
No lease commission or similar fee is due or unpaid by Contributor with respect to any lease, and there are no written or oral agreements that will obligate Acquiror, as Contributor’s assignee, to pay any such commission or fee under any lease or extension, expansion or renewal thereof.

(8)
Reserved.

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(9)
Contributor has not received any notice from any governmental agency or body indicating an interest in condemning or taking by eminent domain the Property or any portion of the Property, and to the best of Contributor’s knowledge, there is no condemnation or eminent domain proceeding, threatened or pending, and no threatened or pending actions, suits, legal or other proceedings with reference to the Property, and to the knowledge of Contributor, the Property complies, in all material respects, with existing zoning ordinances and other laws, statutes, rules, regulations, and restrictive covenants.

(10)
To Contributor's knowledge, Contributor is not a party or otherwise subject to any commitment, obligation, agreement or litigation that would prevent Contributor from completing the contribution of the Property to Acquiror pursuant to this Agreement or prevent Contributor from continuing the present use of the Property.

(11)
Contributor has not received any written notice of, nor to Contributor’s knowledge there is no threatened present default or breach under any mortgage or other encumbrance encumbering the Property or any covenants, conditions, restrictions, rights-of-way or easements which may affect the Property or any portion or portions thereof.  No default has occurred under the Third Party Loan and no event has occurred which, with the giving of notice or lapse of time, would become a default under the Third Party Loan that would have an economic effect on the Third Party Loan.

(12)
All of Contributor’s liability and casualty insurance policies relating to the Property are valid and are in full force and effect, all premiums for such policies were paid when due and all future premiums for such policies (and any replacements thereof) shall be paid by Contributor on or before the due date therefore.

(13)
(a) all material tax returns and reports required to be filed with respect to the Property immediately prior to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been timely filed (after giving effect to any applicable filing extension periods) and all such returns and reports are accurate and complete in all material respects, (b) all material taxes required to be paid prior to the date hereof with respect to the Property have been paid (c) no material deficiencies for any taxes have been proposed, asserted or assessed with respect to the Property, and no requests for waivers of the time to assess any such taxes are pending, and (d) for tax purposes, the Contributor is, and at all times during its existence has been either (i) a partnership or limited liability company taxable as a partnership (rather than an association or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation) or (ii) a disregarded entity.

(14)
No Act of Bankruptcy has occurred with respect to Contributor.  For purposes of this Agreement, “Act of Bankruptcy” shall mean if a party hereto or any shareholder, officer, director, partner, member, manager or other similar person thereof shall: (i) apply for or consent to the appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver, custodian, trustee or liquidator of itself or of all or a substantial part of its property, (ii) admit in writing its inability to pay its debts as they become due, (iii) make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, (iv) file a voluntary petition or commence a voluntary case or proceeding under the Federal Bankruptcy Code (as now or hereafter in effect), (v) be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, (vi) file a petition seeking to take advantage of any other law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding-up or composition or adjustment of debts, (vii) fail to controvert in a timely and appropriate manner, or acquiesce in writing to, any petition filed against it in an involuntary case or proceeding under the Federal Bankruptcy Code (as now or hereafter in effect), or (viii) take any corporate, partnership, or limited liability company action or other similar action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing; or if a proceeding or case shall be commenced, without the application or consent of a party hereto or any shareholder, officer, director, partner, member, manager or other similar person thereof, in any court of competent jurisdiction seeking: (a) the liquidation, reorganization, dissolution or winding-up, or the composition or readjustment of debts, of such party or general partner, (b) the appointment of a receiver, custodian, trustee or liquidator of such party or all or any substantial part of its assets, or (c) other similar relief under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding-up or composition or adjustment of debts, and such proceeding or case shall continue undismissed; or an order (including an order for relief entered in an involuntary case under the Federal Bankruptcy Code, as now or hereafter in effect) judgment or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered and continue unstayed and in effect, for a period of 60 consecutive days.

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(15)
Neither Contributor, nor to Contributor’s knowledge, any member, manager, partner or shareholder of Contributor, nor, to Contributor’s knowledge, any person or entity with actual authority to direct the actions of any member, partner or shareholder of Contributor, nor, to Contributor’s knowledge, any other person or entity holding any legal or beneficial interest whatsoever in Contributor, (a) is named on any list of persons, entities and governments issued by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”) pursuant to Executive Order 13224 – Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism (“Executive Order 13224”), as in effect on the Effective Date, or any similar list known to Contributor or publicly issued by OFAC or any other department or agency of the United States of America (collectively, the “OFAC Lists”), (b) is included in, owned by, controlled by, knowingly acting for or on behalf of, knowingly providing assistance, support, sponsorship, or services of any kind to, or otherwise knowingly associated with any of the persons, entities or governments referred to or described in the OFAC Lists, or (c) has knowingly conducted business with or knowingly engaged in any transaction with any of the persons, entities or governments named on any of the OFAC Lists or any of the persons, entities or governments  included in, owned by, controlled by, acting for or on behalf of, providing assistance, support, sponsorship, or services of any kind to, or, to Contributor’s knowledge, otherwise associated with any of the persons, entities or governments  referred to or described in the OFAC Lists.

(16)
To the best of Contributor’s knowledge, gas, electricity, water, sanitary and storm sewerage, and telephone services enter the Property directly from a public street and are in good working order, and these services are adequate for the present needs of the Property in its use as a automotive dealership facility, and Contributor has no notice otherwise.

(17)
Contributor has no knowledge of any material latent defects or material adverse facts that exist with respect to the physical condition of the Property which is anticipated to impact Lessee's operation at the Property or Acquiror’s ownership of the Property, which have not been specifically disclosed in writing to Acquiror, including, without limitation, adverse soil conditions.

(18)
Contributor has not received any written notices from governmental authorities or any property owners association pertaining to violation of law or governmental regulations or covenants, conditions and restrictions (CC&Rs) with respect to the Property that remain uncured or unresolved and Contributor does not have knowledge of any existing conditions which, with notice and/or the passage of time, would constitute such a violation.

(19)
Except as set forth in the Due Diligence Materials, the Property and any operations conducted thereon by Contributor: (A) comply with and have previously been operated in compliance with applicable environmental laws and such use, maintenance, or operation, does not violate and have not violated any applicable environmental law, and (B) are not subject to any existing, pending, or threatened investigation, inquiry or proceeding by any governmental authority or any other entity or person or to any remedial obligations under any environmental law.

(20)
To Contributor's knowledge: (i)  All notices, permits, licenses or similar authorizations that are material to the ownership or operation of the Property, if any, required to be obtained or filed by Contributor under any applicable environmental law in connection with the use of the Property, including, without limitation, present and past treatment, storage, disposal, spill and release of any or all petroleum products (including use of underground storage tanks) and all other Hazardous Substances (as hereinafter defined) into the environment, have been obtained or filed as necessary and complied with; (ii) to the extent required by applicable environmental law, all Hazardous Substances used, produced and generated by Contributor or by others at, by or in connection with a Property or the operations of Contributor have been stored and accumulated in compliance with applicable environmental law; and (iii) no Hazardous Substances have been spilled, disposed of, located on, or otherwise released at, on or to the Property by Contributor except in strict compliance with applicable environmental law, or elsewhere except in accordance with clause (ii) above.  As used herein, “Hazardous Substances” shall mean any substance or material whose presence, nature, quantity or intensity of existence, use, manufacture, disposal, transportation, spill, release or effect, either by itself or in combination with other materials is either:  (A) potentially injurious to the public health, safety or welfare, the environment or the Property, (B) regulated, monitored or defined as a hazardous or toxic substance or waste by any governmental authority, or (C) a basis for liability of the owner of a Property to any governmental authority or third party, and Hazardous Substances shall include, but not be limited to, hydrocarbons, petroleum, gasoline, crude oil, or any products, by-products or components thereof, and asbestos.

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(b)
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, Contributor, its subsidiaries and affiliates and any of its and their respective directors, officers, employees, stockholders, partners, members or representatives, acknowledge, covenant and agree that Contributor has made its own investigation of the REIT, the Acquiror and their subsidiaries and that neither the REIT, the Acquiror or their subsidiaries nor any of their respective affiliates, agents or representatives is making any representation or warranty whatsoever, express or implied, beyond those expressly given in this Agreement, including any implied warranty or representation as to condition, merchantability, suitability or fitness for a particular purpose or trade as to any of the securities (including the Units), assets or Properties of the REIT, the Acquiror or any of their subsidiaries.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is understood that any cost estimates, financial or other projections or other predictions that may have been shared with Contributor, as well as any information, documents or other materials (including any such materials contained in any “data room”, Drop Box folder, Google Drive or reviewed by Purchaser pursuant to the Confidentiality Agreement) or management presentations that have been or shall hereafter be provided to Contributor or any of its affiliates, agents or representatives are not and will not be deemed to be representations or warranties of the REIT, the Acquiror or any of their respective affiliates, and no representation or warranty is made as to the accuracy or completeness of any of the foregoing except as may be expressly set forth in this Agreement.

(c)
In the event that changes occur as to any material information, documents or exhibits referred to in this Agreement, of which Contributor has knowledge prior to Closing, Contributor will immediately disclose the same to Acquiror when first available to Contributor, and, in the event of any material adverse change, Acquiror may, at its election and as its sole remedy, terminate this Agreement, in which event the Earnest Money Deposit shall be immediately refunded to Acquiror.  The “knowledge” of Contributor, as used in this Section 14, means the knowledge of any of Mr. Watar, Chris Paz, Usman Maqsood, Hisam Sabouni or the internal legal team of Contributor and Trophy of Carson LLC, after reasonable inquiry. If, prior to the close of escrow, Acquiror has actual knowledge (whether by notice from Contributor, or otherwise) of the untruth or inaccuracy of, or facts or circumstances which would change materially, any representation or warranty of Contributor in this Agreement (each, an “Exception Matter”), then Acquiror shall have the sole option of:  (i) waiving such breach of representation or warranty and proceeding to close the transaction contemplated in this Agreement; (ii) subject to Contributor’s written agreement and concurrence with Acquiror, adjusting the terms of this Agreement to compensate Acquiror for such change; or (iii) terminating this Agreement, in which event the Earnest Money Deposit and all interest accrued thereon shall be immediately and automatically returned to Acquiror.  If Acquiror elects to proceed with the acquisition of the Property, Acquiror shall consummate the acquisition of the Property subject to such Exception Matter and Contributor shall have no liability with respect to such Exception Matter (except as may be set forth in a written agreement with Contributor pursuant to clause (ii) hereof), notwithstanding any contrary provision, covenant, representation or warranty contained in this Agreement.

(d)
The representations and warranties of Contributor set forth in Sections 14(a)(1), 14(a)(2), 14(a)(13), and 14(a)(14) (collectively, the “Surviving Representations”) shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Deed and the other documents contemplated by this Agreement.  All of the representations and warranties of the Contributor set forth in this Agreement other than the Surviving Representations (the “Limited Duration Representations”) shall only survive the Closing for a period of one (1) year following the Closing Date (the “Survival Period”) and shall not be deemed to have merged in any document delivered at the Closing for the time periods set forth.  Acquiror shall notify the Contributor in writing of any prospective claim for breach of representation or warranty promptly after Acquiror has actual notice of a breach of the relevant representation or warranty (but, with respect to the Limited Duration Representations, no later than the expiration of the Survival Period or such claim shall be barred).

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15.
Representations and Warranties by Unit Recipient.  The Unit Recipient makes the following representations and warranties, each of which is material and is being relied upon by Acquiror:

(a)
Such Unit Recipient has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, that the execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Unit Recipient and the consummation by such Unit Recipient of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of such Unit Recipient and will not constitute or result in a breach or default under, or conflict with or violate, any agreement or other undertaking, to which such Unit Recipient is a party or by which such Unit Recipient is bound or with any judgment, decree, statute, order, rule or regulation applicable to such Unit Recipient or such Unit Recipient’s assets, and, if such Unit Recipient is not an individual, will not violate any provisions of the organizational or other formation or governing documents of such Unit Recipient.  This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Unit Recipient and constitutes a valid and legally binding obligation of such Unit Recipient, enforceable against such Unit Recipient in accordance with and subject to its respective terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws relating to creditors’ rights and general principles of equity.  The signatures to this Agreement are genuine, and the signatory, if such Unit Recipient is an individual, has legal competence and capacity to execute the same, or, if such Unit Recipient is not an individual, the signatory has been duly authorized to execute the same on behalf of such Unit Recipient.

(b)
Such Unit Recipient is acquiring Unit Recipient’s Units for such Unit Recipient’s own account (or if such Unit Recipient is a trustee, for a trust account) for investment only, and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution of all or any part of such Units.  Such Unit Recipient hereby agrees that such Unit Recipient shall not, directly or indirectly, transfer all or any part of such Units (or solicit any offers to buy, purchase or otherwise acquire or take a pledge of all or any part of such Units), except in accordance with the registration provisions of the Securities Act, and the regulations thereunder or an exemption from such registration provisions, with any applicable state or non-U.S. securities laws, and with the terms of this Agreement.  Such Unit Recipient understands that such Unit Recipient must bear the economic risk of an investment in the Units for an indefinite period of time because, among other reasons, the offering and sale of such Units have not been registered under the Securities Act and, therefore, such Units cannot be resold unless such resale is subsequently registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from such registration is available.  Such Unit Recipient also understands that sales or transfers of such Units are further restricted by the provisions of the REIT’s charter or the organizational agreements of the Acquiror, and may be restricted by other applicable securities laws.  If at any time the Units are evidenced by certificates or other documents, each such certificate or other document shall contain a legend stating that (1) such Units (i) have not been registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any state; (ii) have been issued pursuant to a claim of exemption from the registration provisions of the Securities Act and any state securities law which may be applicable; and (iii) may not be sold, transferred or assigned without compliance with the registration provisions of the Securities Act and the regulations thereunder and any other applicable federal or state securities laws or compliance with applicable exemptions therefrom; (2) sale, transfer or assignment of such Units is further subject to restrictions contained in the organizational documents of the issuer of such securities and such Units may not be sold, transferred or assigned unless and to the extent permitted by, and in accordance with, the provisions of the partnership agreement of the Acquiror or the charter of the REIT, as applicable; and (3) sale, transfer or assignment of such Units is subject to restrictions contained in this Agreement.

(c)
Such Unit Recipient has received and carefully reviewed the following documents:  (A) the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 for the REIT; (B) the annual proxy statement of the REIT for its 2020 annual meeting; (C) the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the REIT for the quarter ended September 30, 2021.  Such Unit Recipient has been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of those persons such Unit Recipient considers appropriate and to obtain any additional information such Unit Recipient desires in respect of the Units and the business, operations, conditions (financial and otherwise) and current prospects of Acquiror and the REIT and has received answers thereto satisfactory to such Unit Recipient from the Acquiror or the REIT or their representatives regarding the terms and conditions of the offering of the Units, and such Unit Recipient has obtained all additional information requested by such Unit Recipient of Acquiror or the REIT and their representatives to verify the accuracy of all information furnished to such Unit Recipient regarding the offering of such Units. Such Unit Recipient represents and warrants that such Unit Recipient has read this Agreement in its entirety and has relied upon and is making his, her or its decision to acquire the Units in exchange for such Unit Recipient’s interests based solely upon his, her or its review and evaluation of this Agreement and is not relying on the REIT, the Acquiror or any of their subsidiaries, affiliates or any of their respective representatives or agents with respect to any tax or other economic considerations involved in connection with the receipt of the Units.  Such Unit Recipient represents and warrants that such Unit Recipient has been advised to consult with his, her or its tax, legal and other advisors regarding the receipt of the Units and its effects, the tax consequences of Contributor making and not making a contribution hereunder, and has obtained, in such Unit Recipient’s judgment, sufficient information to evaluate the merits and risks of an exchange and investment hereunder.  Such Unit Recipient has not been furnished with and has not relied on any oral or written representation in connection with the offering of the Units that is not contained in this Agreement.

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(d)
Such Unit Recipient, with its purchaser representative, if any and as applicable, has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters such that such Unit Recipient is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of acquiring the Units, and that such Unit Recipient has evaluated the risks of investing in the Units and has determined that they are a suitable investment for such Unit Recipient.  Such Unit Recipient represents and warrants that such Unit Recipient understands that an investment in the Units is a speculative investment that involves very significant risks and tax uncertainties and that such Unit Recipient is prepared to bear the economic, tax and other risks of an investment in the Units for an indefinite period of time, and is able to withstand a total loss of such Unit Recipient’s investment in the Units.

(e)
Prior to Closing, such Unit Recipient will complete, sign and return an Accredited Investor Questionnaire substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E” and by this reference made a part hereof (“Accredited Investor Questionnaire”).  Such Unit Recipient will, upon request, execute and/or deliver any additional documents deemed by the Acquiror to be necessary to confirm such Unit Recipient’s status and suitability.

(f)
Such Unit Recipient represents and agrees that such Unit Recipient is not and will not be (1) an “employee benefit plan” within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA, whether or not subject to ERISA, (2) a “plan” within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code, or (3) any person or entity whose assets include or are deemed to include the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan” by reason of Section 2510.3-101 of the Regulations of the U.S. Department of Labor or otherwise.  Such Unit Recipient will, upon request, execute, deliver and/or provide any additional documents deemed by the Acquiror to be necessary to confirm the foregoing.

(g)
Such Unit Recipient represents and warrants that the signature pages correctly set forth, for such Unit Recipient, (1) the principal residence of such Unit Recipient if such Unit Recipient is a natural person, (2) the place of business (or, if there is more than one place of business, the chief executive office) of such Unit Recipient if such Unit Recipient is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, business trust or other entity (an “Entity”), (3) the state of incorporation, organization or formation if such Unit Recipient is an Entity other than a general partnership, (4) the information specified in clauses (1) and (2) of this subsection 15(g) as to each trustee of such Unit Recipient if such Unit Recipient is a trust (other than a business trust) and such trustee is a natural person and (5) the information specified in clauses (2) and (3) of this subsection 15(g) as to each trustee of such Unit Recipient if such Unit Recipient is a trust (other than a business trust) and such trustee is an Entity.

(h)
Such Unit Recipient is not a foreign person and is not owned directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, by a foreign person as determined for purposes of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

(i)
Such Unit Recipient has not entered into any agreement and is not otherwise liable or responsible to pay any brokers’ or finders’ fees or expenses to any Person with respect to this Agreement or its acquisition of Units contemplated hereby, except for any such Person the fees and expenses for which such Unit Recipient shall be solely responsible for and pay.

(j)
Such Unit Recipient acknowledges, understands and agrees that, as of the date hereof, no public market exists for the Units or the REIT Shares, and that neither the REIT nor the Acquiror makes any assurances that a public market will ever exists for the REIT Shares or the Units. Such Unit Recipient further acknowledges, understands and agrees that, although the Acquiror intends to list the REIT Shares on the NYSE, neither the Acquiror nor the REIT guarantees or provides any assurances that such a listing will occur in the near future or at all.  In addition, such Unit Recipient acknowledges, understands and agrees that the implied value per share of the Units of $25.00 per Unit is based on a discount to the most recently reported estimated net asset value per REIT Share of $27.29, and that the market price for the REIT Shares following a listing may be higher or lower than $25.00 per share.

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(k)
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, such Unit Recipient and its subsidiaries and affiliates and any of its and their respective directors, officers, employees, stockholders, partners, members or representatives, acknowledge, covenant and agree that such Unit Recipient has made its own investigation of the REIT, the Acquiror and their subsidiaries and that neither the REIT, the Acquiror or their subsidiaries nor any of their respective affiliates, directors, officers, employees, stockholders, agents or representatives is making any representation or warranty whatsoever, express or implied, beyond those expressly given in this Agreement, including any implied warranty or representation as to condition, merchantability, suitability or fitness for a particular purpose or trade as to any of the securities (including the Units), assets or Properties of the REIT, the Acquiror or any of their subsidiaries.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is understood that any cost estimates, financial or other projections or other predictions that may have been shared with such Unit Recipient, as well as any information, documents or other materials (including any such materials contained in any “data room”, Drop Box folder, Google Drive or reviewed by Purchaser pursuant to the Confidentiality Agreement) or management presentations that have been or shall hereafter be provided to such Unit Recipient or any of its affiliates, agents or representatives are not and will not be deemed to be representations or warranties of the REIT, the Acquiror or any of their respective affiliates, and no representation or warranty is made as to the accuracy or completeness of any of the foregoing except as may be expressly set forth in this Agreement.

(l)
The provisions of this Section 15 shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Deed and the other documents contemplated by this Agreement.

16.
Remaking of Contributor and Unit Recipient Warranties and Representations at Closing.  The representations and warranties made in this Agreement by Contributor and each Unit Recipient, as the case may be, shall be deemed remade by Contributor and each Unit Recipient, as the case may be, as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if, in fact, specifically remade at that time.  If prior to the Closing, Contributor or any Unit Recipient learns of any facts or circumstances which make any warranty or representation contained in this Agreement untrue, incorrect, or misleading in any material respect, Contributor and/or such Unit Recipient shall give Acquiror prompt written notice of such facts or circumstances.  If either (a) matters occurring after the Effective Date of this Agreement render Contributor (or any Unit Recipient) unable to remake a representation or warranty as of the Closing Date, and Contributor (or such Unit Recipient) specifically so advises Acquiror, in writing at or prior to Closing, of the particular circumstances rendering any representation or warranty untrue, or (b) prior to Closing Acquiror learns of any facts or circumstances which make any warranty or representation made in this Agreement by Contributor or any Unit Recipient untrue, incorrect, or misleading in any material respect and, as of the Effective Date, the party making such warranty or representation did not have knowledge of such facts or circumstances, the party making such warranty or representation shall not have any liability to Acquiror with respect to such warranty or representation and the failure to remake such representation or warranty shall not constitute a default hereunder by Contributor (or such Unit Recipient), except in the event or to the extent that the untruth of such representation or warranty is the result of any willful or intentional act of Contributor (or anyone acting at his, her or its request) or willful or intentional failure to act on the part of such Unit Recipient (or anyone acting at his, her or its request) and in breach of this Agreement.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 16, the continuing truth and accuracy in all material respects of all representations and warranties made by Contributor or each Unit Recipient in this Agreement shall be a condition precedent to Acquiror’s obligation to Close.

17.
Acquiror’s Representations and Warranties.  Acquiror makes the following representations and warranties, each of which is material and is being relied upon by Contributor and each Unit Recipient:

(a)
Acquiror is a limited partnership duly formed, validly existing and in good standing as a Delaware limited partnership and is duly qualified to do business in all jurisdictions where such qualification is necessary to carry on its business, except where the failure to so qualify would not materially and adversely affect the financial condition, business or operations of Acquiror or have a material adverse effect of Acquiror’s ability to perform Acquiror’s obligations under this Agreement.

(b)
Acquiror has all partnership power under the Third Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement and its certificate of limited partnership to enter into this Agreement and all other documents and agreements executed by it in connection with the transaction that is the subject of this Agreement (this Agreement and all such other documents and agreements, collectively the “Acquiror Transaction Documents”) and at or prior to Closing Date to perform its obligations under the Acquiror Transaction Documents.

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(c)
The Acquiror is not in material violation of any of its organizational documents.  To the Acquiror’s knowledge, Acquiror is not in default in any material respect, and no event has occurred which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a material default, under any agreement the violation of which would have a material adverse effect on Acquiror’s ability to perform Acquiror’s obligations under this Agreement.

(d)
The Third Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement is in full force and effect and has not been further amended or modified.

(e)
The execution and delivery to Contributor by Acquiror of the Acquiror Transaction Documents, and the performance of all obligations of Acquiror under the Acquiror Transaction Documents, are permitted under the Third Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement and will at Closing have been duly authorized by all requisite partnership action.  The Acquiror Transaction Documents will, when executed and delivered by Acquiror, be binding on Acquiror and enforceable against Acquiror in accordance with their respective terms, subject to bankruptcy and similar laws affecting the remedies or recourse of creditors generally and general principles of equity.

(f)
The Class C Units to be issued to each Unit Recipient at Closing pursuant to this Agreement will on the Closing Date be duly authorized units of limited partner interest in the Acquiror, issued in the name of such Unit Recipient, free and clear of all liens, claims and encumbrances other than those created by such Unit Recipient.

(g)
Commencing with the REIT’s taxable year ending December 31, 2016, the REIT has been organized and has operated in a manner so as to qualify as a real estate investment trust under Sections 856 through 860 of the Code.

(h)
The assets of the REIT do not constitute, and as of any Closing will not constitute, “plan assets” under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

(i)
Acquiror has at all times during its existence been properly treated as either a “disregarded entity” or partnership for federal income tax purposes and not as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for such purposes.

(j)
The provisions of this Section 17 shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Deed and the other documents contemplated by this Agreement.

18.
Remaking of Acquiror Warranties and Representations.  The representations and warranties made in this Agreement by Acquiror shall be deemed remade by Acquiror as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if, in fact, specifically remade at that time.  If prior to the Closing Acquiror learns of any facts or circumstances which make any warranty or representation by Acquiror contained in this Agreement untrue, incorrect, or misleading in any material respect, Acquiror shall give Contributor prompt written notice of such facts or circumstances.  If either (a) matters occurring after the Effective Date of this Agreement render Acquiror unable to remake a representation or warranty as of the Closing Date, and Acquiror specifically so advises Contributor, in writing at or prior to Closing, of the particular circumstances rendering any representation or warranty untrue, or (b) prior to Closing Contributor learns of any facts or circumstances which make any warranty or representation made in this Agreement by Acquiror untrue, incorrect, or misleading in any material respect and, as of the Effective Date, the Acquiror did not have knowledge of such facts or circumstances, Acquiror shall not have any liability to Contributor or any Unit Recipient with respect to such warranty or representation and the failure to remake such representation or warranty shall not constitute a default hereunder by Acquiror, except in the event or to the extent that the untruth of such representation or warranty is the result of any willful or intentional act of Acquiror (or anyone acting at its request) and in breach of this Agreement.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 18, the continuing truth and accuracy in all material respects of all representations and warranties made by Acquiror in this Agreement shall be a condition precedent to Contributor’s obligation to Close.

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19.
Reserved.

20.
Tax Computations for REIT Qualification.  Contributor acknowledges that (a) the computation of taxable income of Acquiror is crucial in the determination of the taxable income of the REIT, (b) the REIT needs to be able to prepare accurate estimates of its taxable income in order to monitor compliance with the requirement that it distribute 90% of its taxable income to its shareholders, and (c) the depreciation of the Property and the required depreciation allocations under Section 704(c) of the Code will impact the computation of Acquiror’s and REIT’s taxable income.  Accordingly, Contributor agrees that (y) within thirty (30) days after the Closing Date, Contributor shall provide Acquiror with tax-basis computations and historical tax depreciation schedules (including state and Federal Regular and AMT depreciation schedules) for Contributor’s 2021 fiscal year for the Property and within sixty (60) days of the Closing shall update such computations and schedules through the Closing Date for the Property, and (z) within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date, Contributor shall provide Acquiror with all data required to perform depreciation allocations (as contemplated by Section 704(c) of the Code) with respect to the Property and each Unit Recipient.  Such data shall include the tax basis allocable to each Unit Recipient for the Property.  The provisions of this Section 20 shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Deed and the other documents contemplated by this Agreement.

21.
Regulation S-X.  Contributor shall provide to Acquiror and its auditors (a) at all times prior to and after the Closing, access at all reasonable times to all financial and other information relating to such Contributor’s Property reasonably necessary for Acquiror and its auditors to prepare audited financial statements in conformity with Regulation S-X of the rules promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) or other materials required for any registration statement, report or other disclosure to be filed with the SEC or necessary to comply with any SEC rule or regulation, and (b) at the Closing (or after thereto if required by Acquiror’s auditors) an executed representations letter as required by Generally Accepted Auditing Standards as promulgated by the Auditing Standards Division of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, which representation is required to enable an independent public accountant to render an opinion on such financial statements.  The obligation of Contributor to provide such access and representations letter shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Deed and the other documents contemplated by this Agreement and Contributor shall indemnify and hold harmless Acquiror from and against any losses, costs, expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) and liabilities arising from any Contributor’s failure to comply with these obligations.  This indemnity shall survive the Closing.  Following the Closing, Acquiror shall provide Contributor and its accountants (at Contributor’s expense) access at all reasonable times to all financial and other information relating to the Property (for periods prior to the Closing) necessary for Contributor to prepare Contributor’s tax returns and not otherwise retained by Acquiror.  The provisions of this Section 21 shall survive until Unit Recipient no longer owns any Units.

22.
Indemnification.

(a)
Subject to the provisions of Section 24(c) below, Contributor agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Acquiror and its nominees, successors, assigns, officers, directors, members, managers, partners, stockholders, agents, and employees from and against any and all liabilities, claims, causes of action, penalties, costs and expenses, of any kind or nature whatsoever, arising out of, resulting from, relating to, or incident to the development, use or ownership of the Property by Contributor on or prior to the Closing Date, except to the extent that such liabilities, claims, causes of action, penalties, costs or expenses are caused by the intentional act or gross negligence of Acquiror or any of Acquiror’s nominees, successors, assigns, officers, directors, members, managers, partners, agents, or employees.   Contributor further agrees to indemnify and hold Acquiror harmless from and against any and all claims, costs, penalties, damages, losses, liabilities and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, related to or arising from any claim related to the transactions contemplated herein by any person holding an interest in Contributor, including but not limited to any claim for the breach of any duty or the terms, conditions, representations and warranties of this Agreement generally.

(b)
Subject to the provisions of Section 24(c) below, Contributor agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Acquiror and its nominees, successors, assigns, officers, directors, members, managers, partners, agents, and employees from and against any and all liabilities, claims, causes of action, penalties, costs and expenses, of any kind or nature whatsoever, arising out of, resulting from, relating to, or incident to any CC&R.

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(c)
Acquiror agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Contributor and Contributor's nominees, successors, assigns, officers, directors, members, stockholders, managers, partners, agents, and employees (collectively, the "Contributor Parties") from and against any and all liabilities, claims, causes of action, penalties, costs and expenses, of any kind or nature whatsoever, arising out of, resulting from, relating to, or incident to Acquiror’s ownership or use of the Property from and after the Closing Date except to the extent that such liabilities, claims, causes of action, penalties, costs or expenses are caused by the intentional act or gross negligence of Contributor or any of the Contributor Parties.

(d)
Subject to the provisions of Section 24(c) below and if the Closing occurs, the Unit Recipient agrees to indemnify and hold each of Acquiror and Acquiror’s nominees, successors, assigns, officers, directors, members, managers, partners, agents, and employees from and against any and all liabilities, claims, causes of action, penalties, costs and expenses, of any kind or nature whatsoever, arising out of, resulting from, relating to, or incident to:

(1)
Any misrepresentation, breach or inaccuracy of any representation or warranty of Contributor set forth in this Agreement or any other document executed and delivered by Contributor to Acquiror pursuant to this Agreement; and

(2)
Any nonfulfillment or breach of any covenant or agreement on the part of Contributor set forth in either this Agreement or any other document executed and delivered by Contributor to Acquiror pursuant to this Agreement.

(e)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 22(d) above, Acquiror agrees that Acquiror will not exercise any right that Acquiror might have to set off amounts payable to the Unit Recipient by Acquiror with respect to such Unit Recipient’s Units against amounts owing by such Unit Recipient to Acquiror pursuant to Section 22(d) above except to the extent that (i) the amount owing by such Unit Recipient to Acquiror is evidenced by non-appealable judgment in favor of Acquiror or (ii) the amount owing by Acquiror to such Unit Recipient relates to such Unit Recipient’s exercise of such Unit Recipient’s right to redeem some or all of such Unit Recipient’s Units

(f)
The provisions of this Section 22 shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Deed and the other documents contemplated by this Agreement.

23.
Reserved.

24.
Defaults.

(a)
Acquiror’s Pre-Closing Remedies.  In the event Contributor breaches any warranty or representation contained in this Agreement or fails to comply with or perform any of the covenants, agreements or obligations to be performed by Contributor under the terms and provisions of this Agreement, Acquiror, in Acquiror’s sole discretion, shall be entitled to (i) terminate this Agreement and receive an immediate refund of the Earnest Money Deposit from Title Company and neither party shall have any further liability to the other hereunder other than those obligations that survive the termination of this Agreement; or (ii) seek specific performance of Contributor’s obligations hereunder; provided however, if Contributor has made specific performance impossible due to the willful act or gross negligence of Contributor, Acquiror shall be entitled to seek actual damages (but not punitive, special, or consequential damages) as an alternative remedy as limited by the limitation on liability set forth in subsection (c) below.

(b)
Acquiror’s Post-Closing Remedies.  In the event of any Contributor’s default or breach of any warranty, representation or other obligation which survives closing, or which occurs post-closing, Acquiror shall be entitled to bring an action for Acquiror’s actual damages incurred as limited by the limitation on liability set forth in Section 22 and subsection (c) below.

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(c)
Limitation on Liability.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, except for the Non-Limited Liability Claims, in no event shall the aggregate liability of the Contributor, any of the Contributor Parties, and the Unit Recipient for claims arising under or relating to this Agreement, or any document executed in connection herewith, exceed $5,000,000.  The “Non-Limited Liability Claims” are, collectively, claims arising under or relating to any of the Surviving Representations, any of the warranties and representations contained in Section 15, or the Accredited Investor Questionnaire delivered by Unit Recipient.  For the avoidance of doubt, it is agreed that liability of Contributor, any of the Contributor Parties, and the Unit Recipient for any of the Non-Limited Liability Claims (i.e., claims arising under or relating to any of the Surviving Representations, any of the warranties and representations contained in Section 15 or the Accredited Investor Questionnaire delivered by the Unit Recipient) is not limited by the immediately preceding sentence.

(d)
Contributor’s Remedies.  Prior to the Closing, in the event Acquiror breaches any warranty or representation contained in this Agreement or fails to comply with or perform any of the covenants, agreements or obligations to be performed by Acquiror under the terms and provisions of this Agreement, the Earnest Money Deposit shall become due to Contributor as full liquidated damages and as Contributor’s sole and exclusive remedy, whereupon this Agreement shall automatically terminate.  Acquiror and Contributor acknowledge that it would be difficult or impossible to ascertain the actual damages suffered by Contributor as a result of any default by Acquiror and agree that such liquidated damages are a reasonable estimate of such damages; provided, however, that this provision shall not limit Contributor’s right to receive reimbursement for attorneys’ fees incurred by Contributor in pursuing its remedies to recover liquidated damages pursuant to this Section 24(d) or waive or affect Contributor’s rights and Acquiror’s indemnity obligations under other sections of this Agreement.  The parties have set forth their initials below to indicate their agreement with the liquidated damages provision contained in this Section 24(d).

 
CONTRIBUTOR’S INITIALS:
ACQUIROR’S INITIALS:
 
       
 
Initials:
   
Initials:
   

As material consideration to each party’s agreement to the liquidated damages provisions stated above, each party hereby agrees to waive any and all rights whatsoever to contest the validity of the liquidated damage provision for any reason whatsoever, including, but not limited to, that such provision was unreasonable under circumstances existing at the time this Agreement was made.

25.
Confidentiality.

(a)
Acquiror agrees that, prior to the Closing, all documents and information obtained from Contributor or Contributor’s representatives pursuant to this Agreement shall be kept confidential as provided in this Section 25(a).  Prior to the Closing, the property information received from Contributor shall not be disclosed by Acquiror or its representatives, in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part, except (1) with the prior written consent of Contributor, (2) to the extent that such document or information is publicly available, (3) to Acquiror’s representatives who need to know the property information for the purpose of evaluating the Property and who are informed by the Acquiror of the confidential nature of the property information; (4) as may be necessary for Acquiror or Acquiror’s representatives to comply with applicable laws, including, without limitation, governmental regulatory, disclosure, tax and reporting requirements, to comply with other requirements of regulatory and supervisory authorities and self-regulatory organizations having jurisdiction over Acquiror or Acquiror’s representatives; or to comply with regulatory or judicial processes; or (5) as may be necessary in order to obtain financing for the Property.  The provisions of this Section 25(a) shall not survive the Closing but shall, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, survive any termination of this Agreement.

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(b)
Contributor agrees that the existence and terms of this Agreement shall be kept confidential as provided in this Agreement.  The identity of Acquiror, the existence of this Agreement and the terms of this Agreement shall be kept confidential and shall not be disclosed by any Contributor or its representatives, in any manner whatsoever, in whole or in part, except (1) with the prior written consent of Acquiror, (2) to the extent that such document or information is publicly available, (3) to Contributor’s representatives who need to know the information for the purpose of advising such Contributor with respect to the transaction which is the subject of this Agreement or assisting such Contributor in connection with the Closing of the transaction which is the subject of this Agreement and who are informed by such Contributor of the confidential nature of the information, or (4) as may be necessary for Contributor or Contributor’s representatives to comply with applicable laws, including, without limitation, governmental regulatory, disclosure, tax and reporting requirements, to comply with other requirements of regulatory and supervisory authorities and self-regulatory organizations having jurisdiction over such Contributor or such Contributor’s representatives; or to comply with regulatory or judicial processes.  The provisions of this Section 25(b) shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Deed and the other documents contemplated by this Agreement.

26.
Payment of Commissions.  Each party hereto represents and warrants that it has employed no brokers or real estate agencies in the creation of or the negotiations relating to this Agreement, and each party shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the other party by reason of any breach of such party of its warranty and representation under this section.  The provisions of this section shall survive Closing and the delivery of the Deed and the other documents contemplated by this Agreement.

27.
Contributor Tax Advice.  Contributor has obtained from its own counsel advice regarding the tax consequences of: (1) the transfer of such Contributor’s Property to Acquiror and the receipt of the Contribution Consideration, as consideration therefor, (2) such Contributor’s admission as a limited partner of Acquiror, and (3) any other transaction contemplated by this Agreement.  Contributor further represents and warrants that it has not relied on Acquiror, Acquiror’s affiliates, representatives, counsel or other advisors and their respective representatives for such tax advice. The provisions of this Section 27 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

28.
Assignment.  Neither this Agreement nor any interest hereunder shall be assigned or transferred by Contributor or Acquiror.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Acquiror may direct Contributor to convey the Property or any part thereof to one or more parties designated by Acquiror provided such party is an entity 100% owned, directly or indirectly, by Acquiror and such entity is disregarded as an entity separate from Acquiror for federal income tax purposes.  Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon Contributor and Acquiror and their respective successors and assigns.

29.
Successors and Assigns.  Subject to the provisions of Section 28 above the rights and obligations created by this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto, their heirs, executors, receivers, trustees, successors and permitted assigns.

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30.
Notices.  Any notice, approval, waiver, objection or other communication required or permitted to be given hereunder or given in regard to this Agreement by one party to the other shall be in writing and the same shall be given and be deemed to have been received (a) if hand delivered, when delivered in person to the address set forth hereinafter for the party to whom notice is given; (b) if mailed, three (3) days after it is placed in the United States mail, postage prepaid, by Certified Mail, return mail receipt requested, addressed to the party at the address hereinafter specified; (c) if by overnight delivery when received by the other party; or (d) if by email, when received by the other party at the address hereinafter specified as evidenced by the confirmation receipt of the sender.  Any party may change its address for notices by notice theretofore given in accordance with this section:

 
If to Contributor:
Trophy of Carson Real Estate LLC
21140 S Avalon
Carson, CA 90745
Attn: Nasser Watar
Tel.:  (818) 788-0234
Email:  n.watar@tadg.us
     
 
With a copy to:
Holland & Knight LLP
400 South Hope Street
8th Floor
Los Angeles, CA  90071
Attn: Douglas Praw
Tel.: (213) 896-2588
Email:  doug.praw@hklaw.com
     
 
If to Acquiror:
Modiv Operating Partnership, LP
120 Newport Center Drive
Newport Beach, CA  92660
Attn: John Raney, Chief Legal Officer, GC
Tel.:  888-686-6348
Email: jraney@modiv.com
     
 
With a copy to:
Modiv, Inc.
120 Newport Center Drive
Newport Beach, CA  92660
Attn: John Raney, Chief Legal Officer, GC
Tel.:  888-686-6348
Email: jraney@modiv.com
     
 
And with a Copy to:
Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP
3343 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 1600
Atlanta, GA  30326
Attn.:  Lauren Burnham Prevost
Tel.:  404-233-7000
Email:  lprevost@mmmlaw.com

31.
Further Assurances.  From time to time, at either party’s request, whether on or after Closing, and without further consideration, the other party shall execute and deliver any further instruments of conveyance and take such other actions as the requesting party may reasonably require to complete more effectively the transfer of the Property to Acquiror.  The provisions of this Section 31 shall survive the Closing and the delivery of the Deed and the other documents contemplated by this Agreement.

32.
Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

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33.
Arbitration and Attorney’s Fees.  Any controversy or claim between or among the parties hereto shall be resolved by binding arbitration in Orange County, California, in accordance with ExhibitF”.  The prevailing party in any such arbitration shall be reimbursed for all reasonable costs, including but not limited to, reasonable attorney’s fees.  If any other dispute between the parties hereto should result in litigation, the prevailing party shall be reimbursed for all reasonable costs, including but not limited to, reasonable attorney’s fees.

34.
Time of Essence.  Time is of the essence of this Agreement.

35.
Survival.  Except to the extent expressly limited pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, all warranties and representations of either party contained herein and all warranties and representations of each Unit Recipient shall survive the Closing for the period of time specified herein.  All other provisions that expressly, or by their nature, survive the Closing or termination of this Agreement shall survive for the statute of limitations period applicable to each such provision.

36.
Governing Law.  This Agreement and all transactions contemplated hereby shall be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the state in which the Property is located.  The parties herein waive trial by jury and agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction and venue of a court of subject matter jurisdiction located in the county in which the Property is located.

37.
Entire Agreement and Amendments.  This Agreement, together with all exhibits attached hereto or referred to herein, contain all representations and the entire understanding between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.  Any prior correspondence, memoranda or agreements are replaced in total by this Agreement and exhibits hereto.  This Agreement may only be modified or amended upon the written consent of both parties.

[Signatures on Following Pages]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement effective as of the Effective Date.

 
CONTRIBUTOR:
 
TROPHY OF CARSON REAL ESTATE LLC, a California limited liability company
   
 
By:
/s/ Nasser Water
 
Name:
Nasser Water
Date: January 13, 2022
Title:
Manager
   
 
ACQUIROR:
 
MODIV OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, LP, a Delaware limited partnership
   
 
BY:
MODIV INC., a Maryland corporation, its sole general partner
   
   
By:
/s/ Aaron S. Halfacre
   
Name:
/s/ Aaron S. Halfacre
Date: January 13, 2022
 
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
   
 
UNIT RECIPIENT:
 
The undersigned hereby (i) agrees to be bound by all obligations of the Unit Recipient arising under this Contribution Agreement and (ii) confirms the accuracy of all representations and warranties made by Contributor with respect to the Unit Recipient:
 
GROUP OF TROPHY LLC
   
Date: January 13, 2022
By:
/s/ Nasser Water
 
Name:
Nasser Water
 
Title:
Manager


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Exhibit 10.2

LEASE AGREEMENT

(Kia of Carson, 22020 Recreation Rd., Carson, California)

THIS LEASE AGREEMENT (this “Lease”) is made as of January 18, 2022 (the “Effective Date”), by and between MDV TROPHY CARSON CA LLC, a California limited liability company (“Landlord”), and TROPHY OF CARSON LLC, a California limited liability company (“Tenant”).

In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, Landlord and Tenant hereby covenant and agree as follows:

RECITALS:

A.          Landlord owns that certain improved real property located at 22020 Recreation  in the City of Carson, Los Angeles County, California, as more particularly described on attached Exhibit A.

B.          Landlord desires to lease to Tenant and Tenant  desires lease form Landlord, the Premises (as defined below) on the terms and provisions set forth below.

C.          As a condition to entering into this Lease, Tenant shall cause each Guarantor to execute and deliver to Landlord the Guaranty.

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

The following terms shall have the following meanings for all purposes of this Lease:

Additional Rent” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.03.

Adjustment Date” means February 1, 2023 and annually on every February 1st thereafter during the Lease Term (including any Extension Term).

Affiliate” means any Person which directly or indirectly controls, is under common control with or is controlled by any other Person.  For purposes of this definition, “controls,” “under common control with,” and “controlled by” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or otherwise.

Anti‑Money Laundering Laws” means all applicable Laws, regulations and government guidance on the prevention and detection of money laundering, including, without limitation, (a) 18 U.S.C. §§ 1956 and 1957; and (b) the Bank Secrecy Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 5311 et seq., and its implementing regulations, 31 CFR Part 103.

Base Annual Rent” means $3,815,000.00, as adjusted pursuant to the terms of this Lease.



Base Monthly Rent” means an amount equal to 1/12 of the applicable Base Annual Rent.

Business Day” means a day on which banks located in Newport Beach, California are not required or authorized to remain closed.

Casualty” means any loss of or damage to any property included within or related to the Premises or arising from an adjoining property caused by an Act of God, fire, flood or other catastrophe.

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as the same may be amended from time to time.

Condemnation” means a Taking and/or a Requisition.

Costs” means all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by a Person, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, court costs, expert witness fees, costs of tests and analyses, travel and accommodation expenses, deposition and trial transcripts, copies and other similar costs and fees, recording fees and transfer taxes or fees, as the circumstances require.

Default Rate” means 10% per annum or the highest rate permitted by Law, whichever is less.

Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph of this Lease.

Environmental Laws” means federal, state and local Laws, ordinances, common law requirements and regulations and standards, rules, policies and other governmental requirements, administrative rulings and court judgments and decrees having the effect of Law in effect now or in the future and including all amendments, that relate to Hazardous Materials, USTs, and/or the protection of human health or the environment, or relating to liability for or Costs of Remediation or prevention of Releases, and apply to Tenant and/or the Premises.

Environmental Liens” means any liens and other encumbrances imposed pursuant to any Environmental Law.

Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.01.

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Extension Option” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02.

Extension Term” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.02.

Force Majeure Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 17.01.

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied from period to period.

Governmental Authority” means any governmental authority, agency, department, commission, bureau, board, instrumentality, court or quasi‑governmental authority of the United States, any state or any political subdivision thereof with authority to adopt, modify, amend, interpret, give effect to or enforce any federal, state and local Laws, statutes, ordinances, rules or regulations, including common law, or to issue court orders.

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Guarantor” means, individually and collectively, Group of Trophy LLC, a California limited liability company, Trophy Automotive Dealer Group LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and First City Investment Group LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, or any additional or replacement guarantor(s) approved by Landlord in its sole and absolute discretion.

Guaranty” means that certain Unconditional Guaranty of Payment and Performance dated as of the date hereof given by Guarantor for the benefit of Landlord, as the same may be amended from time to time.

Hazardous Materials” means (a) “petroleum” and “petroleum‑based substances” or any similar terms described or defined in any of the Environmental Laws and any applicable federal, state, county or local Laws applicable to or regulating USTs, (b) oil, flammable substances, explosives, radioactive materials, hazardous wastes or substances, toxic wastes or substances or any other materials, contaminants or pollutants, the presence of which causes the Premises to be in violation of any local, state or federal Law or regulation, or Environmental Law, or are defined as or included in the definition of “hazardous substances,” “hazardous wastes,” “hazardous materials,” “toxic substances,” “contaminants,” “pollutants,” or words of similar import under any applicable local, state or federal Law or under the regulations adopted, orders issued, or publications promulgated pursuant thereto, including, but not limited to: (i) the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 9601, et seq.; (ii) the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, as amended, 49 U.S.C. § 5101, et seq.; (iii) the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 6901, et seq.; and (iv) regulations adopted and publications promulgated pursuant to the aforesaid Laws; (b) asbestos in any form which is friable, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, transformers or other equipment which contain dielectric fluid containing levels of polychlorinated biphenyls in excess of fifty (50) parts per million; (d) per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances; (e) any other chemical, material or substance, exposure to which is prohibited, limited or regulated by any Governmental Authority; and (f) underground storage tanks containing any of the foregoing materials.

Initial Term” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01.

Insolvency Event” means (a) a Person’s (i) failure to generally pay its debts as such debts become due; (ii) admitting in writing its inability to pay its debts generally; or (iii) making a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; (b) any proceeding being instituted by or against any Person (i) seeking to adjudicate it bankrupt or insolvent; (ii) seeking liquidation, dissolution, winding up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief, or composition of it or its debts under any Law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, or reorganization or relief of debtors; or (iii) seeking the entry of an order for relief or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, or other similar official for it or for any substantial part of its property, and in the case of any such proceeding instituted against any Person, either such proceeding shall remain undismissed for a period of one hundred twenty (120) days or any of the actions sought in such proceeding shall occur; or (c) any Person taking any corporate action to authorize any of the actions set forth above in this definition.

Insurance Premiums” has the meaning in Section 6.04.

Landlord Entity” or “Landlord Entities” means individually or collectively, as the context may require, Landlord and all Affiliates of Landlord.

Landlord Indemnified Parties” means Landlord, its members, managers, officers, directors, shareholders, partners, employees, affiliates, subsidiaries, successors and assigns, including, but not limited to, any successors by merger, consolidation or acquisition of all or a substantial portion of the assets and business of Landlord.

Law(s)” means any constitution, statute, rule of law, code, ordinance, order, judgment, decree, injunction, rule, regulation, policy, requirement or administrative or judicial determination, even if unforeseen or extraordinary, of every duly constituted Governmental Authority, court or agency, now or hereafter enacted or in effect.

Lease Term” has the meaning described in Section 3.01.

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Legal Requirements” means the requirements of all present and future Laws (including, without limitation, Environmental Laws and Laws relating to accessibility to, usability by, and discrimination against, disabled individuals), all judicial and administrative interpretations thereof, including any judicial order, consent, decree or judgment, and all covenants, restrictions and conditions now or hereafter of record which may be applicable to Tenant or to the Premises, or to the use, manner of use, occupancy, possession, operation, maintenance, alteration, repair or restoration of the Premises, even if compliance therewith necessitates structural changes or improvements or results in interference with the use or enjoyment of the Premises.

Lender” means any lender in connection with any loan secured by Landlord’s interest in the Premises, and any servicer of any loan secured by Landlord’s interest in the Premises.

Losses” means any and all claims, suits, liabilities (including, without limitation, strict liabilities), actions, proceedings, obligations, debts, damages, losses, Costs, diminutions in value, fines, penalties, interest, charges, fees, judgments, awards, amounts paid in settlement and damages of whatever kind or nature, inclusive of bodily injury and property damage to third parties (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and other Costs of defense).

Material Adverse Effect”, as such term relates to Tenant, means a material adverse effect on (a) the Premises, including, without limitation, the operation of the Premises as a Permitted Facility and/or the value of the Premises; (b) the contemplated business, condition, worth or operations of any Tenant Entity; (c) Tenant’s ability to perform its obligations under this Lease; or (d) Landlord’s interests in the Premises, this Lease or the other Transaction Documents; or (e) any Guarantor’s ability to perform its obligations under the Guaranty.  “Material Adverse Effect”, as such term relates to Landlord, means a material adverse effect on (a) the Premises, including, without limitation, the operation of the Premises as a Permitted Facility and/or the value of the Premises; (b) the contemplated business, condition, worth or operations of any Landlord Entity; (c) Landlord’s ability to perform its obligations under this Lease; or (d) Landlord’s interests in the Premises, this Lease or the other Transaction Documents.

Monetary Obligations” means all Rent and all other sums payable or reimbursable by Tenant under this Lease to Landlord, to any third party on behalf of Landlord, or to any Indemnified Party.

Mortgage” means, collectively, the mortgages, deeds of trust or deeds to secure debt, assignments of rents and leases, security agreements and fixture filings executed by Landlord for the benefit of Lender with respect to the Premises, as such instruments may be amended, modified, restated or supplemented from time to time and any and all replacements or substitutions.

Net Award” means (a) the entire award payable with respect to the Premises by reason of a Condemnation whether pursuant to a judgment or by agreement or otherwise; or (b) the entire proceeds of any insurance required under Section 6.03 payable with respect to the Premises, as the case may be, and in either case, less any Costs incurred by Landlord or Tenant in collecting such award or proceeds.

OFAC Laws” means Executive Order 13224 issued by the President of the United States, and all regulations promulgated thereunder, including, without limitation, the Terrorism Sanctions Regulations (31 CFR Part 595), the Terrorism List Governments Sanctions Regulations (31 CFR Part 596), the Foreign Terrorist Organizations Sanctions Regulations (31 CFR Part 597), and the Cuban Assets Control Regulations (31 CFR Part 515), and all other present and future federal, state and local Laws, ordinances, regulations, policies, lists (including, without limitation, the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List) and any other requirements of any Governmental Authority (including without limitation, the U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control) addressing, relating to, or attempting to eliminate, terrorist acts and acts of war, each as supplemented, amended or modified from time to time after the Effective Date, and the present and future rules, regulations and guidance documents promulgated under any of the foregoing, or under similar Laws, ordinances, regulations, policies or requirements of other states or localities.

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Other Agreements” means, collectively, all agreements and instruments now or hereafter entered into between, among or by (a) any of the Tenant Entities; and, or for the benefit of, (b) any of the Landlord Entities, including, without limitation, leases, promissory notes and guaranties, but excluding this Lease and all other Transaction Documents.

Partial Condemnation” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.03.

Permitted Amounts” shall mean, with respect to any given level of Hazardous Materials, that level or quantity of Hazardous Materials in any form or combination of forms which does not constitute a violation of any Environmental Laws and is customarily employed in, or associated with, similar businesses located in the state where the Premises is located.

Permitted Facility” means a retail facility for the sale and service of automobiles, all related purposes such as ingress, egress and parking, and uses incidental thereto.

Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization, Governmental Authority or any other form of entity.

Personalty” means any and all “goods” (excluding “inventory,” and including, without limitation, all “equipment,” “fixtures,” appliances and furniture (as “goods,” “inventory,” “equipment” and “fixtures” are defined in the applicable Uniform Commercial Code then in effect in the applicable jurisdiction)) from time to time situated on or used in connection with the Premises, whether now owned or held or hereafter arising or acquired, together with all replacements and substitutions therefore and all cash and non-cash proceeds (including insurance proceeds and any title and UCC insurance proceeds) and products thereof, and, in the case of tangible collateral, together with all additions, attachments, accessions, parts, equipment and repairs now or hereafter attached or affixed thereto or used in connection therewith.

Premises” means that parcel or parcels of real estate legally described on Exhibit A attached hereto, all rights, privileges, and appurtenances associated therewith, and all buildings, fixtures and other improvements now or hereafter located on such real estate (whether or not affixed to such real estate); provided, however the term “Premises” does not include Tenant’s trade fixtures or Personalty.

Real Estate Taxes” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.04.

Release” means any presence, release, deposit, discharge, emission, leaking, spilling, seeping, migrating, injecting, pumping, pouring, emptying, escaping, dumping, disposing or other movement of Hazardous Materials into the environment.

 “Remediation” means any response, remedial, removal, or corrective action, any activity to cleanup, detoxify, decontaminate, contain or otherwise remediate any Hazardous Materials, any actions to prevent, cure or mitigate any Release, any action to comply with any Environmental Laws or with any permits issued pursuant thereto, any inspection, investigation, study, monitoring, assessment, audit, sampling and testing, laboratory or other analysis, or any evaluation relating to any Hazardous Materials.

Rent” means, collectively, the Base Annual Rent and the Additional Rent.

Rent Adjustment” means an amount equal to  two percent (2.0%) of the Base Annual Rent in effect immediately prior to the applicable Adjustment Date.

Requisition” means any temporary requisition or confiscation of the use or occupancy of the Premises by any Governmental Authority, civil or military, whether pursuant to an agreement with such Governmental Authority in settlement of or under threat of any such requisition or confiscation, or otherwise.

Reserve” has the meaning in Section 6.04.

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Securities” has the meaning set forth in Section 17.10.

Securities Act” means of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Successor Landlord” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.03.

Taking” means (a) any taking or damaging of all or a portion of the Premises (i) in or by condemnation or other eminent domain proceedings pursuant to any Law, general or special; (ii) by reason of any agreement with any condemnor in settlement of or under threat of any such condemnation or other eminent domain proceeding; or (iii) by any other means; or (b) any de facto condemnation.  The Taking shall be considered to have taken place as of the later of the date actual physical possession is taken by the condemnor, or the date on which the right to compensation and damages accrues under the Law applicable to the Premises.

Temporary Taking” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.04.

Tenant Entity” or “Tenant Entities” means individually or collectively, as the context may require, Tenant and each Guarantor, and all Affiliates thereof.

Tenant Indemnified Parties” means Tenant, its members, managers, officers, directors, shareholders, partners, employees, affiliates, subsidiaries, successors and assigns, including, but not limited to, any successors by merger, consolidation or acquisition of all or a substantial portion of the assets and business of Tenant.

Tenant’s Knowledge” means the knowledge of any of Mr. Watar, Chris Paz, Usman Maqsood, Hisam Sabouni or the internal legal team of Tenant and Trophy of Carson LLC, after reasonable inquiry.

Threatened Release” means a substantial likelihood of a Release which requires action to prevent or mitigate damage to the soil, surface waters, groundwaters, land, stream sediments, surface or subsurface strata, ambient air or any other environmental medium comprising or surrounding the Premises which may result from such Release.

Total Condemnation” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.02.

Transaction” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.01.

Transaction Documents” means this Lease, the Guaranty and all documents related thereto.

U.S. Publicly Traded Entity” means an entity whose securities are listed on a national securities exchange or quoted on an automated quotation system in the United States or a wholly‑owned subsidiary of such an entity.

USTs” means any one or combination of tanks and associated product piping systems used in connection with storage, dispensing and general use of Hazardous Materials.

ARTICLE II

LEASE OF PROPERTY

Section 2.01.  Lease.  In consideration of Tenant’s payment of the Rent and other Monetary Obligations and Tenant’s performance of all other obligations hereunder, Landlord hereby leases to Tenant, and Tenant hereby takes and hires, the Premises, “AS IS” and “WHERE IS” without representation or warranty by Landlord, and subject to the existing state of title, the parties in possession, any statement of facts which an accurate survey or physical inspection might reveal, and all Legal Requirements now or hereafter in effect.

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Section 2.02.  Quiet Enjoyment.  So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and subject to the rights of Landlord under Section 12.02, Tenant shall have, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the right to the peaceful and quiet enjoyment and occupancy of the Premises.

Section 2.03.  California Civil Code § 1938 Advisory.  Landlord advises Tenant that the Premises have not undergone inspection by a Certified Access Specialist (CASp) (as defined in California Civil Code § 55.52(a)(3)).  In addition, the following notice is hereby provided as required by Section 1938(e) of the California Civil Code:

“A Certified Access Specialist (CASp) can inspect the subject premises and determine whether the subject premises comply with all of the applicable construction-related accessibility standards under state law.  Although state law does not require a CASp inspection of the subject premises, the commercial property owner or lessor may not prohibit the lessee or tenant from obtaining a CASp inspection of the subject premises for the occupancy or potential occupancy of the lessee or tenant, if requested by the lessee or tenant.  The parties shall mutually agree on the arrangements for the time and manner of the CASp inspection, the payment of the fee for the CASp inspection, and the cost of making any repairs necessary to correct violations of construction-related accessibility standards within the premises.”

ARTICLE III

LEASE TERM; EXTENSION

Section 3.01.  Initial Term.  The initial term of this Lease (“Initial Term”) shall commence as of the Effective Date and shall expire at midnight on January 17, 2047, unless terminated sooner as provided in this Lease and as may be extended as provided herein.  The time period during which this Lease shall actually be in effect, including any Extension Term, is referred to as the “Lease Term.”

Section 3.02.  Extensions.  Unless this Lease has expired or has been sooner terminated, or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time any extension option is exercised, Tenant shall have the right and option (each, an “Extension Option”) to extend the Initial Term for the Premises for two (2) additional successive periods of five (5) years each (each, an “Extension Term”), pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Lease then in effect.

Section 3.03.  Notice of Exercise.  Tenant may only exercise the Extension Options by giving written notice thereof to Landlord of its election to do so no later than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the expiration of the then-current Lease Term.  If written notice of the exercise of any Extension Option is not received by Landlord by the applicable dates described above, then this Lease shall terminate on the last day of the Initial Term or, if applicable, the last day of the Extension Term then in effect.  Upon the request of Landlord or Tenant, the parties hereto will, at the expense of Tenant, execute and exchange an instrument in recordable form setting forth the extension of the Lease Term in accordance with this Section 3.03.

Section 3.04.  Removal of Personalty.  Upon the expiration of the Lease Term, Tenant may remove from the Premises all personal property belonging to Tenant.  Tenant shall repair any damage caused by such removal and shall leave the Premises clean and in good and working condition and repair inside and out, subject to normal wear and tear, casualty and condemnation.  Any property of Tenant left on the Premises on the thirtieth (30th) day following the expiration of the Lease Term shall, at Landlord’s option, automatically and immediately become the property of Landlord.

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ARTICLE IV

RENT AND OTHER MONETARY OBLIGATIONS

Section 4.01.  Base Monthly Rent.  During the Lease Term, on or before the first day of each calendar month, Tenant shall pay in advance the Base Monthly Rent then in effect.  If the Effective Date is a date other than the first day of the month, Tenant shall pay to Landlord on the Effective Date the Base Monthly Rent prorated by multiplying the Base Monthly Rent by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days remaining in the month (including the Effective Date) for which Rent is being paid, and the denominator of which is the total number of days in such month.

Section 4.02.  Adjustments.  During the Lease Term (including any Extension Term), on the first Adjustment Date and on each Adjustment Date thereafter, the Base Annual Rent shall increase by an amount equal to the Rent Adjustment.

Section 4.03.  Additional Rent.  Tenant shall pay and discharge, as additional rental (“Additional Rent”), all sums of money required to be paid by Tenant under this Lease which are not specifically referred to as Rent.  Tenant shall pay and discharge any Additional Rent when the same shall become due, provided that amounts which are billed to Landlord or any third party, but not to Tenant, shall be paid within thirty (30) days after Landlord’s demand for payment thereof or, if earlier, when the same are due.  In no event shall Tenant be required to pay to Landlord any item of Additional Rent that Tenant is obligated to pay and has paid to any third party pursuant to any provision of this Lease.

Section 4.04.  Rents to be Net to Landlord.  The Base Annual Rent payable hereunder shall be net to Landlord, so that this Lease shall yield to Landlord the Rents specified during the Lease Term, and all Costs and obligations of every kind and nature whatsoever relating to the Premises shall be performed and paid by Tenant.  Tenant shall perform all of its obligations under this Lease at its sole cost and expense. All Rent and other Monetary Obligations which Tenant is required to pay hereunder shall be the unconditional obligation of Tenant and shall be payable in full when due and payable, without notice or demand, and without any setoff, abatement, deferment, deduction or counterclaim whatsoever.

Section 4.05.  Method of Payment.  Tenant shall establish arrangements whereby payments of the Base Monthly Rent are paid by wire transfer to an account identified by Landlord.  Tenant shall continue to pay all Rent by wire transfer unless otherwise directed by Landlord.  If Landlord fails to provide Tenant with wire transfer instructions, Tenant shall pay Base Monthly Rent by check delivered to Landlord’s address specified on the signature page hereto.

Section 4.06.  Late Charges; Default Interest.  Any payment that is not paid within ten (10) days after the date it was due shall, in addition to any other remedy of Landlord, incur a late charge of five percent (5%) (which late charge is intended to compensate Landlord for the cost of handling and processing such delinquent payment and should not be considered interest) and bear interest at the Default Rate, such interest to be computed from and including the date such payment was due through and including the date of the payment; provided, however, in no event shall Tenant be obligated to pay a sum of late charge and interest higher than the maximum legal rate then in effect.

Section 4.07.  Holdover.  If Tenant remains in possession of the Premises after the expiration of the term hereof, Tenant, at Landlord’s option and within Landlord’s sole discretion, may be deemed a tenant on a month‑to‑month basis and shall continue to pay Rents and other Monetary Obligations in the amounts herein provided, except that the Base Monthly Rent shall be automatically increased to one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the last Base Monthly Rent payable under this Lease, and Tenant shall comply with all the terms of this Lease; provided that nothing herein nor the acceptance of Rent by Landlord shall be deemed a consent to such holding over.  Tenant shall defend, indemnify, protect and hold the Landlord Indemnified Parties harmless from and against any and all Losses resulting from Tenant’s failure to surrender possession upon the expiration of the Lease Term; provided, however, Tenant shall not be liable for lost profits as a result of such failure to surrender possession unless Landlord provides Tenant with written notice that Landlord has entered into a new lease with a new tenant for the Premises, and Tenant continues to fail to surrender possession within thirty (30) days after receipt of such written notice.

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ARTICLE V

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Section 5.01.  Tenant’s Representations and Warranties.  The representations and warranties of Tenant contained in this Section 5.01are being made to induce Landlord to enter into this Lease, and Landlord has relied, and will continue to rely, upon such representations and warranties.  Tenant represents and warrants to Landlord as follows:

(a)          Organization, Authority and Status of Tenant.  Tenant has been duly organized or formed, is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its state of formation and is qualified as a foreign limited liability company to do business in any jurisdiction where such qualification is required.  All necessary company and appropriate action has been taken to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by Tenant of this Lease and of the other documents, instruments and agreements provided for herein.  Tenant is not, and if Tenant is a “disregarded entity,” the owner of such disregarded entity is not, a “nonresident alien,” “foreign corporation,” “foreign partnership,” “foreign trust,” “foreign estate,” or any other “person” that is not a “United States Person” as those terms are defined in the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder.  The Person who has executed this Lease on behalf of Tenant is duly authorized to do so.

(b)          Enforceability.  This Lease constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of Tenant, enforceable against Tenant in accordance with its terms.

(c)          Litigation.  There are no suits, actions, proceedings or investigations pending, or to Tenant’s Knowledge, threatened against or involving any Tenant Entity or the Premises before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority which might reasonably result in any Material Adverse Effect.

(d)          Absence of Breaches or Defaults.  To Tenant’s Knowledge, Tenant is not in default under any document, instrument or agreement to which Tenant is a party or by which Tenant, the Premises or any of Tenant’s property is subject or bound, which has had, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect.  The authorization, execution, delivery and performance of this Lease and the documents, instruments and agreements provided for herein will not result in any breach of or default under any document, instrument or agreement to which Tenant is a party or by which Tenant, the Premises or any of Tenant’s property is subject or bound.

(e)          Compliance with OFAC Laws.  None of the Tenant Entities, and no individual or entity owning directly or indirectly any interest in any of the Tenant Entities, is an individual or entity whose property or interests are subject to being blocked under any of the OFAC Laws or is otherwise in violation of any of the OFAC Laws; provided, however, that the representation contained in this sentence shall not apply to any Person to the extent such Person’s interest is in or through a U.S. Publicly Traded Entity.

(f)          Solvency.  There is no pending or, to Tenant’s Knowledge, contemplated or threatened Insolvency Event or similar proceedings, whether voluntary or involuntary, affecting Tenant or any Tenant Entity.  Tenant does not have unreasonably small capital to conduct its business.

Section 5.02.  Landlord’s Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of Landlord contained in this Section 5.02 are being made to induce Tenant to enter into this Lease, and Tenant has relied, and will continue to rely, upon such representations and warranties.  Landlord represents and warrants to Tenant as follows:

(a)          Organization, Authority and Status of Landlord.  Landlord has been duly organized or formed, is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its state of formation and is qualified as a foreign limited liability company to do business in any jurisdiction where such qualification is required.  All necessary company and appropriate action has been taken to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by Landlord of this Lease and of the other documents, instruments and agreements provided for herein.  Landlord is not, and if Landlord is a “disregarded entity,” the owner of such disregarded entity is not, a “nonresident alien,” “foreign corporation,” “foreign partnership,” “foreign trust,” “foreign estate,” or any other “person” that is not a “United States Person” as those terms are defined in the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder.  The Person who has executed this Lease on behalf of Landlord is duly authorized to do so.

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(b)          Enforceability.  This Lease constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of Landlord, enforceable against Landlord in accordance with its terms.

(c)          Litigation.  There are no suits, actions, proceedings or investigations pending, or to the best of its knowledge, threatened against or involving any Landlord Entity or the Premises before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority which might reasonably result in any Material Adverse Effect.

(d)          Absence of Breaches or Defaults.  Landlord is not in default under any document, instrument or agreement to which Landlord is a party or by which Landlord, the Premises or any of Landlord’s property is subject or bound, which has had, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect.  The authorization, execution, delivery and performance of this Lease and the documents, instruments and agreements provided for herein will not result in any breach of or default under any document, instrument or agreement to which Landlord is a party or by which Landlord, the Premises or any of Landlord’s property is subject or bound.

(e)          Compliance with OFAC Laws.  None of the Landlord Entities, and no individual or entity owning directly or indirectly any interest in any of the Landlord Entities, is an individual or entity whose property or interests are subject to being blocked under any of the OFAC Laws or is otherwise in violation of any of the OFAC Laws; provided, however, that the representation contained in this sentence shall not apply to any Person to the extent such Person’s interest is in or through a U.S. Publicly Traded Entity.

(f)          Solvency.  There is no contemplated, pending or threatened Insolvency Event or similar proceedings, whether voluntary or involuntary, affecting Landlord or any Landlord Entity.  Landlord does not have unreasonably small capital to conduct its business.

ARTICLE VI

TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS; UTILITIES; INSURANCE

Section 6.01.  Taxes.

(a)          Payment.  Subject to the provisions of Section 6.01(b) below, Tenant shall pay, prior to the earlier of delinquency or the accrual of interest on the unpaid balance, or reimburse Landlord to the extent paid by Landlord, all taxes and assessments of every type or nature assessed against or imposed upon the Premises, Tenant or Landlord during the Lease Term related to or arising out of this Lease and the activities of the parties hereunder, including without limitation, (i) all taxes or assessments upon the Premises or any part thereof and upon any personal property, trade fixtures and improvements located on the Premises, whether belonging to Landlord or Tenant, or any tax or charge levied in lieu of such taxes and assessments; (ii) all taxes, charges, license fees and or similar fees imposed by reason of the use of the Premises by Tenant; and (iii) all excise, franchise, transaction, privilege, license, sales, use and other taxes upon the Rent or other Monetary Obligations hereunder, the leasehold estate of either party or the activities of either party pursuant to this Lease.  Notwithstanding anything in clauses (i) through (iii) to the contrary, Tenant shall not be obligated to pay or reimburse Landlord for any taxes based on the net income of Landlord, including, without limitation, Landlord’s state or federal income or franchise taxes.

(b)          Reimbursement.  With regard to the taxes due under Section 6.01(a)(iv), Landlord will pay all amounts directly to the applicable taxing jurisdiction prior to the due date and notify Tenant of its share of the taxes during the year following the calendar year to which the tax relates, at which time the obligation will be immediately due and payable to Landlord.

(c)          Delivery of Evidence of Payment.  Within thirty (30) days after each tax and assessment payment is required by this Section 6.01 to be paid, Tenant shall provide Landlord with evidence reasonably satisfactory to Landlord that taxes and assessments have been timely paid by Tenant.  In the event Landlord receives a tax bill, Landlord shall use commercially reasonable efforts to forward said bill to Tenant within fifteen (15) days of Landlord’s receipt thereof.

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(d)          Right to Contest.  Tenant may, at its own expense, contest or cause to be contested (in the case of any item involving more than $20,000, after prior written notice to Landlord), by appropriate legal proceedings conducted in good faith and with due diligence, any above‑described item or lien with respect thereto (including, without limitation, the right to challenge the assessed value of the Premises for purposes of real property taxes), provided that (i) neither the Premises nor any interest therein would be in any danger of being sold, forfeited or lost by reason of such proceedings; (ii) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; (iii) if and to the extent required by the applicable taxing authority and/or Landlord, Tenant posts a bond or takes other steps acceptable to such taxing authority and/or Landlord that removes such lien or stays enforcement thereof; (iv) Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with copies of all notices received or delivered by Tenant and filings made by Tenant in connection with such proceeding; and (v) upon termination of such proceedings, it shall be the obligation of Tenant to pay the amount of any such tax and assessment or part thereof as finally determined in such proceedings, the payment of which may have been deferred during the prosecution of such proceedings, together with any costs, fees (including attorneys’ fees and disbursements), interest, penalties or other liabilities in connection therewith.  Landlord shall at the request of Tenant, execute or join in the execution of any instruments or documents necessary in connection with such contest or proceedings, but Landlord shall incur no cost or obligation thereby.

Section 6.02.  Utilities.  Tenant shall contract, in its own name, for and pay when due all charges for the connection and use of water, gas, electricity, telephone, garbage collection, sewer use and other utility services supplied to the Premises during the Lease Term.  Under no circumstances shall Landlord be responsible for any interruption of any utility service.

Section 6.03.  Insurance.

(a)          Coverage.  Throughout the Lease Term, Tenant shall maintain, with respect to the Premises, at its sole expense, the following types and amounts of insurance, in addition to such other insurance as Landlord may reasonably require from time to time:

(i)
Insurance against loss or damage to real property and personal property under an “all risk” or “special form” insurance policy, which shall include coverage against all risks of direct physical loss, including but not limited to loss by fire, lightning, wind, terrorism, and other risks normally included in the standard ISO special form (and shall also include National Flood and Excess Flood insurance if the Premises is located in Flood Zone A or Flood Zone V, as designated by FEMA, or otherwise located in a flood zone area identified by FEMA as a 100-year flood zone or special hazard area, and earthquake insurance if the Premises is located within a moderate to high earthquake hazard zone as determined by an approved insurance company set forth in Section 6.03(b)(x) below).  Such policy shall also include soft costs, a joint loss agreement, coverage for ordinance or law covering the loss of value of the undamaged portion of the Premises, costs to demolish and the increased costs of construction if any of the improvements located on, or the use of, the Premises shall at any time constitute legal non-conforming structures or uses.  Ordinance or law limits shall be in an amount equal to the full replacement cost for the loss of value of the undamaged portion of the Premises and no less than 25% of the replacement cost for costs to demolish and the increased cost of construction.  Such insurance shall be in amounts not less than 100% of the full insurable replacement cost values (without deduction for depreciation), with an agreed amount endorsement or without any coinsurance provision.

(ii)
Commercial general liability insurance, including products and completed operation liability, covering Landlord and Tenant against bodily injury liability, property damage liability and personal and advertising injury, including without limitation any liability arising out of the ownership, maintenance, repair, condition or operation of the Premises or adjoining ways, streets, parking lots or sidewalks.  Such insurance policy or policies shall contain a broad form contractual liability endorsement under which the insurer agrees to insure Tenant’s obligations under Article X hereof to the extent insurable, and a “severability of interest” clause or endorsement which precludes the insurer from denying the claim of Tenant or Landlord because of the negligence or other acts of the other, shall be in amounts of not less than $10,000,000 per occurrence for bodily injury and property damage, and $10,000,000 general aggregate per location and shall be of form and substance satisfactory to Landlord.  Such limits of insurance can be acquired through Commercial General liability and Umbrella liability policies.

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(iii)
Workers’ compensation and Employers Liability insurance with statutorily mandated limits covering all persons employed by Tenant on the Premises in connection with any work done on or about the Premises for which claims for death or bodily injury could be asserted against Landlord, Tenant or the Premises.

(iv)
Business interruption insurance including Rent Value Insurance payable to Landlord at all locations for a period of not less than twelve (12) months.  Such insurance is to follow the form of the real property “all risk” or “special form” coverage and is not to contain a co‑insurance clause.  Such insurance is to have a minimum of 180 days of extended period of indemnity.

(v)
Automobile liability insurance, including owned, non-owned and hired car liability insurance for combined limits of liability of $5,000,000 per occurrence.  The limits of liability can be provided in a combination of an automobile liability policy and an umbrella liability policy.

(vi)
Comprehensive Boiler and Machinery or Equipment Breakdown Insurance against loss or damage from explosion of any steam or pressure boilers or similar apparatus, if any, and other building equipment including HVAC units located in or about the Premises and in an amount equal to the lesser of 25% of the 100% replacement cost of the Premises or $5,000,000.

(b)          Insurance Provisions.  All insurance policies shall:

(i)
provide for a waiver of subrogation by the insurer as to claims against Landlord, its employees and agents;

(ii)
be primary and provide that any “other insurance” clause in the insurance policy shall exclude any policies of insurance maintained by Landlord and the insurance policy shall not be brought into contribution with insurance maintained by Landlord;

(iii)
contain deductibles not to exceed $25,000, except that the deductible for earthquake insurance may be in an amount equal to 5% of the amount of coverage;

(iv)
contain a standard non‑contributory mortgagee clause or endorsement in favor of any Lender designated by Landlord;

(v)
provide that the policy of insurance shall not be terminated, cancelled or amended without at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to Landlord and to any Lender covered by any standard mortgagee clause or endorsement, or if the insurer will not agree to provide such notice to Landlord, provide that Tenant will notify Landlord within ten (10) days after Tenant’s receipt of such notice from the insurer;

(vi)
provide that the insurer shall not have the option to restore the Premises if Landlord elects to terminate this Lease in accordance with the terms hereof;

(vii)
except for workers’ compensation insurance referred to in Section 6.03(a)(iii) above, name Landlord and any Landlord Affiliate or Lender requested by Landlord, as an “additional insured” with respect to liability insurance, and as an “additional named insured” or “additional insured” with respect to real property and rental value insurance, as appropriate and as their interests may appear;

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(viii)
be evidenced by delivery to Landlord and any Lender designated by Landlord of an Acord Form 28 for property, business interruption and boiler & machinery coverage (or any other form requested by Landlord) and an Acord Form 25 for commercial general liability, workers’ compensation and umbrella coverage (or any other form requested by Landlord); provided that in the event that either such form is no longer available, such evidence of insurance shall be in a form reasonably satisfactory to Landlord and any Lender designated by Landlord; and

(ix)
be issued by insurance companies licensed to do business in the state where the Premises is located and which are rated no less than A-X by Best’s Insurance Guide or are otherwise approved by Landlord.

(c)          Additional Obligations.  It is expressly understood and agreed that (i) if any insurance required hereunder, or any part thereof, shall expire, be withdrawn, become void by breach of any condition thereof by Tenant, or become void or in jeopardy by reason of the failure or impairment of the capital of any insurer, Tenant shall immediately obtain new or additional insurance reasonably satisfactory to Landlord and any Lender designated by Landlord; (ii) the minimum limits of insurance coverage set forth in this Section 6.03 shall not limit the liability of Tenant for its acts or omissions as provided in this Lease; (iii) Tenant shall procure policies for all insurance for periods of not less than one year and shall provide to Landlord and any servicer or Lender of Landlord certificates of insurance or, upon Landlord’s request, duplicate originals of insurance policies evidencing that insurance satisfying the requirements of this Lease is in effect at all times; (iv) Tenant shall pay as they become due all premiums for the insurance required by this Section 6.03; (v) in the event that Tenant fails to comply with any of the requirements set forth in this Section 6.03, within ten (10) days of the giving of written notice by Landlord to Tenant, (A) Landlord shall be entitled to procure such insurance; and (B) any sums expended by Landlord in procuring such insurance shall be Additional Rent and shall be repaid by Tenant, together with interest thereon at the Default Rate, from the time of payment by Landlord until fully paid by Tenant immediately upon written demand therefor by Landlord; and (vi) Tenant shall maintain all insurance policies required in this Section 6.03 not to be cancelled, invalidated or suspended on account of the conduct of Tenant, its officers, directors, managers, members, employees or agents, or anyone acting for Tenant or any subtenant or other occupant of the Premises, and shall comply with all policy conditions and warranties at all times to avoid a forfeiture of all or a part of any insurance payment.

(d)          Blanket Policies.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6.03, any insurance which Tenant is required to obtain pursuant to this Section 6.03 may be carried under a “blanket” policy or policies covering other properties or liabilities of Tenant provided that such “blanket” policy or policies otherwise comply with the provisions of this Section 6.03.

Section 6.04.  Tax Impound.  Upon the occurrence of, and during the continuance of, a monetary Event of Default and with respect to each Event of Default, in addition to any other remedies, Landlord may require Tenant to pay to Landlord on the first day of each month the amount that Landlord reasonably estimates will be necessary in order to accumulate with Landlord sufficient funds in an impound account (which shall not be deemed a trust fund) (the “Reserve”) for Landlord to pay any and all real estate taxes (“Real Estate Taxes”) for the Premises for the ensuing twelve (12) months, or, if due sooner, Tenant shall pay the required amount immediately upon Landlord’s demand therefor.  Landlord shall, upon prior written request of Tenant, provide Tenant with evidence reasonably satisfactory to Tenant that payment of the Real Estate Taxes was made in a timely fashion.  In the event that the Reserve does not contain sufficient funds to timely pay any Real Estate Taxes, upon Landlord’s written notification thereof, Tenant shall, within five (5) Business Days of such notice, provide funds to Landlord in the amount of such deficiency.  Landlord shall pay or cause to be paid directly to the applicable taxing authorities any Real Estate Taxes then due and payable for which there are funds in the Reserve; provided, however, that in no event shall Landlord be obligated to pay any Real Estate Taxes in excess of the funds held in the Reserve, and Tenant shall remain liable for any and all Real Estate Taxes, including fines, penalties, interest or additional costs imposed by any taxing authority (unless incurred as a result of Landlord’s failure to timely pay Real Estate Taxes for which it had funds in the Reserve).  Tenant shall cooperate fully with Landlord in assuring that the Real Estate Taxes are timely paid.  Landlord may deposit all Reserve funds in accounts insured by any federal or state agency and may commingle such funds with other funds and accounts of Landlord.  Interest or other gains from such funds, if any, shall be the sole property of Landlord. Upon an Event of Default, in addition to any other remedies, Landlord may apply all impounded funds in the Reserve against any sums due from Tenant to Landlord.  Landlord shall give to Tenant an annual accounting showing all credits and debits to and from such impounded funds received from Tenant.

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ARTICLE VII

MAINTENANCE; ALTERATIONS

Section 7.01.  Condition of Premises; Maintenance.  Tenant hereby accepts the Premises “AS IS” and “WHERE IS” with no representation or warranty of Landlord as to the condition thereof.  Tenant shall, at its sole cost and expense, be responsible for (a) keeping all of the building, structures and improvements erected on the Premises in good order and repair, free from actual or constructive waste; (b) the repair or reconstruction of any building, structures or improvements erected on the Premises damaged or destroyed by a Casualty; (c) subject to Section 7.02, making all necessary structural, non-structural, exterior and interior repairs and replacements to any building, structures or improvements erected on the Premises; (d) ensuring that no party encroaches upon the Premises; and (e) paying all operating costs of the Premises in the ordinary course of business.  Tenant waives any right to require Landlord to maintain, repair or rebuild all or any part of the Premises or make repairs at the expense of Landlord pursuant to any Legal Requirements at any time in effect.

Section 7.02.  Alterations and Improvements.  During the Lease Term, Tenant shall not alter the exterior, structural, plumbing or electrical elements of the Premises in any manner without the consent of Landlord, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or conditioned; provided, however, Tenant may undertake (a) nonstructural alterations to the Premises, individually, costing less than $150,000, and (b) modifications required by the OEM manufacturer of the vehicles to be sold on the Premises, without Landlord’s prior written consent.  If Landlord’s consent is required hereunder and Landlord consents to the making of any such alterations, the same shall be made by Tenant at Tenant’s sole expense by a licensed contractor and according to plans and specifications reasonable approved by Landlord and subject to such other conditions as Landlord shall reasonably require.  Any work at any time commenced by Tenant on the Premises shall be prosecuted diligently to completion, shall be of good workmanship and materials and shall comply fully with all the terms of this Lease and all Legal Requirements.  Upon completion of any alterations individually costing $150,000 or more, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with evidence of full payment to all laborers and materialmen contributing to the alterations.  Additionally, upon completion of any alterations, Tenant shall promptly provide Landlord with (a) an architect’s certificate certifying the alterations to have been completed in conformity with the plans and specifications (if the alterations are of such a nature as would require the issuance of such a certificate from the architect); (b) a certificate of occupancy (if the alterations are of such a nature as would require the issuance of a certificate of occupancy); and (c) any other documents or information reasonably requested by Landlord.  Tenant shall keep the Premises free from any liens arising out of any work performed on, or materials furnished to, the Premises.  Tenant shall execute and file or record, as appropriate, a “Notice of Non‑Responsibility,” or any equivalent notice permitted under applicable Law in the state where the Premises is located which provides that Landlord is not responsible for the payment of any costs or expenses relating to the additions or alterations.  Any addition to or alteration of the Premises shall be deemed a part of the Premises and belong to Landlord, and Tenant shall execute and deliver to Landlord such instruments as Landlord may be required to evidence the ownership by Landlord of such addition or alteration.

Section 7.03.  Encumbrances.  Without Landlord’s prior written consent, Tenant shall not grant any easements on, over, under or above the Premises.  Without Tenant’s prior written consent, Landlord shall not grant any easements or other rights of access on, over, under or above the Premises.

ARTICLE VIII

USE OF THE PREMISES; COMPLIANCE

Section 8.01.  Use.  During the Lease Term, the Premises shall be used solely for the operation of a Permitted Facility.  Except during periods when the Premises are untenantable due to Casualty or Condemnation (and provided that Tenant continues to strictly comply with the other terms and conditions of this Lease), Tenant shall at all times during the Lease Term occupy the Premises and shall diligently operate its business on the Premises.

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Section 8.02.  Compliance.  Tenant’s use and occupation of the Premises, and the condition thereof, shall, at Tenant’s sole cost and expense, comply fully with all Legal Requirements and all restrictions, covenants and encumbrances of record, and any owner obligations under such Legal Requirements, or restrictions, covenants and encumbrances of record, with respect to the Premises, in either event, the failure with which to comply could have a Material Adverse Effect.  Without in any way limiting the foregoing provisions, Tenant shall comply with all Legal Requirements relating to anti‑terrorism, trade embargos, economic sanctions, Anti-Money Laundering Laws, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as such act may be amended from time to time, and all regulations promulgated thereunder, as it affects the Premises now or hereafter in effect.  Tenant shall obtain, maintain and comply with all required licenses and permits, both governmental and private, to use and operate the Premises as a Permitted Facility.  Tenant shall immediately notify Landlord in writing if any of Tenant’s representations, warranties or covenants stated in this Lease are no longer true or have been breached or if Tenant has a reasonable basis to believe that they may no longer be true or have been breached.  In connection with such an event, Tenant shall comply with all Legal Requirements and directives of Governmental Authorities and, at Landlord’s request, provide to Landlord copies of all notices, reports and other communications exchanged with, or received from, Governmental Authorities relating to such an event.  Tenant shall also reimburse Landlord for all Costs incurred by Landlord in evaluating the effect of such an event on the Premises and this Lease, in obtaining any necessary license from Governmental Authorities as may be necessary for Landlord to enforce its rights under the Transaction Documents, and in complying with all Legal Requirements applicable to Landlord as the result of the existence of such an event and for any penalties or fines imposed upon Landlord as a result thereof.  Tenant will use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent any act or condition to exist on or about the Premises that will materially increase any insurance rate thereon, except when such acts are required in the normal course of its business and Tenant shall pay for such increase. Tenant agrees that it will defend, indemnify and hold harmless the Indemnified Parties from and against any and all Losses caused by, incurred or resulting from Tenant’s failure to comply with its obligations under this Section.

Section 8.03.  Environmental.

(a)          Covenants.

(i)          Tenant covenants to Landlord during the Lease Term, subject to the limitations of subsection (ii) below, as follows:

(A)          All uses and operations on or of the Premises, whether by Tenant or any other Person, shall be in compliance with all Environmental Laws and permits issued pursuant thereto.

(B)          There shall be no Hazardous Materials or Releases in, on or under the Premises, except in Permitted Amounts.  Above and below ground storage tanks shall be properly permitted and only used as permitted.

(C)          Tenant shall keep the Premises or cause the Premises to be kept free and clear of all Environmental Liens, whether due to any act or omission of Tenant or any other Person.

(D)          Tenant shall not act or fail to act or allow any other tenant, occupant, guest, customer or other user of the Premises to act or fail to act in any way that violates any Environmental Laws.

(E)          Tenant shall, at its sole cost and expense, fully and expeditiously cooperate in all activities pursuant to this Section 8.03, including but not limited to providing all relevant information and making knowledgeable persons available for interviews.

(ii)          Notwithstanding any provision of this Lease to the contrary, an Event of Default shall not be deemed to have occurred as a result of the failure of Tenant to satisfy any one or more of the covenants set forth in subsections (A) through (F) above provided that Tenant shall be in compliance with the requirements of any Governmental Authority with respect to any Release at the Premises (including, without limitation, the Remediation of any such Release if required by a Governmental Authority).

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(b)          Notification Requirements.  If, to Tenant’s Knowledge, any of the following events occurs, Tenant shall immediately notify Landlord in writing: (i) any Releases or Threatened Releases occur in, on, under or from the Premises, other than in Permitted Amounts or migrating towards the Premises; (ii) any non‑compliance with any Environmental Laws related in any way to the Premises; (iii) Tenant receives written notice of any actual or potential Environmental Lien; (iv) Tenant receives written notice from any applicable Governmental Authorities of any required or proposed Remediation of environmental conditions relating to the Premises required by applicable Governmental Authorities; and (v) Tenant receives any written notice from any source whatsoever (including but not limited to a Governmental Authority) alleging that any Hazardous Materials or above or below ground storage tanks at or on the Premises have created possible liability of any Person relating to the Premises pursuant to any Environmental Law, other environmental conditions in connection with the Premises, or any actual or potential administrative or judicial proceedings in connection with anything referred to in this Section.  Tenant shall, upon Landlord’s written request, deliver to Landlord a certificate stating that, to Tenant’s Knowledge, Tenant is and has been in full compliance with all of the environmental representations, warranties and covenants in this Lease.

(c)          Remediation.  Tenant shall, at its sole cost and expense, and without limiting any other provision of this Lease, effectuate any Remediation required by any Governmental Authority of any condition (including, but not limited to, a Release or Threatened Release) in, on, under or from the Premises and take any other reasonable action deemed necessary by any Governmental Authority for protection of human health or the environment.  Should Tenant fail to undertake any required Remediation in accordance with the preceding sentence, Landlord, after written notice to Tenant and Tenant’s failure to immediately undertake such Remediation, shall be permitted to complete such Remediation, and all Costs incurred in connection therewith shall be paid by Tenant.  Any Cost so paid by Landlord, together with interest at the Default Rate, shall be deemed to be Additional Rent hereunder and shall be immediately due from Tenant to Landlord.

(d)          Indemnification.  Tenant shall, at its sole cost and expense, protect, defend, indemnify, release and hold harmless each of the Landlord Indemnified Parties from and against any and all Losses, including, but not limited to, all Costs of Remediation (whether or not performed voluntarily), arising out of or in any way relating to any Environmental Laws, Hazardous Materials,  above or below ground storage tanks, or other environmental matters concerning the Premises.  It is expressly understood and agreed that Tenant’s obligations under this Section shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease for any reason.

(e)          Survival.  The obligations of Tenant and the rights and remedies of Landlord under this Section 8.03 shall survive the termination, expiration and/or release of this Lease.

ARTICLE IX

ADDITIONAL COVENANTS

Section 9.01.  Performance at Tenant’s Expense.  Tenant acknowledges and confirms that Landlord may collect its reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs and expenses in connection with (a) any extension, renewal, modification, amendment and termination of this Lease requested by Tenant (other than in connection with the Extension Options); (b) any release or substitution of Premises requested by Tenant; (c) the procurement of consents, waivers and approvals with respect to the Premises or any matter related to this Lease requested by Tenant; (d) the review of any assignment or sublease or proposed assignment or sublease or the preparation or review of any subordination or non‑disturbance agreement requested by Tenant; (e) the collection, maintenance and/or disbursement of reserves created under this Lease or the other Transaction Documents (following and during the continuance of an Event of Default); and (f) inspections required to make certain determinations under this Lease or the other Transaction Documents following Landlord’s reasonable belief of a breach under this Lease or any other Transaction Documents.

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Section 9.02.  Inspection.  Landlord and its authorized representatives shall have the right, at all reasonable times and upon giving at least five (5) business days’ prior notice (except in the event of an emergency, in which case no prior notice shall be required), to enter the Premises or any part thereof solely for the purpose of inspecting the same.  During any such entry, Landlord shall coordinate its activities with Tenant in advance so as to minimize any interference with Tenant’s business at the Premises, including (by way of example) by scheduling any such entry at times designated by Tenant which will have the least possible interference with Tenant’s business at the Premises.  Tenant hereby waives any claim for damages for any injury or inconvenience to or interference with Tenant’s business, any loss of occupancy or quiet enjoyment of the Premises and any other loss occasioned by such entry, but, subject to Section 10.01, excluding damages arising as a result of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Landlord or Landlord’s failure to comply with the requirements of this paragraph.

Section 9.03.  Financial Information.  Within one hundred twenty (120) days after the end of each fiscal year of Tenant, Tenant shall deliver to Landlord (i) complete consolidated financial statements of Tenant and Guarantors, including a balance sheet, profit and loss statement, statement of stockholders’ equity and statement of cash flows and all other related schedules for the fiscal period then ended, such statements to detail separately interest expense, income taxes, non-cash expenses, non-recurring expenses, operating lease expense and current portion of long-term debt – capital leases; and (ii) income statements for the business at the Premises.  All such financial statements shall be prepared with the books of account and other financial records of the Tenant and Guarantor, and present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Tenant and Guarantor (as applicable) as of the times and for the periods referenced therein.  All such financial statements shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP, cash accounting method or other accounting method reasonably selected by Tenant consistently applied throughout the periods covered thereby, and shall be certified, to Tenant’s Knowledge, to be accurate and complete by an officer or director of Tenant.  Upon request from Landlord at any time, but not more frequently than once each calendar year, Tenant will provide to Landlord, at no additional cost or expense to Tenant, any and all additional financial information and/or financial statements of Tenant and Guarantor as reasonably requested by Landlord including, but not limited to, as requested by Landlord in connection with Landlord’s filings with or disclosures to the Securities and Exchange Commission or other Governmental Authority.

Section 9.04.  OFAC Laws.  Upon receipt of notice or upon actual knowledge thereof, (a) Tenant shall immediately notify Landlord in writing if any Person owning (directly or indirectly) any interest in any of the Tenant Entities, or any director, officer, shareholder, member, manager or partner of any of such holders, and (b) Landlord shall immediately notify Tenant in writing if any Person owning (directly or indirectly) any interest in any of the Landlord Entities, or any director, officer, shareholder, member, manager or partner of any of such holders, is a Person whose property or interests are subject to being blocked under any of the OFAC Laws, or is otherwise in violation of any of the OFAC Laws, or is under investigation by any Governmental Authority for, or has been charged with, or convicted of, drug trafficking, terrorist‑related activities or any violation of the Anti‑Money Laundering Laws, has been assessed civil penalties under these or related Laws, or has had funds seized or forfeited in an action under these or related Laws; provided, however, that the covenant in this Section 9.04 shall not apply to any Person to the extent such Person’s interest is in or through a U.S. Publicly Traded Entity.

Section 9.05.  Estoppel Certificate.  At any time, and from time to time, Tenant shall, promptly and in no event later than twenty (20) days after a request from Landlord or any Lender or mortgagee of Landlord, execute, acknowledge and deliver to Landlord or such Lender or mortgagee, as the case may be, a certificate in the form supplied by Landlord and is reasonably acceptable to Tenant, certifying: (a) that Tenant has accepted the Premises; (b) that this Lease is in full force and effect and has not been modified (or if modified, setting forth all modifications), or, if this Lease is not in full force and effect, the certificate shall so specify the reasons therefor; (c) the commencement and expiration dates of the Lease Term; (d) the date to which the Rents have been paid under this Lease and the amount thereof then payable; (e) whether Tenant is then aware of any existing defaults by Landlord in the performance of its obligations under this Lease, and, if Tenant is aware of any such defaults, specifying the nature and extent thereof; (f) that no written notice has been received by Tenant of any default under this Lease which has not been cured, except as to defaults specified in the certificate; and (g) the capacity of the Person executing such certificate, and that such Person is duly authorized to execute the same on behalf of Tenant.  Landlord shall not request such an estoppel certificate more than one (1) time in any twenty-four (24) month period unless required by a Lender or a potential purchaser of the Premises.

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ARTICLE X

RELEASE AND INDEMNIFICATION

Section 10.01.  Release and Indemnification.  TENANT AGREES TO USE AND OCCUPY THE PREMISES AT ITS OWN RISK AND HEREBY RELEASES LANDLORD AND LANDLORD’S AGENTS AND EMPLOYEES FROM ALL CLAIMS FOR ANY DAMAGE OR INJURY TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, OTHER THAN CLAIMS RESULTING FROM THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF LANDLORD OR ANY LANDLORD INDEMNIFIED PARTY OR RESULTING FROM A BREACH OF THIS LEASE BY LANDLORD.  TENANT AGREES THAT ANY EMPLOYEE OR AGENT TO WHOM THE PREMISES OR ANY PART THEREOF SHALL BE ENTRUSTED BY OR ON BEHALF OF TENANT SHALL BE ACTING AS TENANT’S AGENT WITH RESPECT TO THE PREMISES OR ANY PART THEREOF, AND NEITHER LANDLORD NOR LANDLORD’S AGENTS, EMPLOYEES OR CONTRACTORS SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OF OR DAMAGE TO THE PREMISES OR ANY PART THEREOF UNLESS RESULTING FROM THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF LANDLORD OR ANY LANDLORD INDEMNIFIED PARTY.  TENANT SHALL INDEMNIFY, PROTECT, DEFEND AND HOLD HARMLESS EACH OF THE LANDLORD INDEMNIFIED PARTIES FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL LOSSES (EXCLUDING LOSSES SUFFERED BY AN INDEMNIFIED PARTY ARISING OUT OF THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF LANDLORD OR ANY LANDLORD INDEMNIFIED PARTY) CAUSED BY, INCURRED OR RESULTING FROM TENANT’S OPERATIONS OR BY TENANT’S USE AND OCCUPANCY OF THE PREMISES, WHETHER RELATING TO ALTERATIONS, MAINTENANCE, USE BY TENANT OR ANY TENANT INDEMNIFIED PARTY, OR OTHERWISE, OR FROM ANY BREACH OF, DEFAULT UNDER, OR FAILURE TO PERFORM, ANY TERM OR PROVISION OF THIS LEASE BY TENANT, ITS OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR OTHER TENANT INDEMNIFIED PARTY.  IT IS EXPRESSLY UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED THAT TENANT’S OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL SURVIVE THE EXPIRATION OR EARLIER TERMINATION OF THIS LEASE FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER.

Section 10.02.  Landlord Indemnification of Tenant.  Landlord shall indemnify, protect, defend and hold harmless each of the Tenant Indemnified Parties from and against any and all Losses (excluding Losses arising out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any of the Tenant Indemnified Parties and excluding any matter covered by Tenant’s indemnification set forth in Section 10.01 above) caused directly by, or incurred or resulting directly from, (a) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any Landlord Entity, or (b) the breach by Landlord of its obligations under this Lease.

Section 10.03.  Survival.  The provisions of this ARTICLE X shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease.

ARTICLE XI

CONDEMNATION AND CASUALTY

Section 11.01.  Notification.  If either party becomes aware of any of the following, such party shall promptly give the other party written notice of (a) any Condemnation of the Premises, (b) the commencement of any proceedings or negotiations which might result in a Condemnation of the Premises, and (c) any Casualty to the Premises or any part thereof.  Such notice shall provide a general description of the nature and extent of such Condemnation, proceedings, negotiations or Casualty, and shall include copies of any documents or notices received in connection therewith. Thereafter, each party shall promptly send the other party copies of all notices, correspondence and pleadings relating to any such Condemnation, proceedings, negotiations or Casualty.

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Section 11.02.  Total Condemnation.  In the event of a Condemnation of all or substantially all of the Premises, and if as a result of such Condemnation: (i) access to the Premises to and from the publicly dedicated roads adjacent to the Premises as of the Effective Date is permanently and materially impaired such that Tenant no longer has access to such dedicated road; (ii) there is insufficient parking to operate the Premises as a Permitted Facility under applicable Laws; or (iii) the Condemnation includes a portion of the building such that the remaining portion is unsuitable for use as a Permitted Facility, as determined by Tenant in the exercise of good faith business judgment (and Tenant provides to Landlord an officer’s certificate executed by an officer of Tenant certifying to the same) (each such event, a “Total Condemnation”), then, in such event:

(a)          Termination of Lease.  On the date of the Total Condemnation, all obligations of either party hereunder shall cease; provided, however, that Tenant’s obligations to the Landlord Indemnified Parties under any indemnification provisions of this Lease and Tenant’s obligation to pay Rent and all other Monetary Obligations (whether payable to Landlord or a third party) accruing under this Lease prior to the date of termination shall survive such termination.  If the date of such Total Condemnation is other than the first day of a month, the Base Monthly Rent for the month in which such Total Condemnation occurs shall be apportioned based on the date of the Total Condemnation.

(b)          Net Award.  Subject to Section 11.07 below, Landlord shall be entitled to receive the entire Net Award in connection with a Total Condemnation without deduction for any estate vested in Tenant by this Lease, and Tenant hereby expressly assigns to Landlord all of its right, title and interest in and to every such Net Award and agrees that Tenant shall not be entitled to any Net Award or other payment for the value of Tenant’s leasehold interest in this Lease.

Section 11.03.  Partial Condemnation or Casualty.  In the event of a Condemnation which is not a Total Condemnation (each such event, a “Partial Condemnation”), or in the event of a Casualty:

(a)          Net Awards.  All Net Awards shall be paid to Landlord.

(b)          Continuance of Lease.  This Lease shall continue in full force and effect upon the following terms:

(i)
All Rent and other Monetary Obligations due under this Lease shall continue unabated.

(ii)
Tenant shall promptly commence and diligently prosecute restoration of the Premises to the same condition, as nearly as practicable, as prior to the Partial Condemnation or Casualty as approved by Landlord.  Subject to the terms and provisions of the Mortgage and upon the written request of Tenant (accompanied by evidence reasonably satisfactory to Landlord that such amount has been paid or is due and payable and is properly part of such costs, and that Tenant has complied with the terms of Section 7.02 in connection with the restoration), Landlord shall promptly make available in installments, subject to reasonable conditions for disbursement imposed by Landlord, an amount up to but not exceeding the amount of any Net Award received by Landlord with respect to such Partial Condemnation or Casualty.  Prior to the disbursement of any portion of the Net Award with respect to a Casualty, Tenant shall provide evidence reasonably satisfactory to Landlord of the payment of restoration expenses by Tenant up to the amount of the insurance deductible applicable to such Casualty.  Landlord shall be entitled to keep any portion of the Net Award which may be in excess of the cost of restoration, and Tenant shall bear all additional Costs of such restoration in excess of the Net Award.

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(c)          Tenant Election To Terminate Lease. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a Casualty during the final sixty (60) months of the Lease Term, if Tenant reasonably determines that it shall take longer than two hundred and seventy (270) days to fully repair the Premises and such determination is supported by a written certificate from Tenant’s contractor, architect or engineer, then Tenant shall have the option of terminating this Lease by providing written notice thereof to Landlord within thirty (30) days of the date of such determination, but in any event, no more than sixty (60) days from the date of the Casualty.  Upon Tenant’s election to terminate this Lease, all obligations of either party hereunder shall cease; provided, however, that each party’s obligations under any indemnification provisions of this Lease and Tenant’s obligation to pay Rent and all other Monetary Obligations (whether payable to Landlord or a third party) accruing under this Lease prior to the date of termination shall survive such termination.  If the date of such termination is other than the first day of a month, the Base Monthly Rent for the month in which such termination occurs shall be apportioned based on the date of the termination.

Section 11.04.  Temporary Taking.  In the event of a Condemnation of all or any part of the Premises for a temporary use (a “Temporary Taking”), this Lease shall remain in full force and effect without any reduction of Base Annual Rent, Additional Rent or any other Monetary Obligation payable hereunder.  Except as provided below, Tenant shall be entitled to the entire Net Award for a Temporary Taking, unless the period of occupation and use by the condemning authorities shall extend beyond the date of expiration of this Lease, in which event the Net Award made for such Temporary Taking shall be apportioned between Landlord and Tenant as of the date of such expiration.  At the termination of any such Temporary Taking, Tenant will, at its own cost and expense and pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.02, promptly commence and complete restoration of the Premises.

Section 11.05.  Adjustment of Losses.  Any loss under any property damage insurance required to be maintained by Tenant shall be adjusted by Landlord and Tenant.  Any Net Award relating to a Total Condemnation or a Partial Condemnation shall be adjusted by Landlord or, at Landlord’s election, Tenant.  Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provisions of this Section 11.05 to the contrary, if at the time of any Condemnation or any Casualty or at any time thereafter an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Landlord is hereby authorized and empowered but shall not be obligated, in the name and on behalf of Tenant and otherwise, to file and prosecute Tenant’s claim, if any, for a Net Award on account of such Condemnation or such Casualty and to collect such Net Award and apply the same to the curing of such Event of Default and any other then existing Event of Default under this Lease and/or to the payment of any amounts owed by Tenant to Landlord under this Lease, in such order, priority and proportions as Landlord in its discretion shall deem proper.

Section 11.06.  Tenant Obligation in Event of Casualty.  During all periods of time following a Casualty prior to the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease, Tenant shall take reasonable steps to ensure that the Premises is secure and does not pose any risk of harm to any adjoining property and Persons (including owners or occupants of such adjoining property).

Section 11.07.  Tenant Awards and Payments.  Notwithstanding any provision contained in this Article XI, Tenant shall be entitled to claim and receive any award or payment from the condemning authority expressly granted for the taking of any personal property owned by Tenant, any insurance proceeds with respect to any personal property owned by Tenant, the interruption of its business and moving expenses (subject, however, to the provisions of Section 6.03(a)(iv) above.

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ARTICLE XII

DEFAULT, CONDITIONAL LIMITATIONS,
REMEDIES AND MEASURE OF DAMAGES

Section 12.01.  Event of Default.  Each of the following shall be an event of default by Tenant under this Lease (each, an “Event of Default”):

(a)          if any representation or warranty of Tenant set forth in this Lease was intentionally false in any material respect when made, or if Tenant intentionally renders any materially false statement or account when made;

(b)          if any Rent or other Monetary Obligation due under this Lease is not paid when due if such failure continues for more than three (3) Business Days after written notice from Landlord; provided, however, Landlord shall only be required to provide such notice and cure period twice in any twelve (12) month period;

(c)          if Tenant fails to pay, prior to delinquency, any taxes, assessments or other charges the failure of which to pay results in the imposition of a lien against the Premises, unless Landlord has notified Tenant that Landlord has elected to pay such amount to the applicable taxing authority;

(d)          if there is an Insolvency Event affecting Tenant or a Guarantor;

(e)          if Tenant fails to observe or perform any of the other covenants, conditions or obligations of Tenant in this Lease; provided, however, such failure shall not constitute an Event of Default hereunder, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, unless and until Landlord shall have given Tenant notice thereof and a period of thirty (30) days shall have elapsed, during which period Tenant may correct or cure such failure, upon failure of which an Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred hereunder without further notice or demand of any kind being required.  If such failure cannot practically be cured within such thirty (30)‑day period, as determined by Landlord in its reasonable discretion, and Tenant is diligently pursuing a cure of such failure, then Tenant shall have a reasonable period to cure such failure beyond such thirty (30)‑day period, which shall in no event exceed one hundred twenty (120) days after receiving notice of such failure from Landlord unless the failure to complete such cure within such one hundred twenty (120) day period is due to reasons beyond the reasonable control of Tenant.  If Tenant shall fail to correct or cure such failure within such one hundred twenty (120) day period (unless the failure to complete such cure within such one hundred twenty (120) day period is due to reasons beyond the reasonable control of Tenant), an Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred hereunder without further notice or demand of any kind being required; or

(f)          if the estate or interest of Tenant in the Premises shall be levied upon or attached in any proceeding and such estate or interest is about to be sold or transferred or such process shall not be vacated or discharged within ninety (90) days after it is made.

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Section 12.02.  Remedies.  Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, with or without notice or demand, except as otherwise expressly provided herein or such other notice as may be required by statute, Landlord shall be entitled to exercise, at its option, concurrently, successively, or in any combination, all remedies available at Law or in equity, including, without limitation, any one or more of the following:

(a)          Landlord shall have the right to terminate this Lease, in which event Tenant shall immediately surrender the Premises to Landlord, and if Tenant fails to do so, Landlord may, without prejudice to any other remedy which it may have for possession or arrearages in rent, enter upon and take possession of the Premises and expel or remove Tenant and any other person who may be occupying the Premises or any part thereof in accordance with all applicable laws, without being liable for prosecution or any claim or damages therefor; and Landlord may recover from Tenant the following:

(i)
The worth at the time of award of any unpaid rent which had been earned at the time of such termination;

(ii)
The worth at the time of award of the amount by which the unpaid rent which would have been earned after termination until the time of award exceeds the amount of such rental loss that Tenant proves could have been reasonably avoided;

(iii)
The worth at the time of award of the amount by which the unpaid rent for the balance of the Term after the time of award exceeds the amount of such rental loss that Tenant proves could be reasonably avoided;

(iv)
Any other amount necessary to compensate Landlord for all the detriment proximately caused by Tenant’s failure to perform its obligations under this Lease or which in the ordinary course of events would be likely to result therefrom, specifically including, but not limited to, brokerage commissions and advertising expenses incurred, expenses of remodeling the Premises or any portion thereof for a new tenant, whether for the same or a different use, and any special concessions made to obtain a new tenant; and

(v)
At Landlord’s election, such other amounts in addition to or in lieu of the foregoing as may be permitted from time to time by applicable law.

(b)          The term “rent” as used in this Section 12.02(a) shall be deemed to be and to mean all sums of every nature required to be paid by Tenant pursuant to the terms of this Lease, whether to Landlord or to others.  As used in Sections 12.02(a)(i) and (ii) above, the “worth at the time of award” shall be computed by allowing interest at the Default Rate, but in no case greater than the maximum amount of such interest permitted by law.  As used in Section 12.02(a)(iii) above, the “worth at the time of award” shall be computed by discounting such amount at the discount rate of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco at the time of award plus one percent (1%).

(c)          Landlord shall have the remedy described in California Civil Code Section 1951.4 (lessor may continue lease in effect after lessee’s breach and abandonment and recover rent as it becomes due, if lessee has the right to sublet or assign, subject only to reasonable limitations).  Accordingly, if Landlord does not elect to terminate this Lease on account of any default by Tenant, Landlord may, from time to time, without terminating this Lease, enforce all of its rights and remedies under this Lease, including the right to recover all rent as it becomes due.

(d)          Without limiting the generality of the foregoing or limiting in any way the rights of Landlord under this Lease or otherwise under applicable Laws, at any time after the occurrence, and during the continuance, of an Event of Default, Landlord shall be entitled to apply for and have a receiver appointed under applicable Law by a court of competent jurisdiction (by ex parte motion for appointment without notice) in any action taken by Landlord to enforce its rights and remedies hereunder in order to protect and preserve Landlord’s interest under this Lease or in the Premises and the Personalty, and in connection therewith, TENANT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO AND WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO OBJECT TO OR OTHERWISE CONTEST THE APPOINTMENT OF A RECEIVER AFTER THE OCCURRENCE, AND DURING THE CONTINUANCE, OF AN EVENT OF DEFAULT; and/or

(e)          to seek any equitable relief available to Landlord, including, without limitation, the right of specific performance.

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Section 12.03.  Cumulative Remedies.  All powers and remedies given by Section 12.02 to Landlord, subject to applicable Law, shall be cumulative and not exclusive of one another or of any other right or remedy or of any other powers and remedies available to Landlord under this Lease, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the performance or observance of the covenants and agreements of Tenant contained in this Lease, and no delay or omission of Landlord to exercise any right or power accruing upon the occurrence of any Event of Default shall impair any other or subsequent Event of Default or impair any rights or remedies consequent thereto.  Every power and remedy given by this Section or by Law to Landlord may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by Landlord, subject at all times to Landlord’s right in its sole judgment to discontinue any work commenced by Landlord or change any course of action undertaken by Landlord.

ARTICLE XIII

MORTGAGE, SUBORDINATION AND ATTORNMENT

Section 13.01.  No Liens.  Landlord’s interest in this Lease and/or the Premises shall not be subordinate to any liens or encumbrances placed upon the Premises by or resulting from any act of Tenant, and nothing herein contained shall be construed to require such subordination by Landlord.  NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT TENANT IS NOT AUTHORIZED TO PLACE OR ALLOW TO BE PLACED ANY LIEN, MORTGAGE, DEED OF TRUST, DEED TO SECURE DEBT, SECURITY INTEREST OR ENCUMBRANCE OF ANY KIND UPON ALL OR ANY PART OF THE PREMISES OR TENANT’S LEASEHOLD INTEREST THEREIN, AND ANY SUCH PURPORTED TRANSACTION SHALL BE VOID.

Section 13.02.  Subordination.  This Lease at all times shall automatically be subordinate to the lien of any and all ground leases and Mortgages now or hereafter placed upon the Premises by Landlord, and Tenant covenants and agrees to execute and deliver, upon demand, such further instruments subordinating this Lease to the lien of any or all such ground leases and Mortgages as shall be desired by Landlord, or any present or proposed mortgagees under trust deeds, upon the condition that Tenant shall have the right to remain in possession of the Premises under the terms of this Lease, notwithstanding any default in any or all such ground leases or Mortgages, or after the foreclosure of such Mortgages, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

Section 13.03.  Attornment.  In the event any purchaser or assignee of any Lender at a foreclosure sale acquires title to the Premises, or in the event that any Lender or any purchaser or assignee otherwise succeeds to the rights of Landlord as landlord under this Lease, Tenant shall attorn to Lender or such purchaser or assignee, as the case may be (a “Successor Landlord”), and recognize the Successor Landlord as lessor under this Lease, and, subject to the provisions of this Article XIII, this Lease shall continue in full force and effect as a direct lease between the Successor Landlord and Tenant, provided that the Successor Landlord shall only be liable for any obligations of Landlord under this Lease which accrue after the date that such Successor Landlord acquires title.  The foregoing provision shall be self‑operative and effective without the execution of any further instruments.

Section 13.04.  Execution of Additional Documents.  Although the provisions in this Article XIII shall be self‑operative and no future instrument of subordination shall be required, upon request by Landlord, Tenant shall execute and deliver such additional reasonable instruments as may be reasonably required for such purposes.

Section 13.05.  Notice to Lender.  Tenant shall give written notice to any Lender having a recorded lien upon the Premises or any part thereof of which Tenant has been notified of any breach or default by Landlord of any of its obligations under this Lease and give such Lender at least thirty (30) days beyond any notice period to which Landlord might be entitled to cure such default before Tenant may exercise any remedy with respect thereto.

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ARTICLE XIV

ASSIGNMENT

Section 14.01.  Assignment by Landlord.  As long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Landlord agrees that it shall not sell the Premises or assign this Lease until the earlier to occur of (i) the fifth anniversary of the Effective Date, or (ii) the disposition, transfer or conversion by Group of Trophy LLC or its Affiliates of 100% of their Operating Class C Units of Modiv Operating Partnership, LP (or the resulting shares in Modiv Inc.).  Subject to the foregoing, as a material inducement to Landlord’s willingness to enter into the transactions contemplated by this Lease (the “Transaction”) and the other Transaction Documents, Tenant hereby agrees that Landlord may, from time to time and at any time and without the consent of Tenant, engage in all or any combination of the following, or enter into agreements in connection with any of the following or in accordance with requirements that may be imposed by applicable securities, tax or other Laws: the sale, assignment, grant, conveyance, transfer, financing, re‑financing, purchase or re‑acquisition of the Premises, this Lease or any other Transaction Document, Landlord’s right, title and interest in this Lease or any other Transaction Document, the servicing rights with respect to any of the foregoing, or participations in any of the foregoing.  In the event of any such sale or assignment other than a security assignment, Tenant shall attorn to such purchaser or assignee (so long as Landlord and such purchaser or assignee notify Tenant in writing of such transfer and such purchaser or assignee expressly assumes in writing the obligations of Landlord hereunder from and after the date of such assignment).  At the request of Landlord, Tenant will execute such documents confirming the sale, assignment or other transfer and such other agreements as Landlord may reasonably request, provided that the same do not increase the liabilities and obligations of Tenant hereunder.  Landlord shall be relieved, from and after the date of such transfer or conveyance, of liability for the performance of any obligation of Landlord contained herein, except for obligations or liabilities accrued prior to such assignment or sale.

Section 14.02.  Assignment by Tenant.

(a)          Consent Required.  Tenant acknowledges that Landlord has relied both on the business experience and creditworthiness of Tenant and upon the particular purposes for which Tenant intends to use the Premises in entering into this Lease.  Tenant shall not assign, transfer, convey, pledge or mortgage this Lease or any interest herein or any interest in Tenant, whether by operation of Law or otherwise, without the prior written consent of Landlord.  At the time of any assignment of this Lease which is approved by Landlord, the assignee shall assume all of the obligations of Tenant under this Lease pursuant to a written assumption agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Landlord, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.  Such assignment of this Lease pursuant to this Section 14.02 shall not relieve Tenant of its obligations respecting this Lease unless otherwise agreed to by Landlord.  Any assignment, transfer, conveyance, pledge or mortgage in violation of this Section 14.02 shall be voidable at the sole option of Landlord.  Any consent to an assignment given by Landlord hereunder shall not be deemed a consent to any subsequent assignment.

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(b)          Permitted Transfer.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 14.02(a) and provided that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and no condition shall exist which upon the giving of notice or the passage of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default, at the time of the proposed assignment or other transfer, and provided further that any assignee agrees to assume all of Tenant’s obligations under this Lease by written agreement approved by Landlord,  Tenant shall have the right to assign or otherwise transfer all, but not less than all, of its interest in, to and under this Lease without Landlord’s consent to (i) an Affiliate of Tenant or (ii) a Permitted Transferee (each, a “Permitted Transfer”).  A “Permitted Transferee” shall mean a Person who either (I): (x) for one (1)  year immediately prior to the date of assignment or transfer and (y) on a proforma basis following the consummation of such assignment or transfer (all as determined by Landlord upon review of financial statements provided by the assignee prior to the proposed lease assignment and in a form reasonably satisfactory to Landlord), (A) generates Adjusted EBITDA of at least $65,000,000, and (B) has a Funded Debt to Adjusted EBITDA ratio that does not exceed 3.5x; provided, however, that Tenant may satisfy the foregoing conditions of a Permitted Transferee by providing, or causing to be provided, a lease guaranty agreement, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to and approved by Landlord, in writing, which guaranty shall be from an entity that when combined with the proposed assignee meets the requirements of (I) set forth in this Section 14.02(b).  Tenant shall provide Landlord with at least fifteen (15) Business Days’ prior written notice of the proposed assignment to a Permitted Transferee, which notice must include financial information satisfying the Permitted Transferee requirements set forth herein. In the event that Tenant effects an assignment to a Permitted Transferee, Tenant shall be released from any liability arising under this Lease from and after the date of such assignment. In the event that Tenant effects a Permitted Transfer pursuant to clause (i) above, Tenant shall not be released from liability under this Lease.  For purposes hereof:

(i)
“Finance Lease” shall mean all leases of any property, whether real, personal or mixed, by a Person, which leases would, in conformity with GAAP, be required to be accounted for as a finance lease on the balance sheet of such Person.  The term “Finance Lease” shall not include any operating lease

(ii)
“Adjusted EBITDA” means for the twelve (12) month period ending on the date of determination, the sum of a Person’s net income (loss) for such period plus, in each case to the extent previously deducted in calculating net income (loss): (i) income taxes, (ii) interest payments on all of its debt obligations (including any borrowings under short term credit facilities), (iii) all non-cash charges including depreciation and amortization, and (iv) Non-Recurring Items (defined below).

(iii)
“Funded Debt” shall mean with respect to a Person, and for the period of determination (i) indebtedness for borrowed money, (ii) subject to the limitation set forth in sub item (iv) below, obligations evidenced by bonds, indentures, notes or similar instruments, (iii) obligations under leases which should be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as Finance Leases, (iv) indebtedness or obligations of a third party utilized to acquire or is secured by any equity in such Person or any assets owned by such Person and (v) obligations under direct or indirect guarantees in respect of, and obligations (contingent or otherwise) to purchase or otherwise acquire, or otherwise to assure a creditor against loss in respect of, indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds referred to in clauses (i) through (v) above, except for guaranty obligations of such Person, which, in conformity with GAAP, are not included on the balance sheet of such Person.

(iv)
“Non-Recurring Items” shall mean with respect to a Person, an amount equal to the sum of all expenses minus the sum of all revenues of such Person, in each case that are unusual in nature, occur infrequently and are not representative of the ongoing or future earnings or expenses of such Person, as calculated by Tenant in good faith and subject to Landlord’s reasonable review and approval.  For avoidance of doubt, Non-Recurring Items shall include, among other non-recurring expenses, management fees payable by Tenant.

Section 14.03.  No Sale of Assets.  Except in connection with a Permitted Transfer or other permitted assignment of this Lease, Tenant shall not sell all or substantially all of Tenant’s assets without the prior written consent of Landlord.  Any sale of Tenant’s assets in violation of this Section 14.03, shall be voidable at the sole option of Landlord.  Any consent to a sale of Tenant’s assets given by Landlord hereunder shall not be deemed a consent to any subsequent sale of Tenant’s assets.  There forgoing shall in no way limit the ability of Tenant to sell inventory in the ordinary course of business.

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Section 14.04.  Subletting.  Tenant shall not sublet any or all of the Premises without the prior written consent of Landlord, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed and any purported subletting without such consent shall be void; provided, however, that Tenant may sublease up to fifty percent (50%) of the Premises to an Affiliate without Landlord’s consent (each such sublease described in this Section 14.04, individually, a “Sublease” and collectively, “Subleases”, and each subtenant thereunder, individually a “Subtenant” and collectively, “Subtenants”) so long as each Sublease contains the following provisions: (i) the Sublease is subject and subordinate to this Lease; (ii) the Sublease shall not contain any terms inconsistent with this Lease (or if so, the terms of this Lease shall control); (iii) the rent due under any Sublease shall be fixed rent and shall not be based on the net profits of any Subtenant; (iv) unless otherwise mutually agreed upon by Landlord and the related Subtenant, the Sublease shall terminate upon the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease (including any renewals hereof), provided that the related Subtenant agrees to attorn to Landlord if Landlord elects to assume the Sublease following a termination of this Lease; and (v) Tenant shall at all times remain liable under this Lease irrespective of any Sublease.

ARTICLE XV

NOTICES

Section 15.01.  Notices.  All notices, demands, designations, certificates, requests, offers, consents, approvals, appointments and other instruments given pursuant to this Lease shall be in writing and given by any one of the following: (a) hand delivery; (b) express overnight delivery service; (c) certified or registered mail, return receipt requested; or (d) email transmission, and shall be deemed to have been delivered upon (i) receipt, if hand delivered; (ii) the next Business Day, if delivered by a reputable express overnight delivery service; (iii) the third Business Day following the day of deposit of such notice with the United States Postal Service, if sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested; or (iv) transmission, if delivered by email transmission.  Notices shall be provided to the parties and addresses set forth on the signature pages hereto.  Whenever in this Lease the giving of Notice is required, the giving thereof may be waived in writing at any time by the Person or Persons entitled to receive such Notice.

ARTICLE XVI

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ARTICLE XVII

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 17.01.  Force Majeure.  Any prevention, delay or stoppage due to strikes, lockouts, acts of God, enemy or hostile governmental action, civil commotion, fire or other casualty beyond the control of the party obligated to perform (each, a “Force Majeure Event”) shall excuse the performance by such party for a period equal to any such prevention, delay or stoppage, expressly excluding, however, the obligations imposed upon Tenant with respect to Rent to be paid hereunder.

Section 17.02.  No Merger.  There shall be no merger of this Lease nor of the leasehold estate created by this Lease with the fee estate in or ownership of the Premises by reason of the fact that the same person, corporation, firm or other entity may acquire or hold or own, directly or indirectly, (a) this Lease or the leasehold estate created by this Lease or any interest in this Lease or in such leasehold estate, and (b) the fee estate or ownership of the Premises or any interest in such fee estate or ownership.  No such merger shall occur unless and until all persons, corporations, firms and other entities having any interest in (i) this Lease or the leasehold estate created by this Lease, and (ii) the fee estate in or ownership of the Premises or any part thereof sought to be merged shall join in a written instrument effecting such merger and shall duly record the same.

Section 17.03.  Interpretation.  Landlord and Tenant acknowledge and warrant to each other that each has been represented by independent counsel and has executed this Lease after being fully advised by said counsel as to its effect and significance. This Lease shall be interpreted and construed in a fair and impartial manner without regard to such factors as the party which prepared the instrument, the relative bargaining powers of the parties or the domicile of any party.  Whenever in this Lease any words of obligation or duty are used, such words or expressions shall have the same force and effect as though made in the form of a covenant.

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Section 17.04.  Characterization.  The following expressions of intent, representations, warranties, covenants, agreements, stipulations and waivers are a material inducement to Landlord entering into this Lease:

(a)          Landlord and Tenant intend that (i)  this Lease is a “true lease,” is not a mortgage, equitable mortgage, deed of trust, trust agreement, security agreement or other financing or trust arrangement, and the economic realities of this Lease are those of a true lease; and (ii) the business relationship created by this Lease and any related documents is solely that of a long-term commercial lease between Landlord and Tenant, the Lease has been entered into by both parties in reliance upon the economic and legal bargains contained herein, and none of the agreements contained herein is intended, nor shall the same be deemed or construed, to create a partnership (de facto or de jure) between Landlord and Tenant, to make them joint venturers, to make Tenant an agent, legal representative, partner, subsidiary or employee of Landlord, nor to make Landlord in any way responsible for the debts, obligations or losses of Tenant.

(b)          Tenant waives any claim or defense based upon the characterization of this Lease as anything other than a true lease of the Premises.  Tenant stipulates and agrees (i) not to challenge the validity, enforceability or characterization of the lease of the Premises as a true lease of the Premises; and (ii) not to assert or take or omit to take any action inconsistent with the agreements and understandings set forth in this Section 17.04.

Section 17.05.  Disclosures.

(a)          Securities Act or Exchange Act.  The parties agree that, notwithstanding any provision contained in this Lease, any party (and each employee, representative or other agent of any party) may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, any matter required under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.

(b)          Landlord Advertising and Related Publications.  Tenant hereby consents to the use by Landlord of, and Landlord is hereby expressly permitted to use  pictures of the Premises (which may include Tenant’s name, trademarks or logos) solely in connection with Landlord’s sales, advertising, and press release materials, including on Landlord’s website.  Tenant’s consent shall be deemed authorization for the limited use of such information by Landlord under all applicable copyright and trademark laws.

(c)          Public Disclosures.  Except as required by Law, Tenant shall not make any public disclosure, including press releases or any form of media release, of this Lease Agreement or any transactions relating hereto without the prior written consent of Landlord.

Section 17.06.  Attorneys’ Fees.  In the event of any judicial or other adversarial proceeding concerning this Lease, to the extent permitted by Law, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover all of its reasonable attorneys’ fees and other Costs in addition to any other relief to which it may be entitled.  In addition, the prevailing party shall, upon demand, be entitled to all attorneys’ fees and all other Costs incurred in the preparation and service of any notice or demand hereunder, whether or not a legal action is subsequently commenced.

Section 17.07.  Memorandum of Lease.  Concurrently with the execution of this Lease, Landlord and Tenant are executing Landlord’s standard form memorandum of lease in recordable form, indicating the names and addresses of Landlord and Tenant, a description of the Premises, the Lease Term, but omitting Rents and such other terms of this Lease as Landlord may not desire to disclose to the public.  Further, upon Landlord’s request, Tenant agrees to execute and acknowledge a termination of lease and/or quitclaim deed in recordable form to be held by Landlord until the expiration or sooner termination of the Lease Term.

Section 17.08.  No Brokerage.  Landlord and Tenant represent and warrant to each other that they have had no conversation or negotiations with any broker concerning the leasing of the Premises.  Each of Landlord and Tenant agrees to protect, indemnify, save and keep harmless the other, against and from all liabilities, claims, losses, Costs, damages and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, arising out of, resulting from or in connection with their breach of the foregoing warranty and representation.

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Section 17.09.  Waiver of Jury Trial and Certain Damages.  TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, LANDLORD AND TENANT HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE THE RIGHT EITHER MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY AND ALL ISSUES PRESENTED IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING, CLAIM OR COUNTERCLAIM BROUGHT BY EITHER OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGAINST THE OTHER OR ITS SUCCESSORS WITH RESPECT TO ANY MATTER ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS LEASE, THE RELATIONSHIP OF LANDLORD AND TENANT, TENANT’S USE OR OCCUPANCY OF THE PREMISES, AND/OR ANY CLAIM FOR INJURY OR DAMAGE, OR ANY EMERGENCY OR STATUTORY REMEDY.  THIS WAIVER BY THE PARTIES HERETO OF ANY RIGHT EITHER MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY HAS BEEN NEGOTIATED AND IS AN ESSENTIAL ASPECT OF THEIR BARGAIN.  FURTHERMORE, LANDLORD AND TENANT HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE THE RIGHT EITHER MAY HAVE TO SEEK PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL AND INDIRECT DAMAGES FROM THE OTHER PARTY AND ANY OF THE AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, MEMBERS, MANAGERS OR EMPLOYEES OF LANDLORD OR TENANT, AS APPLICABLE, OR ANY OF THEIR SUCCESSORS WITH RESPECT TO ANY AND ALL ISSUES PRESENTED IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING, CLAIM OR COUNTERCLAIM BROUGHT WITH RESPECT TO ANY MATTER ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS LEASE OR ANY DOCUMENT CONTEMPLATED HEREIN OR RELATED HERETO.  THE WAIVER BY LANDLORD AND TENANT OF ANY RIGHT EITHER MAY HAVE TO SEEK PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL AND INDIRECT DAMAGES HAS BEEN NEGOTIATED BY THE PARTIES HERETO AND IS AN ESSENTIAL ASPECT OF THEIR BARGAIN.

Section 17.10.  Time is of the Essence; Computation.  Time is of the essence with respect to each and every provision of this Lease.  If any deadline provided herein falls on a non-Business Day, such deadline shall be extended to the next day that is a Business Day.

Section 17.11.  Waiver and Amendment.  No provision of this Lease shall be deemed waived or amended except by a written instrument unambiguously setting forth the matter waived or amended and signed by the party against which enforcement of such waiver or amendment is sought.  Waiver of any matter shall not be deemed a waiver of the same or any other matter on any future occasion.  No acceptance by Landlord of an amount less than the Rent and other Monetary Obligations stipulated to be due under this Lease shall be deemed to be other than a payment on account of the earliest such Rent or other Monetary Obligations then due or in arrears nor shall any endorsement or statement on any check or letter accompanying any such payment be deemed a waiver of Landlord’s right to collect any unpaid amounts or an accord and satisfaction.

Section 17.12.  Successors Bound.  Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the terms, covenants and conditions contained in this Lease shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective heirs, successors, executors, administrators and assigns of each of the parties hereto.

Section 17.13.  Captions.  Captions are used throughout this Lease for convenience of reference only and shall not be considered in any manner in the construction or interpretation hereof.

Section 17.14.  Other Documents.  Each of the parties agrees to sign such other and further documents as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the intentions expressed in this Lease.

Section 17.15.  Entire Agreement.  This Lease and any other instruments or agreements referred to herein, constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and there are no other representations, warranties or agreements except as herein provided.

Section 17.16.  Forum Selection; Jurisdiction; Venue; Choice of Law.  For purposes of any action or proceeding arising out of this Lease, the parties hereto expressly submit to the jurisdiction of all federal and state courts located in the state where the Premises is located.  Tenant consents that it may be served with any process or paper by registered mail or by personal service within or without the state where the Premises is located in accordance with applicable Law.  Furthermore, Tenant waives and agrees not to assert in any such action, suit or proceeding that it is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of such courts, that the action, suit or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that venue of the action, suit or proceeding is improper.  This Lease shall be governed by, and construed with, the Laws of the applicable state in which the Premises is located, without giving effect to any state’s conflict of Laws principles.

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Section 17.17.  Counterparts. This Lease may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original.  Furthermore, the undersigned agree that transmission of a fully executed copy of this Lease via e-mail in a “.pdf” or other electronic format shall be deemed transmission of the original Lease for all purposes.

Section 17.18.  Nondiscrimination and Nonsegregation. Tenant herein covenants by and for itself, its heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, and all persons claiming under or through Tenant, and this Lease is made and accepted upon and subject to the following conditions: "that there shall be no discrimination against or segregation of any person or group of persons on account of race, color, creed, religion, sex, marital status, age, physical or mental disability, ancestry, or national origin in the leasing, subleasing, renting, transferring, use, occupancy, tenure, or enjoyment of the land herein leased nor shall Tenant, or any person claiming under or through him or her, establish or permit any such practice or practices of discrimination or segregation with reference to the selection, location, number, use, or occupancy of tenants, lessees, sublessees, subtenants, or vendees in the land herein leased.”

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Landlord and Tenant have entered into this Lease as of the date first above written.

 
LANDLORD:
         
 
MDV TROPHY CARSON CA LLC, a California limited liability company
         
 
By:
Modiv Operating Partnership, LP, a
Delaware limited partnership
         
   
By:
Modiv Inc., a Maryland corporation, its sole general partner
         
 
By:
/s/ Raymond J. Pacini
 
Printed Name: Raymond J. Pacini
 
Title: Chief Financial Officer
   
 
Send Notices to:
   
 
MDV Trophy Carson CA LLC
c/o Modiv Advisors, LLC
120 Newport Center Drive
Newport Beach, CA  92660
Attention:  Bill Broms
Telephone: (949) 386-2514
Email:  bbroms@modiv.com






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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Landlord and Tenant have entered into this Lease as of the date first above written.

 
TENANT:
     
 
TROPHY OF CARSON LLC, a California limited liability company
     
 
By:
/s/ Nasser Water
 
Printed Name: 
Nasser Water
 
Title:
Manager
     
 
Send Notices to:
 
Trophy of Carson LLC
21140 S. Avalon
Carson, CA 90745
Attn: Nasser Watar
Tel.: (818) 788-0234
Email: n.watar@tadg.us
   
 
With a copy to:
 
Holland & Knight LLP
400 South Hope Street
8th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Attn: Douglas Praw
Tel.: (213) 892-2588
Email: doug.praw@hklaw.com
   

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Exhibit 10.3

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

DATED AS OF JANUARY 18, 2022

 

BY AND AMONG

 

MODIV OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, LP,

 

AS THE BORROWER,

 

KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

 

THE OTHER LENDERS WHICH ARE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT

 

AND

 

OTHER LENDERS THAT MAY BECOME

 

PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT,

 

KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

 

AS THE AGENT,

 

BMO CAPITAL MARKETS,

 

TRUIST BANK

 

AND

 

THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK,

 

AS CO-SYNDICATION AGENTS,

 

AND

 

KEYBANC CAPITAL MARKETS INC.,

 

BMO CAPITAL MARKETS,

 

TRUIST SECURITIES, INC.,

 

AND

 

THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK,

 

AS JOINT-LEAD ARRANGERS

 

 

 

Table of Contents

 

      Page
       
§1. DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF INTERPRETATION 1
  §1.1 Definitions 1
  §1.2 Rules of Interpretation 42
§2. THE CREDIT FACILITY 44
  §2.1 Revolving Credit Loans 44
  §2.2 Commitment to Lend Term Loans 45
  §2.3 Unused Fee 46
  §2.4 Reduction and Termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments 47
  §2.5 Swing Loan Commitment 47
  §2.6 Interest on Loans 50
  §2.7 Requests for Loans 51
  §2.8 Funds for Loans 52
  §2.9 Use of Proceeds 52
  §2.10 Letters of Credit 53
  §2.11 Increase in Total Commitment 56
  §2.12 Extension of Revolving Credit Maturity Date 60
  §2.13 Defaulting Lenders 62
§3. REPAYMENT OF THE LOANS 65
  §3.1 Stated Maturity 65
  §3.2 Mandatory Prepayments 66
  §3.3 Optional Prepayments 66
  §3.4 Partial Prepayments 66
  §3.5 Effect of Prepayments 66
§4. CERTAIN GENERAL PROVISIONS 66
  §4.1 Conversion Options 66
  §4.2 Fees 67
  §4.3 Funds for Payments 67
  §4.4 Computations 72
  §4.5 Inability to Determine Rates 72
  §4.6 Illegality 73
  §4.7 Breakage Compensation 73
  §4.8 Additional Costs, Etc. 74
  §4.9 Capital Adequacy 75
  §4.10 Intentionally Omitted 75
  §4.11 Default Interest; Late Charge 75
  §4.12 Certificate 75
  §4.13 Limitation on Interest 76
  §4.14 Certain Provisions Relating to Increased Costs and Non-Funding Lenders 77
  §4.15 Effect of Benchmark Transition Event 77
§5. COLLATERAL SECURITY; GUARANTORS 79
  §5.1 Collateral 79
  §5.2 Appraisals 79

 

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  §5.3 Additional Collateral 79
  §5.4 Additional Guarantors; Release of Guarantors 80
  §5.5 Partial Release of Collateral 81
  §5.6 Release of Collateral 82
§6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 82
  §6.1 Corporate Authority, Etc. 82
  §6.2 Governmental Approvals 83
  §6.3 Title to Properties 83
  §6.4 Financial Statements 83
  §6.5 No Material Changes 84
  §6.6 Franchises, Patents, Copyrights, Etc. 84
  §6.7 Litigation 84
  §6.8 No Material Adverse Contracts, Etc. 84
  §6.9 Compliance with Other Instruments, Laws, Etc. 85
  §6.10 Tax Status 85
  §6.11 No Event of Default 85
  §6.12 Investment Company Act 85
  §6.13 Setoff, Etc. 85
  §6.14 Certain Transactions 85
  §6.15 Employee Benefit Plans 86
  §6.16 Disclosure 86
  §6.17 Trade Name; Place of Business 87
  §6.18 Regulations T, U and X 87
  §6.19 Environmental Compliance 87
  §6.20 Subsidiaries; Organizational Structure 88
  §6.21 Leases 89
  §6.22 Property 90
  §6.23 Brokers 91
  §6.24 Other Debt 91
  §6.25 Solvency 91
  §6.26 No Bankruptcy Filing 91
  §6.27 No Fraudulent Intent 92
  §6.28 Transaction in Best Interests of the Borrower and Guarantors; Consideration 92
  §6.29 Contribution Agreement 92
  §6.30 Representations and Warranties of Guarantors 92
  §6.31 OFAC 92
  §6.32 Beneficial Ownership 93
  §6.33 [Intentionally Omitted.] 93
  §6.34 EEA or UK Financial Institutions 93
  §6.35 Borrowing Base Properties 93
  §6.36 Ground Lease 93
§7. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS 94
  §7.1 Punctual Payment 94
  §7.2 Maintenance of Office 94
  §7.3 Records and Accounts 94

 

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  §7.4 Financial Statements, Certificates and Information 94
  §7.5 Notices 98
  §7.6 Existence; Maintenance of Properties 100
  §7.7 Insurance 100
  §7.8 Taxes; Liens 101
  §7.9 Inspection of Properties and Books 101
  §7.10 Compliance with Laws, Contracts, Licenses, and Permits 102
  §7.11 Further Assurances 102
  §7.12 Management 102
  §7.13 Leases of the Property 102
  §7.14 Business Operations 104
  §7.15 Registered Service Mark 104
  §7.16 Ownership of Real Estate 104
  §7.17 Distributions of Income to the Borrower 104
  §7.18 Plan Assets 105
  §7.19 Borrowing Base 105
  §7.20 Beneficial Ownership 108
  §7.21 Sanctions Laws and Regulations 108
  §7.22 Assignment of Interest Rate Protection 108
§8. NEGATIVE COVENANTS 109
  §8.1 Restrictions on Indebtedness 109
  §8.2 Restrictions on Liens, Etc. 110
  §8.3 Restrictions on Investments 111
  §8.4 Merger, Consolidation 114
  §8.5 Sale and Leaseback 114
  §8.6 Compliance with Environmental Laws 114
  §8.7 Distributions 116
  §8.8 Asset Sales 116
  §8.9 Restriction on Prepayment of Indebtedness 117
  §8.10 Changes in Use and Occupancy; Zoning and Contract Changes and Compliance 117
  §8.11 Derivatives Contracts 117
  §8.12 Transactions with Affiliates 117
  §8.13 Waste; Alterations 117
  §8.14 Equity Pledges 118
  §8.15 Non-Encumbrance 118
  §8.16 Burdensome Agreements 118
  §8.17 Changes to Organizational Documents 118
  §8.18 Options to Purchase 119
  §8.19 Management Fees 119
§9. FINANCIAL COVENANTS 119
  §9.1 Borrowing Base 119
  §9.2 Consolidated Total Indebtedness to Total Asset Value 119
  §9.3 Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Fixed Charges 119
  §9.4 Minimum Consolidated Tangible Net Worth 119

 

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  §9.5 Consolidated Secured Indebtedness 119
  §9.6 Maximum Consolidated Secured Recourse Indebtedness 120
  §9.7 Aggregate Occupancy Rate 120
§10. CLOSING CONDITIONS 120
  §10.1 Loan Documents 120
  §10.2 Certified Copies of Organizational Documents 120
  §10.3 Resolutions 120
  §10.4 Incumbency Certificate; Authorized Signers 120
  §10.5 Opinion of Counsel 120
  §10.6 Payment of Fees 121
  §10.7 Performance; No Default 121
  §10.8 Representations and Warranties 121
  §10.9 Proceedings and Documents 121
  §10.10 Borrowing Base Qualification Documents 121
  §10.11 Compliance Certificate and Borrowing Base Certificate 121
  §10.12 KYC 121
  §10.13 Consents 121
  §10.14 Contribution Agreement 122
  §10.15 Insurance 122
  §10.16 Other 122
§11. CONDITIONS TO ALL BORROWINGS 122
  §11.1 Prior Conditions Satisfied 122
  §11.2 Representations True; No Default 122
  §11.3 Borrowing Documents 122
§12. EVENTS OF DEFAULT; ACCELERATION; ETC. 122
  §12.1 Events of Default and Acceleration 122
  §12.2 Certain Cure Periods; Limitation of Cure Periods 126
  §12.3 Termination of Commitments 126
  §12.4 Remedies 127
  §12.5 Distribution of Collateral Proceeds 127
  §12.6 Collateral Account 128
§13. SETOFF 129
§14. THE AGENT 130
  §14.1 Authorization 130
  §14.2 Employees and Agents 130
  §14.3 No Liability 130
  §14.4 No Representations 131
  §14.5 Payments 131
  §14.6 Holders of Notes 132
  §14.7 Indemnity 132
  §14.8 The Agent as Lender 132
  §14.9 Resignation 132
  §14.10 Duties in the Case of Enforcement 133
  §14.11 Request for Agent Action 133
  §14.12 Bankruptcy 134
  §14.13 Reliance by the Agent 134

 

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  §14.14 Approvals 134
  §14.15 The Borrower Not Beneficiary 135
  §14.16 Reliance on Hedge Provider 135
  §14.17 Erroneous Payments 135
§15. EXPENSES 138
§16. INDEMNIFICATION 139
§17. SURVIVAL OF COVENANTS, ETC. 140
§18. ASSIGNMENT AND PARTICIPATION 141
  §18.1 Conditions to Assignment by Lenders 141
  §18.2 Register 142
  §18.3 New Notes 142
  §18.4 Participations 142
  §18.5 Pledge by Lender 143
  §18.6 No Assignment by the Borrower or the Guarantors 143
  §18.7 Disclosure 143
  §18.8 Mandatory Assignment 144
  §18.9 Amendments to Loan Documents 145
  §18.10 Titled Agents 145
§19. NOTICES; EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS 145
§20. RELATIONSHIP 147
§21. GOVERNING LAW; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION AND SERVICE 148
§22. HEADINGS 148
§23. COUNTERPARTS 148
§24. ENTIRE AGREEMENT, ETC. 148
§25. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL AND CERTAIN DAMAGE CLAIMS 149
§26. DEALINGS WITH THE BORROWER AND THE GUARANTORS 149
§27. CONSENTS, AMENDMENTS, WAIVERS, ETC. 150
§28. SEVERABILITY 151
§29. TIME OF THE ESSENCE 152
§30. NO UNWRITTEN AGREEMENTS 152
§31. REPLACEMENT NOTES 152
§32. NO THIRD PARTIES BENEFITED 152
§33. PATRIOT ACT 152
§34. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND CONSENT TO BAIL-IN OF AFFECTED FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 153
§35. NO ADVISORY OR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY 153
§36. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT REGARDING ANY SUPPORTED QFCs 154

 

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EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES

 

Exhibit A FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT
   
Exhibit B-1 FORM OF REVOLVING CREDIT NOTE
   
Exhibit B-2 FORM OF TERM LOAN NOTE
   
Exhibit C FORM OF SWING LOAN NOTE
   
Exhibit D-1 FORM OF REQUEST FOR REVOLVING CREDIT LOAN
   
Exhibit D-2 FORM OF REQUEST FOR TERM LOAN
   
Exhibit E FORM OF LETTER OF CREDIT REQUEST
   
Exhibit F FORM OF LETTER OF CREDIT APPLICATION
   
Exhibit G FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
   
Exhibit H FORM OF BORROWING BASE CERTIFICATE
   
Exhibit I FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ACCEPTANCE AGREEMENT
   
Exhibits J FORMS OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATES
   
Schedule 1.1 LENDERS AND COMMITMENTS
   
Schedule 1.3 INITIAL BORROWING BASE PROPERTIES
   
Schedule 1.4 CURRENT BORROWING BASE PROPERTIES
   
Schedule 4.3 ACCOUNTS
   
Schedule 5.3 BORROWING BASE QUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS
   
Schedule 6.1 CORPORATE AUTHORITY, ETC.
   
Schedule 6.3 TITLE TO PROPERTIES
   
Schedule 6.5 NO MATERIAL CHANGES
   
Schedule 6.6 TRADEMARKS, TRADENAMES
   
Schedule 6.7 PENDING LITIGATION
   
Schedule 6.10 TAX STATUS
   
Schedule 6.14 CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS
   
Schedule 6.20(a) SUBSIDIARIES OF PARENT GUARANTOR
   
Schedule 6.20(b) UNCONSOLIDATED AFFILIATES OF PARENT GUARANTOR AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
   
Schedule 6.21 LEASES
   
Schedule 6.22 PROPERTY
   
Schedule 6.24 OTHER DEBT
   
Schedule 9 DEBT SERVICE COVERAGE AMOUNT

 

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CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of 18th day of January, 2022, by and among MODIV OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Borrower”), KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“KeyBank”), the other lending institutions which are parties to this Agreement as “Lenders”, and the other lending institutions that may become parties hereto as “Lenders” pursuant to §18, KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Agent for the Lenders (the “Agent”), and KEYBANC CAPITAL MARKETS INC. (“KBCM”), BMO CAPITAL MARKETS, TRUIST SECURITIES, INC., and THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK, as Joint-Lead Arrangers.

 

R E C I T A L S

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders provide a revolving credit and term loan facility to the Borrower; and

 

WHEREAS, the Agent and the Lenders are willing to provide such revolving credit and term loan facility to the Borrower on and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the recitals herein and mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto hereby covenant and agree as follows:

 

§1. DEFINITIONS AND RULES OF INTERPRETATION.

 

§1.1          Definitions. The following terms shall have the meanings set forth in this §l or elsewhere in the provisions of this Agreement referred to below:

 

Acknowledgments. The Acknowledgments executed by a Subsidiary Guarantor in which Equity Interests have been pledged pursuant to the Loan Documents in favor of the Agent, acknowledging the pledge of Equity Interests in such Subsidiary Guarantor to the Agent, such Acknowledgments to be substantially in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, as the same may be modified, amended or restated.

 

Acquisition Costs. The actual deal costs incurred by Borrower and its Subsidiaries in connection with acquisitions of Real Estate determined in accordance with GAAP. Acquisition Costs shall only include those deal costs that are associated with Real Estate that is being actively negotiated or pursued for purchase, or has been consummated.

 

Additional Commitment Request Notice. See §2.11(a).

 

Additional Subsidiary Guarantor. Each additional Subsidiary of Borrower which becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to §5.4.

 

Adjusted Funds from Operations. With respect to Borrower and its Subsidiaries for a given period, Net Income (or Loss) of such Person computed in accordance with GAAP, excluding (i) gains (losses) from sales of depreciable real estate assets and impairment charges of depreciable real estate, (ii) gains (losses) on extinguishment of debt, (iii) acquisition, transaction and integration expenses, (iv) gains (losses) on lease terminations, (v) non-cash income or expenses and (vi) extraordinary and/or nonrecurring income or expenses, plus real estate related depreciation and amortization and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures, as set forth in more detail under the definitions and interpretations thereof relative to funds from operations promulgated by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts or its successor.

 

 

 

Adjusted Pro Forma Net Operating Income. On any date of determination for any Real Estate (including any Borrowing Base Property), the sum of (i) the projected Net Operating Income from such Real Estate over the succeeding twelve (12) calendar month period from such date of determination (such projections to be based on the contractual cash rents and cash revenues payable pursuant to the terms of the Leases in place at such Real Estate on such date of determination, subject to the exclusions set forth in clauses (i) through (iii) of the definition of Net Operating Income, and the anticipated operating expenses of such Real Estate for such period, in each case, as determined in good faith by the Borrower and reasonably approved by the Agent), less (ii) the Capital Reserve for such twelve (12) calendar month period for such Real Estate. Adjusted Pro Forma Net Operating Income of a Person’s Real Estate shall include such Person’s pro rata share (based upon its Equity Percentage) of Adjusted Pro Forma Net Operating Income from Real Estate of any Unconsolidated Affiliate or non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of such Person.

 

Affected Financial Institution. Any (a) EEA Financial Institution or (b) UK Financial Institution.

 

Affected Lender. See §4.14.

 

Affiliate. An Affiliate, as applied to any Person, shall mean any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, that Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “control”, “controlling”, “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as applied to any Person, means (a) the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to vote ten percent (10%) or more of the stock, shares, voting trust certificates, beneficial interest, partnership interests, member interests or other interests having voting power for the election of directors of such Person or otherwise to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of that Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by contract or otherwise, or (b) the ownership of (i) a general partnership interest, (ii) a managing member’s or manager’s interest in a limited liability company or (iii) a limited partnership interest or preferred stock (or other ownership interest) representing ten percent (10%) or more of the outstanding limited partnership interests, preferred stock or other ownership interests of such Person.

 

Agent. KeyBank National Association, acting as administrative agent for the Lenders, and its successors and assigns.

 

Agent’s Head Office. The Agent’s head office located at 127 Public Square, Cleveland, Ohio 44114-1306, or at such other location as the Agent may designate from time to time by notice to the Borrower and the Lenders.

 

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Agent’s Special Counsel. Dentons US LLP or such other counsel as selected by the Agent.

 

Aggregate Occupancy Rate. The quotient of (a) Net Rentable Area for all of the Borrowing Base Properties subject to Leases as to which (i) tenants are in occupancy of all of their respective leased premises and operating (it being understood a tenant shall be deemed to be in occupancy of its leased premises and operating notwithstanding a Temporary Closure), or (ii) tenants have executed and delivered a new Lease that is deemed approved or has been approved by Agent (in either instance, as provided by this Agreement) for space within a Borrowing Base Property that is vacant and not otherwise subject to a Lease (other than such new Lease), which Lease is in full force and effect and with respect to which the tenant will take occupancy and commence operating within ninety (90) days of execution of such new Lease, and, with respect to tenants under clauses (i) or (ii) hereof, (A) the applicable tenants are not in default of any of their monetary or other material obligations under their respective Lease, (B) are an arm’s length Lease entered into in the ordinary course of business with a party that is not an Affiliate of the Borrower or any Guarantor and which is in full force and effect, and (C) tenants or any guarantor thereunder are not subject to any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, readjustment of debt, dissolution, liquidation or similar debtor relief proceeding, divided by (b) Net Rentable Area for all of the Borrowing Base Properties, expressed as a percentage.

 

Agreement. This Credit Agreement, including the Schedules and Exhibits hereto.

 

Agreement Regarding Fees. See §4.2.

 

Applicable Law. All applicable provisions of constitutions, statutes, rules, regulations, guidelines and orders of all Governmental Authorities and all orders and decrees of all courts, tribunals and arbitrators.

 

Arrangers. Collectively, KBCM, BMO Capital Markets, Truist Securities, Inc., and The Huntington National Bank, or any successor of any of them.

 

Appraisal. An MAI appraisal of the value of a parcel of Real Estate, determined on a “as-is” value basis, performed by an independent appraiser selected by the Agent who is not an employee of Borrower or its Subsidiaries, the Agent or a Lender, the form and substance of such appraisal and the identity of the appraiser to be in compliance with the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, as amended, the rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto and all other regulatory laws and policies (both regulatory and internal) applicable to the Lenders and otherwise acceptable to the Agent.

 

Appraised Value. The “as-is” value of a parcel of Real Estate determined by the most recent Appraisal of such Real Estate, obtained pursuant to §5.2; subject, however, to such changes or adjustments to the value determined thereby as may be required by the appraisal department of the Agent in its good faith business judgment based on criteria and factors generally used and considered by the Agent in determining the value of similar properties.

 

Assignment and Acceptance Agreement. See §18.1.

 

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Assignment of Hedge. Any Assignment of Hedge Agreement hereafter provided by the Borrower to the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, as the same may be modified and amended, pursuant to which the Interest Hedge described in §7.22 is pledged as security for the Obligations, and any acknowledgments, consents and financing statements that may be delivered in connection therewith, such assignment to be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent.

 

Assignment of Interests. Collectively, each of the Collateral Assignments of Interests executed by the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor in favor of the Agent, each such agreement to be substantially in the form of the Assignment of Interests delivered by Borrower to the Agent on the Closing Date , with such changes thereto as Agent may reasonably require given the structure of the ownership of the related Borrowing Base Property, as the same may be modified, amended or restated.

 

Authorized Officer. Any of the following Persons: Aaron S. Halfacre, Raymond J. Pacini, Sandra G. Sciutto, Jason M. Miller and such other Persons as the Borrower shall designate in a written notice to the Agent.

 

Available Tenor. As of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, (a) if such Benchmark is a term rate, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining the length of an interest period pursuant to this Agreement or (b) otherwise, any payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining any frequency of making payments of interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark, including any overnight or daily tenor, in each case, as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of “Interest Period” pursuant to §4.15(d).

 

Bail-In Action. The exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.

 

Bail-In Legislation. (a) With respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).

 

Balance Sheet Date. September 30, 2021.

 

Bankruptcy Code. Title 11, U.S.C.A., as amended from time to time or any successor statute thereto.

 

Base Rate. The greater of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus one half of one percent (0.50%), (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as established from time to time by KeyBank as its “prime rate”, whether or not publicly announced, which interest rate may or may not be the lowest rate charged by it for commercial loans or other extensions of credit, or (c) Daily Simple SOFR plus the SOFR Adjustment plus one percent (1.0%); provided, that, in no event shall the Base Rate be less than one percent (1.0%). Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the prime rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or Daily Simple SOFR, as applicable, shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the prime rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or Daily Simple SOFR, respectively.

 

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Base Rate Loans. Collectively, (a) the Revolving Credit Base Rate Loans, (b) the Term Base Rate Loans, and (c) the Swing Loans, bearing interest by reference to the Base Rate.

 

Benchmark. Initially, Daily Simple SOFR; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred with respect to Daily Simple SOFR or the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to §4.15.

 

Benchmark Replacement. With respect to any Benchmark Transition Event for the then-current Benchmark, the sum of: (i) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Agent as the replacement for such Benchmark giving due consideration to (A) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (B) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement for such Benchmark for syndicated credit facilities denominated in U.S. Dollars at such time and (ii) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment, if any; provided that, if such Benchmark Replacement as so determined would be less than the Floor, such Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

Benchmark Replacement Adjustment. With respect to any replacement of any then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for any applicable Available Tenor, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment (which may be a positive or negative value or zero), if any, that has been selected by the Agent giving due consideration to (a) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body or (b) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for U.S. Dollar denominated syndicated credit facilities.

 

Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. With respect to any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “Base Rate”, the definition of “Business Day,” or “SOFR Business Day”, the definition of “Interest Period” or any similar or analogous definition (or the addition of a concept of “interest period”), the timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, length of lookback periods, the applicability of §4.7 and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of such Benchmark Replacement and to permit the administration thereof by the Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Agent decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of such Benchmark Replacement exists, in such other manner of administration as the Agent decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents).

 

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Benchmark Replacement Date. The earlier to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:

 

(a)       in the case of clause (a) or (b) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event”, the later of (i) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (ii) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or

 

(b)       in the case of clause (c) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event”, the first date on which such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has been determined and announced by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be no longer representative; provided, that such non-representativeness will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (c) and even if any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, (A) if the event giving rise to the Benchmark Replacement Date for any Benchmark occurs on the same day as, but earlier than, the Reference Time in respect of any determination, the Benchmark Replacement Date will be deemed to have occurred prior to the Reference Time for such Benchmark and for such determination and (B) the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (a) or (b) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).

 

Benchmark Transition Event. With respect to the then-current Benchmark, the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to such Benchmark:

 

(a)       a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);

 

(b)       a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or

 

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(c)       a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are no longer, or as of a specified future date will no longer be, representative.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).

 

Benchmark Transition Start Date. With respect to any Benchmark, in the case of a Benchmark Transition Event, the earlier of (i) the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and (ii) if such Benchmark Transition Event is a public statement or publication of information of a prospective event, the ninetieth (90th) day prior to the expected date of such event as of such public statement or publication of information (or if the expected date of such prospective event is fewer than ninety (90) days after such statement or publication, the date of such statement or publication).

 

Benchmark Unavailability Period. With respect to any then-current Benchmark, the period (if any) (i) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to such Benchmark pursuant to clauses (a) or (b) of that definition has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with §4.15 and (ii) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Loan Document in accordance with §4.15.

 

Beneficial Ownership Certification. As to Borrower, a certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation which is otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent or any Lender requesting the same.

 

Beneficial Ownership Regulation. 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.

 

Borrower. As defined in the preamble hereto.

 

Borrowing Base Availability. The amount which is the lower of (a) the sum equal to the Borrowing Base Value multiplied by 0.60, and (b) the Debt Service Coverage Amount for such Borrowing Base Properties.

 

Borrowing Base Certificate. See §7.4(c).

 

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Borrowing Base Property or Borrowing Base Properties. The Real Estate owned by a Subsidiary Guarantor (or leased to a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to a Ground Lease) that is security for the Obligations pursuant to the pledge of Equity Interests in each Subsidiary Guarantor that owns (or leases pursuant to a Ground Lease), directly or indirectly, such Real Estate pursuant to the Assignment of Interests.

 

Borrowing Base Value. The Borrowing Base Value shall be, without duplication, the sum of: (a) for the Borrowing Base Properties included in the calculation of Borrowing Base Availability not owned or leased by Borrower or its Subsidiaries for twelve (12) full calendar months, the Acquisition Costs of such Borrowing Base Properties, and (b) for the Borrowing Base Properties included in the calculation of Borrowing Base Availability and not described by the foregoing clause (a), the NAV Valuations for such Borrowing Base Properties; provided, however, that from and after the date (if any) that the Borrower has made the Capitalized Value Election the Borrowing Base Value attributable to the Borrowing Base Properties shall be determined using the Capitalized Value thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Agent has obtained an Appraisal for any Borrowing Base Property pursuant to §5.2, then at Agent’s election, the Borrowing Base Value of such Borrowing Base Property shall be the Appraised Value thereof.

 

Borrowing Base Qualification Documents. See Schedule 5.3 attached hereto.

 

Building. With respect to any Real Estate, all of the buildings, structures and improvements now or hereafter located thereon.

 

Business Day. Any day other than Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which commercial banks in in the same city and State as the Agent’s Head Office are located are authorized or required by law to close; provided that, when used in connection with SOFR (including, without limitation, any component of the Base Rate that is based upon SOFR or any other calculation or determination involving SOFR), the term "Business Day" means any such day that is also a U.S. Government Securities Business Day.

 

Capitalization Rate. The Capitalization Rate shall be equal to, (a) for Real Estate that is primarily used for retail, industrial, warehouse, manufacturing and/or distribution purposes, seven percent (7.0%), and (b) for Real Estate that is primarily used for office purposes, eight percent (8.0%); provided, however, that for any Real Estate with respect to which the entire Net Rentable Area is occupied by a single Investment Grade Tenant, the Capitalization Rate shall be equal to six and one-quarter percent (6.25%).

 

Capitalized Lease. A lease under which the discounted future rental payment obligations of the lessee or the obligor are required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP.

 

Capital Reserve. For any period and with respect to any Real Estate, an amount equal to the sum of $0.20 per annum multiplied by the Net Rentable Area at such Real Estate. If the term Capital Reserve is used without reference to any specific Real Estate, then Capital Reserve shall be determined on an aggregate basis with respect to all Real Estate owned or leased by the REIT and its Subsidiaries plus the ratable Capital Reserve for Real Estate that is owned by an entity in which REIT has a direct or indirect equity interest but which is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, calculated by including the REIT’s Equity Percentage of the Capital Reserve as calculated for the Real Estate of its Unconsolidated Affiliates and Subsidiaries that are not Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries. Capital Reserve shall be calculated based on the Net Rentable Area of the applicable Real Estate as of the end of each calendar quarter.

 

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Capitalized Value. As of any date of determination, with respect to any Real Estate, an amount equal to (a) the Adjusted Pro Forma Net Operating Income for such Real Estate, divided by (b) the Capitalization Rate.

 

Capitalized Value Election. An election made by the Borrower by providing written notice to the Agent that Borrower shall no longer obtain or provide annual NAV Valuations with respect to Real Estate of the REIT and its Subsidiaries for purposes of determining Borrowing Base Value and Total Asset Value hereunder, which election shall be irrevocable.

 

Cash Collateral Agreement. The Cash Collateral Account Agreement, by and among the Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors, each Additional Subsidiary Guarantor that may hereafter become a party thereto and Agent, such agreement to be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent.

 

Cash Equivalents. As of any date, (a) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof having maturities of not more than one year from such date, (b) time deposits and certificates of deposits having maturities of not more than one (1) year from such date and issued by any domestic commercial bank having (i) senior long term unsecured debt rated at least A or the equivalent thereof by S&P or A2 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s and (ii) capital and surplus in excess of $100,000,000.00, (c) commercial paper rated at least A-1 or the equivalent thereof by S&P or P-1 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s and in either case maturing within one hundred twenty (120) days from such date, and (d) shares of any money market mutual fund rated at least AAA or the equivalent thereof by S&P or at least Aaa or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s.

 

CERCLA. The federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended from time to time, and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Change of Control. A Change of Control shall exist upon the occurrence of any of the following:

 

(a)          any Person (including a Person’s Affiliates and associates) or group (as that term is understood under Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and the rules and regulations thereunder) shall have acquired beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of a percentage (based on voting power, in the event different classes of stock or interests shall have different voting powers) of the voting stock or voting interests of REIT equal to at least thirty-five percent (35%);

 

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(b)          as of any date a majority of the Board of Directors or Trustees or similar body (the “Board”) of REIT consists of individuals who were not either (i) directors or trustees of REIT as of the corresponding date of the previous year, or (ii) selected or nominated to become directors or trustees by the Board of REIT of which a majority consisted of individuals described in clause (i) above, or (iii) selected or nominated to become directors or trustees by the Board of REIT which majority consisted of individuals described in clause (i) above and individuals described in clause (ii) above;

 

(c)          the Borrower, REIT or any other Guarantor consolidates with, is acquired by, or merges into or with any Person (other than a merger permitted by §8.4); or

 

(d)          REIT fails to (i) be the sole general partner of Borrower, (ii) own, directly or indirectly, free of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim, at least seventy percent (70%) of the economic, voting and beneficial interest of the Borrower, or (iii) control the Borrower; or

 

(e)          the Borrower fails to own, directly or indirectly, free of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim (other than any Lien of the Agent granted pursuant to the Loan Documents), one hundred percent (100%) of the economic, voting and beneficial interest of each Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

Closing Date. The date of this Agreement.

 

Code. The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and all regulations and formal guidance issued thereunder.

 

Collateral. All of the property, rights and interests of the Borrower, the Guarantors or any of their Subsidiaries which are or are intended to be subject to the security interests and liens created by the Security Documents, including, without limitation, the pledged Equity Interests in the direct and indirect owners of the Borrowing Base Properties.

 

Collateral Account. A special deposit account established by the Agent pursuant to §12.6 and under its sole dominion and control.

 

Commitment. With respect to each Lender, the aggregate of (a) the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender, and (b) the Term Loan Commitment of such Lender.

 

Commitment Increase. An increase in the Revolving Credit Commitment and/or Term Loan Commitment pursuant to §2.11.

 

Commitment Increase Date. See §2.11(a).

 

Commitment Percentage. With respect to each Lender, the percentage set forth on Schedule 1.1 hereto as such Lender’s percentage of the Total Commitment, as the same may be changed from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; provided that if any of the Commitments of the Lenders have been terminated as provided in this Agreement, then the Commitment of each Lender shall be determined based on the Commitment Percentage of such Lender immediately prior to such termination and after giving effect to any subsequent assignments made pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

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Commodity Exchange Act. The Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. §1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

 

Communications. See §7.4.

 

Compliance Certificate. See §7.4(c).

 

Condemnation Proceeds. All compensation, awards, damages, judgments and proceeds awarded to Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor by reason of any Taking, net of all reasonable and customary amounts actually expended to collect the same.

 

Connection Income Taxes. Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.

 

Consolidated. With reference to any term defined herein, that term as applied to the accounts of a Person and its Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

 

Consolidated EBITDA. With respect to any period, an amount equal to the EBITDA of the REIT and its Subsidiaries for such period determined on a Consolidated basis plus (without duplication) such Person’s Equity Percentage of EBITDA of its non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries and Unconsolidated Affiliates.

 

Consolidated Fixed Charges. As of any date of determination for any applicable period, the sum of (i) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period, plus (ii) the aggregate amount of scheduled principal payments of Indebtedness (excluding balloon payments at maturity) required to be made during such period by the REIT and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis, plus (iii) all Preferred Distributions , if any, paid or required to be paid during such period, plus (iv) the ground lease payments of the REIT and its Subsidiaries to the extent not otherwise included, plus (v) the REIT or its Subsidiaries pro rata share (based upon their Equity Percentage in such Unconsolidated Affiliate) of all Fixed Charges from any Unconsolidated Affiliate of the REIT and its Subsidiaries.

 

Consolidated Interest Expense. As of any date of determination and for any applicable period, the aggregate amount of interest required in accordance with GAAP to be paid, accrued, expensed or, to the extent it could be a cash expense in the applicable period, capitalized, without double-counting, by the REIT and its Subsidiaries during such period on: (i) all Indebtedness of the REIT and its Subsidiaries (including the Loans, obligations under Capitalized Leases (to the extent EBITDA has not been reduced by such Capitalized Lease obligations in the applicable period) and including original issue discount and amortization of prepaid interest, if any, but excluding any Preferred Distributions), (ii) all amounts available for borrowing, or for drawing under letters of credit (including the Letters of Credit), if any, issued for the account of the REIT or any of its Subsidiaries, but only if such interest was or is required to be reflected as an item of expense, and (iii) all commitment fees, agency fees, facility fees, balance deficiency fees and similar fees and expenses in connection with the borrowing of money (other than amortization of deferred financing costs related to the revolving credit and term loan facility made available to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement). Consolidated Interest Expense shall not include non-cash interest expense, but includes capitalized interest (less capitalized interest not paid to third parties) not escrowed or funded under an interest reserve pursuant to a specific debt obligation.

 

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Consolidated Secured Indebtedness. As of any date of determination, any Consolidated Total Indebtedness which is secured by a Lien on Real Estate, provided that direct Indebtedness (as opposed to a guarantee) that is secured solely by equity interest shall not be deemed to be Consolidated Secured Indebtedness.

 

Consolidated Secured Recourse Indebtedness. As of any date of determination, any Consolidated Secured Indebtedness that is considered Recourse Indebtedness.

 

Consolidated Tangible Net Worth. As of any date of determination, the stockholders’ equity of the REIT and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis, plus accumulated depreciation and amortization, minus (to the extent included when determining stockholders’ equity): (a) the amount of any write-up in the book value of any assets reflected in any balance sheet resulting from revaluation thereof or any write-up in excess of the cost of such assets acquired, and (b) the aggregate of all amounts appearing on the assets side of any such balance sheet for franchises, licenses, permits, patents, patent applications, copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade names, goodwill, treasury stock, experimental or organizational expenses and other like assets which would be classified as intangible assets under GAAP (excluding amortization in respect of acquired intangible lease assets), all determined on a Consolidated basis.

 

Consolidated Total Indebtedness. On any date of determination, all Indebtedness of the REIT and its Subsidiaries determined on a Consolidated basis and shall include (without duplication), such Person’s Equity Percentage of the Indebtedness of its non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries and Unconsolidated Affiliates.

 

Contractual Obligation. As to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.

 

Contribution Agreement. The Contribution Agreement dated as of even date herewith among the Borrower, the REIT and the Subsidiary Guarantors that are a party thereto as of the Closing Date, and each Additional Subsidiary Guarantor which may hereafter become a party thereto, as the same may be modified, amended or ratified from time to time.

 

Conversion/Continuation Request. A notice given by the Borrower to the Agent of its election to convert or continue a Loan in accordance with §4.1.

 

Covered Party. See §36.

 

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Daily Simple SOFR. For any day (a “SOFR Rate Day”), a rate per annum (rounded upwards to the next higher multiple of 1/16th if such rate is not such a multiple, unless a Hedge with a Lender as the counterparty is in effect with respect to the Loans hereunder) equal to the greater of (a) SOFR for the day (such day, the “SOFR Determination Day ”) that is five (5) SOFR Business Days prior to (i) if such SOFR Rate Day is a SOFR Business Day , such SOFR Rate Day or (ii) if such SOFR Rate Day is not a SOFR Business Day, the SOFR Business Day immediately preceding such SOFR Rate Day, in each case, as and when SOFR for such SOFR Rate Day is published by the SOFR Administrator on the SOFR Administrator’s Website, and (b) the Floor. For the avoidance of doubt, SOFR for any SOFR Rate Day is published on the SOFR Administrator’s website at approximately 8:00 a.m. New York City time on the immediately following SOFR Business Day. If by 5:00 pm (New York City time) on the second (2nd) SOFR Business Day immediately following any SOFR Determination Day, SOFR in respect of such SOFR Determination Day has not been published on the SOFR Administrator’s Website and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to Daily Simple SOFR has not occurred, then SOFR for such SOFR Determination Day will be SOFR as published in respect of the first preceding SOFR Business Day for which such SOFR was published on the SOFR Administrator’s Website; provided that any SOFR determined pursuant to this sentence shall be utilized for purposes of calculation of Daily Simple SOFR for no more than ten (10) consecutive SOFR Rate Days. Any change in Daily Simple SOFR due to a change in SOFR shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in SOFR without notice to the Borrower.

 

Debt Service Coverage Amount. At any date of determination, an amount equal to the maximum principal loan amount which is payable at (a) an interest rate equal to the greater of (i) a rate per annum equal to the then-current annual yield on seven (7) year obligations issued by the United States Treasury most recently prior to the date of determination plus two hundred fifty (250) basis points (2.50%), and (ii) a rate per annum equal to six percent (6.00%), and (b) being amortized over a thirty (30) year period, would be payable by the monthly principal and interest payment amount resulting from dividing (x) Adjusted Pro Forma Net Operating Income from the Borrowing Base Properties divided by 1.50, by (y) 12. Attached hereto as Schedule 9 is an example of the calculation of Debt Service Coverage Amount (such example is meant only as an illustration based upon the assumptions set forth in such example, and shall not be interpreted so as to limit the Agent in its good faith determination of the Debt Service Coverage Amount hereunder). The determination of the Debt Service Coverage Amount and the components thereof by the Agent shall, so long as the same shall be determined in good faith, be conclusive and binding absent demonstrable error.

 

Default. See §12.1.

 

Default Rate. See §4.11.

 

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Defaulting Lender. Any Lender that, as reasonably determined by the Agent, (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within two (2) Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded by it hereunder unless such Lender notifies the Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to Agent, any Issuing Lender, any Swing Loan Lender or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including in respect of its participation in Letters of Credit or Swing Loans) within two (2) Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrower, the Agent or any Lender that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder or has made a public statement to that effect unless with respect to this clause (b), such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied, (c) has failed, within three (3) Business Days after request by the Agent, to confirm in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Agent that it will comply with its funding obligations; provided that, notwithstanding the provisions of §2.13, such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender upon the Agent’s receipt of confirmation in a manner reasonably satisfactory to Agent that such Defaulting Lender will comply with its funding obligations, or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, liquidation, conservatorship, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, receivership, rearrangement or similar debtor relief law of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect, including any law for the appointment of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority as receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator or any similar capacity, (ii) had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such capacity, charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or a custodian appointed for it, (iii) taken any action in furtherance of, or indicated its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment, or (iv) become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a governmental authority (including any agency, instrumentality, regulatory body, central bank or other authority) so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts of the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment of its assets or permit such Lender (or such governmental authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow, or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Person). Any determination by the Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to §2.13(g)) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrower and each Lender.

 

Derivatives Contract. Any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement. Not in limitation of the foregoing, the term “Derivatives Contract” includes any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement of similar type, including any such obligations or liabilities under any such master agreement.

 

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Derivatives Termination Value. In respect of any one or more Derivatives Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Derivatives Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Derivatives Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a) above, the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Derivatives Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Derivatives Contracts (which may include the Agent or any Lender).

 

Designated Person. See §6.31.

 

Development Property. Any Real Estate owned or acquired by the REIT or its Subsidiaries or Unconsolidated Affiliates and on which such Person is pursuing construction of one or more buildings for use as an retail, industrial, warehouse, manufacturing, distribution and/or office property and for which construction is proceeding to completion without undue delay from permit denial, construction delays or otherwise, all pursuant to the ordinary course of business of the REIT or its Subsidiaries; provided that any Real Estate (or, if applicable, any building comprising a portion of any such Real Estate) will no longer be considered to be a Development Property at the date on which a shell certificate of occupancy or the equivalent has been issued for such Real Estate (or building) or such Real Estate (or building) may otherwise be lawfully occupied for its intended use.

 

Directions. See §14.14.

 

Distribution. Any (a) dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any Equity Interest of the REIT or any of its Subsidiaries now or hereafter outstanding, except a dividend payable solely in Equity Interests of identical class to the holders of that class; (b) redemption, conversion, exchange, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any Equity Interest of the REIT or any of its Subsidiaries now or hereafter outstanding; and (c) payment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire any Equity Interests of the REIT or any of its Subsidiaries now or hereafter outstanding. Distributions from any Subsidiary of the Borrower to, directly or indirectly, the Borrower shall be excluded from this definition.

 

Dollars or $. Dollars in lawful currency of the United States of America.

 

Domestic Lending Office. Initially, the office of each Lender designated as such on Schedule 1.1 hereto; thereafter, such other office of such Lender, if any, located within the United States that will be making or maintaining Base Rate Loans.

 

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Double Net Lease. A Lease of all of the leasable area of a Borrowing Base Property under which the Tenant pays all operating expenses of the property, including, without limitation, insurance, taxes, maintenance and capital expenditures, except for certain limited maintenance or capital expenditure obligations (such as roof repairs) retained by the landlord under such Lease.

 

Drawdown Date. The date on which any Loan is made or is to be made, and the date on which any Loan which is made prior to the Maturity Date, as applicable, is converted in accordance with §4.1.

 

EBITDA. For any period, for the REIT and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis (and without double-counting), an amount equal to Net Income (or Loss) for such period on a Consolidated basis (before minority interests and excluding losses attributable to the sale or other disposition of assets and the adjustment for so-called “straight-line rent accounting”), plus (a) the following to the extent deducted in calculating such Net Income (or Loss): (i) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period, (ii) real estate depreciation and amortization expense for such period, (iii) Acquisition Costs and (iv) other non-cash expenses of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in each case reducing such Net Income (or Loss) for such period, and minus (b) gains attributable to the sale or other disposition of assets or debt restructurings in such period to the extent included in calculating such Net Income (or Loss), in each case increasing such Net Income (or Loss) for such period; and further in each case adjusted to include the REIT’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ pro rata share of EBITDA (and the items comprising EBITDA) from any Unconsolidated Affiliate in such period, based on its Equity Percentage in such Unconsolidated Affiliate (or such other amount from such Unconsolidated Affiliate to which REIT or its Subsidiary is entitled or for which REIT or its Subsidiaries are obligated based on an arm’s length agreement). “EBITDA” shall be adjusted to remove any impact of straight lining of rents and amortization of intangibles pursuant to Accounting Standards Codification No. 805, Business Combinations (formerly Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 141 (revised 2007), Business Combinations).

 

EEA Financial Institution. (a) Any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.

 

EEA Member Country. Any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

 

EEA Resolution Authority. Any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.

 

Electronic System. See §7.4.

 

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Eligible Real Estate. Real Estate which at all times satisfies the following requirements:

 

(a)          which is wholly owned in fee (or leased to a Subsidiary Guarantor as lessee under a Ground Lease) by a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Borrower that is a Subsidiary Guarantor;

 

(b)          which is located within the contiguous forty-eight (48) States of the continental United States or the District of Columbia;

 

(c)          which is improved by a completed and operating retail, industrial, warehouse, manufacturing, distribution and/or office property, as to which all improvements related to the development of such property have been completed and for which a certificate of occupancy or equivalent has been issued, and which is 100% leased to third-party Tenants pursuant to one or more Double Net Leases, Triple Net Leases and/or such other type of lease as is approved by the Agent in writing;

 

(d)          as to which all of the representations set forth in §6 of this Agreement and in the other Loan Documents concerning such Real Estate are true and correct;

 

(e)          such Real Estate is in compliance with all applicable covenants in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including, without limitation, §7.19); and

 

(f)           as to which the Agent has received and approved all Borrowing Base Qualification Documents required by the Agent, or will receive and approve them prior to the acquisition of such Real Estate and inclusion of such property as a Borrowing Base Property.

 

Employee Benefit Plan. Any employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA maintained or contributed to by the REIT or any ERISA Affiliate as to which the REIT or any ERISA Affiliate may have any liability (including contingent liability), other than a Multiemployer Plan.

 

Environmental Engineer. A firm of independent professional engineers, consultants or other scientists generally recognized as expert in the detection, analysis and remediation of Hazardous Substances and related environmental matters and acceptable to the Agent in its reasonable discretion.

 

Environmental Laws. As defined in the Indemnity Agreement.

 

Environmental Reports. See §6.19.

 

EPA. See §6.19(b).

 

Equity Interests. With respect to any Person, any share of capital stock, membership interest, partnership interest of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, any warrant, option or other right for the purchase or other acquisition from such Person of any share of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, any security convertible into or exchangeable for any share of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrant, right or option for the purchase or other acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests) whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such share, warrant, option, right or other interest is authorized or otherwise existing on any date of determination, and any other ownership or profit interest in such Person (including, without limitation, partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting.

 

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Equity Offering. The issuance and/or sale after the Closing Date by the REIT or any of its Subsidiaries of any equity interests or securities of such Person, including, without limitation, (a) any new Preferred Securities or any increase in the amount thereof, and (b) any conversion of equity interests or securities of any Subsidiary of Borrower into equity interests in the Borrower.

 

Equity Percentage. The aggregate ownership percentage of the REIT or its Subsidiaries in each Unconsolidated Affiliate or Subsidiary that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, as applicable, which shall be calculated as the greater of (a) such Person’s direct or indirect nominal capital ownership interest in the Unconsolidated Affiliate or Subsidiary that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary as set forth in the Unconsolidated Affiliate’s or Subsidiaries’ organizational documents, and (b) such Person’s direct or indirect economic ownership interest in the Unconsolidated Affiliate or Subsidiary that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary reflecting such Person’s current allocable share of income and expenses of the Unconsolidated Affiliate or Subsidiary that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary.

 

ERISA. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended and in effect from time to time and all regulations and formal guidance issued thereunder.

 

ERISA Affiliate. Any Person which is treated as a single employer with the REIT or its Subsidiaries under Section 414 of the Code or Section 4001 of ERISA and any predecessor entity of any of them.

 

ERISA Reportable Event. A reportable event with respect to a Guaranteed Pension Plan within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations promulgated thereunder as to which the requirement of notice has not been waived or any other event with respect to which the Borrower, a Guarantor or an ERISA Affiliate could have liability under Section 4062(e) or Section 4063 of ERISA.

 

Erroneous Payment. See §14.17(a).

 

Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment. See §14.17(d)(i).

 

Erroneous Payment Impacted Class. See §14.17(d)(i).

 

Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency. See §14.17(d)(i).

 

Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights. See §14.17(e).

 

EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule. The EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.

 

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Event of Default. See §12.1.

 

Excluded Hedge Obligation. With respect to any Guarantor, any Hedge Obligation, if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the guarantee of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Hedge Obligation (or any guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the guarantee of such Guarantor or the grant of such security interest becomes effective with respect to such Hedge Obligation. If a Hedge Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Hedge Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal.

 

Excluded Taxes. Any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or its Commitment pursuant to Applicable Law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or its Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under §4.14 as a result of costs sought to be reimbursed pursuant to §4.3 or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to §4.3, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with §4.3(g) and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.

 

Extension Request. See §2.12(a).

 

FATCA. Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code.

 

Federal Funds Effective Rate. For any day, the rate per annum (rounded upward to the nearest one-hundredth of one percent (1/100 of 1%)) announced by the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland on such day as being the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions arranged by federal funds brokers on the previous trading day, as computed and announced by such Federal Reserve Bank in substantially the same manner as such Federal Reserve Bank computes and announces the weighted average it refers to as the “Federal Funds Effective Rate.” Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the rate described above shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.

 

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Fee Owner. See §6.36(i).

 

Floor. A rate of interest equal to zero percent (0.00%).

 

Foreign Lender. If the Borrower is a U.S. Person, a Lender that is not a U.S. Person, and if the Borrower is not a U.S. Person, a Lender that is resident or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes.

 

Fronting Exposure. At any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect to the Issuing Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the outstanding Letter of Credit Liabilities other than Letter of Credit Liabilities as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Revolving Credit Lenders or cash collateral or other credit support acceptable to the Issuing Lender shall have been provided in accordance with the terms hereof and (b) with respect to the Swing Loan Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of Swing Loans other than Swing Loans as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Revolving Credit Lenders, repaid by the Borrower or for which cash collateral or other credit support acceptable to the Swing Loan Lender shall have been provided in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

GAAP. Principles that are (a) consistent with the principles promulgated or adopted by the Financial Accounting Standards Board and its predecessors, as in effect from time to time and (b) consistently applied with past financial statements of the Person adopting the same principles.

 

Governmental Authority. Any national, state or local government (whether domestic or foreign), any political subdivision thereof or any other governmental, quasi-governmental, judicial, public or statutory instrumentality, authority, body, agency, bureau, commission, board, department or other entity (including, without limitation, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Comptroller of the Currency or the Federal Reserve Board, any central bank or any comparable authority) or any arbitrator with authority to bind a party at law, and including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank.

 

Ground Lease. A ground lease relating to a Borrowing Base Property under which the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor is the lessee and as to which no default or event of default by such Subsidiary Guarantor has occurred or with the passage of time or the giving of notice would occur and that contains the following terms and conditions (in the ground lease or, if approved by Agent, in any other agreement in favor of Agent): (i) a remaining term, including any optional extension terms exercisable unilaterally by the tenant, of no less than 30 years from the date the applicable Real Estate becomes a Borrowing Base Property, (ii) the right of the lessee to mortgage its interest in the leased property without the consent of the lessor, (iii) the obligation of the lessor to give the holder of any mortgage lien on such leased property written notice of any defaults on the part of the lessee and agreement of such lessor that such lease will not be terminated until such holder has had a customary opportunity to cure or complete foreclosure and fails to do so, and the right of such holder to enter into a new lease with lessor in the event the original lease is terminated, (iv) transferability of the tenant’s interest under the ground lease (including any transfer to Agent or a nominee for Agent or the Lenders as a result of foreclosure, conveyance in lieu thereof or otherwise) without any requirement for consent of the ground lessor unless based on delivery of customary assignment and assumption agreements from the transferor and transferee, (v) provisions that the tenant under the ground lease has customary protections with respect to the application of insurance proceeds or condemnation awards attributable to the tenant’s interest under the ground lease and related improvements; and (vi) such other rights customarily required by mortgagees making a loan secured by the interest of the holder of the leasehold estate demised pursuant to a ground lease.

 

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Ground Lease Default. See §6.36(iv).

 

Guaranteed Pension Plan. Any employee pension benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA maintained or contributed to by the REIT or any ERISA Affiliate the benefits of which are guaranteed on termination in full or in part by the PBGC pursuant to Title IV of ERISA, other than a Multiemployer Plan.

 

Guarantor. Collectively, the REIT, each Subsidiary Guarantor and each Additional Subsidiary Guarantor, and individually any one of them.

 

Guaranty. The Unconditional Guaranty of Payment and Performance dated of even date herewith made by the REIT and the Subsidiary Guarantors that are a party thereto as of the Closing Date, and each Additional Subsidiary Guarantor which may hereafter become a party thereto to and for the benefit of Agent and the Lenders, as the same may be modified, amended, restated or ratified, such Guaranty to be in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent.

 

Hazardous Substances. As defined in the Indemnity Agreement.

 

Hedge. Any interest rate swap, collar, cap or floor or a forward rate agreement or other agreement regarding the hedging of interest rate risk exposure relating to the Obligations, and any confirming letter executed pursuant to such hedging agreement, and which shall include, without limitation, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act, all as amended, restated or otherwise modified.

 

Hedge Obligations. All obligations of the Borrower to any Lender Hedge Provider to make any payments under any agreement with respect to Hedge. Under no circumstances shall any of the Hedge Obligations secured or guaranteed by any Loan Document as to a Guarantor include any obligation that constitutes an Excluded Hedge Obligation of such Guarantor, or any obligations under any Hedge to the extent that the Lender Hedge Provider with respect thereto agrees in writing that such obligations do not constitute or no longer constitute Hedge Obligations hereunder.

 

Increase Notice. See §2.11(a).

 

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Indebtedness. With respect to a Person, at the time of computation thereof, all of the following (without duplication): (a) all obligations of such Person in respect of money borrowed (other than trade debt incurred in the ordinary course of business which is not more than sixty (60) days past due); (b) all obligations of such Person, whether or not for money borrowed (i) represented by notes payable, or drafts accepted, in each case representing extensions of credit, (ii) evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, or (iii) constituting purchase money indebtedness, conditional sales contracts, title retention debt instruments or other similar instruments, upon which interest charges are customarily paid or that are issued or assumed as full or partial payment for property or services rendered; (c) obligations of such Person as a lessee or obligor under a Capitalized Lease; (d) all reimbursement obligations of such Person under any letters of credit or acceptances (whether or not the same have been presented for payment); (e) all Off-Balance Sheet Obligations of such Person; (f) all obligations of such Person in respect of any purchase obligation (other than a purchase agreement for the purchase of Real Estate entered into by REIT or a Subsidiary of REIT in the ordinary course of business), repurchase obligation, takeout commitment (other than a purchase agreement for the purchase of Real Estate entered into by REIT or a Subsidiary of REIT in the ordinary course of business) or forward equity commitment, in each case evidenced by a binding agreement (excluding any such obligation to the extent the obligation can be satisfied solely by the issuance of Equity Interests); (g) net obligations under any Derivatives Contract not entered into as a hedge against existing Indebtedness, in an amount equal to the Derivatives Termination Value thereof; (h) all Indebtedness of other Persons which such Person has guaranteed or is otherwise recourse to such Person (except for guaranties of customary exceptions for fraud, misapplication of funds, environmental indemnities, violations of “special purpose entity” covenants and other similar exceptions to recourse liability until (in each instance) a claim is made with respect thereto, and then shall be included only to the extent of the amount of such claim), including liability of a general partner in respect of liabilities of a partnership in which it is a general partner which would constitute “Indebtedness” hereunder, any obligation to supply funds to or in any manner to invest directly or indirectly in a Person, to maintain working capital or equity capital of a Person or otherwise to maintain net worth, solvency or other financial condition of a Person, to purchase indebtedness, or to assure the owner of indebtedness against loss, including, without limitation, through an agreement to purchase property, securities, goods, supplies or services for the purpose of enabling the debtor to make payment of the indebtedness held by such owner or otherwise; (i) all Indebtedness of another Person secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property or assets owned by such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such Indebtedness or other payment obligation; (j) all obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in respect of any Mandatorily Redeemable Stock issued by such Person or any other Person, valued at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends; and (k) such Person’s pro rata share of the Indebtedness (based upon its Equity Percentage) of any Unconsolidated Affiliate or non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of such Person. For the avoidance of doubt, if a Person has guaranteed Indebtedness of an Unconsolidated Affiliate or non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, the greater of the Indebtedness guaranteed or the Equity Percentage of such Indebtedness shall be included in Indebtedness. Indebtedness shall be adjusted to remove any impact of intangibles pursuant to Accounting Standards Codification Topic 805, as issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board.

 

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Indemnified Taxes. (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower or any Guarantor under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in the immediately preceding clause (a), Other Taxes.

 

Indemnity Agreement. The Indemnity Agreement Regarding Hazardous Materials made by the Borrower and Guarantors, in favor of the Agent and the Lenders, as the same may be modified, amended or ratified, pursuant to which each of the Borrower and the Guarantors agrees to indemnify the Agent and the Lenders with respect to Hazardous Substances and Environmental Laws.

 

Information Materials. See §7.4.

 

Insurance Proceeds. All insurance proceeds, damages and claims and the right thereto under any insurance policies relating to any portion of any Collateral, net of all reasonable and customary amounts actually expended to collect the same.

 

Initial Borrowing Base Properties. The Initial Borrowing Base Properties shall include those properties described on Schedule 1.3 hereto.

 

Interest Election Request. A request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Loan in accordance with §4.1, which shall be in such form as the Agent may approve.

 

Interest Hedge. See §7.22.

 

Interest Payment Date. The last Business Day of each calendar month and the Maturity Date.

 

Investment Grade Tenant. (a) A tenant of any Real Estate with a long term senior unsecured debt rating of Baa3 or better as rated by Moody’s or BBB- or better as rated by S&P (it being understood that in the event there is a discrepancy between the Moody’s rating and the S&P rating, the highest of the ratings will be utilized), or (b) a tenant of any Real Estate that is a Subsidiary of an entity that meets such ratings requirement under clause (a) above provided that such entity has guaranteed all of such tenant’s obligations under the applicable Lease.

 

Investments. With respect to any Person, all shares of capital stock, evidences of Indebtedness and other securities issued by any other Person and owned by such Person, all loans, advances, or extensions of credit to, or contributions to the capital of, any other Person, all purchases of the securities or business or integral part of the business of any other Person and commitments and options to make such purchases, all interests in real property, and all other investments; provided, however, that the term “Investment” shall not include (x) equipment, inventory and other tangible personal property acquired in the ordinary course of business, or (y) current trade and customer accounts receivable for services rendered in the ordinary course of business and payable in accordance with customary trade terms. In determining the aggregate amount of Investments outstanding at any particular time: (a) there shall be included as an Investment all interest accrued with respect to Indebtedness constituting an Investment unless and until such interest is paid; (b) there shall be deducted in respect of each Investment any amount received as a return of capital; (c) there shall not be deducted in respect of any Investment any amounts received as earnings on such Investment, whether as dividends, interest or otherwise, except that accrued interest included as provided in the foregoing clause (a) may be deducted when paid; and (d) there shall not be deducted in respect of any Investment any decrease in the value thereof.

 

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Issuing Lender. KeyBank, in its capacity as the Revolving Credit Lender issuing the Letters of Credit and any successor thereto.

 

Joinder Agreement. The Joinder Agreement with respect to the Guaranty, the Contribution Agreement, the Cash Collateral Agreement and the Indemnity Agreement to be executed and delivered pursuant to §5.4 by any Additional Subsidiary Guarantor, such Joinder Agreement to be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto.

 

KBCM. As defined in the preamble hereto.

 

KeyBank. As defined in the preamble hereto.

 

Land Assets. Land to be developed as an retail, industrial, warehouse, manufacturing, distribution and/or office property with respect to which the commencement of grading, construction of improvements (other than improvements that are not material and are temporary in nature) or infrastructure has not yet commenced and for which no such work is reasonably scheduled to commence within the following twelve (12) months.

 

Lease. Each lease entered into between the Subsidiary Guarantor which owns or leases as lessee pursuant to a Ground Lease a Borrowing Base Property and a Tenant, as amended, extended or restated.

 

Lender Hedge Provider. With respect to any Hedge Obligations, any counterparty thereto that, at the time the applicable hedge agreement was entered into, was a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender.

 

Lenders. KeyBank, the other lending institutions which are party hereto and any other Person which becomes an assignee of any rights of a Lender pursuant to §18 (but not including any participant as described in §18), and collectively, the Revolving Credit Lenders, the Term Loan Lenders, the Issuing Lender, and the Swing Loan Lender. The Issuing Lender and the Swing Loan Lender shall be a Revolving Credit Lender, as applicable.

 

Letter of Credit. Any standby letter of credit issued at the request of the Borrower and for the account of the Borrower in accordance with §2.10.

 

Letter of Credit Commitment. An amount equal to Twelve Million Five Hundred Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($12,500,000.00), as the same may be changed from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

Letter of Credit Liabilities. At any time and in respect of any Letter of Credit, the sum of (a) the maximum undrawn face amount of such Letter of Credit plus (b) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all drawings made under such Letter of Credit which have not been repaid (including repayment by a Revolving Credit Loan). For purposes of this Agreement, a Revolving Credit Lender (other than the Revolving Credit Lender acting as the Issuing Lender) shall be deemed to hold a Letter of Credit Liability in an amount equal to its participation interest in the related Letter of Credit under §2.10, and the Revolving Credit Lender acting as the Issuing Lender shall be deemed to hold a Letter of Credit Liability in an amount equal to its retained interest in the related Letter of Credit after giving effect to the acquisition by the Revolving Credit Lenders other than the Revolving Credit Lender acting as the Issuing Lender of their participation interests under §2.10.

 

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Letter of Credit Request. See §2.10(a).

 

Lien. See §8.2.

 

LLC Division. In the event Borrower or any Guarantor is a limited liability company, (i) the division of Borrower or any such Guarantor into two or more newly formed limited liability companies (whether or not Borrower or any such Guarantor is a surviving entity following any such division) pursuant to, in the event Borrower or any such Guarantor is organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, Section 18-217 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act or, in the event Borrower or any such Guarantor is organized under the laws of a State or Commonwealth of the United States (other than Delaware) or of the District of Columbia, any similar provision under any similar act governing limited liability companies organized under the laws of such State or Commonwealth or of the District of Columbia, or (ii) the adoption of a plan contemplating, or the filing of any certificate with any applicable Governmental Authority that results or may result in, any such division.

 

Loan Documents. This Agreement, the Notes, the Guaranty, each Letter of Credit Request, the Security Documents, the Agreement Regarding Fees, the Subordination of Management Agreement and all other documents, instruments, certificates, statements, reports or agreements now or hereafter executed or delivered by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Guarantor in connection with the Loans or pursuant to the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, each report, financial statement, certificate, Increase Notice, Extension Request, Loan Request, Term Loan Request, Letter of Credit Request, Compliance Certificate and Borrowing Base Certificate).

 

Loan Request. See §2.7(a).

 

Loan and Loans. An individual loan or the aggregate loans (including a Revolving Credit Loan, a Term Loan and a Swing Loan (or Loans)), as the case may be, in the maximum principal amount of the Total Commitment. All Loans shall be made in Dollars. Amounts drawn under a Letter of Credit shall also be considered Revolving Credit Loans as provided in §2.10.

 

Major Tenant. A tenant (or any group of Affiliates thereof) leasing 25,000 rentable square feet or more in the aggregate pursuant to any Lease or Leases.

 

Manager. Colliers International REMS US, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

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Management Agreements. Agreements to which any Person that owns or leases a Borrowing Base Property is a party, whether written or oral, providing for the management of any of the Borrowing Base Property.

 

Mandatorily Redeemable Stock. With respect to any Person, any Equity Interest of such Person which by the terms of such Equity Interest (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable or exercisable), or pursuant to any other written agreement, upon the happening of any event or otherwise (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (other than an Equity Interest to the extent redeemable in exchange for common stock or other equivalent common Equity Interests), (b) is convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Indebtedness or Mandatorily Redeemable Stock, or (c) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part (other than an Equity Interest which is redeemable solely in exchange for common stock or other equivalent common Equity Interests that are not Mandatorily Redeemable Stock).

 

Material Adverse Effect. A material adverse effect on (a) the business, properties, assets, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or results of operations of the REIT and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (b) the ability of the Borrower or any Guarantor to perform any of its material obligations under the Loan Documents; or (c) the validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents or the creation, perfection and priority of any Liens of the Agent in the Collateral; or (d) the rights or remedies of the Agent or the Lenders thereunder.

 

Maturity Date. Either the Revolving Credit Maturity Date or the Term Loan Maturity Date, as the context may require.

 

Metropolitan Statistical Area or MSA. Any Metropolitan Statistical Area as defined from time to time by the Executive Office of the President of the United States of America, Office of Management and Budget, or if such office no longer publishes such definition, such other definition as Agent may reasonably determine.

 

Minimum Borrowing Amount. An amount (a) with respect to any Base Rate Loan, $1,000,000, with minimum increments thereafter of $500,000, (b) with respect to any SOFR Rate Loan, $1,000,000, with minimum increments thereafter of $500,000, and (c) with respect to Swing Loans, $500,000, with minimum increments thereafter of $500,000, or, in each case, such lesser amounts as agreed to by the Agent.

 

Moody’s. Moody’s Investor Service, Inc., and any successor thereto.

 

Mortgage Note Receivables. A first priority mortgage loan on a completed retail, industrial, warehouse, manufacturing, distribution and/or office property of the type permitted by §8.3(k), and which Mortgage Note Receivable includes, without limitation, the indebtedness secured by a related first priority security instrument (subject to ordinary course title exceptions).

 

Multiemployer Plan. Any multiemployer plan within the meaning of Section 3(37) or §4001(a)(3) of ERISA or §414(f) of the Code maintained or contributed to by the REIT or any ERISA Affiliate or to which the REIT or any ERISA Affiliate may have any liability (including contingent liability).

 

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NAICS. The North American Industry Classification System, as published by the Executive Office of the President Office of Management and Budget, United States 2012.

 

NAICS Industry Group. Any “Industry Group” as defined by NAICS.

 

NAV Valuation. The as-is value of a parcel of Real Estate determined on an annual basis (or more frequently) by Cushman & Wakefield Western, Inc. (or similar vendor approved in writing by the Agent) and utilized by Borrower for its internal determination of Real Estate Values; subject, however, to such changes or adjustments to the value determined thereby as the Agent may reasonably require in its good faith business judgment.

 

Net Income (or Loss). With respect to any Person (or any asset of any Person) with respect to any period, the net income (or loss) of such Person (or attributable to such asset), determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

Net Offering Proceeds. The total gross cash proceeds received by the REIT or any of its Subsidiaries as a result of an Equity Offering or as a result of receipt of any contribution of capital less the customary and reasonable costs, expenses and discounts paid by the REIT or such Subsidiary in connection therewith.

 

Net Operating Income. For any Real Estate (including any Borrowing Base Property) and for a given period, an amount equal to the sum of the following (without duplication): (A) cash rents and other cash revenues received in the ordinary course from Tenants paying rent at such Real Estate, but excluding (i) pre-paid rents and revenues and security deposits (except to the extent applied in satisfaction of tenants’ obligations for rent) and any other non-recurring fees, charges or amounts including, without limitation termination fees, (ii) any accrued revenues attributable to so-called “straight-line rent accounting”, and (iii) all rents, common area reimbursements and other income and revenue for such Real Estate received from tenants or licensees (X) in default of payment or other material obligations under their lease, or with respect to leases as to which the tenant or licensee or any guarantor thereunder is subject to any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, readjustment of debt, dissolution, liquidation or similar debtor relief proceeding (and that, with respect to tenants in bankruptcy, have not unconditionally and finally affirmed or assumed their lease in such bankruptcy proceeding), or (Y) under a Lease that (1) is within twelve (12) months of lease expiration and such tenant or licensee provides notice that it will vacate its leased premises and such notice is not irrevocably rescinded or cancelled prior to the date that is six (6) months from the applicable lease expiration date, or (2) is within six (6) months from the lease expiration date, unless such tenant or licensee has prior to such date of determination renewed its lease or entered into a new lease on substantially similar or better economic terms for the applicable Real Estate, which new lease is deemed approved or approved by Agent (in either instance, as provided in this Agreement), or (Z) that have vacated or are not operating in their respective leased premises (except as a result of Temporary Closures) at any time during the twelve (12) months immediately prior to lease expiration, minus (B) the sum of all expenses and other proper charges incurred in connection with the operation of such Real Estate during such period (including, without limitation, real estate taxes, assessments and the like, insurance, utilities, payroll costs, maintenance, repair and landscaping expenses, marketing expenses, actual management fees, payments under ground leases, bad debt and collection expenses, and general and administrative expenses (including an appropriate allocation for legal, accounting, advertising, marketing and other expenses incurred in connection with such Real Estate but specifically excluding general overhead expenses of the REIT or any Subsidiary). Net Operating Income of a Person’s Real Estate shall include such Person’s pro rata share (based upon its Equity Percentage) of Net Operating Income from Real Estate of any Unconsolidated Affiliate or non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of such Person.

 

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Net Rentable Area. With respect to any Real Estate (including any Borrowing Base Property), the floor area of any buildings, structures or improvements available for leasing by tenants determined in accordance with the Rent Roll for such Real Estate, the manner of such determination to be reasonably consistent for all such Real Estate of the same type unless otherwise approved by the Agent.

 

Non-Consenting Lender. See §18.8.

 

Non-Defaulting Lender. At any time, any Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.

 

Non-Recourse Exclusions. With respect to any Non-Recourse Indebtedness of any Person, any usual and customary exclusions from the non-recourse limitations governing such Indebtedness, including, without limitation, exclusions for claims that (a) are based on fraud, intentional or material misrepresentation, misapplication of funds, gross negligence or willful misconduct, (b) result from intentional mismanagement of or waste at the Real Estate securing such Non-Recourse Indebtedness, (c) arise from the presence of Hazardous Substances on the Real Estate securing such Non-Recourse Indebtedness, (d) are the result of any unpaid real estate taxes and assessments (whether contained in a loan agreement, promissory note, indemnity agreement or other document) or (e) result from the borrowing Subsidiary and/or its assets becoming the subject of a voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding.

 

Non-Recourse Indebtedness. Indebtedness of the REIT or its Subsidiaries or any Unconsolidated Affiliate thereof that is not Recourse Indebtedness.

 

Notes. Collectively, the Revolving Credit Notes, the Term Loan Notes and the Swing Loan Note.

 

Notice. See §19.

 

Obligations. All indebtedness, obligations and liabilities of the Borrower or any Guarantor to any of the Lenders or the Agent, individually or collectively, under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or in respect of any of the Loans, the Notes or the Letters of Credit, or other instruments at any time evidencing any of the foregoing, whether existing on the date of this Agreement or arising or incurred hereafter, or whether arising before or after any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, direct or indirect, joint or several, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, arising by contract, operation of law or otherwise. Without limiting any of the foregoing, the Obligations shall include the Borrower’s or any Guarantor’s obligations to pay, discharge and satisfy any Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights.

 

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OFAC. Office of Foreign Asset Control of the Department of the Treasury of the United States of America, or any successor thereto carrying out similar functions.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Obligations. Liabilities and obligations of the REIT or any of its Subsidiaries or any other Person in respect of “off-balance sheet arrangements” (as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities Act, which the REIT would be required to disclose in the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” section of the REIT’s report on Form 10-Q or Form 10-K (or their equivalents) which the REIT is required to file with the SEC or would be required to file if it were subject to the jurisdiction of the SEC (or any Governmental Authority substituted therefor)).

 

Other Connection Taxes. With respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising solely from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).

 

Other Taxes. All present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to §4.14 as a result of costs sought to be reimbursed pursuant to §4.3).

 

Outstanding. With respect to the Loans, the aggregate unpaid principal thereof as of any date of determination. With respect to Letters of Credit, the aggregate undrawn face amount of issued Letters of Credit.

 

Participant Register. See §18.4.

 

Patriot Act. The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, as the same may be amended from time to time, and corresponding provisions of future laws.

 

Payment Recipient. See §14.17(a).

 

PBGC. The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation created by Section 4002 of ERISA and any successor entity or entities having similar responsibilities.

 

Permits. With respect to any Person, any permit, approval, authorization, license, registration, certificate, concession, grant, franchise, variance or permission from, and any other contractual obligations with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law and applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.

 

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Permitted Liens. Liens, security interests and other encumbrances permitted by §8.2.

 

Person. Any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, trust, unincorporated association, business, or other legal entity, and any government or any governmental agency or political subdivision thereof.

 

Plan Assets. Assets of any “employee benefit plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA) or any “plan” (within the meaning of Section 4975(e)(1) of the Code), as determined pursuant to 29 C.F.R. Section 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA.

 

Potential Collateral. Any Equity Interests in a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Borrower which is not at the time included in the Collateral and whose assets consist of (i) Eligible Real Estate, or (ii) Real Estate which is capable of becoming Eligible Real Estate through the approval of the Required Lenders, and the completion and delivery of Borrowing Base Qualification Documents as required by the Agent.

 

Preferred Distributions. With respect to any period and without duplication, all Distributions paid, declared but not yet paid or otherwise due and payable during such period on Preferred Securities issued by the REIT or any of its Subsidiaries. Preferred Distributions shall not include dividends or distributions: (a) paid or payable solely in Equity Interests (other than Mandatorily Redeemable Stock) of identical class payable to holders of such class of Equity Interests; or (b) paid or payable to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; or (c) constituting or resulting in the redemption of Preferred Securities, other than scheduled redemptions not constituting balloon, bullet or similar redemptions in full.

 

Preferred Securities. With respect to any Person, Equity Interests in such Person which are entitled to preference or priority over any other Equity Interest in such Person in respect of the payment of dividends or distribution of assets upon liquidation, or both.

 

Project Approvals. See §6.22.

 

Property Manager. Manager or another property manager approved by Agent, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld.

 

QFC Credit Support. See §36.

 

Real Estate. All real property, including, without limitation, the Borrowing Base Properties, at the time of determination then owned or leased (as lessee or sublessee) in whole or in part or operated by the REIT or any of its Subsidiaries, or an Unconsolidated Affiliate of the Borrower and which is located in the United States of America or the District of Columbia.

 

Recipient. The Agent and any Lender.

 

Record. The grid attached to any Note, or the continuation of such grid, or any other similar record, including computer records, maintained by the Agent with respect to any Loan referred to in such Note.

 

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Recourse Indebtedness. As of any date of determination, that portion of Indebtedness (whether secured or unsecured) in which the recourse of the applicable lender or lenders to the obligor for nonpayment is not limited to such lender’s lien on an asset or assets, including any guarantee of payment by the REIT or its Subsidiaries, whether direct or indirect, of the REIT, together with any Non-Recourse Exclusions at such time a written claim for payment of an amount of money under such agreement from such Person is made with respect thereto. If a Person is a single purpose entity which owns Real Estate and has Indebtedness which is not limited in recourse to that Real Estate, such Indebtedness shall not be considered “Recourse Indebtedness”, unless the REIT or a Subsidiary has guaranteed such Indebtedness on a recourse basis as of the applicable date of determination.

 

Reference Time. With respect to any setting of the then-current Benchmark means (a) if such Benchmark is Daily Simple SOFR, then four (4) SOFR Business Days prior to (i) if the date of such setting is a SOFR Business Day, such date or (ii) if the date of such setting is not a SOFR Business Day, the SOFR Business Day immediately preceding such date and (b) if such Benchmark is not Daily Simple SOFR, then the time determined by the Agent in accordance with the Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes.

 

Register. See §18.2.

 

REIT. Modiv Inc., a Maryland corporation.

 

REIT Status. With respect to a Person, its status as a real estate investment trust as defined in Section 856(a) of the Code.

 

Related Fund. With respect to any Lender which is a fund that invests in loans, any Affiliate of such Lender or any other fund that invests in loans that is managed by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such Lender or such investment advisor.

 

Release. Any releasing, spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, disposing or dumping (other than the storing of materials in reasonable quantities to the extent necessary for the operation of property in the ordinary course of business, and in any event in compliance with all Environmental Laws) of Hazardous Substances.

 

Relevant Governmental Body. The Federal Reserve Board or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto.

 

Rent Roll. A report prepared by the Borrower showing for each Borrowing Base Property or other Real Estate, as applicable, owned or leased by the REIT or a Subsidiary, its occupancy, lease expiration dates, lease rent, early termination options, co-tenancy requirements and other information in substantially the form presented to Agent prior to the date hereof or in such other form as may be reasonably acceptable to the Agent.

 

Representative. See §14.16.

 

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Required Lenders. As of any date, the Lender or Lenders whose aggregate Commitment Percentage is greater than fifty percent (50.0%) of the Total Commitment; provided that in determining said percentage at any given time, all then existing Defaulting Lenders will be disregarded and excluded and the Commitment Percentages of the Lenders shall be redetermined for voting purposes only to exclude the Commitment Percentages of such Defaulting Lenders; provided that Required Lenders shall include at least two (2) Lenders that are Non-Defaulting Lenders (or if there shall not be two (2) Non-Defaulting Lenders, then such fewer number of Lenders as are Non-Defaulting Lenders).

 

Required Revolving Credit Lenders. As of any date, the Revolving Credit Lender or Revolving Credit Lenders whose aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage is greater than fifty percent (50.0%) of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment; provided that in determining said percentage at any given time, all then existing Defaulting Lenders will be disregarded and excluded and the Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages of the Revolving Credit Lenders shall be redetermined for voting purposes only to exclude the Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages of such Defaulting Lenders; provided that Required Revolving Credit Lenders shall include at least two (2) Revolving Credit Lenders that are Non-Defaulting Lenders (or if there shall not be two (2) Non-Defaulting Lenders, then such fewer number of Revolving Credit Lenders as are Non-Defaulting Lenders).

 

Required Term Loan Lenders. As of any date, the Term Loan Lender or Term Loan Lenders whose aggregate Term Loan Commitment Percentage is greater than fifty percent (50.0%) of the Total Term Loan Commitment; provided that in determining said percentage at any given time, all then existing Defaulting Lenders will be disregarded and excluded and the Term Loan Commitment Percentages of the Term Loan Lenders shall be redetermined for voting purposes only to exclude the Term Loan Commitment Percentages of such Defaulting Lenders; provided that Required Term Loan Lenders shall include at least two (2) Term Loan Lenders that are Non-Defaulting Lenders (or if there shall not be two (2) Non-Defaulting Lenders, then such fewer number of Term Loan Lenders as are Non-Defaulting Lenders).

 

Requirements. See §6.22.

 

Resolution Authority. An EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.

 

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Revolving Credit Applicable Margin. On any date the Revolving Credit Applicable Margin for Revolving Credit SOFR Rate Loans and Revolving Credit Base Rate Loans shall be as set forth below based on the ratio of the Consolidated Total Indebtedness of REIT and their respective Subsidiaries to the Total Asset Value of REIT and their respective Subsidiaries:

 

Pricing Level Ratio SOFR Credit Spread SOFR Adjustment Revolving Credit Applicable Margin for SOFR Rate Loans including Letters of Credit (SOFR Credit Spread plus the SOFR Adjustment) Revolving Credit Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans
Pricing Level 1 Less than or equal to 40% 1.55% 0.10% 1.65% 0.55%
Pricing Level 2 Greater than 40% but less than or equal to 45% 1.65% 0.10% 1.75% 0.65%
Pricing Level 3 Greater than 45% but less than or equal to 50% 1.75% 0.10% 1.85% 0.75%
Pricing Level 4 Greater than 50% but less than or equal to 55% 1.90% 0.10% 2.00% 0.90%
Pricing Level 5 Greater than 55% but less than or equal to 60% 2.05% 0.10% 2.15% 1.05%

 

The initial Revolving Credit Applicable Margin shall be at Pricing Level 3. The Revolving Credit Applicable Margin shall not be adjusted based upon such ratio, if at all, until the first (1st) day of the first (1st) month following the delivery by REIT to the Agent of the Compliance Certificate after the end of a calendar quarter. In the event that REIT shall fail to deliver to the Agent a quarterly Compliance Certificate on or before the date required by §7.4(c), then without limiting any other rights of the Agent and the Lenders under this Agreement, the Revolving Credit Applicable Margin for Revolving Credit Loans shall be at Pricing Level 5 until such failure is cured within any applicable cure period, or waived in writing by the Required Lenders, in which event the Revolving Credit Applicable Margin shall adjust, if necessary, on the first (1st) day of the first (1st) month following receipt of such Compliance Certificate.

 

In the event that the Agent and the Borrower determine that any financial statements previously delivered were incorrect or inaccurate (regardless of whether this Agreement or the Revolving Credit Commitments are in effect when such inaccuracy is discovered), and such inaccuracy, if corrected, would have led to the application of a higher Revolving Credit Applicable Margin for any period (a “Revolving Credit Applicable Period”) than the Revolving Credit Applicable Margin applied for such Revolving Credit Applicable Period, then (i) the Borrower shall as soon as practicable deliver to the Agent the corrected financial statements for such Revolving Credit Applicable Period, (ii) the Revolving Credit Applicable Margin shall be determined as if the Pricing Level for such higher Revolving Credit Applicable Margin were applicable for such Revolving Credit Applicable Period, and (iii) the Borrower shall within three (3) Business Days of demand thereof by the Agent pay to the Agent the accrued additional amount owing as a result of such increased Revolving Credit Applicable Margin for such Revolving Credit Applicable Period, which payment shall be promptly applied by the Agent in accordance with this Agreement.

 

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Revolving Credit Base Rate Loans. Revolving Credit Loans bearing interest calculated by reference to the Base Rate.

 

Revolving Credit Commitment. With respect to each Revolving Credit Lender, the amount set forth on Schedule 1.1 hereto as the amount of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment to make or maintain Revolving Credit Loans (other than Swing Loans) to the Borrower, to participate in Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrower, and to participate in Swing Loans to the Borrower, as the same may be changed from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and after giving effect to any assignments made pursuant to the terms hereof. As of Closing Date, the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment of all of the Revolving Credit Lenders is One Hundred Million and No/100 Dollars ($100,000,000.00). The Revolving Credit Commitment may increase in accordance with §2.11.

 

Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage. With respect to each Revolving Credit Lender, the percentage set forth on Schedule 1.1 hereto as such Revolving Credit Lender’s percentage of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment, as the same may be changed from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; provided that if the Revolving Credit Commitments of the Revolving Credit Lenders have been terminated as provided in this Agreement, then the Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of each Revolving Credit Lender shall be determined based on the Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such Revolving Credit Lender immediately prior to such termination and after giving effect to any subsequent assignments made pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

Revolving Credit Lenders. Collectively, the Lenders which have a Revolving Credit Commitment, the Revolving Credit Lenders as of the Closing Date being identified on Schedule 1.1 hereto.

 

Revolving Credit Loan or Loans. An individual Revolving Credit Loan or the aggregate Revolving Credit Loans, as the case may be, in the maximum principal amount of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment to be made by the Revolving Credit Lenders hereunder as more particularly described in §2. Without limiting the foregoing, Revolving Credit Loans shall also include Revolving Credit Loans made pursuant to §2.10(f).

 

Revolving Credit Maturity Date. January 18, 2026, as the same may be extended as provided in §2.12, or such earlier date on which the Loans shall become due and payable pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

Revolving Credit Notes. See §2.1(b).

 

Revolving Credit SOFR Rate Loans. Revolving Credit Loans bearing interest calculated by reference to Daily Simple SOFR.

 

Sanctions Laws and Regulations. Any applicable sanctions, prohibitions or requirements imposed by any applicable executive order or by any applicable sanctions program administered by OFAC or any successor to OFAC carrying out functions similar to the foregoing, the United States Department of State, the Office of the United States Treasury, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or Her Majesty’s Treasury.

 

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S&P. S&P Global Inc., and any successor thereto.

 

SEC. The federal Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Secured Debt. With respect to any Person as of any given date, the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness of such Person outstanding at such date and that is secured in any manner by any Lien.

 

Secured Recourse Indebtedness. As of any date of determination, any Secured Debt which is recourse to a Person.

 

Securities Act. The Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, together with all rules and regulations issued thereunder.

 

Security Documents. Collectively, the Joinder Agreements, the Assignment of Interests, the Acknowledgments, the Cash Collateral Agreement, the Indemnity Agreement, the Guaranty, the UCC-1 financing statements and any further collateral assignments to the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders.

 

Single Asset Entity. A bankruptcy remote, single purpose entity which is a Subsidiary of the Borrower and which is not a Subsidiary Guarantor or an owner of a direct or indirect interest in a Subsidiary Guarantor which owns real property (which, for the avoidance of doubt, may be one or multiple parcels of real property) and related assets which are security for Indebtedness of such entity, and which Indebtedness does not constitute Indebtedness of any other Person except as provided in the definition of Non-Recourse Indebtedness (except for Non-Recourse Exclusions).

 

SOFR or SOFR Rate. With respect to any SOFR Business Day, a rate per annum equal to the secured overnight financing rate for such SOFR Business Day.

 

SOFR Adjustment. As defined in the definitions of Revolving Credit Applicable Margin and Term Loan Applicable Margin, as applicable.

 

SOFR Administrator. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).

 

SOFR Administrator’s Website. The website of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, currently at http://www.newyorkfed.org, or any successor source for the secured overnight financing rate identified as such by the SOFR Administrator from time to time.

 

SOFR Borrowing. As to any Loan, the SOFR Rate Loans comprising such Loan.

 

SOFR Business Day. Any day except for (i) a Saturday, (ii) a Sunday or (iii) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities.

 

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SOFR Rate Day. The meaning specified in the definition of “Daily Simple SOFR”.

 

SOFR Rate Loan. A Loan that bears interest at a rate based on Daily Simple SOFR.

 

SOFR Unavailability Period. The period (if any) (a) beginning at the time that either (i) the SOFR Administrator permanently or indefinitely has ceased to provide SOFR or (ii) the SOFR Administrator has announced that SOFR is no longer representative and (b) ending at the time that either (i) the SOFR Administrator has resumed providing SOFR or (ii) the SOFR Administrator has announced that SOFR is representative, as applicable.

 

State. A state or commonwealth of the United States of America and the District of Columbia.

 

Subordination of Management Agreement. Each agreement pursuant to which a Property Manager subordinates its rights under a Management Agreement to the Loan Documents, as the same may be modified, amended, supplemented, restated or ratified from time to time, each such Agreement to be substantially in the form delivered on the Closing Date, with such changes thereto as the Agent may approve, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

 

Subsidiary. For any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which at least a majority of the securities or other ownership interests having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other persons performing similar functions of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person, and shall include all Persons the accounts of which are consolidated with those of such Person pursuant to GAAP.

 

Subsidiary Guarantor. Each Person, other than the REIT, that is a party to the Guaranty as of the date of this Agreement and each Additional Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

Supported QFC. See §36.

 

Swing Loan. See §2.5(a).

 

Swing Loan Commitment. An amount equal to Twelve Million Five Hundred Thousand and No/100 Dollars ($12,500,000.00), as the same may be changed from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

Swing Loan Lender. KeyBank, in its capacity as Swing Loan Lender and any successor thereof.

 

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Swing Loan Note. See §2.5(b).

 

Taking. The taking or appropriation (including by deed in lieu of condemnation) of any Borrowing Base Property, or any part thereof or interest therein, whether permanently or temporarily, for public or quasi-public use under the power of eminent domain, by reason of any public improvement or condemnation proceeding, or in any other manner or any damage or injury or diminution in value through condemnation, inverse condemnation or other exercise of the power of eminent domain.

 

Taxes. All present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

 

Temporary Closure. A temporary or periodic cessation in occupancy by a Tenant of the premises demised under its Lease due to closures that are (1) required pursuant to Applicable Law in the local jurisdiction in which such premises is located, (2) necessitated by or advisable (based on such tenant’s reasonable determination) in connection with emergencies, civil unrest, global pandemics (e.g., the COVID-19 pandemic) and other material health-related events affecting a substantial portion of the national or applicable state or local population or other similar extraordinary events, (3) necessary in connection with alterations undertaken by such tenant in accordance with the terms and conditions of its Lease, and/or (4) otherwise necessary, advisable and/or appropriate in the Agent’s discretion.

 

Tenant. The tenant of a Borrowing Base Property pursuant to a Lease, together with such tenant’s Affiliates and any guarantor of such tenant’s obligations under such Lease.

 

Term Base Rate Loans. The Term Loans bearing interest by reference to the Base Rate.

 

Term SOFR Rate Loans. The Term Loans bearing interest by reference to Daily Simple SOFR.

 

Term Loan or Term Loans. An individual Term Loan or the aggregate Term Loans, as the case may be (subject to increase as provided in §2.11) made by the Term Loan Lenders hereunder.

 

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Term Loan Applicable Margin. On any date the Term Loan Applicable Margin for Term SOFR Rate Loans and Term Base Rate Loans shall be as set forth below based on the ratio of the Consolidated Total Indebtedness of REIT and their respective Subsidiaries to the Total Asset Value of REIT and their respective Subsidiaries:

 

Pricing Level Ratio SOFR Credit Spread SOFR Adjustment Term Loan Applicable Margin for SOFR Rate Loans (SOFR Credit Spread plus the SOFR Adjustment) Term Loan Applicable Margin for
Base Rate Loans
Pricing Level 1 Less than or equal to 40% 1.50% 0.10% 1.60% 0.50%
Pricing Level 2 Greater than 40% but less than or equal to 45% 1.60% 0.10% 1.70% 0.60%
Pricing Level 3 Greater than 45% but less than or equal to 50% 1.70% 0.10% 1.80% 0.70%
Pricing Level 4 Greater than 50% but less than or equal to 55% 1.85% 0.10% 1.95% 0.85%
Pricing Level 5 Greater than 55% but less than or equal to 60% 2.00% 0.10% 2.10% 1.00%

 

The initial Term Loan Applicable Margin shall be at Pricing Level 3. The Term Loan Applicable Margin shall not be adjusted based upon such ratio, if at all, until the first (1st) day of the first (1st) month following the delivery by REIT to the Agent of the Compliance Certificate after the end of a calendar quarter. In the event that REIT shall fail to deliver to the Agent a quarterly Compliance Certificate on or before the date required by §7.4(c), then without limiting any other rights of the Agent and the Lenders under this Agreement, the Term Loan Applicable Margin for Term Loans shall be at Pricing Level 5 until such failure is cured within any applicable cure period, or waived in writing by the Required Lenders, in which event the Term Loan Applicable Margin shall adjust, if necessary, on the first (1st) day of the first (1st) month following receipt of such Compliance Certificate.

 

In the event that the Agent and the Borrower determine that any financial statements previously delivered were incorrect or inaccurate (regardless of whether this Agreement or the Term Loan Commitments are in effect when such inaccuracy is discovered), and such inaccuracy, if corrected, would have led to the application of a higher Term Loan Applicable Margin for any period (a “Term Loan Applicable Period”) than the Term Loan Applicable Margin applied for such Term Loan Applicable Period, then (i) the Borrower shall as soon as practicable deliver to the Agent the corrected financial statements for such Term Loan Applicable Period, (ii) the Term Loan Applicable Margin shall be determined as if the Pricing Level for such higher Term Loan Applicable Margin were applicable for such Term Loan Applicable Period, and (iii) the Borrower shall within three (3) Business Days of demand thereof by the Agent pay to the Agent the accrued additional amount owing as a result of such increased Term Loan Applicable Margin for such Term Loan Applicable Period, which payment shall be promptly applied by the Agent in accordance with this Agreement.

 

Term Loan Commitment. As to each Term Loan Lender, the amount equal to such Term Loan Lender’s Term Loan Commitment Percentage of the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans from time to time Outstanding to the Borrower. As of Closing Date, the aggregate Term Loan Commitment of all of the Term Loan Lenders is One Hundred Fifty Million and No/100 Dollars ($150,000,000.00). The Term Loan Commitment may increase in accordance with §2.11.

 

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Term Loan Commitment Percentage. With respect to each Term Loan Lender, the percentage set forth on Schedule 1.1 hereto as such Term Loan Lender’s percentage of the aggregate Term Loans to the Borrower, as the same may be changed from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and after giving effect to any assignments made pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

Term Loan Commitment Period. See §2.1(b).

 

Term Loan Lenders. Collectively, the Lenders which have a Term Loan Commitment, the initial Term Loan Lenders as of the Closing Date being identified on Schedule 1.1 hereto.

 

Term Loan Maturity Date. January 18, 2027, or such earlier date on which the Term Loans shall become due and payable pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

Term Loan Notes. A promissory note or notes made by the Borrower in favor of a Term Loan Lender in the principal face amount equal to such Term Loan Lender’s Term Loan Commitment, in substantially the form of Exhibit B-2 hereto.

 

Term Loan Request. See §2.7(b).

 

Titled Agents. The Arrangers, and any syndication agent or documentation agent.

 

Total Asset Value. As of any date of determination, with respect to Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum of:

 

(1)       The amount of cash and Cash Equivalents of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries; plus

 

(2)       With respect to any Real Estate of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries that is then included in the calculation of Borrowing Base Availability, the Borrowing Base Value of such Real Estate then used for the purpose of determining Borrowing Base Value; plus

 

(3)       With respect to any Real Estate that is not then included in the calculation of Borrowing Base Availability or addressed in clause (4) below:

 

(a)       For Real Estate not owned or leased by REIT or its Subsidiaries for at least twelve (12) full calendar months as of the date of determination, the Acquisition Cost of such Real Estate, including additional amounts invested in such Real Estate, determined in accordance with GAAP;

 

(b)       For Real Estate owned or leased by REIT or its Subsidiaries for twelve (12) full calendar months or longer as of the date of determination, the NAV Valuation of such Real Estate, provided, however, that from and after the date (if any) that the Borrower has made the Capitalized Value Election, then such Real Estate shall be valued using the Capitalized Value thereof;

 

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provided, however, that if the Agent has obtained an Appraisal for any such Real Estate pursuant to §5.2, then at Agent’s election, the value of such Real Estate for purposes of this subsection (3) shall be the Appraised Value thereof; and

 

(4)       With respect to all Land Assets, Development Properties and Mortgage Note Receivables owned by the REIT and its Subsidiaries, the aggregate undepreciated book value of all such assets determined in accordance with GAAP; and

 

(5)       The REIT’s pro rata share of such assets described in subparagraphs (1) through (4) above held by an Unconsolidated Affiliate (determined based upon its Equity Percentage in such Unconsolidated Affiliate), the value of which shall be determined consistent with the above-described treatment for wholly owned assets.

 

Total Commitment. The sum of the Commitments of the Lenders, as in effect from time to time. As of the Closing Date, the Total Commitment is Two Hundred Fifty Million and No/100 Dollars ($250,000,000.00). The Total Commitment may increase in accordance with §2.11.

 

Total Revolving Credit Commitment. The sum of the Revolving Credit Commitments of the Revolving Credit Lenders, as in effect from time to time. As of the Closing Date, the Total Revolving Credit Commitment is One Hundred Million and No/100 Dollars ($100,000,000.00). The Total Revolving Credit Commitment may increase in accordance with §2.11.

 

Total Term Loan Commitment. The sum of the Term Loan Commitments of the Term Loan Lenders, as in effect from time to time. As of the Closing Date, the Total Term Loan Commitment is One Hundred Fifty Million and No/100 Dollars ($150,000,000.00). The Total Term Loan Commitment may increase in accordance with §2.11.

 

Triple Net Lease. A Lease of all of the leasable area of a Borrowing Base Property under which the Tenant pays all operating expenses of the property including, without limitation, insurance, taxes, maintenance and capital expenditures relating to such property.

 

Type. Any type of Loan determined with respect to the interest option and currency denomination applicable thereto, which in each case shall be a Base Rate Loan or a SOFR Rate Loan.

 

UK Financial Institution. Any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended form time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any Person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.

 

UK Resolution Authority. The Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.

 

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Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement. The applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.

 

Unconsolidated Affiliate. In respect of any Person, any other Person in whom such Person holds an Investment (irrespective of whether such Person is an Affiliate under this Agreement), which Investment is accounted for in the financial statements of such Person on an equity basis of accounting and whose financial results would not be consolidated under GAAP with the financial results of such first Person on the consolidated financial statements of such first Person if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with the full consolidation method of GAAP as of such date.

 

Unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents. As of any date of determination, the sum of (a) the aggregate amount of Unrestricted cash and (b) the aggregate amount of Unrestricted Cash Equivalents (valued at fair market value). As used in this definition, “Unrestricted” means the specified asset is not subject to any escrow, cash trap, reserves or Liens or claims of any kind in favor of any Person.

 

Unsecured Indebtedness. With respect to any Person, Indebtedness of such Person which is not Consolidated Secured Indebtedness.

 

Unused Fee. See §2.3.

 

Unused Fee Percentage. With respect to any day during a calendar quarter, (a) 0.15% per annum, if the sum of the Outstanding Revolving Credit Loans, Letter of Credit Liabilities and Swing Loans on such day is greater than or equal to 50% of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment, or (b) 0.25% per annum if the sum of the Outstanding Revolving Credit Loans, Letter of Credit Liabilities and Swing Loans on such day is less than 50% of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment.

 

U.S. Government Securities Business Day. Any day except for (a) a Saturday, (b) a Sunday or (c) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities.

 

U.S. Person. Any Person that is a “United States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

 

U.S. Special Resolution Regimes. See §36.

 

U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate. See §4.3(g)(ii)(B)(iii).

 

Wholly-Owned Subsidiary. As to the Borrower or the REIT, any Subsidiary of the Borrower or the REIT that is directly or indirectly owned one hundred percent (100%) by the Borrower or the REIT, respectively.

 

Withholding Agent. The REIT, Borrower, any other Guarantor and the Agent, as applicable.

 

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Write-Down and Conversion Powers. (a) With respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that Person or any other Person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those power.

 

§1.2          Rules of Interpretation.

 

(a)            A reference to any document or agreement shall include such document or agreement as amended, modified, restated or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms and the terms of this Agreement.

 

(b)            The singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular.

 

(c)            A reference to any law includes any amendment or modification of such law.

 

(d)            A reference to any Person includes its permitted successors and permitted assigns.

 

(e)            A reference to any Person includes its permitted successors and permitted assigns, and in the event Borrower or a Guarantor is a limited liability company and shall undertake an LLC Division (any such LLC Division being a violation of this Agreement), shall be deemed to include each limited liability company resulting from any such LLC Division.

 

(f)            Accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them by GAAP applied on a consistent basis by the accounting entity to which they refer. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made (i) without giving effect to any election under Accounting Standards Codification 825-10-25 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries at “fair value”, as defined therein, and (ii) without giving effect to any treatment of Indebtedness in respect of convertible debt instruments under Accounting Standards Codification 470-20 (or any other Accounting Standards Codification or Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any such Indebtedness in a reduced or bifurcated manner as described therein, and such Indebtedness shall at all times be valued at the full stated principal amount thereof.

 

(g)            The words “include”, “includes” and “including” are not limiting.

 

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(h)            The words “approval” and “approved”, as the context requires, means an approval in writing given to the party seeking approval after full and fair disclosure to the party giving approval of all material facts necessary in order to determine whether approval should be granted.

 

(i)             All terms not specifically defined herein or by GAAP, which terms are defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York, have the meanings assigned to them therein.

 

(j)             Reference to a particular “§”, refers to that section of this Agreement unless otherwise indicated.

 

(k)            The words “herein”, “hereof”, “hereunder” and words of like import shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular section or subdivision of this Agreement.

 

(l)             In the event of any change in GAAP after the date hereof or any other change in accounting procedures pursuant to §7.3 which would affect the computation of any financial covenant, ratio or other requirement set forth in any Loan Document, then upon the request of the Borrower, Guarantors or the Agent, the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Agent and the Lenders shall negotiate promptly, diligently and in good faith in order to amend the provisions of the Loan Documents such that such financial covenant, ratio or other requirement shall continue to provide substantially the same financial tests or restrictions of the Borrower and the Guarantors as in effect prior to such accounting change, as determined by the Required Lenders in their good faith judgment. Until such time as such amendment shall have been executed and delivered by the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Agent and the Required Lenders, such financial covenants, ratio and other requirements, and all financial statements and other documents required to be delivered under the Loan Documents, shall be calculated and reported as if such change had not occurred.

 

(m)           To the extent that any of the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document is qualified by “Material Adverse Effect” or any other materiality qualifier, then any further qualifier as to representations and warranties being true and correct “in all material respects” contained elsewhere in the Loan Documents shall not apply with respect to any such representations and warranties.

 

(n)            For all purposes under the Loan Documents, in connection with any LLC Division: (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Equity Interests at such time.

 

(o)            The interest rate on Loans denominated in Dollars may be determined by reference to a benchmark rate that is, or may in the future become, the subject of regulatory reform or cessation. The Agent does not warrant or accept responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to (a) the administration of, submission of, calculation of or any other matter related to Daily Simple SOFR, any component definition thereof or rates referenced in the definition thereof or any alternative, comparable or successor rate thereto (including any then-current Benchmark or any Benchmark Replacement), including whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, comparable or successor rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, or have the same volume or liquidity as, Daily Simple SOFR or any other Benchmark, or (b) the effect, implementation or composition of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes.

 

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§2. THE CREDIT FACILITY.

 

§2.1          Revolving Credit Loans.

 

(a)            Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the Revolving Credit Lenders severally agrees to lend to the Borrower, and the Borrower may borrow (and repay and reborrow) from time to time between the Closing Date and the Revolving Credit Maturity Date upon notice by the Borrower to the Agent given in accordance with §2.7(a), such sums as are requested by the Borrower for the purposes set forth in §2.9 up to a maximum aggregate principal amount outstanding (after giving effect to all amounts requested) at any one time equal to the lesser of (i) the sum of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment and (ii) such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the sum of (A) the Borrowing Base Availability minus (B) the sum of (1) the amount of all outstanding Revolving Credit Loans, Term Loans and Swing Loans, plus (2) the aggregate amount of Letter of Credit Liabilities; provided, that, in all events no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and provided, further, that the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans (after giving effect to all amounts requested), Term Loans, Swing Loans and Letter of Credit Liabilities shall not at any time (i) exceed the lesser of (A) Borrowing Base Availability and (B) the Total Commitment or (ii) cause a violation of the covenants set forth in §7.19 or §9.1, nor shall the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans (after giving effect to all amounts requested), Swing Loans and Letter of Credit Liabilities exceed the Total Revolving Credit Commitment. The Revolving Credit Loans shall be made pro rata in accordance with each Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage. Each request for a Revolving Credit Loan hereunder shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower that all of the conditions required of the Borrower set forth in §§10 and 11 have been satisfied on the date of such request. The Agent may assume that the conditions in §§10 and 11 have been satisfied unless it receives prior written notice from a Revolving Credit Lender that such conditions have not been satisfied. No Revolving Credit Lender shall have any obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrower or participate in Letter of Credit Liabilities in the maximum aggregate principal outstanding balance of more than the lesser of the amount equal to its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the Revolving Credit Commitments and the principal face amount of its Revolving Credit Note.

 

(b)            The Revolving Credit Loans shall be evidenced by separate promissory notes of the Borrower in substantially the form of Exhibit B-1 hereto (collectively, the “Revolving Credit Notes”), dated of even date with this Agreement (except as otherwise provided in §18.3) and completed with appropriate insertions. One Revolving Credit Note shall be payable to the order of each Revolving Credit Lender in the principal amount equal to such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment or, if less, the outstanding amount of all Revolving Credit Loans made by such Revolving Credit Lender, plus interest accrued thereon, as set forth below. The Borrower irrevocably authorizes the Agent to make or cause to be made, at or about the time of the Drawdown Date of any Revolving Credit Loan or the time of receipt of any payment of principal thereof, an appropriate notation on the Agent’s Record reflecting the making of such Revolving Credit Loan or (as the case may be) the receipt of such payment. The outstanding amount of the Revolving Credit Loans set forth on the Agent’s Record shall be prima facie evidence of the principal amount thereof owing and unpaid to each Revolving Credit Lender, but the failure to record, or any error in so recording, any such amount on the Agent’s Record shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligations of the Borrower hereunder or under any Revolving Credit Note to make payments of principal of or interest on any Revolving Credit Note when due.

 

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§2.2          Commitment to Lend Term Loans.

 

(a)            Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, (X) on the Closing Date, each of the Term Loan Lenders shall severally and not jointly lend to the Borrower, and the Borrower shall borrow, Term Loans in the aggregate principal amount of $100,000,000.00, and (Y) during the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the date that is hundred eighty (180) days after the Closing Date (the “Term Loan Commitment Period”), each of the Term Loan Lenders severally and not jointly agrees to lend to the Borrower, and the Borrower may borrow from time to time up to a maximum of three (3) times, upon notice by the Borrower to the Agent given in accordance with §2.7(b), such sums as are requested by the Borrower for the purposes set forth in §2.9 up to a maximum aggregate principal amount outstanding (after giving effect to all amounts requested) at any one time equal to the lesser of (i) the amount of such Term Loan Lender’s Term Loan Commitment, and (ii) such Term Loan Lender’s Term Loan Commitment Percentage of the sum of (A) the Borrowing Base Availability minus (B) the sum of (1) the principal amount of all outstanding Revolving Credit Loans, Term Loans and Swing Loans, plus (2) the aggregate amount of Letter of Credit Liabilities, and with respect to any increase of the Term Loans on the applicable Commitment Increase Date (i) with respect to any existing Term Loan Lender, the amount by which such Term Loan Lender’s Term Loan Commitment increases on the applicable Commitment Increase Date and with respect to any new Term Loan Lender, the amount of such new Lender’s Term Loan Commitment, and (ii) such Term Loan Lender’s Term Loan Commitment Percentage of the sum of (A) the Borrowing Base Availability minus (B) the sum of (1) the principal amount of all outstanding Revolving Credit Loans, Term Loans and Swing Loans, plus (2) the aggregate amount of Letter of Credit Liabilities; provided, that, in all events no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and provided, further, that the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans, Term Loans (after giving effect to all amounts requested), Swing Loans and Letter of Credit Liabilities shall not at any time (i) exceed the lesser of (A) Borrowing Base Availability and (B) the Total Commitment or (ii) cause a violation of the covenants set forth in §7.19 or §9.1, nor shall the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans (after giving effect to all amounts requested) exceed the Total Term Loan Commitment. Except for any additional Term Loans made as a result of any increase in the Total Term Loan Commitment pursuant to §2.11, Borrower shall not have the right to draw down any Term Loans after the Term Loan Commitment Period has expired, and the amount of any Term Loan requested during the Term Loan Commitment Period shall be, subject to the terms of this Agreement, not less than $10,000,000.00 and increments of $5,000,000.00 in excess thereof. In addition, any additional Term Loans made as a result of any increase in the Total Term Loan Commitments pursuant to §2.11 shall be made on the applicable Commitment Increase Date and the amount of the Term Loans requested on such applicable Commitment Increase Date shall be, subject to the terms of this Agreement, not less than $10,000,000.00 and increments of $5,000,000.00 in excess thereof. Each request for a Term Loan hereunder shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower that all of the conditions required of the Borrower set forth in §§10 and 11 have been satisfied on the date of such request. The Agent may assume that the conditions in §§10 and 11 have been satisfied unless it receives prior written notice from a Term Loan Lender that such conditions have not been satisfied. No Term Loan Lender shall have any obligation to make Term Loans to the Borrower in the maximum aggregate principal outstanding balance of more than the lesser of the amount equal to its Term Loan Commitment Percentage of the Term Loan Commitments and the principal face amount of its Term Loan Note.

 

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(b)            The Term Loans shall be made pro rata in accordance with each Term Loan Lender’s Term Loan Commitment Percentage and be evidenced by the Term Loan Notes. The Borrower irrevocably authorizes Agent to make or cause to be made, at or about the time of the Drawdown Date of any Term Loan or the time of receipt of any payment of principal thereof, an appropriate notation on Agent’s Record reflecting the making of such Term Loan or (as the case may be) the receipt of such payment. The Outstanding Term Loans set forth on Agent’s Record shall be prima facie evidence of the principal amount thereof owing and unpaid to each Term Loan Lender, but the failure to record, or any error in so recording, any such amount on Agent’s Record shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligations of the Borrower hereunder or under any Term Loan Note to make payments of principal of or interest on any Term Loan Note when due.

 

§2.3          Unused Fee.

 

(a)            Revolving Credit Unused Fee. The Borrower agrees to pay to the Agent for the account of the Revolving Credit Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages a Revolving Credit facility unused fee (the “Unused Fee”) calculated by multiplying the Unused Fee Percentage applicable to such day, calculated as a per diem rate, times the excess of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment over the outstanding principal amount of Revolving Credit Loans, and Swing Loans, plus the face amount of Letters of Credit, in all instances Outstanding on such day. The Unused Fee shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the first (1st) Business Day after the last day of each calendar quarter for the immediately preceding calendar quarter or portion thereof, and on any earlier date on which the Revolving Credit Commitments shall be reduced or shall terminate as provided in §2.4, with a final payment on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date.

 

(b)            Term Loan Unused Fee. During the period commencing on April 19, 2022 and ending on the last day of the Term Loan Commitment Period, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Agent for the account of the Term Loan Lenders (other than a Defaulting Lender for such period of time as such Term Loan Lender is a Defaulting Lender) in accordance with their respective Term Loan Commitment Percentages a term loan facility unused fee calculated for each day during such period at the rate of 0.15% per annum, calculated as a per diem rate, times the excess of the Total Term Loan Commitment over the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans in all instances Outstanding on such day. The term loan facility unused fee shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the first (1st) Business Day after the last day of each calendar quarter for the immediately preceding calendar quarter or portion thereof.

 

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§2.4          Reduction and Termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments. The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time upon five (5) Business Days’ prior written notice to the Agent to reduce by $5,000,000.00 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000.00 in excess thereof (provided that in no event shall the Total Revolving Credit Commitment be reduced in such manner to an amount less than fifty percent (50%) of the highest Total Revolving Credit Commitment ever in effect under this Agreement) or to terminate entirely the Revolving Credit Commitments, whereupon the Revolving Credit Commitments of the Revolving Credit Lenders shall be reduced pro rata in accordance with their respective Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages of the amount specified in such notice or, as the case may be, terminated, any such termination or reduction to be without penalty except as otherwise set forth in §4.7; provided, however, that no such termination or reduction shall be permitted if, after giving effect thereto, the sum of Outstanding Revolving Credit Loans, the Outstanding Swing Loans and the Letter of Credit Liabilities would exceed the Revolving Credit Commitments of the Revolving Credit Lenders as so terminated or reduced. Promptly after receiving any notice from the Borrower delivered pursuant to this §2.4, the Agent will notify the Revolving Credit Lenders of the substance thereof. Any reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments shall also result in a proportionate reduction (rounded to the next lowest integral multiple of $100,000.00) in the Swing Loan Commitment and Letter of Credit Commitment. Upon the effective date of any such reduction or termination, the Borrower shall pay to the Agent for the respective accounts of the Revolving Credit Lenders the full amount of any fee under §2.3 then accrued on the amount of the reduction. No reduction or termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments may be reinstated.

 

§2.5          Swing Loan Commitment.

 

(a)            Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Swing Loan Lender agrees to lend to the Borrower (the “Swing Loans”), and the Borrower may borrow (and repay and reborrow) from time to time between the Closing Date and the date which is five (5) Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date upon notice by the Borrower to the Swing Loan Lender given in accordance with this §2.5, such sums as are requested by the Borrower for the purposes set forth in §2.9 in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not exceeding the Swing Loan Commitment; provided that in all events (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and (ii) the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans, Term Loans and Swing Loans (after giving effect to all amounts requested) plus Letter of Credit Liabilities shall not at any time exceed the lessor of (a) the Total Commitment and (b) the Borrowing Base Availability, or cause a violation of the covenants set forth in §7.19 or §9.1, nor shall the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Loans (after giving effect to all amounts requested) and Letter of Credit Liabilities exceed the Total Revolving Credit Commitment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this §2.5, the Swing Loan Lender shall not be obligated to make any Swing Loan at a time when any other Revolving Credit Lender is a Defaulting Lender, unless the Swing Loan Lender is satisfied that the participation therein will otherwise be fully allocated to the Revolving Credit Lenders that are Non-Defaulting Lenders consistent with §2.13(c) and the Defaulting Lender shall not participate therein, except to the extent the Swing Loan Lender has entered into arrangements with the Borrower or such Defaulting Lender that are satisfactory to the Swing Loan Lender in its good faith determination to eliminate the Swing Loan Lender’s Fronting Exposure with respect to any such Defaulting Lender, including the delivery of cash collateral. Swing Loans shall constitute “Revolving Credit Loans” for all purposes hereunder. The funding of a Swing Loan hereunder shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower that all of the conditions set forth in §§10 and 11 have been satisfied on the date of such funding. The Swing Loan Lender may assume that the conditions in §§10 and 11 have been satisfied unless the Swing Loan Lender has received written notice from a Revolving Credit Lender that such conditions have not been satisfied. Each Swing Loan shall be due and payable within three (3) Business Days of the date such Swing Loan was provided and the Borrower hereby agrees (to the extent not repaid as contemplated by §2.5(d) below) to repay each Swing Loan on or before the date that is three (3) Business Days from the date such Swing Loan was provided. A Swing Loan may not be refinanced with another Swing Loan.

 

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(b)            The Swing Loans shall be evidenced by a separate promissory note of the Borrower in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto (the “Swing Loan Note”), dated the date of this Agreement and completed with appropriate insertions. The Swing Loan Note shall be payable to the order of the Swing Loan Lender in the principal face amount equal to the Swing Loan Commitment and shall be payable as set forth below. The Borrower irrevocably authorizes the Swing Loan Lender to make or cause to be made, at or about the time of the Drawdown Date of any Swing Loan or at the time of receipt of any payment of principal thereof, an appropriate notation on the Swing Loan Lender’s Record reflecting the making of such Swing Loan or (as the case may be) the receipt of such payment. The outstanding amount of the Swing Loans set forth on the Swing Loan Lender’s Record shall be prima facie evidence of the principal amount thereof owing and unpaid to the Swing Loan Lender, but the failure to record, or any error in so recording, any such amount on the Swing Loan Lender’s Record shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligations of the Borrower hereunder or under the Swing Loan Note to make payments of principal of or interest on any Swing Loan Note when due.

 

(c)            The Borrower shall request a Swing Loan by delivering to the Swing Loan Lender a Loan Request executed by an Authorized Officer no later than 11:00 a.m. (Cleveland time) on the requested Drawdown Date specifying the amount of the requested Swing Loan (which shall be for the Minimum Borrowing Amount) and providing the wire instructions for the delivery of the Swing Loan proceeds. The Loan Request shall also contain the statements and certifications required by §2.7(a) and (b). Each such Loan Request shall be irrevocable and binding on the Borrower and shall obligate the Borrower to accept such Swing Loan on the Drawdown Date. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, a Swing Loan shall be a Revolving Credit Base Rate Loan and shall bear interest at the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin for Revolving Credit Base Rate Loans. The proceeds of the Swing Loan will be disbursed by wire by the Swing Loan Lender to the Borrower no later than 1:00 p.m. (Cleveland time).

 

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(d)            The Swing Loan Lender shall, within two (2) Business Days after the Drawdown Date with respect to such Swing Loan, request each Revolving Credit Lender to make a Revolving Credit Loan pursuant to §2.1 in an amount equal to such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the amount of the Swing Loan outstanding on the date such notice is given. In the event that the Borrower does not notify the Agent in writing otherwise on or before noon (Cleveland Time) on the Business Day of the Drawdown Date with respect to such Swing Loan, the Agent shall notify the Revolving Credit Lenders that such Revolving Credit Loan shall be a Revolving Credit SOFR Rate Loan, provided that the making of such Revolving Credit SOFR Rate Loan will not be in contravention of any other provision of this Agreement, or if the making of a Revolving Credit SOFR Rate Loan would be in contravention of this Agreement, then such notice shall indicate that such loan shall be a Revolving Credit Base Rate Loan. The Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes and directs the Swing Loan Lender to so act on its behalf, and agrees that any amount advanced to the Agent for the benefit of the Swing Loan Lender pursuant to this §2.5(d) shall be considered a Revolving Credit Loan pursuant to §2.1. Unless any of the events described in §§12.1(g), 12.1(h) or 12.1(i) shall have occurred (in which event the procedures of §2.5(e) shall apply), each Revolving Credit Lender shall make the proceeds of its Revolving Credit Loan available to the Swing Loan Lender for the account of the Swing Loan Lender at the Agent’s Head Office prior to 12:00 noon (Cleveland time) in funds immediately available no later than one (1) Business Day after the date such request was made by the Swing Line Lender just as if the Revolving Credit Lenders were funding directly to the Borrower, so that thereafter such Obligations shall be evidenced by the Revolving Credit Notes. The proceeds of such Revolving Credit Loan shall be immediately applied to repay the Swing Loans.

 

(e)            If for any reason a Swing Loan cannot be refinanced by a Revolving Credit Loan pursuant to §2.5(d), each Revolving Credit Lender will, on the date such Revolving Credit Loan pursuant to §2.5(d) was to have been made, purchase an undivided participation interest in the Swing Loan in an amount equal to its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such Swing Loan. Each Revolving Credit Lender will immediately transfer to the Swing Loan Lender in immediately available funds the amount of its participation and upon receipt thereof the Swing Loan Lender will deliver to such Revolving Credit Lender a Swing Loan participation certificate dated the date of receipt of such funds and in such amount.

 

(f)            Whenever at any time after the Swing Loan Lender has received from any Revolving Credit Lender such Revolving Credit Lender’s participation interest in a Swing Loan, the Swing Loan Lender receives any payment on account thereof, the Swing Loan Lender will distribute to such Revolving Credit Lender its participation interest in such amount (appropriately adjusted in the case of interest payments to reflect the period of time during which such Revolving Credit Lender’s participating interest was outstanding and funded); provided, however, that in the event that such payment received by the Swing Loan Lender is required to be returned, such Revolving Credit Lender will return to the Swing Loan Lender any portion thereof previously distributed by the Swing Loan Lender to it.

 

(g)            Each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to fund a Revolving Credit Loan as provided in §2.5(d) or to purchase participation interests pursuant to §2.5(e) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including, without limitation, (a) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Revolving Credit Lender or the Borrower may have against the Swing Loan Lender, the Borrower or anyone else for any reason whatsoever; (b) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or an Event of Default; (c) any adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of the REIT or any of its Subsidiaries; (d) any breach of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents by the Borrower or any Guarantor or any Lender; or (e) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing. Any portions of a Swing Loan not so purchased or converted may be treated by the Agent and the Swing Loan Lender as against such Revolving Credit Lender as a Revolving Credit Loan which was not funded by the non-purchasing Revolving Credit Lender, thereby making such Revolving Credit Lender a Defaulting Lender. Each Swing Loan, once so sold or converted, shall cease to be a Swing Loan for the purposes of this Agreement, but shall be a Revolving Credit Loan made by each Revolving Credit Lender under its Revolving Credit Commitment.

 

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§2.6          Interest on Loans.

 

(a)            Each Revolving Credit Base Rate Loan shall bear interest for the period commencing with the Drawdown Date thereof and ending on the date on which such Revolving Credit Base Rate Loan is repaid or converted to a Revolving Credit SOFR Rate Loan at the rate per annum equal to the sum of the Base Rate plus the Revolving Credit Applicable Margin for Revolving Base Rate Loans.

 

(b)            Each Revolving Credit SOFR Rate Loan shall bear interest for the period commencing with the Drawdown Date thereof and ending on the last day on which such Revolving Credit SOFR Rate Loan is repaid or converted to a Revolving Credit Base Rate Loan at the rate per annum equal to the sum of Daily Simple SOFR plus the Revolving Credit Applicable Margin for Revolving Credit SOFR Rate Loans.

 

(c)            Each Term Base Rate Loan shall bear interest for the period commencing with the Drawdown Date thereof and ending on the date on which such Term Base Rate Loan is repaid or converted to a Term SOFR Rate Loan at the rate per annum equal to the sum of the Base Rate plus the Term Loan Applicable Margin for Term Base Rate Loans.

 

(d)            Each Term SOFR Rate Loan shall bear interest for the period commencing with the Drawdown Date thereof and ending on the last day on which such Term SOFR Rate Loan is repaid or converted to Term Base Rate Loan at the rate per annum equal to the sum of Daily Simple SOFR plus the Term Loan Applicable Margin for Term SOFR Rate Loans.

 

(e)            The Borrower promises to pay interest on each Loan in arrears on each Interest Payment Date with respect thereto.

 

(f)            Base Rate Loans and SOFR Rate Loans may be converted to Loans of the other Type as provided in §4.1.

 

(g)            Upon the Borrower’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a SOFR Unavailability Period, the Borrower may revoke any request for a SOFR Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of, SOFR Loans to be made, converted or continued during any SOFR Unavailability Period and, failing that, the Borrower will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a Loan of or conversion to Base Rate Loans. During a SOFR Unavailability Period, the component of the Base Rate based upon SOFR will not be used in any determination of the Base Rate. If a SOFR Unavailability Period has commenced and the circumstances are not likely to be temporary, then the provisions of §4.15 shall be applicable.

 

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§2.7          Requests for Loans.

 

(a)            Revolving Credit Loans. Except with respect to the initial Revolving Credit Loan on the Closing Date, the Borrower shall give to the Agent written notice executed by an Authorized Officer in the form of Exhibit D-1 hereto (or telephonic notice confirmed in writing in the form of Exhibit D-1 hereto) of each Revolving Credit Loan requested hereunder (a “Loan Request”) by 11:00 a.m. (Cleveland time) one (1) Business Day prior to the proposed Drawdown Date with respect to Base Rate Loans and three (3) Business Days prior to the proposed Drawdown Date with respect to SOFR Rate Loans. Each such notice shall specify with respect to the requested Revolving Credit Loan the proposed principal amount of such Revolving Credit Loan, the Type of Revolving Credit Loan and the Drawdown Date. Each such notice shall also contain (i) a general statement as to the purpose for which such advance shall be used (which purpose shall be in accordance with the terms of §2.9) and (ii) a certification by the chief executive officer, president or chief financial officer of the REIT on behalf of Borrower that the Borrower and Guarantors are and will be in compliance with all covenants under the Loan Documents after giving effect to the making of such Revolving Credit Loan. Promptly upon receipt of any such notice, the Agent shall notify each of the Revolving Credit Lenders thereof. Each such Loan Request shall be irrevocable and binding on the Borrower and shall obligate the Borrower to accept the Revolving Credit Loan requested from the Revolving Credit Lenders on the proposed Drawdown Date. Nothing herein shall prevent the Borrower from seeking recourse against any Revolving Credit Lender that fails to advance its proportionate share of a requested Revolving Credit Loan as required by this Agreement. Each Loan Request shall be for the Minimum Borrowing Amount.

 

(b)            Term Loans. For each Term Loan which Borrower requests during the Term Loan Commitment Period in accordance with §2.2, except with respect to the initial Term Loan on the Closing Date, the Borrower shall give to the Agent written notice executed by an Authorized Officer in the form of Exhibit D-2 hereto (or telephonic notice confirmed in writing in the form of Exhibit D-2 hereto) by 11:00 a.m. (Cleveland time) one (1) Business Day prior to the proposed Drawdown Date with respect to Base Rate Loans and three (3) Business Days prior to the proposed Drawdown Date with respect to SOFR Rate Loans (a “Term Loan Request”). Each such notice shall specify with respect to the requested Term Loan the proposed principal amount of such Term Loan, the Type of Term Loan and the Drawdown Date. Each such notice shall also contain (a) a general statement as to the purpose for which such Term Loan shall be used (which purpose shall be in accordance with the terms of §2.9) and (b) a certification by the chief executive officer, president or chief financial officer of the REIT on behalf of Borrower that the Borrower and Guarantors are and will be in compliance with all covenants under the Loan Documents after giving effect to the making of such Term Loan. Promptly upon receipt of any such notice, the Agent shall notify each of the Term Loan Lenders thereof. Each such Term Loan Request shall be irrevocable and binding on the Borrower and shall obligate the Borrower to accept the Term Loan requested from the Term Loan Lenders on the proposed Drawdown Date. Nothing herein shall prevent the Borrower from seeking recourse against any Term Loan Lender that fails to advance its proportionate share of a requested Term Loan as required by this Agreement. Each Term Loan Request shall be in a minimum aggregate amount of $10,000,000.00 or an integral multiple of $5,000,000.00 in excess thereof.

 

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§2.8          Funds for Loans.

 

(a)            Not later than 1:00 p.m. (Cleveland time) on the proposed Drawdown Date of any Revolving Credit Loans or Term Loans, as applicable, each of the Revolving Credit Lenders or Term Loan Lenders, as applicable, will make available to the Agent, at the Agent’s Head Office, in immediately available funds, the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage or Term Loan Commitment Percentage, as applicable, of the amount of the requested Loans which may be disbursed pursuant to §2.1 or §2.2. Upon receipt from each such Lender of such amount, and upon receipt of the documents required by §§10 and 11 and the satisfaction of the other conditions set forth therein, to the extent applicable, the Agent will make available to the Borrower the aggregate amount of such Revolving Credit Loans or Term Loans, as applicable, made available to the Agent by the Lenders, as applicable, by crediting such amount to the account of the Borrower maintained at the Agent’s Head Office. The failure or refusal of any Lender to make available to the Agent at the aforesaid time and place on any Drawdown Date the amount of its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage or Term Loan Commitment Percentage, as applicable, of the requested Loans shall not relieve any other Revolving Credit Lender or Term Loan Lender from its several obligation hereunder to make available to the Agent the amount of such other Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage or Term Loan Commitment Percentage of any requested Loans, including any additional Revolving Credit Loans that may be requested subject to the terms and conditions hereof to provide funds to replace those not advanced by the Lender so failing or refusing.

 

(b)            Unless the Agent shall have been notified by any Lender prior to the applicable Drawdown Date that such Lender will not make available to the Agent such Lender’s applicable Commitment Percentage of a proposed Loan, the Agent may in its discretion assume that such Lender has made such Loan available to the Agent in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Agent may, if it chooses, in reliance upon such assumption make such Loan available to the Borrower, and such Lender shall be liable to the Agent for the amount of such advance. If such Lender does not pay such corresponding amount upon the Agent’s demand therefor, the Agent will promptly notify the Borrower, and the Borrower shall promptly pay such corresponding amount to the Agent. The Agent shall also be entitled to recover from the Lender or the Borrower, as the case may be, interest on such corresponding amount in respect of each day from the date such corresponding amount was made available by the Agent to the Borrower to the date such corresponding amount is recovered by the Agent at a per annum rate equal to (i) from the Borrower at the applicable rate for such Loan or (ii) from a Lender at the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus one percent (1%).

 

§2.9          Use of Proceeds. The Borrower will use the proceeds of the Loans solely for (a) payment of closing costs in connection with this Agreement, (b) repayment of existing Indebtedness on the Initial Borrowing Base Properties, (c) acquisitions of, and capital expenditures with respect to, Real Estate of the REIT and its Subsidiaries, and (d) general corporate purposes of the REIT and its Subsidiaries.

 

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§2.10      Letters of Credit.

 

(a)            Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, at any time and from time to time from the Closing Date through the day that is ninety (90) days prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date, the Issuing Lender shall issue such Letters of Credit as the Borrower may request upon the delivery of a written request in the form of Exhibit E hereto (a “Letter of Credit Request”) to the Issuing Lender, provided that (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) upon issuance of such Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Liabilities shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Commitment, (iii) in no event shall the sum of the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans, Term Loans, Swing Loans and Letter of Credit Liabilities (after giving effect to any requested Letters of Credit) exceed the lesser of (x) the Total Commitment and (y) the Borrowing Base Availability, or cause a violation of the covenants set forth in §7.19 or §9.1, (iv) in no event shall the sum of the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans, the Swing Loans and the Letter of Credit Liabilities (after giving effect to any requested Letter of Credit) exceed the Total Revolving Credit Commitment, (v) the conditions set forth in §§10 and 11 shall have been satisfied, and (vi) in no event shall any amount drawn under a Letter of Credit be available for reinstatement or a subsequent drawing under such Letter of Credit. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this §2.10, the Issuing Lender shall not be obligated to issue, amend, extend, renew or increase any Letter of Credit at a time when any other Revolving Credit Lender is a Defaulting Lender, unless the Issuing Lender is satisfied that the participation therein will otherwise be fully allocated to the Revolving Credit Lenders that are Non-Defaulting Lenders consistent with §2.13(c) and the Defaulting Lender shall have no participation therein, except to the extent the Issuing Lender has entered into arrangements with the Borrower or such Defaulting Lender which are satisfactory to the Issuing Lender in its good faith determination to eliminate the Issuing Lender’s Fronting Exposure with respect to any such Defaulting Lender, including the delivery of cash collateral. The Issuing Lender may assume that the conditions in §§10 and 11 have been satisfied unless it receives written notice from a Revolving Credit Lender that such conditions have not been satisfied. Each Letter of Credit Request shall be executed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower. The Issuing Lender shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such Person’s authority to request a Letter of Credit on behalf of the Borrower. The Issuing Lender shall have no duty to verify the authenticity of any signature appearing on a Letter of Credit Request. The Borrower assumes all risks with respect to the use of the Letters of Credit. Unless the Issuing Lender and the Required Revolving Credit Lenders otherwise consent, the term of any Letter of Credit shall not exceed a period of time commencing on the issuance of the Letter of Credit and ending one year after the date of issuance thereof (or such longer period as Issuing Lender may approve but in any event not later than the Revolving Credit Maturity Date); provided, however, that a Letter of Credit may contain a provision providing for the automatic extension of the expiration date in the absence of a notice of non-renewal from the Issuing Lender but in no event shall any such provision permit the extension of the expiration date of such Letter of Credit beyond the Revolving Credit Maturity Date. The amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit shall reduce on a dollar-for-dollar basis the amount available to be drawn under the Total Revolving Credit Commitment as a Revolving Credit Loan.

 

(b)            Each Letter of Credit Request shall be submitted to the Issuing Lender at least five (5) Business Days (or such shorter period as the Issuing Lender may approve) prior to the date upon which the requested Letter of Credit is to be issued. Each such Letter of Credit Request shall contain (i) a statement as to the purpose for which such Letter of Credit shall be used (which purpose shall be in accordance with the terms of this Agreement), and (ii) a certification by the chief executive officer, president or chief financial officer of the REIT that the Borrower and Guarantors are, and will be immediately after giving effect to the issuance of such Letter of Credit, in compliance with all covenants under the Loan Documents. The Borrower shall further deliver to the Issuing Lender such additional applications (which application as of the date hereof is in the form of Exhibit F attached hereto) and documents as the Issuing Lender may require, in conformity with the then standard practices of its letter of credit department, in connection with the issuance of such Letter of Credit; provided that in the event of any conflict, the terms of this Agreement shall control.

 

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(c)            The Issuing Lender shall, subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, issue the Letter of Credit on or before five (5) Business Days following receipt of the documents last due pursuant to §2.10(b). Each Letter of Credit shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Issuing Lender in its reasonable discretion.

 

(d)            Upon the issuance of a Letter of Credit, each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to have purchased a participation therein from the Issuing Lender in an amount equal to its respective Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the amount of such Letter of Credit. No Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to participate in a Letter of Credit shall be affected by any other Revolving Credit Lender’s failure to perform as required herein with respect to such Letter of Credit or any other Letter of Credit.

 

(e)            Upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall pay to the Issuing Lender (i) for its own account, a Letter of Credit fronting fee calculated at the rate equal to one-eighth of one percent (0.125%) per annum of the face amount of such Letter of Credit (which fee shall not be less than $1,500 in any event) and an administrative charge of $250, and (ii) for the accounts of the Revolving Credit Lenders (including the Issuing Lender) in accordance with their respective percentage shares of participation in such Letter of Credit, a Letter of Credit fee calculated at the rate per annum equal to the Revolving Credit Applicable Margin then applicable to SOFR Rate Loans on the face amount of such Letter of Credit. Such fees pursuant to §2.10(e)(ii) shall be payable in quarterly installments in arrears with respect to each Letter of Credit on the first day of each calendar quarter following the date of issuance and continuing on each quarter or portion thereof thereafter, as applicable, or on any earlier date on which the Revolving Credit Commitments shall terminate and on the expiration or return of any Letter of Credit. In addition, the Borrower shall pay to the Issuing Lender for its own account within five (5) days of demand of the Issuing Lender the standard issuance, documentation and service charges for Letters of Credit issued from time to time by the Issuing Lender.

 

(f)            In the event that any amount is drawn under a Letter of Credit by the beneficiary thereof, the Borrower shall reimburse the Issuing Lender by having such amount drawn treated as an outstanding SOFR Loan under this Agreement (the Borrower being deemed to have requested a SOFR Loan on such date in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing and such amount drawn shall be treated as an outstanding SOFR Loan under this Agreement) and the Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Credit Lender by telecopy, email, telephone (confirmed in writing) or other similar means of transmission, and each Revolving Credit Lender shall promptly and unconditionally pay to the Agent, for the Issuing Lender’s own account, an amount equal to such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such Letter of Credit (to the extent of the amount drawn). If and to the extent any Revolving Credit Lender shall not make such amount available on the Business Day on which such draw is funded, such Revolving Credit Lender agrees to pay such amount to the Agent forthwith on demand, together with interest thereon, for each day from the date on which such draw was funded until the date on which such amount is paid to the Agent, at the Federal Funds Effective Rate until three (3) days after the date on which the Agent gives notice of such draw and at the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus one percent (1.0%) for each day thereafter. Further, such Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to have assigned any and all payments made of principal and interest on its Revolving Credit Loans, amounts due with respect to its participations in Letters of Credit and any other amounts due to it hereunder to the Agent to fund the amount of any drawn Letter of Credit which such Revolving Credit Lender was required to fund pursuant to this §2.10(f) until such amount has been funded (as a result of such assignment or otherwise). In the event of any such failure or refusal, the Revolving Credit Lenders not so failing or refusing shall be entitled to a priority secured position for such amounts as provided in §12.5. The failure of any Revolving Credit Lender to make funds available to the Agent in such amount shall not relieve any other Revolving Credit Lender of its obligation hereunder to make funds available to the Agent pursuant to this §2.10(f).

 

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(g)            If after the issuance of a Letter of Credit pursuant to §2.10(c) by the Issuing Lender, but prior to the funding of any portion thereof by a Revolving Credit Lender, for any reason a drawing under a Letter of Credit cannot be refinanced as a Revolving Credit Loan, each Revolving Credit Lender will, on the date such Revolving Credit Loan pursuant to §2.10(f) was to have been made, purchase an undivided participation interest in the Letter of Credit in an amount equal to its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the amount of such Letter of Credit. Each Revolving Credit Lender will immediately transfer to the Issuing Lender in immediately available funds the amount of its participation and upon receipt thereof the Issuing Lender will deliver to such Revolving Credit Lender a Letter of Credit participation certificate dated the date of receipt of such funds and in such amount.

 

(h)            Whenever at any time after the Issuing Lender has received from any Revolving Credit Lender any such Revolving Credit Lender’s payment of funds under a Letter of Credit and thereafter the Issuing Lender receives any payment on account thereof, then the Issuing Lender will distribute to such Revolving Credit Lender its participation interest in such amount (appropriately adjusted in the case of interest payments to reflect the period of time during which such Revolving Credit Lender’s participation interest was outstanding and funded); provided, however, that in the event that such payment received by the Issuing Lender is required to be returned, such Revolving Credit Lender will return to the Issuing Lender any portion thereof previously distributed by the Issuing Lender to it.

 

(i)             The issuance of any supplement, modification, amendment, renewal or extension to or of any Letter of Credit shall be treated in all respects the same as the issuance of a new Letter of Credit.

 

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(j)             The Borrower assumes all risks of the acts, omissions, or misuse of any Letter of Credit by the beneficiary thereof. Neither the Agent, the Issuing Lender nor any Lender will be responsible for (i) the form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any Letter of Credit or any document submitted by any party in connection with the issuance of any Letter of Credit, even if such document should in fact prove to be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient, inaccurate, fraudulent or forged; (ii) the form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign any Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason; (iii) failure of any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit to comply fully with the conditions required in order to demand payment under a Letter of Credit; (iv) errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any messages, by mail, cable, telecopy, email or otherwise; (v) errors in interpretation of technical terms; (vi) any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document or draft required by or from a beneficiary in order to make a disbursement under a Letter of Credit or the proceeds thereof; (vii) for the misapplication by the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of the proceeds of any drawing under such Letter of Credit; and (viii) for any consequences arising from causes beyond the control of the Agent or any Lender. None of the foregoing will affect, impair or prevent the vesting of any of the rights or powers granted to the Agent, the Issuing Lender or the Lenders hereunder. In furtherance and extension and not in limitation or derogation of any of the foregoing, any act taken or omitted to be taken by the Agent, the Issuing Lender or the other Lenders in good faith will be binding on the Borrower and will not put the Agent, the Issuing Lender or the other Lenders under any resulting liability to the Borrower; provided nothing contained herein shall relieve the Issuing Lender for liability to the Borrower arising as a result of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing Lender as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction after the exhaustion of all applicable appeal periods.

 

§2.11      Increase in Total Commitment.

 

(a)            Provided that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this §2.11, the Borrower shall have the option at any time and from time to time prior to the applicable Maturity Date to request an increase in the Total Revolving Credit Commitment and/or the Total Term Loan Commitment to an aggregate Total Commitment of not more than $500,000,000.00 by giving written notice to the Agent (an “Increase Notice”; and the amount of such requested increase is the “Commitment Increase”), provided that any such individual increase to the aggregate Commitment must be in a minimum amount of $10,000,000.00 and increments of $5,000,000.00 in excess thereof; and provided further that any Commitment Increase shall be subject to the approval of the Agent. The execution and delivery of the Increase Notice by the Borrower shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower that all the conditions set forth in this §2.11 shall have been satisfied on the date of such Increase Notice. The Commitment Increase may be allocated (1) to the then existing Revolving Credit Commitments, having the same terms as the existing Revolving Credit Commitments, (2) to the then existing Term Loan Commitments having the same terms as the existing Term Loan Commitments, or (3) any combination thereof satisfactory to Borrower, Agent and existing or additional Revolving Credit Lenders or Term Loan Lenders, as applicable, providing such additional Revolving Credit Commitments or Term Loan Commitments, as applicable.

 

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Upon receipt of any Increase Notice and the approval thereof by the Agent, the Agent shall consult with KBCM and shall notify the Borrower of the amount of the facility fees to be paid to any Lenders who provide an additional Revolving Credit Commitment and/or Term Loan Commitment, as applicable, in connection with such increase in the Revolving Credit Commitment and/or Term Loan Commitment, as applicable, pursuant to the Agreement Regarding Fees. If the Borrower agrees to pay the facility fees so determined (and/or such other fees as may be agreed to by the Borrower and the Agent), the Agent shall send a notice to all Revolving Credit Lenders and/or Term Loan Lenders, as applicable (the “Additional Commitment Request Notice”) informing them of the Borrower’s request to increase the Total Revolving Credit Commitment and/or the Total Term Loan Commitment, as applicable, and of the facility fees to be paid with respect thereto. Each Revolving Credit Lender and/or Term Loan Lender, as applicable, who desires to provide an additional Revolving Credit Commitment and/or Term Loan Commitment, as applicable, upon such terms shall provide the Agent with a written commitment letter specifying the amount of such additional Revolving Credit Commitment and/or Term Loan Commitment, as applicable, which it is willing to provide prior to such deadline as may be specified in the Additional Commitment Request Notice. If the requested increase is oversubscribed then the Agent and KBCM shall allocate the Commitment Increase among the Revolving Credit Lenders and/or Term Loan Lenders, as applicable, who provide such commitment letters on such basis as the Agent and KBCM, shall determine in their sole discretion. If the additional Revolving Credit Commitments and/or Term Loan Commitments, as applicable, so provided are not sufficient to provide the full amount of the Revolving Credit Commitment Increase and/or the Term Loan Commitment Increase, as applicable, that is requested by the Borrower, then the Agent, KBCM, or the Borrower may, but shall not be obligated to, invite one or more banks or lending institutions (which banks or lending institutions shall be acceptable to the Agent, KBCM, and the Borrower) to become a Revolving Credit Lender and/or Term Loan Lender, as applicable, and provide an additional Revolving Credit Commitment and/or Term Loan Commitment, as applicable. The Agent shall provide all Revolving Credit Lenders and/or Term Loan Lenders, as applicable, with a notice setting forth the amount, if any, of the additional Revolving Credit Commitment and/or Term Loan Commitment, as applicable, to be provided by each Revolving Credit Lender and/or Term Loan Lender, as applicable, and the revised Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages and/or Term Loan Commitment Percentages, as applicable, which shall be applicable after the effective date of the Revolving Credit Commitment Increase and/or Term Loan Commitment Increase, as applicable, specified therein (each, a “Commitment Increase Date”). In no event shall any Lender be obligated to provide an additional Revolving Credit Commitment and/or Term Loan Commitment.

 

(b)            On any Commitment Increase Date where the Revolving Credit Commitment is increasing, the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Credit Loans shall be reallocated among the Revolving Credit Lenders such that after the applicable Commitment Increase Date the outstanding principal amount of Revolving Credit Loans owed to each Revolving Credit Lender shall be equal to such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage (as in effect after the applicable Commitment Increase Date) of the outstanding principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans. The participation interests of the Revolving Credit Lenders in Swing Loans and Letter of Credit Liabilities shall be similarly adjusted. On any Commitment Increase Date where the Revolving Credit Commitment is increasing, those Lenders whose Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage is increasing shall advance the funds to the Agent and the funds so advanced shall be distributed among the Revolving Credit Lenders whose Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage is decreasing as necessary to accomplish the required reallocation of the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans. The funds so advanced shall be Base Rate Loans until converted to SOFR Rate Loans which are allocated among all Lenders based on their Commitment Percentages. The Borrower further agrees to amounts due pursuant to §4.7, if any, resulting from any Commitment Increase.

 

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(c)            Upon the effective date of each increase in the Total Revolving Credit Commitment and/or or Total Term Loan Commitment pursuant to this §2.11, the Agent may unilaterally revise Schedule 1.1 to reflect the name and address, Commitment and Commitment Percentage of each Lender following such increase and the Borrower shall execute and deliver to the Agent new Revolving Credit Notes and Term Loan Notes for each Lender whose Commitment has changed so that the principal amount of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Note shall equal its Revolving Credit Commitment and such Term Loan Lender’s Term Loan Note shall equal its Term Loan Commitment. The Agent shall deliver such replacement Revolving Credit Notes and Term Loan Notes to the respective Lenders in exchange for the Revolving Credit Notes and Term Loan Notes replaced thereby which shall be surrendered by such Lenders. Such new Revolving Credit Notes and Term Loan Notes shall provide that they are replacements for the surrendered Revolving Credit Notes and Term Loan Notes, as applicable, and that they do not constitute a novation, shall be dated as of the Commitment Increase Date and shall otherwise be in substantially the form of the replaced Revolving Credit Notes and Term Loan Notes, as applicable. In connection therewith, the Borrower shall deliver an opinion of counsel, addressed to the Lenders and the Agent, relating to the due authorization, execution and delivery of such new Revolving Credit Notes and Term Loan Notes and the enforceability thereof, in form and substance substantially similar to the opinion delivered in connection with the first disbursement under this Agreement. The surrendered Revolving Credit Notes and Term Loan Notes shall be canceled and returned to the Borrower.

 

(d)            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the obligation of the Agent and the Lenders (including any Persons that elect to become Term Loan Lenders) to increase the Total Revolving Credit Commitment and/or the Total Term Loan Commitment, as applicable, pursuant to this §2.11 shall be conditioned upon satisfaction of the following conditions precedent which must be satisfied prior to the effectiveness of any increase of the Total Revolving Credit Commitment and/or the Total Term Loan Commitment, as applicable:

 

(i)             Payment of Activation Fee. The Borrower shall pay (A) to the Agent and KBCM those fees described in and contemplated by the Agreement Regarding Fees with respect to the applicable Commitment Increase (or, if applicable, pursuant to a separate fee agreement to be entered into among the Borrower, the Agent and KBCM prior to the applicable Commitment Increase Date), and (B) to KBCM such facility fees as the Lenders who are providing an additional Revolving Credit Commitment or Term Loan Commitment, may require to increase the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment or Term Loan Commitment, which fees shall, when paid, be fully earned and non-refundable under any circumstances. KBCM shall pay to the Lenders acquiring the increased Commitment certain fees pursuant to their separate agreement; and

 

(ii)            No Default. On the date any Increase Notice is given and on the date such increase becomes effective, both immediately before and after the Total Revolving Credit Commitment or Total Term Loan Commitment is increased, there shall exist no Default or Event of Default; and

 

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(iii)           Representations True. The representations and warranties made by the Borrower and the Guarantors in the Loan Documents or otherwise made by or on behalf of the Borrower and the Guarantors in connection therewith or after the date thereof shall have been true and correct in all material respects when made and shall also be true and correct in all material respects on the date of such Increase Notice and on the date the Total Revolving Credit Commitment or Total Term Loan Commitment is increased, both immediately before and after the Total Revolving Credit Commitment or Total Term Loan Commitment is increased, except to the extent of (A) changes to representations and warranties caused by events that are not Defaults or Events of Default and (B) changes resulting from transactions permitted by the Loan Documents (it being understood and agreed that any representation or warranty which by its terms is made as of a specified date shall be required to be true and correct only as of such specified date and that any representation or warranty that is qualified by any materiality standard shall be required to be true and correct in all respects);

 

(iv)           Beneficial Ownership Certification. If requested by the Agent or any Lender, Borrower shall have delivered, at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Commitment Increase Date, to the Agent (and any such Lender) a completed and executed Beneficial Ownership Certification; and

 

(v)            Additional Documents and Expenses. The Borrower and the Guarantors shall execute and deliver to Agent and the Lenders such additional documents (including, without limitation, amendments to the Security Documents), instruments, evidence of authority to borrow, certifications and opinions as the Agent may reasonably require in its sole and absolute discretion (including, without limitation, in the case of the Borrower, a Compliance Certificate and Borrowing Base Certificate, demonstrating compliance with all covenants, representations and warranties set forth in the Loan Documents after giving effect to the increase) and the Borrower shall pay the cost of any updated UCC searches, all recording costs and fees, and any and all intangible taxes or other documentary or mortgage taxes, assessments or charges or any similar fees, taxes or expenses which are required to be paid in connection with such increase; and

 

(vi)           Other. The Borrower shall satisfy such other conditions to such increase as Agent may require in its reasonable discretion.

 

(e)           Amendments. The Agent and the Borrower may, without the consent of any Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of the Agent and the Borrower, to effect the increase in Commitments pursuant to this §2.11, including, without limitation, establishing pricing, commitment fees and the maturity of any new Commitments and Loans, incorporation of a new pari passu revolving credit or term loan tranche and amendments in respect of borrowing and prepayment procedures for any new pari passu revolving credit or term loan tranche. The provisions of this §2.11 shall supersede any provisions in §27 to the contrary.

 

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§2.12      Extension of Revolving Credit Maturity Date.

 

(a)            First Extension Option. The Borrower shall have the one-time right and option to extend the Revolving Credit Maturity Date to July 18, 2026 upon satisfaction of the following conditions precedent, which must be satisfied prior to the effectiveness of any extension of the Revolving Credit Maturity Date:

 

(i)             Extension Request. The Borrower shall deliver written notice of such request (the “Extension Request”) to the Agent not earlier than the date which is one hundred twenty (120) days and not later than the date which is sixty (60) days prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date (as determined without regard to such extension). Any such Extension Request shall be irrevocable and binding on the Borrower.

 

(ii)            Payment of Extension Fee. The Borrower shall pay to the Agent for the pro rata accounts of the Revolving Credit Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Credit Commitments an extension fee in an amount equal to seven and one-half (7.5) basis points on the Total Revolving Credit Commitment in effect on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date (as determined without regard to such extension), which fee shall, when paid, be fully earned and non-refundable under any circumstances.

 

(iii)           No Default. On the date the Extension Request is given and on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date (as determined without regard to such extension) there shall exist no Default or Event of Default.

 

(iv)           Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties made by the Borrower and the Guarantors in the Loan Documents or otherwise made by or on behalf of the Borrower and the Guarantors in connection therewith or after the date thereof shall have been true and correct in all material respects when made and shall also be true and correct in all material respects on the date the Extension Request is given and on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date (as determined without regard to such extension), except to the extent of changes resulting from transactions permitted by the Loan Documents (it being understood and agreed that any representation or warranty which by its terms is made as of a specified date shall be required to be true and correct only as of such specified date and that any representation or warranty that is qualified by any materiality standard shall be required to be true and correct in all respects).

 

(v)            Beneficial Ownership Certification. If requested by the Agent or any Lender, Borrower shall have delivered, at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date (as determined without regard to such extension), to the Agent (and any such Lender) a completed and executed Beneficial Ownership Certification.

 

(vi)           Additional Documents and Expenses. The Borrower and the Guarantors shall execute and deliver to Agent and Lenders such additional consents and affirmations and other documents (including, without limitation, amendments to the Security Documents) as the Agent may reasonably require, and the Borrower shall pay the cost of any update of UCC searches, recordings costs and fees, and any and all intangible taxes or other documentary or mortgage taxes, assessments or charges or any similar fees, taxes or expenses which are required to be paid in connection with such extension.

 

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(b)            Second Extension Option. Provided that Borrower has validly extended the Revolving Credit Maturity Date pursuant to §2.12(a), Borrower shall have the one-time right and option to extend the Revolving Credit Maturity Date to January 18, 2027 upon satisfaction of the following conditions precedent, which must be satisfied prior to the effectiveness of any extension of the Revolving Credit Maturity Date:

 

(i)             Extension Request. The Borrower shall deliver an Extension Request to the Agent not earlier than the date which is one hundred twenty (120) days and not later than the date which is sixty (60) days prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date (as determined without regard to such extension). Any such Extension Request shall be irrevocable and binding on the Borrower.

 

(ii)            Payment of Extension Fee. The Borrower shall pay to the Agent for the pro rata accounts of the Revolving Credit Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Credit Commitments an extension fee in an amount equal to seven and one-half (7.5) basis points on the Total Revolving Credit Commitment in effect on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date (as determined without regard to such extension), which fee shall, when paid, be fully earned and non-refundable under any circumstances.

 

(iii)           No Default. On the date the Extension Request is given and on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date (as determined without regard to such extension) there shall exist no Default or Event of Default.

 

(iv)           Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties made by the Borrower and the Guarantors in the Loan Documents or otherwise made by or on behalf of the Borrower and the Guarantors in connection therewith or after the date thereof shall have been true and correct in all material respects when made and shall also be true and correct in all material respects on the date the Extension Request is given and on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date (as determined without regard to such extension), except to the extent of changes resulting from transactions permitted by the Loan Documents (it being understood and agreed that any representation or warranty which by its terms is made as of a specified date shall be required to be true and correct only as of such specified date and that any representation or warranty that is qualified by any materiality standard shall be required to be true and correct in all respects).

 

(v)            Beneficial Ownership Certification. If requested by the Agent or any Lender, Borrower shall have delivered, at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date (as determined without regard to such extension), to the Agent (and any such Lender) a completed and executed Beneficial Ownership Certification.

 

(vi)           Additional Documents and Expenses. The Borrower and the Guarantors shall execute and deliver to Agent and Lenders such additional consents and affirmations and other documents (including, without limitation, amendments to the Security Documents) as the Agent may reasonably require, and the Borrower shall pay the cost of any update of UCC searches, recordings costs and fees, and any and all intangible taxes or other documentary or mortgage taxes, assessments or charges or any similar fees, taxes or expenses which are required to be paid in connection with such extension.

 

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§2.13      Defaulting Lenders.

 

(a)            If for any reason any Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender, then, in addition to the rights and remedies that may be available to the Agent or the Borrower under this Agreement or Applicable Law, such Defaulting Lender’s right to participate in the administration of the Loans, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including without limitation, any right to vote in respect of, to consent to or to direct any action or inaction of the Agent or to be taken into account in the calculation of the Required Lenders, the Required Revolving Credit Lenders, the Required Term Loan Lenders, all of the Lenders or affected Lenders, shall, except as specifically provided in §27, be suspended during the pendency of such failure or refusal. If a Lender is a Defaulting Lender because it has failed to make timely payment to the Agent of any amount required to be paid to the Agent hereunder (without giving effect to any notice or cure periods), in addition to other rights and remedies which the Agent or the Borrower may have under the immediately preceding provisions or otherwise, the Agent shall be entitled (i) to collect interest from such Defaulting Lender on such delinquent payment for the period from the date on which the payment was due until the date on which the payment is made at the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus one percent (1.0%), (ii) to withhold or setoff and to apply in satisfaction of the defaulted payment and any related interest, any amounts otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and (iii) to bring an action or suit against such Defaulting Lender in a court of competent jurisdiction to recover the defaulted amount and any related interest. Any amounts received by the Agent in respect of a Defaulting Lender’s Loans shall be applied as set forth in §2.13(d).

 

(b)             Any Non-Defaulting Lender may, but shall not be obligated, in its sole discretion, to acquire all or a portion of a Defaulting Lender’s Commitments. Any Lender desiring to exercise such right shall give written notice thereof to the Agent and the Borrower no sooner than two (2) Business Days and not later than five (5) Business Days after such Defaulting Lender became a Defaulting Lender. If more than one Lender exercises such right, each such Lender shall have the right to acquire an amount of such Defaulting Lender’s Commitments in proportion to the Commitments of the other Lenders exercising such right. If after such fifth (5th) Business Day, the Lenders have not elected to purchase all of the Commitments of such Defaulting Lender, then the Borrower (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists) or the Required Lenders may, by giving written notice thereof to the Agent, such Defaulting Lender and the other Lenders, demand that such Defaulting Lender assign its Commitments to an eligible assignee subject to and in accordance with the provisions of §18.1 for the purchase price provided for below. No party hereto shall have any obligation whatsoever to initiate any such replacement or to assist in finding an eligible assignee. Upon any such purchase or assignment, and any such demand with respect to which the conditions specified in §18.1 have been satisfied, the Defaulting Lender’s interest in the Loans and its rights hereunder (but not its liability in respect thereof or under the Loan Documents or this Agreement to the extent the same relate to the period prior to the effective date of the purchase) shall terminate on the date of purchase, and the Defaulting Lender shall promptly execute all documents reasonably requested to surrender and transfer such interest to the purchaser or assignee thereof, including an appropriate Assignment and Acceptance Agreement. The purchase price for the Commitments of a Defaulting Lender shall be equal to the amount of the principal balance of the Loans outstanding and owed by the Borrower to the Defaulting Lender plus any accrued but unpaid interest thereon and accrued but unpaid fees (taking into account any previous purchase of the Defaulting Lender’s Commitment or portion thereof, including by any Non-Defaulting Lender). Prior to payment of such purchase price to a Defaulting Lender, the Agent shall apply against such purchase price any amounts retained by the Agent pursuant to §2.13(d).

 

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(c)            During any period in which there is a Defaulting Lender, all or any part of such Defaulting Lender’s obligation to acquire, refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit pursuant to §2.10(g) or Swing Loans pursuant to §2.5(e) shall be reallocated among the Revolving Credit Lenders that are Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages (computed without giving effect to the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Defaulting Lender; provided that (i) each such reallocation shall be given effect only if, at the date the applicable Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, no Default or Event of Default exists, (ii) the conditions set forth in §§10 and 11 are satisfied at the time of such reallocation (and, unless the Borrower shall have notified the Agent at such time, the Borrower shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that such conditions are satisfied at the time), (iii) the representations and warranties in the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such reallocation with the same effect as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent of changes resulting from transactions permitted by the Loan Documents (it being understood and agreed that any representation or warranty which by its terms is made as of a specified date shall be required to be true and correct only as of such specified date, and that any representation or warranty that is qualified by any materiality standard shall be required to be true and correct in all respects), and (iv) the aggregate obligation of each Revolving Credit Lender that is a Non-Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Loans shall not exceed the positive difference, if any, of (a) the Revolving Credit Commitment of that Non-Defaulting Lender minus (b) the sum of (1) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans of that Lender plus (2) such Lender’s pro rata portion in accordance with its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of outstanding Letter of Credit Liabilities and Swing Loans. Subject to §34, no reallocation hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from that Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a Non-Defaulting Lender as a result of such Non-Defaulting Lender’s increased exposure following such reallocation.

 

(d)             Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, or otherwise, and including any amounts made available to the Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to §13), shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Agent as follows: first, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Agent (other than with respect to Letter of Credit Liabilities) hereunder; second, to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Issuing Lender (with respect to Letter of Credit Liabilities) and/or the Swing Loan Lender hereunder; third, if so determined by the Agent or requested by the Issuing Lender or the Swing Loan Lender, to be held as cash collateral for future funding obligations of such Defaulting Lender of any participation in any Letter of Credit or Swing Loan; fourth, as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Agent; fifth, if so determined by the Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a non-interest bearing deposit account and released pro rata in order to (x) satisfy obligations of such Defaulting Lender to fund Loans or participations under this Agreement and (y) be held as cash collateral for future funding obligations of such Defaulting Lender of any participation in any Letter of Credit or Swing Loan; sixth, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Agent or the Lenders (including the Issuing Lender and the Swing Loan Lender) as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Agent or any Lender (including the Issuing Lender and the Swing Loan Lender) against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth, to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (i) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Revolving Credit Loans or funded participations in Letters of Credit or Swing Loans in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share and (ii) such Revolving Credit Loans or funded participations in Letters of Credit or Swing Loans were made at a time when the conditions set forth in §§10 and 11, to the extent required by this Agreement, were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Revolving Credit Loans of, and funded participations in Letters of Credit or Swing Loans owed to, all Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis until such time as all Revolving Credit Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Loans are held by the Revolving Credit Lenders pro rata in accordance with their Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages without regard to §2.13(c), prior to being applied to the payment of any Revolving Credit Loans of, or funded participations in Letters of Credit or Swing Loans owed to, such Defaulting Lender. Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post cash collateral pursuant to this §2.13(d) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto, and to the extent allocated to the repayment of principal of the Loan, shall not be considered outstanding principal under this Agreement.

 

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(e)            Within five (5) Business Days of demand by the Issuing Lender or the Swing Loan Lender from time to time, the Borrower shall deliver to the Agent for the benefit of the Issuing Lender and the Swing Loan Lender cash collateral in an amount sufficient to cover all Fronting Exposure with respect to the Issuing Lender and the Swing Loan Lender (after giving effect to §§2.5(a), 2.10(a) and 2.13(c)) on terms satisfactory to the Issuing Lender and/or the Swing Loan Lender in its good faith determination (and such cash collateral shall be in Dollars). Any such cash collateral shall be deposited in the Collateral Account as collateral (solely for the benefit of the Issuing Lender and/or the Swing Loan Lender) for the payment and performance of each Defaulting Lender’s pro rata portion in accordance with their respective Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages of outstanding Letter of Credit Liabilities and Swing Loans. Moneys in the Collateral Account deposited pursuant to this §2.13(e) shall be applied by the Agent to reimburse the Issuing Lender and/or the Swing Loan Lender immediately for each Defaulting Lender’s pro rata portion in accordance with their respective Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages of any funding obligation with respect to a Letter of Credit or Swing Loan which has not otherwise been reimbursed by the Borrower or such Defaulting Lender.

 

(f)            (i) Each Revolving Credit Lender that is a Defaulting Lender shall not earn and shall not be entitled to receive any Unused Fee pursuant to §2.3 for any period during which that Revolving Credit Lender is a Defaulting Lender.

 

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(ii)            Each Revolving Credit Lender that is a Defaulting Lender shall not earn and shall not be entitled to receive Letter of Credit fees pursuant to §2.10(e) for any period during which that Revolving Credit Lender is a Defaulting Lender.

 

(iii)           With respect to any Unused Fee or Letter of Credit fees not required to be paid to any Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above, the Borrower shall (x) pay to each Non-Defaulting Lender that is a Revolving Credit Lender that portion of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s participation in Letter of Credit Liabilities or Swing Loans that has been reallocated to such Non-Defaulting Lender pursuant to §2.13(c), (y) pay to the Issuing Lender and the Swing Loan Lender the amount of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender to the extent allocable to the Issuing Lender’s or the Swing Loan Lender’s Fronting Exposure to such Defaulting Lender and (z) not be required to pay any remaining amount of any such fee.

 

(g)            If the Borrower (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists) and the Agent agree in writing in their sole discretion that a Defaulting Lender should no longer be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender, the Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any cash collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Loans, as applicable, to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments (without giving effect to §2.13(c)), whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while such Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided, further, that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from such Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.

 

§3. REPAYMENT OF THE LOANS.

 

§3.1          Stated Maturity.

 

(a)            The Borrower promises to pay on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date and there shall become absolutely due and payable on the Revolving Credit Maturity Date all of the Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Loans and other Letter of Credit Liabilities Outstanding on such date, together with any and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon.

 

(b)            The Borrower promises to pay on the Term Loan Maturity Date and there shall become absolutely due and payable on the Term Loan Maturity Date all of the Outstanding Term Loans on such date, together with any and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon.

 

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§3.2          Mandatory Prepayments. If at any time (i) the sum of the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Loans and Letter of Credit Liabilities exceeds the lesser of (A) the Total Revolving Credit Commitment or (B) the Borrowing Base Availability minus the principal amount of the Outstanding Term Loans, or (ii) the sum of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans, the Swing Loans, the Term Loans and the Letter of Credit Liabilities exceeds the lesser of (A) the Total Commitment or (B) the Borrowing Base Availability (the occurrence of either clause (i) or clause (ii) being a “Non-Compliance Event”), then the Borrower shall, within five (5) Business Days of such occurrence pay the amount of such excess to the Agent for the respective accounts of the Revolving Credit Lenders (in the case of clause (i)(A)) or all of the Lenders (in the case of clauses (i)(B) and (ii)), as applicable, for application to the Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Loans and Term Loans as provided in §3.4, together with any additional amounts payable pursuant to §4.7, and deposit in the Collateral Account and pledge to Agent cash in an amount (as necessary) equal to the amount of all Outstanding Letter of Credit Liabilities, except that the amount of any Swing Loans shall be paid solely to the Swing Loan Lender.

 

§3.3          Optional Prepayments.

 

(a)            The Borrower shall have the right, at its election, to prepay the outstanding amount of the Revolving Credit Loans, the Term Loans and Swing Loans, as a whole or in part, at any time without penalty or premium; provided, that such prepayment shall be accompanied by the payment of any amounts due pursuant to §4.7.

 

(b)            The Borrower shall give the Agent, no later than 10:00 a.m. (Cleveland time) at least three (3) days prior written notice of any prepayment pursuant to this §3.3, in each case specifying the proposed date of prepayment of the Loans, the Loans to be prepaid and the principal amount to be prepaid (provided that any such notice may be revoked or modified upon one (1) day’s prior notice to the Agent). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no prior notice shall be required for the prepayment of any Swing Loan.

 

§3.4          Partial Prepayments. Each prepayment of the Loans under §3.3 shall be in a minimum amount of $500,000.00 or an integral multiple of $100,000.00 in excess thereof (unless, in either instance, a lesser amount would be due where the Loans are prepaid in full), shall be accompanied by the payment of accrued interest on the principal prepaid to the date of payment. Each partial payment under §§3.2 and 3.3 shall be applied first to the principal of any Outstanding Swing Loans, then, in the absence of instruction by the Borrower and then to the principal of Revolving Credit Loans and the pro rata to the principal of any Outstanding Term Loans (and with respect to each category of Loans, first to the principal of Base Rate Loans, and then to the principal of SOFR Rate Loans).

 

§3.5          Effect of Prepayments. Amounts of the Revolving Credit Loans prepaid under §§3.2 and 3.3 prior to the Revolving Credit Maturity Date may be reborrowed as provided in §2. Any portion of the Term Loans that is repaid may not be reborrowed.

 

§4. CERTAIN GENERAL PROVISIONS.

 

§4.1          Conversion Options. The Borrower may elect from time to time to convert any of its outstanding Revolving Credit Loans or Term Loans to a Revolving Credit Loan or Term Loan, respectively, of another Type and such Revolving Credit Loans or Term Loans shall thereafter bear interest as a Base Rate Loan or a SOFR Rate Loan, as applicable; provided that (i) with respect to any such conversion of a SOFR Rate Loan to a Base Rate Loan, the Borrower shall give the Agent at least one (1) Business Day’s prior written notice of such election; (ii) with respect to any such conversion of a Base Rate Loan to a SOFR Rate Loan, the Borrower shall give the Agent at least three (3) SOFR Business Days’ prior written notice of such election, the principal amount of the Loan so converted shall be in a minimum aggregate amount of $1,000,000.00 or an integral multiple of $250,000.00 in excess thereof and, after giving effect to the making of such Loan, there shall be no more than eight (8) Revolving Credit SOFR Rate Loans and one Term SOFR Rate Loan, outstanding at any one time; and (iii) no Loan may be converted into a SOFR Rate Loan when any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. All or any part of the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans or Term Loans of any Type may be converted as provided herein, provided that no partial conversion shall result in a Base Rate Loan in a principal amount of less than the Minimum Borrowing Amount. On the date on which such conversion is being made, each Lender shall take such action as is necessary to transfer its Commitment Percentage of such Loans to its Domestic Lending Office or its SOFR Lending Office, as the case may be. Each Conversion/ Continuation Request relating to the conversion of a Base Rate Loan to a SOFR Rate Loan shall be irrevocable by the Borrower.

 

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§4.2          Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay to KeyBank, the Agent and KBCM for their own account certain fees for services rendered or to be rendered in connection with the Loans as provided pursuant to that certain fee letter dated as of November 12, 2021 among the Borrower, KeyBank and KBCM (the “Agreement Regarding Fees”). All such fees shall be fully earned when paid and nonrefundable under any circumstances.

 

§4.3          Funds for Payments.

 

(a)            All payments of principal, interest, facility fees, Letter of Credit fees, closing fees and any other amounts due hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents shall be made to the Agent, for the respective accounts of the Lenders and the Agent, as the case may be, at the Agent’s Head Office, not later than 2:00 p.m. (Cleveland time) on the day when due, in each case in lawful money of the United States in immediately available funds. The Agent is hereby authorized to charge the accounts of the Borrower with KeyBank set forth on Schedule 4.3, on the dates when the amount thereof shall become due and payable, with the amounts of the principal of and interest on the Loans and all fees, charges, expenses and other amounts owing to the Agent and/or the Lenders (including the Swing Loan Lender) under the Loan Documents. Subject to the foregoing, all payments made to the Agent on behalf of the Lenders, and actually received by the Agent, shall be deemed received by the Lenders on the date actually received by the Agent.

 

(b)            All payments by the Borrower hereunder and under any of the other Loan Documents shall be made without setoff or counterclaim, and free and clear of and without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by Applicable Law. If any Applicable Law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the Borrower or other applicable Guarantor shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this §4.3) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.

 

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(c)            The Borrower and the Guarantors shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law, or at the option of the Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.

 

(d)            The Borrower and the Guarantors shall jointly and severally indemnify each Recipient, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this §4.3) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Agent), or by the Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error; provided that the determinations in such statement are made on a reasonable basis and in good faith.

 

(e)            Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Agent, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that the Borrower or a Guarantor has not already indemnified the Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower and the Guarantors to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of §18.4 relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Agent under this subsection.

 

(f)            As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by the Borrower or any Guarantor to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this §4.3, the Borrower or such Guarantor shall deliver to the Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.

 

(g)            (i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by Applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in the immediately following clauses (ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D)) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.

 

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(ii)          Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the Borrower is a U.S. Person:

 

(A)          any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Agent), an electronic copy (or an original if requested by the Borrower or the Agent) of an executed IRS Form W-9 (or any successor form) certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax;

 

(B)           any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:

 

(I)            in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, an electronic copy (or an original if requested by the Borrower or the Agent) of an executed IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;

 

(II)           an electronic copy (or an original if requested by the Borrower or the Agent) of an executed IRS Form W-8ECI;

 

(III)         in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit J-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E; or

 

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(IV)         to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, an electronic copy (or an original if requested by the Borrower or the Agent) of an executed IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit J-2 or Exhibit J-3, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit J-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;

 

(C)           any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Agent), an electronic copy (or an original if requested by the Borrower or the Agent) of any other form prescribed by Applicable Law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by Applicable Law to permit the Borrower or the Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and

 

(D)           if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Agent at the time or times prescribed by Applicable Law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent such documentation prescribed by Applicable Law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

 

Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.

 

(h)             If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this §4.3 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this §4.3), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this §4.3 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this subsection (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this subsection, in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this subsection the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund has not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This subsection shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it reasonably deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.

 

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(i)             Each party’s obligations under this §4.3 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.

 

(j)             The obligations of the Borrower to the Revolving Credit Lenders under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit (and of the Revolving Credit Lenders to make payments to the Issuing Lender with respect to Letters of Credit and to the Swing Loan Lender with respect to Swing Loans) shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid and performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, under all circumstances whatsoever, including, without limitation, the following circumstances: (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement, any Letter of Credit or any of the other Loan Documents; (ii) any improper use which may be made of any Letter of Credit or any improper acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee of any Letter of Credit in connection therewith; (iii) the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or any right which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of any Letter of Credit (or persons or entities for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting) or the Revolving Credit Lenders (other than the defense of payment to the Revolving Credit Lenders in accordance with the terms of this Agreement) or any other person, whether in connection with any Letter of Credit, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any unrelated transaction; (iv) any draft, demand, certificate, statement or any other documents presented under any Letter of Credit proving to be insufficient, forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect whatsoever; (v) any breach of any agreement between the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates and any beneficiary or transferee of any Letter of Credit; (vi) any irregularity in the transaction with respect to which any Letter of Credit is issued, including any fraud by the beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit; (vii) payment by the Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit against presentation of a sight draft, demand, certificate or other document which does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, provided that such payment shall not have constituted gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Issuing Lender as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction after the exhaustion of all applicable appeal periods; (viii) any non-application or misapplication by the beneficiary of a Letter of Credit of the proceeds of such Letter of Credit; (ix) the legality, validity, form, regularity or enforceability of the Letter of Credit; (x) the failure of any payment by the Issuing Lender to conform to the terms of a Letter of Credit (if, in the Issuing Lender’s good faith judgment, such payment is determined to be appropriate); (xi) the surrender or impairment of any security for the performance or observance of any of the terms of any of the Loan Documents; (xii) the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default; and (xiii) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, provided nothing in this clause (xiii) shall relieve the Issuing Lender for liability to the Borrower arising as a result of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing Lender as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction after the exhaustion of all applicable appeal periods.

 

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(k)             For purposes of this §4.3, the term “Lender” includes any Issuing Lender and the term “Applicable Law” includes FATCA.

 

§4.4          Computations. All computations of interest on the Loans and of other fees to the extent applicable shall be based on a 360-day year (or a 365 or 366 day year, as applicable, in the case of Base Rate Loans) and paid for the actual number of days elapsed. Whenever a payment hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents becomes due on a day that is not a Business Day, the due date for such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and interest shall accrue during such extension. The Outstanding Loans and Letter of Credit Liabilities as reflected on the records of the Agent from time to time shall be considered prima facie evidence of such amount absent manifest error.

 

§4.5          Inability to Determine Rates.

 

(a)            Temporary. If the Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower) that “Daily Simple SOFR” cannot be determined pursuant the definition thereof other than due to a Benchmark Transition Event, the Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender. Upon notice thereof by the Agent to the Borrower and the Lenders, (i) any obligation of any Lender to make or continue SOFR Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans to SOFR Loans shall be suspended, (ii) all SOFR Loans shall be immediately converted to Base Rate Loans (the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans shall be determined by the Agent without reference to the SOFR component of Base Rate) and (iii) the component of Base Rate based upon SOFR will not be used in any determination of Base Rate, in each case, until the Lender revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of SOFR Loans or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein. Upon any such conversion, the Borrower shall also pay any additional amounts required pursuant to §4.7.

 

(b)             Permanent. If the Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower) that “Daily Simple SOFR” cannot be determined pursuant to the definition thereof as a result of a Benchmark Transition Event, or an Early Opt-in Election, the Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender, and the provisions of §4.15 of this Agreement shall be applicable. Upon notice thereof by the Agent to the Borrower and the Lenders, (i) any obligation of the Lenders to make or continue SOFR Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans to SOFR Loans shall be suspended, (ii) all SOFR Loans shall be immediately converted to Base Rate Loans (the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans shall be determined by the Agent without reference to the SOFR component of Base Rate) and (iii) the component of Base Rate based upon SOFR will not be used in any determination of Base Rate. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of SOFR Loans or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein. Unless and until Agent and the Borrower have amended this Agreement to provide for a Benchmark Replacement in accordance with §4.15 of this Agreement, all Loans shall be Base Rate Loans.

 

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§4.6          Illegality. If any Lender determines that any applicable law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable lending office to make, maintain or fund Loans whose interest such determined by reference to Daily Simple SOFR or SOFR, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon Daily Simple SOFR or SOFR, then, upon notice thereof to the Borrower, (a) any obligation of such Lender to make or continue SOFR Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans to SOFR Loans shall be suspended, and (b) the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Agent without reference to the SOFR component of Base Rate, in each case until such Lender notifies the Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, (i) the Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert all SOFR Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans (the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Agent without reference to the SOFR component of Base Rate), on the Interest Payment Date therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such SOFR Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such SOFR Loans and (ii) if necessary to avoid such illegality, the Agent shall during the period of such suspension compute the Base Rate without reference to the SOFR component thereof until it is no longer illegal for such Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon Daily Simple SOFR Upon any such conversion, the Borrower shall also pay any additional amounts required pursuant to §4.7.

 

§4.7          Breakage Compensation. In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any SOFR Loan other than on the Interest Payment Date therefor (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any SOFR Loan other than on the Interest Payment Date therefor, (c) the failure to borrow, convert, continue or prepay any SOFR Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto, or (d) the assignment of any SOFR Loan other than on the Interest Payment Date therefor as a result of a request by the Borrower, then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for any loss, cost and expense attributable to such event, including any loss, cost or expense arising from the liquidation or redeployment of funds. A certificate of the Agents setting forth any amount or amounts that the Lender are entitled to receive pursuant to this §4.7 shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay the Agent the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof, or such earlier date as may be required by this Agreement.

 

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§4.8          Additional Costs, Etc. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if any present or future Applicable Law, which expression, as used herein, includes statutes, rules and regulations thereunder and interpretations thereof by any competent court or by any governmental or other regulatory body or official charged with the administration or the interpretation thereof and requests, directives, instructions and notices at any time (or from time to time) hereafter made upon or otherwise issued to any Lender or the Agent by any central bank or other fiscal, monetary or other authority (whether or not having the force of law), shall:

 

(a)            subject any Lender or the Agent to any tax, levy, impost, duty, charge, fee, deduction or withholding of any nature with respect to this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, such Lender’s Commitment, a Letter of Credit or the Loans (other than for Indemnified Taxes, Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes, and Connection Income Taxes), or

 

(b)            materially change the basis of taxation (except for changes in taxes on gross receipts, income or profits or its franchise tax) of payments to any Lender of the principal of or the interest on any Loans or any other amounts payable to any Lender under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or

 

(c)            impose or increase or render applicable any special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge, reserve, assessment, liquidity, capital adequacy or other similar requirements (whether or not having the force of law and which are not already reflected in any amounts payable by the Borrower hereunder) against assets held by, or deposits in or for the account of, or loans by, or commitments of an office of any Lender, or

 

(d)            impose on any Lender or the Agent any other conditions or requirements with respect to this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Loans, such Lender’s Commitment, a Letter of Credit or any class of loans or commitments of which any of the Loans or such Lender’s Commitment forms a part; and the result of any of the foregoing is:

 

(i)             to increase the cost to any Lender of making, continuing, converting to, funding, issuing, renewing, extending or maintaining any of the Loans, the Letters of Credit or such Lender’s Commitment, or

 

(ii)            to reduce the amount of principal, interest or other amount payable to any Lender or the Agent hereunder on account of such Lender’s Commitment or any of the Loans or the Letters of Credit, or

 

(iii)           to require any Lender or the Agent to make any payment or to forego any interest or other sum payable hereunder, the amount of which payment or foregone interest or other sum is calculated by reference to the gross amount of any sum receivable or deemed received by such Lender or the Agent from the Borrower hereunder,

 

then, and in each such case, the Borrower will, within fifteen (15) days of demand made by such Lender or (as the case may be) the Agent at any time and from time to time and as often as the occasion therefor may arise, pay to such Lender or the Agent such additional amounts as such Lender or the Agent shall determine in good faith to be sufficient to compensate such Lender or the Agent for such additional cost, reduction, payment or foregone interest or other sum. Each Lender and the Agent in determining such amounts may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods generally applied by such Lender or the Agent.

 

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§4.9          Capital Adequacy. If after the date hereof any Lender determines that (a) the adoption of or change in any Applicable Law regarding liquidity or capital ratios or requirements for banks or bank holding companies or any change in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the administration thereof, or (b) compliance by such Lender or its parent bank holding company with any guideline, request or directive of any such entity regarding liquidity or capital ratios or adequacy (whether or not having the force of law), has the effect of reducing the return on such Lender’s or such holding company’s capital as a consequence of such Lender’s commitment to make Loans or participate in Letters of Credit hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or holding company could have achieved but for such adoption, change or compliance (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such holding company’s then existing policies with respect to capital adequacy and assuming the full utilization of such entity’s capital) by any amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then such Lender may notify the Borrower thereof. The Borrower agrees to pay to such Lender the amount of such reduction in the return on capital as and when such reduction is determined, upon presentation by such Lender of a statement of the amount setting forth the Lender’s calculation thereof. In determining such amount, such Lender may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods generally applied by such Lender. For purposes of §4.8 and this §4.9, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, publications, orders, guidelines and directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall be deemed (i) to constitute the adoption of or a change in Applicable Law and (ii) to have been adopted and gone into effect after the date hereof regardless of when adopted, enacted or issued.

 

§4.10      Intentionally Omitted.

 

§4.11      Default Interest; Late Charge. Following the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, and regardless of whether or not the Agent or the Lenders shall have accelerated the maturity of the Loans, all Loans shall bear interest payable on demand at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Base Rate plus the Revolving Credit Applicable Margin for Revolving Credit Base Rate Loans plus three percent (3.0%) (the “Default Rate”), until such amount shall be paid in full (after as well as before judgment) and the fee payable with respect to Letters of Credit shall be increased to a rate equal to three percent (3.0%) above the Letter of Credit fee that would otherwise be applicable to such time, if any of such amounts shall exceed the maximum rate permitted by law, then at the maximum rate permitted by law. In addition, the Borrower shall pay a late charge equal to four percent (4.0%) of any amount of interest and/or principal payable on the Loans or any other amounts payable hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, which is not paid by the Borrower within ten (10) days of the date when due but not including the final balloon payment of principal due on the Loan.

 

§4.12      Certificate. A certificate setting forth any amounts payable pursuant to §4.7, §4.8, §4.9 or §4.11 and a reasonably detailed explanation of such amounts which are due, submitted by any Lender or the Agent to the Borrower, shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error, and shall be promptly provided to the Agent and the Borrower upon their written request.

 

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§4.13      Limitation on Interest. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents to the contrary, all agreements between or among the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Lenders and the Agent, whether now existing or hereafter arising and whether written or oral, are hereby limited so that in no contingency, whether by reason of acceleration of the maturity of any of the Obligations or otherwise, shall the interest contracted for, charged or received by the Lenders exceed the maximum amount permissible under Applicable Law. If, from any circumstance whatsoever, interest would otherwise be payable to the Lenders in excess of the maximum lawful amount, the interest payable to the Lenders shall be reduced to the maximum amount permitted under Applicable Law; and if from any circumstance the Lenders shall ever receive anything of value deemed interest by Applicable Law in excess of the maximum lawful amount, an amount equal to any excessive interest shall be applied to the reduction of the principal balance of the Obligations and to the payment of interest or, if such excessive interest exceeds the unpaid balance of principal of the Obligations, such excess shall be refunded to the Borrower. All interest paid or agreed to be paid to the Lenders shall, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, be amortized, prorated, allocated and spread throughout the full period until payment in full of the principal of the Obligations (including the period of any renewal or extension thereof) so that the interest thereon for such full period shall not exceed the maximum amount permitted by Applicable Law. The parties hereto hereby agree and stipulate that the only charge imposed upon the Borrower for the use of money in connection with this Agreement is and shall be the interest specifically described in §2.6. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties hereto further agree and stipulate that all agency fees, syndication fees, arrangement fees, amendment fees, extension fees, up-front fees, commitment fees, facility fees, closing fees, letter of credit fees, underwriting fees, prepayment fees, default charges, late charges, funding or “breakage” charges, increased cost charges, attorneys’ fees and reimbursement for costs and expenses paid by the Agent or any Lender to third parties or for damages incurred by the Agent or any Lender, or any other similar amounts are charges made to compensate the Agent or any such Lender for underwriting or administrative services and costs or losses performed or incurred, and to be performed or incurred, by the Agent and the Lenders in connection with this Agreement and shall under no circumstances be deemed to be charges for the use of money. Borrower hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Lenders have imposed no minimum borrowing requirements, reserve or escrow balances or compensating balances related in any way to the Obligations. Any use by the Borrower of certificates of deposit issued by any Lender or other accounts maintained with any Lender has been and shall be voluntary on the part of the Borrower. All charges other than charges for the use of money shall be fully earned and nonrefundable when due. This §4.13 shall control all agreements between or among the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Lenders and the Agent.

 

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§4.14      Certain Provisions Relating to Increased Costs and Non-Funding Lenders. If a Lender gives notice of the existence of the circumstances set forth in §4.6 or any Lender requests compensation for any losses or costs to be reimbursed pursuant to any one or more of the provisions of §4.3(b) (as a result of the imposition of U.S. withholding taxes on amounts paid to such Lender under this Agreement), §4.8 or §4.9, then, upon request of the Borrower, such Lender, as applicable, shall use reasonable efforts in a manner consistent with such institution’s practice in connection with loans like the Loan of such Lender to eliminate, mitigate or reduce amounts that would otherwise be payable by the Borrower under the foregoing provisions, provided that such action would not be otherwise prejudicial to such Lender, including, without limitation, by designating another of such Lender’s offices, branches or affiliates; the Borrower agreeing to pay all reasonably incurred costs and expenses incurred by such Lender in connection with any such action. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and if any Lender (a) has given notice of the existence of the circumstances set forth in §4.6 or has requested payment or compensation for any losses or costs to be reimbursed pursuant to any one or more of the provisions of §4.3(b) (as a result of the imposition of U.S. withholding taxes on amounts paid to such Lender under this Agreement), §4.8 or §4.9 and following the request of the Borrower has been unable to take the steps described above to mitigate such amounts (each, an “Affected Lender”) or (b) has failed to make available to Agent its pro rata share of any Loan or participation in a Letter of Credit and such failure has not been cured (a “Non-Funding Lender”), then, within thirty (30) days after such notice or request for payment or compensation or failure to fund, as applicable, Borrower shall have the one-time right as to such Affected Lender or Non-Funding Lender, as applicable, to be exercised by delivery of written notice delivered to the Agent and the Affected Lender or Non-Funding Lender, as applicable, within thirty (30) days of receipt of such notice or failure to fund, as applicable, to elect to cause the Affected Lender or Non-Funding Lender, as applicable, to transfer its Commitment. The Agent shall promptly notify the remaining Lenders that each of such Lenders shall have the right, but not the obligation, to acquire a portion of the Commitment, pro rata based upon their relevant Commitment Percentages, of the Affected Lender or Non-Funding Lender, as applicable (or if any of such Lenders does not elect to purchase its pro rata share, then to such remaining Lenders in such proportion as approved by the Agent). In the event that the Lenders do not elect to acquire all of the Affected Lender’s or Non-Funding Lender’s Commitment, then the Agent shall endeavor to obtain a new Lender to acquire such remaining Commitment. Upon any such purchase of the Commitment of the Affected Lender or Non-Funding Lender, as applicable, the Affected Lender’s or Non-Funding Lender’s interest in the Obligations and its rights hereunder and under the Loan Documents shall terminate at the date of purchase, and the Affected Lender or Non-Funding Lender, as applicable, shall promptly execute all documents reasonably requested to surrender and transfer such interest. The purchase price for the Affected Lender’s or Non-Funding Lender’s Commitment shall equal any and all amounts outstanding and owed by the Borrower to the Affected Lender or Non-Funding Lender, as applicable, including principal, prepayment premium or fee, and all accrued and unpaid interest or fees.

 

§4.15      Effect of Benchmark Transition Event.

 

(a)            Benchmark Replacement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event or an Early Opt-in Election, as applicable, the Agent and the Borrower may amend this Agreement to replace the Benchmark with a Benchmark Replacement. Any such amendment with respect to a Benchmark Transition Event will become effective at 5:00 p.m. on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the Agent has posted such proposed amendment to all Lenders and the Borrower so long as the Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such amendment from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders. Any such amendment with respect to an Early Opt-in Election will become effective on the date that Lenders comprising the Required Lenders have delivered to the Agent written notice that such Required Lenders accept such amendment. No replacement of Daily Simple SOFR with a Benchmark Replacement pursuant to this §4.15 will occur prior to the applicable Benchmark Transition Start Date.

 

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(b)            Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. In connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, the Agent will have the right to make Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, any amendments implementing such Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement.

 

(c)            Notices; Standards for Decisions and Determinations. The Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of (i) any occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event or an Early Opt-in Election, as applicable, and its related Benchmark Replacement Date and Benchmark Transition Start Date, (ii) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, (iii) the effectiveness of any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes and (iv) the commencement or conclusion of any Benchmark Unavailability Period. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Agent or Lenders pursuant to this §4.15, including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party hereto, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this §4.15.

 

(d)            Unavailability of Tenor of Benchmark. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, at any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement), (i) if any then-current Benchmark is a term rate and either (A) any tenor for such Benchmark is not displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Agent in its reasonable discretion or (B) the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark has provided a public statement or publication of information announcing that any tenor for such Benchmark is or will be no longer representative, then the Agent may modify the definition of "Interest Period" (or any similar or analogous definition) for any Benchmark settings at or after such time to remove such unavailable or non-representative tenor and (ii) if a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (i) above either (A) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement) or (B) is not, or is no longer, subject to an announcement that it is or will no longer be representative for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement), then the Agent may modify the definition of "Interest Period" (or any similar or analogous definition) for all Benchmark settings at or after such time to reinstate such previously removed tenor.

 

(e)            Benchmark Unavailability Period. Upon the Borrower’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, the Borrower may revoke any request for a Term SOFR Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Term SOFR Loans to be made, converted or continued during any Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, the Borrower will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a Loan of or conversion to Base Rate Loans. During any Benchmark Unavailability Period, the component of Base Rate based upon the Adjusted Term SOFR Rate will not be used in any determination of Base Rate.

 

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§5. COLLATERAL SECURITY; GUARANTORS.

 

§5.1          Collateral. The Obligations shall be secured by a perfected first priority lien and security interest to be held by the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders on the Collateral, pursuant to the terms of the Security Documents.

 

§5.2          Appraisals. The Agent shall have the right to obtain new Appraisals or an update to existing Appraisals with respect to any Borrowing Base Property (i) at any time that the regulatory requirements of any Lender generally applicable to real estate loans of the category made under this Agreement as reasonably interpreted by such Lender shall require Appraisals, (ii) at any time following a Default or Event of Default, or (iii) at any time the Agent and the Required Lenders believe that there has been a material adverse change with respect to any such property including, without limitation, a material change in the market in which any such property is located which may affect the value of such property. The expense of such Appraisals and/or updates performed pursuant to this §5.2 shall be borne by the Borrower and payable to Agent within ten business (10) days of demand; provided the Borrower shall not be obligated to pay for an Appraisal of a property obtained pursuant to this §5.2 more often than once in any period of twelve (12) months.

 

§5.3          Additional Collateral.

 

Provided no Default or Event of Default exists, the Borrower shall have the right subject to the satisfaction by the Borrower of the conditions set forth in this §5.3 and §5.4, to add Potential Collateral and the related Borrowing Base Property to the calculation of Borrowing Base Availability. In the event the Borrower desires to add additional Potential Collateral and the related Borrowing Base Property to the Borrowing Base Availability as aforesaid, the Borrower shall provide written notice to the Agent of such request at least ten (10) days prior to the date that Borrower desires to add additional Potential Collateral and the related Borrowing Base Property to the Borrowing Base Availability, which notice shall include the Adjusted Pro Forma Net Operating Income and the NAV Valuation attributable to such Real Estate and be accompanied by the rent roll for such Real Estate. No Potential Collateral and the related Borrowing Base Property shall be included in the calculation of the Borrowing Base Availability unless and until the following conditions precedent shall have been satisfied as determined by Agent (or as required by this Agreement, the Required Lenders):

 

(a)            such Potential Collateral shall be Eligible Real Estate;

 

(b)            such Real Estate shall be owned (or leased to a Subsidiary Guarantor as lessee under a Ground Lease) by a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower, and said Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, and any other Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Borrower owning or leasing an interest therein, shall have executed a Joinder Agreement and satisfied the conditions of §5.4;

 

(c)            prior to or contemporaneously with such addition, the Borrower shall have submitted to the Agent a Compliance Certificate prepared using the financial statements of the Borrower most recently provided or required to be provided to the Agent under §6.4 or §7.4 and a Borrowing Base Certificate, both prepared on a pro forma basis and adjusted to give effect to such addition, and shall certify that after giving effect to such addition, no Default or Event of Default shall exist;

 

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(d)            the Borrower and any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Borrower owning a direct or indirect interest (or Equity Interest) therein, as applicable, which is the direct or indirect owner and/or lessee of the Real Estate, as applicable, shall have executed and delivered to the Agent all Borrowing Base Qualification Documents, all of which instruments, documents or agreements shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent;

 

(e)            after giving effect to the inclusion of such Eligible Real Estate, each of the representations and warranties made by or on behalf of the Borrower or the Guarantors or any of their respective Subsidiaries contained in this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or in any document or instrument delivered pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement shall be true in all material respects both as of the date of which it was made and shall also be true as of the time of the addition of such Borrowing Base Property with the same effect as if made at and as of that time, except to the extent of changes resulting from transactions permitted by the Loan Documents (it being understood and agreed that any representation or warranty which by its terms is made as of a specified date shall be required to be true and correct only as of such specified date), and no Default of Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Agent shall have received a certificate of the Borrower to such effect; and

 

(f)            the provisions of §7.19 shall be satisfied; and the Borrower shall have delivered to the Agent a certification of the satisfaction of the terms of this §5.3, which certificate shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event such Real Estate does not qualify as Eligible Real Estate, such Real Estate shall be included as a Borrowing Base Property so long as the Agent shall have received the prior written consent of the Agent and the Required Lenders to the inclusion of such Real Estate as a Borrowing Base Property.

 

§5.4          Additional Guarantors; Release of Guarantors.

 

(a)            In the event that the Borrower shall request that certain Real Estate owned (or leased to a Subsidiary Guarantor as lessee under a Ground Lease) by a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower be included as a Borrowing Base Property as contemplated by §5.3 and such Real Estate is included as a Borrowing Base Property in accordance with the terms hereof, the Borrower shall, as a condition to such Real Estate being included as a Borrowing Base Property, cause each such Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, and each Wholly-Owned Subsidiary which owns an interest therein, to execute and deliver to the Agent a Joinder Agreement, and each such Subsidiary shall become a Guarantor hereunder and thereunder. Each such Subsidiary shall be specifically authorized, in accordance with its respective organizational documents, to be a Guarantor hereunder and thereunder and to execute the Contribution Agreement and such Security Documents as the Agent may require. The Borrower shall further cause all representations, covenants and agreements in the Loan Documents with respect to the Guarantors to be true and correct or complied with, as applicable, with respect to each such Subsidiary. In connection with the delivery of such Joinder Agreement, the Borrower shall deliver to the Agent such organizational agreements, resolutions, consents, opinions and other documents and instruments as the Agent may reasonably require.

 

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(b)            In the event that all Borrowing Base Properties owned or leased by a Subsidiary Guarantor shall have been released as Collateral for the Obligations and Hedge Obligations in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, then such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be released by Agent from liability under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, provided that such Subsidiary Guarantor is not otherwise required to be a Guarantor, such release documents to be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.

 

(c)            The provisions of §5.4 shall not entitle Borrower or the REIT to any release from the Loan Documents.

 

§5.5          Partial Release of Collateral.

 

(a)            Provided no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred hereunder and be continuing (or would exist immediately after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this §5.5), the Agent shall release a Borrowing Base Property (and if Borrower and/or a Subsidiary Guarantor has pledged its Equity Interests in the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to the Assignment of Interests which Subsidiary Guarantor is to be released pursuant to §5.4(b), such release shall include the Equity Interests in the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor) upon the request of the Borrower in connection with a sale or other permanent disposition or refinancing of such Borrowing Base Property, subject to and upon the following terms and conditions:

 

(i)             the Borrower shall deliver to the Agent written notice of its desire to obtain such release no later than ten (10) days prior to the date on which such release is to be effected;

 

(ii)            the Borrower shall submit to the Agent with such request a Compliance Certificate and Borrowing Base Certificate prepared using the financial statements of the Borrower most recently provided or required to be provided to the Agent under §6.4 or §7.4 adjusted in the best good faith estimate of the Borrower to give effect to the proposed release and demonstrating that no Default or Event of Default with respect to the covenants referred to therein shall exist after giving effect to such release;

 

(iii)           all release documents to be executed by the Agent shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent;

 

(iv)           the Borrower shall pay all reasonable costs and expenses of the Agent in connection with such release, including without limitation, reasonable attorney’s fees; and

 

(v)            if applicable, the Borrower shall pay to the Agent for the account of the Lenders a release price, which payment shall be applied to reduce the outstanding principal balance of the Loans as provided in §3.4, in an amount equal to the amount necessary to reduce the outstanding principal balance of the Loans and Letter of Credit Liabilities so that no violation of the covenants set forth in §7.19 or §9.1 shall occur.

 

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§5.6          Release of Collateral. Upon the refinancing or repayment of the Obligations in full and termination of the obligation to provide additional Loans or issue Letters of Credit to Borrower, then the Agent shall release the Collateral from the lien and security interest of the Security Documents and release the Borrower and Guarantors (other than with respect to obligations that survive termination of this Agreement), provided that Agent has not received a notice from the Representative or the holder of the Hedge Obligations that any Hedge Obligation is then due and payable to the holder thereof. Such release documents shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.

 

§6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

 

The Borrower represents and warrants to the Agent and the Lenders as follows:

 

§6.1          Corporate Authority, Etc.

 

(a)            Incorporation; Good Standing. The REIT is a Maryland corporation duly organized pursuant to its certificate of formation or organization filed with the Maryland Secretary of State, and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Maryland. The REIT conducts its business in a manner which enables it to qualify as a real estate investment trust under, and to be entitled to the benefits of, Section 856 of the Code, and has elected to be treated as and is entitled to the benefits of a real estate investment trust thereunder. The Borrower is a Delaware limited partnership duly organized pursuant to its certificate of limited partnership filed with the Delaware Secretary of State, and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Delaware. The Borrower (i) has all requisite power to own its property and conduct its business as now conducted and as presently contemplated, and (ii) is in good standing and is duly authorized to do business in the jurisdiction of its organization and where any of the Borrowing Base Properties owned or leased by it are located and in each other jurisdiction where a failure to be so qualified in such other jurisdiction could have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)            Subsidiaries. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.1, each of the Guarantors and each of the Subsidiaries of the Borrower and the Guarantors (i) is a corporation, limited partnership, general partnership, limited liability company or trust duly organized under the laws of its State of organization and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws thereof, (ii) has all requisite power to own or lease its property and conduct its business as now conducted and as presently contemplated and (iii) is in good standing and is duly authorized to do business in each jurisdiction where it is organized and where any of the Borrowing Base Properties owned or leased by it are located and in each other jurisdiction where a failure to be so qualified could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(c)            Authorization. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which any of the Borrower or any Guarantor is a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (i) are within the authority of such Person, (ii) have been duly authorized by all necessary proceedings on the part of such Person, (iii) do not and will not conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of any provision of law, statute, rule or regulation to which such Person is subject or any judgment, order, writ, injunction, license or permit applicable to such Person, (iv) do not and will not conflict with or constitute a default (whether with the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both) under any provision of the partnership agreement, operating agreement, articles of incorporation or other charter documents or bylaws of, or any agreement or other instrument binding upon, such Person or any of its properties, (v) do not and will not result in or require the imposition of any lien or other encumbrance on any of the properties, assets or rights of such Person other than the liens and encumbrances in favor of the Agent contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and (vi) do not require the approval or consent of any Person other than those already obtained and delivered to the Agent.

 

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(d)            Enforceability. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which any of the Borrower or any Guarantor is a party are valid and legally binding obligations of such Person enforceable in accordance with the respective terms and provisions hereof and thereof, except as enforceability is limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights and general principles of equity.

 

§6.2          Governmental Approvals. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which the Borrower or any Guarantor is a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not require the approval or consent of, or filing or registration with, or the giving of any notice to, any court, department, board, governmental agency or authority other than those already obtained, and the filing of the Security Documents in the appropriate records office with respect thereto.

 

§6.3          Title to Properties. Except as indicated on Schedule 6.3 hereto, the REIT and its Subsidiaries own or lease all of the assets reflected in the consolidated balance sheet of the REIT as of the Balance Sheet Date or acquired or leased since that date (except property and assets sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business since that date) subject to no rights of others, including any mortgages, leases pursuant to which the REIT or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates is the lessee, conditional sales agreements, title retention agreements, liens or other encumbrances except Permitted Liens.

 

§6.4          Financial Statements. The Borrower has furnished to the Agent: (a) the consolidated balance sheet of the REIT and its Subsidiaries as of the Balance Sheet Date and the related consolidated statement of income and cash flow as of the Balance Sheet Date certified by the chief financial officer of the REIT, (b) an unaudited statement of Net Operating Income for the period ending September 30, 2021, reasonably satisfactory in form to the Agent and certified by the chief financial officer of the REIT as fairly presenting the Net Operating Income for such periods, and (c) certain other financial information relating to the Borrower, the Guarantors and the Collateral, including, without limitation, the Borrowing Base Properties. The balance sheet and statements referred to in clauses (a) and (b) above have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and fairly present the consolidated financial condition of the REIT and its Subsidiaries as of such dates and the consolidated results of the operations of the REIT and its Subsidiaries for such periods. There are no liabilities, contingent or otherwise, of REIT or any of its Subsidiaries involving material amounts not disclosed in said financial statements and the related notes thereto.

 

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§6.5          No Material Changes. Since the Balance Sheet Date or the date of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to §7.4 (with the date which is the most recent being applicable), there has occurred no materially adverse change in the financial condition, operations, business or assets of the REIT and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole as shown on or reflected in the consolidated balance sheets of the REIT as of the Balance Sheet Date, or its consolidated statement of income or cash flows as of the Balance Sheet Date, other than changes in the ordinary course of business that have not and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. As of the Closing Date, except as set forth on Schedule 6.5 hereto, there has occurred no materially adverse change in the financial condition, operations, business or assets of the REIT, its Subsidiaries or any of the Real Estate from the condition shown on the financial statements delivered to the Agent pursuant to §6.4 other than changes in the ordinary course of business that have not had any materially adverse effect either individually or in the aggregate on the business, assets, operations or financial condition of the REIT and its Subsidiaries, considered as a whole, or of any of the Borrowing Base Properties.

 

§6.6          Franchises, Patents, Copyrights, Etc.. The Borrower, the Guarantors and their respective Subsidiaries possess all franchises, patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade names, trade secrets, service marks, licenses and permits, and rights in respect of the foregoing, adequate for the conduct of their business substantially as now conducted without known conflict with any rights of others. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.6 hereto, none of the Borrowing Base Properties is owned, leased or operated by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries under or by reference to any trademark, trade name, service mark or logo, and none of the trademarks, tradenames, service marks or logos are registered or subject to any license or provision of law limiting their assignability or use except as specifically set forth on Schedule 6.6.

 

§6.7          Litigation. Except as stated on Schedule 6.7, there are no actions, suits, proceedings or investigations of any kind pending or to the knowledge of the Borrower threatened against the Borrower, any Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries before any court, tribunal, arbitrator, mediator or administrative agency or board which question the validity of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, any action taken or to be taken pursuant hereto or thereto, the Collateral or any lien, security title or security interest created or intended to be created pursuant hereto or thereto, or which if adversely determined could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.7, as of the Closing Date there are no judgments, final orders or awards outstanding against or affecting the Borrower, any Guarantor, any of their respective Subsidiaries or any Collateral. No injunction, writ, temporary restraining order or any order of any nature has been issued by any court or other Governmental Authority purporting to enjoin or restrain the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or directing that the transactions provided for herein or therein not be consummated as herein or therein provided.

 

§6.8          No Material Adverse Contracts, Etc.. None of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries is subject to any charter, corporate or other legal restriction, or any judgment, decree, order, rule or regulation that has or is expected in the future to have a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries is a party to any contract or agreement that has or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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§6.9          Compliance with Other Instruments, Laws, Etc.. None of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries is in violation of any provision of its charter or other organizational documents, bylaws, or any agreement or instrument to which it is subject or by which it or any of its properties is bound or any decree, order, judgment, statute, license, rule or regulation, in any of the foregoing cases in a manner that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

§6.10      Tax Status. Each of the Borrower, the Guarantors and their respective Subsidiaries (a) has made or filed all federal and state income and all other tax returns, reports and declarations required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject or has obtained an extension for filing, (b) has paid prior to delinquency all taxes and other governmental assessments and charges shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations except those which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings as permitted by this Agreement, and (c) has set aside on its books provisions reasonably adequate for the payment of all taxes for periods subsequent to the periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.10, there are no unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of any jurisdiction, and the officers or partners of such Person know of no basis for any such claim. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.10, there are no audits pending or to the knowledge of the Borrower threatened with respect to any tax returns filed by the Borrower, any Guarantor or their respective Subsidiaries. The taxpayer identification number for the REIT is 47-4156046, and the taxpayer identification number for the Borrower is 35-2562247.

 

§6.11      No Event of Default. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

§6.12      Investment Company Act. None of the Borrower, the Guarantors or any of their respective Subsidiaries is an “investment company”, or an “affiliated company” or a “principal underwriter” of an “investment company”, as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

§6.13      Setoff, Etc.. The Collateral and the rights of the Agent and the Lenders with respect to the Collateral are not subject to any setoff, claims, withholdings or other defenses by the REIT or any of their Subsidiaries or Affiliates or, to the best knowledge of the Borrower, any other Person.

 

§6.14      Certain Transactions. Except as disclosed on Schedule 6.14 hereto, none of the partners, officers, trustees, managers, members, directors, or employees of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries is, nor shall any such Person become, a party to any transaction with the Borrower, any Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries or Affiliates (other than for services as partners, managers, members, employees, officers and directors), including any agreement or other arrangement providing for the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any partner, officer, trustee, director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any corporation, partnership, trust or other entity in which any partner, officer, trustee, director, or any such employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or partner, which are on terms less favorable to the Borrower, a Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries than those that would be obtained in a comparable arms-length transaction.

 

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§6.15      Employee Benefit Plans. The Borrower, each Guarantor and each ERISA Affiliate has fulfilled its obligation, if any, under the minimum funding standards of ERISA and the Code with respect to each Employee Benefit Plan, Multiemployer Plan or Guaranteed Pension Plan and is in compliance in all material respects with the presently applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code with respect to each Employee Benefit Plan, Multiemployer Plan or Guaranteed Pension Plan. Neither the Borrower, any Guarantor nor any ERISA Affiliate has (a) sought a waiver of the minimum funding standard under Section 412 of the Code in respect of any Employee Benefit Plan, Multiemployer Plan or Guaranteed Pension Plan, (b) failed to make any contribution or payment to any Employee Benefit Plan, Multiemployer Plan or Guaranteed Pension Plan, or made any amendment to any Employee Benefit Plan, Multiemployer Plan or Guaranteed Pension Plan, which has resulted or could result in the imposition of a Lien or the posting of a bond or other security under ERISA or the Code, or (c) incurred any liability under Title IV of ERISA other than a liability to the PBGC for premiums under Section 4007 of ERISA. None of the assets of REIT or any of its Subsidiaries, including, without limitation, any Borrowing Base Property or other Collateral, constitutes a Plan Asset.

 

§6.16      Disclosure. All of the representations and warranties made by or on behalf of the Borrower, the Guarantors and their respective Subsidiaries in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any document or instrument delivered to the Agent or the Lenders pursuant to or in connection with any of such Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects, and neither the Borrower nor any Guarantor has failed to disclose such information as is necessary to make such representations and warranties not misleading. All information contained in this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or otherwise furnished to or made available to the Agent or the Lenders by or on behalf of the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any Guarantor, as supplemented to date, taken as a whole, is and, when delivered, will be true and correct in all material respects and, as supplemented to date, does not, and when delivered will not (to Borrower’s knowledge), contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading. The written information, reports and other papers and data with respect to the Borrower, any Subsidiary, any Guarantor or the Collateral, including, without limitation, the Borrowing Base Properties (other than projections and estimates) furnished to the Agent or the Lenders in connection with this Agreement or the obtaining of the Commitments of the Lenders hereunder was, at the time so furnished, taken as a whole, complete and correct in all material respects, or has been subsequently supplemented by other written information, reports or other papers or data, to the extent necessary to give in all material respects a true and accurate knowledge of the subject matter in all material respects; provided that such representation shall not apply to (a) the accuracy of any appraisal, title commitment, survey, or engineering and environmental reports prepared by third parties or legal conclusions or analysis provided by the Borrower’s or the Guarantors’ counsel (although the Borrower and the Guarantors have no reason to believe that the Agent and the Lenders may not rely on the accuracy thereof) or (b) budgets, projections and other forward-looking speculative information prepared in good faith by the REIT or the Borrower (except to the extent the related assumptions were when made manifestly unreasonable).

 

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§6.17      Trade Name; Place of Business. Neither the Borrower nor any Guarantor uses any trade name and conducts business under any name other than its actual name set forth in the Loan Documents. The principal place of business of the Borrower is 130 Newport Center Drive, Suite 240, Newport Beach, California 92660.

 

§6.18      Regulations T, U and X. No portion of any Loan is to be used for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any “margin security” or “margin stock” as such terms are used in Regulations T, U and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 12 C.F.R. Parts 220, 221 and 224. Neither the Borrower nor any Guarantor is engaged, nor will it engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any “margin security” or “margin stock” as such terms are used in Regulations T, U and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 12 C.F.R. Parts 220, 221 and 224.

 

§6.19      Environmental Compliance. The Borrower has obtained and provided to the Agent, or in the case of Borrowing Base Properties acquired after the date hereof will obtain and provide to the Agent, written environmental site assessment reports of the Environmental Engineer, which reports shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent (collectively, the “Environmental Reports”). Except as set forth in the Environmental Reports with respect to Borrowing Base Properties, the Borrower makes the following representations and warranties:

 

(a)            None of the Borrower, the Guarantors or their respective Subsidiaries nor any manager of the Real Estate, nor any tenant or operations thereon, is in violation, or alleged violation, of any judgment, decree, order, law, license, rule or regulation pertaining to environmental matters, including without limitation, those arising under any Environmental Law, which violation (i) involves Real Estate (other than the Borrowing Base Properties) and has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) involves a Borrowing Base Property.

 

(b)            None of the Borrower, any Guarantor nor any of their respective Subsidiaries has received notice from any third party including, without limitation, any Governmental Authority, (i) that Borrower, any Guarantor or any of its respective Subsidiaries has been identified by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) as a potentially responsible party under CERCLA with respect to a site listed on the National Priorities List, 40 C.F.R. Part 300 Appendix B (1986); (ii) that any Hazardous Substance(s) which Borrower, any Guarantor or any of its respective Subsidiaries has generated, transported or disposed of have been found at any site at which a federal, state or local agency or other third party has conducted or has ordered that the Borrower, any Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries conduct a remedial investigation, removal or other response action pursuant to any Environmental Law; or (iii) that Borrower, any Guarantor or any of its respective Subsidiaries is or shall be a named party to any claim, action, cause of action, complaint, or legal or administrative proceeding (in each case, contingent or otherwise) arising out of any third party’s incurrence of costs, expenses, losses or damages of any kind whatsoever in connection with the release of Hazardous Substances, which in any case (i) involves Real Estate (other than the Borrowing Base Properties) and has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) involves a Borrowing Base Property.

 

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(c)            (i) No portion of the Real Estate has been used for the handling, processing, storage or disposal of Hazardous Substances except in accordance with applicable Environmental Laws, and no underground tank or other underground storage receptacle for Hazardous Substances is located on any portion of the Real Estate except those which are being operated and maintained in compliance with Environmental Laws; (ii) in the course of any activities conducted by the Borrower, the Guarantors, their respective Subsidiaries or the tenants of their properties, no Hazardous Substances have been generated or are being used on the Real Estate except in the ordinary course of the Borrower’s, the Guarantors’ and their respective Subsidiaries’ respective businesses or the tenant’s residency and in accordance with applicable Environmental Laws; (iii) there has been no past or present Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Substances on, upon, into or from the Real Estate; (iv) there have been no Releases on, upon, from or into any real property in the vicinity of any of the Real Estate which, through soil or groundwater contamination, may have come to be located on the Real Estate; and (v) any Hazardous Substances that have been generated on any of the Real Estate have been transported off site in accordance with all applicable Environmental Laws (except with respect to the foregoing in this §6.19(c) as to any Real Estate (other than the Borrowing Base Properties) where the foregoing has not had or could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect).

 

(d)            None of the Borrower, the Guarantors, their respective Subsidiaries nor the Borrowing Base Properties is subject to any applicable Environmental Law requiring the performance of Hazardous Substances site assessments, or the removal or remediation of Hazardous Substances, or the giving of notice to any governmental agency or the recording or delivery to other Persons of an environmental disclosure document or statement in each case by virtue of the transactions set forth herein and contemplated hereby, or as a condition to the effectiveness of any transactions contemplated hereby, except for such matters with which the Borrower, the Guarantors, their respective Subsidiaries shall have complied with as of the Closing Date.

 

(e)            There are no existing or closed sanitary landfills, solid waste disposal sites, or hazardous waste treatment, storage or disposal facilities (i) on or affecting the Real Estate (other than the Borrowing Base Properties) except where such existence has not had or could not be reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) on or affecting a Borrowing Base Property.

 

(f)            There has been no claim by any party that any use, operation, or condition of the Real Estate has caused any nuisance or any other liability or adverse condition on any other property, nor is there any basis for such a claim.

 

§6.20      Subsidiaries; Organizational Structure. Schedule 6.20(a) sets forth, as of the Closing Date, all of the Subsidiaries of the REIT, the form and jurisdiction of organization of each of the Subsidiaries, and the REIT’s direct and indirect ownership interests therein. Schedule 6.20(b) sets forth, as of the Closing Date, all of the Unconsolidated Affiliates of the REIT and its Subsidiaries, the form and jurisdiction of organization of each of the Unconsolidated Affiliates, the REIT’s or its Subsidiary’s ownership interest therein and the other owners of the applicable Unconsolidated Affiliate. No Person owns any legal, equitable or beneficial interest in any of the Persons set forth on Schedules 6.20(a) and 6.20(b) except as set forth on such Schedules.

 

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§6.21      Leases. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.21 with respect to the Borrowing Base Properties as of the Closing Date or as disclosed in writing to Agent prior to the acceptance of any additional Borrowing Base Properties, none of the Borrowing Base Properties is subject to any Lease or other occupancy agreement, other than the Leases disclosed on the Rent Roll provided to Agent prior to the acceptance of such Real Estate as a Borrowing Base Property and Leases entered into subsequent to such date in accordance with this Agreement. As of the date of this Agreement or, with respect to any Real Estate included as a Borrowing Base Property after the date of this Agreement, as of the date of inclusion of such Borrowing Base Property, a true, correct and complete (in all material respects) Rent Roll of each Borrowing Base Property in Borrowing Base Availability with respect to all Leases of any portion of the Borrowing Base Property has been provided to the Agent. The Borrower has delivered to the Agent true copies of the Leases and any amendments thereto relating to each Borrowing Base Property required to be delivered as a part of the Borrowing Base Qualification Documents. Such Leases constitute as of such date thereof the sole leases or licenses or other agreements pertaining to the occupancy or use of space at such Borrowing Base Property and in the Building relating thereto. Except as reflected on Schedule 6.21, no tenant under any Lease (i) is entitled to any free rent, partial rent, rebate of rent payments, credit, offset or deduction in rent, including, without limitation, lease support payments, lease buy-outs or abatements or credits, and (ii) has made any prepayments of rent or other payments due under such Lease for more than one (1) month in advance of the due date of such payment. Except as set forth in Schedule 6.21, the Leases reflected therein are, as of the date of inclusion of the applicable Borrowing Base Property in the calculation of Borrowing Base Availability, in full force and effect in accordance with their respective terms, without any payment default or any other material default thereunder, nor are there any defenses, counterclaims, offsets, concessions, rebates, or tenant improvement allowances, contributions or landlord construction obligations available to any tenant thereunder, and, except as reflected in Schedule 6.21, neither the Borrower nor any Guarantor has given or made, any notice of any payment or other material default, or any claim, which remains uncured or unsatisfied, with respect to any of the Leases, and to the best of the knowledge and belief of the Borrower, there is no basis for any such claim or notice of default by any tenant under a Lease. Except as reflected in Schedule 6.21, no property, other than the Borrowing Base Property which is the subject of the applicable Lease, is necessary to comply with the requirements (including, without limitation, parking requirements) contained in such Lease. The Borrower has complied with the terms and conditions of Section 5(c) of the Cash Collateral Agreement.

 

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§6.22      Property. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.22, (i) all of the Borrowing Base Properties, and all major building systems located thereon, are structurally sound, in good condition and working order and free from material defects, subject to ordinary wear and tear, (ii) all of the other Real Estate of the Borrower, the Guarantors and their respective Subsidiaries is structurally sound, in good condition and working order, subject to ordinary wear and tear, except where such defects have not had and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) the Real Estate, and the use and operation thereof, is in material compliance with all applicable federal and state law and governmental regulations and any local ordinances, orders or regulations, including without limitation, laws, regulations and ordinances relating to zoning, building codes, parking, subdivision, fire protection, health, safety, handicapped access, historic preservation and protection, wetlands, tidelands and flood control, including without limitation, the American With Disabilities Act or any state laws regarding disability requirements, and any declaration, covenant or instrument to which Borrower, any Subsidiary Guarantor or its respective Borrowing Base Property may be subject (hereafter referred to collectively as the “Requirements”) (but excluding for purposes of this §6.22, Environmental Laws) except where a failure to so comply as to Real Estate other than Borrowing Base Properties has not and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and except as set forth in the zoning reports delivered to Agent with respect to such Borrowing Base Properties (if any), no Building located on a Borrowing Base Property is a so-called non-conforming use, (iv) except as shown on the Survey delivered to Agent with respect to such Borrowing Base Properties (if any), such Borrowing Base Property is not located in a flood hazard area as defined by the Federal Insurance Administration, and such Borrowing Base Property is not located in Zone 3 or Zone 4 of the “Seismic Zone Map of the U.S.,” (v) neither Borrower nor any Subsidiary Guarantor has received any written notice of, and has no knowledge of, any approvals, consents, licenses, permits, utility installations and connections (including, without limitation, drainage facilities), curb cuts and street openings, required by Applicable Laws or any material agreement affecting such Borrowing Base Property for the maintenance, operation, servicing and use of such Borrowing Base Property or any Building for its current use (hereinafter referred to as the “Project Approvals”) which have not been granted, effected, or performed and completed (as the case may be), or any fees or charges therefor which have not been fully paid before becoming delinquent, or which are no longer in full force and effect, and no Project Approvals will terminate, or become void or voidable or terminable on any foreclosure sale of the Equity Interests pursuant to the applicable Assignment of Interests, (vi) there are no outstanding written notices, suits, orders, decrees or judgments relating to zoning, building use and occupancy, fire, health, sanitation or other violations affecting, against, or with respect to, such Borrowing Base Property or any part thereof, (vii) neither Borrower nor any Subsidiary Guarantor has received any written notice of, nor has any knowledge of, any material violation of any applicable Requirements or Project Approvals or any other material violation of restrictions or agreements by which Borrower, such Subsidiary Guarantor or such Borrowing Base Property is bound; (viii) all utilities necessary for the use and operation of the Borrowing Base Properties are installed to the property lines of the Borrowing Base Properties through dedicated public rights of way or through perpetual private easements and, except in the case of drainage facilities, are connected to the Building located thereon with valid permits and are adequate to service the Building in compliance with Applicable Law, (ix) the streets abutting the Borrowing Base Properties are dedicated and accepted public roads, to which the Borrowing Base Properties in each case has direct access or are perpetual private ways (with direct access to public roads) to which the Borrowing Base Properties have direct access, (x) there are no unpaid or outstanding real estate or other taxes or assessments on or against any of the Borrowing Base Properties which are payable by the Borrower, any Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries (except only real estate or other taxes or assessments, that are not yet delinquent or are being protested as permitted by this Agreement), (xi) there are no unpaid or outstanding gross receipts, rent or sales taxes payable by Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, with respect to the use and operation of such Borrowing Base Property which are due and payable, (xii) neither the improvements located on such Borrowing Base Property nor any operations therein, is now or has been damaged, impacted, or otherwise affected in any material respect by or subject to the growth or existence of a Mold Condition (as defined in the Indemnity Agreement); (xiii) each Borrowing Base Property is separately assessed for purposes of real estate tax assessment and payment, (xiv) there are no pending, or to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened or contemplated, eminent domain proceedings against any Borrowing Base Property except as disclosed to Agent pursuant to §7.19, (xv) none of the Borrowing Base Property is now damaged as a result of any fire, explosion, accident, flood or other casualty except as disclosed to Agent pursuant to §7.19, (xvi) none of the Borrower, the Guarantors or any of their respective Subsidiaries has received any outstanding notice from any insurer or its agent requiring performance of any work with respect to any of the Borrowing Base Property, or canceling or threatening to cancel any policy of insurance, and each of the Borrowing Base Properties complies with the material requirements of all of the Borrower’s, Guarantors’ and their respective Subsidiaries’ insurance carriers, (xvii) other than agreements to sell contained in purchase and sale agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business, no person or entity has any right or option to acquire any Borrowing Base Property or any portion thereof or interest therein, and (xviii) to the knowledge of the Borrower, there is no evidence of any illegal activities related to controlled substances on the Borrowing Base Properties.

 

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§6.23      Brokers. None of the REIT nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged or otherwise dealt with any broker, finder or similar entity in connection with this Agreement or the Loans contemplated hereunder.

 

§6.24      Other Debt. As of the Closing Date, (a) none of the Borrower, any Guarantor nor any of their respective Subsidiaries is in default (beyond the passage of all grace, notice and cure periods) of (i) the payment of any Indebtedness in excess of $250,000, the performance of any related agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, security agreement, financing agreement, indenture or lease to which any of them is a party, and (b) no Indebtedness of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries has been accelerated. Neither the Borrower nor any Guarantor is a party to or bound by any agreement, instrument or indenture that may require the subordination in right or time or payment of any of the Obligations to any other indebtedness or obligation of the Borrower or any Guarantor. Schedule 6.24 hereto sets forth all agreements, mortgages, deeds of trust, financing agreements or other material agreements binding upon the Borrower and each Guarantor or their respective properties and entered into by the Borrower and/or such Guarantor as of the Closing Date with respect to any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Guarantor in an amount greater than $250,000.00, and the Borrower has provided the Agent with such true, correct and complete copies thereof.

 

§6.25      Solvency. After giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including all Loans made or to be made hereunder neither the Borrower nor any Guarantor is insolvent on a balance sheet basis such that the sum of such Person’s assets exceeds the sum of such Person’s liabilities, the Borrower and each Guarantor is able to pay its debts as they become due, and the Borrower and each Guarantor has sufficient capital to carry on its business.

 

§6.26      No Bankruptcy Filing. Neither the Borrower nor any Guarantor is contemplating either the filing of a petition by it under any state or federal bankruptcy or insolvency laws or for the liquidation of its assets or property, and the Borrower has no knowledge of any Person contemplating the filing of any such petition against it or any Guarantor.

 

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§6.27      No Fraudulent Intent. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents nor the performance of any actions required hereunder or thereunder is being undertaken by the Borrower, any Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries with or as a result of any actual intent by any of such Persons to hinder, delay or defraud any entity to which any of such Persons is now or will hereafter become indebted.

 

§6.28      Transaction in Best Interests of the Borrower and Guarantors; Consideration. The transaction evidenced by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents is in the best interests of the Borrower, each Guarantor and their respective Subsidiaries. The Borrower and the Guarantors are engaged in common business enterprises related to those of the Borrower and each Guarantor will derive substantial direct and indirect benefit from the effectiveness and existence of this Agreement. The direct and indirect benefits to inure to the Borrower, each Guarantor and their respective Subsidiaries pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute substantially more than “reasonably equivalent value” (as such term is used in Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code) and “valuable consideration,” “fair value,” and “fair consideration” (as such terms are used in any applicable state fraudulent conveyance law), in exchange for the benefits to be provided by the Borrower, the Guarantors and their respective Subsidiaries pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and but for the willingness of each Guarantor to guaranty the Loan, the Borrower would be unable to obtain the financing contemplated hereunder which financing will enable the Borrower, each Guarantor and their respective Subsidiaries to have available financing to conduct and expand their business.

 

§6.29      Contribution Agreement. The Borrower and the Guarantors have executed and delivered the Contribution Agreement, and the Contribution Agreement constitutes the valid and legally binding obligations of such parties enforceable against them in accordance with the terms and provisions thereof, except as enforceability is limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights and except to the extent that availability of the remedy of specific performance or injunctive relief is subject to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.

 

§6.30      Representations and Warranties of Guarantors. The Borrower has no knowledge that any of the representations or warranties of any Guarantor contained in any Loan Document to which such Guarantor is a party are untrue or inaccurate in any material respect.

 

§6.31      OFAC. Neither Borrower, any Guarantor, any Subsidiary of Borrower or Guarantor or any of their respective directors, officers or, to the knowledge of Borrower, employees, agents, advisors or Affiliates (a) is (or will be) a Person: (i) that is, or is owned or controlled by Persons that are: (x) the subject or target of any Sanctions Laws and Regulations or (y) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is, or whose government is, the subject of Sanctions Laws and Regulations, including, without limitation Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria, or (ii) with whom any Lender is restricted from doing business under OFAC (including, those Persons named on OFAC’s Specially Designated and Blocked Persons list) or under any statute, executive order (including the September 24, 2001 Executive Order Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism), or other governmental action and (b) is not and shall not engage in any dealings or transactions or otherwise be associated with Person (any such Person, a “Designated Person”). In addition, Borrower hereby agrees to provide to the Lenders any additional information that a Lender deems reasonably necessary from time to time in order to ensure compliance with all Applicable Laws (including, without limitation, any Sanctions Laws and Regulations) concerning money laundering and similar activities. Neither the Borrower, any Guarantor nor any Subsidiary, director or officer of Borrower or any Guarantor or, to the knowledge of Borrower, any Affiliate, agent or employee of Borrower or any Guarantor, has engaged in any activity or conduct which would violate any applicable anti-bribery, anti-corruption or anti-money laundering laws or regulations in any applicable jurisdiction, including without limitation, any Sanctions Laws and Regulations.

 

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§6.32            Beneficial Ownership. The information included in the most recent Beneficial Ownership Certification, if any, delivered by the Borrower is true and correct in all respects.

 

§6.33            [Intentionally Omitted.]

 

§6.34            EEA or UK Financial Institutions. None of the Borrower, any Guarantor, nor their respective Subsidiaries is an EEA Financial Institution or a UK Financial Institution.

 

§6.35            Borrowing Base Properties. Each of the Borrowing Base Properties included by Borrower in the calculation of the Borrowing Base Availability satisfies all of the requirements contained in this Agreement for such Borrowing Base Property to be included therein.

 

§6.36            Ground Lease.

 

(i)             Each Ground Lease (inclusive of all amendments thereto) contains the entire agreement of the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor and the applicable owner of the fee interest in such Borrowing Base Property (the “Fee Owner”), pertaining to the Borrowing Base Property covered thereby. With respect to Borrowing Base Property subject to a Ground Lease, the applicable Subsidiary Guarantors have no estate, right, title or interest in or to the Borrowing Base Property except under and pursuant to the Ground Lease or except as may be otherwise approved in writing by Agent. The Borrower has delivered a true and correct copy of the Ground Lease (inclusive of all amendments thereto) to the Agent and the Ground Lease has not been modified, amended or assigned, other than pursuant to such amendments or modification provided to Agent.

 

(ii)            The applicable Fee Owner is the exclusive fee simple owner of the Borrowing Base Property, subject only to the Ground Lease, any Liens on such fee interest in favor of a mortgage lender that are subordinate to such Ground Lease and all other Liens and other matters as may be approved in writing by Agent, and the applicable Fee Owner is the sole owner of the lessor’s interest in the Ground Lease.

 

(iii)           There are no rights of Fee Owner to terminate the Ground Lease other than the applicable Fee Owner’s right to terminate by reason of default, casualty, condemnation or other reasons, in each case as expressly set forth in the Ground Lease.

 

(iv)           Each Ground Lease is in full force and effect and no breach or default or event that with the giving of notice or passage of time would constitute a breach or default under any Ground Lease (a “Ground Lease Default”) exists or has occurred on the part of a Subsidiary Guarantor or, to Borrower’s knowledge, on the part of a Fee Owner under any Ground Lease. All base rent and additional rent, if any, due and payable under each Ground Lease has been paid through the date hereof and no Subsidiary Guarantor is required to pay any deferred or accrued rent after the date hereof under any Ground Lease. Neither Borrower nor a Subsidiary Guarantor has received any written notice that a Ground Lease Default has occurred or exists, or that any Fee Owner or any third party alleges the same to have occurred or exist.

 

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(v)            The applicable Subsidiary Guarantor is the exclusive owner of the ground lessee’s interest under and pursuant to each Ground Lease and has not assigned, transferred or encumbered its interest in, to, or under the Ground Lease, except to Agent under the Loan Documents.

 

§7. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS.

 

The Borrower covenants and agrees that, so long as any Loan, Note or Letter of Credit is outstanding or any Lender has any obligation to make any Loans or issue Letters of Credit:

 

§7.1          Punctual Payment. The Borrower will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid the principal and interest on the Loans and all interest and fees provided for in this Agreement, all in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Notes, as well as all other sums owing pursuant to the Loan Documents.

 

§7.2          Maintenance of Office. The Borrower and each Guarantor will maintain their respective chief executive office at 130 Newport Center Drive, Suite 240, Newport Beach, California 92660, or at such other place in the United States of America as the Borrower or any Guarantor shall designate upon thirty (30) days prior written notice to the Agent and the Lenders, where notices, presentations and demands to or upon the Borrower or such Guarantor in respect of the Loan Documents may be given or made.

 

§7.3          Records and Accounts. The Borrower and each Guarantor will (a) keep, and cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to keep true and accurate records and books of account in which full, true and correct entries will be made in accordance with GAAP and (b) maintain adequate accounts and reserves for all taxes (including income taxes), depreciation and amortization of its properties and the properties of their respective Subsidiaries, contingencies and other reserves. Neither the Borrower, any Guarantor nor any of their respective Subsidiaries shall, without the prior written consent of the Agent, (x) make any material change to the accounting policies/principles used by such Person in preparing the financial statements and other information described in §6.4 or §7.4, or (y) change its fiscal year. The Agent and the Lenders acknowledge that the REIT’s fiscal year is a calendar year.

 

§7.4          Financial Statements, Certificates and Information. The Borrower will deliver or cause to be delivered to the Agent, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, with sufficient copies for each of the Lenders:

 

(a)            not later than ninety (90) days after the end of each calendar year, the audited consolidated balance sheet of the REIT and its Subsidiaries at the end of such year, and the related audited consolidated statements of income, shareholders’ equity, changes in capital and cash flows for such year, setting forth in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year and all such statements to be in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP, together with a certification by the chief financial officer, chief executive officer or chief accounting officer of the REIT, that the information contained in such financial statements fairly presents the financial position of the REIT and its Subsidiaries, and accompanied by an auditor’s report prepared without qualification (including, without limitation, any going concern or similar qualification) as to the scope of the audit by an independent nationally recognized accounting firm reasonably approved by the Agent and who shall have authorized the REIT to deliver such financial statements and certifications thereof to the Agent and the Lenders; provided, however, the Borrower may satisfy its obligations to deliver the financial statements described in this §7.4(a) by furnishing to the Agent a copy of REIT’s annual report on Form 10-K in respect of such fiscal year together with the financial statements required to be attached thereto, provided REIT is required to file such annual report on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission and such filing is actually made;

 

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(b)            not later than sixty (60) days after the end of each of the first three (3) calendar quarters of each year, copies of the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the REIT and its Subsidiaries, at the end of such quarter, and the related unaudited consolidated statements of income, unaudited consolidated balance sheet and cash flows for the portion of the REIT’s fiscal year then elapsed, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, together with a certification by the chief financial officer, chief executive officer or chief accounting officer of the REIT that the information contained in such financial statements fairly presents the financial position of the REIT and its Subsidiaries on the date thereof (subject to year-end adjustments); provided, however, the Borrower may satisfy its obligations to deliver the financial statements described in this §7.4(b) by furnishing to the Agent a copy of REIT’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q in respect of such calendar quarter together with the financial statements required to be attached thereto, provided REIT is required to file such quarterly report on Form 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission and such filing is actually made;

 

(c)            simultaneously with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in §§7.4(a) and 7.4(b), (i) a statement (a “Compliance Certificate”) certified by the chief financial officer, chief executive officer or chief accounting officer of the REIT in the form of Exhibit G hereto (or in such other form as the Agent may approve from time to time) setting forth in reasonable detail computations evidencing compliance or non-compliance (as the case may be) with the covenants contained in §9 and the other covenants described in such certificate and (if applicable) setting forth reconciliations to reflect changes in GAAP since the Balance Sheet Date, (ii) a statement of Net Operating Income, Adjusted Pro Forma Net Operating Income and Adjusted Funds from Operations for the relevant period, and (iii) a summary description of any amendments, modifications, supplements or other agreements entered into by any Subsidiary Guarantor with any Major Tenant during the immediately preceding calendar quarter, together with such other documentation and information as Agent may request to determine compliance with §7.13. The Borrower shall submit with the Compliance Certificate a Borrowing Base Certificate in the form of Exhibit H attached hereto (a “Borrowing Base Certificate”) pursuant to which the Borrower shall calculate the Borrowing Base Availability and the components thereof as of the end of the immediately preceding calendar quarter, together with such supporting information as Agent may request (including financial statements of the applicable Tenant), if available. Such Borrowing Base Certificate shall specify whether there are any monetary or other defaults under Leases at a Borrowing Base Property;

 

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(d)            simultaneously with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in clause (a) above, the statement of all contingent liabilities involving amounts of $250,000.00 or more of the REIT and its Subsidiaries which are not reflected in such financial statements or referred to in the notes thereto (including, without limitation, all guaranties, endorsements and other contingent obligations in respect of the indebtedness of others, and obligations to reimburse the issuer in respect of any letters of credit);

 

(e)            if requested by the Agent, simultaneously with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in §§7.4(a) and 7.4(b), an operating statement and Rent Roll for each of the Borrowing Base Properties for each such calendar quarter and year to date and a consolidated operating statement or individual operating statements for the Real Estate for each such calendar quarter and year to date (such statements and reports to be in form reasonably satisfactory to the Agent);

 

(f)            simultaneously with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in §§7.4(a) and 7.4(b) above, solely to the extent any such information is not included in any Form 10-Q or Form 10-K that has been delivered to the Lender pursuant to §§7.4(a) and 7.4(b) above or in any Rent Roll that has been delivered to the Lender pursuant to §§7.4(e) above, a statement listing the Real Estate owned or leased by the REIT and its Subsidiaries (or in which the REIT or any of its Subsidiaries owns an interest) and stating the date acquired and the Acquisition Cost, the Net Operating Income, square footage and occupancy, whether such Real Estate constitutes a Land Asset or a Development Property, and prior to the date of the Capitalized Value Election (if any), the NAV Valuation of such Real Estate. Without limiting the foregoing, prior to the date of the Capitalized Value Election, if any, the Borrower shall provide the Agent with an annual NAV Valuation for all Real Estate that for purposes of determining Borrowing Base Value and Total Asset Value hereunder is required to be valued using the NAV Valuation thereof and each such NAV Valuation shall in all events be dated within twelve (12) months of any date of determination of Borrowing Base Value and Total Asset Value;

 

(g)            contemporaneously with the filing or mailing thereof, copies of all material of a financial nature, reports, proxy statements and all other information sent to the owners of the Borrower or the REIT;

 

(h)            promptly following the Agent’s request, after they are filed with the Internal Revenue Service, copies of all annual federal income tax returns and amendments thereto of the Borrower and the REIT;

 

(i)             notice of any audits pending or threatened in writing with respect to any tax returns filed by the REIT or any of its Subsidiaries promptly following notice of such audit;

 

(j)             promptly following the occurrence thereof, written notice to the Agent of any new or additional Indebtedness or Liens on any Real Estate directly or indirectly owned or leased by Borrower or a Guarantor;

 

(k)            within five (5) Business Days of receipt, copies of any written claim made with respect to any Non-Recourse Exclusion;

 

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(l)             not later than January 31 of each year, the budget and annual plan for the REIT and its Subsidiaries for the current calendar year;

 

(m)           Without limiting the terms of §2.11 and §2.12, a completed and executed Beneficial Ownership Certification from Borrower, if requested by the Agent or any Lender at any time Agent or such Lender determines that it is required by law to obtain such certification; and

 

(n)            from time to time, such other financial data and information in the possession of the REIT or its Subsidiaries (including without limitation auditors’ management letters, status of litigation or investigations against the REIT or any of its Subsidiaries and any settlement discussions relating thereto, property inspection and environmental reports and information as to zoning and other legal and regulatory changes affecting the REIT or any of its Subsidiaries) as the Agent may reasonably request.

 

The Borrower shall cooperate with the Agent in connection with the publication of certain materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower. Documents required to be delivered pursuant to the Loan Documents shall be delivered by or on behalf of the Borrower to the Agent and the Lenders (collectively, “Information Materials”) pursuant to this Section and the Borrower shall designate Information Materials (a) that are either available to the public or not material with respect to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or any of their respective securities for purposes of United States federal and state securities laws, as “Public Information” and (b) that are not Public Information as “Private Information.” Any material to be delivered pursuant to this §7.4 may be delivered electronically directly to Agent and the Lenders provided that such material is in a format reasonably acceptable to Agent, and such material shall be deemed to have been delivered to Agent and the Lenders upon Agent’s receipt thereof. Upon the request of Agent, the Borrower shall deliver paper copies thereof to Agent and the Lenders. The Borrower and the Guarantors authorize Agent and Arrangers to disseminate any such materials, including without limitation the Information Materials through the use of Intralinks, SyndTrak or any other electronic information dissemination system (an “Electronic System”). Any such Electronic System is provided “as is” and “as available.” The Agent and the Arrangers do not warrant the adequacy of any Electronic System and expressly disclaim liability for errors or omissions in any notice, demand, communication, information or other material provided by or on behalf of Borrower that is distributed over or by any such Electronic System (“Communications”). No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including, without limitation, any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third-party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects, is made by Agent or the Arrangers in connection with the Communications or the Electronic System. In no event shall the Agent, the Arrangers or any of their directors, officers, employees, agents or attorneys have any liability to the Borrower or the Guarantors, any Lender or any other Person for damages of any kind, including, without limitation, direct or indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrower’s, any Guarantors’, the Agent’s or any Arranger’s transmission of Communications through the Electronic System, and the Borrower and the Guarantors release Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders from any liability in connection therewith. Certain of the Lenders (each, a “Public Lender”) may have personnel who do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to the Borrower, its Subsidiaries or its Affiliates, or the respective securities of any of the foregoing, and who may be engaged in investment and other market related activities with respect to such Persons’ securities. The Borrower hereby agrees that it will identify that portion of the Information Materials that may be distributed to the Public Lenders and that (i) all such Information Materials shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; (ii) by marking Information Materials “PUBLIC,” the Borrower shall be deemed to have authorized the Agent, the Lenders and the Arrangers to treat such Information Materials as not containing any material non-public information with respect to the Borrower, its Subsidiaries, its Affiliates or their respective securities for purposes of United States Federal and state securities laws (provided, however, that to the extent such Information Materials constitute confidential information, they shall be treated as provided in §18.7); (iii) all Information Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of any electronic dissemination system designated “Public Investor” or a similar designation; and (iv) the Agent and the Arrangers shall be entitled to treat any Information Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of any electronic dissemination system not designated “Public Investor” or a similar designation.

 

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§7.5          Notices.

 

(a)            Defaults. The Borrower will promptly upon becoming aware of same notify the Agent in writing of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, which notice shall describe such occurrence with reasonable specificity and shall state that such notice is a “notice of default”. If any Person shall give any notice of the existence of a claimed default or take any other action in respect of a claimed default (whether or not constituting an Event of Default) under this Agreement or under any note, evidence of indebtedness, indenture or other obligation to which or with respect to which the Borrower, any Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries is a party or obligor, whether as principal or surety, and such default would permit the holder of such note or obligation or other evidence of indebtedness to accelerate the maturity thereof, which acceleration would either cause a Default or have a Material Adverse Effect, the Borrower shall forthwith give written notice thereof to the Agent and each of the Lenders, describing the notice or action and the nature of the claimed default.

 

(b)            Environmental Events. The Borrower will give notice to the Agent within five (5) Business Days of becoming aware of (i) any potential or known Release, or threat of Release, of any Hazardous Substances in violation of any applicable Environmental Law; (ii) any violation of any Environmental Law that the Borrower, any Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries reports in writing or is reportable by such Person in writing (or for which any written report supplemental to any oral report is made) to any federal, state or local environmental agency or (iii) any inquiry, proceeding, investigation, or other action, including a notice from any agency of potential environmental liability, of any federal, state or local environmental agency or board, that in any case involves (A) any Borrowing Base Property, (B) any other Real Estate and could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (C) the Agent’s liens or security interest in the Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents.

 

(c)            Notification of Claims Against Collateral. The Borrower will give notice to the Agent in writing within five (5) Business Days of becoming aware of any material setoff, claims (including, with respect to any Borrowing Base Property, environmental claims), withholdings or other defenses to which any of the Collateral, or the rights of the Agent or the Lenders with respect to the Collateral, are subject.

 

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(d)            Notice of Litigation and Judgments. The Borrower will give notice to the Agent in writing within five (5) Business Days of becoming aware of any litigation or proceedings threatened in writing or any pending litigation and proceedings affecting the Borrower, any Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries or to which the Borrower, any Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries is or is to become a party involving an uninsured claim against the Borrower, any Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries that could either reasonably be expected to cause a Default or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and stating the nature and status of such litigation or proceedings. The Borrower will give notice to the Agent, in writing, in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and each of the Lenders, within ten (10) days of any judgment not covered by insurance, whether final or otherwise, against the REIT or any of its Subsidiaries in an amount in excess of $250,000.00.

 

(e)            Ground Lease. The Borrower will promptly notify the Agent in writing of any default by a Fee Owner in the performance or observance of any of the terms, covenants and conditions on the part of a Fee Owner to be performed or observed under a Ground Lease. The Borrower will promptly deliver to the Agent copies of all material notices, certificates, requests, demands and other instruments received from or given by a Fee Owner to Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor under a Ground Lease.

 

(f)            Notice of Defaults Under Organizational Agreements. The Borrower will, within five (5) Business Days of notice or receipt, provide to the Agent copies of any and all written notices of default under any partnership agreement, operating agreement or other organizational agreement to which Borrower or any Guarantor is a party or of any failure by the Borrower or any Guarantor to perform any material obligation under any such partnership agreement, operating agreement or other organizational agreement.

 

(g)            ERISA. The Borrower will give notice to the Agent within five (5) Business Days after the REIT or any ERISA Affiliate (i) gives or is required to give notice to the PBGC of any ERISA Reportable Event with respect to any Guaranteed Pension Plan, Multiemployer Plan or Employee Benefit Plan, or knows that the plan sponsor or plan administrator of any such plan has given or is required to give notice of any such reportable event; (ii) gives a copy of any notice of complete or partial withdrawal liability under Title IV of ERISA; or (iii) receives any notice from the PBGC under Title IV of ERISA of an intent to terminate or appoint a trustee to administer any such plan.

 

(h)            Notices of Default Under Leases. The Borrower will give notice to the Agent in writing within five (5) Business Days after the Borrower or any Guarantor (i) receives written notice from a Major Tenant under a Lease of a Borrowing Base Property of a default by the landlord under such Lease, or (ii) delivers a written notice to any Major Tenant under a Lease of a Borrowing Base Property of a payment or other default by such Major Tenant under its Lease.

 

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(i)             Notification of Lenders. Within five (5) Business Days after receiving any notice under this §7.5, the Agent will forward a copy thereof to each of the Lenders, together with copies of any certificates or other written information that accompanied such notice.

 

§7.6          Existence; Maintenance of Properties.

 

(a)            Except as permitted under §§8.4 and 8.8, the Borrower and each Guarantor (i) will preserve and keep in full force and effect their legal existence in the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, (ii) will cause each of their respective Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors to preserve and keep in full force and effect their legal existence in the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation except where such failure has not had and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (iii) in the event that the Borrower or any Guarantor is a limited liability company, shall not, nor shall any of its members or managers, take any action in furtherance of, or consummate, an LLC Division. The Borrower and each Guarantor will preserve and keep in full force all of their rights and franchises and those of their respective Subsidiaries, the preservation of which is necessary to the conduct of their business (except with respect to Subsidiaries of the Borrower that are not Guarantors, where such failure has not had and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect). REIT shall at all times (X) comply with all requirements and applicable laws and regulations necessary to maintain REIT Status and shall continue to receive REIT Status, and (Y) make all necessary filings and to take all other steps necessary to remain a reporting company under the Exchange Act. The Borrower shall continue to own directly or indirectly one hundred percent (100%) of the Subsidiary Guarantors.

 

(b)            The Borrower and each Guarantor (i) will cause all of its properties and those of its Subsidiaries used or useful in the conduct of its business or the business of its Subsidiaries to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order (ordinary wear and tear excepted) and supplied with all necessary equipment, (ii) will cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereof, and (iii) will pay all normal and customary operating expenses for the Borrowing Base Properties as the same become due. Without limitation of the obligations of the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors under this Agreement with respect to the maintenance of the Borrowing Base Properties, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall promptly and diligently comply with the recommendations of the Environmental Engineer concerning the maintenance, operation or upkeep of the Borrowing Base Properties contained in the building inspection and environmental reports delivered to the Agent or otherwise obtained by Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor with respect to the Borrowing Base Properties.

 

§7.7          Insurance. The Borrower, the Guarantors and their respective Subsidiaries (as applicable) will, at their expense, procure and maintain insurance covering the Borrower, the Guarantors and their respective Subsidiaries (as applicable) and the Real Estate (including the Borrowing Base Properties) in such amounts and against such risks and casualties as are customary for properties of similar character and location, due regard being given to the type of improvements thereon, their construction, location, use and occupancy. The Borrower shall timely pay, or cause to be paid, all premiums on insurance policies.

 

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§7.8          Taxes; Liens. The Borrower, the ERISA Affiliate and the Guarantors will, and will cause their respective Subsidiaries to, duly pay and discharge, or cause to be paid and discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, all taxes, assessments and other governmental charges imposed upon them or upon the Borrowing Base Properties or the other Real Estate, sales and activities, or any part thereof, or upon the income or profits therefrom as well as all claims for labor, materials or supplies that if unpaid might by law become a lien or charge upon any of its property or other Liens affecting any of the Collateral or other property of the Borrower, the Guarantors or their respective Subsidiaries and all non-governmental assessments, levies, maintenance and other charges, whether resulting from covenants, conditions and restrictions or otherwise, water and sewer rents and charges assessments on any water stock, utility charges and assessments and owner association dues, fees and levies, provided that any such tax, assessment, charge or levy or claim need not be paid if the validity or amount thereof shall currently be contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings which shall suspend the collection thereof with respect to such property and the Borrower or applicable Guarantor shall not be subject to any fine, suspension or loss of privileges or rights by reason of such proceeding, neither such property nor any portion thereof or interest therein would be in any danger of sale, forfeiture, loss or suspension of operation by reason of such proceeding and the Borrower, such Guarantor or any such Subsidiary shall have set aside on its books adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP (or if such aggregate amount so contested relates to a Borrowing Base Property and equals or exceeds $250,000, then Borrower shall have deposited with Agent as additional Collateral adequate reserves as reasonably determined by Agent); and provided, further, that forthwith upon the commencement of proceedings to foreclose any lien that may have attached as security therefor, the Borrower, such Guarantor or any such Subsidiary either (i) will provide a bond issued by a surety reasonably acceptable to the Agent and sufficient to stay all such proceedings or (ii) if no such bond is provided, will pay each such tax, assessment, charge or levy. If requested by Agent, Borrower shall deliver to the Agent evidence of payment of taxes, other assessments, levies and charges described in this §7.8 with respect to the Borrowing Base Properties within ten (10) days following the date upon which such amounts are due and payable unless the same are being contested in accordance with the terms hereof and the other Loan Documents.

 

§7.9          Inspection of Properties and Books. The Borrower and the Guarantors will, and will cause their respective Subsidiaries to, permit the Agent and the Lenders, at the Borrower’s expense and upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and inspect any of the Borrowing Base Properties (subject to the rights of tenants under their Leases), to examine the books of account of the Borrower, any Guarantor and their respective Subsidiaries (and to make copies thereof and extracts therefrom) and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Borrower, any Guarantor and their respective Subsidiaries with, and to be advised as to the same by, their respective officers, partners or members, all at such reasonable times and intervals as the Agent or any Lender may reasonably request, provided that so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrower shall not be required to pay for such visits and inspections more often than once in any twelve (12) month period. The Lenders shall use good faith efforts to coordinate such visits and inspections so as to minimize the interference with and disruption to the normal business operations of such Persons.

 

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§7.10      Compliance with Laws, Contracts, Licenses, and Permits. The Borrower and the Guarantors will, and will cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to, comply in all respects with (a) all Applicable Laws and regulations now or hereafter in effect wherever its business is conducted, including all Environmental Laws, (b) the provisions of its corporate charter, partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement or declaration of trust, as the case may be, and other charter documents and bylaws, (c) all agreements and instruments to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound, (d) all applicable decrees, orders, and judgments, and (e) all licenses and permits required by Applicable Laws and regulations for the conduct of its business or the ownership, use or operation of its properties, except where failure to so comply with either clause (a), (c), (d) or (e) would not result in the material non-compliance with the items described in such clauses. If any authorization, consent, approval, permit or license from any officer, agency or instrumentality of any government shall become necessary or required in order that the Borrower, any Guarantor or their respective Subsidiaries may fulfill any of its obligations hereunder, the Borrower, such Guarantor or such Subsidiary will promptly take or cause to be taken all steps necessary to obtain such authorization, consent, approval, permit or license and furnish the Agent and the Lenders with evidence thereof. The Borrower shall develop and implement such programs, policies and procedures as are necessary to comply with the Patriot Act and shall promptly advise the Agent in writing in the event that the Borrower shall determine that any investors in the Borrower are in violation of such act.

 

§7.11      Further Assurances. The Borrower and each Guarantor will and will cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to, cooperate with the Agent and the Lenders and execute such further instruments and documents as the Lenders or the Agent shall reasonably request to carry out to their satisfaction the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

§7.12      Management. The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to, enter into any Management Agreement for a Borrowing Base Property without the prior written consent of the Agent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld), and after such approval, no such Management Agreement shall be modified in any material respect or terminated without Agent’s prior written approval, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld. Agent may condition any approval or replacement of a new Property Manager and/or Management Agreement upon the execution and delivery to Agent of a collateral assignment of such Management Agreement to Agent and the delivery of a Subordination of Management Agreement with respect to such Management Agreement.

 

§7.13      Leases of the Property.

 

(a)            Neither Borrower nor any Guarantor will lease all or any portion of a Borrowing Base Property or amend, supplement or otherwise modify, terminate or cancel, or accept the surrender of, or (if Borrower’s or such Guarantor’s consent is required under the terms of such Lease) consent to the assignment or subletting of, or grant any concessions to or waive the performance of any obligations of any tenant, lessee or licensee under, any now existing or future Lease except in the ordinary course of business consistent with sound and customary leasing and management principles.

 

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(b)            Notwithstanding §7.13(a), neither Borrower nor any Guarantor will without the prior written consent of the Agent, such approval to not be unreasonably withheld, (i) enter into any Lease with a Major Tenant, or (ii) amend, supplement or otherwise modify any Lease with a Major Tenant in a manner adverse to the interest of the Lenders (it being understood that, without limitation, any shortening of a lease term, reduction of rents or other payment obligations, granting of abatements, increasing allowances or contributions or otherwise providing economic concessions to the tenant thereunder, creating economic obligations of the landlord thereunder, increasing the landlord’s obligations or decreasing the landlord’s rights, altering the “triple net” or “double net” (as applicable) nature of any Lease, decreasing the Tenant’s obligations, creating additional remedies, rights of self-help, offset, termination, co-tenancy or other similar provisions for the benefit of the Tenant thereunder, or creating rights of first offer or first refusal, shall be deemed to be adverse to the Lenders), or (iii) terminate or cancel, or accept the surrender of, any now existing or future Lease with a Major Tenant, or (iv) if such Subsidiary Guarantor’s consent is required under the terms of a Lease with a Major Tenant, consent to the assignment or subletting of, or grant any concessions to or waive the performance of, any obligations of any tenant, lessee or licensee under, any now existing or future Lease with a Major Tenant. Any new Lease shall contain customary mortgagee provisions (including the ability of the landlord to assign its interest without consent and the subordination of the Lease and the tenant’s rights thereunder to any mortgage, deed of trust or deed to secure debt encumbering such property). To the extent the Agent’s approval or consent is required pursuant to this Section 7.13, Agent’s approval shall be deemed granted in the event the Agent fails to respond to the Borrower’s request within ten (10) Business Days if (A) Borrower has delivered to Agent and Agent’s counsel the applicable documents, with the notation “IMMEDIATE RESPONSE REQUIRED, FAILURE TO RESPOND TO THIS APPROVAL REQUEST WITHIN TEN (10) BUSINESS DAYS FROM RECEIPT SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE LENDER’S APPROVAL” prominently displayed in bold, all caps and fourteen (14) point or larger font in the transmittal letter requesting approval and (B) Agent does not approve or reject the applicable request within ten (10) Business Days from the date Agent and Agent’s counsel receive the request as evidenced by a certified mail return receipt or confirmation by a reputable national overnight delivery service (e.g., Federal Express) that the same has been delivered. The Borrower and Subsidiary Guarantors shall furnish the Agent with executed copies of all Leases or amendments thereto hereafter made. The Borrower and Subsidiary Guarantors shall deliver a Payment Direction Letter (as defined in the Cash Collateral Agreement) to each new tenant of a Lease entered into after the date hereof.

 

(c)            The Borrower shall not, and will not permit the Subsidiary Guarantors to, collect any rents, issues, profits, revenues, income or other benefits payable under any of the Leases for the Borrowing Base Properties more than one (1) month in advance (provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit the collection of security deposits). The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit the Subsidiary Guarantors to, directly or indirectly, cause or permit to exist, any condition which would result in the termination or cancellation of, or which would relieve the performance of any obligations of any Tenant under, any Lease for all or any portion of the Borrowing Base Properties. In the event that any existing or future security deposit is in the form of a letter of credit, Borrower or the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor shall, at Agent’s election, cause Agent to be a named beneficiary thereof and shall otherwise cause such letter of credit to be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, and shall deliver to Agent the original letter of credit promptly following Borrower’s or the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor’s receipt thereof. Without limiting any term of the Loan Documents prohibiting Borrower or the Subsidiary Guarantors from terminating Leases, any payments received by Borrower or the Subsidiary Guarantors with respect to early lease termination options or otherwise paid by tenants in consideration of an early termination of any Lease shall, at Agent’s election, be promptly paid to Agent as a prepayment of the Loans.

 

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§7.14      Business Operations. The REIT and its Subsidiaries shall operate their respective businesses in substantially the same manner and in substantially the same fields and lines of business as such business is now conducted and such other lines of business that are reasonably related or incidental thereto and in compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Loan Documents. Neither the REIT nor the Borrower will, or permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, engage in any line of business other than the acquisition, ownership, operation and development of retail, industrial, warehouse, manufacturing, distribution and/or office properties.

 

§7.15      Registered Service Mark. Without prior written notice to the Agent, except with respect to the trademarks, tradenames, service marks or logos listed on Schedule 6.6 hereto, none of the Borrowing Base Properties shall be owned or operated by the Borrower or any Guarantor under any trademark, tradename, service mark or logo. In the event any of the Borrowing Base Properties shall be owned or operated under any tradename, trademark, service mark or logo, not listed on Schedule 6.6 hereto, the Borrower or the applicable Guarantor shall enter into such agreements with the Agent in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, as the Agent may reasonably require to ensure that the Agent or any successful bidder at a foreclosure sale of or other owner of the Collateral relating to such Borrowing Base Property will continue to have the right to operate such Borrowing Base Property under such tradename, trademark, service mark or logo as determined by the Agent.

 

§7.16      Ownership of Real Estate. Without the prior written consent of the Agent, all Real Estate and all interests (whether direct or indirect) of the REIT or the Borrower in any Real Estate assets or other assets now owned or leased or acquired or leased after the date hereof shall be owned or leased directly by the Borrower or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower; provided, however that the Borrower shall be permitted to own or lease interests in Real Estate through non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries and Unconsolidated Affiliates of the Borrower as permitted by §8.3(l).

 

§7.17      Distributions of Income to the Borrower. The Borrower shall cause all of its Subsidiaries (subject to the terms of any loan documents under which such Subsidiary is the borrower) to promptly distribute to the Borrower (but not less frequently than once each calendar quarter, unless otherwise approved by the Agent), whether in the form of dividends, distributions or otherwise, all profits, proceeds or other income relating to or arising from its Subsidiaries’ use, operation, financing, refinancing, sale or other disposition of their respective assets and properties after (a) the payment by each Subsidiary of its debt service, operating expenses, capital improvements and leasing commissions for such quarter and (b) the establishment of reasonable reserves for the payment of operating expenses not paid on at least a quarterly basis and capital improvements and tenant improvements to be made to such Subsidiary’s assets and properties approved by such Subsidiary in the course of its business consistent with its past practices.

 

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§7.18      Plan Assets. The Borrower, the ERISA Affiliates, the Guarantors and each of their respective Subsidiaries will do, or cause to be done, all things necessary to ensure that none of its Real Estate or other assets will be deemed to be Plan Assets at any time.

 

§7.19      Borrowing Base.

 

(a)           The Eligible Real Estate included in the calculation of the Borrowing Base Availability shall at all times satisfy all of the following conditions:

 

(i)             the Eligible Real Estate shall be owned one hundred percent (100%) in fee simple (or leased pursuant to a Ground Lease) by a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Borrower that is a Subsidiary Guarantor, in each case free and clear of all Liens other than the Liens permitted in §8.2(i), (iv) and (vii), and other Liens approved in writing by Agent, and such Eligible Real Estate shall not have applicable to it any restriction on the sale, pledge, transfer, mortgage or assignment of such property (including any restrictions contained in any applicable organizational documents or any other instrument or agreement (other than a Loan Document)), except for customary rights of first offer, rights of first refusal or other options to acquire such Eligible Real Estate in favor of Tenants under Leases or Fee Owners under Ground Leases, in each case, as approved in writing by Agent (it being understood that such rights of first refusal, rights of first offer and purchase options set forth on Schedule 6.22 attached hereto with respect to the Initial Borrowing Base Properties have been approved by the Agent);

 

(ii)            none of the Eligible Real Estate shall have any material title, survey, environmental, structural or other defects except as reasonably approved by the Agent;

 

(iii)           if such Eligible Real Estate is held by a Subsidiary Guarantor, the only asset of such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be Eligible Real Estate included in the calculation of the Borrowing Base Availability;

 

(iv)           the Lease relating to such Real Estate shall have an initial lease term of at least seven (7) years remaining at the time of inclusion of such Real Estate as a Borrowing Base Property (with the Tenant having no early termination options except as a result of a casualty or condemnation) and recognizing that some of the Initial Borrowing Base Properties have lease terms with less than seven (7) years remaining currently (inclusive of early termination options) and such are approved by the Lenders as Initial Borrowing Base Properties;

 

(v)            at least thirty percent (30.0%) of the aggregate Adjusted Pro Forma Net Operating Income of the Borrowing Base Properties shall be attributable to Investment Grade Tenants, provided that any shortfall to such requirement shall not result in any Borrowing Base Property not being included in the calculation of Borrowing Base Availability, but the Adjusted Pro Forma Net Operating Income attributable to Borrowing Base Properties not leased to Investment Grade Tenants shall instead be reduced such that, after giving effect to such reduction, at least thirty percent (30.0%) of the aggregate Adjusted Pro Forma Net Operating Income of the Borrowing Base Properties shall be attributable to Investment Grade Tenants and a proportional amount of the Acquisition Cost and the NAV Valuation of the such Borrowing Base Properties shall be similarly excluded, as applicable, for purpose of calculating Borrowing Base Value and Borrowing Base Availability;

 

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(vi)           the aggregate Adjusted Pro Forma Net Operating Income of the Borrowing Base Properties attributable to office properties shall not exceed an amount equal to or greater than (x) forty percent (40.0%) of the aggregate Adjusted Pro Forma Net Operating Income of all of the Borrowing Base Properties during the period commencing on the Closing Date and expiring on January 18, 2023, (y) thirty-five percent (35.0%) of the aggregate Adjusted Pro Forma Net Operating Income of all of the Borrowing Base Properties during the period commencing on January 19, 2023 and expiring on January 18, 2024, or (z) thirty percent (30.0%) of the aggregate Adjusted Pro Forma Net Operating Income of all of the Borrowing Base Properties from and after January 19, 2024; provided that a failure to satisfy the requirements of this clause (vi) shall not result in any Borrowing Base Property not being included in the calculation of Borrowing Base Availability, but any of such Adjusted Pro Forma Net Operating Income in excess of such limitation shall be excluded for purposes of calculating the aggregate Adjusted Pro Forma Net Operating Income of the Borrowing Base Properties and a proportional amount of the Acquisition Cost and the NAV Valuation of the related Borrowing Base Property shall be similarly excluded, as applicable, for purpose of calculating Borrowing Base Value and Borrowing Base Availability;

 

(vii)          the aggregate Adjusted Pro Forma Net Operating Income of the Borrowing Base Properties attributable to any single Tenant or any group of Affiliates thereof shall not exceed an amount equal to or greater than twenty percent (20.0%) of the aggregate Adjusted Pro Forma Net Operating Income of all of the Borrowing Base Properties at any time; provided that a failure to satisfy the requirements of this clause (vii) shall not result in any Borrowing Base Property not being included in the calculation of Borrowing Base Availability, but any of such Adjusted Pro Forma Net Operating Income in excess of such limitation shall be excluded for purposes of calculating the aggregate Adjusted Pro Forma Net Operating Income of the Borrowing Base Properties and a proportional amount of the Acquisition Cost and the NAV Valuation of the related Borrowing Base Property shall be similarly excluded, as applicable, for purpose of calculating Borrowing Base Value and Borrowing Base Availability;

 

(viii)        the aggregate Adjusted Pro Forma Net Operating Income of the Borrowing Base Properties attributable to Borrowing Base Properties which have Tenants of the applicable Real Estate whose business is classified within the same NAICS Industry Group shall not exceed an amount equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the aggregate Adjusted Pro Forma Net Operating Income of all of the Borrowing Base Properties at any time; provided that a failure to satisfy the requirements of this clause (viii) shall not result in any Borrowing Base Property not being included in the calculation of Borrowing Base Availability, but any of such Adjusted Pro Forma Net Operating Income in excess of such limitation shall be excluded for purposes of calculating the aggregate Adjusted Pro Forma Net Operating Income of the Borrowing Base Properties and a proportional amount of the Acquisition Cost and the NAV Valuation of the related Borrowing Base Property shall be similarly excluded, as applicable, for purpose of calculating Borrowing Base Value and Borrowing Base Availability;

 

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(ix)            the aggregate Adjusted Pro Forma Net Operating Income of the Borrowing Base Properties attributable to Borrowing Base Properties located in any single MSA shall not exceed an amount equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the aggregate Adjusted Pro Forma Net Operating Income of all of the Borrowing Base Properties at any time (provided, however, that Borrower may elect, no more than two (2) times during the term of this Agreement, to increase the foregoing limit to thirty-five percent (35%) for two consecutive calendar quarters immediately following the acquisition by Borrower of Eligible Real Estate and the inclusion thereof as one or more Borrowing Base Properties, as the case may be); provided that a failure to satisfy the requirements of this clause (ix) shall not result in any Borrowing Base Property not being included in the calculation of Borrowing Base Availability, but any of such Adjusted Pro Forma Net Operating Income in excess of such limitation shall be excluded for purposes of calculating the aggregate Adjusted Pro Forma Net Operating Income of the Borrowing Base Properties and a proportional amount of the Acquisition Cost and the Acquisition Cost and the NAV Valuation of the related Borrowing Base Property shall be similarly excluded, as applicable, for purpose of calculating Borrowing Base Value and Borrowing Base Availability;

 

(x)             the aggregate Adjusted Pro Forma Net Operating Income of the Borrowing Base Properties attributable to Borrowing Base Properties subject to Ground Leases shall not exceed an amount equal to fifteen percent (15.0%) of the aggregate Adjusted Pro Forma Net Operating Income of all of the Borrowing Base Properties at any time; provided that a failure to satisfy the requirements of this clause (x) shall not result in any Borrowing Base Property not being included in the calculation of Borrowing Base Availability, but any of such Adjusted Pro Forma Net Operating Income in excess of such limitation shall be excluded for purposes of calculating the aggregate Adjusted Pro Forma Net Operating Income of the Borrowing Base Properties and a proportional amount of the Acquisition Cost and the NAV Valuation of the related Borrowing Base Property shall be similarly excluded, as applicable, for purpose of calculating Borrowing Base Value and Borrowing Base Availability; and

 

(xi)            there shall be at all times at least fifteen (15) Borrowing Base Properties included in the calculation of the Borrowing Base Availability, and all the Borrowing Base Properties taken collectively will at all times have an aggregate Borrowing Base Value of not less than $150,000,000.00.

 

(b)           In the event that all or any material portion of any Eligible Real Estate included in the calculation of the Borrowing Base Availability shall be damaged in any material respect or taken by condemnation, then such property shall no longer be included in the calculation of the Borrowing Base Availability unless and until (i) any damage to such real estate is repaired or restored, such real estate becomes fully operational and the Agent shall receive evidence satisfactory to the Agent of the value of such real estate following such repair or restoration (both at such time and prospectively) or (ii) the Agent shall receive evidence satisfactory to the Agent (which evidence may include the availability of rent loss and other insurance) that the value of such real estate (both at such time and prospectively) shall not be materially adversely affected by such damage or condemnation. In the event that such damage or condemnation only partially affects such Eligible Real Estate included in the calculation of the Borrowing Base Availability, then the Required Lenders may in good faith reduce the Borrowing Base Availability attributable thereto based on such damage until such time as the Required Lenders receive evidence satisfactory to the Required Lenders that the value of such real estate (both at such time and prospectively) shall no longer be materially adversely affected by such damage or condemnation.

 

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(c)            Upon any asset ceasing to qualify to be included in the calculation of the Borrowing Base Availability, such asset shall no longer be included in the calculation of the Borrowing Base Availability unless otherwise approved in writing by the Required Lenders. Within five (5) Business Days after becoming aware of any such disqualification, the Borrower shall deliver to the Agent a certificate reflecting such disqualification, together with the identity of the disqualified asset, a statement as to whether any Default or Event of Default arises as a result of such disqualification, and a calculation of the Borrowing Base Availability attributable to such asset. Simultaneously with the delivery of the items required pursuant above, the Borrower shall deliver to the Agent an updated Borrowing Base Certificate demonstrating, after giving effect to such removal or disqualification, compliance with the conditions and covenants contained in §§7.19 and 9.1. Upon satisfaction of the terms hereof, Borrower may seek the release of the disqualified asset when and as provided in §5.5 hereof.

 

§7.20            Beneficial Ownership. Promptly following any change in beneficial ownership of the Borrower that would render any statement in an existing Beneficial Ownership Certification untrue or inaccurate, the Borrower shall furnish to the Agent (for further delivery by the Agent to the Lenders in accordance with its customary practice) an updated Beneficial Ownership Certification for the Borrower.

 

§7.21            Sanctions Laws and Regulations. The Borrower shall not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the Loans or any Letter of Credit or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Guarantor, Subsidiary, Unconsolidated Affiliate or other Person (i) to fund any activities or business of or with any Designated Person, or in any country or territory, that at the time of such funding is, or whose government is, itself the subject of territorial sanctions under applicable Sanctions Laws and Regulations, (ii) in any manner that would result in a violation of applicable Sanctions Laws and Regulations by any party to this Agreement, or (iii) in any manner that would cause the Borrower, the Guarantors or any of their respective Subsidiaries to violate the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. None of the funds or assets of the Borrower or Guarantors that are used to pay any amount due pursuant to this Agreement shall constitute funds obtained from transactions with or relating to Designated Persons or countries which are themselves the subject of territorial sanctions under applicable Sanctions Laws and Regulations. Borrower shall maintain policies and procedures designed to achieve compliance with Sanctions Laws and Regulations.

 

§7.22            Assignment of Interest Rate Protection. In the event that the Borrower shall enter into an interest rate cap, swap, collar or other interest rate protection agreement with a Lender Hedge Provider (the “Interest Hedge”), then as a condition to the obligations of Borrower with respect thereto constituting Hedge Obligations for the purposes of the Loan Documents, Borrower shall execute and deliver to Agent a collateral assignment of such Interest Hedge in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, and shall further deliver such legal opinions as to Borrower, and consents to and acknowledgments of such pledge by the provider of the Interest Hedge, as Agent may reasonably require. For the avoidance of doubt, unless the provisions of this §7.22 are complied with, no Lender Hedge Provider shall have any right or benefit under or from the Loan Documents or the Collateral.

 

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§8. NEGATIVE COVENANTS.

 

The Borrower covenants and agrees that, so long as any Loan, Note or Letter of Credit is outstanding or any of the Lenders has any obligation to make any Loans or issue any Letter of Credit:

 

§8.1        Restrictions on Indebtedness. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Guarantor or their respective Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume, guarantee or be or remain liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to any Indebtedness other than:

 

(a)            Indebtedness to the Lenders arising under any of the Loan Documents;

 

(b)            Indebtedness to the Lender Hedge Providers in respect of any Hedge Obligations;

 

(c)            current liabilities of the Borrower, the Guarantors or their respective Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business but not incurred through (i) the borrowing of money, or (ii) the obtaining of credit except for credit on an open account basis customarily extended and in fact extended in connection with normal purchases of goods and services;

 

(d)            Indebtedness in respect of taxes, assessments, governmental charges or levies and claims for labor, materials and supplies to the extent that payment therefor shall not at the time be required to be made in accordance with the provisions of §7.8;

 

(e)            Indebtedness in respect of judgments only to the extent, for the period and for an amount not resulting in a Default or an Event of Default;

 

(f)            endorsements for collection, deposit or negotiation and warranties of products or services, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

(g)            subject to the provisions of §9, Indebtedness that is Secured Recourse Indebtedness;

 

(h)            subject to the provisions of §9, Non-Recourse Indebtedness; and

 

(i)             subject to the provisions of §9, as to the REIT only, guarantees of Non-Recourse Exclusions with respect to Non-Recourse Indebtedness of its Subsidiaries.

 

Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, (i) none of the Indebtedness described in §§8.1(g) or 8.1(h) above shall have any of the Borrowing Base Properties or any interest therein or any direct or indirect ownership interest in the Borrower or any Guarantor, or any rights to Distributions on account of such direct or indirect ownership interest, as collateral, a borrowing base, asset pool or any similar form of credit support for such Indebtedness, (ii) none of the Subsidiary Guarantors which, directly or indirectly, owns or leases a Borrowing Base Property or an interest in another Subsidiary Guarantor shall create, incur, assume, guarantee or be or remain liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to any Indebtedness (including, without limitation, pursuant to any conditional or limited guaranty or indemnity agreement creating liability with respect to usual and customary exclusions from the non-recourse limitations governing the Non-Recourse Indebtedness of any Person, or otherwise) other than Indebtedness described in §§8.1(a), 8.1(b), 8.1(c), 8.1(d), 8.1(e) and 8.1(f), and (iii) without limiting the provisions of this Agreement, and except as expressly provided in §8.1(i) with respect to the REIT, none of the Borrower, the Guarantors or any of their Subsidiaries shall create, incur, assume, guarantee or be or remain liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to any Unsecured Indebtedness, any Recourse Indebtedness (other than the Obligations), any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) secured by Equity Interests or rights to Distributions (so-called “mezzanine financing”), structurally subordinated Indebtedness or second priority Liens, or any revolving credit facilities (other than this Agreement).

 

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§8.2          Restrictions on Liens, Etc.. The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Guarantor or their respective Subsidiaries to (a) create or incur or suffer to be created or incurred or to exist any lien, security title, encumbrance, mortgage, deed of trust, security deed, pledge, negative pledge, charge, restriction or other security interest of any kind upon any of their respective property or assets of any character whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or upon the income or profits therefrom; (b) transfer any of their property or assets or the income or profits therefrom for the purpose of subjecting the same to the payment of Indebtedness or performance of any other obligation in priority to payment of its general creditors; (c) acquire, or agree or have an option to acquire, any property or assets upon conditional sale or other title retention or purchase money security agreement, device or arrangement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing); (d) suffer to exist for a period of more than thirty (30) days after the same shall have been incurred any Indebtedness or claim or demand against any of them that if unpaid could by law or upon bankruptcy or insolvency, or otherwise, be given any priority whatsoever over any of their general creditors; (e) sell, assign, pledge or otherwise transfer any accounts, contract rights, general intangibles, chattel paper or instruments, with or without recourse; (f) in the case of securities, create or incur or suffer to be created or incurred any purchase option, call or similar right with respect to such securities; or (g) incur or maintain any obligation to any holder of Indebtedness of any of such Persons which prohibits the creation or maintenance of any lien securing the Obligations (collectively, “Liens”); provided that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Borrower, any Guarantor or any such Subsidiary may create or incur or suffer to be created or incurred or to exist:

 

(i)             Liens on properties to secure taxes, assessments and other governmental charges (excluding any Lien imposed pursuant to any of the provisions of ERISA or pursuant to any Environmental Laws) or claims for labor, material or supplies incurred in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations not then delinquent or which are being contested as permitted under this Agreement;

 

(ii)            Liens on assets other than (A) the Collateral or (B) any direct or indirect interest of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any Subsidiary of the Borrower in any Guarantor which directly or indirectly owns or leases a Borrowing Base Property or in any other Subsidiary, in respect of judgments permitted by §8.1(e);

 

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(iii)           deposits or pledges made in connection with, or to secure payment of, workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, old age pensions or other social security obligations;

 

(iv)           encumbrances on Real Estate consisting of easements, rights of way, zoning restrictions, leases and other occupancy agreements, restrictions on the use of real property and defects and irregularities in the title thereto, and other minor non-monetary liens or encumbrances none of which interferes materially with the use of the property affected in the ordinary conduct of the business of the REIT or any such Subsidiary, which defects do not individually or in the aggregate have a material adverse effect on the Borrower or any Guarantor or any Borrowing Base Property;

 

(v)            direct liens on Real Estate (other than the Borrowing Base Properties or other Collateral) to secure Indebtedness of REIT or its Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors permitted by §8.1(g) or §8.1(h);

 

(vi)           rights of setoff or bankers’ liens upon deposits of cash in favor of banks or other depository institutions, solely to the extent incurred in connection with the maintenance of such deposit accounts in the ordinary course of business; and

 

(vii)          Liens in favor of the Agent and the Lenders under the Loan Documents to secure the Obligations and the Hedge Obligations.

 

Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, (A) no Guarantor shall create or incur or suffer to be created or incurred or to exist any Lien other than Liens contemplated in (1) with respect to any Subsidiary Guarantor, §§8.2(i), 8.2(iv), 8.2(vi) and 8.2(vii), and (2) with respect to the REIT, §§8.2(i), 8.2(iii) and 8.2(vi), and (B) neither Borrower, any Guarantor nor any of their respective Subsidiaries shall grant any Liens secured by Equity Interests or any distributions or any other rights or interests relating thereto except for Liens granted to Agent under the Loan Documents.

 

§8.3          Restrictions on Investments. Neither the Borrower will, nor will it permit any Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries to, make or permit to exist or to remain outstanding any Investment except Investments in:

 

(a)            marketable direct or guaranteed obligations of the United States of America that mature within one (1) year from the date of purchase by the REIT or its Subsidiary;

 

(b)            marketable direct obligations of any of the following: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Student Loan Marketing Association, Federal Home Loan Banks, Federal National Mortgage Association, Government National Mortgage Association, Bank for Cooperatives, Federal Intermediate Credit Banks, Federal Financing Banks, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Federal Land Banks, or any other agency or instrumentality of the United States of America;

 

(c)            demand deposits, certificates of deposit, bankers acceptances and time deposits of United States banks having total assets in excess of $100,000,000; provided, however, that the aggregate amount at any time so invested with any single bank having total assets of less than $1,000,000,000 will not exceed $250,000;

 

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(d)            commercial paper assigned the highest rating by two (2) or more national credit rating agencies and maturing not more than ninety (90) days from the date of creation thereof;

 

(e)            bonds or other obligations having a short term unsecured debt rating of not less than A-1+ by S&P and P-1+ by Moody’s and having a long term debt rating of not less than A by S&P and A1 by Moody’s issued by or by authority of any state of the United States, any territory or possession of the United States, including the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and agencies thereof, or any political subdivision of any of the foregoing;

 

(f)            repurchase agreements having a term not greater than ninety (90) days and fully secured by securities described in the foregoing §§8.3(a), 8.3(b) or 8.3(c) with banks described in the foregoing §8.3(c) or with financial institutions or other corporations having total assets in excess of $500,000,000; and

 

(g)            shares of so-called “money market funds” registered with the SEC under the Investment Company Act of 1940 which maintain a level per-share value, invest principally in investments described in the foregoing §§8.3(a) through 8.3(f) and have total assets in excess of $50,000,000.

 

(h)            the acquisition of fee interests by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in (i) Real Estate which is utilized as a retail, industrial, warehouse, manufacturing, distribution and/or office property located in the continental United States or the District of Columbia (provided, however, that, subject to compliance with all Applicable Laws and the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, a Subsidiary of Borrower shall be permitted to invest in that certain real property located in Kuwait, and leased to Kalera AS or a subsidiary thereof) and businesses and investments incidental thereto, and (ii) subject to the restrictions set forth in this §8.3, the acquisition of Land Assets to be developed for the foregoing purpose;

 

(i)             Investments by the Borrower in Subsidiaries that are directly or indirectly one hundred percent (100%) owned by the Borrower, which in turn own Investments permitted by this §8.3;

 

(j)             Investments in Land Assets, provided that the aggregate amount of such Investments (valued at undepreciated GAAP book value) pursuant to this §8.3(j) shall be no greater than five percent (5%) of Total Asset Value (provided, that, a Default or Event of Default shall not occur solely due to the amount of Total Asset Value attributable to Land Assets being greater than five percent (5%), however, any such excess shall be excluded from the calculation of Total Asset Value for purposes of determining any financial covenants hereunder);

 

(k)            Investments in Mortgage Note Receivables secured by properties of the type described in §8.3(h)(i); provided that the aggregate amount of such Investments (valued at undepreciated GAAP book value) pursuant to this §8.3(k) shall be no greater than five percent (5%) of Total Asset Value (provided, that, a Default or Event of Default shall not occur solely due to the amount of Total Asset Value attributable to Mortgage Note Receivables being greater than five percent (5%), however, any such excess shall be excluded from the calculation of Total Asset Value for purposes of determining any financial covenants hereunder);

 

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(l)             Investments in non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries and Unconsolidated Affiliates, which in turn own Investments permitted by this §8.3, provided that the aggregate investment pursuant to this §8.3(l) shall be no greater than fifteen percent (15%) of Total Asset Value (provided, that, a Default or Event of Default shall not occur solely due to the amount of Total Asset Value attributable to non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries and Unconsolidated Affiliates being greater than fifteen percent (15%), however, any such excess shall be excluded from the calculation of Total Asset Value for purposes of determining any financial covenants hereunder); and

 

(m)           Investments in Development Properties for properties of the type described in §8.3(h)(i), provided that the aggregate amount of such Investments (valued at undepreciated GAAP book value) pursuant to this §8.3(m) shall be no greater than ten percent (10%) of Total Asset Value (provided, that, a Default or Event of Default shall not occur solely due to the amount of Total Asset Value attributable to Development Properties being greater than ten percent (10%), however, any such excess shall be excluded from the calculation of Total Asset Value for purposes of determining any financial covenants hereunder).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the aggregate value of the holdings of the Borrower, any Guarantor and their Subsidiaries in the Investments described in §8.3(j), (k), (l) and (m) exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of Total Asset Value at any time (provided, that, a Default or Event of Default shall not occur solely due to the amount of Total Asset Value attributable to Investments described in §8.3(j), (k), (l) and (m) exceeding twenty-five percent (25%) of Total Asset Value, however, any such excess shall be excluded from the calculation of Total Asset Value for purposes of determining any financial covenants hereunder).

 

For the purposes of this §8.3, the Investment of the REIT or any of its Subsidiaries in any Unconsolidated Affiliates will equal (without duplication) the sum of (i) such Person’s Equity Percentage of their Unconsolidated Affiliates’ Investments valued in the manner set forth for the determination of Total Asset Value, or if not included therein, valued at the GAAP book value.

 

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§8.4          Merger, Consolidation. Other than with respect to or in connection with any disposition permitted under §8.8, the Borrower will not, nor will it permit the Guarantors or any of their respective Subsidiaries to, dissolve, liquidate, dispose of (including, without limitation, by way of an LLC Division) all or substantially all of its assets or business, merge, reorganize, consolidate or do any other business combination, individually or in a series of transactions which may have a similar effect as any of the foregoing, in each case without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing immediately before and after giving effect thereto, the following shall be permitted without the consent of the Agent or any Lender: (i) the merger or consolidation of one or more of the Subsidiaries of the Borrower (other than any Subsidiary that is a Guarantor) with and into the Borrower (it being understood and agreed that in any such event the Borrower will be the surviving Person), (ii) the merger or consolidation of two or more Subsidiaries of the Borrower; provided that no such merger or consolidation shall involve any Subsidiary that is a Guarantor unless such Guarantor will be the surviving Person, (iii) the liquidation or dissolution of any Subsidiary of the Borrower that does not own or lease any assets so long as such Subsidiary is not a Guarantor (or if such Subsidiary is a Guarantor, so long as the Borrower and such Subsidiary comply with the provisions of §5.4), and (iv) the merger or consolidation, directly or indirectly, of Borrower with any other Person so long as (A) Borrower shall be the continuing and surviving Person; (B) Borrower shall have given the Agent and the Lenders at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice of such consolidation or merger; (C) Borrower shall have delivered to the Agent for distribution to each of the Lenders a Compliance Certificate, calculated on a pro forma basis based on information then available to Borrower, evidencing the continued compliance by the Borrower, the REIT and Guarantors with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including, without limitation, the financial covenants contained in §9, after giving effect to such consolidation or merger, together with any documentation and information reasonably requested by the Lenders in connection with “know your customer” laws or policies; (D) such consolidation or merger is not the result of a hostile takeover; (E) there is no Default or Event of Default at the time of such consolidation or merger and the consummation of such consolidation or merger does not result in a Default or Event of Default (including without limitation, any Change of Control); and (F) each of the representations and warranties made by or on behalf of the Borrower, the REIT, the Guarantors or any of their respective Subsidiaries contained in this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or in any document or instrument delivered pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement shall be true in all material respects immediately after giving effect to such merger or consolidation (it being understood and agreed that any representation or warranty which by its terms is made as of a specified date shall be required to be true and correct only as of such specified date, and that any representation or warranty that is qualified by any materiality standard shall be required to be true and correct in all respects). Nothing in this §8.4 shall prohibit the dissolution of a Subsidiary which has disposed of its assets in accordance with this Agreement. A Subsidiary of the Borrower may sell all of its assets (and may effectuate such sale by merger or consolidation with another Person, with such other Person being the surviving entity) subject to compliance with the terms of this Agreement (including, without limitation, §§5.4 and 8.8), and after any such permitted sale, may dissolve.

 

§8.5          Sale and Leaseback. The Borrower will not, and will not permit its Subsidiaries, to enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, whereby the Borrower or any such Subsidiary shall sell or transfer any Real Estate owned or leased by it in order that then or thereafter the Borrower or any such Subsidiary shall lease back such Real Estate without the prior written consent of the Agent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld.

 

§8.6          Compliance with Environmental Laws. None of the Borrower nor any Guarantor will, nor will any of them permit any of their respective Subsidiaries or any other Person to, do any of the following: (a) use any of the Real Estate or any portion thereof as a facility for the handling, processing, storage or disposal of Hazardous Substances, except for quantities of Hazardous Substances used in the ordinary course of operating retail, industrial, warehouse, manufacturing, distribution and/or office properties as permitted under this Agreement and in material compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, (b) cause or permit to be located on any of the Real Estate any underground tank or other underground storage receptacle for Hazardous Substances except in compliance with Environmental Laws, (c) generate any Hazardous Substances on any of the Real Estate except in compliance with Environmental Laws, (d) conduct any activity at any Real Estate or use any Real Estate in any manner that could reasonably be contemplated to cause a Release of Hazardous Substances on, upon or into the Real Estate or any surrounding properties or any threatened Release of Hazardous Substances which could reasonably be expected to give rise to liability under CERCLA or any other Environmental Law, or (e) directly or indirectly transport or arrange for the transport of any Hazardous Substances (except in compliance with all Environmental Laws), except, with respect to any Real Estate that is not a Borrowing Base Property, where any such use, generation, conduct or other activity has not had and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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The Borrower and the Guarantors shall, and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries to:

 

(i)             in the event of any change in Environmental Laws governing the assessment, release or removal of Hazardous Substances, take all reasonable action (including, without limitation, the conducting of engineering tests at the sole expense of the Borrower) to confirm that no Hazardous Substances are or ever were Released or disposed of on the Borrowing Base Properties in violation of applicable Environmental Laws; and

 

(ii)            if any Release or disposal of Hazardous Substances which any Person may be legally obligated to contain, correct or otherwise remediate or which may otherwise expose it to liability shall occur or shall have occurred on any Borrowing Base Property (including, without limitation, any such Release or disposal occurring prior to the acquisition or leasing of such Borrowing Base Property by the Borrower or any Guarantor), the Borrower shall, after obtaining knowledge thereof, cause the prompt containment and removal of such Hazardous Substances and remediation of the Borrowing Base Property in full compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws; provided, that each of the Borrower and a Guarantor shall be deemed to be in compliance with Environmental Laws for the purpose of this clause (ii) so long as it or a responsible third party with sufficient financial resources is taking reasonable action to remediate or manage any event of noncompliance to the reasonable satisfaction of the Agent and no action shall have been commenced or filed by any enforcement agency. The Agent may engage its own Environmental Engineer to review the environmental assessments and the compliance with the covenants contained herein.

 

(iii)           At any time after an Event of Default shall have occurred hereunder, the Agent may at its election (and will at the request of the Required Lenders) obtain such environmental assessments of any or all of the Borrowing Base Properties prepared by an Environmental Engineer as may be necessary or advisable for the purpose of evaluating or confirming (A) whether any Hazardous Substances are present in the soil or water at or adjacent to any such Borrowing Base Property and (B) whether the use and operation of any such Borrowing Base Property complies with all Environmental Laws to the extent required by the Loan Documents. Additionally, at any time that the Agent or the Required Lenders shall have reasonable grounds to believe that a Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Substances which any Person may be legally obligated to contain, correct or otherwise remediate or which otherwise may expose such Person to liability may have occurred, relating to any Borrowing Base Properties, or that any of the Borrowing Base Properties is not in compliance with Environmental Laws to the extent required by the Loan Documents, the Borrower shall promptly upon the request of the Agent obtain and deliver to the Agent such environmental assessments of such Borrowing Base Properties prepared by an Environmental Engineer as may be necessary or advisable for the purpose of evaluating or confirming (A) whether any Hazardous Substances are present in the soil or water at or adjacent to such Borrowing Base Property and (B) whether the use and operation of such Real Estate comply with all Environmental Laws to the extent required by the Loan Documents. Environmental assessments may include detailed visual inspections of such Borrowing Base Property including, without limitation, any and all storage areas, storage tanks, drains, dry wells and leaching areas, and the taking of soil samples, as well as such other investigations or analyses as are reasonably necessary or appropriate for a complete determination of the compliance of such Borrowing Base Property and the use and operation thereof with all applicable Environmental Laws. All environmental assessments contemplated by this §8.6 shall be at the sole cost and expense of the Borrower.

 

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§8.7          Distributions.

 

(a)            The Borrower shall not pay any Distribution to the partners, members or other owners of the Borrower, and REIT shall not pay any Distribution to its partners, members or other owners, to the extent that the aggregate amount of such Distribution paid, when added to the aggregate amount of all other Distributions paid in any period of four (4) consecutive calendar quarters, exceeds ninety-five percent (95.0%) of such Person’s Adjusted Funds from Operations for such period, provided, that, for purposes of calculating the foregoing covenant all redemptions of Equity Interests of REIT occurring prior to the Closing Date shall be excluded; provided, further, that the limitations contained in this §8.7(a) shall not preclude Distributions in an amount equal to the minimum distributions required under the Code to maintain the REIT Status of REIT, as evidenced by a certification of the principal financial or accounting officer of REIT containing calculations in detail reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Agent.

 

(b)            If a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, neither the Borrower, nor REIT shall make any Distributions to their respective partners, members or other owners, other than Distributions in an amount equal to the minimum distributions required under the Code to maintain the REIT Status of the REIT, as evidenced by a certification of the principal financial or accounting officer of the REIT containing calculations in detail reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Agent;

 

(c)            Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time when an Event of Default under §§12.1(a) or 12.1(b) shall have occurred and be continuing, an Event of Default under §§12.1(g), 12.1(h) or 12.1(i) shall have occurred and be continuing, or the maturity of the Obligations has been accelerated, neither the Borrower, nor REIT shall make any Distributions whatsoever, directly or indirectly.

 

§8.8          Asset Sales. The Borrower will not, and will not permit the Guarantors or their respective Subsidiaries to, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of (a) all or substantially all of their assets or (b) any material asset other than pursuant to a bona fide arm’s length transaction.

 

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§8.9          Restriction on Prepayment of Indebtedness. The Borrower and the Guarantors will not, and will not permit their respective Subsidiaries to, (a) during the existence of any Default or Event of Default, prepay, redeem, defease, purchase or otherwise retire the principal amount, in whole or in part, of any Indebtedness other than the Obligations; provided, that the foregoing shall not prohibit (x) the prepayment of Indebtedness which is financed solely from the proceeds of a new loan which would otherwise be permitted by the terms of §8.1, and (y) the prepayment, redemption, defeasance or other retirement of the principal of Indebtedness secured by Real Estate which is satisfied solely from the proceeds of a sale of the Real Estate securing such Indebtedness; or (b) modify any document evidencing any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) to accelerate the maturity date or require payments of principal of such Indebtedness during the existence of an Event of Default.

 

§8.10      Changes in Use and Occupancy; Zoning and Contract Changes and Compliance. The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries to, unless (i) required by Applicable Law, (ii) otherwise permitted by this Agreement or (iii) Agent has otherwise agreed in writing, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, allow changes in the nature of the occupancy or use for which such Real Estate was intended at the time of inclusion as a Borrowing Base Property. The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries to, abandon any Borrowing Base Property. Neither the Borrower nor any Guarantor shall (a) initiate or consent to any zoning reclassification of any Borrowing Base Property or seek any variance under any existing zoning ordinance or use or permit the use of any Borrowing Base Property in any manner that could result in such use becoming a non-conforming use under any zoning ordinance or any other applicable land use law, rule or regulation or (b) initiate any change in any laws, requirements of governmental authorities or obligations created by private contracts and Leases which now or hereafter may materially adversely affect the ownership, occupancy, use or operation of any Borrowing Base Property.

 

§8.11      Derivatives Contracts. Neither the Borrower, the Guarantors nor any of their respective Subsidiaries shall contract, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Derivatives Contracts except for Hedge Obligations and interest rate swap, collar, cap or similar agreements providing interest rate protection and currency swaps and currency options made in the ordinary course of business and permitted pursuant to §8.1.

 

§8.12      Transactions with Affiliates. The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Guarantor or Subsidiary of any of them to, permit to exist or enter into, any transaction (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with any Affiliate (but not including the Borrower or any Guarantor), except (i) transactions set forth on Schedule 6.14 attached hereto and (ii) transactions in the ordinary course of business pursuant to the reasonable requirements of the business of such Person and upon fair and reasonable terms which are no less favorable to such Person than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate.

 

§8.13      Waste; Alterations.

 

(a)            The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries to, commit or suffer any waste, impairment or deterioration of the Borrowing Base Properties (ordinary wear and tear excepted) and will not do or suffer to be done anything which will increase the risk of fire or other hazard to the Borrowing Base Properties or any part thereof.

 

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(b)            The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Guarantor to, construct any new material improvements on the Borrowing Base Properties, remove or demolish nor alter in any material way the structural character of any building located on the Borrowing Base Properties or any fixtures or personal property relating thereto except when incidental to the replacement of fixtures and personal property with items of like kind and value, customary tenant improvements pursuant to Leases approved or deemed approved pursuant to this Agreement or other repairs, replacements, improvements and alterations expressly permitted pursuant to this Agreement.

 

§8.14      Equity Pledges. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, neither the REIT nor the Borrower will create or incur or suffer to be created or incurred any Lien on any legal, equitable or beneficial interest of the REIT in the Borrower or of Borrower in any Subsidiary Guarantor, including, without limitation, any Distributions or rights to Distributions on account thereof.

 

§8.15      Non-Encumbrance. Without implying any limitation upon the generality of §8.2, the Borrower will not, and will not permit any other Person to, create or incur or suffer to be created or incurred or to exist (a) any lien, encumbrance, mortgage, pledge, negative pledge, change, restriction or other security interest of any kind upon any Borrowing Base Property, or (b) any provision of a document, instrument or agreement (other than a Loan Document) which prohibits or purports to prohibit the creation or assumption of any Lien on any Borrowing Base Property or interest therein as security for the Obligations.

 

§8.16      Burdensome Agreements. Borrower shall not, nor shall Borrower permit any Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into any Contractual Obligation (other than this Agreement or any other Loan Document) that limits the ability (a) of any Subsidiary to make dividend or distribution payments to the Borrower or any Guarantor or to otherwise transfer property to the Borrower or any Guarantor, or (b) of any Guarantor or any Subsidiary to guarantee the Indebtedness of the Borrower; provided, however, that (x) this §8.16(a) and (b) shall not prohibit any such restrictions incurred or provided in favor of any holder of Indebtedness that is permitted under §8.1(g) and (h) and is secured by a Lien on Real Estate (and/or the proceeds thereof) that is permitted under §8.2(v), solely to the extent any such restriction relates to such Real Estate (and/or the proceeds thereof), the entity owning such Real Estate or the direct Equity Interests in such entity.

 

§8.17      Changes to Organizational Documents. Borrower shall not amend or modify, or permit the amendment or modification of, the articles, bylaws, limited liability company agreements or other formation or organizational documents of Borrower or any Guarantor in any material respect, without the prior written consent of Agent, not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed; provided, however, that Agent’s prior consent shall not be required for amendments to the REIT’s organizational documents solely to the extent such amendments are necessary to effectuate the “Recapitalization” (as such term is defined in that certain Form S-11 filed by the REIT with the SEC on December 7, 2021, as amended) in connection with the listing of the REIT’s common stock on the New York Stock Exchange. Without limiting the foregoing, any of the following modifications shall be deemed to be material amendments requiring the consent of Agent: (i) changes to the provisions of any Preferred Securities of Borrower or the REIT, or to the rights or powers of the holders of the Preferred Securities; (ii) any modification that is materially adverse to the interest of Agent, the Lenders, the Issuing Lender or the Swing Loan Lender; (iii) any modifications which limit, alter or otherwise restrict any approval rights, or require the consent or approval of any other Person; (iv) any modification that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or (v) if the Person is a limited liability company, failing to include in its organizational documents an express and unconditional prohibition on taking, and waiver of any right to take, any action in furtherance of, or consummating, an LLC Division until the Obligations have been repaid in full, all Letters of Credit have been returned and the obligation of the Lenders to make Loans and issue Letters of Credit shall have terminated.

 

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§8.18      Options to Purchase. Without the prior written approval of Agent, neither the Borrower nor any Guarantor shall grant any Person any right of first refusal, right of first offer or other option to acquire a Borrowing Base Property or any Building thereon or any portion thereof or interest therein after the date hereof (provided that this §8.18 shall not prohibit a Borrower or Guarantor entering into a contract to sell a Borrowing Base Property in the ordinary course of business).

 

§8.19      Management Fees. Borrower shall not pay, and shall not permit to be paid, any management fees or other payments under any Management Agreement for any Borrowing Base Property to any manager that is an Affiliate of Borrower in the event that an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

§9. FINANCIAL COVENANTS.

 

The Borrower covenants and agrees that, so long as any Loan, Note or Letter of Credit is outstanding or any Lender has any obligation to make any Loans or issue any Letter of Credit:

 

§9.1          Borrowing Base. The Borrower will not at any time permit the aggregate Outstanding Loans and Swing Loans and Letter of Credit Liabilities to exceed the Borrowing Base Availability.

 

§9.2          Consolidated Total Indebtedness to Total Asset Value. The Borrower will not at any time permit the ratio of Consolidated Total Indebtedness to Total Asset Value (expressed as a percentage) to exceed sixty percent (60%).

 

§9.3          Consolidated EBITDA to Consolidated Fixed Charges. The Borrower will not at any time permit the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA determined for the most recently ended four (4) calendar quarters to Consolidated Fixed Charges for the most recently ended four (4) calendar quarters to be less than 1.50 to 1.

 

§9.4          Minimum Consolidated Tangible Net Worth. The Borrower will not at any time permit Consolidated Tangible Net Worth to be less than the sum of (i) $208,629,727.00, plus (ii) eighty-five percent (85%) of the sum of any additional Net Offering Proceeds after the Closing Date.

 

§9.5          Consolidated Secured Indebtedness. The Borrower will not at any time permit the aggregate Consolidated Secured Indebtedness (excluding the Obligations) of the REIT and its Subsidiaries to exceed (a) forty percent (40%) of Total Asset Value.

 

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§9.6         Maximum Consolidated Secured Recourse Indebtedness. The Borrower will not at any time permit the aggregate Consolidated Secured Recourse Indebtedness (excluding the Obligations) of the REIT and its Subsidiaries to exceed ten percent (10%) of Total Asset Value.

 

§9.7         Aggregate Occupancy Rate. The Borrower will not at any time permit the Aggregate Occupancy Rate for the Borrowing Base Properties to be less than ninety percent (90%).

 

§10. CLOSING CONDITIONS.

 

The obligation of the Lenders to make the Loans or issue the Letter(s) of Credit shall be subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

 

§10.1      Loan Documents. Each of the Loan Documents shall have been duly executed and delivered by the respective parties thereto and shall be in full force and effect. The Agent shall have received a fully executed counterpart of each such document.

 

§10.2      Certified Copies of Organizational Documents. The Agent shall have received from the Borrower and each Guarantor a copy, certified as of a recent date by the appropriate officer of each State in which such Person is organized and (with respect to Borrower or any Guarantor that directly or indirectly owns or leases a Borrowing Base Property) in which such Borrowing Base Property is located and a duly authorized officer, partner or member of such Person, as applicable, to be true and complete, of the partnership agreement, corporate charter or operating agreement and/or other organizational agreements of the Borrower and each such Guarantor, as applicable, and its qualification to do business, as applicable, as in effect on such date of certification.

 

§10.3      Resolutions. All action on the part of the Borrower and each Guarantor, as applicable, necessary for the valid execution, delivery and performance by such Person of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Person is or is to become a party shall have been duly and effectively taken, and evidence thereof reasonably satisfactory to the Agent shall have been provided to the Agent.

 

§10.4      Incumbency Certificate; Authorized Signers. The Agent shall have received from the Borrower and each Guarantor an incumbency certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, signed by a duly authorized officer of such Person and giving the name and bearing a specimen signature of each individual who shall be authorized to sign, in the name and on behalf of such Person, each of the Loan Documents to which such Person is or is to become a party. The Agent shall have also received from Borrower and Guarantors a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, signed by a duly authorized representative of the Borrower or the Guarantors, as the case may be, and giving the name and specimen signature of each Authorized Officer who shall be authorized to make Loan Requests, Term Loan Requests, Letter of Credit Requests and Conversion/Continuation Requests and to give notices and to take other action on behalf of the Borrower under the Loan Documents.

 

§10.5      Opinion of Counsel. The Agent shall have received an opinion addressed to the Lenders and the Agent and dated as of the Closing Date from counsel to the Borrower and each Guarantor in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.

 

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§10.6      Payment of Fees. The Borrower shall have paid to the Agent the fees payable pursuant to §4.2, which fees may be funded by Revolving Credit Loans made on the Closing Date.

 

§10.7      Performance; No Default. The Borrower and each Guarantor shall have performed and complied with all terms and conditions herein required to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Closing Date, and on the Closing Date there shall exist no Default or Event of Default.

 

§10.8      Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties made by the Borrower and each Guarantor in the Loan Documents or otherwise made by or on behalf of the Borrower, the Guarantors and their respective Subsidiaries in connection therewith or after the date thereof shall have been true and correct in all material respects when made and shall also be true and correct in all material respects on the Closing Date.

 

§10.9      Proceedings and Documents. All proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and the Agent’s counsel in form and substance, and the Agent shall have received all information and such counterpart originals or certified copies of such documents and such other certificates, opinions, assurances, consents, approvals or documents as the Agent and the Agent’s counsel may reasonably require.

 

§10.10   Borrowing Base Qualification Documents. The Borrowing Base Qualification Documents for each Borrowing Base Property included in the calculation of the Borrowing Base Availability as of the Closing Date shall have been delivered to the Agent at the Borrower’s expense and shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.

 

§10.11   Compliance Certificate and Borrowing Base Certificate. The Agent shall have received a Compliance Certificate and Borrowing Base Certificate dated as of the Closing Date demonstrating compliance with each of the covenants calculated therein as of the most recent calendar quarter for which the Borrower has provided financial statements under §6.4.

 

§10.12    KYC. Borrower and each Guarantor that is a party to the Loan Documents shall have provided to the Agent and the Lenders the documentation and other information requested by the Agent or any Lender to comply with its “know your customer” requirements and to confirm compliance with all applicable Sanctions Laws and Regulations, the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other Applicable Law, and if the Borrower qualifies as a “legal entity customer” within the meaning of the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, the Borrower shall have provided to the Agent (for further delivery by the Agent to the Lenders in accordance with its customary practice) a Beneficial Ownership Certification for the Borrower, in each case delivered at least three (3) Business Days prior to the date of this Agreement.

 

§10.13    Consents. The Agent shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Agent that all necessary stockholder, partner, member or other consents required in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents have been obtained.

 

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§10.14   Contribution Agreement. The Agent shall have received a fully executed counterpart of the Contribution Agreement.

 

§10.15   Insurance. The Agent shall have received certificates evidencing the insurance for the Borrowing Base Properties as required by this Agreement.

 

§10.16   Other. The Agent shall have reviewed such other documents, instruments, certificates, opinions, assurances, consents and approvals as the Agent or the Agent’s Special Counsel may reasonably have requested.

 

§11. CONDITIONS TO ALL BORROWINGS.

 

The obligations of the Lenders to make any Loan or issue any Letter of Credit, whether on or after the Closing Date, shall also be subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

 

§11.1      Prior Conditions Satisfied. All conditions set forth in §10 shall continue to be satisfied as of the date upon which any Loan is to be made or any Letter of Credit is to be issued.

 

§11.2      Representations True; No Default. Each of the representations and warranties made by or on behalf of the Borrower, the Guarantors or any of their respective Subsidiaries contained in this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or in any document or instrument delivered pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects both as of the date as of which they were made and shall also be true and correct in all material respects as of the time of the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit, with the same effect as if made at and as of that time, except to the extent of changes resulting from transactions permitted by the Loan Documents (it being understood and agreed that any representation or warranty which by its terms is made as of a specified date shall be required to be true and correct only as of such specified date, and that any representation or warranty that is qualified by any materiality standard shall be required to be true and correct in all respects), and no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

§11.3      Borrowing Documents. The Agent shall have received a fully completed Loan Request or Term Loan Request, as applicable, for such Loan and the other documents and information as required by §2.7, or a fully completed Letter of Credit Request required by §2.10, as applicable.

 

§12. EVENTS OF DEFAULT; ACCELERATION; ETC..

 

§12.1      Events of Default and Acceleration. If any of the following events (“Events of Default” or, if the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both is required, then, prior to such notice or lapse of time, “Defaults”) shall occur:

 

(a)            the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of the Loans when the same shall become due and payable, whether at the stated date of maturity or any accelerated date of maturity or at any other date fixed for payment;

 

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(b)            the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on the Loans, any reimbursement obligations with respect to the Letters of Credit or any fees or other sums due hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents when the same shall become due and payable, whether at the stated date of maturity or any accelerated date of maturity or at any other date fixed for payment;

 

(c)            the Borrower shall fail to perform any term, covenant or agreement contained in §9; provided, however, that in the event that Borrower shall fail to comply with §9.1, then the same shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default hereunder in the event that Borrower prepays the Loans or provides additional Borrowing Base Properties in accordance with the terms of this Agreement in an amount sufficient such that Borrower would be fully in compliance with the covenant set forth in §9.1 within ten (10) Business Days of the occurrence of any such noncompliance; and provided further, that during any period in which Borrower shall fail to be in compliance of any covenant in §9.1 (without regard to any period provided in §3.2 or this §12.1(c) for payment or to provide additional Borrowing Base Properties), then the Lenders shall have no obligation to make Loans or to issue Letters of Credit;

 

(d)            any of the Borrower, the Guarantors or any of their respective Subsidiaries shall fail to perform any other term, covenant or agreement contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents which they are required to perform (other than those specified in the other subsections or clauses of this §12 or in the other Loan Documents);

 

(e)            any representation or warranty made by or on behalf of the Borrower, the Guarantors or any of their respective Subsidiaries in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any report, certificate, financial statement, request for a Loan, Letter of Credit Request, or in any other document or instrument delivered pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement, any advance of a Loan, the issuance of any Letter of Credit or any of the other Loan Documents shall prove to have been false in any material respect upon the date when made or deemed to have been made or repeated;

 

(f)            the Borrower, any Guarantor or any of their Subsidiaries shall fail to pay when due (including, without limitation, at maturity), or within any applicable period of grace, any obligation for borrowed money or credit received or other Indebtedness (including under any Derivatives Contract), or shall fail to observe or perform any term, covenant or agreement contained in any agreement by which it is bound, evidencing or securing any obligation for borrowed money or credit received or other Indebtedness (including under any Derivatives Contract) for such period of time as would permit (assuming the giving of appropriate notice if required) the holder or holders thereof or of any obligations issued thereunder to accelerate the maturity thereof or require the prepayment, redemption, purchase, termination or other settlement thereof; provided, however, solely with respect to Non-Recourse Indebtedness, that the events described in this §12.1(f) shall not constitute an Event of Default unless such failure to perform, together with such other failures to perform as described in §12.1(f), involves singly or in the aggregate obligations for Non-Recourse Indebtedness totaling $15,000,000.00 or more;

 

(g)            any of the Borrower, the Guarantors, or any of their respective Subsidiaries (A) shall make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or admit in writing its general inability to pay or generally fail to pay its debts as they mature or become due, or shall petition or apply for the appointment of a trustee or other custodian, liquidator or receiver for it or any substantial part of its assets, (B) shall commence any case or other proceeding relating to it under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, readjustment of debt, dissolution or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction, now or hereafter in effect, or (C) shall take any action to authorize or in furtherance of any of the foregoing;

 

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(h)            a petition or application shall be filed for the appointment of a trustee or other custodian, liquidator or receiver of any of the Borrower, the Guarantors, or any of their respective Subsidiaries or any substantial part of the assets of any thereof, or a case or other proceeding shall be commenced against any such Person under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, readjustment of debt, dissolution or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction, now or hereafter in effect, and any such Person shall indicate its approval thereof, consent thereto or acquiescence therein or such petition, application, case or proceeding shall not have been dismissed within sixty (60) days following the filing or commencement thereof;

 

(i)            a decree or order is entered appointing a trustee, custodian, liquidator or receiver for any of the Borrower, the Guarantors, or any of their respective Subsidiaries or adjudicating any such Person, bankrupt or insolvent, or approving a petition in any such case or other proceeding, or a decree or order for relief is entered in respect of any such Person in an involuntary case under federal bankruptcy laws as now or hereafter constituted;

 

(j)            there shall remain in force, undischarged, unsatisfied and unstayed, for more than thirty (30) days, whether or not consecutive, one (1) or more uninsured or unbonded final judgments against the Borrower, any Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries that, either individually or in the aggregate, exceed $5,000,000.00 per occurrence or during any twelve (12) month period;

 

(k)            any of the Loan Documents or the Contribution Agreement shall be disavowed, canceled, terminated, revoked or rescinded otherwise than in accordance with the terms thereof or the express prior written agreement, consent or approval of the Lenders, or) any action at law, suit in equity or other legal proceeding to disavow, cancel, revoke, rescind or challenge or contest the validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents or the Contribution Agreement shall be commenced by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Guarantor, or any court or any other governmental or regulatory authority or agency of competent jurisdiction shall make a determination, or issue a judgment, order, decree or ruling, to the effect that any one or more of the Loan Documents or the Contribution Agreement is illegal, invalid or unenforceable in accordance with the terms thereof;

 

(l)             any dissolution, termination, partial or complete liquidation, merger or consolidation of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries shall occur or any sale, transfer or other disposition of the assets of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries shall occur, in each case, other than as permitted under the terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents;

 

(m)           with respect to any Guaranteed Pension Plan, an ERISA Reportable Event shall have occurred and the Required Lenders shall have determined in their reasonable discretion that such event reasonably could be expected to result in liability of the Borrower, the Guarantors or any of their respective Subsidiaries to the PBGC or such Guaranteed Pension Plan in excess of $5,000,000.00 and (x) such event in the circumstances occurring reasonably could constitute grounds for the termination of such Guaranteed Pension Plan by the PBGC or for the appointment by the appropriate United States District Court of a trustee to administer such Guaranteed Pension Plan; or (y) a trustee shall have been appointed by the United States District Court to administer such Plan; or (z) the PBGC shall have instituted proceedings to terminate such Guaranteed Pension Plan;

 

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(n)            the Borrower, any Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries or any shareholder, officer, director, partner or member of any of them shall be indicted for a federal crime, a punishment for which could include the forfeiture of (i) any assets of the Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries which in the good faith judgment of the Required Lenders could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) the Collateral;

 

(o)            any Guarantor denies that it has any liability or obligation under the Guaranty or any other Loan Document, or shall notify the Agent or any of the Lenders of such Guarantor’s intention to attempt to cancel or terminate the Guaranty or any other Loan Document, or shall fail to observe or comply with any term, covenant, condition or agreement under any Guaranty or any other Loan Document;

 

(p)            any Change of Control shall occur; or

 

(q)            an Event of Default under any of the other Loan Documents shall occur;

 

then, and in any such event, the Agent may, and, upon the request of the Required Lenders, shall by notice in writing to the Borrower declare all amounts owing with respect to this Agreement, the Notes, the Letters of Credit and the other Loan Documents to be, and they shall thereupon forthwith become, immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower; provided that in the event of any Event of Default specified in §§12.1(g), 12.1(h) or 12.1(i), all such amounts shall become immediately due and payable automatically and without any requirement of presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind from any of the Lenders or the Agent, the Borrower hereby expressly waiving any right to notice of intent to accelerate and notice of acceleration. Upon demand by the Agent or the Required Revolving Credit Lenders in their absolute and sole discretion after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, and regardless of whether the conditions precedent in this Agreement for a Revolving Credit Loan have been satisfied, the Revolving Credit Lenders will cause a Revolving Credit Loan to be made in the undrawn amount of all Letters of Credit. The proceeds of any such Revolving Credit Loan will be pledged to and held by the Agent as security for any amounts that become payable under the Letters of Credit and all other Obligations and Hedge Obligations. In the alternative, if demanded by the Agent in its absolute and sole discretion after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Borrower will deposit into the Collateral Account and pledge to the Agent cash in an amount equal to the amount of all undrawn Letters of Credit. Such amounts will be pledged to and held by the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders as security for any amounts that become payable under the Letters of Credit and all other Obligations and Hedge Obligations. Upon any draws under Letters of Credit, at the Agent’s sole discretion, the Agent may apply any such amounts to the repayment of amounts drawn thereunder and upon the expiration of the Letters of Credit any remaining amounts will be applied to the payment of all other Obligations and Hedge Obligations or if there are no outstanding Obligations and Hedge Obligations and the Revolving Credit Lenders have no further obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans or issue Letters of Credit or if such excess no longer exists, such proceeds deposited by the Borrower will be released to the Borrower.

 

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§12.2      Certain Cure Periods; Limitation of Cure Periods. Notwithstanding anything contained in §12.1 to the contrary, (i) no Event of Default shall exist hereunder upon the occurrence of any failure described in §12.1(b) in the event that the Borrower cures such Default within ten (10) Business Days after the date such payment is due (or, with respect to any payments other than interest on the Loans, any reimbursement obligations with respect to the Letters of Credit or any fees due under the Loan Documents, within ten (10) Business Days after written notice thereof shall have been given to the Borrower by the Agent), provided, however, that the Borrower shall not be entitled to receive more than two (2) grace or cure periods in the aggregate pursuant to this clause (i) in any period of 365 days ending on the date of any such occurrence of Default, and provided further, that no such cure period shall apply to any payments due upon the maturity of the Notes, and (ii) no Event of Default shall exist hereunder upon the occurrence of any failure described in §12.1(d) in the event that the Borrower cures (or causes to be cured) such Default within thirty (30) days following receipt of written notice of such default, provided that the provisions of this clause (ii) shall not pertain to (X) defaults consisting of a failure to provide insurance as required by §7.7, (Y) any default consisting of a failure of the Borrower to comply with §§7.4(c) (provided, however, that no Event of Default shall exist hereunder upon the occurrence of a failure comply with §7.4(c) in the event that the Borrower cures such Default within five (5) Business Days following receipt of written notice of such Default), or (Z) any default (whether of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any Subsidiary thereof) consisting of a failure to comply with §§7.14, 7.18, 8.1, 8.2, 8.4, 8.7 or 8.8 or to any Default excluded from any provision of cure of defaults contained in any other of the Loan Documents.

 

In the event that there shall occur any Default or Event of Default that affects only certain Borrowing Base Properties or the owner(s) thereof, then the Borrower may elect to cure such Default or Event of Default (so long as no other Default or Event of Default would arise as a result) by electing to have Agent remove such Borrowing Base Properties from the calculation of Borrowing Base Availability and by reducing the outstanding Loans and Letter of Credit Liabilities by the amount of the Borrowing Base Availability attributable to such Borrowing Base Property, in which event such removal and reduction shall be completed within five (5) Business Days after receipt of notice of such Default from the Agent or the Required Lenders and the expiration of any applicable cure period provided under this §12.2.

 

§12.3      Termination of Commitments. If any one or more Events of Default specified in §12.1(g), 12.1(h) or 12.1(i) shall occur, then immediately and without any action on the part of the Agent or any Lender any unused portion of the credit hereunder shall terminate and the Lenders shall be relieved of all obligations to make Loans or issue Letters of Credit to the Borrower. If any other Event of Default shall have occurred, the Agent may, and upon the election of the Required Revolving Credit Lenders, shall, by notice to the Borrower terminate the obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans to and issue Letters of Credit for the Borrower. No termination under this §12.3 shall relieve the Borrower or the Guarantors of their obligations to the Lenders arising under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.

 

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§12.4      Remedies. In case any one or more Events of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and whether or not the Lenders shall have accelerated the maturity of the Loans pursuant to §12.1, the Agent, on behalf of the Lenders may, and upon the direction of the Required Lenders, shall proceed to protect and enforce their rights and remedies under this Agreement, the Notes and/or any of the other Loan Documents by suit in equity, action at law or other appropriate proceeding, including to the full extent permitted by Applicable Law the specific performance of any covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the obtaining of the ex parte appointment of a receiver, requiring the establishment of a hard lockbox and cash management system with Agent, and, if any amount shall have become due, by declaration or otherwise, the enforcement of the payment thereof. No remedy herein conferred upon the Agent or the holder of any Note is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy and each and every remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or any other provision of law. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Agreement providing that the Loans may be evidenced by multiple Notes in favor of the Lenders, the Lenders acknowledge and agree that only the Agent may exercise any remedies arising by reason of a Default or Event of Default. If the Borrower or any Guarantor fails to perform any agreement or covenant contained in this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents beyond any applicable period for notice and cure, the Agent may itself perform, or cause to be performed, any agreement or covenant of such Person contained in this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents which such Person shall fail to perform, and the out-of-pocket costs of such performance, together with any reasonable expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees actually incurred (including attorneys’ fees incurred in any appeal) by the Agent in connection therewith, shall be payable by the Borrower upon demand and shall constitute a part of the Obligations and shall if not paid within five (5) days after demand bear interest at the Default Rate. In the event that all or any portion of the Obligations is collected by or through an attorney-at-law, the Borrower shall pay all costs of collection including, but not limited to, reasonable attorney’s fees.

 

§12.5      Distribution of Collateral Proceeds. In the event that, following the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, any monies are received in connection with the enforcement of any of the Loan Documents, or otherwise with respect to the realization upon any of the Collateral or other assets of the Borrower or the Guarantors, such monies shall be distributed for application as follows:

 

(a)            First, to the payment of, or (as the case may be) the reimbursement of the Agent for or in respect of, all reasonable out-of-pocket costs, expenses, disbursements and losses which shall have been paid or incurred or sustained by the Agent to protect or preserve the Collateral or in connection with the collection of such monies by the Agent, for the exercise, protection or enforcement by the Agent of all or any of the rights, remedies, powers and privileges of the Agent or the Lenders under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or in respect of the Collateral or in support of any provision of adequate indemnity to the Agent against any taxes or liens which by law shall have, or may have, priority over the rights of the Agent or the Lenders to such monies;

 

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(b)            Second, to all other Obligations and Hedge Obligations (including any interest, expenses or other obligations incurred after the commencement of a bankruptcy) in such order or preference as the Required Lenders shall determine; provided, that (i) Swing Loans shall be repaid first, (ii) distributions in respect of such other Obligations shall include, on a pari passu basis, any Agent’s fee payable pursuant to §4.2, (iii) in the event that any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, payments to such Lender shall be governed by §2.13, (iv) any amounts applied pursuant to §12.6(d) shall be applied first to the Obligations owing to the Revolving Credit Lenders, and then to the Term Loan Lenders pro rata and (v) except as otherwise provided in clause (iii) and (iv) above, Obligations owing to the Lenders with respect to each type of Obligation such as interest, principal, fees and expenses and Hedge Obligations (but excluding the Swing Loans) shall be made among the Lenders and Lender Hedge Providers, pro rata, and as between Revolving Credit Loans (including obligations with respect to Swing Loans and Letters of Credit) and Term Loans shall be made pro rata; and provided, further that the Required Lenders may in their discretion make proper allowance to take into account any Obligations not then due and payable; and

 

(c)            Third, the excess, if any, shall be returned to the Borrower or to such other Persons as are entitled thereto.

 

§12.6      Collateral Account.

 

(a)            As collateral security for the prompt payment in full when due of all Letter of Credit Liabilities, Swing Loans and the other Obligations and Hedge Obligations, the Borrower hereby pledges and grants to the Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Agent and the Lenders as provided herein, a security interest in all of its right, title and interest in and to the Collateral Account and the balances from time to time in the Collateral Account (including any interest provided for below). The balances from time to time in the Collateral Account shall not constitute payment of any Letter of Credit Liabilities or Swing Loans until applied by the Agent as provided herein. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, funds held in the Collateral Account shall be subject to withdrawal only as provided in this §12.6.

 

(b)            Amounts on deposit in the Collateral Account shall not be invested by the Agent, and will earn interest at a rate paid by Agent with respect to similar accounts, and shall be held in the name of and be under the sole dominion and control of the Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders. The Agent shall exercise reasonable care in the custody and preservation of any funds held in the Collateral Account and shall be deemed to have exercised such care if such funds are accorded treatment substantially equivalent to that which the Agent accords other funds deposited with the Agent, it being understood that the Agent shall not have any responsibility for taking any necessary steps to preserve rights against any parties with respect to any funds held in the Collateral Account.

 

(c)            If a drawing pursuant to any Letter of Credit occurs on or prior to the expiration date of such Letter of Credit, the Borrower and the Lenders authorize the Agent to use the monies deposited in the Collateral Account to make payment to the beneficiary with respect to such drawing or the payee with respect to such presentment. If a Swing Loan is not refinanced as a Base Rate Loan as provided in §2.5 above, then the Agent is authorized to use monies deposited in the Collateral Account to make payment to the Swing Loan Lender with respect to any participation not funded by a Defaulting Lender.

 

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(d)            If an Event of Default exists, the Required Lenders may, in their discretion, at any time and from time to time, instruct the Agent to liquidate or withdraw any amounts in the Collateral Account and apply proceeds thereof to the Obligations and Hedge Obligations in accordance with §12.5.

 

(e)            So long as no Default or Event of Default exists, and to the extent amounts on deposit in the Collateral Account exceed the aggregate amount of the Letter of Credit Liabilities then due and owing and the pro rata share of any Letter of Credit Obligations and Swing Loans of any Defaulting Lender after giving effect to §2.13(c), the Agent shall, from time to time, at the request of the Borrower, deliver to the Borrower within ten (10) Business Days after the Agent’s receipt of such request from the Borrower, against receipt but without any recourse, warranty or representation whatsoever, such of the balances in the Collateral Account as exceed the aggregate amount of the Letter of Credit Liabilities and Swing Loans at such time.

 

(f)            The Borrower shall pay to the Agent from time to time such fees as the Agent normally charges for similar services in connection with the Agent’s administration of the Collateral Account. The Borrower authorizes the Agent to file such financing statements as the Agent may reasonably require in order to perfect the Agent’s security interest in the Collateral Account, and the Borrower shall promptly upon demand execute and deliver to the Agent such other documents as the Agent may reasonably request to evidence its security interest in the Collateral Account.

 

§13. SETOFF.

 

Regardless of the adequacy of any Collateral, during the continuance of any Event of Default, any deposits (general or specific, time or demand, provisional or final, regardless of currency, maturity, or the branch where such deposits are held) or other sums credited by or due from any Lender to the Borrower or the Guarantors and any securities or other property of the Borrower or the Guarantors in the possession of such Lender may, without notice to the Borrower or any Guarantor (any such notice being expressly waived by the Borrower and each Guarantor) but with the prior written approval of the Agent, be applied to or set off against the payment of Obligations and any and all other liabilities, direct, or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, of the Borrower or the Guarantors to such Lender under the Loan Documents. Each of the Lenders agree with each other Lender that if such Lender shall receive from the Borrower or the Guarantors, whether by voluntary payment, exercise of the right of setoff, or otherwise, and shall retain and apply to the payment of the Note or Notes held by such Lender (but excluding the Swing Loan Note) any amount in excess of its ratable portion of the payments received by all of the Lenders with respect to the Notes held by all of the Lenders, such Lender will make such disposition and arrangements with the other Lenders with respect to such excess, either by way of distribution, pro tanto assignment of claims, subrogation or otherwise as shall result in each Lender receiving in respect of the Notes held by it its proportionate payment as contemplated by this Agreement; provided that if all or any part of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from such Lender, such disposition and arrangements shall be rescinded and the amount restored to the extent of such recovery, but without interest. In the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (a) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders, and (b) such Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff.

 

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§14. THE AGENT.

 

§14.1      Authorization. The Agent is authorized to take such action on behalf of each of the Lenders and to exercise all such powers as are hereunder and under any of the other Loan Documents and any related documents delegated to the Agent, together with such powers as are reasonably incident thereto, provided that no duties or responsibilities not expressly assumed herein or therein shall be implied to have been assumed by the Agent. The obligations of the Agent hereunder are primarily administrative in nature, and nothing contained in this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents shall be construed to constitute the Agent as a trustee for any Lender or to create an agency or fiduciary relationship. The Agent shall act as the contractual representative of the Lenders hereunder, and notwithstanding the use of the term “Agent”, it is understood and agreed that the Agent shall not have any fiduciary duties or responsibilities to any Lender by reason of this Agreement or any other Loan Document and is acting as an independent contractor, the duties and responsibilities of which are limited to those expressly set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The Borrower and any other Person shall be entitled to conclusively rely on a statement from the Agent that it has the authority to act for and bind the Lenders pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

§14.2      Employees and Agents. The Agent may exercise its powers and execute its duties by or through employees or agents and shall be entitled to take, and to rely on, advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to its rights and duties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The Agent may utilize the services of such Persons as the Agent may reasonably determine, and all reasonable fees and expenses of any such Persons shall be paid by the Borrower.

 

§14.3      No Liability. Neither the Agent nor any of its shareholders, directors, officers or employees nor any other Person assisting them in their duties nor any agent, or employee thereof, shall be liable for (a) any waiver, consent or approval given or any action taken, or omitted to be taken, in good faith by it or them hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents, or in connection herewith or therewith, or be responsible for the consequences of any oversight or error of judgment whatsoever, except that the Agent or such other Person, as the case may be, shall be liable for losses due to its willful misconduct or gross negligence as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction after the expiration of all applicable appeal periods or (b) any action taken or not taken by the Agent with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders, the Required Revolving Credit Lenders or the Required Term Loan Lenders, as applicable. The Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, unless the Agent has received notice from a Lender or the Borrower referring to the Loan Documents and describing with reasonable specificity such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default”.

 

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§14.4      No Representations. The Agent shall not be responsible for the execution or validity or enforceability of this Agreement, the Notes, any of the other Loan Documents or any instrument at any time constituting, or intended to constitute, collateral security for the Notes, or for the value of any such collateral security or for the validity, enforceability or collectability of any such amounts owing with respect to the Notes, or for any recitals or statements, warranties or representations made herein, or any agreement, instrument or certificate delivered in connection therewith or in any of the other Loan Documents or in any certificate or instrument hereafter furnished to it by or on behalf of the Borrower, the Guarantors or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or be bound to ascertain or inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms, conditions, covenants or agreements herein or in any of the other Loan Documents. The Agent shall not be bound to ascertain whether any notice, consent, waiver or request delivered to it by the Borrower, the Guarantors or any holder of any of the Notes shall have been duly authorized or is true, accurate and complete. The Agent has not made nor does it now make any representations or warranties, express or implied, nor does it assume any liability to the Lenders, with respect to the creditworthiness or financial condition of the Borrower, the Guarantors or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or the value of the Collateral or any other assets of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agent, Arrangers or any other Lender, and based upon such information and documents as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agent, Arrangers or any other Lender, based upon such information and documents as it deems appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The Agent’s Special Counsel has only represented the Agent and KeyBank in connection with the Loan Documents and the only attorney client relationship or duty of care is between the Agent’s Special Counsel and the Agent or KeyBank. Each Lender has been independently represented by separate counsel on all matters regarding the Loan Documents and the granting and perfecting of liens in the Collateral.

 

§14.5      Payments.

 

(a)            A payment by the Borrower or any Guarantor to the Agent hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents for the account of any Lender shall constitute a payment to such Lender. The Agent agrees to distribute to each Lender not later than one Business Day after the Agent’s receipt of good funds, determined in accordance with the Agent’s customary practices, such Lender’s pro rata share of payments received by the Agent for the account of the Lenders except as otherwise expressly provided herein or in any of the other Loan Documents. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as such Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, each payment by the Borrower hereunder shall be applied in accordance with §2.13(d).

 

(b)            If in the opinion of the Agent the distribution of any amount received by it in such capacity hereunder, under the Notes or under any of the other Loan Documents might involve it in liability, it may refrain from making such distribution until its right to make such distribution shall have been adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction. If a court of competent jurisdiction shall adjudge that any amount received and distributed by the Agent is to be repaid, each Person to whom any such distribution shall have been made shall either repay to the Agent its proportionate share of the amount so adjudged to be repaid or shall pay over the same in such manner and to such Persons as shall be determined by such court.

 

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§14.6      Holders of Notes. Subject to the terms of §18, the Agent, Borrower and Guarantors may deem and treat the payee of any Note as the absolute owner or purchaser thereof for all purposes hereof until it shall have been furnished in writing with a different name by such payee or by a subsequent holder, assignee or transferee.

 

§14.7      Indemnity. The Lenders ratably agree hereby to indemnify and hold harmless the Agent from and against any and all claims, actions and suits (whether groundless or otherwise), losses, damages, costs, expenses (including any expenses for which the Agent has not been reimbursed by the Borrower as required by §15), and liabilities of every nature and character arising out of or related to this Agreement, the Notes, or any of the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated or evidenced hereby or thereby, or the Agent’s actions taken hereunder or thereunder, except to the extent that any of the same shall be directly caused by the Agent’s willful misconduct or gross negligence as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction after the expiration of all applicable appeal periods. The agreements in this §14.7 shall survive the payment of all amounts payable under the Loan Documents.

 

§14.8      The Agent as Lender. In its individual capacity, KeyBank shall have the same obligations and the same rights, powers and privileges in respect to its Commitment and the Loans made by it, and as the holder of any of the Notes as it would have were it not also the Agent.

 

§14.9      Resignation. The Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Lenders and the Borrower. Any such resignation may at the Agent’s option also constitute the Agent’s resignation as the Issuing Lender and the Swing Loan Lender. Upon any such resignation, the Required Lenders, subject to the terms of §18.1, shall have the right to appoint as a successor Agent and, if applicable, Issuing Lender and Swing Loan Lender, any Lender or any bank whose senior debt obligations are rated not less than “A” or its equivalent by Moody’s or not less than “A” or its equivalent by S&P and which has a net worth of not less than $500,000,000.00. Unless a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, such successor Agent and, if applicable, Issuing Lender and Swing Loan Lender, shall be reasonably acceptable to the Borrower. If no successor Agent shall have been appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within ten (10) days after the retiring Agent’s giving of notice of resignation, then the retiring Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent, which shall be any Lender or any bank whose senior debt obligations are rated not less than “A2” or its equivalent by Moody’s or not less than “A” or its equivalent by S&P and which has a net worth of not less than $500,000,000.00. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as the Agent and, if applicable, the Issuing Lender and the Swing Loan Lender, hereunder by a successor Agent and, if applicable, Issuing Lender and Swing Loan Lender, such successor Agent and, if applicable, Issuing Lender and Swing Loan Lender, shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent and, if applicable, Issuing Lender and Swing Loan Lender, and the retiring Agent and, if applicable, Issuing Lender and Swing Loan Lender, shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder as the Agent and, if applicable, the Issuing Lender and the Swing Loan Lender. After any retiring Agent’s resignation, the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as the Agent, the Issuing Lender and the Swing Loan Lender. If the resigning Agent shall also resign as the Issuing Lender, such successor Agent shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or shall make other arrangements satisfactory to the current Issuing Lender, in either case, to assume effectively the obligations of the current Agent with respect to such Letters of Credit. Upon any change in the Agent under this Agreement, the resigning Agent shall execute such assignments of and amendments to the Loan Documents as may be necessary to substitute the successor Agent for the resigning Agent.

 

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§14.10  Duties in the Case of Enforcement. In case one or more Events of Default have occurred and shall be continuing, and whether or not acceleration of the Obligations shall have occurred, the Agent may and, if (a) so requested by the Required Lenders and (b) the Lenders have provided to the Agent such additional indemnities and assurances in accordance with their respective Commitment Percentages against expenses and liabilities as the Agent may reasonably request, shall proceed to exercise all or any legal and equitable and other rights or remedies as it may have; provided, however, that unless and until the Agent shall have received such directions, the Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem to be in the best interests of the Lenders. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if the Agent reasonably determines payment is in the best interest of all the Lenders, the Agent may without the approval of the Lenders pay taxes and insurance premiums and spend money for maintenance, repairs or other expenses which may be necessary to be incurred and pay taxes, insurance premiums and rents due under any Ground Lease, and the Agent shall promptly thereafter notify the Lenders of such action. Each Lender shall, within thirty (30) days of request therefor, pay to the Agent its Commitment Percentage of the reasonable costs incurred by the Agent in taking any such actions hereunder to the extent that such costs shall not be promptly reimbursed to the Agent by the Borrower or the Guarantors or out of the Collateral within such period. The Required Lenders may direct the Agent in writing as to the method and the extent of any such exercise, the Lenders hereby agreeing to indemnify and hold the Agent harmless in accordance with their respective Commitment Percentages from all liabilities incurred in respect of all actions taken or omitted in accordance with such directions, provided that the Agent need not comply with any such direction to the extent that the Agent reasonably believes the Agent’s compliance with such direction to be unlawful in any applicable jurisdiction or commercially unreasonable under the UCC as enacted in any applicable jurisdiction.

 

§14.11  Request for Agent Action. The Agent and the Lenders acknowledge that in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower, (a) a Borrowing Base Property may be subject to a Taking, or (b) the Borrower or Subsidiary Guarantors may desire to enter into easements or other agreements affecting the Borrowing Base Properties, or take other actions or enter into other agreements in the ordinary course of business which similarly require the consent, approval or agreement of the Agent. In connection with the foregoing, the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Agent to (x) execute releases of liens in connection with any Taking, (y) execute consents or subordinations in form and substance satisfactory to Agent in connection with any easements or agreements affecting the Borrowing Base Property, or (z) execute consents, approvals, or other agreements in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent in connection with such other actions or agreements as may be necessary in the ordinary course of the Borrower’s business.

 

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§14.12  Bankruptcy. In the event a bankruptcy or other insolvency proceeding is commenced by or against the Borrower or any Guarantor with respect to the Obligations, the Agent shall have the sole and exclusive right to file and pursue a joint proof claim on behalf of all Lenders. Any votes with respect to such claims or otherwise with respect to such proceedings shall be subject to the vote of the Required Lenders or all of the Lenders as required by this Agreement. Each Lender irrevocably waives its right to file or pursue a separate proof of claim in any such proceedings unless the Agent fails to file such claim within thirty (30) days after receipt of written notice from the Lenders requesting that the Agent file such proof of claim.

 

§14.13  Reliance by the Agent. The Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by an Authorized Officer. The Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender, the Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless the Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender prior to the making of such Loan. The Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

 

§14.14  Approvals. If consent is required for some action under this Agreement, or except as otherwise provided herein an approval of the Lenders, the Required Lenders, the Required Revolving Credit Lenders or the Required Term Loan Lenders is required or permitted under this Agreement, each Lender agrees to give the Agent, within ten (10) days of receipt of the request for action from the Agent together with all reasonably requested information related thereto (or such lesser period of time required by the terms of the Loan Documents), notice in writing of approval or disapproval (collectively, “Directions”) in respect of any action requested or proposed in writing pursuant to the terms hereof. To the extent that any Lender does not approve any recommendation of the Agent, such Lender shall in such notice to the Agent describe the actions that would be acceptable to such Lender. If consent is required for the requested action, any Lender’s failure to respond to a request for Directions within the required time period shall be deemed to constitute a Direction to take such requested action. In the event that any recommendation is not approved by the requisite number of Lenders and a subsequent approval on the same subject matter is requested by the Agent, then for the purposes of this paragraph each Lender shall be required to respond to a request for Directions within five (5) Business Days of receipt of such request. The Agent and each Lender shall be entitled to assume that any officer of the other Lenders delivering any notice, consent, certificate or other writing is authorized to give such notice, consent, certificate or other writing unless the Agent and such other Lenders have otherwise been notified in writing.

 

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§14.15 The Borrower Not Beneficiary. Except for the provisions of §14.9 relating to the appointment of a successor Agent, the provisions of this §14 are solely for the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders, may not be enforced by the Borrower or any Guarantor, and except for the provisions of §14.9, may be modified or waived without the approval or consent of the Borrower.

 

§14.16 Reliance on Hedge Provider. For purposes of applying payments received in accordance with §§12.1, 12.5, 12.6 or any other provision of the Loan Documents, the Agent shall be entitled to rely upon the trustee, paying agent or other similar representative (each, a “Representative”) or, in the absence of such a Representative, upon the holder of the Hedge Obligations for a determination (which each holder of the Hedge Obligations agrees (or shall agree) to provide upon request of the Agent) of the outstanding Hedge Obligations owed to the holder thereof. Unless it has actual knowledge (including by way of written notice from such holder) to the contrary, the Agent, in acting hereunder, shall be entitled to assume that no Hedge Obligations are outstanding.

 

§14.17 Erroneous Payments.

 

(a)       If the Agent (x) notifies a Lender, Issuing Lender or any Person who has received funds on behalf of a Lender or Issuing Lender (any such Lender, Issuing Lender or other recipient, a “Payment Recipient”) that the Agent has determined in its sole discretion (whether or not after receipt of any notice under immediately succeeding clause (b)) that any funds (as set forth in such notice from the Agent) received by such Payment Recipient from the Agent or any of its Affiliates were erroneously or mistakenly transmitted to, or otherwise erroneously or mistakenly received by, such Payment Recipient (whether or not known to such Lender, Issuing Lender or other Payment Recipient on its behalf) (any such funds, whether transmitted or received as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees, distribution or otherwise, individually and collectively, an “Erroneous Payment”) and (y) demands in writing the return of such Erroneous Payment (or a portion thereof), such Erroneous Payment shall at all times remain the property of the Agent pending its return or repayment as contemplated below in this §14.17(a) and held in trust for the benefit of the Agent, and such Lender or Issuing Lender shall (or, with respect to any Payment Recipient who received such funds on its behalf, shall cause such Payment Recipient to) promptly, but in no event later than two (2) Business Days thereafter (or such later date as the Agent may, in its sole discretion, specify in writing), return to the Agent the amount of any such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) as to which such a demand was made, in same day funds (in the currency so received), together with interest thereon (except to the extent waived in writing by the Agent) in respect of each day from and including the date such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Payment Recipient to the date such amount is repaid to the Agent in same day funds at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect. A notice of the Agent to any Payment Recipient under this clause (a) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.

 

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(b)       Without limiting immediately preceding clause (a), each Lender, Issuing Lender or any Person who has received funds on behalf of a Lender or Issuing Lender, hereby further agrees that if it receives a payment, prepayment or repayment (whether received as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees, distribution or otherwise) from the Agent (or any of its Affiliates) (x) that is in a different amount than, or on a different date from, that specified in this Agreement or in a notice of payment, prepayment or repayment sent by the Agent (or any of its Affiliates) with respect to such payment, prepayment or repayment, (y) that was not preceded or accompanied by a notice of payment, prepayment or repayment sent by the Agent (or any of its Affiliates), or (z) that such Lender, Issuing Lender or other such recipient, otherwise becomes aware was transmitted, or received, in error or by mistake (in whole or in part), then in each such case:

 

(i)       it acknowledges and agrees that (A) in the case of immediately preceding clauses (x) or (y), an error and mistake shall be presumed to have been made (absent written confirmation from the Agent to the contrary) or (B) an error and mistake has been made (in the case of immediately preceding clause (z)), in each case, with respect to such payment, prepayment or repayment; and

 

(ii)       such Lender or Issuing Lender shall (and shall cause any other recipient that receives funds on its respective behalf to) promptly (and, in all events, within one (1) Business Day of its knowledge of the occurrence of any of the circumstances described in immediately preceding clauses (x), (y) and (z)) notify the Agent of its receipt of such payment, prepayment or repayment, the details thereof (in reasonable detail) and that it is so notifying the Agent pursuant to this §14.17(b).

 

For the avoidance of doubt, the failure to deliver a notice to the Agent pursuant to this §14.17(b) shall not have any effect on a Payment Recipient’s obligations pursuant to §14.17(a) or on whether or not an Erroneous Payment has been made.

 

(c)       Each Lender or Issuing Lender hereby authorizes the Agent to set off, net and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender or Issuing Lender under any Loan Document, or otherwise payable or distributable by the Agent to such Lender or Issuing Lender under any Loan Document with respect to any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts, against any amount that the Agent has demanded to be returned under immediately preceding clause (a)

 

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(i)       In the event that an Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) is not recovered by the Agent for any reason, after demand therefor in accordance with immediately preceding clause (a), from any Lender or Issuing Lender that has received such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) (and/or from any Payment Recipient who received such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) on its respective behalf) (such unrecovered amount, an “Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency”), upon the Agent’s notice to such Lender or Issuing Lender at any time, then effective immediately (with the consideration therefor being acknowledged by the parties hereto), (A) such Lender or Issuing Lender shall be deemed to have assigned its Loans (but not its Commitments) of the relevant class of Loans with respect to which such Erroneous Payment was made (the “Erroneous Payment Impacted Class”) in an amount equal to the Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency (or such lesser amount as the Agent may specify) (such assignment of the Loans (but not Commitments) of the Erroneous Payment Impacted Class, the “Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment”) (on a cashless basis and such amount calculated at par plus any accrued and unpaid interest (with the assignment fee to be waived by the Agent in such instance)), and is hereby (together with the Borrower) deemed to execute and deliver an Assignment and Acceptance Agreement (or, to the extent applicable, an agreement incorporating an Assignment and Acceptance Agreement by reference pursuant to an approved electronic platform as to which the Agent and such parties are participants) with respect to such Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment, and such Lender or Issuing Lender shall deliver any Notes evidencing such Loans to the Borrower or the Agent (but the failure of such Person to deliver any such Notes shall not affect the effectiveness of the foregoing assignment), (B) the Agent as the assignee Lender shall be deemed to have acquired the Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment, (C) upon such deemed acquisition, the Agent as the assignee Lender shall become a Lender or Issuing Lender, as applicable, hereunder with respect to such Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment and the assigning Lender or assigning Issuing Lender shall cease to be a Lender or Issuing Lender, as applicable, hereunder with respect to such Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment, excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, its obligations under the indemnification provisions of this Agreement and its applicable Commitments which shall survive as to such assigning Lender or assigning Issuing Lender, (D) the Agent and the Borrower shall each be deemed to have waived any consent required under this Agreement to any such Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment, and (E) the Agent will reflect in the Register its ownership interest in the Loans subject to the Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment. For the avoidance of doubt, no Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment will reduce the Commitments of any Lender and such Commitments shall remain available in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

(ii)       Subject to §18.1 (but excluding, in all events, any assignment consent or approval requirements (whether from the Borrower or otherwise)), the Agent may, in its discretion, sell any Loans acquired pursuant to an Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment and upon receipt of the proceeds of such sale, the Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency owing by the applicable Lender or Issuing Lender shall be reduced by the net proceeds of the sale of such Loan (or portion thereof), and the Agent shall retain all other rights, remedies and claims against such Lender or Issuing Lender (and/or against any recipient that receives funds on its respective behalf). In addition, an Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency owing by the applicable Lender (x) shall be reduced by the proceeds of prepayments or repayments of principal and interest, or other distribution in respect of principal and interest, received by the Agent on or with respect to any such Loans acquired from such Lender pursuant to an Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment (to the extent that any such Loans are then owned by the Agent) and (y) may, in the sole discretion of the Agent, be reduced by any amount specified by the Agent in writing to the applicable Lender from time to time.

 

(e)       The parties hereto agree that (x) irrespective of whether the Agent may be equitably subrogated, in the event that an Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) is not recovered from any Payment Recipient that has received such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) for any reason, the Agent shall be subrogated to all the rights and interests of such Payment Recipient (and, in the case of any Payment Recipient who has received funds on behalf of a Lender or Issuing Lender, to the rights and interests of such Lender or Issuing Lender, as the case may be) under the Loan Documents with respect to such amount (the “Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights”) (provided that, the Borrower’s and Guarantors’ Obligations under the Loan Documents in respect of the Erroneous Payment Subrogation Rights shall not be duplicative of such Obligations in respect of Loans that have been assigned to the Agent under an Erroneous Payment Deficiency Assignment) and (y) an Erroneous Payment shall not pay, prepay, repay, discharge or otherwise satisfy any Obligations owed by the Borrower or any Guarantor; provided that this §14.17(e) shall not be interpreted to increase (or accelerate the due date for) or have the effect of increasing (or accelerating the due date for), the Obligations of the Borrower relative to the amount (and/or timing for payment) of the Obligations that would have been payable had such Erroneous Payment not been made by the Agent; provided, further, that for the avoidance of doubt, immediately preceding clauses (x) and (y) shall not apply to the extent any such Erroneous Payment is, and solely with respect to the amount of such Erroneous Payment that is, comprised of funds received by the Agent from the Borrower or any Guarantor for the purpose of making such Erroneous Payment.

 

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(f)       To the extent permitted by applicable law, no Payment Recipient shall assert any right or claim to an Erroneous Payment, and hereby waives, and is deemed to waive, any claim, counterclaim, defense or right of set-off or recoupment with respect to any demand, claim or counterclaim by the Agent for the return of any Erroneous Payment received, including, without limitation, any defense based on “discharge for value” or any similar doctrine.

 

(g)       Each party’s obligations, agreements and waivers under this §14.17 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Agent, any transfer of rights or obligations by, or the replacement of, a Lender or Issuing Lender, the termination of the Commitments and/or the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all Obligations (or any portion thereof) under any Loan Document.

 

§15. EXPENSES.

 

The Borrower agrees to pay (a) the reasonable costs of producing and reproducing this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the other agreements and instruments mentioned herein, (b) any Indemnified Taxes (including any interest and penalties in respect thereto) payable by the Agent or any of the Lenders, including any recording, mortgage, documentary or intangibles taxes in connection with the Assignments of Interests and other Loan Documents, or other taxes payable on or with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including any such taxes payable by the Agent or any of the Lenders after the Closing Date (the Borrower hereby agreeing to indemnify the Agent and each Lender with respect thereto), (c) all title insurance premiums, engineer’s fees, environmental reviews and the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of the counsel to the Agent and Arrangers and any local counsel to the Agent incurred in connection with the preparation, administration, or interpretation of the Loan Documents and other instruments mentioned herein, and amendments, modifications, approvals, consents or waivers hereto or hereunder, (d) the out-of-pocket fees, costs, expenses and disbursements of the Agent and Arrangers incurred in connection with the syndication and/or participation of the Loans, (e) all other reasonable out of pocket fees, expenses and disbursements of the Agent incurred by the Agent in connection with the preparation, administration or interpretation of the Loan Documents and other instruments mentioned herein, the addition or substitution of additional Collateral, the release of Borrowing Base Properties or other Collateral, the making of each advance hereunder, the issuance of Letters of Credit, and the syndication of the Commitments pursuant to §18 (without duplication of those items addressed in clause (d), above), (f) all out-of-pocket expenses (including attorneys’ fees and costs, and the fees and costs of appraisers, engineers, investment bankers or other experts retained by any Lender or the Agent) incurred by any Lender or the Agent in connection with (i) the workout or enforcement of or preservation of rights under any of the Loan Documents against the Borrower or the Guarantors or the administration thereof after the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default or any other workout of the Loan Documents and (ii) any litigation, proceeding or dispute whether arising hereunder or otherwise, in any way related to the Agent’s or any of the Lenders’ relationship with the Borrower or the Guarantors, (g) all reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of the Agent incurred in connection with UCC searches, UCC filings, title rundowns, title searches or mortgage recordings, (h) all reasonable out-of-pocket fees, expenses and disbursements (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs) which may be incurred by KeyBank in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (without duplication of any of the items listed above), and (i) all expenses relating to the use of Intralinks, SyndTrak or any other similar system for the dissemination and sharing of documents and information in connection with the Loans. The covenants of this §15 shall survive the repayment of the Loans and the termination of the obligations of the Lenders hereunder.

 

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§16. INDEMNIFICATION.

 

The Borrower agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Agent, the Lenders, the Arrangers, their respective Affiliates and Persons who control the Agent, or any Lender or the Arrangers, and each director, officer, employee, agent and attorney of each of the foregoing Persons, against any and all claims, actions and suits, whether groundless or otherwise, and from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages and expenses of every nature and character arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby including, without limitation, (a) any and all claims for brokerage, leasing, finders or similar fees which may be made relating to the Borrowing Base Properties, any other Real Estate or the Loans, (b) any condition of the Borrowing Base Properties or any other Real Estate, (c) any actual or proposed use by the Borrower of the proceeds of any of the Loans or Letters of Credit, (d) any actual or alleged infringement of any patent, copyright, trademark, service mark or similar right of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (e) the Borrower and the Guarantors entering into or performing this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, (f) any actual or alleged violation of any law, ordinance, code, order, rule, regulation, approval, consent, permit or license relating to the Borrowing Base Properties or any other Real Estate, (g) with respect to the Borrower, the Guarantors and their respective Subsidiaries and their respective properties and assets, the violation of any Environmental Law, the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Substances or any action, suit, proceeding or investigation brought or threatened with respect to any Hazardous Substances (including, but not limited to, claims with respect to wrongful death, personal injury, nuisance or damage to property), and (h) any use of Intralinks, SyndTrak or any other system for the dissemination and sharing of documents and information, in each case including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel incurred in connection with any such investigation, litigation or other proceeding; provided, however, that the Borrower shall not be obligated under this §16 to indemnify any Person for liabilities arising from such Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction after the exhaustion of all applicable appeal periods. In litigation, or the preparation therefor, the Lenders and the Agent shall be entitled to select a single law firm as their own counsel and an additional single local counsel in each applicable local jurisdiction for all such parties (and, to the extent reasonably necessary in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest, one additional counsel) and, in addition to the foregoing indemnity, the Borrower agrees to pay promptly the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. No person indemnified hereunder shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. If, and to the extent that the obligations of the Borrower under this §16 are unenforceable for any reason, the Borrower hereby agrees to make the maximum contribution to the payment in satisfaction of such obligations which is permissible under Applicable Law. The provisions of this §16 shall survive the repayment of the Loans and the termination of the obligations of the Lenders hereunder.

 

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§17. SURVIVAL OF COVENANTS, ETC..

 

All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made herein, in the Notes, in any of the other Loan Documents or in any documents or other papers delivered by or on behalf of the Borrower or the Guarantors or any of their respective Subsidiaries pursuant hereto or thereto shall be deemed to have been relied upon by the Lenders and the Agent, notwithstanding any investigation heretofore or hereafter made by any of them, and shall survive the making by the Lenders of any of the Loans, as herein contemplated, and shall continue in full force and effect so long as any amount due under this Agreement or the Notes or any of the other Loan Documents remains outstanding or any Letters of Credit remain outstanding or any Lender has any obligation to make any Loans or issue any Letters of Credit. The indemnification obligations of the Borrower provided herein and in the other Loan Documents shall survive the full repayment of amounts due and the termination of the obligations of the Lenders hereunder and thereunder to the extent provided herein and therein. All statements contained in any certificate delivered to any Lender or the Agent at any time by or on behalf of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries pursuant hereto or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby shall constitute representations and warranties by such Person hereunder.

 

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§18. ASSIGNMENT AND PARTICIPATION.

 

§18.1 Conditions to Assignment by Lenders. Except as provided herein, each Lender may assign to one or more banks or other entities (but not to any natural person) all or a portion of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment Percentage and Commitment and the same portion of the Loans at the time owing to it and the Notes held by it); provided that (a) the Agent, the Issuing Lender and, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists hereunder, the Borrower shall have each given its prior written consent to such assignment, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, and if the Borrower does not respond to any such request for consent within ten (10) Business Days, the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented (provided that such consent shall not be required for any assignment to another Lender, to a Related Fund, to a lender or an Affiliate of a Lender which controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the assigning Lender or to a wholly-owned Subsidiary of such Lender), (b) each such assignment shall be of a constant, and not a varying, percentage of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Revolving Credit Commitment in the event an interest in the Revolving Credit Loans is assigned, or of a constant, and not a varying, percentage of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Term Loan Commitment in the event an interest in the Term Loans is assigned, and if such Lender holds both a Revolving Credit Commitment and a Term Loan Commitment, such Lender shall assign an equal percentage of its Revolving Credit Commitment and Term Loan Commitment, (c) the parties to such assignment shall execute and deliver to the Agent, for recording in the Register (as hereinafter defined) an assignment and acceptance agreement in the form of Exhibit I attached hereto (an “Assignment and Acceptance Agreement”), together with any Notes subject to such assignment, (d) in no event shall any assignment be to any Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with, or which is not otherwise free from influence or control by the Borrower or any Guarantor or be to a Defaulting Lender or an Affiliate of a Defaulting Lender, (e) such assignee of a portion of the Revolving Credit Loans shall have a net worth or unfunded commitment as of the date of such assignment of not less than $100,000,000.00 (unless otherwise approved by the Agent and, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists hereunder, the Borrower), (f) such assignee shall acquire an interest in the Loans of not less than $5,000,000.00 and integral multiples of $1,000,000.00 in excess thereof (or if less, the remaining Loans of the assignor), unless waived by the Agent, and so long as no Default or Event of Default exists hereunder, the Borrower and (g) if such assignment is less than the assigning Lender’s entire Commitment, the assigning Lender shall retain an interest in the Loans of not less than $5,000,000.00. Upon execution, delivery, acceptance and recording of such Assignment and Acceptance Agreement, (i) the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and all other Loan Documents executed by the Lenders and, to the extent provided in such Assignment and Acceptance Agreement, have the rights and obligations of a Lender hereunder, (ii) the assigning Lender shall, upon payment to the Agent of the registration fee referred to in §18.2, be released from its obligations under this Agreement arising after the effective date of such assignment with respect to the assigned portion of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement, and (iii) the Agent may unilaterally amend Schedule 1.1 to reflect such assignment. In connection with each assignment, the assignee shall represent and warrant to the Agent, the assignor and each other Lender as to whether such assignee is controlling, controlled by, under common control with or is not otherwise free from influence or control by, the Borrower and/or any Guarantor and whether such assignee is a Defaulting Lender or an Affiliate of a Defaulting Lender. In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or actions, including funding, with the consent of the Borrower and the Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Agent or any Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon) and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Loans and participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Loans in accordance with its applicable Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under Applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.

 

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§18.2 Register. The Agent, acting for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent for Borrower, shall maintain on behalf of the Borrower a copy of each assignment delivered to it and a register or similar list (the “Register”) for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders and the Commitment Percentages of and principal amount of the Loans owing to the Lenders from time to time. The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, in the absence of manifest error, and the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and the Lenders at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. Upon each such recordation, the assigning Lender agrees to pay to the Agent a registration fee in the sum of $5,000.00.

 

§18.3 New Notes. Upon its receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance Agreement executed by the parties to such assignment, together with each Note subject to such assignment, the Agent shall record the information contained therein in the Register. Within five (5) Business Days after receipt of notice of such assignment from the Agent, the Borrower, at its own expense, shall execute and deliver to the Agent, in exchange for each surrendered Note, a new Note to the order of such assignee in an amount equal to the amount assigned to such assignee pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance Agreement and, if the assigning Lender has retained some portion of its obligations hereunder, a new Note to the order of the assigning Lender in an amount equal to the amount retained by it hereunder. Such new Notes shall provide that they are replacements for the surrendered Notes, shall be in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of the surrendered Notes, shall be dated the effective date of such Assignment and Acceptance Agreement and shall otherwise be in substantially the form of the assigned Notes. The surrendered Notes shall be canceled and returned to the Borrower.

 

§18.4 Participations. Each Lender may, without the consent of Agent or Borrower, sell participations to one or more Lenders or other entities (but not to any natural person) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; provided that (a) any such sale or participation shall not affect the rights and duties of the selling Lender hereunder, (b) such participation shall not entitle such participant to any rights or privileges under this Agreement or any Loan Documents, including without limitation, rights granted to the Lenders under §4.7, §4.8 and §4.9 and 13, (c) such participation shall not entitle the participant to the right to approve waivers, amendments or modifications, (d) such participant shall have no direct rights against the Borrower, (e) such sale is effected in accordance with all Applicable Laws, and (f) such participant shall not be a Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with, or which is not otherwise free from influence or control by the Borrower and/or any Guarantor and shall not be a Defaulting Lender or an Affiliate of a Defaulting Lender; provided, however, such Lender may agree with the participant that it will not, without the consent of the participant, agree to (i) increase, or extend the term or extend the time or waive any requirement for the reduction or termination of, such Lender’s Commitment (except as provided in §2.12), (ii) extend the date fixed for the payment of principal of or interest on the Loans or portions thereof owing to such Lender (except as provided in §2.12), (iii) reduce the amount of any such payment of principal, (iv) reduce the rate at which interest is payable thereon or (v) release any Guarantor or any material Collateral (except as otherwise permitted under this Agreement). Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any participant or any information relating to a participant’s interest in any Commitments, Loans, or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Loan, or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Agent (in its capacity as Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

 

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§18.5 Pledge by Lender. Any Lender may at any time pledge all or any portion of its interest and rights under this Agreement (including all or any portion of its Note) to any of the twelve Federal Reserve Banks organized under Section 4 of the Federal Reserve Act, 12 U.S.C. §341, any other central bank having jurisdiction over such Lender, or to such other Person as the Agent may approve to secure obligations of such Lender. No such pledge or the enforcement thereof shall release the pledgor Lender from its obligations hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents.

 

§18.6 No Assignment by the Borrower or the Guarantors. Neither the Borrower nor the Guarantors shall assign or transfer any of their rights or obligations under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (including by way of an LLC Division) without the prior written consent of each of the Lenders.

 

§18.7 Disclosure. The Borrower agrees to promptly cooperate with any Lender in connection with any proposed assignment or participation of all or any portion of its Commitment. The Borrower agrees that in addition to disclosures made in accordance with standard banking practices any Lender may disclose information obtained by such Lender pursuant to this Agreement to assignees or participants and potential assignees or participants hereunder. Each Lender agrees for itself that it shall use reasonable efforts in accordance with its customary procedures to hold confidential all non-public information obtained from the Borrower or any Guarantor that has been identified in writing as confidential by any of them, and shall use reasonable efforts in accordance with its customary procedures to not disclose such information to any other Person, it being understood and agreed that, notwithstanding the foregoing, a Lender may make (a) disclosures to its participants (provided such Persons are advised of the provisions of this §18.7), (b) disclosures to its directors, officers, employees, Affiliates, accountants, appraisers, legal counsel and other professional advisors of such Lender (provided that such Persons who are not employees of such Lender are advised of the provision of this §18.7), (c) disclosures customarily provided or reasonably required by any potential or actual bona fide assignee, transferee or participant or their respective directors, officers, employees, Affiliates, accountants, appraisers, legal counsel and other professional advisors in connection with a potential or actual assignment or transfer by such Lender of any Loans or any participations therein (provided such Persons are advised of the provisions of this §18.7), (d) disclosures to bank regulatory authorities or self-regulatory bodies with jurisdiction over such Lender, or (e) disclosures required or requested by any other Governmental Authority or representative thereof or pursuant to legal process; provided that, unless specifically prohibited by Applicable Law or court order, each Lender shall notify the Borrower of any request by any Governmental Authority or representative thereof prior to disclosure (other than any such request in connection with any examination of such Lender by such Governmental Authority) for disclosure of any such non-public information prior to disclosure of such information. In addition, each Lender may make disclosure of such information to any contractual counterparty in swap agreements or such contractual counterparty’s professional advisors (so long as such contractual counterparty or professional advisors agree to be bound by the provisions of this §18.7). In addition, the Agent and the Lenders may disclose the existence of this Agreement and information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar service providers to the lending industry and service providers to the Agent and the Lenders in connection with the administration of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and the Commitments. Non-public information shall not include any information which is or subsequently becomes publicly available other than as a result of a disclosure of such information by a Lender, or prior to the delivery to such Lender is within the possession of such Lender if such information is not known by such Lender to be subject to another confidentiality agreement with or other obligations of secrecy to the Borrower or the Guarantors, or is disclosed with the prior approval of the Borrower. Nothing herein shall prohibit the disclosure of non-public information to the extent necessary to enforce the Loan Documents.

 

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§18.8 Mandatory Assignment. In the event the Borrower requests that certain amendments, modifications or waivers be made to this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents which request requires approval of the Required Lenders, the Required Revolving Credit Lenders, the Required Term Loan Lenders, all of the Lenders or all of the Lenders directly affected thereby but is not approved by one or more of the Lenders (any such non-consenting Lender shall hereafter be referred to as the “Non-Consenting Lender”), then, within thirty (30) Business Days after the Borrower’s receipt of notice of such disapproval by such Non-Consenting Lender, the Borrower shall have the right as to such Non-Consenting Lender, to be exercised by delivery of written notice delivered to the Agent and the Non-Consenting Lender within thirty (30) Business Days of receipt of such notice, to elect to cause the Non-Consenting Lender to transfer its Commitment. The Agent shall promptly notify the remaining Lenders that each of such Lenders shall have the right, but not the obligation, to acquire a portion of the Commitment, pro rata based upon their relevant Commitment Percentages, of the Non-Consenting Lender (or if any of such Lenders does not elect to purchase its pro rata share, then to such remaining Lenders in such proportion as approved by the Agent). In the event that the Lenders do not elect to acquire all of the Non-Consenting Lender’s Commitment, then the Agent shall endeavor to find a new Lender or Lenders to acquire such remaining Commitment. Upon any such purchase of the Commitment of the Non-Consenting Lender, the Non-Consenting Lender’s interests in the Obligations and its rights hereunder and under the Loan Documents shall terminate at the date of purchase, and the Non-Consenting Lender shall promptly execute and deliver any and all documents reasonably requested by the Agent to surrender and transfer such interest, including, without limitation, an Assignment and Acceptance Agreement and such Non-Consenting Lender’s original Note. Notwithstanding anything in this §18.8 to the contrary, any Lender or other Lender assignee acquiring some or all of the assigned Commitment of the Non-Consenting Lender must consent to the proposed amendment, modification or waiver. The purchase price for the Non-Consenting Lender’s Commitment shall equal any and all amounts outstanding and owed by the Borrower to the Non-Consenting Lender, including principal and all accrued and unpaid interest or fees, plus any applicable amounts payable pursuant to §4.7 which would be owed to such Non-Consenting Lender if the Loans were to be repaid in full on the date of such purchase of the Non-Consenting Lender’s Commitment (provided that the Borrower may pay to such Non-Consenting Lender any interest, fees or other amounts (other than principal) owing to such Non-Consenting Lender).

 

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§18.9 Amendments to Loan Documents. Upon any such assignment, the Borrower and the Guarantors shall, upon the request of the Agent, enter into such documents as may be reasonably required by the Agent to modify the Loan Documents to reflect such assignment.

 

§18.10 Titled Agents. The Titled Agents shall not have any additional rights or obligations under the Loan Documents, except for those rights, if any, as a Lender.

 

§19. NOTICES; EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS.

 

(a)       Each notice, demand, election or request provided for or permitted to be given pursuant to this Agreement (hereinafter in this §19 referred to as “Notice”), but specifically excluding to the maximum extent permitted by law any notices of the institution or commencement of foreclosure proceedings, must be in writing and shall be deemed to have been properly given or served by personal delivery or by sending same by overnight courier or by depositing same in the United States Mail, postpaid and registered or certified, return receipt requested, or as expressly permitted herein, by telecopy and addressed as follows:

 

If to the Agent or KeyBank:

 

KeyBank National Association
1200 Abernathy Road, N.E., Suite 1550 

Atlanta, Georgia 30328
Attn: Tom Schmitt
Telecopy No.: (770) 510-2195

 

and

 

KeyBank National Association
2390 East Camelback Road Ste 220
Phoenix, Arizona 85016
Attn: Michael Colbert

 

and

 

Dentons US LLP
Suite 5300
303 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30308
Attn: Suneet Sidhu, Esq.
Telecopy No.: (404) 527-4198

 

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If to the Borrower:

 

Modiv Operating Partnership, LP 

c/o Modiv Advisors, LLC 

120 Newport Center Drive 

Newport Beach, CA 92660
Attn: Raymond J. Pacini
Email: rpacini@modiv.com

 

With a copy to:

 

Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP
1600 Atlanta Financial Center 

3343 Peachtree Road, N.E. 

Atlanta, Georgia 30326
Attn: Lauren Burnham Prevost, Esq.
Telecopy No.: 404-365-9532

 

to any other Lender which is a party hereto, at the address for such Lender set forth on Schedule 1.1, and to any Lender which may hereafter become a party to this Agreement, at such address as may be designated by such Lender. Each Notice shall be effective upon being personally delivered or upon being sent by overnight courier or upon being deposited in the United States Mail as aforesaid, or if transmitted by telecopy is permitted, upon being sent and confirmation of receipt. The time period in which a response to such Notice must be given or any action taken with respect thereto (if any), however, shall commence to run from the date of receipt if personally delivered or sent by overnight courier, or if so deposited in the United States Mail, the earlier of three (3) Business Days following such deposit or the date of receipt as disclosed on the return receipt. Rejection or other refusal to accept or the inability to deliver because of changed address for which no notice was given shall be deemed to be receipt of the Notice sent. By giving at least fifteen (15) days prior Notice thereof, the Borrower, a Lender or the Agent shall have the right from time to time and at any time during the term of this Agreement to change their respective addresses and each shall have the right to specify as its address any other address within the United States of America.

 

(b)       Loan Documents and notices under the Loan Documents may, with Agent’s approval, be transmitted and/or signed by facsimile and by signatures delivered in “PDF” format by electronic mail. The effectiveness of any such documents and signatures shall, subject to Applicable Law, have the same force and effect as an original copy with manual signatures and shall be binding on the Borrower, the Guarantors, Agent and Lenders. Agent may also require that any such documents and signature delivered by facsimile or “PDF” format by electronic mail be confirmed by a manually-signed original thereof; provided, however, that the failure to request or deliver any such manually-signed original shall not affect the effectiveness of any facsimile or “PDF” document or signature.

 

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(c)       Notices and other communications to the Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Lender hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Agent, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender or Issuing Lender pursuant to §2 if such Lender or Issuing Lender, as applicable, has notified the Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Section by electronic communication. The Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications. Unless the Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient, at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i), of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor; provided that, for both clauses (i) and (ii) above, if such notice, e-mail or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient.

 

(d)       Without prejudicing the right of the Agent to give any notice or communication in any manner specified in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, notices and other communications to the Borrower with respect to the amount of interest, principal, fees or other payment amounts may be delivered or furnished using electronic platforms, electronic transmission systems or by email.

 

§20. RELATIONSHIP.

 

Neither the Agent nor any Lender has any fiduciary relationship with or fiduciary duty to the Borrower, any Guarantor or their respective Subsidiaries arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereunder and thereunder, and the relationship between each Lender and the Agent, and the Borrower is solely that of a lender and borrower, and nothing contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents shall in any manner be construed as making the parties hereto partners, joint venturers or any other relationship other than lender and borrower.

 

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§21. GOVERNING LAW; CONSENT TO JURISDICTION AND SERVICE.

 

THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED HEREIN OR THEREIN, SHALL, PURSUANT TO NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW SECTION 5- 1401, BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE BORROWER AGREES THAT ANY SUIT FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS MAY BE BROUGHT IN ANY COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING ANY FEDERAL COURT SITTING THEREIN). THE BORROWER FURTHER ACCEPTS, GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS AND ANY RELATED APPELLATE COURT AND IRREVOCABLY (a) AGREES TO BE BOUND BY ANY JUDGMENT RENDERED THEREBY WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AND (b) WAIVES ANY OBJECTION IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE AS TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT OR THAT SUCH A COURT IS AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. THE BORROWER FURTHER AGREES THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY SUCH SUIT MAY BE MADE UPON THE BORROWER BY MAIL AT THE ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN §19. IN ADDITION TO THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR ANY FEDERAL COURT SITTING THEREIN, THE AGENT OR ANY LENDER MAY BRING ACTION(S) FOR ENFORCEMENT ON A NONEXCLUSIVE BASIS WHERE ANY COLLATERAL OR OTHER ASSETS OF THE BORROWER AND THE GUARANTORS EXIST AND THE BORROWER CONSENTS TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS AND THE SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY SUCH SUIT BEING MADE UPON THE BORROWER BY MAIL AT THE ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN §19.

 

§22. HEADINGS.

 

The captions in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not define or limit the provisions hereof.

 

§23. COUNTERPARTS.

 

This Agreement and any amendment hereof may be executed in several counterparts and by each party on a separate counterpart, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, and all of which together shall constitute one instrument. In proving this Agreement it shall not be necessary to produce or account for more than one such counterpart signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought.

 

§24. ENTIRE AGREEMENT, ETC..

 

This Agreement and the Loan Documents is intended by the parties as the final, complete and exclusive statement of the transactions evidenced by this Agreement and the Loan Documents. All prior or contemporaneous promises, agreements and understandings, whether oral or written, are deemed to be superseded by this Agreement and the Loan Documents, and no party is relying on any promise, agreement or understanding not set forth in this Agreement and the Loan Documents. Neither this Agreement nor any term hereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated, except as provided in §27.

 

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§25. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL AND CERTAIN DAMAGE CLAIMS.

 

EACH OF THE BORROWER, THE AGENT AND THE LENDERS HEREBY WAIVES ITS RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL WITH RESPECT TO ANY ACTION OR CLAIM ARISING OUT OF ANY DISPUTE IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, ANY NOTE OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, ANY RIGHTS OR OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER OR THE PERFORMANCE OF SUCH RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. THE BORROWER HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO CLAIM OR RECOVER IN ANY SUCH LITIGATION ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES AND TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, PUNITIVE OR ANY DAMAGES OTHER THAN, OR IN ADDITION TO, ACTUAL DAMAGES. THE BORROWER (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY LENDER OR THE AGENT HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH LENDER OR THE AGENT WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVERS AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE AGENT AND THE LENDERS HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS TO WHICH THEY ARE PARTIES BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS CONTAINED IN THIS §25. THE BORROWER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THIS §25 WITH LEGAL COUNSEL AND THAT THE BORROWER AGREES TO THE FOREGOING AS ITS FREE, KNOWING AND VOLUNTARY ACT.

 

§26. DEALINGS WITH THE BORROWER AND THE GUARANTORS.

 

The Agent, the Lenders and their affiliates may accept deposits from, extend credit to, invest in, act as trustee under indentures of, serve as financial advisor of, and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust or other business with the Borrower, the Guarantors and their respective Subsidiaries or any of their Affiliates regardless of the capacity of the Agent or the Lender hereunder. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, KeyBank or its Affiliates may receive information regarding such Persons (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Person) and acknowledge that the Agent shall be under no obligation to provide such information to them. Borrower acknowledges, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates, that the Agent and each of the Lenders and their respective Affiliates may be providing debt financing, equity capital or other services (including financial advisory services) in which Borrower and its Affiliates may have conflicting interests regarding the transactions described herein and otherwise. Neither the Agent nor any Lender will use confidential information described in §18.7 obtained from Borrower by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby or its other relationships with Borrower and its Affiliates in connection with the performance by the Agent or such Lender or their respective Affiliates of services for other companies, and neither the Agent nor any Lender nor their Affiliates will furnish any such information to other companies. Borrower, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates, also acknowledges that neither the Agent nor any Lender has any obligation to use in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, or to furnish to Borrower, confidential information obtained from other companies. Borrower, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates, further acknowledges that one or more of the Agent and Lenders and their respective Affiliates may be a full service securities firm and may from time to time effect transactions, for its own or its Affiliates’ account or the account of customers, and hold positions in loans, securities or options on loans or securities of Borrower and its Affiliates.

 

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§27. CONSENTS, AMENDMENTS, WAIVERS, ETC..

 

Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, any consent or approval required or permitted by this Agreement may be given, and any term of this Agreement or of any other instrument related hereto or mentioned herein may be amended, and the performance or observance by the Borrower or the Guarantors of any terms of this Agreement or such other instrument or the continuance of any Default or Event of Default may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively) with, but only with, the written consent of the Required Lenders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the following may occur without the written consent of: (a) in the case of a reduction in the rate of interest on the Notes (other than a reduction or waiver of default interest), each Lender directly affected thereby; (b) in the case of an increase in the amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments, Term Loan Commitments or the Commitments of the Lenders (except as provided in §2.11 and §18.1) or an extension of any of the Commitments (except as provided in §2.12), each Lender directly affected thereby; (c) in the case of a forgiveness, reduction or waiver of the principal of any unpaid Loan or any interest thereon (other than a reduction or waiver of default interest) or fee payable under the Loan Documents, each Lender directly affected thereby; (d) in the case of a change in the amount of any fee payable to a Lender hereunder, each Lender directly affected thereby; (e) in the case of the postponement of any date fixed for any payment of principal of or interest on the Loan, each Lender directly affected thereby; (f) in the case of an extension of the Revolving Credit Maturity Date or the Term Loan Maturity Date (except as provided in §2.12), each Lender directly affected thereby; (g) in the case of a change in the manner of distribution of any payments to the Lenders or the Agent, each Lender directly affected thereby; (h) in the case of the release of the Borrower, any Collateral or all or substantially all of the Guarantors except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each Lender directly affected thereby; (i) in the case of an amendment of the definition of Required Lenders or of any requirement for consent by all of the Lenders, each Lender; (j) in the case of an amendment of the definition of Required Revolving Credit Lenders, each Revolving Credit Lender, and in the case of an amendment to the definition of Required Term Loan Lenders, each Term Loan Lender; (k) in the case of any modification to require a Lender to fund a pro rata share of a request for an advance of the Revolving Credit Loan made by the Borrower other than based on its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage, each Lender directly affected thereby; (l) in the case of an amendment to this §27, each Lender; (m) in the case of an amendment of any provision of this Agreement or the Loan Documents which requires the approval of all of the Lenders or the Required Lenders to require a lesser number of Lenders to approve such action, each Lender; (n) in the case of an amendment of any provision of any Loan Document that requires the approval of the Required Revolving Credit Lenders to require a lesser number of Lenders to approve such action, each Required Revolving Credit Lender, or, in the case of an amendment to any provision of the Loan Documents that requires the approval of the Required Term Loan Lenders to require a lesser number of Lenders to approve such action, each Term Loan Lender; or (o) in the case of an amendment or waiver of the conditions contained in §11 to all Revolving Credit Lenders making any Loan or issuing any Letter of Credit, the Required Revolving Credit Lenders. Any fee letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed by the parties thereto. There shall be no amendment, modification or waiver of any provision in the Loan Documents which results in a modification of the conditions to funding or in increased borrowing availability with respect to the Revolving Credit Commitment without the written consent of the Required Revolving Credit Lenders, the Term Loan Commitment without the consent of the Required Term Loan Lenders, nor any amendment, modification or waiver that disproportionately affects the Revolving Credit Lenders or Term Loan Lenders without the approval of the Required Revolving Credit Lenders or Required Term Loan Lenders, respectively. The provisions of §14 may not be amended without the written consent of the Agent. There shall be no amendment, modification or waiver of any provision in the Loan Documents with respect to Swing Loans without the consent of the Swing Loan Lender, nor any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision in the Loan Documents with respect to Letters of Credit without the consent of the Issuing Lender. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders, except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or the maturity thereof extended (except as provided in §2.12) without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender. The Borrower agrees to enter into such modifications or amendments of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents as reasonably may be requested by KeyBank and KBCM in connection with the syndication of the Loan, provided that no such amendment or modification materially affects or increases any of the obligations of the Borrower hereunder. No waiver shall extend to or affect any obligation not expressly waived or impair any right consequent thereon. No course of dealing or delay or omission on the part of the Agent or any Lender in exercising any right shall operate as a waiver thereof or otherwise be prejudicial thereto. No notice to or demand upon the Borrower shall entitle the Borrower to other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, including this §27, this Agreement may be amended by Borrower, Guarantors, Lenders participating in the Commitment Increase and Agent to provide for any Commitment Increase in the manner contemplated by §2.11.

 

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Further notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this §27, if the Agent and the Borrower have jointly identified an ambiguity, omission, mistake, typographical error or other defect in any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or an inconsistency between provisions of this Agreement and/or the other Loan Documents, the Agent and the Borrower shall be permitted to amend, modify or supplement such provision or provisions to cure such ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency so long as to do so would not adversely affect the interest of the Lenders. Any such amendment, modification or supplement shall become effective without any further action or consent of any of other party to this Agreement.

 

§28. SEVERABILITY.

 

The provisions of this Agreement are severable, and if any one clause or provision hereof shall be held invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part in any jurisdiction, then such invalidity or unenforceability shall affect only such clause or provision, or part thereof, in such jurisdiction, and shall not in any manner affect such clause or provision in any other jurisdiction, or any other clause or provision of this Agreement in any jurisdiction.

 

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§29. TIME OF THE ESSENCE.

 

Time is of the essence with respect to each and every covenant, agreement and obligation of the Borrower and the Guarantors under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

§30. NO UNWRITTEN AGREEMENTS.

 

THE LOAN DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES. ANY ADDITIONAL TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES ARE SET FORTH BELOW.

 

§31. REPLACEMENT NOTES.

 

Upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of any Note, and in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction, upon delivery of an indemnity agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower or, in the case of any such mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of the applicable Note, the Borrower will execute and deliver, in lieu thereof, a replacement Note, identical in form and substance to the applicable Note and dated as of the date of the applicable Note and upon such execution and delivery all references in the Loan Documents to such Note shall be deemed to refer to such replacement Note.

 

§32. NO THIRD PARTIES BENEFITED.

 

This Agreement and the other Loan Documents are made and entered into for the sole protection and legal benefit of the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Lenders, the Agent, the Arrangers and their permitted successors and assigns, and no other Person shall be a direct or indirect legal beneficiary of, or have any direct or indirect cause of action or claim in connection with, this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents. All conditions to the performance of the obligations of the Agent and the Lenders under this Agreement, including the obligation to make Loans and issue Letters of Credit, are imposed solely and exclusively for the benefit of the Agent and the Lenders and no other Person shall have standing to require satisfaction of such conditions in accordance with their terms or be entitled to assume that the Agent and the Lenders will refuse to make Loans or issue Letters of Credit in the absence of strict compliance with any or all thereof and no other Person shall, under any circumstances, be deemed to be a beneficiary of such conditions, any and all of which may be freely waived in whole or in part by the Agent and the Lenders at any time if in their sole discretion they deem it desirable to do so. In particular, the Agent and the Lenders make no representations and assume no obligations as to third parties concerning the quality of any construction by the Borrower, the Guarantors or any of their respective Subsidiaries of any development or the absence therefrom of defects.

 

§33. PATRIOT ACT.

 

Each Lender and the Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies Borrower and the Guarantors that, pursuant to the requirements of the Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies Borrower and the Guarantors, which information includes names and addresses and other information that will allow such Lender or the Agent, as applicable, to identify the Borrower and the Guarantors in accordance with the Patriot Act.

 

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§34. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND CONSENT TO BAIL-IN OF AFFECTED FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Affected Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the write-down and conversion powers of the applicable Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:

 

(a)          the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an Affected Financial Institution; and

 

(b)          the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:

 

(i)       a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;

 

(ii)       a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such Affected Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or

 

(iii)       the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the write-down and conversion powers of the applicable Resolution Authority.

 

§35. NO ADVISORY OR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY.

 

In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), the Borrower acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges the Guarantors’ and their Affiliates’ understanding, that the Borrower and Guarantors have consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent that they have deemed appropriate and that neither any Arranger, the Agent nor any Lender has provided any tax advice to or guaranteed any tax treatment to Borrower, Guarantors or their Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Borrower, for itself, the Guarantors and their Affiliates, hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against any of the Arrangers, the Agent, the Issuing Lenders, the Swing Lender and the Lenders with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.

 

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§36. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT REGARDING ANY SUPPORTED QFCs.

 

To the extent that the Loan Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for a Derivatives Contract or any other agreement or instrument that is a QFC (such support, “QFC Credit Support” and each such QFC a “Supported QFC”), the parties acknowledge and agree as follows with respect to the resolution power of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (together with the regulations promulgated thereunder, the “U.S. Special Resolution Regimes”) in respect of such Supported QFC and QFC Credit Support (with the provisions below applicable notwithstanding that the Loan Documents and any Supported QFC may in fact be stated to be governed by the laws of the State of New York and/or of the United States or any other state of the United States):

 

In the event a Covered Entity that is party to a Supported QFC (each, a “Covered Party”) becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of such Supported QFC and the benefit of such QFC Credit Support (and any interest and obligation in or under such Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support, and any rights in property securing such Supported QFC or such QFC Credit Support) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support (and any such interest, obligation and rights in property) were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. In the event a Covered Party or a BHC Act Affiliate of a Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under the Loan Documents that might otherwise apply to such Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support that may be exercised against such Covered Party are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and the Loan Documents were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. Without limitation of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that rights and remedies of the parties with respect to a Defaulting Lender shall in no event affect the rights of any Covered Party with respect to a Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized representatives as of the date first set forth above.

 

  BORROWER
       
  MODIV OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, LP, a Delaware limited partnership
   
  By: Modiv Inc., a Maryland corporation, its general partner
       
    By: /s/ RAYMOND J. PACINI
    Name: Raymond J. Pacini
    Title: Chief Financial Officer
       
      (SEAL)

 

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Keybank / Modiv Credit Agreement

 

 

  AGENT AND LENDERS
     
  KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
  individually as a Lender and as the Agent
     
  By: /s/ THOMAS Z. SCHMITT
  Name: Thomas Z. Schmitt
  Title: Vice President
     
  (SEAL)
     
  BMO HARRIS BANK N.A., as a Lender
     
  By: /s/ JONAS ROBINSON
  Name: Jonas Robinson
  Title: Director
     
  (SEAL)
     
  TRUIST BANK, as a Lender
     
  By: /s/ RYAN ALMOND
  Name: Ryan Almond
  Title: Director
     
  (SEAL)
     
  THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK, as a Lender
     
  By: /s/ JOE WHITE
  Name: Joe White
  Title: Vice President
     
  (SEAL)
     

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  SYNOVUS BANK, as a Lender
     
  By: /s/ ZACHARY BRAUN
  Name: Zachary Braun
  Title: Corporate Banker
     
  (SEAL)
     
  S&T BANK, as a Lender
     
  By: /s/ SEAN APICELLA
  Name: Sean Apicella
  Title: Senior Vice President
     
  (SEAL)
     
  FIRST FINANCIAL BANK, as a Lender
     
  By: /s/ JOHN WILGUS
  Name: John Wilgus
  Title: Senior Vice President
     
  (SEAL)
     

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