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JUNIOR
SUBORDINATED INDENTURE
between
NORTHSTAR
REALTY FINANCE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,
as
Issuer,
NORTHSTAR
REALTY FINANCE CORP.,
as
Guarantor,
and
WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY
as
Trustee
_____________________
Dated
as of October 6, 2006
_____________________
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TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE
I
Definitions
and Other Provisions of General Application
SECTION
1.1.
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Definitions.
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1
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SECTION
1.2.
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Compliance
Certificate and Opinions.
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11
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SECTION
1.3.
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Forms
of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
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12
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SECTION
1.4.
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Acts
of Holders.
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13
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SECTION
1.5.
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Notices,
Etc.
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15
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SECTION
1.6.
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Notice
to Holders; Waiver.
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15
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SECTION
1.7.
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Effect
of Headings and Table of Contents.
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16
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SECTION
1.8.
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Successors
and Assigns.
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16
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SECTION
1.9.
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Separability
Clause.
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16
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SECTION
1.10.
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Benefits
of Indenture.
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16
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SECTION
1.11.
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Governing
Law.
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16
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SECTION
1.12.
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Submission
to Jurisdiction.
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16
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SECTION
1.13.
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Non-Business
Days.
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17
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ARTICLE
II
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Security
Forms
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SECTION
2.1.
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Form
of Security.
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17
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SECTION
2.2.
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Restricted
Legend.
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21
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SECTION
2.3.
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Form
of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.
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24
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SECTION
2.4.
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Temporary
Securities.
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24
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SECTION
2.5.
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Definitive
Securities.
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25
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ARTICLE
III
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The
Securities
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SECTION
3.1.
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Payment
of Principal and Interest.
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25
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SECTION
3.2.
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Denominations.
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27
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SECTION
3.3.
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Execution,
Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
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27
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SECTION
3.4.
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Global
Securities.
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28
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SECTION
3.5.
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Registration,
Transfer and Exchange Generally.
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30
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SECTION
3.6.
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Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
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31
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SECTION
3.7.
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Persons
Deemed Owners.
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32
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SECTION
3.8.
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Cancellation.
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32
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SECTION
3.9.
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RESERVED.
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32
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SECTION
3.10.
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Right
of Set-Off.
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32
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SECTION
3.11.
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Agreed
Tax Treatment.
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32
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SECTION
3.12.
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CUSIP
Numbers.
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32
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ARTICLE
IV
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Satisfaction
and Discharge
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SECTION
4.1.
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Satisfaction
and Discharge of Indenture.
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33
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SECTION
4.2.
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Application
of Trust Money.
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34
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SECTION
5.1.
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Events
of Default.
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34
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SECTION
5.2.
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Acceleration
of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
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35
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SECTION
5.3.
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Collection
of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
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37
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SECTION
5.4.
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Trustee
May File Proofs of Claim.
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37
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SECTION
5.5.
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Trustee
May Enforce Claim Without Possession of Securities.
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38
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SECTION
5.6.
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Application
of Money Collected.
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38
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SECTION
5.7.
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Limitation
on Suits.
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38
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SECTION
5.8.
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Unconditional
Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium
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and
Interest; Direct Action by Holders of Preferred
Securities.
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39
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SECTION
5.9.
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Restoration
of Rights and Remedies.
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39
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SECTION
5.10.
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Rights
and Remedies Cumulative.
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40
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SECTION
5.11.
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Delay
or Omission Not Waiver.
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40
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SECTION
5.12.
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Control
by Holders.
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40
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SECTION
5.13.
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Waiver
of Past Defaults.
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40
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SECTION
5.14.
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Undertaking
for Costs.
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41
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SECTION
5.15.
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Waiver
of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws.
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41
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SECTION
6.1.
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Corporate
Trustee Required.
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42
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SECTION
6.2.
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Certain
Duties and Responsibilities.
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42
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SECTION
6.3.
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Notice
of Defaults.
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43
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SECTION
6.4.
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Certain
Rights of Trustee.
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44
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SECTION
6.5.
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May
Hold Securities.
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46
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SECTION
6.6.
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Compensation;
Reimbursement; Indemnity.
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46
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SECTION
6.7.
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Resignation
and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
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47
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SECTION
6.8.
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Acceptance
of Appointment by Successor.
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48
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SECTION
6.9.
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Merger,
Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
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48
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SECTION
6.10.
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Not
Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
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48
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SECTION
6.11.
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Appointment
of Authenticating Agent.
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49
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ARTICLE
VII
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Holders'
Lists and Reports by Trustee and
Company
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SECTION
7.1.
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Company
to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
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50
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SECTION
7.2.
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Preservation
of Information, Communications to Holders.
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50
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SECTION
7.3.
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Reports
by Company and Trustee.
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51
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ARTICLE
VIII
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Consolidation,
Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or
Lease
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SECTION
8.1.
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Company
and Guarantor May Consolidate, Etc.,
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Only
on Certain Terms.
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52
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SECTION
8.2.
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Successor
Company or Guarantor Substituted.
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53
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ARTICLE
IX
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Supplemental
Indentures
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SECTION
9.1.
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Supplemental
Indentures without Consent of Holders.
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54
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SECTION
9.2.
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Supplemental
Indentures with Consent of Holders.
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54
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SECTION
9.3.
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Execution
of Supplemental Indentures.
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55
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SECTION
9.4.
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Effect
of Supplemental Indentures.
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56
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SECTION
9.5.
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Reference
in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
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56
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SECTION
10.1.
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Payment
of Principal, Premium and Interest.
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56
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SECTION
10.2.
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Money
for Security Payments to be Held in Trust.
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56
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SECTION
10.3.
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Statement
as to Compliance.
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57
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SECTION
10.4.
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Calculation
Agent.
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58
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SECTION
10.5.
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Additional
Tax Sums.
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58
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SECTION
10.6.
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Additional
Covenants.
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59
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SECTION
10.7.
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Waiver
of Covenants.
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60
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SECTION
10.8.
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Treatment
of Securities.
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60
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ARTICLE
XI
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Redemption
of Securities
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SECTION
11.1.
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Optional
Redemption.
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61
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SECTION
11.2.
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Special
Event Redemption.
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61
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SECTION
11.3.
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Election
to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
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61
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SECTION
11.4.
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Selection
of Securities to be Redeemed.
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61
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SECTION
11.5.
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Notice
of Redemption.
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62
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SECTION
11.6.
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Deposit
of Redemption Price.
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63
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SECTION
11.7.
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Payment
of Securities Called for Redemption.
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63
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ARTICLE
XII
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Subordination
of Securities
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SECTION
12.1.
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Securities
Subordinate to Senior Debt of the Company.
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63
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SECTION
12.2.
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No
Payment When Senior Debt of the Company in Default;
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Payment
Over of Proceeds Upon Dissolution, Etc.
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64
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SECTION
12.3.
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Payment
Permitted If No Default.
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65
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SECTION
12.4.
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Subrogation
to Rights of Holders of Senior Debt of the Company.
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65
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SECTION
12.5.
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Provisions
Solely to Define Relative Rights.
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66
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SECTION
12.6.
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Trustee
to Effectuate Subordination.
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66
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SECTION
12.7.
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No
Waiver of Subordination Provisions.
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67
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SECTION
12.8.
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Notice
to Trustee.
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67
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SECTION
12.9.
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Reliance
on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent.
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68
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SECTION
12.10.
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Trustee
Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Debt of the Company.
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68
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SECTION
12.11.
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Rights
of Trustee as Holder of Senior Debt of the Company;
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Preservation
of Trustee’s Rights.
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68
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SECTION
12.12.
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Article
Applicable to Paying Agents.
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69
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SECTION
13.1.
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The
Guarantee.
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69
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SECTION
13.2.
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Guarantee
Unconditional, etc.
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69
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SECTION
13.3.
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Reinstatement.
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70
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SECTION
13.4.
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Subrogation.
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70
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ARTICLE
XIV
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Subordination
of Guarantee
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SECTION
14.1.
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Securities
Subordinate to Senior Debt of the Guarantor.
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70
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SECTION
14.2.
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No
Payment When Senior Debt of the Guarantor in Default;
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Payment
Over of Proceeds Upon Dissolution, Etc.
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70
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SECTION
14.3.
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Payment
Permitted If No Default.
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72
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SECTION
14.4.
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Subrogation
to Rights of Holders of Senior Debt of the Guarantor.
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72
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SECTION
14.5.
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Provisions
Solely to Define Relative Rights.
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73
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SECTION
14.6.
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Trustee
to Effectuate Subordination.
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73
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SECTION
14.7.
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No
Waiver of Subordination Provisions.
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SECTION
14.8.
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Notice
to Trustee.
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SECTION
14.9.
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Reliance
on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent.
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75
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SECTION
14.10.
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Trustee
Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Debt of the Guarantor.
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75
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SECTION
14.11.
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Rights
of Trustee as Holder of Senior Debt of the Guarantor;
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Preservation
of Trustee’s Rights.
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75
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SECTION
14.12.
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Article
Applicable to Paying Agents.
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75
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SCHEDULES
Schedule
A
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Determination
of LIBOR
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Exhibit
A
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Form
of Officer’s Financial Certificate
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Exhibit
B
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Form
of Officer’s Certificate pursuant to Section
10.3
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JUNIOR
SUBORDINATED INDENTURE
,
dated
as of October 6, 2006, between NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership,
a
Delaware limited partnership (the “
Company
”),
NorthStar Realty Finance Corp., a Maryland corporation (the “
Guarantor
”),
and
Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking corporation, as Trustee (in
such
capacity, the “
Trustee
”).
RECITALS
OF THE COMPANY
WHEREAS
,
the
Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture
to
provide for the issuance of its unsecured junior subordinated notes (the
“
Securities
”)
issued
to evidence loans made to the Company of the proceeds from the issuance by
NorthStar Realty Finance Trust VI, a Delaware statutory trust (the “
Trust
”),
of
undivided preferred beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust (the
“
Preferred
Securities
”)
and
undivided common beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust (the
“
Common
Securities
”
and,
collectively with the Preferred Securities, the “
Trust
Securities
”),
and
to provide the terms and conditions upon which the Securities are to be
authenticated, issued and delivered; and the Guarantor has duly authorized
the
issuance of its guarantee of the Securities (the “
Guarantee
”)
under
this Indenture; and
WHEREAS
,
all
things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company
and the
Guarantor, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
Now,
therefore, this Indenture Witnesseth:
For
and
in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the
Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and
proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities, as follows:
ARTICLE
I
Definitions
and Other Provisions of General Application
SECTION
1.1.
Definitions.
For
all
purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless
the
context otherwise requires:
(a)
the
terms
defined in this
Article
I
have the
meanings assigned to them in this
Article
I
;
(b)
the
words
“include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the
phrase “without limitation”;
(c)
all
accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned
to them
in accordance with GAAP;
(d)
unless
the context otherwise requires, any reference to an “Article” or a “Section”
refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may be, of this
Indenture;
(e)
the
words
“hereby”, “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import
refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section
or
other subdivision;
(f)
a
reference to the singular includes the plural and vice versa; and
(g)
the
masculine, feminine or neuter genders used herein shall include the masculine,
feminine and neuter genders.
“
Act
”
when
used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in
Section
1.4
.
“
Additional
Interest
”
means
the interest, if any, that shall accrue on any amounts payable on the
Securities, the payment of which has not been made on the applicable Interest
Payment Date and which shall accrue at the rate per annum specified or
determined as specified in such Security, in each case to the extent legally
enforceable.
“
Additional
Tax Sums
”
has
the
meaning specified in
Section
10.5
.
“
Additional
Taxes
”
means
taxes, duties or other governmental charges imposed on the Trust as a result
of
a Tax Event (which, for the sake of clarity, does not include amounts required
to be deducted or withheld by the Trust from payments made by the Trust to
or
for the benefit of the Holder of, or any Person that acquires a beneficial
interest in, the Securities).
“
Administrative
Trustee
”
means,
with respect to the Trust, a Person identified as an “Administrative Trustee” in
the Trust Agreement, solely in its capacity as Administrative Trustee of
the
Trust under the Trust Agreement and not in its individual capacity, or its
successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor Administrative Trustee
appointed as therein provided.
“
Affiliate
”
of
any
specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling
or
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified
Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control,” when used with respect
to any specified Person, means the power to direct the management and policies
of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of
voting
securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and
“controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“
Applicable
Depositary Procedures
”
means,
with respect to any transfer or transaction involving a Global Security or
beneficial interest therein, the rules and procedures of the Depositary for
such
Security, in each case to the extent applicable to such transaction and as
in
effect from time to time.
“
Authenticating
Agent
”
means
any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to
Section
6.11
to act
on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate the Securities.
“
Board
of Directors
”
means
the board of directors of the Company or the Guarantor, as the context requires,
or any duly authorized committee of that board.
“
Board
Resolution
”
means
a
copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary
of the
Company or the Guarantor, as the context requires, to have been duly adopted
by
the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of
such
certification.
“
Business
Day
”
means
any day other than (i) a Saturday or Sunday, (ii) a day on which banking
institutions in the City of New York are authorized or required by law or
executive order to remain closed or (iii) a day on which the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee is closed for business.
“
Calculation
Agent
”
has
the
meaning specified in
Section
10.4
.
“Change
of Control”
shall
be
deemed to have occurred at such a time as
(i)
the
date
a “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the
Exchange Act) becomes the ultimate “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3
and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that a person or group shall be
deemed
to have beneficial ownership of all shares of Voting Stock that such a person
or
group has the right to acquire regardless of when such right is first
exercisable), directly or indirectly, of Voting Stock representing more than
50%
of the total voting power of the total Voting Stock of the Guarantor;
(ii)
the
date
the Guarantor sells, transfers or otherwise disposes of all or substantially
all
of its assets; or
(iii)
the
date
of the consummation of a merger or share exchange of the Guarantor with another
entity where stockholders of the Guarantor immediately prior to the merger
or
share exchange would not beneficially own, immediately after the merger or
share
exchange, Voting Stock representing 50% or more of all votes (without
consideration of the rights of any class of stock to elect directors by a
separate group vote) to which all stockholders of the entity issuing cash
or
securities in the merger or share exchange would be entitled in the election
of
directors, or where members of the Board of Directors of the Guarantor
immediately prior to the merger or share exchange would not immediately after
the merger or share exchange constitute a majority of the board of directors
of
the entity issuing cash or securities in the merger or share exchange.
“Change
of Control Event”
means
the occurrence of a Change of Control immediately following which securities
of
the Surviving Entity are not listed on a national securities exchange registered
pursuant to Section 6 of the Exchange Act.
“
Code
”
means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“
Commission
”
means
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“
Common
Securities
”
has
the
meaning specified in the first recital of this Indenture.
“
Company
”
means
the Person named as the “
Company
”
in
the
first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Person shall have become
such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
“
Company
”
shall
mean such successor Person.
“
Company
Request
”
and
“
Company
Order
”
mean,
respectively, the written request or order signed in the name of the Company
by
its Chairman of the Board of Directors, its Vice Chairman of the Board of
Directors, its Chief Executive Officer, its President, its Chief Financial
Officer, its Treasurer, its Secretary, a Vice President, an Assistant Treasurer
or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.
“
Corporate
Trust Office
”
means
the principal office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its
corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date
of this
Indenture is located at Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street,
Wilmington, Delaware 19890-0001, Attention: Corporate Capital
Markets.
“
Debt
”
means,
with respect to any Person, whether recourse is to all or a portion of the
assets of such Person, whether currently existing or hereafter incurred and
whether or not contingent and without duplication, (i) every obligation of
such
Person for money borrowed; (ii) every obligation of such Person evidenced
by
bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, including obligations
incurred in connection with the acquisition of property, assets or businesses;
(iii) every reimbursement obligation of such Person with respect to letters
of
credit, bankers’ acceptances or similar facilities issued for the account of
such Person; (iv) every obligation of such Person issued or assumed as the
deferred purchase price of property or services (but excluding trade accounts
payable or other accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of
business); (v) every capital lease obligation of such Person; (vi) all
indebtedness of such Person, whether incurred on or prior to the date of
this
Indenture or thereafter incurred, for claims in respect of derivative products,
including interest rate, foreign exchange rate and commodity forward contracts,
options and swaps and similar arrangements; (vii) every obligation of the
type
referred to in clauses (i) through (vi) of another Person and all dividends
of
another Person the payment of which, in either case, such Person has guaranteed
or is responsible or liable for, directly or indirectly, as obligor or
otherwise; and (viii) any renewals, extensions, refundings, amendments or
modifications of any obligation of the type referred to in clauses (i) through
(vii).
“
Defaulted
Interest
”
has
the
meaning specified in
Section
3.1
.
“
Delaware
Trustee
”
means,
with respect to the Trust, the Person identified as the “Delaware Trustee” in
the Trust Agreement, solely in its capacity as Delaware Trustee of the Trust
under the Trust Agreement and not in its individual capacity, or its successor
in interest in such capacity, or any successor Delaware Trustee appointed
as
therein provided.
“
Depositary
”
means
an organization registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act that
is
designated as Depositary by the Company or any successor thereto. DTC will
be
the initial Depositary.
“
Depositary
Participant
”
means
a
broker, dealer, bank, other financial institution or other Person for whom
from
time to time a Depositary effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities
deposited with the Depositary.
“
Distributions
”
means
amounts payable in respect of the Trust Securities as provided in the Trust
Agreement and referred to therein as “Distributions.”
“
Dollar
”
or
“$”
means the currency of the United States of America that, as at the time of
payment, is legal tender for the payment of public and private
debts.
“
DTC
”
means
The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation, or any successor
thereto.
“
EDGAR”
means
the
Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval
system.
“
Equity
Interests
”
means
any of (a) the partnership interests (general or limited) in a partnership,
(b)
the membership interests in a limited liability company or (c) the shares
or
stock interests (both common stock and preferred stock) in a
corporation.
“
Event
of Default
”
has
the
meaning specified in
Section
5.1
.
“
Exchange
Act
”
means
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any statute successor thereto, in
each
case as amended from time to time.
“
Expiration
Date
”
has
the
meaning specified in
Section
1.4
.
“
GAAP
”
means
United States generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied,
from time to time in effect.
“
Global
Security
”
means
a
Security that evidences all or part of the Securities, the ownership and
transfers of which shall be made through book entries by a
Depositary.
“
Government
Obligation
”
means
(a) any security that is (i) a direct obligation of the United States of
America
of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged
or
(ii) an obligation of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as
an
agency or instrumentality of the United States of America or the payment
of
which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation
by the
United States of America, which, in either case (i) or (ii), is not callable
or
redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and (b) any depositary receipt
issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as
custodian with respect to any Government Obligation that is specified in
clause
(a) above and held by such bank for the account of the holder of such depositary
receipt, or with respect to any specific payment of principal of or interest
on
any Government Obligation that is so specified and held,
provided
,
that
(except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any
deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt
from
any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government Obligation
or
the specific payment of principal or interest evidenced by such depositary
receipt.
“
Guarantee
”
has
the
meaning specified in the first recital of this Indenture.
“
Guarantor
”
means
the Person named as the “
Guarantor
”
in
the
first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor corporation shall have
become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and
thereafter “
Guarantor
”
shall
mean such successor corporation.
“
Holder
”
means
a
Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Securities
Register.
“
Indenture
”
means
this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be
amended
or supplemented by one or more amendments or indentures supplemental hereto
entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof.
“
Interest
Payment Date
”
means
March 30
th
,
June
30
th
,
September 30
th
and
December 30
th
of each
year, commencing on December 30, 2006, during the term of this
Indenture.
“Interest
Period”
means
any period from (but excluding) an Interest Payment Date to (but including)
the
next succeeding Interest Payment Date.
“
Investment
Company Act
”
means
the Investment Company Act of 1940 or any successor statute thereto, in each
case as amended from time to time.
“
Investment
Company Event
”
means
the receipt by the Company of an Opinion of Counsel experienced in such matters
to the effect that, as a result of the occurrence of a change in law or
regulation (including any announced prospective change) or a written change
in
interpretation or application of law or regulation by any legislative body,
court, governmental agency or regulatory authority, there is more than an
insubstantial risk that the Trust is or, within ninety (90) days of the date
of
such opinion will be, considered an “investment company” that is required to be
registered under the Investment Company Act, which change or prospective
change
becomes effective or would become effective, as the case may be, on or after
the
date of the issuance of the Securities.
“
LIBOR
”
has
the
meaning specified in
Schedule
A
.
“
LIBOR
Business Day
”
has
the
meaning specified in
Schedule
A
.
“
LIBOR
Determination Date
”
has
the
meaning specified in
Schedule
A
.
“Liquidation
Amount”
has
the
meaning specified in the Trust Agreement.
“Margin”
means,
for any Interest Period prior to and during which a Change of Control Event
has
occurred, 2.90% and for any Interest Period thereafter, 3.90%;
provided
that if
following a Change of Control Event, securities of the Surviving Entity are
listed on a national securities exchange registered pursuant to Section 6
of the
Exchange Act, the Margin shall be 2.90% for the Interest Period in which
such
securities are listed on a national securities exchange registered pursuant
to
Section 6 of the Exchange Act and thereafter, and if at any time thereafter
such
securities are not so listed, the Margin shall once again be 3.90%.
“
Maturity
,”
when
used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal
of such
Security or any installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein
or
herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of
acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
“
Notice
of Default
”
means
a
written notice of the kind specified in
Section
5.1(d)
.
“
Officer’s
Certificate
”
means
a
certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board,
the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer,
the
Treasurer, the Secretary, a Vice President, an Assistant Treasurer or an
Assistant Secretary, of the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, and
delivered to the Trustee.
“
Opinion
of Counsel
”
means
a
written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for or an employee of the
Company
or the Guarantor or any Affiliate of the Company or the Guarantor.
“
Original
Issue Date
”
means
the date of original issuance of each Security.
“
Outstanding
”
means,
when used in reference to any Securities, as of the date of determination,
all
Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture,
except:
(i)
Securities
theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;
(ii)
Securities
for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been
theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the
Company or the Guarantor) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by
the
Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders
of
such Securities;
provided
,
that,
if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been
duly
given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the
Trustee has been made; and
(iii)
Securities
that have been paid, or in substitution for or in lieu of which other Securities
have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the provisions of this
Indenture, unless proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that any
such
Securities are held by Holders in whose hands such Securities are valid,
binding
and legal obligations of the Company;
provided
,
that,
in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of
Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Securities owned by the Company, the
Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the
Company, the Guarantor or such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed
not
to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall
be
protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver, only Securities that a Responsible Officer of
the
Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities
so
owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding
if the
pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to
act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company,
the
Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the
Company, the Guarantor or such other obligor. Notwithstanding anything herein
to
the contrary, Securities initially issued to the Trust that are owned by
the
Trust shall be deemed to be Outstanding notwithstanding the ownership by
the
Company or an Affiliate of any beneficial interest in the Trust.
“
Paying
Agent
”
means
the Trustee or any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal
of or
any premium or interest on, or other amounts in respect of, any Securities
on
behalf of the Company.
“
Person
”
means
a
legal person, including any individual, corporation, company, estate,
partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, limited liability
company, trust, unincorporated association, government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof, or any other entity of whatever
nature.
“
Place
of Payment
”
means,
with respect to the Securities, the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee.
“
Preferred
Securities
”
has
the
meaning specified in the first recital of this Indenture.
“
Predecessor
Security
”
of
any
particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion
of
the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security. For the purposes
of
this definition, any security authenticated and delivered under
Section
3.6
in lieu
of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence
the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
“
Proceeding
”
has
the
meaning specified in
Section
12.2
.
“
Property
Trustee
”
means
the Person identified as the “Property Trustee” in the Trust Agreement, solely
in its capacity as Property Trustee of the Trust under the Trust Agreement
and
not in its individual capacity, or its successor in interest in such capacity,
or any successor Property Trustee appointed as therein provided.
“
Purchase
Agreement
”
means
the Purchase Agreement, dated October 6, 2006, among the Company, the Guarantor,
the Trust and the Purchaser.
“
Purchaser
”
means
Merrill Lynch International, as purchaser of the Preferred Securities pursuant
to the Purchase Agreement.
“
Redemption
Date
”
means,
when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, the date fixed for
such
redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
“
Redemption
Price
”
means,
when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, in whole or in part,
the
price at which such Security or portion thereof is to be redeemed as fixed
by or
pursuant to this Indenture.
“
Reference
Banks
”
has
the
meaning specified in
Schedule
A
.
“
Regular
Record Date
”
for
the
interest payable on any Interest Payment Date with respect to the Securities
means the date that is fifteen (15) days preceding such Interest Payment
Date
(whether or not a Business Day).
“
Responsible
Officer
”
means,
with respect to the Trustee, any Senior Vice President, any Vice President,
any
Assistant Vice President, the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, the Treasurer,
any Assistant Treasurer, any Trust Officer or Assistant Trust Officer, or
any
other officer in the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee with direct
responsibility for the administration of this Indenture and also means, with
respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer of the
Trustee
to whom such matter is referred because of that officer’s knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject.
“
Rights
Plan
”
means
a
plan of the Company or the Guarantor providing for the issuance by the Company
or the Guarantor to all holders of its Equity Interests of rights entitling
the
holders thereof to subscribe for or purchase Equity Interests of the Company
or
the Guarantor, as applicable, which rights (i) are deemed to be transferred
with
such Equity Interests and (ii) are also issued in respect of future issuances
of
such Equity Interests, in each case until the occurrence of a specified event
or
events.
“
Securities
”
or
“
Security
”
means
any debt securities or debt security, as the case may be, authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture.
“
Securities
Act
”
means
the Securities Act of 1933 or any successor statute thereto, in each case
as
amended from time to time.
“
Securities
Register
”
and
“
Securities
Registrar
”
have
the respective meanings specified in
Section
3.5
.
“
Senior
Credit Facility
”
means
the Master Loan, Guarantee and Security Agreement, dated as of September
28,
2005, as amended as of September 25, 2006, among the Company, NorthStar Realty
Finance Corp., NS Advisors LLC, as Guarantor and Collateral Manager, the
entities listed on the signature pages thereof, and Bank of America, N.A.,
as in
effect on the date hereof and as such agreement may be amended, extended,
refinanced or replaced from time to time.
“
Senior
Debt
”
means
the principal of and any premium and interest on (including interest accruing
on
or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating
to the Company, or the Guarantor, as the context requires, whether or not
such
claim for post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) all Debt
of the
Company, or the Guarantor, as the context requires, (including, without
limitation, the Senior Credit Facility) whether incurred on or prior to the
date
of this Indenture or thereafter incurred, unless it is provided in the
instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same
is
outstanding, that such obligations are not superior in right of payment to
the
Securities;
provided,
however,
that
Senior Debt shall not include any other debt securities, and guarantees in
respect of such debt securities, issued to any trust other than the Trust
(or a
trustee of such trust), partnership or other entity affiliated with the Company
or the Guarantor that is a financing vehicle of the Company or the Guarantor
(a
“financing entity”), in connection with the issuance by such financing entity of
equity securities or other securities that rank pari passu with or junior
in
right of payment to the Securities, including, without limitation, (i) the
debt
securities of the Company issued under the Indenture, dated April 12, 2005,
between the Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as trustee,
(ii) the debt securities of the Company issued under the Indenture, dated
May
25, 2005, between the Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association,
as
trustee, (iii) the debt securities of the Company issued under the Indenture,
dated November 22, 2005, between the Company and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National
Association, as trustee, (iv) the debt securities of the Company issued under
the Indenture, dated March 10, 2006, between the Company and Wilmington Trust
Company, as trustee, and (v) the debt securities of the company issued under
the
Indenture, dated August 1, 2006, between the Company and Wilmington Trust
Company, as trustee.
“
Special
Event
”
means
the occurrence of an Investment Company Event or a Tax Event.
“
Special
Event Redemption Price
”
has
the
meaning specified in
Section
11.2
.
“
Special
Record Date
”
for
the
payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant
to
Section
3.1
.
“
Stated
Maturity
”
means
December 30, 2036.
“
Subsidiary
”
means
a
Person more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding voting stock or other
voting interests of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company
or by
one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more other
Subsidiaries. For purposes of this definition, “voting stock” means stock that
ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors, whether at all
times
or only so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power by reason
of
any contingency.
“Surviving
Entity”
means
the Guarantor, the entity to which the Guarantor has sold, transferred or
otherwise disposed of all or substantially all of its assets, or the entity
surviving a merger or share exchange transaction with the Guarantor described
in
clause (iii) of the definition of Change of Control.
“
Tax
Event
”
means
the receipt by the Company of an Opinion of Counsel experienced in such matters
to the effect that, as a result of (a) any amendment to or change (including
any
announced prospective change) in the laws or any regulations thereunder of the
United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or
therein or (b) any judicial decision or any official administrative
pronouncement (including any private letter ruling, technical advice memorandum
or field service advice) or regulatory procedure, including any notice or
announcement of intent to adopt any such pronouncement or procedure (an
“Administrative Action”), regardless of whether such judicial decision or
Administrative Action is issued to or in connection with a proceeding involving
the Company or the Trust and whether or not subject to review or appeal,
which
amendment, change, judicial decision or Administrative Action is enacted,
promulgated or announced, in each case, on or after the date of issuance
of the
Securities, there is more than an insubstantial risk that (i) the Trust is,
or
will be within ninety (90) days of the date of such opinion, subject to United
States federal income tax with respect to income received or accrued on the
Securities, (ii) interest payable by the Company on the Securities is not,
or
within ninety (90) days of the date of such opinion, will not be, deductible
by
the Company, in whole or in part, for United States federal income tax purposes,
or (iii) the Trust is, or will be within ninety (90) days of the date of
such
opinion, subject to more than a
de
minimis
amount
of other taxes, duties or other governmental charges.
“
Trust
”
has
the
meaning specified in the first recital of this Indenture.
“
Trust
Agreement
”
means
the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement executed and delivered by the Company,
the Guarantor, the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee and the Administrative
Trustees named therein, contemporaneously with the execution and delivery
of
this Indenture, for the benefit of the holders of the Trust Securities, as
amended or supplemented from time to time.
“
Trustee
”
means
the Person named as the “
Trustee
”
in
the
first paragraph of this instrument, solely in its capacity as such and not
in
its individual capacity, until a successor Trustee shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and, thereafter,
“
Trustee
”
shall
mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder.
“
Trust
Indenture Act
”
means
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended and as in effect on the date
as of
this Indenture.
“
Trust
Securities
”
has
the
meaning specified in the first recital of this Indenture.
“Voting
Stock”
means
the stock of any class or kind of the Guarantor having the power to vote
generally in the election of directors.
SECTION
1.2.
Compliance
Certificate and Opinions.
(a)
Upon
any
application or request by the Company or the Guarantor to the Trustee to
take
any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company or the Guarantor
shall, if requested by the Trustee, furnish to the Trustee an Officer’s
Certificate stating that all conditions precedent (including covenants
compliance with which constitutes a condition precedent), if any, provided
for
in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with
and an
Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such
conditions precedent (including covenants compliance with which constitutes
a
condition precedent), if any, have been complied with, except that, in the
case
of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents
is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such
particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need
be
furnished.
(b)
Every
certificate delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition
or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than the certificate provided
pursuant to
Section
10.3
)
shall
include:
(i)
a
statement by each individual signing such certificate or opinion that such
individual has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein
relating thereto;
(ii)
a
brief
statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation
upon
which the statements or opinions of such individual contained in such
certificate or opinion are based;
(iii)
a
statement that, in the opinion of such individual, he or she has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express
an
informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been
complied with; and
(iv)
a
statement as to whether, in the opinion of such individual, such condition
or
covenant has been complied with.
SECTION
1.3.
Forms
of
Documents Delivered to Trustee.
(a)
In
any
case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by
an
opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters
be
certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that
they
be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may
certify
or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such
Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion
as to such matters in one or several documents.
(b)
Any
certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company or the Guarantor may
be
based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion
of,
or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or after reasonable
inquiry should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with
respect to matters upon which his or her certificate or opinion is based
are
erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar
as
it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an officer or officers of the Company or the Guarantor
stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the
possession of the Company or the Guarantor, unless such counsel knows, or
after
reasonable inquiry should know, that the certificate or opinion or
representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
(c)
Where
any
Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests,
consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this
Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one
instrument.
(d)
Whenever,
subsequent to the receipt by the Trustee of any Board Resolution, Officer’s
Certificate, Opinion of Counsel or other document or instrument, a clerical,
typographical or other inadvertent or unintentional error or omission shall
be
discovered therein, a new document or instrument may be substituted therefor
in
corrected form with the same force and effect as if originally received in
the
corrected form and, irrespective of the date or dates of the actual execution
and/or delivery thereof, such substitute document or instrument shall be
deemed
to have been executed and/or delivered as of the date or dates required with
respect to the document or instrument for which it is substituted. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, any Securities issued under the
authority of such defective document or instrument shall nevertheless be
the
valid obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits of this Indenture
equally and ratably with all other Outstanding Securities.
SECTION
1.4.
Acts
of
Holders.
(a)
Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action provided by this Indenture to be given to or taken by Holders may
be
embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar
tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent thereof duly appointed
in
writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action
shall
become effective when such instrument or instruments (including any appointment
of an agent) is or are delivered to the Trustee, and, where it is hereby
expressly required, to the Company or the Guarantor. Such instrument or
instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein
sometimes referred to as the “
Act
”
of
the
Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any
such
instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient
for any
purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the
Company
or the Guarantor, if made in the manner provided in this
Section
1.4
.
(b)
The
fact
and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing
may be
proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by the certificate
of
any notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments
of
deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing
acknowledged to him or her the execution thereof. Where such execution is
by a
Person acting in other than his or her individual capacity, such certificate
or
affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his or her authority.
The
fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing,
or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in
any
other manner that the Trustee deems sufficient and in accordance with such
reasonable rules as the Trustee may determine.
(c)
The
ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Securities Register.
(d)
Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action by the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the
same
Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of
transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of
anything done or suffered to be done by the Trustee, the Company or the
Guarantor in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is
made
upon such Security.
(e)
Without
limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled to take any action hereunder with
regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to all or any part
of
the principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly appointed agents
each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or
any
part of such principal amount.
(f)
Except
as
set forth in paragraph (g) of this
Section
1.4
,
the
Company may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the
Holders of Outstanding Securities entitled to give, make or take any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders
of
Securities. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders
of
Outstanding Securities on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be
entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain
Holders
after such record date;
provided
,
that no
such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the
applicable Expiration Date (as defined below) by Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Securities on such record date. Nothing in
this
paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Company from setting a new record
date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant
to
this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically
and
with no action by any Person be canceled and of no effect). Promptly after
any
record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company, at its own expense,
shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and
the
applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Trustee in writing and to each
Holder of Securities in the manner set forth in
Section
1.6
.
(g)
The
Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the
Holders of Outstanding Securities entitled to join in the giving or making
of
(i) any Notice of Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration or rescission
or
annulment thereof referred to in
Section
5.2
,
(iii)
any request to institute proceedings referred to in
Section
5.7(b)
or (iv)
any direction referred to in
Section
5.12
.
If any
record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding
Securities on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to
join
in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or not such Holders
remain Holders after such record date;
provided
,
that no
such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the
applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of
Outstanding Securities on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall
be
construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any action
for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph
(whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no
action
by any Person be canceled and of no effect). Promptly after any record date
is
set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company’s expense, shall
cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the
applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Company in writing and to each
Holder of Securities in the manner set forth in
Section
1.6
.
(h)
With
respect to any record date set pursuant to paragraph (f) or (g) of this
Section
1.4
,
the
party hereto that sets such record date may designate any day as the
“
Expiration
Date
”
and
from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or later
day;
provided
,
that no
such change shall be effective unless notice of the proposed new Expiration
Date
is given to the other party hereto in writing, and to each Holder of Securities
in the manner set forth in
Section
1.6
,
on or
prior to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated
with respect to any record date set pursuant to this
Section
1.4
,
the
party hereto that set such record date shall be deemed to have initially
designated the ninetieth (90
th
)
day
after such record date as the Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject
to
its right to change the Expiration Date as provided in this paragraph.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be later than the
one
hundred and eightieth (180
th
)
day
after the applicable record date.
SECTION
1.5.
Notices,
Etc.
Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver, Act of
Holders, or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be
made
upon, given or furnished to, or filed with:
(a)
the
Trustee by any Holder, any holder of Preferred Securities, the Company or
the
Guarantor shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given,
furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust
Office,
(b)
the
Company or the Guarantor by the Trustee, any Holder or any holder of Preferred
Securities shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if in writing
and
mailed, first class, postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at c/o
NorthStar Realty Finance Corp., 527 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10022,
Attn: Chief Financial Officer, or at any other address previously furnished
in
writing to the Trustee by the Company, or to the Guarantor addressed to it
at
527 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10022, Attn: Chief Financial Officer,
or
at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the
Guarantor, or
(c)
the
Purchaser by the Trustee, the Company, the Guarantor, any Holder or any holder
or beneficial owner of the Preferred Securities, shall be sufficient for
every
purpose hereunder if in writing and mailed first-class postage prepaid to
the
Purchaser at c/o Maples Finance Limited, P.O. Box 1093 GT, Queensgate House,
South Church Street, George Town, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, Attention:
The
Directors, or any other address previously furnis
hed
by
the
Purchaser.
SECTION
1.6.
Notice
to
Holders; Waiver.
Where
this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall
be
sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing
and mailed, first class, postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such
event
to the address of such Holder as it appears in the Securities Register, not
later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed
for the giving of such notice. If, by reason of the suspension of or
irregularities in regular mail service or for any other reason, it shall
be
impossible or impracticable to mail notice of any event to Holders when said
notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture,
then
any manner of giving such notice as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee
shall
be deemed to be a sufficient giving of such notice. In any case where notice
to
Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any
defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the
sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Where this Indenture
provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by
the
Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event,
and
such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by
Holders
shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition
precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such
waiver.
SECTION
1.7.
Effect
of
Headings and Table of Contents.
The
Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction of this
Indenture.
SECTION
1.8.
Successors
and Assigns.
This
Indenture shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of any successor
to the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee, including any successor by
operation of law. Except in connection with a transaction involving the Company
that is permitted under
Article
VIII
and
pursuant to which the assignee agrees in writing to perform the Company’s
obligations hereunder, the Company shall not assign its obligations
hereunder.
SECTION
1.9.
Separability
Clause.
If
any
provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal
or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, and there
shall
be deemed substituted for the provision at issue a valid, legal and enforceable
provision as similar as possible to the provision at issue.
SECTION
1.10.
Benefits
of Indenture.
Nothing
in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to
any
Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors and assigns, the
holders of Senior Debt, the Holders of the Securities and, to the extent
expressly provided in
Sections
5.2
,
5.8
,
5.9
,
5.11
,
5.13
,
9.2
and
10.7
,
the
holders of Preferred Securities, any benefit or any legal or equitable right,
remedy or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION
1.11.
Governing
Law.
This
Indenture and the rights and obligations of each of the Holders, the Company,
the Guarantor and the Trustee shall be construed and enforced in accordance
with
and governed by the laws of the State of New York without reference to its
conflict of laws provisions (other than Section 5-1401 of the General
Obligations Law).
SECTION
1.12.
Submission
to Jurisdiction.
ANY
LEGAL
ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY OR AGAINST ANY PARTY HERETO OR WITH RESPECT TO OR
ARISING OUT OF THIS INDENTURE MAY BE BROUGHT IN OR REMOVED TO THE COURTS
OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK, OR OF THE UNITED STATES
OF
AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK (IN EACH CASE SITTING IN THE
BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN). BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS INDENTURE, EACH
PARTY
ACCEPTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, GENERALLY AND
UNCONDITIONALLY, THE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS (AND COURTS OF
APPEALS
THEREFROM) FOR LEGAL PROCEEDINGS ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS
INDENTURE.
SECTION
1.13.
Non-Business
Days.
If
any
Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any Security
shall
not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this
Indenture or the Securities) payment of interest, premium, if any, or principal
or other amounts in respect of such Security shall not be made on such date,
but
shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day (and no interest shall
accrue
in respect of the amounts whose payment is so delayed for the period from
and
after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as
the
case may be, until such next succeeding Business Day) except that, if such
Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall
be
made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same
force
and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date or
at the
Stated Maturity.
ARTICLE
II
Security
Forms
SECTION
2.1.
Form
of
Security.
Any
Security issued hereunder shall be in substantially the following
form:
NorthStar
Realty Finance Limited Partnership
Junior
Subordinated Note due 2036
No.
_____________
|
$__________
|
NorthStar
Realty Finance Limited Partnership, a limited partnership organized and existing
under the laws of Delaware (hereinafter called the “
Company
,”
which
term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred
to),
for value received, hereby promises to pay to _______________ (the “Holder”), or
registered assigns, the principal sum of $__________ Dollars [
if
the Security is a Global Security, then insert
—
or
such
other principal amount represented hereby as may be set forth in the records
of
the Securities Registrar hereinafter referred to in accordance with the
Indenture] on December 30, 2036. The Company further promises to pay interest
on
said principal sum from October 6, 2006, or from the most recent Interest
Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, quarterly
in
arrears on March 30
th
,
June
30
th
,
September 30
th
and
December 30
th
of each
year, commencing on December 30, 2006, or if any such day is not a Business
Day,
on the next succeeding Business Day (and no interest shall accrue in respect
of
the amounts whose payment is so delayed for the period from and after such
Interest Payment Date until such next succeeding Business Day), except that,
if
such Business Day falls in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment
shall
be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case, with the
same
force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, at a variable rate
per
annum, reset quarterly, equal to LIBOR plus the Margin, together with Additional
Tax Sums, if any, as provided in
Section
10.5
of the
Indenture, until the principal hereof is paid or duly provided for or made
available for payment;
provided
,
that
any overdue principal, premium, if any, or Additional Tax Sums and any overdue
installment of interest shall bear Additional Interest (to the extent that
the
payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) at a variable rate
per
annum, reset quarterly, equal to LIBOR plus the Margin, compounded quarterly,
from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available
for
payment, and such interest shall be payable on demand.
The
amount of interest payable for any interest period shall be computed and
paid on
the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed in the
relevant interest period. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or
duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall, as provided in the Indenture,
be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record
Date
for such interest installment. Any such interest not so punctually paid or
duly
provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular
Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security
(or
one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business
on a
Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed
by
the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities not less
than ten (10) days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time
in
any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange or automated quotation system on which the Securities may be listed,
traded or quoted and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange
or
automated quotation system, all as more fully provided in the
Indenture.
Payment
of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on this Security shall be
made in
such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment
is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments of principal,
premium, if any, and interest due at the Maturity of this Security shall
be made
at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the
Place
of Payment upon surrender of such Securities to the Paying Agent, and payments
of interest shall be made, subject to such surrender where applicable, by
wire
transfer at such place and to such account at a banking institution in the
United States as may be designated in writing to the Paying Agent at least
ten
(10) Business Days prior to the date for payment by the Person entitled thereto
unless proper written wire transfer instructions have not been received by
the
relevant record date, in which case such payments shall be made by check
mailed
to the address of such Person as such address shall appear in the Security
Register. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the Holder of this Security
is the Property Trustee, the payment of the principal of (and premium, if
any)
and interest (including any overdue installment of interest and Additional
Tax
Sums, if any) on this Security will be made at such place and to such account
as
may be designated by the Property Trustee.
The
indebtedness evidenced by this Security is, to the extent provided in the
Indenture, subordinate and junior in right of payment to the prior payment
in
full of all Senior Debt, and this Security is issued subject to the provisions
of the Indenture with respect thereto. Each Holder of this Security, by
accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions,
(b)
authorizes and directs the Trustee on his or her behalf to take such actions
as
may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination so provided
and
(c) appoints the Trustee his or her attorney-in-fact for any and all such
purposes. Each Holder hereof, by his or her acceptance hereof, waives all
notice
of the acceptance of the subordination provisions contained herein and in
the
Indenture by each holder of Senior Debt, whether now outstanding or hereafter
incurred, and waives reliance by each such holder upon said
provisions.
This
Security shall be entitled to the benefit of the guarantee of NorthStar Realty
Finance Corp., the “
Guarantor
,”
which
term includes any successor permitted under the Indenture) as specified in
the
Indenture (the “
Guarantee
”).
The
obligations of the Guarantor under the Guarantee are, to the extent provided
in
the Indenture, subordinate and junior in right of payment to the prior payment
in full of all Senior Debt of the Guarantor. Each Holder of this Security,
by
accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions,
(b)
authorizes and directs the Trustee on such Holder’s behalf to take such action
as may be necessary or appropriate to acknowledge or effectuate the
subordination of the Guarantee so provided and (c) appoints the Trustee such
holder’s attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. Each Holder of this
Security, by such Holder’s acceptance hereof, hereby waives all notice of the
acceptance of the subordination provisions relating to the Guarantee contained
herein and in the Indenture by each holder of Senior Debt of the Guarantor,
whether now outstanding or hereafter incurred, and waives reliance by each
such
holder upon said provisions.
Unless
the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee
by
manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under
the
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
This
Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (the
“
Securities
”)
issued
under the Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of October 6, 2006 (the
“
Indenture
”),
between the Company, Guarantor and Wilmington Trust Company, as Trustee (in
such
capacity, the “
Trustee
,”
which
term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which Indenture
and
all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement
of
the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder
of the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee, the holders of Senior Debt and
the
Holders of the Securities, and of the terms upon which the Securities are,
and
are to be, authenticated and delivered.
All
terms
used in this Security that are defined in the Indenture or in the Amended
and
Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of October 6, 2006 (as modified, amended
or
supplemented from time to time, the “
Trust
Agreement
”),
relating to NorthStar Realty Finance Trust VI (the “
Trust
”),
among
the Company, as Depositor, the trustees named therein and the holders from
time
to time of the Trust Securities issued pursuant thereto, shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture or the Trust Agreement, as the case may
be.
The
Company may, on any Interest Payment Date, at its option, upon not less than
thirty (30) days’ nor more than sixty (60) days’ written notice to the Holders
of the Securities (unless a shorter notice period shall be satisfactory to
the
Trustee) on or after the earlier to occur of (i) a Change of Control Event
or
(ii) December 30, 2011 and subject to the terms and conditions of
Article
XI
of the
Indenture, redeem this Security in whole at any time or in part from time
to
time at a Redemption Price equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the principal
amount hereof, together, in the case of any such redemption, with accrued
interest, including any Additional Interest, to but excluding the date fixed
for
redemption.
In
addition, upon the occurrence and during the continuation of a Special Event,
the Company may, at its option, upon not less than thirty (30) days’ nor more
than sixty (60) days’ written notice to the Holders of the Securities (unless a
shorter notice period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), redeem this
Security, in whole but not in part, subject to the terms and conditions of
Article
XI
of the
Indenture at the Special Event Redemption Price.
In
the
event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities
for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder
hereof upon the cancellation hereof. If less than all the Securities are
to be
redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not
more
than sixty (60) days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee from the
Outstanding Securities not previously called for redemption, by such method
as
the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the
selection for redemption of a portion of the principal amount of any
Security.
The
Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the Company,
the
Guarantor and the Trustee at any time to enter into a supplemental indenture
or
indentures for the purpose of modifying in any manner the rights and obligations
of the Company, the Guarantor and of the Holders of the Securities, with
the
consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of
the
Outstanding Securities. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting
Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities, on
behalf of the Holders of all Securities, to waive compliance by the Company
or
the Guarantor with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults
under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by
the
Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder
and
upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon
the
registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof,
whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this
Security.
No
reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of
the
Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute
and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium, if any, and
interest, including any Additional Interest (to the extent legally enforceable),
on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency,
herein prescribed.
As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set
forth,
the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Securities Register,
upon
surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or
agency
of the Company maintained for such purpose, duly endorsed by, or accompanied
by
a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and
the
Securities Registrar and duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder’s
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities,
of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal
amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
The
Securities are issuable only in registered form without coupons in minimum
denominations of $100,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set
forth, Securities are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount
of
Securities and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as
requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No
service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange,
but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax
or
other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
The
Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantor
or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered
as
the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue,
and
neither the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee nor any such agent shall
be
affected by notice to the contrary.
The
Company and, by its acceptance of this Security or a beneficial interest
herein,
the Holder of, and any Person that acquires a beneficial interest in, this
Security agree that, for United States federal, state and local tax purposes,
it
is intended that this Security constitute indebtedness.
This
Security shall be construed and enforced in accordance with and governed
by the
laws of the State of New York, without reference to its conflict of laws
provisions (other than Section 5-1401 of the General Obligations
Law).
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has duly executed this certificate this ____
day of
____________, 2006.
NorthStar
Realty Finance Limited Partnership
By:
NorthStar Realty Finance Corp., its General Partner
By:
_______________________________
Name:
Title:
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SECTION
2.2.
Restricted
Legend.
(a)
Any
Security issued hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following
form:
“[
IF
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY INSERT:
THIS
SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER
REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY
(“DTC”) OR A NOMINEE OF DTC. THIS SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN DTC OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN
THE
LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS
SECURITY (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE
OF DTC OR BY A NOMINEE OF DTC TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC) MAY BE
REGISTERED EXCEPT IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.
UNLESS
THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC TO THE
ISSUER
OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SECURITY
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON
IS MADE
TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE
OR
OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER
HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]
THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WERE ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A
TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND SUCH SECURITIES, AND ANY INTEREST THEREIN,
MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH
REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF ANY
SECURITIES IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF THE SECURITIES MAY BE RELYING
ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED
BY RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
THE
HOLDER OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT
OF THE COMPANY THAT (A) SUCH SECURITIES MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD OR OTHERWISE
TRANSFERRED ONLY (I) TO THE COMPANY, (II) TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY
BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, OR
(III)
TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF SUBPARAGRAPH (a)
(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF RULE 501 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS ACQUIRING
THE
SECURITY FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR”
WITHIN THE MEANING OF SUBPARAGRAPH (a) (1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF RULE 501 UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT, FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR FOR
OFFER
OR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES
ACT,
IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE
OF
THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION AND, IN THE CASE OF
(III), SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF THE COMPANY TO REQUIRE AN OPINION OF COUNSEL
ADDRESSING COMPLIANCE WITH THE U.S. SECURITIES LAWS, AND OTHER INFORMATION
SATISFACTORY TO IT AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF ANY
SECURITIES FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN (A)
ABOVE.
THE
SECURITIES WILL BE ISSUED AND MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN BLOCKS HAVING AN
AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOT LESS THAN $100,000. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY ATTEMPTED TRANSFER OF SECURITIES, OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN,
IN A BLOCK HAVING AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF LESS THAN $100,000 AND
MULTIPLES OF $1,000 IN EXCESS THEREOF SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE VOID AND OF NO
LEGAL
EFFECT WHATSOEVER. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY SUCH PURPORTED
TRANSFEREE SHALL BE DEEMED NOT TO BE THE HOLDER OF SUCH SECURITIES FOR ANY
PURPOSE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE RECEIPT OF PRINCIPAL OF OR INTEREST
ON SUCH SECURITIES, OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN, AND SUCH PURPORTED TRANSFEREE
SHALL
BE DEEMED TO HAVE NO INTEREST WHATSOEVER IN SUCH SECURITIES.
THE
HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF
OR
THEREOF ALSO AGREES, REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT IT IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT
PLAN, INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR OTHER PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT
TO
TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED
(“
ERISA
”),
OR
SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “
CODE
”)
(EACH
A “
PLAN
”),
OR AN
ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE “PLAN ASSETS” BY REASON OF ANY PLAN’S
INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY, AND NO PERSON INVESTING “PLAN ASSETS” OF ANY PLAN MAY
ACQUIRE OR HOLD THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN, UNLESS SUCH PURCHASER
OR
HOLDER IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE EXEMPTIVE RELIEF AVAILABLE UNDER U.S. DEPARTMENT
OF
LABOR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION 96-23, 95-60, 91-38, 90-1 OR
84-14
OR ANOTHER APPLICABLE EXEMPTION OR ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THIS SECURITY,
OR
ANY INTEREST THEREIN, ARE NOT PROHIBITED BY SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION
4975
OF THE CODE WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PURCHASE AND HOLDING. ANY PURCHASER OR HOLDER
OF THE SECURITIES OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED
BY
ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING THEREOF THAT EITHER (i) IT IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT
PLAN OR OTHER PLAN TO WHICH TITLE I OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE
IS
APPLICABLE, A TRUSTEE OR OTHER PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH EMPLOYEE
BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN, OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY USING THE “PLAN ASSETS” OF
ANY SUCH EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN TO FINANCE SUCH PURCHASE, OR (ii)
SUCH
PURCHASE OR HOLDING WILL NOT RESULT IN A PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION
406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE FOR WHICH FULL EXEMPTIVE RELIEF
IS NOT
AVAILABLE UNDER AN APPLICABLE STATUTORY OR ADMINISTRATIVE
EXEMPTION.
(b)
The
above
legends shall not be removed from any Security unless there is delivered
to the
Company satisfactory evidence, which may include an Opinion of Counsel, as
may
be reasonably required to ensure that any future transfers thereof may be
made
without restriction under or violation of the provisions of the Securities
Act
and other applicable law. Upon provision of such satisfactory evidence, the
Company shall execute and deliver to the Trustee, and the Trustee shall deliver,
at the written direction of the Company, a Security that does not bear the
legend.
SECTION
2.3.
Form
of
Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.
The
Trustee’s certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the following
form:
This
represents Securities referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
Dated:
WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY
,
not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee
By:
_____________________________________
Authorized
Officer
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SECTION
2.4.
Temporary
Securities.
(a)
Pending
the preparation of definitive Securities, the Company may execute, and upon
Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities
that are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced,
in any denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities
in
lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities
may
determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
(b)
If
temporary Securities are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities
to
be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive
Securities, the temporary Securities shall be exchangeable for definitive
Securities upon surrender of the temporary Securities at the office or agency
of
the Company designated for that purpose without charge to the Holder. Upon
surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities, the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
therefor one or more definitive Securities of any authorized denominations
having the same Original Issue Date and Stated Maturity and having the same
terms as such temporary Securities. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities
shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture
as
definitive Securities.
SECTION
2.5.
Definitive
Securities.
The
Securities issued on the Original Issue Date shall be in definitive form.
The
definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved, or produced
by
any combination of these methods, if required by any securities exchange
on
which the Securities may be listed, on a steel engraved border or steel engraved
borders or may be produced in any other manner permitted by the rules of
any
securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed, all as determined
by
the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of
such
Securities.
ARTICLE
III
The
Securities
SECTION
3.1.
Payment
of Principal and Interest.
(a)
The
unpaid principal amount of the Securities shall bear interest at a variable
rate
per annum, reset quarterly, equal to LIBOR plus the Margin until paid or
duly
provided for, such interest to accrue from the Original Issue Date or from
the
most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly
provided for, and any overdue principal, premium, if any, or Additional Tax
Sums
and any overdue installment of interest shall bear Additional Interest (to
the
extent payment of such interest would be legally enforceable) at a variable
rate
per annum, reset quarterly, equal to LIBOR plus the Margin, from the dates
such
amounts are due until they are paid or funds for the payment thereof are
made
available for payment.
(b)
Interest
and Additional Interest on any Security that is payable, and is punctually
paid
or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person
in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest, except that interest and any Additional Interest payable on the
Stated
Maturity (or any date of principal repayment upon early maturity) of the
principal of a Security or on a Redemption Date shall be paid to the Person
to
whom principal is paid. The initial payment of interest on any Security that
is
issued between a Regular Record Date and the related Interest Payment Date
shall
be payable as provided in such Security.
(c)
Any
interest on any Security that is due and payable, but is not timely paid
or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date for Securities (herein called
“
Defaulted
Interest
”)
shall
forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder on the relevant Regular
Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest
may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in
paragraph (i) or (ii) below:
(i)
The
Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons
in
whose names the Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are
registered at the close of business on a special record date for the payment
of
such Defaulted Interest (a “
Special
Record Date
”),
which
shall be fixed in the following manner. At least thirty (30) days prior to
the
date of the proposed payment, the Company shall notify the Trustee in writing
of
the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security and
the
date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit
with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed
to be
paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed
payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of
the
Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest. Thereupon the Trustee shall
fix a
Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall
be
not more than fifteen (15) days and not less than ten (10) days prior to
the
date of the proposed payment and not less than ten (10) days after the receipt
by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly
notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the
expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such
Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first
class, postage prepaid, to each Holder of a Security at the address of such
Holder as it appears in the Securities Register not less than ten (10) days
prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such
Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed,
such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the
Securities (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered on such
Special Record Date; or
(ii)
The
Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any other lawful manner
not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange or automated
quotation system on which the Securities may be listed, traded or quoted
and,
upon such notice as may be required by such exchange or automated quotation
system (or by the Trustee if the Securities are not listed), if, after notice
given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this
clause, such payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
(d)
Payments
of interest on the Securities shall include interest accrued to but excluding
the respective Interest Payment Dates. The amount of interest payable for
any
interest period shall be computed and paid on the basis of a 360-day year
and
the actual number of days elapsed in the relevant interest period.
(e)
Payment
of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities shall be
made
in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of
payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments
of
principal, premium, if any, and interest due at the Maturity of such Securities
shall be made at the Place of Payment upon surrender of such Securities to
the
Paying Agent and payments of interest shall be made subject to such surrender
where applicable, by wire transfer at such place and to such account at a
banking institution in the United States as may be designated in writing
to the
Paying Agent at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the date for payment
by
the Person entitled thereto unless proper written transfer instructions have
not
been received by the relevant record date, in which case such payments shall
be
made by check mailed to the address of such Person as such address shall
appear
in the Security Register. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as the holder
of the Security is the Property Trustee, the payment of the principal of
(and
premium if any) and interest (including any overdue installment of interest
and
Additional Tax Sums, if any) on the Security will be made at such place and
to
such account as may be designated by the Property Trustee.
(f)
Subject
to the foregoing provisions of this
Section
3.1
,
each
Security delivered under this Indenture upon transfer of or in exchange for
or
in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued
and
unpaid, and to accrue, that were carried by such other Security.
SECTION
3.2.
Denominations.
The
Securities shall be in registered form without coupons and shall be issuable
in
minimum denominations of $100,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in
excess
thereof.
SECTION
3.3.
Execution,
Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
(a)
At
any
time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture,
the Company may deliver Securities in an aggregate principal amount (including
all then Outstanding Securities) not in excess of $25,100,000 executed by
the
Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order
for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance
with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities. In
authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities
under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be
entitled to receive, and shall be fully protected in relying upon:
(i)
a
copy of
any Board Resolution relating thereto; and
(ii)
an
Opinion of Counsel stating that (1) such Securities, when authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject
to
any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid
and
legally binding obligations of the Company, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general
applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity
principles; (2) the Securities have been duly authorized and executed by
the
Company and have been delivered to the Trustee for authentication in accordance
with this Indenture; and (3) the Securities are not required to be registered
under the Securities Act.
(b)
The
Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of
the
Board, its Vice Chairman of the Board, its Chief Executive Officer, its
President or one of its Vice Presidents. The signature of any of these officers
on the Securities may be manual or facsimile. Securities bearing the manual
or
facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers
of
the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals
or any
of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and
delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such
Securities.
(c)
No
Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid
or
obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Security a certificate
of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed
by the
Trustee by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers, and such
certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only
evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company,
and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation
as
provided in
Section
3.8
,
for all
purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture.
(d)
Each
Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
SECTION
3.4.
Global
Securities.
(a)
Upon
the
election of the Holder after the Original Issue Date, which election need
not be
in writing, the Securities owned by such Holder shall be issued in the form
of
one or more Global Securities registered in the name of the Depositary or
its
nominee. Each Global Security issued under this Indenture shall be registered
in
the name of the Depositary designated by the Company for such Global Security
or
a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof or
custodian therefor, and each such Global Security shall constitute a single
Security for all purposes of this Indenture.
(b)
Notwithstanding
any other provision in this Indenture, no Global Security may be exchanged
in
whole or in part for registered Securities, and no transfer of a Global Security
in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than
the
Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof unless (i) such
Depositary advises the Trustee and the Company in writing that such Depositary
is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities as
Depositary with respect to such Global Security, and no qualified successor
is
appointed by the Company within ninety (90) days of receipt by the Company
of
such notice, (ii) such Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered
under the Exchange Act and no successor is appointed by the Company within
ninety (90) days after obtaining knowledge of such event, (iii) the Company
executes and delivers to the Trustee a Company Order stating that the Company
elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Depositary or (iv)
an
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Upon the occurrence
of
any event specified in clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) above, the Trustee
shall
notify the Depositary and instruct the Depositary to notify all owners of
beneficial interests in such Global Security of the occurrence of such event
and
of the availability of Securities to such owners of beneficial interests
requesting the same. Upon the issuance of such Securities and the registration
in the Securities Register of such Securities in the names of the Holders
of the
beneficial interests therein, the Trustees shall recognize such holders of
beneficial interests as Holders.
(c)
If
any
Global Security is to be exchanged for other Securities or canceled in part,
or
if another Security is to be exchanged in whole or in part for a beneficial
interest in any Global Security, then either (i) such Global Security shall
be
so surrendered for exchange or cancellation as provided in this
Article
III
or (ii)
the principal amount thereof shall be reduced or increased by an amount equal
to
the portion thereof to be so exchanged or canceled, or equal to the principal
amount of such other Security to be so exchanged for a beneficial interest
therein, as the case may be, by means of an appropriate adjustment made on
the
records of the Securities Registrar, whereupon the Trustee, in accordance
with
the Applicable Depositary Procedures, shall instruct the Depositary or its
authorized representative to make a corresponding adjustment to its records.
Upon any such surrender or adjustment of a Global Security by the Depositary,
accompanied by registration instructions, the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver any Securities issuable in exchange
for
such Global Security (or any portion thereof) in accordance with the
instructions of the Depositary. The Trustee shall not be liable for any delay
in
delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be
fully
protected in relying on, such instructions.
(d)
Every
Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or
in
exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any portion thereof shall
be
authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Security,
unless such Security is registered in the name of a Person other than the
Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof.
(e)
Securities
distributed to holders of Book-Entry Preferred Securities (as defined in
the
Trust Agreement) upon the dissolution of the Trust shall be distributed in
the
form of one or more Global Securities registered in the name of a Depositary
or
its nominee, and deposited with the Securities Registrar, as custodian for
such
Depositary, or with such Depositary, for credit by the Depositary to the
respective accounts of the beneficial owners of the Securities represented
thereby (or such other accounts as they may direct). Securities distributed
to
holders of Preferred Securities other than Book-Entry Preferred Securities
upon
the dissolution of the Trust shall not be issued in the form of a Global
Security or any other form intended to facilitate book-entry trading in
beneficial interests in such Securities.
(f)
The
Depositary or its nominee, as the registered owner of a Global Security,
shall
be the Holder of such Global Security for all purposes under this Indenture
and
the Securities, and owners of beneficial interests in a Global Security shall
hold such interests pursuant to the Applicable Depositary Procedures.
Accordingly, any such owner’s beneficial interest in a Global Security shall be
shown only on, and the transfer of such interest shall be effected only through,
records maintained by the Depositary or its nominee or its Depositary
Participants. The Securities Registrar and the Trustee shall be entitled
to deal
with the Depositary for all purposes of this Indenture relating to a Global
Security (including the payment of principal and interest thereon and the
giving
of instructions or directions by owners of beneficial interests therein and
the
giving of notices) as the sole Holder of the Security and shall have no
obligations to the owners of beneficial interests therein. Neither the Trustee
nor the Securities Registrar shall have any liability in respect of any
transfers effected by the Depositary.
(g)
The
rights of owners of beneficial interests in a Global Security shall be exercised
only through the Depositary and shall be limited to those established by
law and
agreements between such owners and the Depositary and/or its Depositary
Participants.
(h)
No
holder
of any beneficial interest in any Global Security held on its behalf by a
Depositary shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to such
Global Security, and such Depositary may be treated by the Company, the
Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the
Trustee as the owner of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever.
None
of the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company,
the
Guarantor or the Trustee will have any responsibility or liability for any
aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial
ownership interests of a Global Security or maintaining, supervising or
reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company,
the
Guarantor, the Trustee or any agent of the Company, the Guarantor or the
Trustee
from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization
furnished by a Depositary or impair, as between a Depositary and such holders
of
beneficial interests, the operation of customary practices governing the
exercise of the rights of the Depositary (or its nominee) as Holder of any
Security.
SECTION
3.5.
Registration,
Transfer and Exchange Generally.
(a)
The
Trustee shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office a register (the
“
Securities
Register
”)
in
which the registrar and transfer agent with respect to the Securities (the
“
Securities
Registrar
”),
subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, shall provide
for
the registration of Securities and of transfers and exchanges of Securities.
The
Trustee shall at all times also be the Securities Registrar. The provisions
of
Article
VI
shall
apply to the Trustee in its role as Securities Registrar.
(b)
Subject
to compliance with Section 2.2(b), upon surrender for registration of transfer
of any Security at the offices or agencies of the Company designated for
that
purpose the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or
more
new Securities of any authorized denominations of like tenor and aggregate
principal amount.
(c)
At
the
option of the Holder, Securities may be exchanged for other Securities of
any
authorized denominations, of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, upon
surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever
any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute,
and
upon receipt thereof the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities
that the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
(d)
All
Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the
valid
obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the
same
benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such transfer
or exchange.
(e)
Every
Security presented or surrendered for transfer or exchange shall (if so required
by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Securities
Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly
authorized in writing.
(f)
No
service charge shall be made to a Holder for any transfer or exchange of
Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any
tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any
transfer or exchange of Securities.
(g)
Neither
the Company nor the Trustee shall be required pursuant to the provisions
of this
Section
3.5
(i) to
issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security during a period
beginning at the opening of business fifteen (15) days before the day of
selection for redemption of Securities pursuant to
Article
XI
and
ending at the close of business on the day of mailing of the notice of
redemption or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so
selected for redemption in whole or in part, except, in the case of any such
Security to be redeemed in part, any portion thereof not to be
redeemed.
(h)
The
Company shall designate an office or offices or agency or agencies where
Securities may be surrendered for registration or transfer or exchange. The
Company initially designates the Corporate Trust Office as its office and
agency
for such purposes. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee
and to the Holders of any change in the location of any such office or
agency.
SECTION
3.6.
Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
(a)
If
any
mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee together with such security
or
indemnity as may be required by the Company or the Trustee to save each of
them
harmless, the Company shall execute and upon receipt thereof the Trustee
shall
authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of like tenor
and
aggregate principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding.
(b)
If
there
shall be delivered to the Company and to the Trustee (i) evidence to their
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such
security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless,
then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security
has been acquired by a
bona
fide
purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its written request the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen
Security, a new Security of like tenor and aggregate principal amount as
such
destroyed, lost or stolen Security, and bearing a number not contemporaneously
outstanding.
(c)
If
any
such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about
to
become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing
a
new Security, pay such Security.
(d)
Upon
the
issuance of any new Security under this
Section
3.6
,
the
Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected
therewith.
(e)
Every
new
Security issued pursuant to this
Section
3.6
in lieu
of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an
original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not
the
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable
by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally
and proportionately with any and all other Securities duly issued
hereunder.
(f)
The
provisions of this
Section
3.6
are
exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and
remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed,
lost or stolen Securities.
SECTION
3.7.
Persons
Deemed Owners.
The
Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantor
or the Trustee shall treat the Person in whose name any Security is registered
as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal
of and any interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever,
and
neither the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company,
the Guarantor or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
SECTION
3.8.
Cancellation.
All
Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, transfer or exchange shall,
if
surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee,
and any such Securities and Securities surrendered directly to the Trustee
for
any such purpose shall be promptly canceled by it. The Company may at any
time
deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated
and delivered hereunder that the Company may have acquired in any manner
whatsoever, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly canceled by
the
Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for
any
Securities canceled as provided in this
Section
3.8
,
except
as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Securities shall be
disposed of by the Trustee in accordance with its customary practices and
the
Trustee shall deliver to the Company a certificate of such
disposition.
SECTION
3.9.
RESERVED.
SECTION
3.10.
RESERVED.
SECTION
3.11.
Agreed
Tax Treatment.
Each
Security issued hereunder shall provide that the Company and, by its acceptance
or acquisition of a Security or a beneficial interest therein, the Holder
of,
and any Person that acquires a direct or indirect beneficial interest in,
such
Security, intend and agree to treat such Security as indebtedness of the
Company
for United States Federal, state and local tax purposes and to treat the
Preferred Securities (including but not limited to all payments and proceeds
with respect to the Preferred Securities) as an undivided beneficial ownership
interest in the Securities (and payments and proceeds therefrom, respectively)
for United States Federal, state and local tax purposes. The provisions of
this
Indenture shall be interpreted to further this intention and agreement of
the
parties.
SECTION
3.12.
CUSIP
Numbers.
The
Company in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in
use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of redemption
and other similar or related materials as a convenience to Holders;
provided
,
that
any such notice or other materials may state that no representation is made
as
to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or
as
contained in any notice of redemption or other materials and that reliance
may
be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities,
and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission
of
such numbers.
ARTICLE
IV
Satisfaction
and Discharge
SECTION
4.1.
Satisfaction
and Discharge of Indenture.
This
Indenture shall, upon Company Request, cease to be of further effect (except
as
to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities
herein expressly provided for and as otherwise provided in this
Section
4.1
)
and the
Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture,
when
(a)
either
(i)
all
Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (A) Securities
that have been mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced
or paid as provided in
Section
3.6
and (B)
Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust
or
segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the
Company
or discharged from such trust as provided in Section 10.2) have been delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(ii)
all
such
Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation
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(A)
|
have
become due and payable, or
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(B)
|
will
become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year
of the
date of deposit, or
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(C)
|
are
to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption
by the
Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the
Company,
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and
the
Company, in the case of subclause (ii)(A), (B) or (C) above, has deposited
or
caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for such
purpose
(x) an amount in the currency or currencies in which the Securities are payable,
(y) Government Obligations which through the scheduled payment of principal
and
interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide,
not
later than the due date of any payment, money in an amount or (z) a combination
thereof, in each case sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized
firm
of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on
such
Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for
principal and any premium, if any, and interest (including any Additional
Interest) to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities that have
become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity (or any date of principal
repayment upon early maturity) or Redemption Date, as the case may
be;
(b)
the
Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by
the
Company; and
(c)
the
Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating
to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied
with.
Notwithstanding
the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the
Company
to the Trustee under
Section
6.6
,
the
obligations of the Company to any Authenticating Agent under
Section
6.11
and, if
money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (a)(ii)
of this
Section
4.1
,
the
obligations of the Trustee under Section 4.2 and
Section
10.2(e)
shall
survive.
SECTION
4.2.
Application
of Trust Money.
Subject
to the provisions of
Section
10.2(e)
,
all
money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to
Section
4.1
shall be
held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions
of
the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment in accordance with
Section
3.1
,
either
directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its
own
Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto,
of
the principal and any premium, if any, and interest (including any Additional
Interest) for the payment of which such money or obligations have been deposited
with or received by the Trustee. Moneys held by the Trustee under this
Section
4.2
shall
not be subject to the claims of holders of Senior Debt under
Article
XII
.
ARTICLE
V
Remedies
SECTION
5.1.
Events
of
Default.
“
Event
of Default
”
means,
wherever used herein with respect to the Securities, any one of the following
events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall
be
voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to
any
judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of
any
administrative or governmental body):
(a)
default
in the payment of any interest upon any Security, including any Additional
Interest in respect thereof, when it becomes due and payable, and continuance
of
such default for a period of thirty (30) days; or
(b)
default
in the payment of the principal of or any premium, if any, on any Security
at
its Maturity; or
(c)
default
in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Company
or the
Guarantor in this Indenture and continuance of such default or breach for
a
period of thirty (30) days after there has been given, by registered or
certified mail, to the Company and the Guarantor by the Trustee or to the
Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee by the Holders of at least twenty
five
percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
a
written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied
and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or
(d)
the
entry
by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of a decree or order adjudging
the Company or the Guarantor a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly
filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition
of or in respect of the Company or the Guarantor under any applicable Federal
or
state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law, or appointing
a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other
similar official of the Company or the Guarantor or of any substantial part
of
its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and
the
continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree
or
order unstayed and in effect for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days;
or
(e)
the
institution by the Company or the Guarantor of proceedings to be adjudicated
a
bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by the Company or the Guarantor to
the
institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing
by
the Company or the Guarantor of a petition or answer or consent seeking
reorganization or relief under any applicable Federal or state bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar law, or the consent by it to
the
filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by
a
custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other
similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its property
or
the Guarantor or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by
the
Company or the Guarantor of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or
the
admission by the Company or the Guarantor in writing of its inability to
pay its
debts generally as they become due and its willingness to be adjudicated
a
bankrupt or insolvent, or the taking of corporate action by the Company or
the
Guarantor in furtherance of any such action; or
(f)
the
Trust
shall have voluntarily or involuntarily liquidated, dissolved, wound-up its
business or otherwise terminated its existence, except in connection with
(1)
the distribution of the Securities to holders of the Preferred Securities
in
liquidation of their interests in the Trust, (2) the redemption of all of
the
outstanding Preferred Securities or (3) certain mergers, consolidations or
amalgamations, each as and to the extent permitted by the Trust Agreement;
or
(g)
the
Guarantee shall cease to be in full force and effect or the Guarantor shall,
in
writing to the Trustee, to a Holder or a holder of the Preferred Securities
or
to any governmental agency or regulatory authority, deny or disaffirm its
obligations under the Guarantee.
SECTION
5.2.
Acceleration
of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
(a)
If
an
Event of Default occurs and is continuing, then and in every such case the
Trustee or the Holders of not less than twenty five percent (25%) in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities may declare the principal amount of
all the
Securities to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the
Company and the Guarantor (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), provided,
that if, upon an Event of Default, the Trustee or the Holders of not less
than
twenty five percent (25%) in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
fail
to declare the principal of all the Outstanding Securities to be immediately
due
and payable, the holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in aggregate
Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities then outstanding shall have
the
right to make such declaration by a notice in writing to the Property Trustee,
the Company and the Guarantor and the Trustee; and upon any such declaration
the
principal amount of and the accrued interest (including any Additional Interest)
on all the Securities shall become immediately due and payable.
(b)
At
any
time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities
has
been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has
been
obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter provided in this
Article
V
,
the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities,
by
written notice to the Indenture Trustee, or the holders of a majority in
aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities, by written notice
to
the Property Trustee, the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee, may rescind
and annul such declaration and its consequences if:
(i)
the
Company or the Guarantor has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient
to pay:
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(A)
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all
overdue installments of interest on all
Securities,
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(B)
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any
accrued Additional Interest on all
Securities,
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(C)
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the
principal of and any premium, if any, on any Securities that have
become
due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest
(including any Additional Interest) thereon at the rate borne by
the
Securities, and
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(D)
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all
sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee,
the
Property Trustee and their agents and counsel;
and
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(ii)
all
Events of Default with respect to Securities, other than the non-payment
of the
principal of Securities that has become due solely by such acceleration,
have
been cured or waived as provided in
Section
5.13
;
provided
,
that if
the Holders of such Securities fail to annul such declaration and waive such
default, the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate Liquidation
Amount
of the Preferred Securities then outstanding shall also have the right to
rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences by written notice
to the
Property Trustee, the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee, subject to
the
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in paragraph (b) of this
Section
5.2
.
No such
rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent
thereon.
SECTION
5.3.
Collection
of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
(a)
Each
of
the Company and the Guarantor covenants that if:
(i)
default
is made in the payment of any installment of interest (including any Additional
Interest) on any Security when such interest becomes due and payable and
such
default continues for a period of thirty (30) days, or
(ii)
default
is made in the payment of the principal of and any premium on any Security
at
the Maturity thereof,
the
Company and the Guarantor will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee,
for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then
due and
payable on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest (including
any Additional Interest) and, in addition thereto, all amounts owing the
Trustee
under
Section
6.6
.
(b)
If
the
Company or the Guarantor fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand,
the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute
a
judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and
may
prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the
same
against the Company, the Guarantor or any other obligor upon such Securities
and
collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided
by
law out of the property of the Company, the Guarantor or any other obligor
upon
the Securities, wherever situated.
(c)
If
an
Event of Default with respect to Securities occurs and is continuing, the
Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and
the
rights of the Holders of Securities by such appropriate judicial proceedings
as
the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights,
whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this
Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce
any other proper remedy.
SECTION
5.4.
Trustee
May File Proofs of Claim.
In
case
of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment, composition or similar judicial proceeding relative
to
the Company or the Guarantor (or any other obligor upon the Securities),
its
property or its creditors, the Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, by
intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, to take any and all actions
authorized hereunder in order to have claims of the Holders and the Trustee
allowed in any such proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized
to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable
on
any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver,
assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in
any
such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such
payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent
to the
making of such payments directly to the Holders, to first pay to the Trustee
any
amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts owing
the
Trustee, any predecessor Trustee and other Persons under
Section
6.6
.
SECTION
5.5.
Trustee
May Enforce Claim Without Possession of Securities.
All
rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be
prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the
Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto,
and any
such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name
as
trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, subject
to
Article
XII
and
after provision for the payment of all the amounts owing the Trustee, any
predecessor Trustee and other Persons under
Section
6.6
,
be for
the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which
such
judgment has been recovered.
SECTION
5.6.
Application
of Money Collected.
Any
money
or property collected or to be applied by the Trustee with respect to the
Securities pursuant to this
Article
V
shall be
applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee
and,
in case of the distribution of such money or property on account of principal
or
any premium or interest (including any Additional Interest), upon presentation
of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially
paid
and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST:
To
the payment of all amounts due the Trustee, any predecessor Trustee and other
Persons under
Section
6.6
;
SECOND:
To the payment of all Senior Debt of the Company if and to the extent required
by
Article
XII
or by
Article
XIV
.
THIRD:
Subject to
Article
XII
and
Article
XIV
,
to the
payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon the Securities for principal
and
any premium and interest (including any Additional Interest) in respect of
which
or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without
preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable
on
the Securities for principal and any premium and interest (including any
Additional Interest), respectively; and
FOURTH:
The balance, if any, to the Person or Persons entitled thereto.
SECTION
5.7.
Limitation
on Suits.
Subject
to
Section
5.8
,
no
Holder of any Securities shall have any right to institute any proceeding,
judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture or for the appointment
of
a custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator (or other
similar official) or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:
(a)
such
Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing
Event
of Default with respect to the Securities;
(b)
the
Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities shall have made written request to the Trustee to
institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name
as
Trustee hereunder;
(c)
such
Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against
the
costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such
request;
(d)
the
Trustee after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity
has
failed to institute any such proceeding for sixty (60) days; and
(e)
no
direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee
during such sixty (60)-day period by the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities;
it
being
understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any
right
in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing itself of, any provision
of
this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holders
of Securities, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over
any
other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except
in
the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all such
Holders.
SECTION
5.8.
Unconditional
Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest; Direct Action
by
Holders of Preferred Securities.
Notwithstanding
any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have
the
right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal
of and any premium on such Security at its Maturity and payment of interest
(including any Additional Interest) on such Security when due and payable
and to
institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such right shall
not
be impaired without the consent of such Holder. Any registered holder of
the
Preferred Securities shall have the right, upon the occurrence of an Event
of
Default described in
Section
5.1(a)
or
Section
5.1(b)
to
institute a suit directly against the Company or the Guarantor for enforcement
of payment to such holder of principal of and any premium and interest
(including any Additional Interest) on the Securities having a principal
amount
equal to the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities held
by
such holder.
SECTION
5.9.
Restoration
of Rights and Remedies.
If
the
Trustee, any Holder or any holder of Preferred Securities has instituted
any
proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such
proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been
determined adversely to the Trustee, such Holder or such holder of Preferred
Securities, then and in every such case the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee,
such Holders and such holder of Preferred Securities shall, subject to any
determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and respectively
to
their former positions hereunder, and thereafter all rights and remedies
of the
Trustee, such Holder and such holder of Preferred Securities shall continue
as
though no such proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION
5.10.
Rights
and Remedies Cumulative.
Except
as
otherwise provided in
Section
3.6(f)
,
no
right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or the Holders
is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right
and
remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition
to
every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing
at law
or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy
hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or
employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION
5.11.
Delay
or
Omission Not Waiver.
No
delay
or omission of the Trustee, any Holder of any Securities or any holder of
any
Preferred Security to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event
of
Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any
such
Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given
by
this
Article
V
or by
law to the Trustee or to the Holders and the right and remedy given to the
holders of Preferred Securities by
Section
5.8
may be
exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by
the
Trustee, the Holders or the holders of Preferred Securities, as the case
may
be.
SECTION
5.12.
Control
by Holders.
The
Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities (or, as the case may be, the holders of a majority
in
aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities) shall have the
right
to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any
remedy
available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the
Trustee;
provided
,
that:
(a)
such
direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this
Indenture,
(b)
the
Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not
inconsistent with such direction, and
(c)
subject
to the provisions of
Section
6.2
,
the
Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow such direction if a
Responsible Officer or Officers of the Trustee shall, in good faith, reasonably
determine that the proceeding so directed would be unjustly prejudicial to
the
Holders not joining in any such direction or would involve the Trustee in
personal liability.
SECTION
5.13.
Waiver
of
Past Defaults.
(a)
The
Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities and the holders of not less than a majority in aggregate
Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities may waive any past Event of
Default hereunder and its consequences except an Event of Default:
(i)
in
the
payment of the principal of or any premium or interest (including any Additional
Interest) on any Security (unless such Event of Default has been cured and
the
Company or the Guarantor has paid to or deposited with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay all installments of interest (including any Additional
Interest) due and past due and all principal of and any premium on all
Securities due otherwise than by acceleration), or
(ii)
in
respect of a covenant or provision hereof that under
Article
IX
cannot
be modified or amended without the consent of each Holder of any Outstanding
Security.
(b)
Any
such
waiver shall be deemed to be on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities
or,
in the case of a waiver by holders of Preferred Securities issued by such
Trust,
by all holders of Preferred Securities.
(c)
Upon
any
such waiver, such Event of Default shall cease to exist and any Event of
Default
arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of
this
Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Event
of
Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION
5.14.
Undertaking
for Costs.
All
parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his or
her
acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in
its
discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy
under
this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or
omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of
an
undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its
discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and
expenses, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the
merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant;
but
the provisions of this
Section
5.14
shall
not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by
any
Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than ten percent
(10%) in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, or to
any
suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the
principal of or any premium on the Security after the Stated Maturity or
any
interest (including any Additional Interest) on any Security after it is
due and
payable.
SECTION
5.15.
Waiver
of
Usury, Stay or Extension Laws.
Each
of
the Company and the Guarantor covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully
do
so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner
whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or
extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which
may
affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and each of the
Company and the Guarantor (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby
expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants
that it
will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted
to
the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power
as
though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE
VI
The
Trustee
SECTION
6.1.
Corporate
Trustee Required.
There
shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities.
The
Trustee shall be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws
of
the United States or of any state thereof, authorized to exercise corporate
trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000,
subject to supervision or examination by Federal or state authority and having
an office within the United States. If such corporation publishes reports
of
condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of such
supervising or examining authority, then, for the purposes of this
Section
6.1
,
the
combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its
combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition
so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of this
Section
6.1
,
it
shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified
in this
Article
VI
.
SECTION
6.2.
Certain
Duties and Responsibilities.
(a)
Except
during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i)
the
Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or
obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee;
and
(ii)
in
the
absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to
the
truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein,
upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to
the
requirements of this Indenture;
provided
,
that in
the case of any such certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof
are
specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be
under
a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they substantially
conform on their face to the requirements of this Indenture.
(b)
If
an
Event of Default known to the Trustee has occurred and is continuing, the
Trustee shall, prior to the receipt of directions, if any, from the Holders
of
at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
(or,
if
applicable, from the holders of a majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount
of
the Preferred Securities),
exercise
such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the
same
degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise
or
use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own
affairs.
(c)
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to
expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in
the
performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of
its
rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that
repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability
is
not reasonably assured to it. Whether or not therein expressly so provided,
every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the
liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the
provisions of this
Section
6.2
.
To the
extent that, at law or in equity, the Trustee has duties and liabilities
relating to the Holders, the Trustee shall not be liable to any Holder for
the
Trustee’s good faith reliance on the provisions of this Indenture. The
provisions of this Indenture, to the extent that they restrict the duties
and
liabilities of the Trustee otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed
by
the Company and the Holders to replace such other duties and liabilities
of the
Trustee.
(d)
No
provisions of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from
liability with respect to matters that are within the authority of the Trustee
under this Indenture for its own negligent action, negligent failure to act
or
willful misconduct, except that:
(i)
the
Trustee shall not be liable for any error or judgment made in good faith
by an
authorized officer of the Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee
was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(ii)
the
Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to
be
taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders
of at
least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
(or, if applicable, from the holders of a majority in aggregate Liquidation
Amount of the Preferred Securities), relating to the time, method and place
of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee under this
Indenture; and
(iii)
the
Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by
it
hereunder and money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be
segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
SECTION
6.3.
Notice
of
Defaults.
Within
ninety (90) days after the occurrence of any default actually known to the
Trustee, the Trustee shall give the Holders notice of such default unless
such
default shall have been cured or waived;
provided
,
that
except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of or any
premium or interest on any Securities, the Trustee shall be fully protected
in
withholding the notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive
committee or a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible Officers of
the
Trustee in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interest
of holders of Securities; and
provided
further
,
that in
the case of any default of the character specified in
Section
5.1(c)
,
no such
notice to Holders shall be given until at least thirty (30) days after the
occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this
Section
6.3
,
the
term “default” means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or
both would become, an Event of Default.
SECTION
6.4.
Certain
Rights of Trustee.
Subject
to the provisions of
Section
6.2
:
(a)
the
Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting or
refraining from acting in good faith and in accordance with the terms hereof
upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note or other
paper
or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented
by
the proper party or parties;
(b)
if
(i) in
performing its duties under this Indenture the Trustee is required to decide
between alternative courses of action, (ii) in construing any of the provisions
of this Indenture the Trustee finds ambiguous or inconsistent with any other
provisions contained herein or (iii) the Trustee is unsure of the application
of
any provision of this Indenture, then, except as to any matter as to which
the
Holders are entitled to decide under the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee
shall deliver a notice to the Company requesting the Company’s written
instruction as to the course of action to be taken and the Trustee shall
take
such action, or refrain from taking such action, as the Trustee shall be
instructed in writing to take, or to refrain from taking, by the Company;
provided
,
that if
the Trustee does not receive such instructions from the Company within ten
Business Days after it has delivered such notice or such reasonably shorter
period of time set forth in such notice the Trustee may, but shall be under
no
duty to, take such action, or refrain from taking such action, as the Trustee
shall deem advisable and in the best interests of the Holders, in which event
the Trustee shall have no liability except for its own negligence, bad faith
or
willful misconduct;
(c)
any
request or direction of the Company shall be sufficiently evidenced by a
Company
Request or Company Order and any resolution of the Board of Directors may
be
sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(d)
the
Trustee may consult with counsel (which counsel may be counsel to the Trustee,
the Company, the Guarantor or any of their Affiliates, and may include any
of
its employees) and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall
be
full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance
thereon;
(e)
the
Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers
vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the
Holders
or any holder of Preferred Securities pursuant to this Indenture, unless
such
Holders (or such holders of Preferred Securities) shall have offered to the
Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs,
expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) and liabilities
that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction,
including reasonable advances as may be requested by the Trustee;
(f)
the
Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters
stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, indenture, note or other
paper
or document, but the Trustee in its discretion may make such inquiry or
investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee
shall determine to make such inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled
to
examine the books, records and premises of the Company and the Guarantor,
personally or by agent or attorney;
(g)
the
Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any
duties
hereunder either directly or by or through agents, attorneys, custodians
or
nominees and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or
negligence on the part of any such agent, attorney, custodian or nominee
appointed with due care by it hereunder;
(h)
whenever
in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable
to
receive instructions with respect to enforcing any remedy or right or taking
any
other action with respect to enforcing any remedy or right hereunder, the
Trustees (i) may request instructions from the Holders (which instructions
may
only be given by the Holders of the same aggregate principal amount of
Outstanding Securities as would be entitled to direct the Trustee under this
Indenture in respect of such remedy, right or action), (ii) may refrain from
enforcing such remedy or right or taking such action until such instructions
are
received and (iii) shall be protected in acting in accordance with such
instructions;
(i)
except
as
otherwise expressly provided by this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be
under
any obligation to take any action that is discretionary under the provisions
of
this Indenture;
(j)
without
prejudice to any other rights available to the Trustee under applicable law,
when the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with any
bankruptcy, insolvency or other proceeding referred to in clauses (d) or
(e) of
the definition of Event of Default, such expenses (including legal fees and
expenses of its agents and counsel) and the compensation for such services
are
intended to constitute expenses of administration under any bankruptcy laws
or
law relating to creditors rights generally;
(k)
whenever
in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable
that
a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting
any
action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically
prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, conclusively rely
upon
an Officer’s Certificate addressing such matter, which, upon receipt of such
request, shall be promptly delivered by the Company or the
Guarantor;
(l)
the
Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any default or Event of Default
unless either (i) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have actual
knowledge or (ii) the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof
from
the Company, the Guarantor or a Holder; and
(m)
in
the
event that the Trustee is also acting as Paying Agent, Authenticating Agent
or
Securities Registrar hereunder, the rights and protections afforded to the
Trustee pursuant to this
Article
VI
shall
also be afforded such Paying Agent, Authenticating Agent, or Securities
Registrar.
SECTION
6.5.
May
Hold
Securities.
The
Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Securities Registrar
or
any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity,
may
become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the
Company and the Guarantor with the same rights it would have if it were not
Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Securities Registrar or such
other
agent.
SECTION
6.6.
Compensation;
Reimbursement; Indemnity.
(a)
The
Company agrees
(i)
to
pay to
the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered
by it hereunder in such amounts as the Company and the Trustee shall agree
from
time to time (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of
law in
regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(ii)
to
reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance
with
any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and
the
expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense,
disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence, bad faith
or
willful misconduct; and
(iii)
to
the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to indemnify the Trustee (including
in its individual capacity) and its Affiliates, and their officers, directors,
shareholders, agents, representatives and employees for, and to hold them
harmless against, any loss, damage, liability, tax (other than income, franchise
or other taxes imposed on amounts paid pursuant to (i) or (ii) hereof), penalty,
expense or claim of any kind or nature whatsoever incurred without negligence,
bad faith or willful misconduct on its part arising out of or in connection
with
the acceptance or administration of this trust or the performance of the
Trustee’s duties hereunder, including the advancement of funds to cover the
costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in
connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties
hereunder.
(b)
To
secure
the Company’s payment obligations in this Section 6.6, the Company hereby grants
and pledges to the Trustee and the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the
Securities on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, other
than
money or property held in trust to pay principal and interest on particular
Securities. Such lien shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture or the resignation or removal of the Trustee.
(c)
The
obligations of the Company and the Guarantor under this
Section
6.6
shall
survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and the earlier
resignation or removal of the Trustee.
(d)
In
no
event shall the Trustee be liable for any indirect, special, punitive or
consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever, including, but not limited
to, lost profits, even if the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood
of such
loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.
(e)
In
no
event shall the Trustee be liable for any failure or delay in the performance
of
its obligations hereunder because of circumstances beyond its control,
including, but not limited to, acts of God, flood, war (whether declared
or
undeclared), terrorism, fire, riot, embargo, government action, including
any
laws, ordinances, regulations, governmental action or the like which delay,
restrict or prohibit the providing of the services contemplated by this
Indenture.
SECTION
6.7.
Resignation
and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(a)
No
resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee
pursuant to this
Article
VI
shall
become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee
under
Section
6.8
.
(b)
The
Trustee may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the
Company.
(c)
Unless
an
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee may be
removed at any time by the Company by a Board Resolution. If an Event of
Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee may be removed by Act
of the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company and to the
Guarantor.
(d)
If
the
Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy
shall occur in the office of Trustee for any reason, at a time when no Event
of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Company, by a Board
Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee, and such successor
Trustee and the retiring Trustee shall comply with the applicable requirements
of
Section
6.8
.
If the
Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy
shall occur in the office of Trustee for any reason, at a time when an Event
of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Holders, by Act of the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee, and such successor
Trustee and the retiring Trustee shall comply with the applicable requirements
of
Section
6.8
.
If no
successor Trustee shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders
and
accepted appointment within sixty (60) days after the giving of a notice
of
resignation by the Trustee or the removal of the Trustee in the manner required
by
Section
6.8
,
any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months
may, on behalf of such Holder and all others similarly situated, and any
resigning Trustee may, at the expense of the Company, petition any court
of
competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(e)
The
Company shall give notice to all Holders in the manner provided in
Section
1.6
of each
resignation and each removal of the Trustee and each appointment of a successor
Trustee. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee and
the
address of its Corporate Trust Office.
SECTION
6.8.
Acceptance
of Appointment by Successor.
(a)
In
case
of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee, each successor Trustee
so
appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the
retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon
the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and
such
successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become
vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee;
but, on the request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring
Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument
transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts
of the
retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor
Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee
hereunder.
(b)
Upon
request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and
all
instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such
successor Trustee all rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph
(a) of
this
Section
6.8
.
(c)
No
successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such
acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this
Article
VI
.
SECTION
6.9.
Merger,
Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any
Person into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it
may be
consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any Person succeeding
to
all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee,
shall
be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, without the execution or filing
of
any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto,
provided
,
that
such Person shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this
Article
VI
.
In case
any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee
then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation or as
otherwise provided above in this
Section
6.9
to such
authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities
so authenticated, and in case any Securities shall not have been authenticated,
any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Securities either in the
name
of any predecessor Trustee or in the name of such successor Trustee, and
in all
cases the certificate of authentication shall have the full force which it
is
provided anywhere in the Securities or in this Indenture that the certificate
of
the Trustee shall have.
SECTION
6.10.
Not
Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The
recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee’s
certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company
or the Guarantor, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes
any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations
as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities.
Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for
the
use or application by the Company of the Securities or the proceeds
thereof.
SECTION
6.11.
Appointment
of Authenticating Agent.
(a)
The
Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to the
Securities, which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to
authenticate Securities issued upon original issue and upon exchange,
registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to
Section
3.6
,
and
Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture
and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by
the
Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the
authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee’s
certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include
authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating
Agent.
Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall at
all
times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the
United
States of America, or of any State or Territory thereof or the District of
Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having
a
combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to
supervision or examination by Federal or state authority. If such Authenticating
Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually pursuant to law or
to the
requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes
of this
Section
6.11
the
combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed
to be
its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of
condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease
to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this
Section
6.11
,
such
Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the
effect
specified in this
Section
6.11
.
(b)
Any
Person into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with
which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a
party,
or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust
business of an Authenticating Agent shall be the successor Authenticating
Agent
hereunder, provided such Person shall be otherwise eligible under this
Section
6.11
,
without
the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the
Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
(c)
An
Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof
to
the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the
agency
of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such
Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of
resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this
Section
6.11
,
the
Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent eligible under the
provisions of this
Section
6.11
,
which
shall be acceptable to the Company, and shall give notice of such appointment
to
all Holders. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its
appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and
duties
of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as
an
Authenticating Agent.
(d)
The
Company or the Guarantor agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from
time to
time reasonable compensation for its services under this
Section
6.11
in such
amounts as the Company and the Authenticating Agent shall agree from time
to
time.
(e)
If
an
appointment of an Authenticating Agent is made pursuant to this
Section
6.11
,
the
Securities may have endorsed thereon an alternative certificate of
authentication in the following form:
This
represents Securities designated therein and referred to in the within mentioned
Indenture.
Dated:
WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY
,
not in its individual capacity, but solely as Trustee
______________________________
Authenticating
Agent
By:
___________________________
Authorized
Officer
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ARTICLE
VII
Holders’
Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company
SECTION
7.1.
Company
to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
The
Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
(a)
semi-annually,
on or before June 30 and December 31 of each year, a list, in such form as
the
Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders
as of
a date not more than fifteen (15) days prior to the delivery thereof,
and
(b)
at
such
other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within thirty (30) days
after
the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and
content as of a date not more than fifteen (15) days prior to the time such
list
is furnished, in each case to the extent such information is in the possession
or control of the Company and has not otherwise been received by the Trustee
in
its capacity as Securities Registrar.
SECTION
7.2.
Preservation
of Information, Communications to Holders.
(a)
The
Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable,
the
names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished
to
the Trustee as provided in
Section
7.1
and the
names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as
Securities Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as
provided in
Section
7.1
upon
receipt of a new list so furnished.
(b)
The
rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their
rights
under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding rights
and
privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided in the Trust Indenture
Act.
(c)
Every
Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the
Company
and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of
either
of them shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of information
as
to the names and addresses of the Holders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture
Act.
SECTION
7.3.
Reports
by Company and Trustee.
(a)
The
Company shall furnish to the Holders and to prospective purchasers of
Securities, upon their request, the information required to be furnished
pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.
(b)
The
Company shall furnish to (i) the Holders and to subsequent holders of Securities
reasonably identified to the Company, (ii) the Purchaser, (iii) any beneficial
owner of the Securities reasonably identified to the Company (which
identification may be made either by such beneficial owner or the Purchaser)
and
(iv) any designee of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, a duly completed and executed
certificate in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, including the financial
statements referenced in such Exhibit, which certificate and financial
statements shall be so furnished by the Company not later than forty-five
(45)
days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal
year of the Company and not later than ninety (90) days after the end of
each
fiscal year of the Company.
(c)
If
the
Company intends to file its annual and quarterly information with the Commission
in electronic form pursuant to Regulation S-T of the Commission using the
EDGAR
system, the Company shall notify the Trustee in the manner prescribed herein
of
each such annual and quarterly filing. The Trustee is hereby authorized and
directed to access the EDGAR system for purposes of retrieving the financial
information so filed. The Trustee shall have no duty to search for or obtain
any
electronic or other filings that the Company makes with the Commission,
regardless of whether such filings are periodic, supplemental or otherwise.
Delivery of reports, information and documents to the Trustee pursuant to
this
Section
7.3(c)
shall be
solely for purposes of compliance with this
Section
7.3
and, if
applicable, with Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, but shall not
relieve the Company of the requirement to deliver the certificate referred
to in
Section
7.3(b)
.
The
Trustee’s receipt of such reports, information and documents shall not
constitute notice to it of the content thereof or any matter determinable
from
the contents thereof, including the Company’s compliance with any of its
covenants hereunder, as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely upon Officer’s
Certificates.
(d)
The
Trustee shall receive all reports, certificates and information, which it
is
entitled to receive under each of the Operative Documents (as defined in
the
Trust Agreement), and deliver to the Purchaser, or its designees, as identified
in writing to the Trustee, all such reports, certificates or information
promptly upon receipt thereof.
ARTICLE
VIII
Consolidation,
Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease
SECTION
8.1.
Company
and Guarantor May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
(a)
The
Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey,
transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety
to any
Person, and no Person shall consolidate with or merge into the Company or
convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety
to the Company, unless:
(i)
if
the
Company shall consolidate with or merge into another Person or convey, transfer
or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person,
the entity formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged
or
the Person that acquires by conveyance or transfer, or that leases, the
properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety shall be
an
entity organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America
or
any State or Territory thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly
assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the
Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual
payment of the principal of and any premium and interest (including any
Additional Interest) on all the Securities and the performance of every covenant
of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or
observed;
(ii)
immediately
after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default, and no event
that,
after notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default,
shall have happened and be continuing; and
(iii)
the
Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer
or
lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such
transaction, any such supplemental indenture comply with this
Article
VIII
and that
all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction
have
been complied with; and the Trustee may rely upon such Officer’s Certificate and
Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that such transaction complies
with
this
Section
8.1
.
(b)
The
Guarantor shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey,
transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety
to any
Person, and no Person shall consolidate with or merge into the Guarantor
or
convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety
to the Guarantor, unless:
(i)
if
the
Guarantor shall consolidate with or merge into another Person or convey,
transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety
to any
Person, the entity formed by such consolidation or into which the Guarantor
is
merged or the Person that acquires by conveyance or transfer, or that leases,
the properties and assets of the Guarantor substantially as an entirety shall
be
an entity organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America
or any State or Territory thereof or the District of Columbia and shall
expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered
to
the Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and
punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest (including
any
Additional Interest) on all the Securities and the performance of every covenant
of this Indenture on the part of the Guarantor to be performed or
observed;
(ii)
immediately
after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default, and no event
that,
after notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default,
shall have happened and be continuing; and
(iii)
the
Guarantor has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion
of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer
or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with
such
transaction, any such supplemental indenture comply with this
Article
VIII
and that
all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction
have
been complied with; and the Trustee may rely upon such Officer’s Certificate and
Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that such transaction complies
with
this
Section
8.1
.
SECTION
8.2.
Successor
Company or Guarantor Substituted.
(a)
Upon
any
consolidation or merger by the Company or the Guarantor with or into any
other
Person, or any conveyance, transfer or lease by the Company or Guarantor
of its
properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person in accordance
with
Section
8.1
and the
execution and delivery to the Trustee of the supplemental indenture described
in
Section
8.1(a)
,
the
successor entity formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is
merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed
to,
and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company
or the Guarantor under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor
Person had been named as the Company or the Guarantor herein; and in the
event
of any such conveyance or transfer, following the execution and delivery
of such
supplemental indenture, the Company or the Guarantor shall be discharged
from
all obligations and covenants under the Indenture and the
Securities.
(b)
Such
successor Person to the Company may cause to be executed, and may issue either
in its own name or in the name of the Company, any or all of the Securities
issuable hereunder that theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company
and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such successor Person
instead of the Company and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations
in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver
any Securities that previously shall have been signed and delivered by the
officers of the Company to the Trustee for authentication, and any Securities
that such successor Person thereafter shall cause to be executed and delivered
to the Trustee on its behalf. All the Securities so issued shall in all respects
have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Securities
theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this
Indenture.
(c)
In
case
of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance or lease, such changes
in
phraseology and form may be made in the Securities thereafter to be issued
as
may be appropriate to reflect such occurrence.
ARTICLE
IX
Supplemental
Indentures
SECTION
9.1.
Supplemental
Indentures without Consent of Holders.
Without
the consent of any Holders, the Company and the Guarantor, when authorized
by
Board Resolutions, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may
enter
into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form reasonably satisfactory
to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(a)
to
evidence the succession of another Person to the Company or the Guarantor,
and
the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company or the
Guarantor herein and in the Securities; or
(b)
to
cure
any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein that may be
defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make or
amend
any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this
Indenture, which shall not be inconsistent with the other provisions of this
Indenture,
provided
,
that
such action pursuant to this clause (b) shall not adversely affect in any
material respect the interests of any Holders or the holders of the Preferred
Securities; or
(c)
to
add to
the covenants, restrictions or obligations of the Company or the Guarantor
or to
add to the Events of Default,
provided
,
that
such action pursuant to this clause (c) shall not adversely affect in any
material respect the interests of any Holders or the holders of the Preferred
Securities; or
(d)
to
modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the Indenture or the Securities
to
such extent as shall be necessary to ensure that the Securities are treated
as
indebtedness of the Company for United States Federal income tax purposes,
provided
,
that
such action pursuant to this clause (d) shall not adversely affect in any
material respect the interests of any Holders or the holders of the Preferred
Securities; or
(e)
to
evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor
trustee,
provided
,
that
such action pursuant to this clause (e) shall not adversely affect in any
material respect the interests of any Holders or the holders of the Preferred
Securities; or
(f)
to
comply
with the rules and regulations of any securities exchange or automatic quotation
system on which any of the Securities may be listed, traded or quoted,
provided
,
that
such action pursuant to this clause (f) shall not adversely affect in any
material respect the interests of any Holders or the holders of the Preferred
Securities.
SECTION
9.2.
Supplemental
Indentures with Consent of Holders.
(a)
With
the
consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal
amount
of the Outstanding Securities, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company,
the Guarantor and the Trustee, the Company and the Guarantor, when authorized
by
Board Resolutions, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing
in
any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of
modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities under this
Indenture;
provided
,
that no
such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security,
(i)
change
the Stated Maturity of the principal or any premium of any Security or change
the date of payment of any installment of interest (including any Additional
Interest) on any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the
rate of
interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof or change
the place of payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Security
or
interest thereon is payable, or restrict or impair the right to institute
suit
for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such date, or
(ii)
reduce
the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities,
the
consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture,
or the
consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver of compliance with any
provision of this Indenture or of defaults hereunder and their consequences
provided for in this Indenture, or
(iii)
modify
any of the provisions of this
Section
9.2
,
Section
5.13
or
Section
10.7
,
except
to increase any percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities, the consent of whose Holders is required for any reason, or to
provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified
or
waived without the consent of the Holder of each Security;
provided,
further,
that, so
long as any Preferred Securities remain outstanding, no amendment under this
Section
9.2
shall be
effective until the holders of a majority in Liquidation Amount of the Trust
Securities shall have consented to such amendment;
provided,
further,
that if
the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security is required for any
amendment under this Indenture, such amendment shall not be effective until
the
holder of each Outstanding Trust Security shall have consented to such
amendment.
(b)
It
shall
not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this
Section
9.2
to
approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it
shall
be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
SECTION
9.3.
Execution
of Supplemental Indentures.
In
executing or accepting the additional trusts created by any supplemental
indenture permitted by this
Article
IX
or the
modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee
shall
be entitled to receive, and shall be fully protected in conclusively relying
upon, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the
execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this
Indenture, and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating
to
such action have been complied with. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated
to, enter into any such supplemental indenture that affects the Trustee’s own
rights, duties, indemnities or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Copies of the final form of each supplemental indenture shall be delivered
by
the Trustee at the expense of the Company to each Holder, and, if the Trustee
is
the Property Trustee, to each holder of Preferred Securities, promptly after
the
execution thereof.
SECTION
9.4.
Effect
of
Supplemental Indentures.
Upon
the
execution of any supplemental indenture under this
Article
IX
,
this
Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental
indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every
Holder
of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder
shall be bound thereby.
SECTION
9.5.
Reference
in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
ARTICLE
X
Covenants
SECTION
10.1.
Payment
of Principal, Premium and Interest.
The
Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities
that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and any premium and
interest (including any Additional Interest) on the Securities in accordance
with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture.
SECTION
10.2.
Money
for
Security Payments to be Held in Trust.
(a)
If
the
Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to the
Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of and any
premium or interest (including any Additional Interest) on the Securities,
segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto
a
sum sufficient to pay the principal and any premium or interest (including
Additional Interest) so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such
Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided, and will promptly notify
the Trustee in writing of its failure so to act.
(b)
Whenever
the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents, it will, prior to 10:00
a.m.,
New York City time, on each due date of the principal of or any premium or
interest (including any Additional Interest) on any Securities, deposit with
a
Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held as
provided in the Trust Indenture Act and (unless such Paying Agent is the
Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its failure so to
act.
(c)
The
Company will cause each Paying Agent for the Securities other than the Trustee
to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying
Agent
shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this
Section
10.2
,
that
such Paying Agent will (i) comply with the provisions of this Indenture and
the
Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and (ii) during the
continuance of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the
Securities) in the making of any payment in respect of the Securities, upon
the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held
in
trust by such Paying Agent for payment in respect of the
Securities.
(d)
The
Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company
Order
direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by
the
Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the
same
terms as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying
Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying
Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such
money.
(e)
Any
money
deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company
in
trust for the payment of the principal of and any premium or interest (including
any Additional Interest) on any Security and remaining unclaimed for two
years
after such principal and any premium or interest has become due and payable
shall (unless otherwise required by mandatory provision of applicable escheat
or
abandoned or unclaimed property law) be paid on Company Request to the Company,
or (if then held by the Company) shall (unless otherwise required by mandatory
provision of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property law) be
discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter,
as
an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof,
and
all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust
money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon
cease;
provided
,
that
the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such
repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once,
in a
newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each
Business Day and of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The
City of
New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date
specified therein, which shall not be less than thirty (30) days from the
date
of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will
be
repaid to the Company.
SECTION
10.3.
Statement
as to Compliance.
The
Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within one hundred and twenty (120)
days
after the end of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof,
an Officer’s Certificate (substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit
B
)
covering the preceding fiscal year, stating whether or not to the knowledge
of
the signers thereof the Company is in default in the performance or observance
of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without
regard
to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder), and
if the
Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature
and
status thereof of which they may have knowledge.
SECTION
10.4.
Calculation
Agent.
(a)
The
Company hereby agrees that for so long as any of the Securities remain
Outstanding, there will at all times be an agent appointed to calculate LIBOR
in
respect of each Interest Payment Date in accordance with the terms of
Schedule
A
(the
“
Calculation
Agent
”).
The
Company has initially appointed the Property Trustee as Calculation Agent
for
purposes of determining LIBOR for each Interest Payment Date. The Calculation
Agent may be removed by the Company at any time. Except as described in the
immediately preceding sentence, so long as the Property Trustee holds any
of the
Securities, the Calculation Agent shall be the Property Trustee. If the
Calculation Agent is unable or unwilling to act as such or is removed by
the
Company, the Company will promptly appoint as a replacement Calculation Agent
the London office of a leading bank which is engaged in transactions in
Eurodollar deposits in the international Eurodollar market and which does
not
control or is not controlled by or under common control with the Company
or its
Affiliates. The Calculation Agent may not resign its duties without a successor
having been duly appointed.
(b)
The
Calculation Agent shall be required to agree that, as soon as possible after
11:00 a.m. (London time) on each LIBOR Determination Date (as defined in
Schedule
A
),
but in
no event later than 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the Business Day immediately
following each LIBOR Determination Date, the Calculation Agent will calculate
the interest rate and dollar amount (rounded to the nearest cent, with half
a
cent being rounded upwards) for the related Interest Payment Date, and will
communicate such rate and amount to the Company, the Trustee, each Paying
Agent
and the Depositary. The Calculation Agent will also specify to the Company
the
quotations upon which the foregoing rates and amounts are based and, in any
event, the Calculation Agent shall notify the Company before 5:00 p.m. (London
time) on each LIBOR Determination Date that either: (i) it has determined
or is
in the process of determining the foregoing rates and amounts or (ii) it
has not
determined and is not in the process of determining the foregoing rates and
amounts, together with its reasons therefor. The Calculation Agent’s
determination of the foregoing rates and amounts for any Interest Payment
Date
will (in the absence of manifest error) be final and binding upon all parties.
For the sole purpose of calculating the interest rate for the Securities,
“Business Day” shall be defined as any day on which dealings in deposits in
Dollars are transacted in the London interbank market.
SECTION
10.5.
Additional
Tax Sums.
So
long
as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, if (a) the Trust is
the
Holder of all of the Outstanding Securities and (b) a Tax Event described
in
clause (i) or (iii) in the definition of Tax Event in
Section
1.1
hereof
has occurred and is continuing, the Company shall pay to the Trust (and its
permitted successors or assigns under the related Trust Agreement) for so
long
as the Trust (or its permitted successor or assignee) is the registered holder
of the Outstanding Securities, such amounts as may be necessary in order
that
the amount of Distributions (including any Additional Interest Amount (as
defined in the Trust Agreement)) then due and payable by the Trust on the
Preferred Securities and Common Securities that at any time remain outstanding
in accordance with the terms thereof shall not be reduced as a result of
any
Additional Taxes arising from such Tax Event (additional such amounts payable
by
the Company to the Trust, the “
Additional
Tax Sums
”).
Whenever in this Indenture or the Securities there is a reference in any
context
to the payment of principal of or interest on the Securities, such mention
shall
be deemed to include mention of the payments of the Additional Tax Sums provided
for in this
Section
10.5
to the
extent that, in such context, Additional Tax Sums are, were or would be payable
in respect thereof pursuant to the provisions of this
Section
10.5
and
express mention of the payment of Additional Tax Sums (if applicable) in
any
provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Tax Sums
in
those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.
SECTION
10.6.
Additional
Covenants.
(a)
The
Company and Guarantor covenant and agree with each Holder of Securities that
if
an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, it shall not (i)
declare or pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire
or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any shares of the Company’s or
the Guarantor’s Equity Interests, (ii) vote in favor of or permit or otherwise
allow any of its respective Subsidiaries to declare or pay any dividends
or
distributions on, or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment
with respect to or otherwise retire, any shares of any such Subsidiary’s
preferred stock or other Equity Interests entitling the holders thereof to
a
stated rate of return, other than dividends or distributions on Equity Interests
payable to the Guarantor, the Company or any Subsidiary thereof (for the
avoidance of doubt, whether such preferred stock or other Equity Interests
are
perpetual or otherwise), or (iii) make any payment of principal of or any
interest or premium on or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities
of the
Company or Guarantor that rank
pari
passu
in
all
respects with or junior in interest to the Securities (other than (A)
repurchases, redemptions or other acquisitions of shares of Equity Interests
of
the Company or Guarantor in connection with any employment contract, benefit
plan or other similar arrangement with or for the benefit of any one or more
employees, officers, directors or consultants, in connection with a dividend
reinvestment or stockholder stock purchase plan or in connection with the
issuance of Equity Interests of the Company or Guarantor (or securities
convertible into or exercisable for such Equity Interests) as consideration
in
an acquisition transaction entered into prior to the applicable Event of
Default, (B) as a result of an exchange or conversion of any class or series
of
the Company’s or the Guarantor’s Equity Interests (or any Equity Interests of a
Subsidiary of the Company or Guarantor) for any class or series of the Company’s
or the Guarantor’s Equity Interests or of any class or series of the Company’s
or the Guarantor’s indebtedness for any class or series of the Company’s or the
Guarantor’s Equity Interests, (C) the purchase of fractional interests in shares
of the Company’s or the Guarantor’s Equity Interests pursuant to the conversion
or exchange provisions of such Equity Interests or the security being converted
or exchanged, (D) any declaration of a dividend in connection with any Rights
Plan, the issuance of rights, stock or other property under any Rights Plan
or
the redemption or repurchase of rights pursuant thereto, or (E) any dividend
in
the form of Equity Interests, warrants, options or other rights where the
dividend Equity Interest or the Equity Interest issuable upon exercise of
such
warrants, options or other rights is the same stock as that on which the
dividend is being paid or rank
pari
passu
with
or
junior to such Equity Interests).
(b)
The
Company also covenants with each Holder of Securities (i) to hold, directly
or
indirectly, one hundred percent (100%) of the Common Securities of the Trust,
provided
,
that
any permitted successor of the Company hereunder may succeed to the Company’s
ownership of such Common Securities, (ii) as holder of such Common Securities,
not to voluntarily dissolve, wind-up or liquidate the Trust other than (A)
in
connection with a distribution of the Securities to the holders of the Preferred
Securities in liquidation of the Trust or (B) in connection with certain
mergers, consolidations or amalgamations permitted by the Trust Agreement
and
(iii) to use its reasonable commercial efforts, consistent with the terms
and
provisions of the Trust Agreement, to cause the Trust to continue to be taxable
as a grantor trust and not as a corporation for United States Federal income
tax
purposes.
(c)
The
Guarantor agrees that the Guarantor will use its commercially reasonable
efforts
to meet the requirements to qualify as a REIT under Sections 856 through
860 of
the Code, effective for the taxable year ending December 31, 2005 and unless
and
until the Board of Directors of the Guarantor determines that it is in the
best
interests of the Guarantor not to be organized as a REIT, the Guarantor will
be
organized in conformity with the requirements for qualification as a REIT
under
the Code.
(d)
The
Surviving Entity shall notify in writing the Trustee and each holder of
Securities of the occurrence of a Change of Control Event not more than twenty
(20) Business Days following the occurrence thereof.
SECTION
10.7.
Waiver
of
Covenants.
The
Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any covenant or
condition contained in
Section
10.6
if,
before or after the time for such compliance, the Holders of at least a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities shall, by Act
of
such Holders, and at least a majority of the aggregate Liquidation Amount
of the
Preferred Securities then outstanding, by consent of such holders, either
waive
such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such
covenant or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such
covenant or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until
such
waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company in respect
of any
such covenant or condition shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION
10.8.
Treatment
of Securities.
The
Company will treat the Securities as indebtedness, and the amounts, other
than
payments of principal, payable in respect of the principal amount of such
Securities as interest, for all U.S. federal income tax purposes. All payments
in respect of the Securities will be made free and clear of U.S. withholding
tax
to any beneficial owner thereof that has provided an Internal Revenue Service
Form W-9 or W-8BEN (or any substitute or successor form) establishing its
U.S.
or non-U.S. status for U.S. federal income tax purposes and establishing
that no
withholding is required for U.S. federal income tax purposes, or any other
applicable form establishing an exemption from U.S. withholding
tax.
ARTICLE
XI
Redemption
of Securities
SECTION
11.1.
Optional
Redemption.
The
Company may, at its option, on any Interest Payment Date, on or after the
earlier to occur of (i) a Change of Control Event or (ii) December 30, 2011,
redeem the Securities in whole at any time or in part from time to time,
at a
Redemption Price equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the principal amount
thereof (or of the redeemed portion thereof, as applicable), together, in
the
case of any such redemption, with accrued interest, including any Additional
Interest, to but excluding the date fixed for redemption.
SECTION
11.2.
Special
Event Redemption.
Upon
the
occurrence and during the continuation of a Special Event, the Company may,
at
its option, redeem the Securities, in whole but not in part, at a redemption
price equal to one hundred three percent (103%) of the principal amount thereof,
together, in the case of any such redemption, with accrued interest, including
any Additional Interest, to but excluding the date fixed for redemption (the
“Special Event Redemption Price”)
.
SECTION
11.3.
Election
to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The
election of the Company to redeem any Securities, in whole or in part, shall
be
evidenced by or pursuant to a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption
at the
election of the Company, the Company shall, not less than thirty (30) days
and
not more than sixty (60) days prior to the Redemption Date (unless a shorter
notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee and the
Property Trustee under the Trust Agreement in writing of such date and of
the
principal amount of the Securities to be redeemed and provide the additional
information required to be included in the notice or notices contemplated
by
Section
11.5
.
In the
case of any redemption of Securities, in whole or in part, (a) prior to the
expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in this Indenture
or
the Securities or (b) pursuant to an election of the Company which is subject
to
a condition specified in this Indenture or the Securities, the Company shall
furnish the Trustee with an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel
evidencing compliance with such restriction or condition.
SECTION
11.4.
Selection
of Securities to be Redeemed.
(a)
If
less
than all the Securities are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to
be
redeemed shall be selected and redeemed on a pro rata basis not more than
sixty
(60) days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee from the Outstanding
Securities not previously called for redemption,
provided
,
that
the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of any Security shall be in
an
authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized
denomination) for such Security.
(b)
The
Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected
for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial
redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. For all purposes
of
this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating
to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Security
redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal
amount
of such Security that has been or is to be redeemed.
(c)
The
provisions of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this
Section
11.4
shall
not apply with respect to any redemption affecting only a single Security,
whether such Security is to be redeemed in whole or in part. In the case
of any
such redemption in part, the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of
the
Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less
than
the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security.
SECTION
11.5.
Notice
of
Redemption.
(a)
Notice
of
redemption shall be given not later than the thirtieth (30th) day, and not
earlier than the sixtieth (60th) day, prior to the Redemption Date to each
Holder of Securities to be redeemed, in whole or in part (unless a shorter
notice shall be satisfactory to the Property Trustee under the related Trust
Agreement).
(b)
With
respect to Securities to be redeemed, in whole or in part, each notice of
redemption shall state:
(i)
the
Redemption Date;
(ii)
the
Redemption Price or, if the Redemption Price cannot be calculated prior to
the
time the notice is required to be sent, the estimate of the Redemption Price,
as
calculated by the Company, together with a statement that it is an estimate
and
that the actual Redemption Price will be calculated on the fifth Business
Day
prior to the Redemption Date (and if an estimate is provided, a further notice
shall be sent of the actual Redemption Price on the date that such Redemption
Price is calculated);
(iii)
if
less
than all Outstanding Securities are to be redeemed, the identification (and,
in
the case of partial redemption, the respective principal amounts) of the
particular Securities to be redeemed;
(iv)
that
on
the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon
each
such Security or portion thereof, and that any interest (including any
Additional Interest) on such Security or such portion, as the case may be,
shall
cease to accrue on and after said date; and
(v)
the
place
or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the
Redemption Price.
(c)
Notice
of
redemption of Securities to be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the election
of
the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s request, by the
Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company and shall be irrevocable.
The notice if mailed in the manner provided above shall be conclusively presumed
to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice.
In any
case, a failure to give such notice by mail or any defect in the notice to
the
Holder of any Security designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall
not
affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other
Security.
SECTION
11.6.
Deposit
of Redemption Price.
Prior
to
10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Redemption Date specified in the notice
of redemption given as provided in
Section
11.5
,
the
Company will deposit with the Trustee or with one or more Paying Agents (or
if
the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, the Company will segregate
and
hold in trust as provided in
Section
10.2
)
an
amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and any accrued
interest (including any Additional Interest) on, all the Securities (or portions
thereof) that are to be redeemed on that date.
SECTION
11.7.
Payment
of Securities Called for Redemption.
(a)
If
any
notice of redemption has been given as provided in
Section
11.5
,
the
Securities or portion of Securities with respect to which such notice has
been
given shall become due and payable on the date and at the place or places
stated
in such notice at the applicable Redemption Price, together with accrued
interest (including any Additional Interest) to the Redemption Date. On
presentation and surrender of such Securities at a Place of Payment specified
in
such notice, the Securities or the specified portions thereof shall be paid
and
redeemed by the Company at the applicable Redemption Price, together with
accrued interest (including any Additional Interest) to the Redemption
Date.
(b)
Upon
presentation of any Security redeemed in part only, the Company shall execute
and upon receipt thereof the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the
Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new Security or Securities,
of
authorized denominations, in aggregate principal amount equal to the unredeemed
portion of the Security so presented and having the same Original Issue Date,
Stated Maturity and terms.
(c)
If
any
Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof
for
redemption, the principal of and any premium on such Security shall, until
paid,
bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in
the
Security.
ARTICLE
XII
Subordination
of Securities
SECTION
12.1.
Securities
Subordinate to Senior Debt of the Company.
The
Company covenants and agrees, and each Holder of a Security, by its acceptance
thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, that, to the extent and in the manner
hereinafter set forth in this
Article
XII
,
the
payment of the principal of and any premium and interest (including any
Additional Interest) on each and all of the Securities are hereby expressly
made
subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full
of all
Senior Debt of the Company. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
the
Securities shall be senior to the trade debt of the Company incurred in the
ordinary course of business.
SECTION
12.2.
No
Payment When Senior Debt of the Company in Default; Payment Over of Proceeds
Upon Dissolution, Etc.
(a)
In
the
event and during the continuation of any default by the Company in the payment
of any principal of or any premium or interest on any Senior Debt of the
Company
(following any grace period, if applicable) when the same becomes due and
payable, whether at maturity or at a date fixed for prepayment or by declaration
of acceleration or otherwise, then, upon written notice of such default to
the
Company by the holders of such Senior Debt of the Company or any trustee
therefor, unless and until such default shall have been cured or waived or
shall
have ceased to exist, no direct or indirect payment (in cash, property,
securities, by set-off or otherwise) shall be made or agreed to be made on
account of the principal of or any premium or interest (including any Additional
Interest) on any of the Securities, or in respect of any redemption, repayment,
retirement, purchase or other acquisition of any of the Securities.
(b)
In
the
event of a bankruptcy, insolvency or other proceeding described in clause
(d) or
(e) of the definition of Event of Default (each such event, if any, herein
sometimes referred to as a “
Proceeding
”),
all
Senior Debt of the Company (including any interest thereon accruing after
the
commencement of any such proceedings) shall first be paid in full before
any
payment or distribution, whether in cash, securities or other property, shall
be
made to any Holder of any of the Securities on account thereof. Any payment
or
distribution, whether in cash, securities or other property (other than
securities of the Company or any other entity provided for by a plan of
reorganization or readjustment the payment of which is subordinate, at least
to
the extent provided in these subordination provisions with respect to the
indebtedness evidenced by the Securities, to the payment of all Senior Debt
of
the Company at the time outstanding and to any securities issued in respect
thereof under any such plan of reorganization or readjustment), which would
otherwise (but for these subordination provisions) be payable or deliverable
in
respect of the Securities shall be paid or delivered directly to the holders
of
Senior Debt of the Company in accordance with the priorities then existing
among
such holders until all Senior Debt of the Company (including any interest
thereon accruing after the commencement of any Proceeding) shall have been
paid
in full.
(c)
In
the
event of any Proceeding, after payment in full of all sums owing with respect
to
Senior Debt of the Company, the Holders of the Securities, together with
the
holders of any obligations of the Company ranking on a parity with the
Securities, shall be entitled to be paid from the remaining assets of the
Company the amounts at the time due and owing on account of unpaid principal
of
and premium, if any, and interest (including any Additional Interest) on
the
Securities and such other obligations before any payment or other distribution,
whether in cash, property or otherwise, shall be made on account of any Equity
Interests or any obligations of the Company ranking junior to the Securities
and
such other obligations. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment or
distribution of any character or any security, whether in cash, securities
or
other property (other than securities of the Company or any other entity
provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment the payment of which
is
subordinate, at least to the extent provided in these subordination provisions
with respect to the indebtedness evidenced by the Securities, to the payment
of
all Senior Debt of the Company at the time outstanding and to any securities
issued in respect thereof under any such plan of reorganization or readjustment)
shall be received by the Trustee or any Holder in contravention of any of
the
terms hereof and before all Senior Debt of the Company shall have been paid
in
full, such payment or distribution or security shall be received in trust
for
the benefit of, and shall be paid over or delivered and transferred to, the
holders of the Senior Debt of the Company at the time outstanding in accordance
with the priorities then existing among such holders for application to the
payment of all Senior Debt of the Company remaining unpaid, to the extent
necessary to pay all such Senior Debt of the Company (including any interest
thereon accruing after the commencement of any Proceeding) in full. In the
event
of the failure of the Trustee or any Holder to endorse or assign any such
payment, distribution or security, each holder of Senior Debt of the Company
is
hereby irrevocably authorized to endorse or assign the same.
(d)
The
Trustee and the Holders, at the expense of the Company, shall take such
reasonable action (including the delivery of this Indenture to an agent for
any
holders of Senior Debt of the Company or consent to the filing of a financing
statement with respect hereto) as may, in the opinion of counsel designated
by
the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Senior Debt of the Company
at the time outstanding, be necessary or appropriate to assure the effectiveness
of the subordination effected by these provisions.
(e)
The
provisions of this
Section
12.2
shall
not impair any rights, interests, remedies or powers of any secured creditor
of
the Company in respect of any security interest the creation of which is
not
prohibited by the provisions of this Indenture.
(f)
The
securing of any obligations of the Company, otherwise ranking on a parity
with
the Securities or ranking junior to the Securities, shall not be deemed to
prevent such obligations from constituting, respectively, obligations ranking
on
a parity with the Securities or ranking junior to the Securities.
SECTION
12.3.
Payment
Permitted If No Default.
Nothing
contained in this
Article
XII
or
elsewhere in this Indenture or in any of the Securities shall prevent (a)
the
Company, at any time, except during the pendency of the conditions described
in
paragraph (a) of
Section
12.2
or of
any Proceeding referred to in
Section 12.2
,
from
making payments at any time of principal of and any premium or interest
(including any Additional Interest) on the Securities or (b) the application
by
the Trustee of any moneys deposited with it hereunder to the payment of or
on
account of the principal of and any premium or interest (including any
Additional Interest) on the Securities or the retention of such payment by
the
Holders, if, at the time of such application by the Trustee, it did not have
knowledge (in accordance with
Section
12.8
)
that
such payment would have been prohibited by the provisions of this
Article
XII
,
except
as provided in
Section
12.8
.
SECTION
12.4.
Subrogation
to Rights of Holders of Senior Debt of the Company.
Subject
to the payment in full of all amounts due or to become due on all Senior
Debt of
the Company, or the provision for such payment in cash or cash equivalents
or
otherwise in a manner satisfactory to the holders of Senior Debt of the Company,
the Holders of the Securities shall be subrogated to the extent of the payments
or distributions made to the holders of such Senior Debt of the Company pursuant
to the provisions of this
Article
XII
(equally
and ratably with the holders of all indebtedness of the Company that by its
express terms is subordinated to Senior Debt of the Company to substantially
the
same extent as the Securities are subordinated to the Senior Debt of the
Company
and is entitled to like rights of subrogation by reason of any payments or
distributions made to holders of such Senior Debt of the Company) to the
rights
of the holders of such Senior Debt of the Company to receive payments and
distributions of cash, property and securities applicable to the Senior Debt
of
the Company until the principal of and any premium and interest (including
any
Additional Interest) on the Securities shall be paid in full. For purposes
of
such subrogation, no payments or distributions to the holders of the Senior
Debt
of the Company of any cash, property or securities to which the Holders of
the
Securities or the Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions of
this
Article
XII
,
and no
payments made pursuant to the provisions of this
Article
XII
to the
holders of Senior Debt of the Company by Holders of the Securities or the
Trustee, shall, as among the Company, its creditors other than holders of
Senior
Debt of the Company, and the Holders of the Securities, be deemed to be a
payment or distribution by the Company to or on account of the Senior Debt
of
the Company.
SECTION
12.5.
Provisions
Solely to Define Relative Rights.
The
provisions of this
Article
XII
are and
are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the
Holders of the Securities on the one hand and the holders of Senior Debt
of the
Company on the other hand. Nothing contained in this
Article
XII
or
elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Securities is intended to or shall
(a)
impair, as between the Company and the Holders of the Securities, the
obligations of the Company, which are absolute and unconditional, to pay
to the
Holders of the Securities the principal of and any premium and interest
(including any Additional Interest) on the Securities as and when the same
shall
become due and payable in accordance with their terms, (b) affect the relative
rights against the Company of the Holders of the Securities and creditors
of the
Company other than their rights in relation to the holders of Senior Debt
of the
Company or (c) prevent the Trustee or the Holder of any Security (or to the
extent expressly provided herein, the holder of any Preferred Security) from
exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default
under
this Indenture, including filing and voting claims in any Proceeding, subject
to
the rights, if any, under this
Article
XII
of the
holders of Senior Debt of the Company to receive cash, property and securities
otherwise payable or deliverable to the Trustee or such Holder.
SECTION
12.6.
Trustee
to Effectuate Subordination.
Each
Holder of a Security by his or her acceptance thereof authorizes and directs
the
Trustee on his or her behalf to take such action as may be necessary or
appropriate to acknowledge or effectuate the subordination provided in this
Article
XII
and
appoints the Trustee his or her attorney-in-fact for any and all such
purposes.
SECTION
12.7.
No
Waiver
of Subordination Provisions.
(a)
No
right
of any present or future holder of any Senior Debt of the Company to enforce
subordination as herein provided shall at any time in any way be prejudiced
or
impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company or by any
act
or failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder, or by any noncompliance
by
the Company with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture,
regardless of any knowledge thereof that any such holder may have or be
otherwise charged with.
(b)
Without
in any way limiting the generality of paragraph (a) of this
Section
12.7
,
the
holders of Senior Debt of the Company may, at any time and from to time,
without
the consent of or notice to the Trustee or the Holders of the Securities,
without incurring responsibility to such Holders of the Securities and without
impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this
Article
XII
or the
obligations hereunder of such Holders of the Securities to the holders of
Senior
Debt of the Company, do any one or more of the following: (i) change the
manner,
place or terms of payment or extend the time of payment of, or renew or alter,
Senior Debt of the Company, or otherwise amend or supplement in any manner
Senior Debt of the Company or any instrument evidencing the same or any
agreement under which Senior Debt of the Company is outstanding, (ii) sell,
exchange, release or otherwise deal with any property pledged, mortgaged
or
otherwise securing Senior Debt of the Company, (iii) release any Person liable
in any manner for the payment of Senior Debt of the Company and (iv) exercise or
refrain from exercising any rights against the Company and any other
Person.
SECTION
12.8.
Notice
to
Trustee.
(a)
The
Company shall give prompt written notice to a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee
of any fact known to the Company that would prohibit the making of any payment
to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this
Article
XII
or any
other provision of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with
knowledge of the existence of any facts that would prohibit the making of
any
payment to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities, unless and until
a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof
from the Company or a holder of Senior Debt of the Company or from any trustee,
agent or representative therefor;
provided
,
that if
the Trustee shall not have received the notice provided for in this
Section
12.8
at least
two Business Days prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any monies
may become payable for any purpose (including, the payment of the principal
of
and any premium on or interest (including any Additional Interest) on any
Security), then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding,
the
Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such monies and to
apply
the same to the purpose for which they were received and shall not be affected
by any notice to the contrary that may be received by it within two Business
Days prior to such date.
(b)
The
Trustee shall be entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice
by a
Person representing himself or herself to be a holder of Senior Debt of the
Company (or a trustee, agent, representative or attorney-in-fact therefor)
to
establish that such notice has been given by a holder of Senior Debt of the
Company (or a trustee, agent, representative or attorney-in-fact therefor).
With
respect to any Senior Debt that is a syndicated loan, all rights of the holders
of such Senior Debt (including, without limitation, the rights to give and
receive notices) may be taken or exercised on behalf of the holders of such
Senior Debt by an administrative agent for such holders or an equivalent
party
to the extent set forth therein. In the event that the Trustee determines
in
good faith that further evidence is required with respect to the right of
any
Person as a holder of Senior Debt of the Company to participate in any payment
or distribution pursuant to this
Article
XII
,
the
Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable
satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior Debt of the Company
held
by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate
in
such payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights
of such
Person under this
Article
XII
,
and if
such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such
Person
pending judicial determination as to the right of such Person to receive
such
payment.
SECTION
12.9.
Reliance
on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent.
Upon
any
payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this
Article
XII
,
the
Trustee and the Holders of the Securities shall be entitled to conclusively
rely
upon any order or decree entered by any court of competent jurisdiction in
which
such Proceeding is pending, or a certificate of the trustee in bankruptcy,
receiver, liquidating trustee, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors,
agent or other Person making such payment or distribution, delivered to the
Trustee or to the Holders of Securities, for the purpose of ascertaining
the
Persons entitled to participate in such payment or distribution, the holders
of
the Senior Debt of the Company and other indebtedness of the Company, the
amount
thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon
and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this
Article
XII
.
SECTION
12.10.
Trustee
Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Debt of the Company.
The
Trustee, in its capacity as trustee under this Indenture, shall not owe or
be
deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Debt of the Company
and shall not be liable to any such holders if it shall in good faith mistakenly
pay over or distribute to Holders of Securities or to the Company or to any
other Person cash, property or securities to which any holders of Senior
Debt of
the Company shall be entitled by virtue of this
Article
XII
or
otherwise.
SECTION
12.11.
Rights
of
Trustee as Holder of Senior Debt of the Company; Preservation of Trustee’s
Rights.
The
Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the rights set
forth
in this
Article
XII
with
respect to any Senior Debt of the Company that may at any time be held by
it, to
the same extent as any other holder of Senior Debt of the Company, and nothing
in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such
holder.
With respect to the holders of Senior Debt of the Company, the Trustee
undertakes to perform only such of its obligations as are specifically set
forth
in this Article XII, and no implied covenants or obligations with respect
to the
holders of such Senior Debt of the Company shall be read into this Indenture
against the Trustee. Nothing in this Article XII shall apply to claims of,
or
payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 6.6.
SECTION
12.12.
Article
Applicable to Paying Agents.
If
at any
time any Paying Agent other than the Trustee shall have been appointed by
the
Company and be then acting hereunder, the term “
Trustee
”
as
used
in this
Article
XII
shall in
such case (unless the context otherwise requires) be construed as extending
to
and including such Paying Agent within its meaning as fully for all intents
and
purposes as if such Paying Agent were named in this
Article
XII
in
addition to or in place of the Trustee;
provided
,
that
Sections
12.8
and
12.11
shall
not apply to the Company or any Affiliate of the Company if the Company or
such
Affiliate acts as Paying Agent.
ARTICLE
XIII
Guarantee
SECTION
13.1.
The
Guarantee.
The
Guarantor hereby fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to each
holder of a Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee the due and
punctual payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest
(including Additional Interest) on such Security, when and as the same shall
become due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon redemption
or
otherwise, in accordance with the terms of such Security and this Indenture,
as
well as the due and punctual performance of all other obligations contained
in
the Securities and this Indenture. In case of the failure of the Company
to
punctually pay its obligations on any Security, the Guarantor hereby agrees
to
cause any such payment to be made punctually when and as the same shall become
due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon redemption or
otherwise, and as if such payment were made by the Company.
SECTION
13.2.
Guarantee
Unconditional, etc.
The
Guarantor hereby agrees that it shall be liable as principal and as debtor
hereunder with respect to its obligations under this Article. This Article
creates a guarantee of payment and not of collection on the part of the
Guarantor. The Guarantor’s obligations hereunder shall be absolute, irrevocable
and unconditional, irrespective of, and shall be unaffected by, any invalidity,
irregularity or unenforceability of any Security or this Indenture, any failure
to enforce the provisions of any Security or this Indenture, or any waiver,
modification, consent or indulgence granted with respect thereto by the holder
of such Security or the Trustee, the recovery of any judgment against the
Company or any action to enforce the same, or any other circumstances which
may
otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge of a surety or guarantor.
The Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing
of
claims with a court in the event of merger, insolvency or bankruptcy of the
Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest
or
notice with respect to any such Security or the indebtedness evidenced thereby
and all demands whatsoever, and covenants that this Guarantee will not be
discharged except by payment in full of the principal of and premium, if
any,
and interest (including Additional Interest) on the Securities and the complete
performance of all other obligations contained in the Securities and this
Indenture. The Guarantor further agrees, to the fullest extent that it lawfully
may do so, that, as between the Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders
and
the Trustee, on the other hand, the maturity of the Securities shall or may,
as
the case may be, be accelerated as provided in this Indenture for purposes
of
the Guarantor’s obligations under this Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay,
injunction or prohibition existing under any bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law of any jurisdiction preventing such
acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby.
SECTION
13.3.
Reinstatement.
This
Guarantee shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may
be,
if at any time a payment in respect of any Security, in whole or in part,
is
rescinded or must otherwise be restored to the Company or the Guarantor upon
the
bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization of the Company or
otherwise.
SECTION
13.4.
Subrogation.
The
Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the Holder of any Security
against the Company in respect of any amounts paid to such Holder by the
Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of this Guarantee;
provided
,
however
,
that
the Guarantor shall not be entitled to enforce, or to receive any payments
arising out of or based upon, such right of subrogation as a result of payment
under this Guarantee, if, after giving effect to any such payment, any amounts
are due and unpaid under this Guarantee. If any amount shall be paid to the
Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence, the Guarantor agrees to
hold
such amount in trust for the Holders and to pay such amount to the
Holders.
ARTICLE
XIV
Subordination
of Guarantee
SECTION
14.1.
Securities
Subordinate to Senior Debt of the Guarantor.
The
Guarantor covenants and agrees, and each Holder of a Security, by its acceptance
thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, that, to the extent and in the manner
hereinafter set forth in this
Article
XIV
,
the
payment of the principal of and any premium and interest (including any
Additional Interest) on each and all of the Securities are hereby expressly
made
subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full
of all
Senior Debt of the Guarantor. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
the guarantee of the Securities shall be senior to the trade debt of the
Guarantor incurred in the ordinary course of business.
SECTION
14.2.
No
Payment When Senior Debt of the Guarantor in Default; Payment Over of Proceeds
Upon Dissolution, Etc.
(a)
In
the
event and during the continuation of any default by the Guarantor in the
payment
of any principal of or any premium or interest on any Senior Debt of the
Guarantor (following any grace period, if applicable) when the same becomes
due
and payable, whether at maturity or at a date fixed for prepayment or by
declaration of acceleration or otherwise, then, upon written notice of such
default to the Guarantor by the holders of such Senior Debt of the Guarantor
or
any trustee therefor, unless and until such default shall have been cured
or
waived or shall have ceased to exist, no direct or indirect payment (in cash,
property, securities, by set-off or otherwise) shall be made or agreed to
be
made on account of the principal of or any premium or interest (including
any
Additional Interest) on any of the Securities, or in respect of any redemption,
repayment, retirement, purchase or other acquisition of any of the
Securities.
(b)
In
the
event of a bankruptcy, insolvency or other proceeding described in clause
(d) or
(e) of the definition of Event of Default (each such event, if any, herein
sometimes referred to as a “
Proceeding
”),
all
Senior Debt of the Guarantor (including any interest thereon accruing after
the
commencement of any such proceedings) shall first be paid in full before
any
payment or distribution, whether in cash, securities or other property, shall
be
made to any Holder of any of the Securities on account thereof. Any payment
or
distribution, whether in cash, securities or other property (other than
securities of the Guarantor or any other entity provided for by a plan of
reorganization or readjustment the payment of which is subordinate, at least
to
the extent provided in these subordination provisions with respect to the
indebtedness evidenced by the Securities, to the payment of all Senior Debt
of
the Guarantor at the time outstanding and to any securities issued in respect
thereof under any such plan of reorganization or readjustment), which would
otherwise (but for these subordination provisions) be payable or deliverable
in
respect of the Securities shall be paid or delivered directly to the holders
of
Senior Debt of the Guarantor in accordance with the priorities then existing
among such holders until all Senior Debt of the Guarantor (including any
interest thereon accruing after the commencement of any Proceeding) shall
have
been paid in full.
(c)
In
the
event of any Proceeding, after payment in full of all sums owing with respect
to
Senior Debt of the Guarantor, the Holders of the Securities, together with
the
holders of any obligations of the Guarantor ranking on a parity with the
Securities, shall be entitled to be paid from the remaining assets of the
Guarantor the amounts at the time due and owing on account of unpaid principal
of and any premium and interest (including any Additional Interest) on the
Securities and such other obligations before any payment or other distribution,
whether in cash, property or otherwise, shall be made on account of any capital
stock or any obligations of the Guarantor ranking junior to the Securities
and
such other obligations. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment or
distribution of any character or any security, whether in cash, securities
or
other property (other than securities of the Guarantor or any other entity
provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment the payment of which
is
subordinate, at least to the extent provided in these subordination provisions
with respect to the indebtedness evidenced by the Securities, to the payment
of
all Senior Debt of the Guarantor at the time outstanding and to any securities
issued in respect thereof under any such plan of reorganization or readjustment)
shall be received by the Trustee or any Holder in contravention of any of
the
terms hereof and before all Senior Debt of the Guarantor shall have been
paid in
full, such payment or distribution or security shall be received in trust
for
the benefit of, and shall be paid over or delivered and transferred to, the
holders of the Senior Debt of the Guarantor at the time outstanding in
accordance with the priorities then existing among such holders for application
to the payment of all Senior Debt of the Guarantor remaining unpaid, to the
extent necessary to pay all such Senior Debt of the Guarantor (including
any
interest thereon accruing after the commencement of any Proceeding) in full.
In
the event of the failure of the Trustee or any Holder to endorse or assign
any
such payment, distribution or security, each holder of Senior Debt of the
Guarantor is hereby irrevocably authorized to endorse or assign the
same.
(d)
The
Trustee and the Holders, at the expense of the Guarantor, shall take such
reasonable action (including the delivery of this Indenture to an agent for
any
holders of Senior Debt of the Guarantor or consent to the filing of a financing
statement with respect hereto) as may, in the opinion of counsel designated
by
the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Senior Debt of the
Guarantor at the time outstanding, be necessary or appropriate to assure
the
effectiveness of the subordination effected by these provisions.
(e)
The
provisions of this
Section
14.2
shall
not impair any rights, interests, remedies or powers of any secured creditor
of
the Guarantor in respect of any security interest the creation of which is
not
prohibited by the provisions of this Indenture.
(f)
The
securing of any obligations of the Guarantor, otherwise ranking on a parity
with
the Securities or ranking junior to the Securities, shall not be deemed to
prevent such obligations from constituting, respectively, obligations ranking
on
a parity with the Securities or ranking junior to the Securities.
SECTION
14.3.
Payment
Permitted If No Default.
Nothing
contained in this
Article
XIV
or
elsewhere in this Indenture or in any of the Securities shall prevent (a)
the
Guarantor, at any time, except during the pendency of the conditions described
in paragraph (a) of
Section
14.2
or of
any Proceeding referred to in
Section 14.2
,
from
making payments at any time of principal of and any premium or interest
(including any Additional Interest) on the Securities or (b) the application
by
the Trustee of any moneys deposited with it hereunder to the payment of or
on
account of the principal of and any premium or interest (including any
Additional Interest) on the Securities or the retention of such payment by
the
Holders, if, at the time of such application by the Trustee, it did not have
knowledge (in accordance with
Section
14.8
)
that
such payment would have been prohibited by the provisions of this
Article
XIV
,
except
as provided in
Section
14.8
.
SECTION
14.4.
Subrogation
to Rights of Holders of Senior Debt of the Guarantor.
Subject
to the payment in full of all amounts due or to become due on all Senior
Debt of
the Guarantor, or the provision for such payment in cash or cash equivalents
or
otherwise in a manner satisfactory to the holders of Senior Debt of the
Guarantor, the Holders of the Securities shall be subrogated to the extent
of
the payments or distributions made to the holders of such Senior Debt of
the
Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of this
Article
XIV
(equally
and ratably with the holders of all indebtedness of the Guarantor that by
its
express terms is subordinated to Senior Debt of the Guarantor to substantially
the same extent as the Securities are subordinated to the Senior Debt of
the
Guarantor and is entitled to like rights of subrogation by reason of any
payments or distributions made to holders of such Senior Debt of the Guarantor)
to the rights of the holders of such Senior Debt of the Guarantor to receive
payments and distributions of cash, property and securities applicable to
the
Senior Debt of the Guarantor until the principal of and any premium and interest
(including any Additional Interest) on the Securities shall be paid in full.
For
purposes of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to the holders
of the
Senior Debt of the Guarantor of any cash, property or securities to which
the
Holders of the Securities or the Trustee would be entitled except for the
provisions of this
Article
XIV
,
and no
payments made pursuant to the provisions of this
Article
XIV
to the
holders of Senior Debt of the Guarantor by Holders of the Securities or the
Trustee, shall, as among the Guarantor, its creditors other than holders
of
Senior Debt of the Guarantor, and the Holders of the Securities, be deemed
to be
a payment or distribution by the Guarantor to or on account of the Senior
Debt
of the Guarantor.
SECTION
14.5.
Provisions
Solely to Define Relative Rights.
The
provisions of this
Article
XIV
are
intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the Holders
of the Securities on the one hand and the holders of Senior Debt of the
Guarantor on the other hand. Nothing contained in this
Article
XIV
or
elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Securities is intended to or shall
(a)
impair, as between the Guarantor and the Holders of the Securities, the
obligations of the Guarantor, which are absolute and unconditional, to pay
to
the Holders of the Securities the principal of and any premium and interest
(including any Additional Interest) on the Securities as and when the same
shall
become due and payable in accordance with their terms, (b) affect the relative
rights against the Guarantor of the Holders of the Securities and creditors
of
the Guarantor other than their rights in relation to the holders of Senior
Debt
of the Guarantor or (c) prevent the Trustee or the Holder of any Security
(or to
the extent expressly provided herein, the holder of any Preferred Security)
from
exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default
under
this Indenture, including filing and voting claims in any Proceeding, subject
to
the rights, if any, under this
Article
XIV
of the
holders of Senior Debt of the Guarantor to receive cash, property and securities
otherwise payable or deliverable to the Trustee or such Holder.
SECTION
14.6.
Trustee
to Effectuate Subordination.
Each
Holder of a Security by such Holder’s acceptance thereof authorizes and directs
the Trustee on such Holder’s behalf to take such action as may be necessary or
appropriate to acknowledge or effectuate the subordination provided in this
Article
XIV
and
appoints the Trustee such Holder’s attorney-in-fact for any and all such
purposes.
SECTION
14.7.
No
Waiver
of Subordination Provisions.
(a)
No
right
of any present or future holder of any Senior Debt of the Guarantor to enforce
subordination as herein provided shall at any time in any way be prejudiced
or
impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Guarantor or by
any act
or failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder, or by any noncompliance
by
the Guarantor with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture,
regardless of any knowledge thereof that any such holder may have or be
otherwise charged with.
(b)
Without
in any way limiting the generality of paragraph (a) of this
Section
14.7
,
the
holders of Senior Debt of the Guarantor may, at any time and from to time,
without the consent of or notice to the Trustee or the Holders of the
Securities, without incurring responsibility to such Holders of the Securities
and without impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this
Article
XIV
or the
obligations hereunder of such Holders of the Securities to the holders of
Senior
Debt of the Guarantor, take or fail to take any action, including without
limitation: (i) change the manner, place or terms of payment or extend the
time
of payment of, or renew or alter, Senior Debt of the Guarantor, or otherwise
amend or supplement in any manner Senior Debt of the Guarantor or any instrument
evidencing the same or any agreement under which Senior Debt of the Guarantor
is
outstanding, (ii) sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal with any property
pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing Senior Debt of the Guarantor, (iii)
release any Person liable in any manner for the payment of Senior Debt of
the
Guarantor and (iv) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against
the
Guarantor and any other Person.
SECTION
14.8.
Notice
to
Trustee.
(a)
The
Guarantor shall give prompt written notice to a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee of any fact known to the Guarantor that would prohibit the making
of any
payment to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities. Notwithstanding
the
provisions of this
Article
XIV
or any
other provision of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with
knowledge of the existence of any facts that would prohibit the making of
any
payment to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities, unless and until
a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof
from the Guarantor or a holder of Senior Debt of the Guarantor or from any
trustee, agent or representative therefor;
provided
,
that if
the Trustee shall not have received the notice provided for in this
Section
14.8
at least
two Business Days prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any monies
may become payable for any purpose (including, the payment of the principal
of
and any premium on or interest (including any Additional Interest) on any
Security), then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding,
the
Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such monies and to
apply
the same to the purpose for which they were received and shall not be affected
by any notice to the contrary that may be received by it within two Business
Days prior to such date.
(b)
The
Trustee shall be entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice
by a
Person representing himself or herself to be a holder of Senior Debt of the
Guarantor (or a trustee, agent, representative or attorney-in-fact therefor)
to
establish that such notice has been given by a holder of Senior Debt of the
Guarantor (or a trustee, agent, representative or attorney-in-fact therefor).
In
the event that the Trustee determines in good faith that further evidence
is
required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Senior Debt
of
the Guarantor to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this
Article
XIV
,
the
Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable
satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior Debt of the Guarantor
held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate
in such payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights
of
such Person under this
Article
XIV
,
and if
such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such
Person
pending judicial determination as to the right of such Person to receive
such
payment.
SECTION
14.9.
Reliance
on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent.
Upon
any
payment or distribution of assets of the Guarantor referred to in this
Article
XIV
,
the
Trustee and the Holders of the Securities shall be entitled to conclusively
rely
upon any order or decree entered by any court of competent jurisdiction in
which
such Proceeding is pending, or a certificate of the trustee in bankruptcy,
receiver, liquidating trustee, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors,
agent or other Person making such payment or distribution, delivered to the
Trustee or to the Holders of Securities, for the purpose of ascertaining
the
Persons entitled to participate in such payment or distribution, the holders
of
the Senior Debt of the Guarantor and other indebtedness of the Guarantor,
the
amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed
thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this
Article
XIV
.
SECTION
14.10.
Trustee
Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Debt of the Guarantor.
The
Trustee, in its capacity as trustee under this Indenture, shall not owe or
be
deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Debt of the Guarantor
and shall not be liable to any such holders if it shall in good faith mistakenly
pay over or distribute to Holders of Securities or to the Guarantor or to
any
other Person cash, property or securities to which any holders of Senior
Debt of
the Guarantor shall be entitled by virtue of this
Article
XIV
or
otherwise.
SECTION
14.11.
Rights
of
Trustee as Holder of Senior Debt of the Guarantor; Preservation of Trustee’s
Rights.
The
Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the rights set
forth
in this
Article
XIV
with
respect to any Senior Debt of the Guarantor that may at any time be held
by it,
to the same extent as any other holder of Senior Debt of the Guarantor, and
nothing in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights
as such
holder. With respect to the holders of Senior Debt of the Guarantor, the
Trustee
undertakes to perform only such of its obligations as are specifically set
forth
in this Article XIV, and no implied covenants or obligations with respect
to the
holders of such Senior Debt of the Guarantor shall be read into this Indenture
against the Trustee. Nothing in this Article XIV shall apply to claims of,
or
payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 6.6.
SECTION
14.12.
Article
Applicable to Paying Agents.
If
at any
time any Paying Agent other than the Trustee shall have been appointed by
the
Guarantor and be then acting hereunder, the term “
Trustee
”
as
used
in this
Article
XIV
shall in
such case (unless the context otherwise requires) be construed as extending
to
and including such Paying Agent within its meaning as fully for all intents
and
purposes as if such Paying Agent were named in this
Article
XIV
in
addition to or in place of the Trustee;
provided
,
that
Sections
14.8
and
14.11
shall
not apply to the Guarantor or any Affiliate of the Guarantor if the Guarantor
or
such Affiliate acts as Paying Agent.
This
instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so
executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall
together constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed
signature page of this Indenture by facsimile transmission shall be effective
as
delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.
*
* *
*
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly
executed as of the day and year first above written.
NorthStar
Realty Finance Limited Partnership, as Issuer
By:
NorthStar Realty Finance Corp., its
General
Partner
By:
/s/
Albert
Tylis
Albert
Tylis
General
Counsel and Assistant Secretary
NorthStar
Realty Finance Corp., as Guarantor
By:
/s/
Albert
Tylis
Albert
Tylis
General
Counsel and Assistant Secretary:
WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY
,
as Trustee
By:
/s/
W. Thomas Morris,
II
W.
Thomas Morris, II
Assistant
Vice President
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AMENDED
AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT
among
NORTHSTAR
REALTY FINANCE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
,
as
Depositor
NORTHSTAR
REALTY FINANCE CORP.
,
as
Guarantor
WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY
as
Property Trustee
WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY
as
Delaware Trustee
and
THE
ADMINISTRATIVE TRUSTEES NAMED HEREIN
as
Administrative Trustees
________________
Dated
as
of October 6, 2006
NORTHSTAR
REALTY FINANCE TRUST VI
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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Page
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ARTICLE
I.
Defined
Terms
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1
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SECTION
1.1
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Definitions
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1
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ARTICLE
II.
The
Trust
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10
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SECTION
2.1
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Name
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10
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SECTION
2.2
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Office
of the Delaware Trustee; Principal Place of Business
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10
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SECTION
2.3
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Initial
Contribution of Trust Property; Fees, Costs and Expenses
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10
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SECTION
2.4
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Purposes
of Trust
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11
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SECTION
2.5
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Authorization
to Enter into Certain Transactions
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11
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SECTION
2.6
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Assets
of Trust
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14
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SECTION
2.7
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Title
to Trust Property
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14
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ARTICLE
III.
Payment
Account; Paying Agents
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14
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SECTION
3.1
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Payment
Account
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14
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SECTION
3.2
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Appointment
of Paying Agents
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15
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ARTICLE
IV.
Distributions;
Redemption
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15
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SECTION
4.1
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Distributions
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15
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SECTION
4.2
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Redemption
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16
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SECTION
4.3
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Subordination
of Common Securities
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19
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SECTION
4.4
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Payment
Procedures
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20
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SECTION
4.5
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Withholding
Tax
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20
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SECTION
4.6
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Tax
Returns and Other Reports
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20
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SECTION
4.7
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Payment
of Taxes, Duties, Etc. of the Trust
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21
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SECTION
4.8
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Payments
under Indenture or Pursuant to Direct Actions
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21
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SECTION
4.9
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Exchanges
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21
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SECTION
4.10
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Calculation
Agent
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22
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SECTION
4.11
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Certain
Accounting Matters
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22
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ARTICLE
V.
Securities
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23
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SECTION
5.1
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Initial
Ownership
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23
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SECTION
5.2
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Authorized
Trust Securities
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23
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SECTION
5.3
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Issuance
of the Common Securities; Subscription and Purchase of
Notes
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23
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SECTION
5.4
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The
Securities Certificates
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24
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SECTION
5.5
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Rights
of Holders
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25
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SECTION
5.6
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Book-Entry
Preferred Securities
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25
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SECTION
5.7
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Registration
of Transfer and Exchange of Preferred Securities
Certificates
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27
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SECTION
5.8
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Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities Certificates
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28
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SECTION
5.9
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Persons
Deemed Holders
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29
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SECTION
5.10
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Cancellation
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29
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SECTION
5.11
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Ownership
of Common Securities by Depositor
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29
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SECTION
5.12
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Restricted
Legends
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30
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SECTION
5.13
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Form
of Certificate of Authentication
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32
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ARTICLE
VI.
Meetings;
Voting; Acts of Holders
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33
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SECTION
6.1
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Notice
of Meetings
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33
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SECTION
6.2
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Meetings
of Holders of the Preferred Securities
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33
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SECTION
6.3
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Voting
Rights
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33
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SECTION
6.4
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Proxies,
Etc
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34
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SECTION
6.5
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Holder
Action by Written Consent
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34
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SECTION
6.6
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Record
Date for Voting and Other Purposes
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34
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SECTION
6.7
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Acts
of Holders
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34
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SECTION
6.8
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Inspection
of Records
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35
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SECTION
6.9
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Limitations
on Voting Rights
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35
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SECTION
6.10
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Acceleration
of Maturity; Rescission of Annulment; Waivers of Past
Defaults
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36
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ARTICLE
VII.
Representations
and Warranties
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39
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SECTION
7.1
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Representations
and Warranties of the Property Trustee and the Delaware
Trustee
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39
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SECTION
7.2
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Representations
and Warranties of Depositor
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40
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ARTICLE
VIII.
The
Trustees
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41
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SECTION
8.1
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Number
of Trustees
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41
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SECTION
8.2
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Property
Trustee Required
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41
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SECTION
8.3
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Delaware
Trustee Required
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41
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SECTION
8.4
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Appointment
of Administrative Trustees
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42
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SECTION
8.5
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Duties
and Responsibilities of the Trustees
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42
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SECTION
8.6
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Notices
of Defaults and Extensions
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44
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SECTION
8.7
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Certain
Rights of Property Trustee
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44
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SECTION
8.8
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Delegation
of Power
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46
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SECTION
8.9
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May
Hold Securities
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46
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SECTION
8.10
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Compensation;
Reimbursement; Indemnity
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47
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SECTION
8.11
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Resignation
and Removal; Appointment of Successor
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48
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SECTION
8.12
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Acceptance
of Appointment by Successor
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49
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SECTION
8.13
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Merger,
Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business
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49
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SECTION
8.14
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Not
Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities
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50
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SECTION
8.15
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Property
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
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50
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SECTION
8.16
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Reports
to and from the Property Trustee
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50
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ARTICLE
IX.
Termination,
Liquidation and Merger
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51
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SECTION
9.1
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Dissolution
Upon Expiration Date
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51
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SECTION
9.2
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Early
Termination
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51
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SECTION
9.3
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Termination
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52
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SECTION
9.4
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Liquidation
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52
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SECTION
9.5
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Mergers,
Consolidations, Amalgamations or Replacements of Trust
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53
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ARTICLE
X.
Information
to Purchaser
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55
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SECTION
10.1
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Depositor
Obligations to Purchaser
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55
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SECTION
10.2
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Property
Trustee’s Obligations to Purchaser
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55
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ARTICLE
XI.
Miscellaneous
Provisions
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55
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SECTION
11.1
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Limitation
of Rights of Holders
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55
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SECTION
11.2
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Agreed
Tax Treatment of Trust and Trust Securities
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55
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SECTION
11.3
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Amendment
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56
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SECTION
11.4
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Separability
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57
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SECTION
11.5
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Governing
Law
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57
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SECTION
11.6
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Successors
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57
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SECTION
11.7
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Headings
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58
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SECTION
11.8
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Reports,
Notices and Demands
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58
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SECTION
11.9
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Agreement
Not to Petition
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58
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Exhibit
A
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Certificate
of Trust of NorthStar Realty Finance Trust VI
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Exhibit
B
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Form
of Common Securities Certificate
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Exhibit
C
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Form
of Preferred Securities Certificate
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Exhibit
D
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Junior
Subordinated Indenture
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Exhibit
E
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Form
of Transferee Certificate to be Executed by Transferees other
than
QIBs
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Exhibit
F
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Form
of Transferor Certificate to be Executed by QIBs
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Exhibit
G
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Form
of Officer’s Financial Certificate
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Exhibit
H
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Form
of Officer’s Certificate pursuant to Section 8.16(a)
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Schedule
A
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Calculation
of LIBOR
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AMENDED
AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT, dated as of October 6, 2006, among (i) NorthStar
Realty Finance Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (including
any successors or permitted assigns, the “Depositor”), (ii) NorthStar Realty
Finance Corp., a Maryland corporation (including any successors or permitted
assigns, the “Guarantor”), (iii) Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking
corporation, as property trustee (in such capacity, the “Property Trustee”),
(iv) Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking corporation, as Delaware
trustee (in such capacity, the “Delaware Trustee”), (v) David T. Hamamoto, an
individual, Richard J. McCready, an individual, and Andrew C. Richardson, an
individual, each of whose address is c/o NorthStar Realty Finance Limited
Partnership, c/o NorthStar Realty Finance Corp., 527 Madison Avenue, New York,
NY 10022, as administrative trustees (in such capacities, each an
“Administrative Trustee” and, collectively, the “Administrative Trustees” and,
together with the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee, the “Trustees”) and
(vi) the several Holders, as hereinafter defined.
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS
,
the
Depositor, the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee have heretofore
created
a Delaware statutory trust pursuant to the Delaware Statutory Trust Act by
entering into a Trust Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2006 (the “Original
Trust Agreement”), and by executing and filing with the Secretary of State of
the State of Delaware the Certificate of Trust, substantially in the form
attached as
Exhibit
A
;
and
WHEREAS
,
the
Depositor
and the Trustees desire to amend and restate the Original Trust Agreement
in its
entirety as set forth herein to provide for, among other things, (i) the
issuance of the Common Securities by the Trust to the Depositor, (ii) the
issuance and sale of the Preferred Securities by the Trust pursuant to the
Purchase Agreement and (iii) the acquisition by the Trust from the Depositor
of
all of the right, title and interest in and to the Notes;
NOW,
THEREFORE,
in
consideration of the agreements and obligations set forth herein and for other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, each party, for the benefit of the other parties and for the
benefit of the Holders, hereby amends and restates the Original Trust Agreement
in its entirety and agrees as follows:
ARTICLE
I.
DEFINED
TERMS
SECTION
1.1.
Definitions.
For
all
purposes of this Trust Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or
unless the context otherwise requires:
(a)
the
terms
defined in this
Article
I
have the
meanings assigned to them in this
Article
I
;
(b)
the
words
“include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the
phrase “without limitation”;
(c)
all
accounting terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned to
them
in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting
principles;
(d)
unless
the context otherwise requires, any reference to an “Article”, a “Section”, a
“Schedule” or an “Exhibit” refers to an Article, a Section, a Schedule or an
Exhibit, as the case may be, of or to this Trust Agreement;
(e)
the
words
“hereby”, “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import
refer to this Trust Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article,
Section or other subdivision;
(f)
a
reference to the singular includes the plural and vice versa; and
(g)
the
masculine, feminine or neuter genders used herein shall include the masculine,
feminine and neuter genders.
“Act”
has
the meaning specified in
Section
6.7
.
“Additional
Interest” has the meaning specified in
Section
1.1
of the
Indenture.
“Additional
Interest Amount” means, with respect to Trust Securities of a given Liquidation
Amount and/or a given period, the amount of Additional Interest paid by the
Depositor on a Like Amount of Notes for such period.
“Additional
Taxes” has the meaning specified in
Section
1.1
of the
Indenture.
“Additional
Tax Sums” has the meaning specified in
Section
10.5
of the
Indenture.
“Administrative
Trustee” means each of the Persons identified as an “Administrative Trustee” in
the preamble to this Trust Agreement, solely in each such Person’s capacity as
Administrative Trustee of the Trust and not in such Person’s individual
capacity, or any successor Administrative Trustee appointed as herein
provided.
“Affiliate”
of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with
such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used
with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management
and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms
“controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
“Applicable
Depositary Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or transaction
involving a Book-Entry Preferred Security, the rules and procedures of the
Depositary for such Book-Entry Preferred Security, in each case to the extent
applicable to such transaction and as in effect from time to time.
“Bankruptcy
Event” means, with respect to any Person:
(a)
the
entry of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises (i)
judging such Person a bankrupt or insolvent, (ii) approving as properly filed
a
petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjudication or composition of
or
in respect of such Person under any applicable Federal or state bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar law, (iii) appointing a custodian,
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official
of such Person or of any substantial part of its property or (iv) ordering
the
winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree
or order unstayed and in effect for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days;
or
(b)
the
institution by such Person of proceedings to be adjudicated a bankrupt or
insolvent, or the consent by it to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency
proceedings against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent
seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable Bankruptcy Law, or the
consent by it to the filing of any such petition or to the appointment of a
custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or similar
official of such Person or of any substantial part of its property, or the
making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission
by
it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due
and
its willingness to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the taking of
corporate action by such Person in furtherance of any such action.
“Bankruptcy
Law” means all Federal and state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and
other similar laws, including the United States Bankruptcy Code.
“Book-Entry
Preferred Security” means a Preferred Security, the ownership and transfers of
which shall be made through book entries by a Depositary.
“Business
Day” means a day other than (a) a Saturday or Sunday, (b) a day on which banking
institutions in the City of New York are authorized or required by law or
executive order to remain closed or (c) a day on which the Corporate Trust
Office is closed for business.
“Calculation
Agent” has the meaning specified in
Section
4.10
.
“Change
of Control” has the meaning specified in the Indenture.
“Closing
Date” has the meaning specified in the Purchase Agreement.
“Code”
means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Commission”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted,
created under the Exchange Act or, if at any time after the execution of this
Trust Agreement such Commission is not existing and performing the duties
assigned to it, then the body performing such duties at such time.
“Common
Securities Certificate” means a certificate evidencing ownership of Common
Securities, substantially in the form attached as
Exhibit
B
.
“Common
Security” means a common security of the Trust, denominated as such and
representing an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust, having
a Liquidation Amount of $1,000 and having the terms provided therefor in this
Trust Agreement.
“Corporate
Trust Office” means the principal office of the Property Trustee at which any
particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office
at the date of this Trust Agreement is located at Rodney Square North, 1100
North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890-0001, Attention: Corporate
Capital Markets.
“Definitive
Preferred Securities Certificates” means Preferred Securities issued in
certificated, fully registered form that are not Global Preferred
Securities.
“Delaware
Statutory Trust Act” means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del.
Code § 3801 et seq., or any successor statute thereto, in each case as amended
from time to time.
“Delaware
Trustee” means the Person identified as the “Delaware Trustee” in the preamble
to this Trust Agreement, solely in its capacity as Delaware Trustee of the
Trust
and not in its individual capacity, or its successor in interest in such
capacity, or any successor Delaware Trustee appointed as herein
provided.
“Depositary”
means an organization registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act
that is designated as Depositary by the Depositor or any successor thereto.
DTC
will be the initial Depositary.
“Depositary
Participant” means a broker, dealer, bank, other financial institution or other
Person for whom from time to time the Depositary effects book-entry transfers
and pledges of securities deposited with the Depositary.
“Depositor”
has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Trust Agreement and any
successors and permitted assigns.
“Depositor
Affiliate” has the meaning specified in
Section
4.9
.
“Distribution
Date” has the meaning specified in
Section
4.1(a)(i)
.
“Distributions”
means amounts payable in respect of the Trust Securities as provided in
Section
4.1
.
“DTC”
means The Depository Trust Company or any successor thereto.
“Early
Termination Event” has the meaning specified in
Section
9.2
.
“Event
of
Default” means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such
event and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by
operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court
or
any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental
body):
(a)
the
occurrence of a Note Event of Default; or
(b)
default by the Trust in the payment of any Distribution when it becomes due
and
payable, and continuation of such default for a period of thirty (30) days;
or
(c)
default by the Trust in the payment of any Redemption Price of any Trust
Security when it becomes due and payable; or
(d)
default in the performance, or breach, in any material respect of any covenant
or warranty of the Trustees in this Trust Agreement (other than those specified
in clause (b) or (c) above) and continuation of such default or breach for
a
period of thirty (30) days after there has been given, by registered or
certified mail, to the Trustees and to the Depositor by the Holders of at least
twenty-five percent (25%) in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding
Preferred Securities a written notice specifying such default or breach and
requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of
Default” hereunder; or
(e)
the
occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event with respect to the Property Trustee if a
successor Property Trustee has not been appointed within ninety (90) days
thereof.
“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and any successor statute
thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
“Expiration
Date” has the meaning specified in
Section
9.1
.
“Fiscal
Year” shall be the fiscal year of the Trust, which shall be the calendar year,
or such other period as is required by the Code.
“Global
Preferred Security” means a Preferred Securities Certificate evidencing
ownership of Book-Entry Preferred Securities.
“Guarantor”
has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Trust Agreement and any
successors and permitted assigns.
“Holder”
means a Person in whose name a Trust Security or Trust Securities are registered
in the Securities Register; any such Person shall be a beneficial owner within
the meaning of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act.
“Indemnified
Person” has the meaning specified in
Section
8.10(c)
.
“Indenture”
means the Junior Subordinated Indenture executed and delivered by the Depositor,
the Guarantor and the Note Trustee contemporaneously with the execution and
delivery of this Trust Agreement, for the benefit of the holders of the Notes,
a
copy of which is attached hereto as
Exhibit
D
,
as
amended or supplemented from time to time.
“Indenture
Redemption Price” has the meaning specified in
Section
4.2(c)
.
“Interest
Payment Date” has the meaning specified in
Section
1.1
of the
Indenture.
“Investment
Company Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940, or any successor statute
thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
“Investment
Company Event” has the meaning specified in
Section
1.1
of the
Indenture.
“LIBOR”
has the meaning specified in
Schedule
A
.
“LIBOR
Business Day” has the meaning specified in
Schedule
A
.
“LIBOR
Determination Date” has the meaning specified in
Schedule
A
.
“Lien”
means any lien, pledge, charge, encumbrance, mortgage, deed of trust, adverse
ownership interest, hypothecation, assignment, security interest or preference,
priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind
or
nature whatsoever.
“Like
Amount” means (a) with respect to a redemption of any Trust Securities, Trust
Securities having a Liquidation Amount equal to the principal amount of Notes
to
be contemporaneously redeemed or paid at maturity in accordance with the
Indenture, the proceeds of which will be used to pay the Redemption Price of
such Trust Securities, (b) with respect to a distribution of Notes to Holders
of
Trust Securities in connection with a dissolution of the Trust, Notes having
a
principal amount equal to the Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities of
the
Holder to whom such Notes are distributed and (c) with respect to any
distribution of Additional Interest Amounts to Holders of Trust Securities,
Notes having a principal amount equal to the Liquidation Amount of the Trust
Securities in respect of which such distribution is made.
“Liquidation
Amount” means the stated amount of $1,000 per Trust Security.
“Liquidation
Date” means the date on which assets are to be distributed to Holders in
accordance with
Section
9.4(a)
hereunder following dissolution of the Trust.
“Liquidation
Distribution” has the meaning specified in
Section
9.4(d)
.
“Majority
in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities” means Preferred Securities
representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate Liquidation Amount
of all (or a specified group of) then Outstanding Preferred
Securities.
“Note
Event of Default” means any “Event of Default” specified in
Section
5.1
of the
Indenture.
“Note
Redemption Date” means, with respect to any Notes to be redeemed under the
Indenture, the date fixed for redemption of such Notes under the
Indenture.
“Note
Trustee” means the Person identified as the “Trustee” in the Indenture, solely
in its capacity as Trustee pursuant to the Indenture and not in its individual
capacity, or its successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor
Trustee appointed as provided in the Indenture.
“Notes”
means the Depositor’s Junior Subordinated Notes issued pursuant to the
Indenture.
“Officer’s
Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer, the
President, an Executive Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, the
Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary,
of the Depositor or the Guarantor, as applicable, and delivered to the Trustees.
Any Officer’s Certificate delivered with respect to compliance with a condition
or covenant provided for in this Trust Agreement (other than the certificate
provided pursuant to
Section
8.16(a)
)
shall
include:
(a)
a
statement by each officer signing the Officer’s Certificate that such officer
has read the covenant or condition and the definitions relating
thereto;
(b)
a
brief statement of the nature and scope of the examination or investigation
undertaken by such officer in rendering the Officer’s Certificate;
(c)
a
statement that such officer has made such examination or investigation as,
in
such officer’s opinion, is necessary to enable such officer to express an
informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been
complied with; and
(d)
a
statement as to whether, in the opinion of such officer, such condition or
covenant has been complied with.
“Operative
Documents” means the Purchase Agreement, the Indenture, the Trust Agreement, the
Notes and the Trust Securities.
“Opinion
of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for, or an
employee of, the Depositor or the Guarantor or any Affiliate of the Depositor
or
the Guarantor.
“Original
Issue Date” means the date of original issuance of the Trust
Securities.
“Original
Trust Agreement” has the meaning specified in the recitals to this Trust
Agreement.
“Outstanding,”
when used with respect to any Trust Securities, means, as of the date of
determination, all Trust Securities theretofore executed and delivered under
this Trust Agreement, except:
(a)
Trust
Securities theretofore canceled by the Property Trustee or delivered to the
Property Trustee for cancellation;
(b)
Trust
Securities for which payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has
been theretofore deposited with the Property Trustee or any Paying Agent in
trust for the Holders of such Trust Securities; provided, that if such Trust
Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given
pursuant to this Trust Agreement; and
(c)
Trust
Securities that have been paid or in exchange for or in lieu of which other
Trust Securities have been executed and delivered pursuant to the provisions
of
this Trust Agreement, unless proof satisfactory to the Property Trustee is
presented that any such Trust Securities are held by Holders in whose hands
such
Trust Securities are valid, legal and binding obligations of the
Trust;
provided,
that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite Liquidation Amount
of
the Outstanding Preferred Securities have given any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Preferred
Securities owned by the Depositor, the Guarantor, any Trustee or any Affiliate
of the Depositor, the Guarantor or of any Trustee shall be disregarded and
deemed not to be Outstanding, except that (i) in determining whether any Trustee
shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Preferred Securities that such
Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded and (ii) the foregoing
shall not apply at any time when all of the Outstanding Preferred Securities
are
owned by the Depositor, the Guarantor, one or more of the Trustees and/or any
such Affiliate. Preferred Securities so owned that have been pledged in good
faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the
satisfaction of the Administrative Trustees the pledgee’s right so to act with
respect to such Preferred Securities and that the pledgee is not the Depositor,
the Guarantor, any Trustee or any Affiliate of the Depositor, the Guarantor
or
of any Trustee.
“Owner”
means each Person who is the beneficial owner of Book-Entry Preferred Securities
as reflected in the records of the Depositary or, if a Depositary Participant
is
not the beneficial owner, then the beneficial owner as reflected in the records
of the Depositary Participant.
“Paying
Agent” means any Person authorized by the Administrative Trustees to pay
Distributions or other amounts in respect of any Trust Securities on behalf
of
the Trust.
“Payment
Account” means a segregated non-interest-bearing corporate trust account
maintained by the Property Trustee for the benefit of the Holders in which
all
amounts paid in respect of the Notes will be held and from which the Property
Trustee, through the Paying Agent, shall make payments to the Holders in
accordance with
Sections
3.1
,
4.1
and
4.2
.
“Person”
means a legal person, including any individual, corporation, estate,
partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, company, limited
liability company, trust, unincorporated association or government, or any
agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity of whatever
nature.
“Preferred
Security” means a preferred security of the Trust, denominated as such and
representing an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust, having
a Liquidation Amount of $1,000 and having the terms provided therefor in this
Trust Agreement.
“Preferred
Securities Certificate” means a certificate evidencing ownership of Preferred
Securities, substantially in the form attached as
Exhibit
C
.
“Property
Trustee” means the Person identified as the “Property Trustee” in the preamble
to this Trust Agreement, solely in its capacity as Property Trustee of the
Trust
and not in its individual capacity, or its successor in interest in such
capacity, or any successor Property Trustee appointed as herein
provided.
“Purchase
Agreement” means the Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 6, 2006, executed
and delivered by the Trust, the Depositor, the Guarantor, and the
Purchaser.
“Purchaser”
means Merrill Lynch International, whose address is 4 World Financial Center,
250 Vesey Street, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10080, Attention: Michael Rogozinski,
as purchaser of the Preferred Securities pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement.
“QIB”
means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A under the
Securities Act.
“Redemption
Date” means, with respect to any Trust Security to be redeemed, the date fixed
for such redemption by or pursuant to this Trust Agreement; provided, that
each
Note Redemption Date and the stated maturity (or any date of principal repayment
upon early maturity) of the Notes shall be a Redemption Date for a Like Amount
of Trust Securities.
“Redemption
Price” means, with respect to any Trust Security, the Liquidation Amount of such
Trust Security, plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions to the Redemption
Date, plus the related amount of the premium, if any, paid by the Depositor
upon
the concurrent redemption or payment at maturity of a Like Amount of
Notes.
“Reference
Banks” has the meaning specified in
Schedule
A
.
“Responsible
Officer” means, with respect to the Property Trustee, any Senior Vice President,
any Vice President, any Assistant Vice President, the Secretary, any Assistant
Secretary, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, any Trust Officer or
Assistant Trust Officer or any other officer in the Corporate Trust Office
of
the Property Trustee with direct responsibility for the administration of this
Trust Agreement and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust
matter, any other officer of the Property Trustee to whom such matter is
referred because of that officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject.
“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, and any successor statute thereto, in
each case as amended from time to time.
“Securities
Certificate” means any one of the Common Securities Certificates or the
Preferred Securities Certificates.
“Securities
Register” and “Securities Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in
Section
5.7
.
“Special
Event Redemption Price” has the meaning specified in
Section
11.2
of the
Indenture.
“Successor
Securities” has the meaning specified in
Section
9.5(a)
.
“Tax
Event” has the meaning specified in
Section
1.1
of the
Indenture.
“Trust”
means the Delaware statutory trust known as “NorthStar Realty Finance Trust VI,”
which was created on September 29, 2006, under the Delaware Statutory Trust
Act
pursuant to the Original Trust Agreement and the filing of the Certificate
of
Trust, and continued pursuant to this Trust Agreement.
“Trust
Agreement” means this Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, including all
Schedules and Exhibits (other than Exhibit D), as the same may be modified,
amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the applicable
provisions hereof.
“Trustees”
means the Administrative Trustees, the Property Trustee and the Delaware
Trustee, each as defined in this
Article
I
.
“Trust
Property” means (a) the Notes, (b) any cash on deposit in, or owing to, the
Payment Account and (c) all proceeds and rights in respect of the foregoing
and
any other property and assets for the time being held or deemed to be held
by
the Property Trustee pursuant to the trusts of this Trust
Agreement.
“Trust
Security” means any one of the Common Securities or the Preferred
Securities.
ARTICLE
II.
THE
TRUST
SECTION
2.1.
Name.
The
trust
continued hereby shall be known as “NorthStar Realty Finance Trust VI,” as such
name may be modified from time to time by the Administrative Trustees following
written notice to the Holders of Trust Securities and the other Trustees, in
which name the Trustees may conduct the business of the Trust, make and execute
contracts and other instruments on behalf of the Trust and sue and be
sued.
SECTION
2.2.
Office
of
the Delaware Trustee; Principal Place of Business.
The
address of the Delaware Trustee in the State of Delaware is Rodney Square North,
1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890-0001, Attention: Corporate
Capital Markets, or such other address in the State of Delaware as the Delaware
Trustee may designate by written notice to the Holders, the Depositor, the
Guarantor, the Property Trustee and the Administrative Trustees. The principal
executive office of the Trust is c/o NorthStar Realty Finance Corp., 527 Madison
Avenue, New York, NY 10022, Attention: Chief Financial Officer, as such address
may be changed from time to time by the Administrative Trustees following
written notice to the Holders and the other Trustees.
SECTION
2.3.
Initial
Contribution of Trust Property; Fees, Costs and Expenses.
The
Property Trustee acknowledges receipt from the Depositor in connection with
the
Original Trust Agreement of the sum of ten dollars ($10), which constituted
the
initial Trust Property. The Depositor shall pay all fees, costs and expenses
of
the Trust (except with respect to the Trust Securities) as they arise or shall,
upon request of any Trustee, promptly reimburse such Trustee for any such fees,
costs and expenses paid by such Trustee. The Depositor shall make no claim
upon
the Trust Property for the payment of such fees, costs or expenses.
SECTION
2.4.
Purposes
of Trust.
(a)
The
exclusive purposes and functions of the Trust are to (i) issue and sell Trust
Securities and use the proceeds from such sale to acquire the Notes and (ii)
engage in only those activities necessary or incidental thereto. The Delaware
Trustee, the Property Trustee and the Administrative Trustees are trustees
of
the Trust, and have all the rights, powers and duties to the extent set forth
herein. The Trustees hereby acknowledge that they are trustees of the
Trust.
(b)
So
long
as this Trust Agreement remains in effect, the Trust (or the Trustees acting
on
behalf of the Trust) shall not undertake any business, activities or transaction
except as expressly provided herein or contemplated hereby. In particular,
the
Trust (or the Trustees acting on behalf of the Trust) shall not (i) acquire
any
investments or engage in any activities not authorized by this Trust Agreement,
(ii) sell, assign, transfer, exchange, mortgage, pledge, set-off or otherwise
dispose of any of the Trust Property or interests therein, including to Holders,
except as expressly provided herein, (iii) incur any indebtedness for borrowed
money or issue any other debt, (iv) take or consent to any action that would
result in the placement of a Lien on any of the Trust Property, (v) take or
consent to any action that would reasonably be expected to cause (or, in the
case of the Property Trustee, to the actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer
would cause) the Trust to become taxable as a corporation or classified as
other
than a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes, (vi) take
or
consent to any action that would cause (or, in the case of the Property Trustee,
to the actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer would cause) the Notes to
be
treated as other than indebtedness of the Depositor for United States federal
income tax purposes or (vii) take or consent to any action that would cause
(or,
in the case of the Property Trustee, to the actual knowledge of a Responsible
Officer would cause) the Trust to be deemed to be an “investment company”
required to be registered under the Investment Company Act.
SECTION
2.5.
Authorization
to Enter into Certain Transactions.
(a)
The
Trustees shall conduct the affairs of the Trust in accordance with and subject
to the terms of this Trust Agreement. In accordance with the following
provisions (i) and (ii), the Trustees shall have the authority to enter into
all
transactions and agreements determined by the Trustees to be appropriate in
exercising the authority, express or implied, otherwise granted to the Trustees,
under this Trust Agreement, and to perform all acts in furtherance thereof,
including the following:
(i)
As
among
the Trustees, each Administrative Trustee shall severally have the power,
authority and authorization to act on behalf of the Trust with respect to the
following matters:
(A)
the
issuance and sale of the Trust Securities;
(B)
to
cause
the Trust to enter into, and to execute, deliver and perform on behalf of the
Trust, such agreements, documents, instruments, certificates and other writings
as may be necessary or desirable in connection with the purposes and function
of
the Trust, including, without limitation, a common securities subscription
agreement and a junior subordinated note subscription agreement and to cause
the
Trust to perform under the Purchase Agreement;
(C)
assisting
in the sale of the Preferred Securities in one or more transactions exempt
from
registration under the Securities Act, and in compliance with applicable state
securities or blue sky laws;
(D)
assisting
in the sending of notices (other than notices of default) and other information
regarding the Trust Securities and the Notes to the Holders in accordance with
this Trust Agreement;
(E)
the
appointment of a successor Paying Agent and Calculation Agent in accordance
with
this Trust Agreement;
(F)
execution
and delivery of the Trust Securities on behalf of the Trust in accordance with
this Trust Agreement;
(G)
execution
and delivery of closing certificates, if any, pursuant to the Purchase
Agreement;
(H)
preparation
and filing of all applicable tax returns and tax information reports that are
required to be filed on behalf of the Trust;
(I)
establishing
a record date with respect to all actions to be taken hereunder that require
a
record date to be established, except as provided in
Section
6.10(a)
;
(J)
unless
otherwise required by the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, to execute on behalf
of
the Trust (either acting alone or together with the other Administrative
Trustees) any documents and other writings that such Administrative Trustee
has
the power to execute pursuant to this Trust Agreement; and
(K)
the
taking of any action incidental to the foregoing as such Administrative Trustee
may from time to time determine is necessary or advisable to give effect to
the
terms of this Trust Agreement.
(ii)
As
among
the Trustees, the Property Trustee shall have the power, authority and
authorization to act on behalf of the Trust with respect to the following
matters:
(A)
the
receipt and holding of legal title of the Notes;
(B)
the
establishment of the Payment Account;
(C)
the
receipt of interest, principal and any other payments made in respect of the
Notes and the holding of such amounts in the Payment Account;
(D)
the
distribution through the Paying Agent of amounts distributable to the Holders
in
respect of the Trust Securities;
(E)
the
exercise of all of the rights, powers and privileges of a holder of the Notes
in
accordance with the terms of this Trust Agreement;
(F)
the
sending of notices of default and other information regarding the Trust
Securities and the Notes to the Holders in accordance with this Trust
Agreement;
(G)
the
distribution of the Trust Property in accordance with the terms of this Trust
Agreement;
(H)
to
the
extent provided in this Trust Agreement, the winding up of the affairs of and
liquidation of the Trust and the preparation, execution and filing of the
certificate of cancellation of the Trust with the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware;
(I)
application
for a taxpayer identification number for the Trust;
(J)
the
authentication of the Preferred Securities as provided in this Trust Agreement;
and
(K)
the
taking of any action incidental to the foregoing as the Property Trustee may
from time to time determine is necessary or advisable to give effect to the
terms of this Trust Agreement and protect and conserve the Trust Property for
the benefit of the Holders (without consideration of the effect of any such
action on any particular Holder).
(b)
In
connection with the issue and sale of the Preferred Securities, the Depositor
shall have the right and responsibility to assist the Trust with respect to,
or
effect on behalf of the Trust, the following (and any actions taken by the
Depositor in furtherance of the following prior to the date of this Trust
Agreement are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects):
(i)
the
negotiation of the terms of, and the execution and delivery of, the Purchase
Agreement providing for the sale of the Preferred Securities in one or more
transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act, and in
compliance with applicable state securities or blue sky laws; and
(ii)
the
taking of any other actions necessary or desirable to carry out any of the
foregoing activities.
(c)
Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, the Administrative Trustees are authorized
and
directed to conduct the affairs of the Trust and to operate the Trust so that
the Trust will not be taxable as a corporation or classified as other than
a
grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes, so that the Notes
will be treated as indebtedness of the Depositor for United States federal
income tax purposes and so that the Trust will not be deemed to be an
“investment company” required to be registered under the Investment Company Act.
In this connection, each Administrative Trustee is authorized to take any
action, not inconsistent with applicable law, the Certificate of Trust or this
Trust Agreement, that such Administrative Trustee determines in his or her
discretion to be necessary or desirable for such purposes, as long as such
action does not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the
Holders of the Outstanding Preferred Securities. In no event shall the
Administrative Trustees be liable to the Trust or the Holders for any failure
to
comply with this
Section
2.5
to the
extent that such failure results solely from a change in law or regulation
or in
the interpretation thereof.
(d)
Any
action taken by a Trustee in accordance with its powers shall constitute the
act
of and serve to bind the Trust. In dealing with any Trustee acting on behalf
of
the Trust, no Person shall be required to inquire into the authority of such
Trustee to bind the Trust. Persons dealing with the Trust are entitled to rely
conclusively on the power and authority of any Trustee as set forth in this
Trust Agreement.
SECTION
2.6.
Assets
of
Trust.
The
assets of the Trust shall consist of the Trust Property.
SECTION
2.7.
Title
to
Trust Property.
(a)
Legal
title to all Trust Property shall be vested at all times in the Property Trustee
and shall be held and administered by the Property Trustee in trust for the
benefit of the Trust and the Holders in accordance with this Trust
Agreement.
(b)
The
Holders shall not have any right or title to the Trust Property other than
the
undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust conferred by their
Trust Securities and they shall have no right to call for any partition or
division of property, profits or rights of the Trust except as described below.
The Trust Securities shall be personal property giving only the rights
specifically set forth therein and in this Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE
III.
PAYMENT
ACCOUNT; PAYING AGENTS
SECTION
3.1.
Payment
Account.
(a)
On
or
prior to the Closing Date, the Property Trustee shall establish the Payment
Account. The Property Trustee and the Paying Agent shall have exclusive control
and sole right of withdrawal with respect to the Payment Account for the purpose
of making deposits in and withdrawals from the Payment Account in accordance
with this Trust Agreement. All monies and other property deposited or held
from
time to time in the Payment Account shall be held by the Property Trustee in
the
Payment Account for the exclusive benefit of the Holders and for Distribution
as
herein provided.
(b)
The
Property Trustee shall deposit in the Payment Account, promptly upon receipt,
all payments of principal of or interest on, and any other payments with respect
to, the Notes. Amounts held in the Payment Account shall not be invested by
the
Property Trustee pending distribution thereof.
SECTION
3.2.
Appointment
of Paying Agents.
The
Property Trustee is appointed as the initial Paying Agent and hereby accepts
such appointment. The Paying Agent shall make Distributions to Holders from
the
Payment Account and shall report the amounts of such Distributions to the
Property Trustee and the Administrative Trustees. Any Paying Agent shall have
the revocable power to withdraw funds from the Payment Account solely for the
purpose of making the Distributions referred to above. The Administrative
Trustees may revoke such power and remove the Paying Agent in their sole
discretion. Any Person acting as Paying Agent shall be permitted to resign
as
Paying Agent upon thirty (30) days’ written notice to the Administrative
Trustees and the Property Trustee. If the Property Trustee shall no longer
be
the Paying Agent or a successor Paying Agent shall resign or its authority
to
act be revoked, the Administrative Trustees shall appoint a successor (which
shall be a bank or trust company) to act as Paying Agent. Such successor Paying
Agent appointed by the Administrative Trustees shall execute and deliver to
the
Trustees an instrument in which such successor Paying Agent shall agree with
the
Trustees that as Paying Agent, such successor Paying Agent will hold all sums,
if any, held by it for payment to the Holders in trust for the benefit of the
Holders entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Holders. The
Paying Agent shall return all unclaimed funds to the Property Trustee and upon
removal of a Paying Agent such Paying Agent shall also return all funds in
its
possession to the Property Trustee. The provisions of
Article
VIII
shall
apply to the Property Trustee also in its role as Paying Agent, for so long
as
the Property Trustee shall act as Paying Agent and, to the extent applicable,
to
any other Paying Agent appointed hereunder. Any reference in this Trust
Agreement to the Paying Agent shall include any co-paying agent unless the
context requires otherwise.
ARTICLE
IV.
DISTRIBUTIONS;
REDEMPTION
SECTION
4.1.
Distributions.
(a)
The
Trust
Securities represent undivided beneficial interests in the Trust Property,
and
Distributions (including any Additional Interest Amounts) will be made on the
Trust Securities at the rate and on the dates that payments of interest
(including any Additional Interest) are made on the Notes.
Accordingly:
(i)
Distributions
on the Trust Securities shall be cumulative, and shall accumulate whether or
not
there are funds of the Trust available for the payment of Distributions.
Distributions shall accumulate from October 6, 2006, and, except as provided
in
clause (ii) below, shall be payable quarterly in arrears on March 30
th
,
June
30
th
,
September 30
th
and
December 30
th
of each
year, commencing on December 30, 2006. If any date on which a Distribution
is
otherwise payable on the Trust Securities is not a Business Day, then the
payment of such Distribution shall be made on the next succeeding Business
Day
(and no interest shall accrue in respect of the amounts whose payment is so
delayed for the period from and after each such date until the next succeeding
Business Day), except that, if such Business Day falls in the next succeeding
calendar year, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business
Day, in each case, with the same force and effect as if made on such date (each
date on which Distributions are payable in accordance with this Section
4.1(a)(i), a “Distribution Date”);
(ii)
Distributions
shall accumulate in respect of the Trust Securities at a variable rate per
annum, reset quarterly, equal to LIBOR plus the Margin (as defined in the
Indenture) of the Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities, such rate being
the rate of interest payable on the Notes. LIBOR shall be determined by the
Calculation Agent in accordance with
Schedule
A
.
The
amount of Distributions payable for any Distribution period shall be computed
and paid on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed
in
the relevant Distribution period. The amount of Distributions payable for any
period shall include any Additional Interest Amounts in respect of such period;
and
(iii)
Distributions
on the Trust Securities shall be made by the Paying Agent from the Payment
Account and shall be payable on each Distribution Date only to the extent that
the Trust has funds then on hand and available in the Payment Account for the
payment of such Distributions.
(b)
Distributions
on the Trust Securities with respect to a Distribution Date shall be payable
to
the Holders thereof as they appear on the Securities Register for the Trust
Securities at the close of business on the relevant record date, which shall
be
at the close of business on the fifteenth day (whether or not a Business Day)
preceding the relevant Distribution Date. Distributions payable on any Trust
Securities that are not punctually paid on any Distribution Date as a result
of
the Depositor having failed to make an interest payment under the Notes will
cease to be payable to the Person in whose name such Trust Securities are
registered on the relevant record date, and such defaulted Distributions and
any
Additional Interest Amounts will instead be payable to the Person in whose
name
such Trust Securities are registered on the special record date, or other
specified date for determining Holders entitled to such defaulted Distribution
and Additional Interest Amount, established in the same manner, and on the
same
date, as such is established with respect to the Notes under the
Indenture.
(c)
As
a
condition to the payment of any principal of or interest on the Trust Securities
without the imposition of withholding tax, the Administrative Trustees shall
require the previous delivery of properly completed and signed applicable U.S.
federal income tax certifications (generally, an Internal Revenue Service Form
W-9 (or applicable successor form) in the case of a person that is a “United
States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code or an
Internal Revenue Service Form W-8 (or applicable successor form) in the case
of
a person that is not a “United States person” within the meaning of Section
7701(a)(30) of the Code) and any other certification acceptable to it to enable
the Paying Agent to determine its duties and liabilities with respect to any
taxes or other charges that it may be required to pay, deduct or withhold in
respect of such Trust Securities.
SECTION
4.2.
Redemption.
(a)
On
each
Note Redemption Date and on the stated maturity (or any date of principal
repayment upon early maturity) of the Notes and on each other date on (or in
respect of) which any principal on the Notes is repaid, the Trust will be
required to redeem a Like Amount of Trust Securities at the Redemption
Price.
(b)
Notice
of
redemption shall be given by the Property Trustee by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, mailed not less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days prior
to
the Redemption Date to each Holder of Trust Securities to be redeemed, at such
Holder’s address appearing in the Securities Register. All notices of redemption
shall state:
(i)
the
Redemption Date;
(ii)
the
Redemption Price or, if the Redemption Price cannot be calculated prior to
the
time the notice is required to be sent, the estimate of the Redemption Price
provided pursuant to the Indenture, as calculated by the Depositor, together
with a statement that it is an estimate and that the actual Redemption Price
will be calculated by the Calculation Agent on the fifth Business Day prior
to
the Redemption Date (and if an estimate is provided, a further notice shall
be
sent of the actual Redemption Price on the date that such Redemption Price
is
calculated);
(iii)
if
less
than all the Outstanding Trust Securities are to be redeemed, the identification
(and, in the case of partial redemption, the respective Liquidation Amounts)
and
Liquidation Amounts of the particular Trust Securities to be
redeemed;
(iv)
that
on
the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon
each
such Trust Security, or portion thereof, to be redeemed and that Distributions
thereon will cease to accumulate on such Trust Security or such portion, as
the
case may be, on and after said date, except as provided in
Section
4.2(d)
;
(v)
the
place
or places where the Trust Securities are to be surrendered for the payment
of
the Redemption Price; and
(vi)
such
other provisions as the Property Trustee deems relevant.
(c)
The
Trust
Securities (or portion thereof) redeemed on each Redemption Date shall be
redeemed at the Redemption Price with the proceeds from the contemporaneous
redemption or payment at maturity of Notes. Redemptions of the Trust Securities
(or portion thereof) shall be made and the Redemption Price shall be payable
on
each Redemption Date only to the extent that the Trust has funds then on hand
and available in the Payment Account for the payment of such Redemption Price.
Under the Indenture, the Notes may be redeemed by the Depositor on any Interest
Payment Date, at the Depositor’s option, on or after the earlier to occur of (i)
a Change of Control Event (as defined in the Indenture) or (ii) December 30,
2011, in whole or in part, from time to time at a redemption price equal to
one
hundred percent (100%) of the principal amount thereof, together, in the case
of
any such redemption, with accrued interest, including any Additional Interest,
to but excluding the date fixed for redemption (the “Indenture Redemption
Price”). The Notes may also be redeemed by the Depositor, at its option, in
whole but not in part, upon the occurrence of an Investment Company Event or
a
Tax Event at the Special Event Redemption Price (as set forth in the
Indenture).
(d)
If
the
Property Trustee gives a notice of redemption in respect of any Preferred
Securities, then by 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the Redemption Date,
the
Depositor shall deposit sufficient funds with the Property Trustee to pay the
Redemption Price. If such deposit has been made by such time, then by 12:00
noon, New York City time, on the Redemption Date, the Property Trustee will,
with respect to Book-Entry Preferred Securities, irrevocably deposit with the
Depositary for such Book-Entry Preferred Securities, to the extent available
therefor, funds sufficient to pay the applicable Redemption Price and will
give
such Depositary irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the Redemption
Price to the Holders of the Preferred Securities. With respect to Preferred
Securities that are not Book-Entry Preferred Securities, the Property Trustee
will irrevocably deposit with the Paying Agent, to the extent available
therefor, funds sufficient to pay the applicable Redemption Price and will
give
the Paying Agent irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the Redemption
Price to the Holders of the Preferred Securities upon surrender of their
Preferred Securities Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Distributions
payable on or prior to the Redemption Date for any Trust Securities (or portion
thereof) called for redemption shall be payable to the Holders of such Trust
Securities as they appear on the Securities Register on the relevant record
dates for the related Distribution Dates. If notice of redemption shall have
been given and funds deposited as required, then upon the date of such deposit,
all rights of Holders holding Trust Securities (or portion thereof) so called
for redemption will cease, except the right of such Holders to receive the
Redemption Price and any Distribution payable in respect of the Trust Securities
on or prior to the Redemption Date, but without interest, and, in the case
of a
partial redemption, the right of such Holders to receive a new Trust Security
or
Securities of authorized denominations, in aggregate Liquidation Amount equal
to
the unredeemed portion of such Trust Security or Securities, and such Securities
(or portion thereof) called for redemption will cease to be Outstanding. In
the
event that any date on which any Redemption Price is payable is not a Business
Day, then payment of the Redemption Price payable on such date will be made
on
the next succeeding Business Day (and no interest shall accrue in respect of
the
amounts whose payment is so delayed for the period from and after each such
date
until the next succeeding Business Day), except that, if such Business Day
falls
in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall be made on the
immediately preceding Business Day, in each case, with the same force and effect
as if made on such date. In the event that payment of the Redemption Price
in
respect of any Trust Securities (or portion thereof) called for redemption
is
improperly withheld or refused and not paid either by the Trust or by the
Depositor or the Guarantor pursuant to the Indenture, Distributions on such
Trust Securities (or portion thereof) will continue to accumulate, as set forth
in
Section
4.1
,
from
the Redemption Date originally established by the Trust for such Trust
Securities(or portion thereof) to the date such Redemption Price is actually
paid, in which case the actual payment date will be the date fixed for
redemption for purposes of calculating the Redemption Price.
(e)
Subject
to
Section
4.3
(a),
if
less than all the Outstanding Trust Securities are to be redeemed on a
Redemption Date, then the aggregate Liquidation Amount of Trust Securities
to be
redeemed shall be allocated pro rata to the Common Securities and the Preferred
Securities based upon the relative aggregate Liquidation Amounts of the Common
Securities and the Preferred Securities. The Preferred Securities to be redeemed
shall be selected on a pro rata basis based upon their respective Liquidation
Amounts not more than sixty (60) days prior to the Redemption Date by the
Property Trustee from the Outstanding Preferred Securities not previously called
for redemption; provided, however, that with respect to Holders that would
be
required to hold less than one hundred (100) but more than zero (0) Trust
Securities as a result of such redemption, the Trust shall redeem Trust
Securities of each such Holder so that after such redemption such Holder shall
hold either one hundred (100) Trust Securities or such Holder no longer holds
any Trust Securities, and shall use such method (including, without limitation,
by lot) as the Trust shall deem fair and appropriate; and provided, further,
that so long as the Preferred Securities are Book-Entry Preferred Securities,
such selection shall be made in accordance with the Applicable Depositary
Procedures for the Preferred Securities by such Depositary. The Property Trustee
shall promptly notify the Securities Registrar in writing of the Preferred
Securities (or portion thereof) selected for redemption and, in the case of
any
Preferred Securities selected for partial redemption, the Liquidation Amount
thereof to be redeemed. For all purposes of this Trust Agreement, unless the
context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of
Preferred Securities shall relate, in the case of any Preferred Securities
redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the aggregate
Liquidation Amount of Preferred Securities that has been or is to be
redeemed.
(f)
The
Trust
in issuing the Trust Securities may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in
use), and, if so, the Property Trustee shall indicate the “CUSIP” numbers of the
Trust Securities in notices of redemption and related materials as a convenience
to Holders; provided, that any such notice may state that no representation
is
made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Trust
Securities or as contained in any notice of redemption and related
materials.
SECTION
4.3.
Subordination
of Common Securities.
(a)
Payment
of Distributions (including any Additional Interest Amounts) on, the Redemption
Price of and the Liquidation Distribution in respect of, the Trust Securities,
as applicable, shall be made, pro rata among the Common Securities and the
Preferred Securities based on the Liquidation Amount of the respective Trust
Securities; provided, that if on any Distribution Date, Redemption Date or
Liquidation Date an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
no
payment of any Distribution (including any Additional Interest Amounts) on,
Redemption Price of or Liquidation Distribution in respect of, any Common
Security, and no other payment on account of the redemption, liquidation or
other acquisition of Common Securities, shall be made unless payment in full
in
cash of all accumulated and unpaid Distributions (including any Additional
Interest Amounts) on all Outstanding Preferred Securities for all Distribution
periods terminating on or prior thereto, or in the case of payment of the
Redemption Price the full amount of such Redemption Price on all Outstanding
Preferred Securities then called for redemption, or in the case of payment
of
the Liquidation Distribution the full amount of such Liquidation Distribution
on
all Outstanding Preferred Securities, shall have been made or provided for,
and
all funds immediately available to the Property Trustee shall first be applied
to the payment in full in cash of all Distributions (including any Additional
Interest Amounts) on, or the Redemption Price of or the Liquidation Distribution
in respect of, the Preferred Securities then due and payable.
(b)
In
the
case of the occurrence of any Event of Default, the Holders of the Common
Securities shall have no right to act with respect to any such Event of Default
under this Trust Agreement until all such Events of Default with respect to
the
Preferred Securities have been cured, waived or otherwise eliminated. Until
all
such Events of Default under this Trust Agreement with respect to the Preferred
Securities have been so cured, waived or otherwise eliminated, the Property
Trustee shall act solely on behalf of the Holders of the Preferred Securities
and not on behalf of the Holders of the Common Securities, and only the Holders
of all the Preferred Securities will have the right to direct the Property
Trustee to act on their behalf.
SECTION
4.4.
Payment
Procedures.
Payments
of Distributions (including any Additional Interest Amounts), the Redemption
Price, Liquidation Amount or any other amounts in respect of the Preferred
Securities shall be made by wire transfer at such place and to such account
at a
banking institution in the United States as may be designated in writing at
least ten (10) Business Days prior to the date for payment by the Person
entitled thereto unless proper written transfer instructions have not been
received by the relevant record date, in which case such payments shall be
made
by check mailed to the address of such Person as such address shall appear
in
the Securities Register. If any Preferred Securities are held by a Depositary,
such Distributions thereon shall be made to the Depositary in immediately
available funds. Payments in respect of the Common Securities shall be made
in
such manner as shall be mutually agreed between the Property Trustee and the
Holder of all the Common Securities.
SECTION
4.5.
Withholding
Tax.
The
Trust
and the Administrative Trustees shall comply with all withholding and backup
withholding tax requirements under United States federal, state and local law.
The Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall request, and the
Holders shall provide to the Trust, such forms or certificates as are necessary
to establish an exemption from withholding and backup withholding tax with
respect to each Holder and any representations and forms as shall reasonably
be
requested by the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust to assist it
in
determining the extent of, and in fulfilling, its withholding and backup
withholding tax obligations. The Administrative Trustees shall file required
forms with applicable jurisdictions and, unless an exemption from withholding
and backup withholding tax is properly established by a Holder, shall remit
amounts withheld with respect to the Holder to applicable jurisdictions. To
the
extent that the Trust is required to withhold and pay over any amounts to any
jurisdiction with respect to Distributions or allocations to any Holder, the
amount withheld shall be deemed to be a Distribution in the amount of the
withholding to the Holder. In the event of any claimed overwithholding, Holders
shall be limited to an action against the applicable jurisdiction. If the amount
required to be withheld was not withheld from actual Distributions made, the
Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust may reduce subsequent
Distributions by the amount of such required withholding.
SECTION
4.6.
Tax
Returns and Other Reports.
(a)
The
Administrative Trustees shall prepare (or cause to be prepared) at the principal
office of the Trust in the United States, as defined for purposes of Treasury
regulations section 301.7701-7, at the Depositor’s expense, and file, all United
States federal, state and local tax and information returns and reports required
to be filed by or in respect of the Trust. The Administrative Trustees shall
prepare at the principal office of the Trust in the United States, as defined
for purposes of Treasury regulations section 301.7701-7, and furnish (or cause
to be prepared and furnished), by January 31 in each taxable year of the Trust
to each Holder all Internal Revenue Service forms and returns required to be
provided by the Trust. The Administrative Trustees shall provide the Depositor
and the Property Trustee with a copy of all such returns and reports promptly
after such filing or furnishing.
SECTION
4.7.
Payment
of Taxes, Duties, Etc. of the Trust.
Upon
receipt under the Notes of Additional Tax Sums and upon the written direction
of
the Administrative Trustees, the Property Trustee shall promptly pay, solely
out
of monies on deposit pursuant to this Trust Agreement, any Additional Taxes
imposed on the Trust by the United States or any other taxing
authority.
SECTION
4.8.
Payments
under Indenture or Pursuant to Direct Actions.
Any
amount payable hereunder to any Holder of Preferred Securities shall be reduced
by the amount of any corresponding payment such Holder (or any Owner with
respect thereto) has directly received pursuant to
Section
5.8
of the
Indenture or
Section
6.10(b)
of this
Trust Agreement.
SECTION
4.9.
Exchanges.
(a)
If
at any
time the Depositor or any of its Affiliates (in either case, a “Depositor
Affiliate”) is the Owner or Holder of any Preferred Securities, such Depositor
Affiliate shall have the right to deliver to the Property Trustee all or such
portion of its Preferred Securities as it elects and, subject to compliance
with
Sections 2.2 and 3.5 of the Indenture, receive, in exchange therefor, a Like
Amount of Notes. Such election (i) shall be exercisable effective on any
Distribution Date by such Depositor Affiliate delivering to the Property Trustee
a written notice of such election specifying the Liquidation Amount of Preferred
Securities with respect to which such election is being made and the
Distribution Date on which such exchange shall occur, which Distribution Date
shall be not less than ten (10) Business Days after the date of receipt by
the
Property Trustee of such election notice and (ii) shall be conditioned upon
such
Depositor Affiliate having delivered or caused to be delivered to the Property
Trustee or its designee the Preferred Securities that are the subject of such
election by 10:00 A.M. New York time, on the Distribution Date on which such
exchange is to occur. After the exchange, such Preferred Securities will be
canceled and will no longer be deemed to be Outstanding and all rights of the
Depositor Affiliate with respect to such Preferred Securities will
cease.
(b)
In
the
case of an exchange described in
Section
4.9(a)
,
the
Property Trustee on behalf of the Trust will, on the date of such exchange,
exchange Notes having a principal amount equal to a proportional amount of
the
aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Common Securities, based on
the
ratio of the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities exchanged
pursuant to
Section
4.9(a)
divided
by the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities Outstanding
immediately prior to such exchange, for such proportional amount of Common
Securities held by the Depositor (which contemporaneously shall be canceled
and
no longer be deemed to be Outstanding); provided, that the Depositor delivers
or
causes to be delivered to the Property Trustee or its designee the required
amount of Common Securities to be exchanged by 10:00 A.M. New York time, on
the
Distribution Date on which such exchange is to occur.
SECTION
4.10.
Calculation
Agent.
(a)
The
Property Trustee shall initially, and, subject to the immediately following
sentence, for so long as it holds any of the Notes, be the Calculation Agent
for
purposes of determining LIBOR for each Distribution Date. The Calculation Agent
may be removed by the Administrative Trustees at any time. If the Calculation
Agent is unable or unwilling to act as such or is removed by the Administrative
Trustees, the Administrative Trustees will promptly appoint as a replacement
Calculation Agent the London office of a leading bank which is engaged in
transactions in three-month U.S. dollar deposits in Europe and which does not
control or is not controlled by or under common control with the Administrative
Trustee or its Affiliates. The Calculation Agent may not resign its duties
without a successor having been duly appointed.
(b)
The
Calculation Agent shall be required to agree that, as soon as possible after
11:00 a.m. (London time) on each LIBOR Determination Date, but in no event
later
than 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the Business Day immediately following each
LIBOR Determination Date, the Calculation Agent will calculate the interest
rate
and dollar amount (rounded to the nearest cent, with half a cent being rounded
upwards) for the related Distribution Date, and will communicate such rate
and
amount to the Depositor, the Property Trustee, each Paying Agent and the
Depositary. The Calculation Agent will also specify to the Administrative
Trustees the quotations upon which the foregoing rates and amounts are based
and, in any event, the Calculation Agent shall notify the Administrative
Trustees before 5:00 p.m. (London time) on each LIBOR Determination Date that
either: (i) it has determined or is in the process of determining the foregoing
rates and amounts or (ii) it has not determined and is not in the process of
determining the foregoing rates and amounts, together with its reasons therefor.
The Calculation Agent’s determination of the foregoing rates and amounts for any
Distribution Date will (in the absence of manifest error) be final and binding
upon all parties. For the sole purpose of calculating the interest rate for
the
Trust Securities, “Business Day” shall be defined as any day on which dealings
in deposits in Dollars are transacted in the London interbank
market.
SECTION
4.11.
Certain
Accounting Matters.
(a)
At
all
times during the existence of the Trust, the Administrative Trustees shall
keep,
or cause to be kept at the principal office of the Trust in the United States,
as defined for purposes of Treasury Regulations section 301.7701-7, full books
of account, records and supporting documents, which shall reflect in reasonable
detail each transaction of the Trust. The books of account shall be maintained
on the accrual method of accounting, in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, consistently applied.
(b)
The
Administrative Trustees shall either (i) if the Depositor is then subject to
such reporting requirements, cause each Form 10-K and Form 10-Q prepared by
the
Depositor and filed with the Commission in accordance with the Exchange Act
to
be delivered to each Holder, with a copy to the Property Trustee, within thirty
(30) days after the filing thereof or (ii) cause to be prepared at the principal
office of the Trust in the United States, as defined for purposes of Treasury
Regulations section 301.7701-7, and delivered to each of the Holders, with
a
copy to the Property Trustee, within ninety (90) days after the end of each
Fiscal Year, annual financial statements of the Trust, including a balance
sheet
of the Trust as of the end of such Fiscal Year, and the related statements
of
income or loss.
(c)
The
Trust
shall maintain one or more bank accounts in the United States, as defined for
purposes of Treasury Regulations section 301.7701-7, in the name and for the
sole benefit of the Trust;
provided
,
however
,
that
all payments of funds in respect of the Notes held by the Property Trustee
shall
be made directly to the Payment Account and no other funds of the Trust shall
be
deposited in the Payment Account. The sole signatories for such accounts
(including the Payment Account) shall be designated by the Property
Trustee.
ARTICLE
V.
SECURITIES
SECTION
5.1.
Initial
Ownership.
Upon
the
creation of the Trust and the contribution by the Depositor referred to in
Section
2.3
and
until the issuance of the Trust Securities, and at any time during which no
Trust Securities are Outstanding, the Depositor shall be the sole beneficial
owner of the Trust.
SECTION
5.2.
Authorized
Trust Securities.
The
Trust
shall be authorized to issue one series of Preferred Securities having an
aggregate Liquidation Amount of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) and
one series of Common Securities having an aggregate Liquidation Amount of one
hundred thousand dollars ($100,000).
SECTION
5.3.
Issuance
of the Common Securities; Subscription and Purchase of Notes.
On
the
Closing Date, an Administrative Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall execute
and deliver to the Depositor Common Securities Certificates, registered in
the
name of the Depositor, evidencing an aggregate of 100 Common Securities having
an aggregate Liquidation Amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000),
against receipt by the Trust of the aggregate purchase price of such Common
Securities of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000). Contemporaneously
therewith and with the sale by the Trust to the Holders of an aggregate of
twenty-five thousand (25,000) Preferred Securities having an aggregate
Liquidation Amount of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000), an
Administrative Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall subscribe for and purchase
from the Depositor Notes, to be registered in the name of the Property Trustee
on behalf of the Trust and having an aggregate principal amount equal to
twenty-five million one hundred thousand dollars ($25,100,000), and, in
satisfaction of the purchase price for such Notes, the Property Trustee, on
behalf of the Trust, shall deliver to the Depositor the sum of twenty-five
million one hundred thousand dollars ($25,100,000) (being the aggregate amount
paid by the Holders for the Preferred Securities and the amount paid by the
Depositor for the Common Securities).
SECTION
5.4.
The
Securities Certificates.
(a)
The
Preferred Securities Certificates shall be issued in minimum denominations
of
one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) Liquidation Amount and integral
multiples of one thousand dollars ($1,000) in excess thereof, and the Common
Securities Certificates shall be issued in minimum denominations of ten thousand
dollars ($10,000) Liquidation Amount and integral multiples of one thousand
dollars ($1,000) in excess thereof. The Securities Certificates shall be
executed on behalf of the Trust by manual or facsimile signature of at least
one
Administrative Trustee. Securities Certificates bearing the signatures of
individuals who were, at the time when such signatures shall have been affixed,
authorized to sign such Securities Certificates on behalf of the Trust shall
be
validly issued and entitled to the benefits of this Trust Agreement,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them shall have ceased to be
so
authorized prior to the delivery of such Securities Certificates or did not
have
such authority at the date of delivery of such Securities
Certificates.
(b)
On
the
Closing Date, upon the written order of an authorized officer of the Depositor,
the Administrative Trustees shall cause Securities Certificates to be executed
on behalf of the Trust and delivered, without further corporate action by the
Depositor, in authorized denominations.
(c)
Preferred
Securities issued on the Closing Date to QIBS shall be issued as directed by
the
Purchaser on or prior to the Closing Date, either (i) in the form of one or
more
Global Preferred Securities Certificates or (ii) in the form of one or more
Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates. Global Preferred Securities shall
be, except as provided in
Section 5.6
,
Book-Entry Preferred Securities issued in the form of one or more Global
Preferred Securities registered in the name of the Depositary, or its nominee
and deposited with the Depositary or the Property Trustee as custodian for
the
Depositary for credit by the Depositary to the respective accounts of the
Depositary Participants thereof (or such other accounts as they may direct).
The
Preferred Securities issued to a Person other than a QIB shall be issued in
the
form of Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates.
(d)
A
Preferred Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual
signature of a Responsible Officer of the Property Trustee. Such signature
shall
be conclusive evidence that the Preferred Security has been authenticated under
this Trust Agreement. Upon written order of the Trust signed by one
Administrative Trustee, the Property Trustee shall authenticate and deliver
one
or more Preferred Security Certificates evidencing the Preferred Securities
for
original issue. The Property Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent that
is
a U.S. Person acceptable to the Trust to authenticate the Preferred Securities.
A Common Security need not be so authenticated and shall be valid upon execution
by one or more Administrative Trustees. The form of this certificate of
authentication can be found in
Section 5.13
.
(e)
Upon
issuance of the Trust Securities as provided in this Trust Agreement, the Trust
Securities so issued shall be deemed to be validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable, and each Holder thereof shall be entitled to the benefits
provided by this Trust Agreement.
SECTION
5.5.
Rights
of
Holders.
The
Trust
Securities shall have no, and the issuance of the Trust Securities is not
subject to, preemptive or similar rights and when issued and delivered to
Holders against payment of the purchase price therefor will be fully paid and
non-assessable by the Trust. Except as provided in
Section
5.11(b)
,
the
Holders of the Trust Securities, in their capacities as such, shall be entitled
to the same limitation of personal liability extended to stockholders of private
corporations for profit organized under the General Corporation Law of the
State
of Delaware.
SECTION
5.6.
Book-Entry
Preferred Securities.
(a)
A
Global
Preferred Security may be exchanged, in whole or in part, for Definitive
Preferred Securities Certificates registered in the names of the Owners only
if
such exchange complies with
Section
5.7
and (i)
the Depositary advises the Administrative Trustees and the Property Trustee
in
writing that the Depositary is no longer willing or able properly to discharge
its responsibilities with respect to the Global Preferred Security, and no
qualified successor is appointed by the Administrative Trustees within ninety
(90) days of receipt of such notice, (ii) the Depositary ceases to be a clearing
agency registered under the Exchange Act and the Administrative Trustees fail
to
appoint a qualified successor within ninety (90) days of obtaining knowledge
of
such event, (iii) the Administrative Trustees at their option advise the
Property Trustee in writing that the Trust elects to terminate the book-entry
system through the Depositary or (iv) a Note Event of Default has occurred
and
is continuing. Upon the occurrence of any event specified in clause (i), (ii),
(iii) or (iv) above, the Administrative Trustees shall notify the Depositary
and
instruct the Depositary to notify all Owners of Book-Entry Preferred Securities,
the Delaware Trustee and the Property Trustee of the occurrence of such event
and of the availability of the Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates
to
Owners of the Preferred Securities requesting the same. Upon the issuance of
Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates, the Trustees shall recognize
the
Holders of the Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates as Holders.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Owner of a beneficial interest in a Global
Preferred Security wishes at any time to transfer an interest in such Global
Preferred Security to a Person other than a QIB, such transfer shall be
effected, subject to the Applicable Depositary Procedures, in accordance with
the provisions of this
Section
5.6
and
Section
5.7
,
and the
transferee shall receive a Definitive Preferred Securities Certificate in
connection with such transfer. A holder of a Definitive Preferred Securities
Certificate that is a QIB may, upon request, and in accordance with the
provisions of this
Section
5.6
and
Section
5.7
,
exchange such Definitive Preferred Securities Certificate for a beneficial
interest in a Global Preferred Security.
(b)
If
any
Global Preferred Security is to be exchanged for Definitive Preferred Securities
Certificates or canceled in part, or if any Definitive Preferred Securities
Certificate is to be exchanged in whole or in part for any Global Preferred
Security, then either (i) such Global Preferred Security shall be so surrendered
for exchange or cancellation as provided in this
Article V
or (ii)
the aggregate Liquidation Amount represented by such Global Preferred Security
shall be reduced, subject to
Section
5.4
,
or
increased by an amount equal to the Liquidation Amount represented by that
portion of the Global Preferred Security to be so exchanged or canceled, or
equal to the Liquidation Amount represented by such Definitive Preferred
Securities Certificates to be so exchanged for any Global Preferred Security,
as
the case may be, by means of an appropriate adjustment made on the records
of
the Securities Registrar, whereupon the Property Trustee, in accordance with
the
Applicable Depositary Procedures, shall instruct the Depositary or its
authorized representative to make a corresponding adjustment to its records.
Upon any such surrender to the Administrative Trustees or the Securities
Registrar of any Global Preferred Security or Securities by the Depositary,
accompanied by registration instructions, the Administrative Trustees, or any
one of them, shall execute the Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates
in
accordance with the instructions of the Depositary, and the Property Trustee,
upon receipt thereof, shall authenticate and deliver such Definitive Preferred
Securities Certificates. None of the Securities Registrar or the Trustees shall
be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively
rely on, and shall be fully protected in relying on, such
instructions.
(c)
Every
Securities Certificate executed and delivered upon registration or transfer
of,
or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Preferred Security or any portion
thereof shall be executed and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global
Preferred Security, unless such Securities Certificate is registered in the
name
of a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Preferred Security or
a
nominee thereof.
(d)
The
Depositary or its nominee, as registered owner of a Global Preferred Security,
shall be the Holder of such Global Preferred Security for all purposes under
this Trust Agreement and the Global Preferred Security, and Owners with respect
to a Global Preferred Security shall hold such interests pursuant to the
Applicable Depositary Procedures. The Securities Registrar and the Trustees
shall be entitled to deal with the Depositary for all purposes of this Trust
Agreement relating to the Global Preferred Securities (including the payment
of
the Liquidation Amount of and Distributions on the Book-Entry Preferred
Securities represented thereby and the giving of instructions or directions
by
Owners of Book-Entry Preferred Securities represented thereby and the giving
of
notices) as the sole Holder of the Book-Entry Preferred Securities represented
thereby and shall have no obligations to the Owners thereof. None of the
Trustees nor the Securities Registrar shall have any liability in respect of
any
transfers effected by the Depositary.
(e)
The
rights of the Owners of the Book-Entry Preferred Securities shall be exercised
only through the Depositary and shall be limited to those established by law,
the Applicable Depositary Procedures and agreements between such Owners and
the
Depositary and/or the Depositary Participants; provided, that, solely for the
purpose of determining whether the Holders of the requisite amount of Preferred
Securities have voted on any matter provided for in this Trust Agreement, to
the
extent that Preferred Securities are represented by a Global Preferred Security,
the Trustees may conclusively rely on, and shall be fully protected in relying
on, any written instrument (including a proxy) delivered to the Property Trustee
by the Depositary setting forth the Owners’ votes or assigning the right to vote
on any matter to any other Persons either in whole or in part. To the extent
that Preferred Securities are represented by a Global Preferred Security, the
Depositary will make book-entry transfers among the Depositary Participants
and
receive and transmit payments on the Preferred Securities that are represented
by a Global Preferred Security to such Depositary Participants, and none of
the
Depositor or the Trustees shall have any responsibility or obligation with
respect thereto.
(f)
To
the
extent that a notice or other communication to the Holders is required under
this Trust Agreement, for so long as Preferred Securities are represented by
a
Global Preferred Security, the Trustees shall give all such notices and
communications to the Depositary, and shall have no obligations to the
Owners.
SECTION
5.7.
Registration
of Transfer and Exchange of Preferred Securities Certificates.
(a)
The
Property Trustee shall keep or cause to be kept, at the Corporate Trust Office,
a register or registers (the “Securities Register”) in which the registrar and
transfer agent with respect to the Trust Securities (the “Securities
Registrar”), subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, shall
provide for the registration of Preferred Securities Certificates and Common
Securities Certificates and registration of transfers and exchanges of Preferred
Securities Certificates as herein provided. The Property Trustee shall at all
times also be the Securities Registrar. The provisions of
Article
VIII
shall
apply to the Property Trustee in its role as Securities Registrar.
(b)
Subject
to Section 5.7(d), upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Preferred
Securities Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to
Section
5.7(f)
,
the
Administrative Trustees or any one of them shall execute by manual or facsimile
signature and deliver to the Property Trustee, and upon receipt thereof the
Property Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees, one or more new Preferred Securities Certificates
in
authorized denominations of a like aggregate Liquidation Amount as may be
required by this Trust Agreement dated the date of execution by such
Administrative Trustee or Trustees. At the option of a Holder, Preferred
Securities Certificates may be exchanged for other Preferred Securities
Certificates in authorized denominations and of a like aggregate Liquidation
Amount upon surrender of the Preferred Securities Certificate to be exchanged
at
the office or agency maintained pursuant to
Section 5.7(f)
.
Whenever any Preferred Securities Certificates are so surrendered for exchange,
the Administrative Trustees or any one of them shall execute by manual or
facsimile signature and deliver to the Property Trustee, and upon receipt
thereof the Property Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Preferred
Securities Certificates that the Holder making the exchange is entitled to
receive.
(c)
The
Securities Registrar shall not be required, (i) to issue, register the transfer
of or exchange any Preferred Security during a period beginning at the opening
of business fifteen (15) days before the day of selection for redemption of
such
Preferred Securities pursuant to
Article
IV
and
ending at the close of business on the day of mailing of the notice of
redemption or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Preferred
Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except, in the case
of
any such Preferred Security to be redeemed in part, any portion thereof not
to
be redeemed.
(d)
Every
Preferred Securities Certificate presented or surrendered for registration
of
transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Securities Registrar duly
executed by the Holder or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing and
(i) if such Preferred Securities Certificate is being transferred otherwise
than
to a QIB, accompanied by a certificate of the transferee substantially in the
form set forth as
Exhibit
E
hereto
or (ii) if such Preferred Securities Certificate is being transferred to a
QIB,
accompanied by a certificate of the transferor substantially in the form set
forth as
Exhibit
F
hereto.
(e)
No
service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of
Preferred Securities Certificates, but the Property Trustee on behalf of the
Trust may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental
charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of
Preferred Securities Certificates.
(f)
The
Administrative Trustees shall designate an office or offices or agency or
agencies where Preferred Securities Certificates may be surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange, and initially designate the Corporate
Trust Office as its office and agency for such purposes. The Administrative
Trustees shall give prompt written notice to the Depositor, the Property Trustee
and to the Holders of any change in the location of any such office or
agency.
SECTION
5.8.
Mutilated,
Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities Certificates.
(a)
If
any
mutilated Securities Certificate shall be surrendered to the Securities
Registrar together with such security or indemnity as may be required by the
Securities Registrar and the Administrative Trustees to save each of them
harmless, the Administrative Trustees, or any one of them, on behalf of the
Trust, shall execute and make available for delivery and, with respect to
Preferred Securities, the Property Trustee shall authenticate, in exchange
therefor a new Securities Certificate of like class, tenor and
denomination.
(b)
If
the
Securities Registrar shall receive evidence to its satisfaction of the
destruction, loss or theft of any Securities Certificate and there shall be
delivered to the Securities Registrar and the Administrative Trustees such
security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless,
then in the absence of notice that such Securities Certificate shall have been
acquired by a protected purchaser, the Administrative Trustees, or any one
of
them, on behalf of the Trust, shall execute and make available for delivery,
and, with respect to Preferred Securities, the Property Trustee shall
authenticate, in exchange for or in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen
Securities Certificate, a new Securities Certificate of like class, tenor and
denomination.
(c)
In
connection with the issuance of any new Securities Certificate under this
Section
5.8
,
the
Administrative Trustees or the Securities Registrar may require the payment
of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in connection therewith.
(d)
Any
duplicate Securities Certificate issued pursuant to this
Section
5.8
shall
constitute conclusive evidence of an undivided beneficial interest in the assets
of the Trust corresponding to that evidenced by the mutilated, lost, stolen
or
destroyed Securities Certificate, as if originally issued, whether or not the
lost, stolen or destroyed Securities Certificate shall be found at any
time.
(e)
If
any
such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities Certificate has become
or
is about to become due and payable, the Depositor in its discretion may, instead
of issuing a new Trust Security, pay such Trust Security.
(f)
The
provisions of this
Section
5.8
are
exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and
remedies with respect to the replacement of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen
Securities Certificates.
(g)
With
respect to Preferred Securities issued to QIBs in the form of one or more
Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates as provided in Section 5.4(c),
and
any subsequent transfers thereof, the Depositor and the Trust shall use all
commercially reasonable efforts to make such Preferred Securities eligible
for
clearance and settlement as Book-Entry Preferred Securities through the
facilities of the Depositary and listed for trading through the PORTAL Market,
and will execute, deliver and comply with all representations made to, and
agreements with, the Depositary and the PORTAL Market in connection
therewith.
SECTION
5.9.
Persons
Deemed Holders.
The
Trustees and the Securities Registrar shall each treat the Person in whose
name
any Securities Certificate shall be registered in the Securities Register as
the
owner of the Trust Securities evidenced by such Securities Certificate for
the
purpose of receiving Distributions and for all other purposes whatsoever, and
none of the Trustees and the Securities Registrar shall be bound by any notice
to the contrary.
SECTION
5.10.
Cancellation.
All
Preferred Securities Certificates surrendered for registration of transfer
or
exchange or for payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the
Property Trustee, be delivered to the Property Trustee, and any such Preferred
Securities Certificates and Preferred Securities Certificates surrendered
directly to the Property Trustee for any such purpose shall be promptly canceled
by it. The Administrative Trustees may at any time deliver to the Property
Trustee for cancellation any Preferred Securities Certificates previously
delivered hereunder that the Administrative Trustees may have acquired in any
manner whatsoever, and all Preferred Securities Certificates so delivered shall
be promptly canceled by the Property Trustee. No Preferred Securities
Certificates shall be executed and delivered in lieu of or in exchange for
any
Preferred Securities Certificates canceled as provided in this
Section
5.10
,
except
as expressly permitted by this Trust Agreement. All canceled Preferred
Securities Certificates shall be disposed of by the Property Trustee in
accordance with its customary practices and the Property Trustee shall deliver
to the Administrative Trustees a certificate of such disposition.
SECTION
5.11.
Ownership
of Common Securities by Depositor.
(a)
On
the
Closing Date, the Depositor shall acquire, and thereafter shall retain,
beneficial and record ownership of the Common Securities. Neither the Depositor
nor any successor Holder of the Common Securities may transfer less than all
the
Common Securities, and the Depositor or any such successor Holder may transfer
the Common Securities only (i) in connection with a consolidation or merger
of
the Depositor into another Person, or any conveyance, transfer or lease by
the
Depositor of its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any
Person (in which event such Common Securities will be transferred to such
surviving entity, transferee or lessee, as the case may be), pursuant to
Section
8.1
of the
Indenture or (ii) to the Depositor or an Affiliate of the Depositor, in each
such case in compliance with applicable law (including the Securities Act,
and
applicable state securities and blue sky laws). To the fullest extent permitted
by law, any attempted transfer of the Common Securities other than as set forth
in the immediately preceding sentence shall be void. The Administrative Trustees
shall cause each Common Securities Certificate issued to the Depositor to
contain a legend stating substantially “THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE
EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW AND SECTION 5.11 OF THE TRUST
AGREEMENT.”
(b)
Any
Holder of the Common Securities shall be liable for the debts and obligations
of
the Trust in the manner and to the extent set forth herein with respect to
the
Depositor and agrees that it shall be subject to all liabilities to which the
Depositor may be subject and, prior to becoming such a Holder, shall deliver
to
the Administrative Trustees an instrument of assumption satisfactory to such
Trustees.
SECTION
5.12.
Restricted
Legends
.
(a)
Each
Preferred Security Certificate shall bear a legend in substantially the
following form:
“[
IF
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY INSERT:
THIS
PREFERRED SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE TRUST
AGREEMENT HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”) OR A NOMINEE OF DTC. THIS PREFERRED SECURITY IS
EXCHANGEABLE FOR PREFERRED SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER
THAN DTC OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE
TRUST
AGREEMENT, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS PREFERRED SECURITY (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER
OF
THIS PREFERRED SECURITY AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY A NOMINEE
OF
DTC TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES.
UNLESS
THIS PREFERRED SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC
TO
NORTHSTAR REALTY FINANCE TRUST VI
OR ITS
AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY PREFERRED
SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER
NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON
IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF
FOR
VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED
OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]
THE
PREFERRED SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE WERE ORIGINALLY ISSUED
IN A
TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND SUCH PREFERRED SECURITIES OR ANY INTEREST
THEREIN, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF
SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF ANY
PREFERRED SECURITIES IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF THE PREFERRED
SECURITIES MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5
OF
THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.
THE
HOLDER OF THE PREFERRED SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE AGREES FOR
THE BENEFIT OF THE TRUST AND THE DEPOSITOR THAT (A) SUCH PREFERRED SECURITIES
MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (I) TO THE TRUST, (II)
TO A
PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER”
(AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING
THE
REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, OR (III) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR”
WITHIN THE MEANING OF SUBPARAGRAPH (a) (1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF RULE 501 UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS ACQUIRING THE SECURITY FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT, OR FOR
THE ACCOUNT OF AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF SUBPARAGRAPH (a)
(1), (2), (3) OR (7) OF RULE 501 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, FOR INVESTMENT
PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR FOR OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH, ANY
DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE
WITH
ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER
APPLICABLE JURISDICTION AND, IN THE CASE OF (III), SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF
THE
TRUST AND THE DEPOSITOR TO REQUIRE AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ADDRESSING COMPLIANCE
WITH THE U.S. SECURITIES LAWS, AND OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF
THEM AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF ANY PREFERRED SECURITIES
FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE.
THE
PREFERRED SECURITIES WILL BE ISSUED AND MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN BLOCKS HAVING
AN AGGREGATE LIQUIDATION AMOUNT OF NOT LESS THAN $100,000. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY ATTEMPTED TRANSFER OF PREFERRED SECURITIES, OR ANY
INTEREST THEREIN, IN A BLOCK HAVING AN AGGREGATE LIQUIDATION AMOUNT OF LESS
THAN
$100,000 AND MULTIPLES OF $1,000 IN EXCESS THEREOF SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE VOID
AND OF NO LEGAL EFFECT WHATSOEVER. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW,
ANY
SUCH PURPORTED TRANSFEREE SHALL BE DEEMED NOT TO BE THE HOLDER OF SUCH PREFERRED
SECURITIES FOR ANY PURPOSE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE RECEIPT OF
LIQUIDATION AMOUNT OF OR DISTRIBUTIONS ON SUCH PREFERRED SECURITIES, OR ANY
INTEREST THEREIN, AND SUCH PURPORTED TRANSFEREE SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE NO
INTEREST WHATSOEVER IN SUCH PREFERRED SECURITIES.
THE
HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF
OR
THEREOF ALSO AGREES, REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT IT IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT
PLAN, INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR OTHER PLAN OR ARRANGEMENT SUBJECT TO
TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED
(“ERISA”), OR SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE
“CODE”) (EACH A “PLAN”), OR AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE “PLAN
ASSETS” BY REASON OF ANY PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY, AND NO PERSON
INVESTING “PLAN ASSETS” OF ANY PLAN MAY ACQUIRE OR HOLD THIS PREFERRED SECURITY
OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN, UNLESS SUCH PURCHASER OR HOLDER IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE
EXEMPTIVE RELIEF AVAILABLE UNDER U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION
CLASS EXEMPTION 96-23, 95-60, 91-38, 90-1 OR 84-14 OR ANOTHER APPLICABLE
EXEMPTION OR ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THIS SECURITY, OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN,
ARE NOT PROHIBITED BY SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE WITH
RESPECT TO SUCH PURCHASE AND HOLDING. ANY PURCHASER OR HOLDER OF THE PREFERRED
SECURITIES OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED BY ITS
PURCHASE AND HOLDING THEREOF THAT EITHER (i) IT IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT
PLAN
OR OTHER PLAN TO WHICH TITLE I OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE IS
APPLICABLE, A TRUSTEE OR OTHER PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF ANY SUCH EMPLOYEE
BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN, OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY USING THE “PLAN ASSETS” OF
ANY SUCH EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN OR PLAN TO FINANCE SUCH PURCHASE, OR (ii) SUCH
PURCHASE OR HOLDING WILL NOT RESULT IN A PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION
406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE FOR WHICH FULL EXEMPTIVE RELIEF IS
NOT
AVAILABLE UNDER AN APPLICABLE STATUTORY OR ADMINISTRATIVE
EXEMPTION.
(b)
The
above
legend shall not be removed from any of the Preferred Securities Certificates
unless there is delivered to the Property Trustee and the Depositor satisfactory
evidence, which may include an Opinion of Counsel, as may be reasonably required
to ensure that any future transfers thereof may be made without restriction
under or violation of the provisions of the Securities Act and other applicable
law. Upon provision of such satisfactory evidence, one or more of the
Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall execute and deliver to
the
Property Trustee, and the Property Trustee shall authenticate and deliver,
at
the written direction of the Administrative Trustees and the Depositor,
Preferred Securities Certificates that do not bear the legend.
SECTION
5.13.
Form
of
Certificate of Authentication.
The
Property Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the
following form:
This
represents Preferred Securities referred to in the within-mentioned Trust
Agreement.
Dated:
|
WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY
,
not in its individual capacity, but solely as Property
Trustee
By:
________________________________
Authorized
officer
|
ARTICLE
VI.
MEETINGS;
VOTING; ACTS OF HOLDERS
SECTION
6.1.
Notice
of
Meetings.
Notice
of
all meetings of the Holders of the Preferred Securities, stating the time,
place
and purpose of the meeting, shall be given by the Property Trustee pursuant
to
Section
11.8
to each
Holder of Preferred Securities, at such Holder’s registered address, at least
fifteen (15) days and not more than ninety (90) days before the meeting. At
any
such meeting, any business properly before the meeting may be so considered
whether or not stated in the notice of the meeting. Any adjourned meeting may
be
held as adjourned without further notice.
SECTION
6.2.
Meetings
of Holders of the Preferred Securities.
(a)
No
annual
meeting of Holders is required to be held. The Property Trustee, however, shall
call a meeting of the Holders of the Preferred Securities to vote on any matter
upon the written request of the Holders of at least twenty-five percent (25%)
in
aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Preferred Securities and the
Administrative Trustees or the Property Trustee may, at any time in their
discretion, call a meeting of the Holders of the Preferred Securities to vote
on
any matters as to which such Holders are entitled to vote.
(b)
The
Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred
Securities, present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at any
meeting of the Holders of the Preferred Securities.
(c)
If
a
quorum is present at a meeting, an affirmative vote by the Holders present,
in
person or by proxy, holding Preferred Securities representing at least a
Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities held by the Holders
present, either in person or by proxy, at such meeting shall constitute the
action of the Holders of the Preferred Securities, unless this Trust Agreement
requires a lesser or greater number of affirmative votes.
SECTION
6.3.
Voting
Rights.
Holders
shall be entitled to one vote for each $10,000 of Liquidation Amount represented
by their Outstanding Trust Securities in respect of any matter as to which
such
Holders are entitled to vote.
SECTION
6.4.
Proxies,
Etc.
At
any
meeting of Holders, any Holder entitled to vote thereat may vote by proxy,
provided, that no proxy shall be voted at any meeting unless it shall have
been
placed on file with the Administrative Trustees, or with such other officer
or
agent of the Trust as the Administrative Trustees may direct, for verification
prior to the time at which such vote shall be taken. Pursuant to a resolution
of
the Property Trustee, proxies may be solicited in the name of the Property
Trustee or one or more officers of the Property Trustee. Only Holders of record
shall be entitled to vote. When Trust Securities are held jointly by several
Persons, any one of them may vote at any meeting in person or by proxy in
respect of such Trust Securities, but if more than one of them shall be present
at such meeting in person or by proxy, and such joint owners or their proxies
so
present disagree as to any vote to be cast, such vote shall not be received
in
respect of such Trust Securities. A proxy purporting to be executed by or on
behalf of a Holder shall be deemed valid unless challenged at or prior to its
exercise, and the burden of proving invalidity shall rest on the challenger.
No
proxy shall be valid more than three years after its date of
execution.
SECTION
6.5.
Holder
Action by Written Consent.
Any
action that may be taken by Holders at a meeting may be taken without a meeting
and without prior notice if Holders holding at least a Majority in Liquidation
Amount of all Preferred Securities entitled to vote in respect of such action
(or such lesser or greater proportion thereof as shall be required by any other
provision of this Trust Agreement) shall consent to the action in writing;
provided, that notice of such action is promptly provided to the Holders of
Preferred Securities that did not consent to such action. Any action that may
be
taken by the Holders of all the Common Securities may be taken without a meeting
and without prior notice if such Holders shall consent to the action in
writing.
SECTION
6.6.
Record
Date for Voting and Other Purposes.
Except
as
provided in
Section
6.10(a)
,
for the
purposes of determining the Holders who are entitled to notice of and to vote
at
any meeting or to act by written consent, or to participate in any distribution
on the Trust Securities in respect of which a record date is not otherwise
provided for in this Trust Agreement, or for the purpose of any other action,
the Administrative Trustees may from time to time fix a date, not more than
ninety (90) days prior to the date of any meeting of Holders or the payment
of a
Distribution or other action, as the case may be, as a record date for the
determination of the identity of the Holders of record for such
purposes.
SECTION
6.7.
Acts
of
Holders.
(a)
Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action provided or permitted by this Trust Agreement to be given, made or taken
by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent
thereof duly appointed in writing; and, except as otherwise expressly provided
herein, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments
are delivered to an Administrative Trustee. Such instrument or instruments
(and
the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred
to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of
execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent
shall
be sufficient for any purpose of this Trust Agreement and conclusive in favor
of
the Trustees, if made in the manner provided in this
Section
6.7
.
(b)
The
fact
and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may
be
proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate
of a
notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of
deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing
acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer
acting in a capacity other than such signer’s individual capacity, such
certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of such signer’s
authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing,
or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any
other manner that any Trustee receiving the same deems sufficient.
(c)
The
ownership of Trust Securities shall be proved by the Securities
Register.
(d)
Any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
Act
of the Holder of any Trust Security shall bind every future Holder of the same
Trust Security and the Holder of every Trust Security issued upon the
registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof
in
respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustees, the
Administrative Trustees or the Trust in reliance thereon, whether or not
notation of such action is made upon such Trust Security.
(e)
Without
limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any action hereunder
with regard to any particular Trust Security may do so with regard to all or
any
part of the Liquidation Amount of such Trust Security or by one or more duly
appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with
regard to all or any part of such Liquidation Amount.
(f)
If
any
dispute shall arise among the Holders or the Trustees with respect to the
authenticity, validity or binding nature of any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of such Holder or Trustee under
this
Article
VI
,
then
the determination of such matter by the Property Trustee shall be conclusive
with respect to such matter.
SECTION
6.8.
Inspection
of Records.
Upon
reasonable written notice to the Administrative Trustees and the Property
Trustee, the records of the Trust shall be open to inspection by any Holder
during normal business hours for any purpose reasonably related to such Holder’s
interest as a Holder.
SECTION
6.9.
Limitations
on Voting Rights.
(a)
Except
as
expressly provided in this Trust Agreement and in the Indenture and as otherwise
required by law, no Holder of Preferred Securities shall have any right to
vote
or in any manner otherwise control the administration, operation and management
of the Trust or the obligations of the parties hereto, nor shall anything herein
set forth, or contained in the terms of the Securities Certificates, be
construed so as to constitute the Holders from time to time as partners or
members of an association.
(b)
So
long
as any Notes are held by the Property Trustee on behalf of the Trust, the
Property Trustee shall not (i) direct the time, method and place of conducting
any proceeding for any remedy available to the Note Trustee, or exercise any
trust or power conferred on the Property Trustee with respect to the Notes,
(ii)
waive any past default that may be waived under
Section
5.13
of the
Indenture, (iii) exercise any right to rescind or annul a declaration that
the
principal of all the Notes shall be due and payable or (iv) consent to any
amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture or the Notes, where
such
consent shall be required, without, in each case, obtaining the prior approval
of the Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred
Securities; provided, that where a consent under the Indenture would require
the
consent of each holder of Notes (or each Holder of Preferred Securities)
affected thereby, no such consent shall be given by the Property Trustee without
the prior written consent of each Holder of Preferred Securities. The Property
Trustee shall not revoke any action previously authorized or approved by a
vote
of the Holders of the Preferred Securities, except by a subsequent vote of
the
Holders of the Preferred Securities. In addition to obtaining the foregoing
approvals of the Holders of the Preferred Securities, prior to taking any of
the
foregoing actions, the Property Trustee shall, at the expense of the Depositor,
obtain an Opinion of Counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that
such
action shall not cause the Trust to be taxable as a corporation or classified
as
other than a grantor trust for United States federal income tax
purposes.
(c)
If
any
proposed amendment to the Trust Agreement provides for, or the Trustees
otherwise propose to effect, (i) any action that would adversely affect in
any
material respect the powers, preferences or special rights of the Preferred
Securities, whether by way of amendment to the Trust Agreement or otherwise
or
(ii) the dissolution, winding-up or termination of the Trust, other than
pursuant to the terms of this Trust Agreement, then the Holders of Outstanding
Preferred Securities as a class will be entitled to vote on such amendment
or
proposal and such amendment or proposal shall not be effective except with
the
approval of the Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the
Preferred Securities. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Trust
Agreement, no amendment to this Trust Agreement may be made if, as a result
of
such amendment, it would cause the Trust to be taxable as a corporation or
classified as other than a grantor trust for United States federal income tax
purposes.
SECTION
6.10.
Acceleration
of Maturity; Rescission of Annulment; Waivers of Past Defaults.
(a)
For
so
long as any Preferred Securities remain Outstanding, if, upon a Note Event
of
Default, the Note Trustee fails or the holders of not less than twenty-five
percent (25%) in principal amount of the outstanding Notes fail to declare
the
principal of all of the Notes to be immediately due and payable, the Holders
of
at least twenty-five percent (25%) in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred
Securities then Outstanding shall have the right to make such declaration by
a
notice in writing to the Property Trustee, the Depositor and the Note Trustee.
At any time after a declaration of acceleration with respect to the Notes has
been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has
been
obtained by the Note Trustee as provided in the Indenture, the Holders of at
least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities, by written
notice to the Property Trustee, the Depositor and the Note Trustee, may rescind
and annul such declaration and its consequences if:
(i)
the
Depositor has paid or deposited with the Note Trustee a sum sufficient to
pay:
(A)
all
overdue installments of interest on all of the Notes;
(B)
any
accrued Additional Interest on all of the Notes;
(C)
the
principal of and premium, if any, on any Notes that have become due otherwise
than by such declaration of acceleration and interest and Additional Interest
thereon at the rate borne by the Notes; and
(D)
all
sums
paid or advanced by the Note Trustee under the Indenture and the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Note Trustee, the
Property Trustee and their agents and counsel; and
(ii)
all
Note
Events of Default, other than the non-payment of the principal of the Notes
that
has become due solely by such acceleration, have been cured or waived as
provided in
Section
5.13
of the
Indenture.
Upon
receipt by the Property Trustee of written notice requesting such an
acceleration, or rescission and annulment thereof, by Holders of any part of
the
Preferred Securities, a record date shall be established for determining Holders
of Outstanding Preferred Securities entitled to join in such notice, which
record date shall be at the close of business on the day the Property Trustee
receives such notice. The Holders on such record date, or their duly designated
proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to join in such notice,
whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided,
that, unless such declaration of acceleration, or rescission and annulment,
as
the case may be, shall have become effective by virtue of the requisite
percentage having joined in such notice prior to the day that is ninety (90)
days after such record date, such notice of declaration of acceleration, or
rescission and annulment, as the case may be, shall automatically and without
further action by any Holder be canceled and of no further effect. Nothing
in
this paragraph shall prevent a Holder, or a proxy of a Holder, from giving,
after expiration of such ninety (90)-day period, a new written notice of
declaration of acceleration, or rescission and annulment thereof, as the case
may be, that is identical to a written notice that has been canceled pursuant
to
the proviso to the preceding sentence, in which event a new record date shall
be
established pursuant to the provisions of this
Section
6.10(a)
.
(b)
For
so
long as any Preferred Securities remain Outstanding, to the fullest extent
permitted by law and subject to the terms of this Trust Agreement and the
Indenture, upon a Note Event of Default specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of
Section
5.1
of the
Indenture, any Holder of Preferred Securities shall have the right to institute
a proceeding directly against the Depositor or the Guarantor, pursuant to
Section
5.8
of the
Indenture, for enforcement of payment to such Holder of any amounts payable
in
respect of Notes having an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate
Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities of such Holder. Except as set
forth in
Section 6.10(a)
and this
Section
6.10(b)
,
the
Holders of Preferred Securities shall have no right to exercise directly any
right or remedy available to the holders of, or in respect of, the
Notes.
(c)
Notwithstanding
paragraphs (a) and (b) of this
Section
6.10
,
the
Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities
may, on behalf of the Holders of all the Preferred Securities, waive any Note
Event of Default, except any Note Event of Default arising from the failure
to
pay any principal of or premium, if any, or interest on (including any
Additional Interest) the Notes (unless such Note Event of Default has been
cured
and a sum sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest and all
principal and premium, if any, on all Notes due otherwise than by acceleration
has been deposited with the Note Trustee) or a Note Event of Default in respect
of a covenant or provision that under the Indenture cannot be modified or
amended without the consent of the holder of each outstanding Note. Upon any
such waiver, such Note Event of Default shall cease to exist and any Note Event
of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every
purpose of the Indenture; but no such waiver shall affect any subsequent Note
Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
(d)
Notwithstanding
paragraphs (a) and (b) of this
Section
6.10
and
subject to paragraph (c), the Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation
Amount of the Preferred Securities may, on behalf of the Holders of all the
Preferred Securities, waive any Event of Default and its consequences. Upon
such
waiver, any such Event of Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default
arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of
this
Trust Agreement, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other
Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
(e)
The
Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities shall
have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding
for any remedy available to the Property Trustee in respect of this Trust
Agreement or the Notes or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the
Property Trustee under this Trust Agreement; provided, that, subject to
Sections
8.5
and
8.7
,
the
Property Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction
if
the Property Trustee being advised by counsel determines that the action so
directed may not lawfully be taken, or if the Property Trustee in good faith
shall, by an officer or officers of the Property Trustee, determine that the
proceedings so directed would be illegal or involve it in personal liability
or
be unduly prejudicial to the rights of Holders not party to such direction,
and
provided, further, that nothing in this Trust Agreement shall impair the right
of the Property Trustee to take any action deemed proper by the Property Trustee
and which is not inconsistent with such direction.
ARTICLE
VII.
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
SECTION
7.1.
Representations
and Warranties of the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee.
The
Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee, each severally on behalf of and
as to
itself, hereby represents and warrants for the benefit of the Depositor, the
Guarantor and the Holders that:
(a)
the
Property Trustee is a Delaware banking corporation with trust powers, duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State
of
Delaware;
(b)
the
Property Trustee has full corporate power, authority and legal right to execute,
deliver and perform its obligations under this Trust Agreement and has taken
all
necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it
of
this Trust Agreement;
(c)
the
Delaware Trustee is a Delaware banking corporation, duly organized with trust
powers, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware and with its principal place of business in the State of
Delaware;
(d)
the
Delaware Trustee has full corporate power, authority and legal right to execute,
deliver and perform its obligations under this Trust Agreement and has taken
all
necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it
of
this Trust Agreement;
(e)
this
Trust Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Property
Trustee and the Delaware Trustee and constitutes the legal, valid and binding
agreement of each of the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee enforceable
against each of them in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally
and to general principles of equity and the discretion of the court (regardless
of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law);
(f)
the
execution, delivery and performance of this Trust Agreement have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate or other action on the part of the
Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee and do not require any approval of
stockholders of the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee and such
execution, delivery and performance will not (i) violate the Charter or By-laws
of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee or (ii) violate any
applicable law, governmental rule or regulation of the United States or the
State of Delaware, as the case may be, governing the banking and trust powers
of
the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee or any order, judgment or decree
applicable to the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee;
(g)
neither
the authorization, execution or delivery by the Property Trustee or the Delaware
Trustee of this Trust Agreement nor the consummation of any of the transactions
by the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee contemplated herein requires
the
consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with or the
taking of any other action with respect to any governmental authority or agency
under any existing law of the United States or the State of Delaware governing
the banking and trust powers of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee,
as
the case may be; and
(h)
to
the
best of each of the Property Trustee’s and the Delaware Trustee’s knowledge,
there are no proceedings pending or threatened against or affecting the Property
Trustee or the Delaware Trustee in any court or before any governmental
authority, agency or arbitration board or tribunal that, individually or in
the
aggregate, would materially and adversely affect the Trust or would question
the
right, power and authority of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee,
as
the case may be, to enter into or perform its obligations as one of the Trustees
under this Trust Agreement.
SECTION
7.2.
Representations
and Warranties of Depositor.
The
Depositor hereby represents and warrants for the benefit of the Holders
that:
(a)
the
Depositor is a limited partnership duly organized, validly existing and in
good
standing under the laws of its state of organization;
(b)
the
Depositor has full power, authority and legal right to execute, deliver and
perform its obligations under this Trust Agreement and has taken all necessary
action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Trust
Agreement;
(c)
this
Trust Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Depositor and constitutes the legal, valid and binding agreement of the
Depositor enforceable against the Depositor in accordance with its terms,
subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity;
(d)
the
Securities Certificates issued at the Closing Date on behalf of the Trust have
been duly authorized and will have been duly and validly executed, issued and
delivered by the applicable Trustees pursuant to the terms and provisions of,
and in accordance with the requirements of, this Trust Agreement and the Holders
will be, as of such date, entitled to the benefits of this Trust
Agreement;
(e)
the
execution, delivery and performance of this Trust Agreement have been duly
authorized by all necessary action on the part of the Depositor and do not
require any approval of equity owners of the Depositor and such execution,
delivery and performance will not (i) violate the organizational documents
of
the Depositor or (ii) violate any applicable law, governmental rule or
regulation governing the Depositor or any material portion of its property
or
any order, judgment or decree applicable to the Depositor or any material
portion of its property;
(f)
neither
the authorization, execution or delivery by the Depositor of this Trust
Agreement nor the consummation of any of the transactions by the Depositor
contemplated herein requires the consent or approval of, the giving of notice
to, the registration with or the taking of any other action with respect to
any
governmental authority or agency under any existing law governing the Depositor
or any material portion of its property; and
(g)
there
are
no proceedings pending or, to the best of the Depositor’s knowledge, threatened
against or affecting the Depositor or any material portion of its property
in
any court or before any governmental authority, agency or arbitration board
or
tribunal that, individually or in the aggregate, would materially and adversely
affect the Trust or would question the right, power and authority of the
Depositor, as the case may be, to enter into or perform its obligations under
this Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE
VIII.
THE
TRUSTEES
SECTION
8.1.
Number
of
Trustees.
The
number of Trustees shall be five (5), provided, that the Property Trustee and
the Delaware Trustee may be the same Person, in which case the number of
Trustees shall be four (4). The number of Trustees may be increased or decreased
by Act of the Holder of the Common Securities subject to
Sections
8.2
,
8.3
,
and
8.4
.
The
death, resignation, retirement, removal, bankruptcy, incompetence or incapacity
to perform the duties of a Trustee shall not operate to annul, dissolve or
terminate the Trust.
SECTION
8.2.
Property
Trustee Required.
There
shall at all times be a Property Trustee hereunder with respect to the Trust
Securities. The Property Trustee shall be a corporation organized and doing
business under the laws of the United States or of any state thereof, authorized
to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of
at
least fifty million dollars ($50,000,000), subject to supervision or examination
by federal or state authority and having an office within the United States.
If
any such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually pursuant to
law
or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority, then for
the
purposes of this
Section 8.2
,
the
combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined
capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so
published. If at any time the Property Trustee shall cease to be eligible in
accordance with the provisions of this
Section 8.2
,
it
shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified
in this
Article
VIII
.
SECTION
8.3.
Delaware
Trustee Required.
(a)
If
required by the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, there shall at all times be a
Delaware Trustee with respect to the Trust Securities. The Delaware Trustee
shall either be (i) a natural person who is at least 21 years of age and a
resident of the State of Delaware or (ii) a legal entity that has its principal
place of business in the State of Delaware, otherwise meets the requirements
of
applicable Delaware law and shall act through one or more persons authorized
to
bind such entity. If at any time the Delaware Trustee shall cease to be eligible
in accordance with the provisions of this
Section
8.3
,
it
shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified
in this
Article
VIII
.
(b)
The
Delaware Trustee shall not be entitled to exercise any powers, nor shall the
Delaware Trustee have any of the duties and responsibilities, of the Property
Trustee or the Administrative Trustees set forth herein. The Delaware Trustee
shall be one of the trustees of the Trust for the sole and limited purpose
of
fulfilling the requirements of Section 3807 of the Delaware Statutory Trust
Act
and for taking such actions as are required to be taken by a Delaware trustee
under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act. The duties (including fiduciary duties),
liabilities and obligations of the Delaware Trustee shall be limited to (a)
accepting legal process served on the Trust in the State of Delaware and (b)
the
execution of any certificates required to be filed with the Secretary of State
of the State of Delaware that the Delaware Trustee is required to execute under
Section 3811 of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act and there shall be no other
duties (including fiduciary duties) or obligations, express or implied, at
law
or in equity, of the Delaware Trustee.
SECTION
8.4.
Appointment
of Administrative Trustees.
(a)
There
shall at all times be one or more Administrative Trustees hereunder with respect
to the Trust Securities. Each Administrative Trustee shall be either a natural
person who is at least 21 years of age or a legal entity that shall act through
one or more persons authorized to bind that entity. Each of the individuals
identified as an “Administrative Trustee” in the preamble of this Trust
Agreement hereby accepts his or her appointment as such.
(b)
Except
where a requirement for action by a specific number of Administrative Trustees
is expressly set forth in this Trust Agreement, any act required or permitted
to
be taken by, and any power of the Administrative Trustees may be exercised
by,
or with the consent of, any one such Administrative Trustee. Whenever a vacancy
in the number of Administrative Trustees shall occur, until such vacancy is
filled by the appointment of an Administrative Trustee in accordance with
Section
8.11
,
the
Administrative Trustees in office, regardless of their number (and
notwithstanding any other provision of this Trust Agreement), shall have all
the
powers granted to the Administrative Trustees and shall discharge all the duties
imposed upon the Administrative Trustees by this Trust Agreement.
SECTION
8.5.
Duties
and Responsibilities of the Trustees.
(a)
The
rights, immunities, duties and responsibilities of the Trustees shall be as
provided by this Trust Agreement and there shall be no other duties (including
fiduciary duties) or obligations, express or implied, at law or in equity,
of
the Trustees; provided, however, that if an Event of Default known to the
Property Trustee has occurred and is continuing, the Property Trustee shall,
prior to the receipt of directions, if any, from the Holders of at least a
Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities, exercise such of
the
rights and powers vested in it by this Trust Agreement, and use the same degree
of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use
under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Trust Agreement shall
require any of the Trustees to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur
any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder,
or in
the exercise of any of its or their rights or powers, if it or they shall have
reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate
indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
Whether or not herein expressly so provided, every provision of this Trust
Agreement relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording
protection to the Trustees shall be subject to the provisions of this
Section
8.5
.
To the
extent that, at law or in equity, a Trustee has duties and liabilities relating
to the Trust or to the Holders, such Trustee shall not be liable to the Trust
or
to any Holder for such Trustee’s good faith reliance on the provisions of this
Trust Agreement. The provisions of this Trust Agreement, to the extent that
they
restrict the duties and liabilities of the Trustees otherwise existing at law
or
in equity, are agreed by the Depositor, the Guarantor and the Holders to replace
such other duties and liabilities of the Trustees.
(b)
All
payments made by the Property Trustee or a Paying Agent in respect of the Trust
Securities shall be made only from the revenue and proceeds from the Trust
Property and only to the extent that there shall be sufficient revenue or
proceeds from the Trust Property to enable the Property Trustee or a Paying
Agent to make payments in accordance with the terms hereof. Each Holder, by
its
acceptance of a Trust Security, agrees that it will look solely to the revenue
and proceeds from the Trust Property to the extent legally available for
distribution to it as herein provided and that the Trustees are not personally
liable to it for any amount distributable in respect of any Trust Security
or
for any other liability in respect of any Trust Security. This
Section
8.5(b)
does not
limit the liability of the Trustees expressly set forth elsewhere in this Trust
Agreement.
(c)
No
provisions of this Trust Agreement shall be construed to relieve the Property
Trustee from liability with respect to matters that are within the authority
of
the Property Trustee under this Trust Agreement for its own negligent action,
negligent failure to act or willful misconduct, except that:
(i)
the
Property Trustee shall not be liable for any error or judgment made in good
faith by an authorized officer of the Property Trustee, unless it shall be
proved that the Property Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent
facts;
(ii)
the
Property Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted
to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders
of at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities
relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any
remedy available to the Property Trustee hereunder or under the Indenture,
or
exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Property Trustee under this
Trust Agreement;
(iii)
the
Property Trustee’s sole duty with respect to the custody, safe keeping and
physical preservation of the Notes and the Payment Account shall be to deal
with
such Property in a similar manner as the Property Trustee deals with similar
property for its own account, subject to the protections and limitations on
liability afforded to the Property Trustee under this Trust
Agreement;
(iv)
the
Property Trustee shall not be liable for any interest on any money received
by
it; and money held by the Property Trustee need not be segregated from other
funds held by it except in relation to the Payment Account maintained by the
Property Trustee pursuant to Section 3.1 and except to the extent otherwise
required by law; and
(v)
the
Property Trustee shall not be responsible for monitoring the compliance by
the
Administrative Trustees, the Guarantor or the Depositor with their respective
duties under this Trust Agreement, nor shall the Property Trustee be liable
for
the default or misconduct of any other Trustee, the Guarantor or the
Depositor.
SECTION
8.6.
Notices
of Defaults and Extensions.
(a)
Within
ninety (90) days after the occurrence of a default actually known to the
Property Trustee, the Property Trustee shall transmit notice of such default
to
the Holders, the Administrative Trustees, the Guarantor and the Depositor,
unless such default shall have been cured or waived; provided, that, except
in
the case of a default in the payment of the principal of or any premium or
interest (including any Additional Interest) on any Trust Security, the Property
Trustee shall be fully protected in withholding such notice if and so long
as
the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of
directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Property Trustee in good faith
determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the
Holders of the Trust Securities. For the purpose of this
Section
8.6
,
the
term “default” means any event that is, or after notice or lapse of time or both
would become, an Event of Default.
(b)
RESERVED.
(c)
The
Property Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any default or Event
of Default unless the Property Trustee shall have received written notice
thereof from the Depositor, the Guarantor, any Administrative Trustee or any
Holder or unless a Responsible Officer of the Property Trustee shall have
obtained actual knowledge of such default or Event of Default.
(d)
The
Property Trustee shall notify all Holders of the Preferred Securities of any
notice of default received with respect to the Notes.
SECTION
8.7.
Certain
Rights of Property Trustee.
Subject
to the provisions of
Section
8.5
:
(a)
the
Property Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting in good faith and in accordance with the terms hereof
upon any resolution, Opinion of Counsel, certificate, written representation
of
a Holder or transferee, certificate of auditors or any other resolution,
certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction,
consent, order, appraisal, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness
or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed
or presented by the proper party or parties;
(b)
if
(i) in
performing its duties under this Trust Agreement the Property Trustee is
required to decide between alternative courses of action, (ii) in construing
any
of the provisions of this Trust Agreement the Property Trustee finds a provision
ambiguous or inconsistent with any other provisions contained herein or (iii)
the Property Trustee is unsure of the application of any provision of this
Trust
Agreement, then, except as to any matter as to which the Holders of the
Preferred Securities are entitled to vote under the terms of this Trust
Agreement, the Property Trustee shall deliver a notice to the Depositor
requesting the Depositor’s written instruction as to the course of action to be
taken and the Property Trustee shall take such action, or refrain from taking
such action, as the Property Trustee shall be instructed in writing to take,
or
to refrain from taking, by the Depositor; provided, that if the Property Trustee
does not receive such instructions of the Depositor within ten (10) Business
Days after it has delivered such notice or such reasonably shorter period of
time set forth in such notice, the Property Trustee may, but shall be under
no
duty to, take such action, or refrain from taking such action, as the Property
Trustee shall deem advisable and in the best interests of the Holders, in which
event the Property Trustee shall have no liability except for its own
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct;
(c)
any
direction or act of the Depositor or the Guarantor contemplated by this Trust
Agreement shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate unless
otherwise expressly provided herein;
(d)
any
direction or act of an Administrative Trustee contemplated by this Trust
Agreement shall be sufficiently evidenced by a certificate executed by such
Administrative Trustee and setting forth such direction or act;
(e)
the
Property Trustee shall have no duty to see to any recording, filing or
registration of any instrument (including any financing or continuation
statement or any filing under tax or securities laws) or any re-recording,
re-filing or re-registration thereof;
(f)
the
Property Trustee may consult with counsel (which counsel may be counsel to
the
Property Trustee, the Depositor or the Guarantor or any of the Depositor’s or
the Guarantor’s Affiliates, and may include any of its employees) and the advice
of such counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in
respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith
and in reliance thereon and in accordance with such advice; the Property Trustee
shall have the right at any time to seek instructions concerning the
administration of this Trust Agreement from any court of competent
jurisdiction;
(g)
the
Property Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights
or
powers vested in it by this Trust Agreement at the request or direction of
any
of the Holders pursuant to this Trust Agreement, unless such Holders shall
have
offered to the Property Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the
costs, expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) and
liabilities that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or
direction, including reasonable advances as may be requested by the Property
Trustee;
(h)
the
Property Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts
or
matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion,
report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, approval, bond, debenture,
note or other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, unless
requested in writing to do so by one or more Holders, but the Property Trustee
may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as
it
may see fit, and, if the Property Trustee shall determine to make such inquiry
or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and
premises of the Depositor, personally or by agent or attorney;
(i)
the
Property Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform
any duties hereunder either directly or by or through its agents, attorneys,
custodians or nominees and the Property Trustee shall not be responsible for
any
negligence or misconduct on the part of any such agent, attorney, custodian
or
nominee appointed with due care by it hereunder;
(j)
whenever
in the administration of this Trust Agreement the Property Trustee shall deem
it
desirable to receive instructions with respect to enforcing any remedy or right
hereunder, the Property Trustee (i) may request instructions from the Holders
(which instructions may only be given by the Holders of the same proportion
in
Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities as would be entitled to direct the
Property Trustee under this Trust Agreement in respect of such remedy, right
or
action), (ii) may refrain from enforcing such remedy or right or taking such
other action until such instructions are received and (iii) shall be protected
in acting in accordance with such instructions;
(k)
except
as
otherwise expressly provided by this Trust Agreement, the Property Trustee
shall
not be under any obligation to take any action that is discretionary under
the
provisions of this Trust Agreement;
(l)
without
prejudice to any other rights available to the Property Trustee under applicable
law, when the Property Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection
with a Bankruptcy Event, such expenses (including legal fees and expenses of
its
agents and counsel) and the compensation for such services are intended to
constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law or law relating
to creditors rights generally; and
(m)
whenever
in the administration of this Trust Agreement the Property Trustee shall deem
it
desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering
or
omitting any action hereunder, the Property Trustee (unless other evidence
be
herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part,
request and rely on an Officer’s Certificate which, upon receipt of such
request, shall be promptly delivered by the Depositor.
No
provision of this Trust Agreement shall be deemed to impose any duty or
obligation on any Trustee to perform any act or acts or exercise any right,
power, duty or obligation conferred or imposed on it, in any jurisdiction in
which it shall be illegal, or in which such Person shall be unqualified or
incompetent in accordance with applicable law, to perform any such act or acts,
or to exercise any such right, power, duty or obligation.
SECTION
8.8.
Delegation
of Power.
Any
Trustee may, by power of attorney or otherwise, delegate to any other Person
its, his or her power for the purpose of executing any documents contemplated
in
Section
2.5
.
The
Trustees shall have power to delegate from time to time to such of their number
or to the Depositor the doing of such things and the execution of such
instruments either in the name of the Trust or the names of the Trustees or
otherwise as the Trustees may deem expedient, to the extent such delegation
is
not prohibited by applicable law or contrary to the provisions of this Trust
Agreement.
SECTION
8.9.
May
Hold
Securities.
Any
Trustee or any other agent of any Trustee or the Trust, in its individual or
any
other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Trust Securities and except
as provided in the definition of the term “Outstanding” in
Article
I
,
may
otherwise deal with the Trust with the same rights it would have if it were
not
a Trustee or such other agent.
SECTION
8.10.
Compensation;
Reimbursement; Indemnity.
The
Depositor agrees:
(a)
to
pay to
the Trustees from time to time such reasonable compensation for all services
rendered by them hereunder as may be agreed by the Depositor and the Trustees
from time to time (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision
of
law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express
trust);
(b)
to
reimburse the Trustees upon request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements
and advances incurred or made by the Trustees in accordance with any provision
of this Trust Agreement (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses
and disbursements of their agents and counsel), except any such expense,
disbursement or advance as may be attributable to their gross negligence, bad
faith or willful misconduct; and
(c)
to
the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to indemnify and hold harmless
(i)
each Trustee (including in its individual capacity), (ii) any Affiliate of
any
Trustee, (iii) any officer, director, shareholder, employee, representative
or
agent of any Trustee or any Affiliate of any Trustee and (iv) any employee
or
agent of the Trust (referred to herein as an “Indemnified Person”) from and
against any loss, damage, liability, tax (other than income, franchise or other
taxes imposed on amounts paid pursuant to
Section
8.10(a)
or
(b)
hereof),
penalty, expense or claim of any kind or nature whatsoever incurred without
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on its part, arising out of or
in
connection with the acceptance or administration of the Trust hereunder,
including the advancement of funds to cover the reasonable costs and expenses
of
defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise
or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.
The
Trust
shall have no payment, reimbursement or indemnity obligations to the Trustees
under this
Section
8.10
.
The
provisions of this
Section
8.10
shall
survive the termination of this Trust Agreement and the earlier removal or
resignation of any Trustee.
No
Trustee may claim any Lien on any Trust Property whether before or after
termination of the Trust as a result of any amount due pursuant to this
Section
8.10
.
To
the
fullest extent permitted by law, in no event shall the Property Trustee and
the
Delaware Trustee be liable for any indirect, special, punitive or consequential
loss or damage of any kind whatsoever, including, but not limited to, lost
profits, even if the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss
or
damage and regardless of the form of action.
In
no
event shall the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee be liable for any
failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder because of
circumstances beyond its control, including, but not limited to, acts of God,
flood, war (whether declared or undeclared), terrorism, fire, riot, embargo,
government action, including any laws, ordinances, regulations, governmental
action or the like which delay, restrict or prohibit the providing of the
services contemplated by this Trust Agreement.
SECTION
8.11.
Resignation
and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(a)
No
resignation or removal of any Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee
pursuant to this
Article
VIII
shall
become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee
in
accordance with the applicable requirements of
Section
8.12
.
(b)
A
Trustee
may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Depositor and,
in
the case of the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee, to the
Holders.
(c)
Unless
an
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Property Trustee
or
the Delaware Trustee, or both of them, may be removed (with or without cause)
at
any time by Act of the Holder of Common Securities. If an Event of Default
shall
have occurred and be continuing, the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee,
or both of them, may be removed (with or without cause) at such time by Act
of
the Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred
Securities, delivered to the removed Trustee (in its individual capacity and
on
behalf of the Trust). An Administrative Trustee may be removed (with or without
cause) only by Act of the Holder of the Common Securities at any
time.
(d)
If
any
Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting as Trustee,
or if
a vacancy shall occur in the office of any Trustee for any reason, at a time
when no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Holder
of
the Common Securities, by Act of the Holder of the Common Securities, shall
promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees, and such successor Trustee
and
the retiring Trustee shall comply with the applicable requirements of
Section
8.12
.
If the
Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee shall resign, be removed or become
incapable of continuing to act as the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee,
as the case may be, at a time when an Event of Default shall have occurred
and
be continuing, the Holders of the Preferred Securities, by Act of the Holders
of
a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred Securities, shall promptly
appoint a successor Property Trustee or Delaware Trustee, and such successor
Property Trustee or Delaware Trustee and the retiring Property Trustee or
Delaware Trustee shall comply with the applicable requirements of
Section
8.12
.
If an
Administrative Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting
as
Administrative Trustee, at a time when an Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing, the Holder of the Common Securities by Act of the Holder
of
Common Securities shall promptly appoint a successor Administrative Trustee
and
such successor Administrative Trustee and the retiring Administrative Trustee
shall comply with the applicable requirements of
Section
8.12
.
If no
successor Trustee shall have been so appointed by the Holder of the Common
Securities or Holders of the Preferred Securities, as the case may be, and
accepted appointment in the manner required by
Section
8.12
within
thirty (30) days after the giving of a notice of resignation by a Trustee,
the
removal of a Trustee, or a Trustee becoming incapable of acting as such Trustee,
any Holder who has been a Holder of Preferred Securities for at least six (6)
months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, and any
resigning Trustee may, in each case, at the expense of the Depositor, petition
any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(e)
The
Depositor shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Property
Trustee or the Delaware Trustee and each appointment of a successor Property
Trustee or Delaware Trustee to all Holders in the manner provided in
Section
10.8
.
Each
notice shall include the name of the successor Property Trustee or Delaware
Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust Office if it is the Property
Trustee.
(f)
Notwithstanding
the foregoing or any other provision of this Trust Agreement, in the event
any
Administrative Trustee or a Delaware Trustee who is a natural person dies or
becomes, in the opinion of the Holder of Common Securities, incompetent or
incapacitated, the vacancy created by such death, incompetence or incapacity
may
be filled by (i) the unanimous act of the remaining Administrative Trustees
if
there are at least two of them or (ii) otherwise by the Holder of the Common
Securities (with the successor in each case being a Person who satisfies the
eligibility requirement for Administrative Trustees or Delaware Trustee, as
the
case may be, set forth in
Sections
8.3
and
8.4
).
(g)
Upon
the
appointment of a successor Delaware Trustee, such successor Delaware Trustee
shall file a Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Trust in accordance
with Section 3810 of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act.
SECTION
8.12.
Acceptance
of Appointment by Successor.
(a)
In
case
of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee, each successor Trustee
shall execute and deliver to the Depositor and to the retiring Trustee an
instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal
of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and each such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on request
of
the Trust or any successor Trustee such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment
of
its charges, duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all
Trust Property, all proceeds thereof and money held by such retiring Trustee
hereunder with respect to the Trust Securities and the Trust.
(b)
Upon
request of any such successor Trustee, the Trust (or the retiring Trustee if
requested by the Depositor) shall execute any and all instruments for more
fully
and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such
rights, powers and trusts referred to in the preceding paragraph.
(c)
No
successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such
acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this
Article
VIII
.
SECTION
8.13.
Merger,
Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any
Person into which the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee may be merged
or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from
any
merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Trustee shall be a party,
or
any Person succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business
of such Trustee, shall be the successor of such Trustee hereunder, without
the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the
parties hereto, provided, that such Person shall be otherwise qualified and
eligible under this
Article
VIII
.
SECTION
8.14.
Not
Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The
recitals contained herein and in the Securities Certificates shall be taken
as
the statements of the Trust and the Depositor, and the Trustees do not assume
any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustees make no representations
as to the title to, or value or condition of, the property of the Trust or
any
part thereof, nor as to the validity or sufficiency of this Trust Agreement,
the
Notes or the Trust Securities. The Trustees shall not be accountable for the
use
or application by the Depositor of the proceeds of the Notes.
SECTION
8.15.
Property
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
(a)
In
case
of any Bankruptcy Event (or event that with the passage of time would become
a
Bankruptcy Event) relative to the Trust or any other obligor upon the Trust
Securities or the property of the Trust or of such other obligor or their
creditors, the Property Trustee (irrespective of whether any Distributions
on
the Trust Securities shall then be due and payable and irrespective of whether
the Property Trustee shall have made any demand on the Trust for the payment
of
any past due Distributions) shall be entitled and empowered, to the fullest
extent permitted by law, by intervention in such proceeding or
otherwise:
(i)
to
file
and prove a claim for the whole amount of any Distributions owing and unpaid
in
respect of the Trust Securities and to file such other papers or documents
as
may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Property
Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Property Trustee, its agents and counsel)
and
of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding; and
(ii)
to
collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on
any
such claims and to distribute the same;
and
any
custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other
similar official in any such proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder
to
make such payments to the Property Trustee and, in the event the Property
Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders,
to
pay to the Property Trustee first any amount due it for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Property Trustee,
its
agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Property Trustee.
(b)
Nothing
herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Property Trustee to authorize
or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or compensation affecting the Trust
Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Property
Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such
proceeding.
SECTION
8.16.
Reports
to and from the Property Trustee.
(a)
The
Depositor, the Guarantor and the Administrative Trustees shall deliver to the
Property Trustee, not later than forty five (45) days after the end of each
of
the first three fiscal quarters of the Depositor and the Guarantor and not
later
than ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Depositor and
the
Guarantor ending after the date of this Trust Agreement, an Officer’s
Certificate (substantially in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit
H
)
covering the preceding fiscal period, stating whether or not to the knowledge
of
the signers thereof the Depositor, the Guarantor, the Administrative Trustees
or
the Trust are in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms,
provisions and conditions of this Trust Agreement (without regard to any period
of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the Depositor,
the
Guarantor, the Administrative Trustees or the Trust shall be in default,
specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which they
have knowledge.
(b)
The
Depositor and the Guarantor shall furnish to (i) the Property Trustee, (ii)
the
Purchaser, (iii) any Owner of the Preferred Securities reasonably identified
to
the Depositor, the Guarantor or the Trust (which identification may be made
either by such Owner or by the Purchaser) and (iv) any designee of (i), (ii)
or
(iii) above, a duly completed and executed certificate in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit G, including the financial statements referenced in such
Exhibit, which certificate and financial statements shall be so furnished by
the
Depositor and the Guarantor not later than forty five (45) days after the end
of
each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Depositor
and
the Guarantor and not later than ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal
year of the Depositor and the Guarantor.
(c)
The
Property Trustee shall receive all reports, certificates and information, which
it is entitled to obtain under each of the Operative Documents, and deliver
to
(i) the Purchaser, or a designee thereof, as identified in writing to the
Property Trustee, copies of all such reports, certificates or information
promptly upon receipt thereof.
ARTICLE
IX.
TERMINATION,
LIQUIDATION AND MERGER
SECTION
9.1.
Dissolution
Upon Expiration Date.
Unless
earlier dissolved, the Trust shall automatically dissolve on December 30, 2041
(the “Expiration Date”), and the Trust Property shall be liquidated in
accordance with
Section
9.4
.
SECTION
9.2.
Early
Termination.
The
first
to occur of any of the following events is an “Early Termination Event”, upon
the occurrence of which the Trust shall be dissolved:
(a)
the
occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event in respect of, or the dissolution or
liquidation of, the Depositor, in its capacity as the Holder of the Common
Securities, unless the Depositor shall have transferred the Common Securities
as
provided by
Section
5.11
,
in
which case this provision shall refer instead to any such successor Holder
of
the Common Securities;
(b)
the
written direction to the Property Trustee from the Holder of the Common
Securities at any time to dissolve the Trust and, after satisfaction of any
liabilities of the Trust as required by applicable law, to distribute the Notes
to Holders in exchange for the Preferred Securities (which direction is optional
and wholly within the discretion of the Holder of the Common
Securities).
(c)
the
redemption of all of the Preferred Securities in connection with the payment
at
maturity or redemption of all the Notes; and
(d)
the
entry
of an order for dissolution of the Trust by a court of competent
jurisdiction.
SECTION
9.3.
Termination.
The
respective obligations and responsibilities of the Trustees and the Trust shall
terminate upon the latest to occur of the following: (a) the distribution by
the
Property Trustee to Holders of all amounts required to be distributed hereunder
upon the liquidation of the Trust pursuant to
Section
9.4
,
or upon
the redemption of all of the Trust Securities pursuant to
Section 4.2
;
(b) the
satisfaction of any expenses owed by the Trust; and (c) the discharge of all
administrative duties of the Administrative Trustees, including the performance
of any tax reporting obligations with respect to the Trust or the
Holders.
SECTION
9.4.
Liquidation.
(a)
If
an
Early Termination Event specified in
Section
9.2(a)
,
(b)
or
(d)
occurs
or upon the Expiration Date, the Trust shall be liquidated by the Property
Trustee as expeditiously as the Property Trustee shall determine to be possible
by distributing, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust
as
provided by applicable law, to each Holder a Like Amount of Notes, subject
to
Section
9.4(d)
.
Notice
of liquidation shall be given by the Property Trustee not less than thirty
(30)
nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the Liquidation Date to each Holder
of
Trust Securities at such Holder’s address appearing in the Securities Register.
All such notices of liquidation shall:
(i)
state
the
Liquidation Date;
(ii)
state
that from and after the Liquidation Date, the Trust Securities will no longer
be
deemed to be Outstanding and (subject to
Section
9.4(d)
)
any
Securities Certificates not surrendered for exchange will be deemed to represent
a Like Amount of Notes; and
(iii)
provide
such information with respect to the mechanics by which Holders may exchange
Securities Certificates for Notes, or if
Section
9.4(d)
applies,
receive a Liquidation Distribution, as the Property Trustee shall deem
appropriate.
(b)
Except
where
Section
9.2(c)
or
9.4(d)
applies,
in order to effect the liquidation of the Trust and distribution of the Notes
to
Holders, the Property Trustee, either itself acting as exchange agent or through
the appointment of a separate exchange agent, shall establish a record date
for
such distribution (which shall not be more than forty-five (45) days prior
to
the Liquidation Date nor prior to the date on which notice of such liquidation
is given to the Holders) and establish such procedures as it shall deem
appropriate to effect the distribution of Notes in exchange for the Outstanding
Securities Certificates.
(c)
Except
where
Section
9.2(c)
or
9.4(d)
applies,
after the Liquidation Date, (i) the Trust Securities will no longer be deemed
to
be Outstanding, (ii) certificates representing a Like Amount of Notes will
be
issued to Holders of Securities Certificates, upon surrender of such
Certificates to the exchange agent for exchange, (iii) the Depositor shall
use
its best efforts to have the Notes listed on the New York Stock Exchange or
on
such other exchange, interdealer quotation system or self-regulatory
organization on which the Preferred Securities are then listed, if any, (iv)
Securities Certificates not so surrendered for exchange will be deemed to
represent a Like Amount of Notes bearing accrued and unpaid interest in an
amount equal to the accumulated and unpaid Distributions on such Securities
Certificates until such certificates are so surrendered (and until such
certificates are so surrendered, no payments of interest or principal will
be
made to Holders of Securities Certificates with respect to such Notes) and
(v)
all rights of Holders holding Trust Securities will cease, except the right
of
such Holders to receive Notes upon surrender of Securities
Certificates.
(d)
Notwithstanding
the other provisions of this
Section
9.4
,
if
distribution of the Notes in the manner provided herein is determined by the
Property Trustee not to be permitted or practical, the Trust Property shall
be
liquidated, and the Trust shall be wound up by the Property Trustee in such
manner as the Property Trustee determines. In such event, Holders will be
entitled to receive out of the assets of the Trust available for distribution
to
Holders, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust as provided
by applicable law, an amount equal to the Liquidation Amount per Trust Security
plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions thereon to the date of payment (such
amount being the “Liquidation Distribution”). If, upon any such winding up the
Liquidation Distribution can be paid only in part because the Trust has
insufficient assets available to pay in full the aggregate Liquidation
Distribution, then, subject to the next succeeding sentence, the amounts payable
by the Trust on the Trust Securities shall be paid on a pro rata basis (based
upon Liquidation Amounts). The Holder of the Common Securities will be entitled
to receive Liquidation Distributions upon any such winding up pro rata (based
upon Liquidation Amounts) with Holders of all Trust Securities, except that,
if
an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Preferred Securities
shall have a priority over the Common Securities as provided in
Section
4.3
.
SECTION
9.5.
Mergers,
Consolidations, Amalgamations or Replacements of Trust.
The
Trust
may not merge with or into, consolidate, amalgamate, or be replaced by, or
convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety
to, any Person except pursuant to this
Article
IX
.
At the
request of the Holders of the Common Securities, without the consent of the
Holders of the Preferred Securities, the Trust may merge with or into,
consolidate, amalgamate, or be replaced by or convey, transfer or lease its
properties and assets substantially as an entirety to a trust organized as
such
under the laws of any State; provided, that:
(a)
such
successor entity either (i) expressly assumes all of the obligations of the
Trust under this Trust Agreement with respect to the Preferred Securities or
(ii) substitutes for the Preferred Securities other securities having
substantially the same terms as the Preferred Securities (such other Securities,
the “Successor Securities”) so long as the Successor Securities have the same
priority as the Preferred Securities with respect to distributions and payments
upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise;
(b)
a
trustee
of such successor entity possessing substantially the same powers and duties
as
the Property Trustee is appointed to hold the Notes;
(c)
if
the
Preferred Securities or the Notes are rated, such merger, consolidation,
amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not cause the
Preferred Securities or the Notes (including any Successor Securities) to be
downgraded by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization that
then assigns a rating to the Preferred Securities or the Notes;
(d)
the
Preferred Securities are listed, or any Successor Securities will be listed
upon
notice of issuance, on any national securities exchange or interdealer quotation
system on which the Preferred Securities are then listed, if any;
(e)
such
merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease
does not adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the Holders
of the Preferred Securities (including any Successor Securities) in any material
respect;
(f)
such
successor entity has a purpose substantially identical to that of the
Trust;
(g)
prior
to
such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer
or
lease, the Depositor has received an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that
(i)
such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer
or
lease does not adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the
Holders of the Preferred Securities (including any Successor Securities) in
any
material respect; (ii) following such merger, consolidation, amalgamation,
replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease, neither the Trust nor such successor
entity will be required to register as an “investment company” under the
Investment Company Act and (iii) following such merger, consolidation,
amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease, the Trust (or the
successor entity) will continue to be classified as a grantor trust for U.S.
federal income tax purposes; and
(h)
the
Depositor or its permitted transferee owns all of the common securities of
such
successor entity and guarantees the obligations of such successor entity under
the Successor Securities at least to the extent provided by the
Indenture.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Trust shall not, except with the consent of Holders of all
of
the Preferred Securities, consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or be
replaced by or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially
as an entirety to any other Person or permit any other entity to consolidate,
amalgamate, merge with or into, or replace, the Trust if such consolidation,
amalgamation, merger, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease would cause
the
Trust or the successor entity to be taxable as a corporation or classified
as
other than a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes or
cause the Notes to be treated as other than indebtedness of the Depositor for
United States federal income tax purposes.
ARTICLE
X.
INFORMATION
TO PURCHASER
SECTION
10.1.
Depositor
Obligations to Purchaser.
Notwithstanding
any other provision herein, the Depositor and the Guarantor shall furnish to
(a)
the Purchaser, (b) any Owner of the Preferred Securities reasonably identified
to the Depositor, the Guarantor, or the Trust (which identification may be
made
either by such Owner or by the Purchaser) and (c) any designee of (a) or (b)
above, copies of all correspondence, notices, forms, filings, reports and other
documents required to be provided by the Depositor or the Guarantor, whether
acting through an Administrative Trustee or otherwise, to the Property Trustee
or Delaware Trustee under this Trust Agreement.
SECTION
10.2.
Property
Trustee’s Obligations to Purchaser.
Notwithstanding
any other provision herein, the Property Trustee shall furnish to the Purchaser,
and any a designee thereof as identified in writing to the Property Trustee,
copies of all (i) correspondence, notices, forms, filings, reports and other
documents received by the Property Trustee or Delaware Trustee from the
Depositor, whether acting through an Administrative Trustee or otherwise, under
this Trust Agreement, and (ii) all correspondence, notices, forms, filings,
reports and other documents required to be provided to the Depositor or a Holder
by the Property Trustee or Delaware Trustee under this Trust
Agreement.
ARTICLE
XI.
MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
SECTION
11.1.
Limitation
of Rights of Holders.
Except
as
set forth in
Section
9.2
,
the
death, bankruptcy, termination, dissolution or incapacity of any Person having
an interest, beneficial or otherwise, in Trust Securities shall not operate
to
terminate this Trust Agreement, nor annul, dissolve or terminate the Trust
nor
entitle the legal representatives or heirs of such Person or any Holder for
such
Person, to claim an accounting, take any action or bring any proceeding in
any
court for a partition or winding up of the arrangements contemplated hereby,
nor
otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto
or any of them.
SECTION
11.2.
Agreed
Tax Treatment of Trust and Trust Securities.
The
parties hereto and, by its acceptance or acquisition of a Trust Security or
a
beneficial interest therein, the Holder of, and any Person that acquires a
beneficial interest in, such Trust Security intend and agree to treat the Trust
as a grantor trust for United States federal, state and local tax purposes,
and
to treat the Trust Securities (including all payments and proceeds with respect
to such Trust Securities) as undivided beneficial ownership interests in the
Trust Property (and payments and proceeds therefrom, respectively) for United
States federal, state and local tax purposes and to treat the Notes as
indebtedness of the Depositor for United States federal, state and local tax
purposes. The provisions of this Trust Agreement shall be interpreted to further
this intention and agreement of the parties.
SECTION
11.3.
Amendment.
(a)
This
Trust Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Property Trustee, the
Administrative Trustees and the Holder of all the Common Securities, without
the
consent of any Holder of the Preferred Securities, (i) to cure any ambiguity,
correct or supplement any provision herein that may be defective or inconsistent
with any other provision herein, or to make or amend any other provisions with
respect to matters or questions arising under this Trust Agreement, which shall
not be inconsistent with the other provisions of this Trust Agreement, (ii)
to
modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of this Trust Agreement to such
extent as shall be necessary to ensure that the Trust will neither be taxable
as
a corporation nor be classified as other than a grantor trust for United States
federal income tax purposes at all times that any Trust Securities are
Outstanding or to ensure that the Notes are treated as indebtedness of the
Depositor for United States federal income tax purposes, or to ensure that
the
Trust will not be required to register as an “investment company” under the
Investment Company Act or (iii) to add to the covenants, restrictions or
obligations of the Depositor; provided, that in the case of clauses (i), (ii)
or
(iii), such action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the
interests of any Holder.
(b)
Except
as
provided in
Section
11.3(c)
,
any
provision of this Trust Agreement may be amended by the Property Trustee, the
Administrative Trustees and the Holder of all of the Common Securities and
with
(i) the consent of Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of
the
Preferred Securities and (ii) receipt by the Trustees of an Opinion of Counsel
to the effect that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the
Trustees in accordance with such amendment will not cause the Trust to be
taxable as a corporation or classified as other than a grantor trust for United
States federal income tax purposes or affect the treatment of the Notes as
indebtedness of the Depositor for United States federal income tax purposes
or
affect the Trust’s exemption from status (or from any requirement to register)
as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act.
(c)
Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Trust Agreement, without the consent of each Holder,
this Trust Agreement may not be amended to (i) change the accrual rate, amount,
currency or timing of any Distribution on or the redemption price of the Trust
Securities or otherwise adversely affect the amount of any Distribution or
other
payment required to be made in respect of the Trust Securities as of a specified
date, (ii) restrict or impair the right of a Holder to institute suit for the
enforcement of any such payment on or after such date, (iii) reduce the
percentage of aggregate Liquidation Amount of Outstanding Preferred Securities,
the consent of whose Holders is required for any such amendment, or the consent
of whose Holders is required for any waiver of compliance with any provision
of
this Trust Agreement or of defaults hereunder and their consequences provided
for in this Trust Agreement; (iv) impair or adversely affect the rights and
interests of the Holders in the Trust Property, or permit the creation of any
Lien on any portion of the Trust Property; or (v) modify the definition of
“Outstanding,” this
Section
11.3(c)
,
Sections
4.1
,
4.2
,
4.3
,
6.10(e)
or
Article
IX
.
(d)
Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Trust Agreement, no Trustee shall enter into or
consent to any amendment to this Trust Agreement that would cause the Trust
to
be taxable as a corporation or to be classified as other than a grantor trust
for United States federal income tax purposes or that would cause the Notes
to
fail or cease to be treated as indebtedness of the Depositor for United States
federal income tax purposes or that would cause the Trust to fail or cease
to
qualify for the exemption from status (or from any requirement to register)
as
an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act.
(e)
If
any
amendment to this Trust Agreement is made, the Administrative Trustees or the
Property Trustee shall promptly provide to the Depositor and the Note Trustee
a
copy of such amendment.
(f)
No
Trustee shall be required to enter into any amendment to this Trust Agreement
that affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Trust Agreement.
The Trustees shall be entitled to receive an Opinion of Counsel and an Officer’s
Certificate stating that any amendment to this Trust Agreement is in compliance
with this Trust Agreement and all conditions precedent herein provided for
relating to such action have been met.
(g)
No
amendment or modification to this Trust Agreement that adversely affects in
any
material respect the rights, duties, liabilities, indemnities or immunities
of
the Delaware Trustee hereunder shall be permitted without the prior written
consent of the Delaware Trustee.
SECTION
11.4.
Separability.
If
any
provision in this Trust Agreement or in the Securities Certificates shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability
of
the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby,
and there shall be deemed substituted for the provision at issue a valid, legal
and enforceable provision as similar as possible to the provision at
issue.
SECTION
11.5.
Governing
Law.
THIS
TRUST AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF EACH OF THE HOLDERS, THE
TRUST, THE DEPOSITOR, THE GUARANTOR AND THE TRUSTEES WITH RESPECT TO THIS TRUST
AGREEMENT AND THE TRUST SECURITIES SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE WITHOUT REFERENCE TO
ITS
CONFLICTS OF LAWS PROVISIONS.
SECTION
11.6.
Successors.
This
Trust Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of any
successor to the Depositor, the Guarantor, the Trust and any Trustee, including
any successor by operation of law. Except in connection with a transaction
involving the Depositor that is permitted under
Article
VIII
of the
Indenture and pursuant to which the assignee agrees in writing to perform the
Depositor’s obligations hereunder, the Depositor shall not assign its
obligations hereunder.
SECTION
11.7.
Headings.
The
Article and Section headings are for convenience only and shall not affect
the
construction of this Trust Agreement.
SECTION
11.8.
Reports,
Notices and Demands.
(a)
Any
report, notice, demand or other communication that by any provision of this
Trust Agreement is required or permitted to be given or served to or upon any
Holder, the Depositor or the Guarantor may be given or served in writing
delivered in person, or by reputable, overnight courier, by telecopy or by
deposit thereof, first-class postage prepaid, in the United States mail,
addressed, (a) in the case of a Holder of Preferred Securities, to such Holder
as such Holder’s name and address may appear on the Securities Register; (b) in
the case of the Holder of all the Common Securities or the Depositor, to
NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership c/o NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.,
527 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022, Attention: Chief Financial Officer,
or
to such other address as may be specified in a written notice by the Holder
of
all the Common Securities or the Depositor, as the case may be, to the Property
Trustee; and (c) in the case of the Guarantor, to NorthStar Realty Finance
Corp., 527 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022, Attention: Chief Financial
Officer, or to such other address as may be specified in a written notice by
the
Guarantor to the Property Trustee. Such report, notice, demand or other
communication to or upon a Holder, the Depositor or the Guarantor shall be
deemed to have been given when received in person, within one (1) Business
Day
following delivery by overnight courier, when telecopied with receipt confirmed,
or within three (3) Business Days following delivery by mail, except that if
a
notice or other document is refused delivery or cannot be delivered because
of a
changed address of which no notice was given, such notice or other document
shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date of such refusal or inability
to deliver.
(b)
Any
notice, demand or other communication that by any provision of this Trust
Agreement is required or permitted to be given or served to or upon the Property
Trustee, the Delaware Trustee, the Administrative Trustees or the Trust shall
be
given in writing by deposit thereof, first-class postage prepaid, in the U.S.
mail, personal delivery or facsimile transmission, addressed to such Person
as
follows: (a) with respect to the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee
to
Wilmington Trust Company, Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street,
Wilmington, Delaware 19890-0001, Attention: Corporate Capital Markets, facsimile
no. (302) 636-4140; (b) with respect to the Administrative Trustees, to them
at
the address above for notices to the Depositor, marked “Attention:
Administrative Trustees of NorthStar Realty Finance Trust VI,” and (c) with
respect to the Trust, to its principal executive office specified in
Section
2.2
,
with a
copy to the Property Trustee. Such notice, demand or other communication to
or
upon the Trust, the Property Trustee or the Administrative Trustees shall be
deemed to have been sufficiently given or made only upon actual receipt of
the
writing by the Trust, the Property Trustee or the Administrative
Trustees.
SECTION
11.9.
Agreement
Not to Petition.
Each
of
the Trustees and the Depositor agree for the benefit of the Holders that, until
at least one year and one day after the Trust has been terminated in accordance
with
Article
IX
,
they
shall not file, or join in the filing of, a petition against the Trust under
any
Bankruptcy Law or otherwise join in the commencement of any proceeding against
the Trust under any Bankruptcy Law. If the Depositor takes action in violation
of this
Section
11.9
,
the
Property Trustee agrees, for the benefit of Holders, that at the expense of
the
Depositor, it shall file an answer with the applicable bankruptcy court or
otherwise properly contest the filing of such petition by the Depositor against
the Trust or the commencement of such action and raise the defense that the
Depositor has agreed in writing not to take such action and should be estopped
and precluded therefrom and such other defenses, if any, as counsel for the
Property Trustee or the Trust may assert.
This
instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so
executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall
together constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed
signature page of this instrument my facsimile transmission shall be effective
as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.
[REMAINDER
OF THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amended and Restated
Trust Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
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NorthStar
Realty Finance Limited Partnership
,
as
Depositor
By:
NorthStar Realty Finance Corp., its
General
Partner
By:
/s/
Albert
Tylis
Albert
Tylis
General
Counsel and Assistant Secretary
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NorthStar
Realty Finance Corp.
,
as
Guarantor
By:
/s/ Albert
Tylis
Albert
Tylis
General
Counsel and Assistant Secretary
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Wilmington
Trust Company, as Property Trustee
By:
/s/ W. Thomas Morris,
II
W.
Thomas Morris, II
Assistant
Vice President
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Wilmington
Trust Company, as Delaware Trustee
By:
/s/
W. Thomas Morris, II
W.
Thomas Morris, II
Assistant
Vice President
:
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/s/
David
Hamamoto
Administrative
Trustee
David
Hamamoto
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/s/
Andrew
Richardson
Administrative
Trustee
Andrew
Richardson
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/s/
Richard
McCready
Administrative
Trustee
Richard
McCready
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REVOLVING
CREDIT AGREEMENT
dated
as
of November 3, 2006
among
NORTHSTAR
REALTY FINANCE CORP.,
NORTHSTAR
REALTY FINANCE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,
NRFC
SUB-REIT CORP.
AND
NS
ADVISORS, LLC,
as
Borrowers,
THE
LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,
KEYBANK
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
Administrative Agent,
KEYBANC
CAPITAL MARKETS,
and
BANK
OF
AMERICA, N.A.,
as
Co-Lead Arrangers,
KEYBANC
CAPITAL MARKETS,
as
Sole
Book Manager,
BANK
OF
AMERICA, N.A.,
as
Syndication Agent,
and
CITICORP
NORTH AMERICA, INC.
as
Documentation Agent
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
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Page
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ARTICLE
I DEFINITIONS
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1
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Section
1.1
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Definitions.
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1
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Section
1.2
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Accounting
Terms and Determinations
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23
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Section
1.3
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Types
of Borrowings
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23
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ARTICLE
II THE Commitments
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23
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Section
2.1
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Commitments
to Lend
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23
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Section
2.2
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Notice
of Committed Borrowing
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24
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Section
2.3
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Notice
to Lenders; Funding of Loans.
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25
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Section
2.4
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Notes.
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27
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Section
2.5
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Letters
of Credit
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27
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Section
2.6
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Method
of Electing Interest Rates.
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30
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Section
2.7
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Interest
Rates.
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31
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Section
2.8
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Fees.
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32
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Section
2.9
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Maturity
Date
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33
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Section
2.10
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Mandatory
Prepayment.
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33
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Section
2.11
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Optional
Prepayments.
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34
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Section
2.12
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General
Provisions as to Payments.
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35
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Section
2.13
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Funding
Losses
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36
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Section
2.14
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Computation
of Interest and Fees
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36
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Section
2.15
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Use
of Proceeds
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36
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Section
2.16
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Letter
of Credit Usage Absolute
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36
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Section
2.17
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Joint
and Several Obligations; Limitation on Liability.
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37
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Section
2.18
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Increase
in Facility Amount.
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39
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Section
2.19
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Revolving
Facility
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41
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Section
2.20
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Delinquent
Lenders.
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41
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ARTICLE
III CONDITIONS
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42
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Section
3.1
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Closing
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42
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Section
3.2
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Borrowings
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45
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ARTICLE
IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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46
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Section
4.1
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Existence
and Power
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46
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Section
4.2
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Power
and Authority
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47
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Section
4.3
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No
Violation
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47
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Section
4.4
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Financial
Information
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47
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Section
4.5
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Litigation
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48
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Section
4.6
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Compliance
with ERISA.
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48
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Section
4.7
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Borrowing
Base Assets
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48
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Section
4.8
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Environmental
Matters
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49
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Section
4.9
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Taxes
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49
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Section
4.10
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Full
Disclosure
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49
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Section
4.11
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Solvency
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49
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Section
4.12
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Use
of Proceeds; Margin Regulations
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50
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Section
4.13
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Governmental
Approvals
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50
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Section
4.14
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Investment
Company Act
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50
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Section
4.15
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Principal
Offices
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50
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Section
4.16
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REIT
Status
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50
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Section
4.17
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Qualified
REIT Subsidiary Status
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50
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Section
4.18
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Patents,
Trademarks, etc.
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50
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Section
4.19
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No
Default
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50
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Section
4.20
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Licenses,
etc.
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51
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Section
4.21
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Compliance
With Law
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51
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Section
4.22
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No
Burdensome Restrictions
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51
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Section
4.23
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Brokers’
Fees
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51
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Section
4.24
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Labor
Matters
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51
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Section
4.25
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Insurance
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51
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Section
4.26
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Organizational
Documents
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51
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ARTICLE
V AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE COVENANTS
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52
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Section
5.1
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Information
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52
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Section
5.2
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Payment
of Obligations
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54
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Section
5.3
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Maintenance
of Property
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54
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Section
5.4
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Conduct
of Business and Maintenance of Existence
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54
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Section
5.5
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Compliance
with Laws
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55
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Section
5.6
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Inspection
of Books and Records
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55
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Section
5.7
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Existence
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55
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Section
5.8
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Financial
Covenants
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55
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Section
5.9
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Restriction
on Fundamental Changes.
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56
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Section
5.10
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[Reserved]
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57
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Section
5.11
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Margin
Stock
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57
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Section
5.12
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NorthStar,
NorthStar OP and NRFC Sub-REIT Status
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57
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Section
5.13
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Disposition
of Borrowing Base Assets
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57
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Section
5.14
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Liens;
Release of Liens
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58
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Section
5.15
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Business
Loans
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58
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Section
5.16
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Limitation
on Changes in Fiscal Year; Accounting Methods; Valuation
Methodology.
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58
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Section
5.17
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Ownership
of Borrowing Base Assets
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58
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Section
5.18
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Limitation
on Negative Pledge Clauses, Distribution Restrictions
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58
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Section
5.19
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Addition
of Borrowing Base Assets.
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58
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Section
5.20
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Failure
of Certain Borrowing Base Assets Representations and
Warranties.
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60
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Section
5.21
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Limitation
on Transactions with Affiliates
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60
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Section
5.22
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CDO
Subsidiaries
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60
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Section
5.23
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Guaranties
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61
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Section
5.24
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Subsidiary
Guarantors
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61
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Section
5.25
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Release
of Certain Subsidiary Guarantors
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62
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ARTICLE
VI DEFAULTS
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62
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Section
6.1
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Events
of Default
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62
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Section
6.2
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Rights
and Remedies.
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65
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Section
6.3
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Notice
of Default
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66
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Section
6.4
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Actions
in Respect of Letters of Credit.
|
66
|
|
ARTICLE
VII THE AGENTS
|
67
|
|
Section
7.1
|
Appointment
and Authorization
|
67
|
|
Section
7.2
|
Agency
and Affiliates.
|
68
|
|
Section
7.3
|
Action
by Administrative Agent
|
68
|
|
Section
7.4
|
Consultation
with Experts
|
68
|
|
Section
7.5
|
Liability
of Administrative Agent
|
68
|
|
Section
7.6
|
Indemnification
|
68
|
|
Section
7.7
|
Credit
Decision
|
69
|
|
Section
7.8
|
Successor
Administrative Agent
|
69
|
|
Section
7.9
|
Receipt
of Notices
|
69
|
|
ARTICLE
VIII CHANGE IN CIRCUMSTANCES
|
69
|
|
Section
8.1
|
Basis
for Determining Interest Rate Inadequate or Unfair
|
69
|
|
Section
8.2
|
Illegality
|
70
|
|
Section
8.3
|
Increased
Cost and Reduced Return.
|
71
|
|
Section
8.4
|
Taxes.
|
72
|
|
Section
8.5
|
Alternate
Base Rate Loans Substituted for Affected LIBOR Loans
|
74
|
|
ARTICLE
IX MISCELLANEOUS
|
74
|
|
Section
9.1
|
Notices
|
74
|
|
Section
9.2
|
No
Waivers
|
75
|
|
Section
9.3
|
Expenses;
Indemnification.
|
75
|
|
Section
9.4
|
Sharing
of Set-Offs
|
76
|
|
Section
9.5
|
Amendments
and Waivers.
|
77
|
|
Section
9.6
|
Successors
and Assigns.
|
77
|
|
Section
9.7
|
Collateral
|
79
|
|
Section
9.8
|
Governing
Law; Submission to Jurisdiction
|
79
|
|
Section
9.9
|
Marshalling;
Recapture
|
79
|
|
Section
9.10
|
Counterparts;
Integration; Effectiveness
|
80
|
|
Section
9.11
|
WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL
|
80
|
|
Section
9.12
|
Survival
|
80
|
|
Section
9.13
|
Domicile
of Loans
|
80
|
|
Section
9.14
|
Limitation
of Liability
|
80
|
|
Section
9.15
|
Recourse
Obligation
|
80
|
|
Section
9.16
|
Confidentiality
|
80
|
|
Section
9.17
|
Legal
Rate
|
81
|
|
Section
9.18
|
USA
Patriot Act Notice
|
81
|
|
|
|
|
|
EXHIBITS
|
|
Exhibit
A
|
-
|
Form
of Note
|
Exhibit
B
|
-
|
Form
of Assignment and Assumption Agreement
|
Exhibit
C
|
-
|
Initial
Borrowing Base Assets
|
Exhibit
D
|
-
|
Form
of Borrowing Base Certificate
|
Exhibit
E
|
-
|
Form
of Continuing Compliance Certificate
|
Exhibit
F
|
-
|
First
Mortgage Asset Representations and Warranties
|
Exhibit
G
|
-
|
Real
Property Asset Representations and Warranties
|
Exhibit
H
|
-
|
Real
Estate Security Asset Representations and Warranties
|
Exhibit
I
|
-
|
Subordinate
Assets Representations and Warranties
|
Exhibit
J
|
-
|
CDO
Retained Asset Representations and
Warranties
|
SCHEDULES
|
|
Schedule
1.1
|
TruPS
Securities
|
Schedule
4.4(c)
|
Post-June
30, 2006 Material Indebtedness and Contingent
Obligations
|
REVOLVING
CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS
REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “
Agreement
”)
is
dated as of November 3, 2006 among NORTHSTAR REALTY FINANCE CORP., a Maryland
corporation (“
NorthStar
”),
NORTHSTAR REALTY FINANCE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership
(“
NorthStar
OP
”),
NRFC
SUB-REIT CORP., a Maryland corporation (“
NRFC
Sub-REIT
”),
NS
ADVISORS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“
NS
Advisors
”)
(NorthStar, NorthStar OP, NRFC Sub-REIT and NS Advisors are hereinafter referred
to individually as a “
Borrower
”
and
collectively as the “
Borrowers
”),
the
Lenders (as defined herein), KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative
Agent, KEYBANC CAPITAL MARKETS and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A, as Co-Lead Arrangers,
KEYBANC CAPITAL MARKETS, as Sole Book Manager, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A, as
Syndication Agent and CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., as Documentation
Agent.
RECITALS
1.
The
Borrowers have requested that the Lenders establish a revolving credit facility
for the Borrowers for the purposes of refinancing certain existing indebtedness,
financing the acquisition by the Borrowers of real estate and finance assets
and
for other business purposes of the Borrowers.
2.
The
Borrowers have requested that the Lenders set forth the terms and conditions
upon which the Lenders will provide financing to the Borrowers.
3.
The
Lenders have agreed to provide that financing to Borrowers on, and subject
to,
the terms and conditions of, this Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of
which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I
DEFINITIONS
Section
1.1
Definitions
.
The
following terms, as used herein, have the following meanings:
“
Adjusted
London Interbank Offered Rate
”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.7(c).
“
Administrative
Agent
”
shall
mean KeyBank National Association in its capacity as Administrative Agent
hereunder, and its permitted successors in such capacity in accordance with
the
terms of this Agreement.
“
Administrative
Questionnaire
”
means,
with respect to each Lender, an administrative questionnaire in the form
prepared by the Administrative Agent and submitted to the Administrative Agent
(with a copy to the Borrowers) duly completed by such Lender.
“
Affiliate
”
means,
as to any Person, any other Person (other than a Subsidiary) which, directly
or
indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control
with,
such Person. For purposes of this definition, “
control
”
of
a
Person (including, with its correlative meanings, “
controlled
by
”
and
“
under
common control with
”)
means
the power, directly or indirectly, either to (a) vote 33 1/3% or more of the
securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such
Person or (b) direct or cause the direction of the management and policies
of
such Person, whether by contract or otherwise.
“
Adjusted
Funds from Operations
”
means
Funds From Operations minus (or plus) (i) normalized recurring capitalized
expenditures necessary to maintain properties (e.g. leasing commissions, and
tenant improvement allowances), (ii) an adjustment to reverse the effect of
Straight-Lining of Rents and fair value of lease revenue under SFAS 141, (iii)
the amortization or accrual of various deferred costs including intangible
assets and equity based compensation, (iv) non-recurring charges incurred in
connection with the early extinguishment of debt, (v) an adjustment to reverse
“mark-to-market” gains and losses related to interest rate changes on off
balance sheet warehouse facilities, and (vi) such other adjustments approved
by
the Administrative Agent.
“
Agreement
”
shall
mean this Revolving Credit Agreement as the same may from time to time hereafter
be modified, supplemented or amended.
“
Alternate
Base Rate
”
means,
for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greater of (i) the Prime Rate or
(ii)
the Federal Funds Rate plus one-half percent (0.5%).
“
Alternate
Base Rate Loan
”
means
a
Committed Loan to be made by a Lender as an Alternate Base Rate Loan in
accordance with the applicable Notice of Committed Borrowing or pursuant to
Article II.
“
Applicable
Lending Office
”
means,
with respect to any Lender, (i) in the case of its Alternate Base Rate Loans,
its Domestic Lending Office, and (ii) in the case of its LIBOR Loans, its LIBOR
Lending Office.
“
Applicable
Margin
”
means,
for any day, the rate per annum set forth below opposite the applicable Leverage
Ratio then in effect.
Leverage
Ratio (as calculated pursuant to the most-recently delivered officer’s
certificate pursuant to Section 5.1(c) hereof)
|
Applicable
Margin for LIBOR Loans and Letter of Credit Fees
|
Applicable
Margin for Alternate Base Rate Loans
|
>
85%
|
2.50%
|
1.00%
|
>
75% to < 85%
|
2.25%
|
0.75%
|
<
75%
|
2.00%
|
0.50%
|
The
Applicable Margin shall be adjusted effective on the next Business Day following
any change in the Leverage Ratio using the information provided in the
most-recently delivered officer’s certificate pursuant to Section 5.1(c)
hereof.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in the foregoing, to the extent the Borrowers
fail to deliver any officer’s certificate as of the date required pursuant to
Section 5.1(c), the Applicable Margin as of the date immediately following
such
required date of delivery and until the delivery of such officer’s certificate
shall be the greatest Applicable Margin specified in the foregoing
chart.
“
Approval
Request
”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 5.19(a).
“
Approval
Request Package
”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 5.19(b).
“
Approved
Uses
”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.15.
“
Approved
Bank
”
means
a
bank or other financial institution which has (i)(a) a minimum net worth of
$500,000,000 and/or (b) total assets of $10,000,000,000, and (ii) a minimum
long
term debt rating of (a) BBB+ or higher by S&P, and (b) Baa1 or higher by
Moody’s.
“
Arranger
”
means
KeyBanc Capital Markets, in its capacity as Sole Lead Arranger of the
Commitments and Sole Book Manager of the Commitments.
“
Asset
Disposition
”
means
the disposition of any assets (including without limitation the Capital Stock
of
a Subsidiary) of any Consolidated Party whether by sale, lease (but excluding
the lease of assets in the ordinary course of business), transfer or otherwise
to a Person other than a Consolidated Party.
“
Assignee
”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 9.6(b).
“
Available
Commitment
”
means,
with respect to each Lender, at any time, the amount obtained by multiplying
such Lender’s Commitment at such time by a fraction, the numerator of which is
the Total Available Commitments at such time, and the denominator of which
is
the aggregate of all Commitments at such time.
“
Bankruptcy
Code
”
means
Title 11 of the United States Code, entitled “Bankruptcy”, as amended from time
to time, and any successor statute or statutes.
“
Benefit
Arrangement
”
means
at any time an employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of
ERISA
which is not a Plan or a Multiemployer Plan and which is maintained or otherwise
contributed to by any member of the ERISA Group.
“
Book
Value
”
means
as to any asset, the value of such asset determined in accordance with GAAP,
as
consistently applied in connection with the preparation of the financial
statements filed by NorthStar with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
“
Borrowers
”
means,
collectively, NorthStar, NorthStar OP, NRFC Sub-REIT and NS Advisors , and
“
Borrower
”
means
any one of the foregoing.
“
Borrowing
”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 1.3.
“
Borrowing
Base Assets
”
means
assets one hundred percent (100%) owned (legally and equitably) by a Borrowing
Base Entity and which consist of Eligible CDO Retained Assets, Eligible First
Mortgage Assets, Eligible Subordinated Assets, Eligible Property Equity
Interests and Eligible Real Estate Securities.
“
Borrowing
Base Assets Pool
”
means,
collectively at any time, all Borrowing Base Assets.
“
Borrowing
Base Availability
”
means,
at any time of determination, an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate
Borrowing Base Value of all Borrowing Base Assets in the Borrowing Base Assets
Pool at such time and (ii) the aggregate amount that would cause the ratio
of
(i) the sum of (A) the aggregate recurring cash dividend and distribution income
actually received from all Eligible CDO Equity Interests and Preferred
Securities constituting Eligible Subordinated Assets during such period, (B)
the
aggregate recurring cash income (after debt service in respect of the related
Real Property Asset, if applicable) actually received in respect of Eligible
Property Equity Interests during such period, and (C) the aggregate recurring
cash interest income actually received from all Eligible CDO Debt Assets,
Eligible First Mortgage Assets, Eligible Subordinated Debt Assets and Eligible
Real Estate Securities during such period, in each case calculated as of the
end
of each fiscal quarter on an annualized basis for the quarterly period then
ended with respect to Borrowing Base Assets in the Borrowing Base Assets Pool
as
of the date of determination as reflected on the most recent Borrowing Base
Certificate, to (ii) Facility Interest Expense for such period, to be not less
than 2:00 to 1:00.
“
Borrowing
Base Certificate
”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.2.
“
Borrowing
Base Entity
”
means
a
Subsidiary Guarantor, a Real Property Subsidiary or a CDO Subsidiary.
“
Borrowing
Base Value
”
means,
as to any Borrowing Base Asset at any time of determination, the maximum
aggregate amount of Loans and Letters of Credit which Borrowers shall be
entitled to borrow, draw, or have issued or outstanding pursuant to the terms
of
this Agreement with respect to such Borrowing Base Asset, which shall be (i)
with respect to any Eligible CDO Retained Asset, the lesser of (a) forty percent
(40%) of the Eligible CDO Retained Asset Value of such asset, and (b) an amount
equal to (1) the sum of (A) the recurring annual interest or dividend income
of
the Borrowers in respect of such Eligible CDO Retained Asset (determined by
annualizing the interest or dividend income received by the Borrowers in respect
of such Eligible CDO Retained Asset during the quarter most recently ended)
and
(B) the annual Senior Management Fees received by the Borrowers from such
Eligible CDO Retained Asset (determined by annualizing the Senior Management
Fees received by the Borrowers in respect of such Eligible CDO Retained Asset
during the quarter most recently ended)
divided
by
(2)
three and one-half (3.5), and
divided
by
(3) the
average Facility Interest Rate during the quarter most recently ended, (ii)
with
respect to any Eligible First Mortgage Asset, the lesser of (a) eighty percent
(80%) of the Underlying Real Estate Value on such date of the Underlying Asset
securing such Eligible First Mortgage Asset, and (b) ninety percent (90%) of
the
lesser of (1) the outstanding principal amount of such Eligible First Mortgage
Asset on such date and (2) the Book Value of such Eligible First Mortgage Asset
on such date, (iii) with respect to any Eligible Subordinated Asset, the lesser
of (a) eighty percent (80%) of (1) the Underlying Real Estate Value on such
date
of the Underlying Asset relating to such Eligible Subordinated Asset
minus
(2) the
aggregate outstanding principal amount on such date of any senior indebtedness
encumbering the Underlying Asset relating to such Eligible Subordinated Asset
and (b) sixty percent (60%) of the lesser of (1) the outstanding principal
amount of such Eligible Subordinated Asset on such date and (2) the Book Value
of such Eligible Subordinated Asset on such date, (iv) with respect to any
Eligible Property Equity Interest, forty percent (40%) of the Net Equity Value
on such date of such Eligible Property Equity Interest, (v) with respect to
any
Investment Grade Eligible Real Estate Security, eighty percent (80%) of the
Fair
Market Value of such Investment Grade Eligible Real Estate Security on such
date, and (vi) with respect to any Eligible Real Estate Security that is not
Investment Grade, sixty-five percent (65%) of the Fair Market Value of such
non-Investment Grade Eligible Real Estate Security on such date.
“
Capitalization
Rate
”
means,
as to any Real Property Assets or Underlying Assets that are at leased 95%
leased to tenants (or such tenant’s parent) having an Investment Grade Credit
Rating, seven percent (7.00%) per annum, and, as to all other Real Property
Assets or Underlying Assets, nine percent (9.00%) per annum.
“
Capital
Replacement Reserve
”
means,
with respect to any Real Property Asset or Underlying Asset, a normalized annual
reserve for replacement reserves, capital expenditures, tenant improvements,
and
leasing commissions in the amount of $0.10 per year per square foot of net
leaseable area contained in such Real Property Asset or Underlying Asset. When
the Capital Replacement Reserve is used in computing an amount with respect
to a
period which is shorter than a year, said amount shall be appropriately
prorated.
“
Capital
Stock
”
means,
with respect to any Person, any capital stock (including preferred stock),
shares, interests, participations or other ownership interests (however
designated) of such Person and any rights (other than debt securities
convertible into or exchangeable for corporate stock), warrants or options
to
purchase any thereof.
“
Cash
and Cash Equivalents
”
means
(i) cash, (ii) direct obligations of the United States Government, including
without limitation, treasury bills, notes and bonds, (iii) interest bearing
or
discounted obligations of Federal agencies and Government sponsored entities
or
pools of such instruments offered by Approved Banks and dealers, including
without limitation, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation participation sale
certificates, Government National Mortgage Association modified pass through
certificates, Federal National Mortgage Association bonds and notes, and Federal
Farm Credit System securities, (iv) time deposits, Domestic and Eurodollar
certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances, commercial paper rated at least
A-2 by S&P and P-2 by Moody’s and/or guaranteed by a Person with an Aa3
rating by Moody’s, an AA- rating by S&P or better rated credit, floating
rate notes, other money market instruments each issued by an Approved Bank
(provided that the same shall cease to be a “Cash or Cash Equivalent” if at any
time any such bank shall cease to be an Approved Bank), (v) obligations of
domestic corporations, including, without limitation, commercial paper, bonds,
debentures and loan participations, each of which is rated at least AA- by
S&P and/or Aa3 by Moody’s and/or guaranteed by a Person with an Aa3 rating
by Moody’s and/or a AA- rating by S&P or better rated credit, (vi)
obligations issued by states and local governments or their agencies, rated
at
least MIG-2 by Moody’s and/or SP-2 by S&P, (vii) repurchase agreements with
major banks and primary government security dealers fully secured by the U.S.
Government or agency collateral equal to or exceeding the principal amount
on a
daily basis and held in safekeeping, and (viii) real estate loan pool
participations, guaranteed by a Person with an AA- rating given by S&P or
Aa3 rating given by Moody’s or better rated credit.
“
CDO
Debt Asset
”
means
with respect to any Eligible CDO, any and all performing debt obligations issued
by such Eligible CDO and owned by a Borrowing Base Entity.
“
CDO
Equity Interest
”
means
with respect to any Eligible CDO, any and all shares, interests, participations
or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of, and any and
all
equivalent ownership interests in, such Eligible CDO owned by a Borrowing Base
Entity, including partnership interests and limited liability company membership
interests.
“
CDO
Retained Asset
”
means
a
CDO Debt Asset or a CDO Equity Interest.
“
CDO
Indenture
”
means
the indenture relating to any Eligible CDO Retained Asset.
“
CDO
Subsidiary
”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 5.22.
“
Charges
”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 9.17.
“
Closing
Date
”
means
the date on or after the Effective Date on which the conditions set forth in
Section 3.1 shall have been satisfied to the satisfaction of the Administrative
Agent or waived by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
“
Code
”
means
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and as it may be further amended
from time to time, any successor statutes thereto, and applicable U.S.
Department of Treasury regulations issued pursuant thereto in temporary or
final
form.
“
Commitment
”
means,
with respect to each Lender, the amount set forth opposite the name of such
Lender on the signature pages hereof (and, for each Lender which is an Assignee,
the amount set forth in the Assignment and Assumption Agreement entered into
pursuant to Section 9.6(b) as the Assignee’s Commitment), as such amount may be
reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.11(c) or in connection with
an
assignment to an Assignee, or increased pursuant to Section 2.18.
“
Commitment
Fee Quarterly Period
”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.8(c).
“
Committed
Loan
”
means
a
loan made by a Lender pursuant to Section 2.1;
provided
that, if
any such loan or loans (or portions thereof) are combined or subdivided pursuant
to a Notice of Interest Rate Election, the term “Committed Loan” shall refer to
the combined principal amount resulting from such combination or to each of
the
separate principal amounts resulting from such subdivision, as the case may
be.
“
Consolidated
Parties
”
means,
collectively, NorthStar and its Consolidated Subsidiaries.
“
Consolidated
Subsidiary
”
means
at any date any Subsidiary or other entity which is consolidated with NorthStar
in accordance with GAAP or which is required under GAAP to be consolidated
with
NorthStar.
“
Consolidated
Tangible Net Worth
”
means,
without duplication, at any date (a) the amounts included in “stockholders’
equity” on the balance sheet of the Consolidated Parties (including minority
interests relating to NorthStar OP),
less
(b) the
consolidated Intangible Assets of the Consolidated Parties (excluding FAS 141
intangibles), all determined as of such date in accordance with GAAP. For
purposes of this definition “
Intangible
Assets
”
means
goodwill, patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, anticipated future
benefit of tax loss carry forwards, copyrights, organization or developmental
expenses and other intangible assets determined in accordance with
GAAP.
“
Contingent
Obligation
”
means,
as to any Person, without duplication, (i) any contingent obligation of such
Person required to be shown on such Person’s balance sheet in accordance with
GAAP, (ii) any obligation (including, without limitation, any Guarantee
Obligation) required to be disclosed in the footnotes to such Person’s financial
statements, guaranteeing partially or in whole any Non-Recourse Debt, lease,
dividend or other obligation, exclusive of contractual indemnities (including,
without limitation, any indemnity or price-adjustment provision relating to
the
purchase or sale of securities or other assets) and guarantees of non-monetary
obligations which have not yet been called on or quantified, of such Person
or
of any other Person, and (iii) with respect to such Person’s forward commitments
or obligations to fund or provide proceeds with respect to any loan or other
financing which are obligatory and non-discretionary as of any date of
determination, the aggregate amount of the reserves established for such
commitments or obligations in accordance with Rating Agency requirements in
respect of the three (3) month period following the date of determination.
The
Borrowers will promptly notify the Administrative Agent of the amounts initially
established as, and any change from time to time in, the Rating Agency
requirements in respect of the reserves referred to in the foregoing sentence.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Contingent Liabilities” shall not include
guarantees of customary carve-out matters made in connection with Indebtedness,
such as fraud, misappropriation, bankruptcy, misapplication and environmental
matters, unless a claim for payment or performance has been made thereunder
(which has not been satisfied). The amount of any Contingent Obligation
described in clause (ii) shall be deemed to be (a) with respect to a guarantee
of interest or interest and principal, or operating income guarantee, the
present value of the sum of all payments required to be made thereunder (which
in the case of an operating income guarantee shall be deemed to be equal to
the
debt service for the note secured thereby), through (x) in the case of an
interest or interest and principal guarantee, the stated date of maturity of
the
obligation (and commencing on the date interest could first be payable
thereunder), or (y) in the case of an operating income guarantee, the date
through which such guarantee will remain in effect, and (b) with respect to
all
guarantees not covered by the preceding clause (a), an amount equal to the
stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which
such
guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably
anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such Person is required
to
perform thereunder) as recorded on the balance sheet and on the footnotes to
the
most recent financial statements of the Borrowers required to be delivered
pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof.
“
Credit
Rating
”
means,
with respect to any Person, the rating assigned by the Rating Agencies (one
of
which, in all instances, must be S&P or Moody’s or Fitch) to such Person’s
long-term unsecured indebtedness.
“
Credit
Underwriting Documents
”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 5.19(a).
“
Default
”
means
any condition or event which with the giving of notice or lapse of time or
both
would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.
“
Default
Rate
”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.7(c).
“
Derivative
Exposure
”
means,
as of any date, the aggregate maximum net liability (including costs, fees
and
expenses), based upon a liquidation or termination as of such date, of any
Person under all interest rate swaps, collars, caps or other interest rate
protection agreements, treasury locks, equity forward contracts, foreign
currency exchange agreements, commodity purchase or option agreements or other
interest or exchange rate or commodity price hedging agreements.
“
Distribution
”
means
with respect to any Person, the declaration or payment of any cash, cash flow,
dividend or distribution (however payable, whether in cash, assets, capital
stock or otherwise) on or in respect of any shares of any class of capital
stock, partnership interest, membership interest or other beneficial interest
of
such Person; the purchase, redemption, exchange or other retirement of any
shares of any class of capital stock, partnership interest, membership interest
or other beneficial interest of such Person, directly or indirectly through
a
Subsidiary of such Person or otherwise; the return of capital by such Person
to
its shareholders, partners, members or other owners as such; or any other
distribution on or in respect of any shares of any class of capital stock or
other beneficial interest of such Person.
“
Domestic
Business Day
”
means
any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in
New
York, New York are authorized or required by law to close.
“
Domestic
Lending Office
”
means,
as to each Lender, its office located at its address in the United States set
forth in its Administrative Questionnaire (or identified in its Administrative
Questionnaire as its Domestic Lending Office) or such other office as such
Lender may hereafter designate as its Domestic Lending Office by notice to
the
Borrowers and the Administrative Agent.
“
EBITDA
”
means,
for any period, the sum of, without duplication, (i) aggregate Net Income during
such period calculated before the payment of Preferred Distributions,
plus
(ii) an
amount which, in the determination of Net Income for such period, has been
deducted for (A) Interest Expense, (B) total federal, state, local and foreign
income, value added and similar taxes and (C) depreciation and amortization
expense,
plus
(iii)
the minority interest attributable to NorthStar OP,
plus
(iii)
losses from extraordinary items, non-recurring items, Asset Dispositions, or
forgiveness of debt,
plus
(iv)
compensation expense for equity or option based compensation
minus
(v)
gains from extraordinary items, non-recurring items, Asset Dispositions,
write-up of assets (including any loan accretion attributable to any asset),
minus
(v)
interest income accrued but not actually received in cash, each of the above
determined in accordance with GAAP and to the extent included in the calculation
of Net Income and
plus
,
(vi)
interest income received in cash in such period to the extent such interest
income had been subtracted from Net Income pursuant to the foregoing clause
(v)
with respect to any earlier period; provided, that such sum shall be exclusive
of any adjustment for such period attributable to the Straight-Lining of Rents.
“
Effective
Date
”
means
November 3, 2006.
“
Eligible
Assignee
”
means
any Person that is: (a) a Lender; (b) an Affiliate of a Lender; (c) a commercial
bank, trust company, savings and loan association savings bank, insurance
company, investment bank or pension fund organized under the laws of the United
States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and having
total assets in excess of $5,000,000,000; or (d) a commercial bank organized
under the laws of any other country which is a member of the Organization for
Economic Co-operation and Development, or a political subdivision of any such
country, and having total assets in excess of $10,000,000,000,
provided
that
such bank is acting through a branch or agency located in the United States
of
America. No Borrower and no Affiliate of a Borrower shall qualify as an Eligible
Assignee. Provided no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, no direct competitor of the Borrowers or any hedge fund principally
engaged in the acquisition of “distressed” debt (each as determined by the
Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion) shall qualify as an Eligible
Assignee.
“
Eligible
CDO
”
means
a
Special Purpose Entity, the common “ordinary” shares or limited liability
company interests of which are wholly-owned by NorthStar or a Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary of NorthStar and which is managed by NorthStar or a Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary of NorthStar, that issues classes of securities representing rights
to receive payments from assets held by such entity, the assets of which are
(a)
real estate securities or real estate-related debt obligations and/or (b) such
other assets consistent with NorthStar’s current business
practices.
“
Eligible
CDO Debt Asset
”
means
a
CDO Debt Asset that that at all times complies with the CDO Retained Asset
Representations and Warranties set forth on
Exhibit
“J”
attached
hereto.
“
Eligible
CDO Equity Interest
”
means
a
CDO Equity Interest that at all times complies with the CDO Retained Asset
Representations and Warranties set forth on
Exhibit
“J”
attached
hereto.
“
Eligible
CDO Retained Asset
”
means
any
Eligible
CDO Equity Interest and/or any Eligible CDO Debt Asset.
“
Eligible
CDO Retained Asset Value
”
means
with respect to any Eligible CDO Retained Asset, an amount equal to (i) in
the
case of an Eligible CDO Debt Asset, the Fair Market Value of such Eligible
CDO
Retained Asset and (b) in the case of an Eligible CDO Equity Interest, the
Net
Equity CDO Value of such Eligible CDO Equity Interest.
“
Eligible
First Mortgage Asset
”
means
any First Mortgage Asset that at all times complies with the First Mortgage
Asset Representations and Warranties set forth on
Exhibit
“F”
attached
hereto.
“
Eligible
Property Equity Interest
”
means
any Property Equity Interest that at all times complies with the Property Equity
Interest Representations and Warranties set forth on
Exhibit
“G”
attached
hereto.
“
Eligible
Real Estate Security
”
means
any Real Estate Security that at all times complies with the Real Estate
Security Asset Representations and Warranties set forth on
Exhibit
“H”
attached
hereto.
“
Eligible
Subordinated Asset
”
means
any Subordinated Asset that at all times complies with the Subordinated Asset
Representations and Warranties set forth on
Exhibit
“I”
attached
hereto.
“
Environmental
Affiliate
”
means
any partnership, joint venture, trust, limited liability company, corporation
or
other entity which is subject to an Environmental Claim and which is a
Consolidated Subsidiary of NorthStar or, as to any partnership, in which
NorthStar or a Consolidated Subsidiary is a general partner, either directly
or
indirectly.
“
Environmental
Approvals
”
means
any permit, license, approval, ruling, variance, exemption or other
authorization required under applicable Environmental Laws.
“
Environmental
Claim
”
means,
with respect to any Person, any notice, claim, demand or similar communication
(written or oral) by any other Person alleging potential liability of such
Person for investigatory costs, cleanup costs, governmental response costs,
natural resources damage, property damages, personal injuries, fines or
penalties arising out of, based on or resulting from (i) the presence, or
release into the environment, of any Materials of Environmental Concern at
any
location, whether or not owned by such Person or (ii) circumstances forming
the
basis of any violation, or alleged violation, of any Environmental Law, in
each
case (with respect to both (i) and (ii) above) as to which there is a reasonable
possibility of an adverse determination with respect thereto and which, if
adversely determined, would have a Material Adverse Effect on any
Borrower.
“
Environmental
Laws
”
means
any and all federal, state, and local statutes, laws, judicial decisions,
regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, plans, injunctions,
permits, concessions, grants, licenses, agreements and other governmental
restrictions relating to the environment, the effect of the environment on
human
health or to emissions, discharges or releases of pollutants, contaminants,
Materials of Environmental Concern or wastes into the environment including,
without limitation, ambient air, surface water, ground water, or land, or
otherwise relating to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment,
storage, disposal, transport or handling of pollutants, contaminants, Materials
of Environmental Concern or wastes or the clean-up or other remediation
thereof.
“
Equity
Issuance
”
means
any issuance by a Consolidated Party to any Person which is not a Consolidated
Party of (a) shares of its Capital Stock, (b) any shares of its Capital Stock
pursuant to the exercise of options or warrants or (c) any shares of its Capital
Stock pursuant to the conversion of any debt securities to equity.
“
ERISA
”
means
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or any
successor statute.
“
ERISA
Group
”
means
NorthStar, any Subsidiary and all members of a controlled group of corporations
and all trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control
which, together with NorthStar or any Subsidiary, are treated as a single
employer under Section 414 of the Code.
“
Event
of Default
”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 6.1.
“
Excepted
Liens”
shall
mean: (i) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or levies
not yet due or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate action
and
for which adequate reserves have been maintained in accordance with GAAP; (ii)
Liens in connection with worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance or other
social security, old age pension or public liability obligations not yet due
or
which are being contested in good faith by appropriate action and for which
adequate reserves have been maintained in accordance with GAAP; (iii) vendors’,
carriers’, warehousemen’s, repairmen's, mechanics’, workmen’s, materialmen’s,
construction or other like Liens arising by operation of law in the ordinary
course of business, each of which is either (a) subordinate to the lien of
the
applicable Borrowing Base Asset or (b) been adequately insured or bonded or
(c)
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate
reserves have been maintained in accordance with GAAP; (iv) easements, rights
of
way, zoning restrictions and other similar Liens relating to a Real Property
Asset or Underlying Asset, which do not individually or in the aggregate
materially impair the use of such Real Property Asset or Underlying Asset or
materially impair the value of such Real Property Asset or Underlying Asset
subject thereto.
“
Exceptions
Summary
”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 5.19(a).
“
Expenses
”
means,
when used with respect to any asset, the costs of maintaining such asset which
are the responsibility of the owner thereof, including, without limitation,
taxes, insurance, repairs and maintenance.
“
Facility
”
means
the revolving credit facility established pursuant to this
Agreement.
“
Facility
Amount
”
means
one-hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) subject to increase pursuant to
Section 2.18 hereof or decrease pursuant to Section 2.11 hereof.
“
Facility
Interest Expense
”
means,
as of any date of determination for a particular period, an amount equal to
the
interest that would accrue during such period on the Outstanding Balance on
such
date of determination at an interest rate equal to the sum of (i) the Adjusted
London Interbank Offered Rate on such date of determination for an Interest
Period of one (1) month
plus
(ii) the
Applicable Margin for LIBOR Loans on such date of determination.
“
Facility
Interest Rate
”
means
as of any date of determination the rate at which the Loans are accruing
interest in accordance with Section 2.7.
“
Fair
Market Value
”
means
as to any asset, the current market value of such asset as determined quarterly
by an independent third party reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent
utilizing valuation methodologies reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
Agent.
“
Federal
Funds Rate
”
means,
for any day, the rate per annum (rounded upward, if necessary, to the nearest
1/100th of 1%) equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal
funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by
Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank
of
New York on the Domestic Business Day next succeeding such day,
provided
that (i)
if such day is not a Domestic Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such
day
shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Domestic Business
Day as so published on the next succeeding Domestic Business Day, and (ii)
if no
such rate is so published on such next succeeding Domestic Business Day, the
Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate quoted to KeyBank
National Association on such day on such transactions as determined by the
Administrative Agent.
“
Federal
Reserve Board
”
means
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as constituted from time
to
time.
“
Fee
Letter
”
means
that certain Fee Letter between the Borrowers and KeyBank dated on or about
the
date hereof, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“
Fees
”
means
all fees payable or to be payable by the Borrowers as provided for in Section
2.8 and in the Fee Letter.
“
First
Mortgage Asset
”
means
as to any Person, indebtedness owed to such Person, which is not the subject
of
a bankruptcy or similar proceeding, is fully performing as to payment and
material nonpayment obligations thereunder and is secured by a first Lien of
a
properly recorded mortgage, deed of trust or other similar security instrument
on a fee interest or a leasehold interest in real property and all collateral
security related thereto (regardless of whether such Person’s interest therein
is characterized as equity according to GAAP).
“
Fitch
”
means
Fitch, Inc. or any successor thereto.
“
Fixed
Charges
”
means,
with respect to the Consolidated Parties for any period, the sum of (i) Interest
Expense for the such period
plus
(ii)
Preferred Distributions permitted hereunder for the applicable period
plus
(iii)
Scheduled Amortization Payments for the applicable period.
“
Fixed
Charge Ratio
”
means,
as of the end of each fiscal quarter of the Consolidated Parties for the
quarterly period ending on such date, the ratio of (a) EBITDA for the applicable
period to (b) Fixed Charges for the applicable period.
“
Floating
Rate Indebtedness
”
means,
with respect to any Person, Indebtedness of such Person which accrues interest
at a rate which may vary during the term of such Indebtedness (other than due
solely to a default thereunder).
“
Floating
Rate Assets
”
means
with respect to any Person, the assets of such Person on the balance sheet
of
such Person which generate income that fluctuates based on changes in interest
rates.
“
Fronting
Lender
”
means
any Lender which is a party hereto which shall issue a Letter of Credit with
respect to such Notice of Borrowing, subject, however, to the limitations set
forth in Section 2.5. For purposes of this Agreement, the Fronting Lender shall,
unless and until the Administrative Agent shall elect otherwise (subject, except
during the continuance of an Event of Default, to the prior written consent
of
the Borrower, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned
or
delayed), be KeyBank.
“
Funded
Indebtedness
”
means,
with respect to any Person, without duplication, all Indebtedness of such Person
other than Indebtedness of the types referred to in clauses (f) and (h) of
the
definition of "Indebtedness" set forth in this Section 1.1.
“
Funds
from Operations
”
means
with respect to any Person for any period, an amount equal to the Net Income
of
such Person for such period, computed in accordance with GAAP, excluding gains
or losses from sales of depreciable properties, the cumulative effect of changes
in accounting principles, and real estate depreciation and amortization. Funds
from Operations shall be computed in accordance with the standards established
by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT).
“
GAAP
”
means
generally accepted accounting principles recognized as such in the opinions
and
pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute
of
Certified Public Accountants and the Financial Accounting Standards
Board.
“
Group
of Loans
”
means,
at any time, a group of Loans consisting of (i) all Committed Loans which are
Alternate Base Rate Loans at such time, or (ii) all Committed Loans which are
LIBOR Loans having the same Interest Period at such time.
“
Guarantee
Obligation
”
means
as to any Person (the “
guaranteeing
person
”),
without duplication, any obligation of (a) the guaranteeing person or (b)
another Person (including, without limitation, any bank under any letter of
credit) guaranteeing any Indebtedness, leases, dividends or other obligations
(the “
primary
obligations
”)
of any
other third Person (the “
primary
obligor
”)
in any
manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any
obligation of the guaranteeing person, whether or not contingent, (i) to
purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or
indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (1) for the purchase
or payment of any such primary obligation or (2) to maintain working capital
or
equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth
or
solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to purchase property, securities or
services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary
obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary
obligation or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of any such
primary obligation against loss in respect thereof;
provided
,
however
,
that
the term Guarantee Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments
for
deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business. The terms
“
Guarantee
”
and
“
Guaranteed
”
used
as
a verb shall have a correlative meaning.
“
Guaranty
”
means
the Unconditional Guaranty of Payment and Performance, dated of even date
herewith, made
by
the
Subsidiary Guarantors in favor of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders,
as
the same may be modified or amended, such Guaranty to be in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
“
Indebtedness
”
of
any
Person, without duplication, means, in each case whether direct or contingent,
(a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations
of
such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, or
upon which interest payments are customarily made, (c) all obligations of such
Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating
to
property purchased by such Person, (d) all obligations of such Person issued
or
assumed as the deferred purchase price of property or services purchased by
such
Person (other than trade debt incurred in the ordinary course of business and
due within six months of the incurrence thereof) which would appear as
liabilities on a balance sheet of such Person, (e) all indebtedness of others
secured by (or for which the holder of such indebtedness has an existing right,
contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on, or payable out of the
proceeds of production from, property owned or acquired by such Person, whether
or not the obligations secured thereby have been assumed, (f) all Guarantee
Obligations of such Person, (g) the principal portion of all obligations of
such
Person under Capital Leases, (h) all Derivative Exposure and other obligations
of such Person in respect of interest rate swap, collar, cap or other interest
rate protection agreements, treasury locks, equity forward contracts, foreign
currency exchange agreements, commodity purchase or option agreements or other
interest or exchange rate or commodity price hedging agreements (including,
but
not limited to, Match Funding Agreements), (i) all obligations of such Person
to
repurchase any securities which repurchase obligation is related to the issuance
thereof, (j) the maximum amount of all letters of credit issued or bankers’
acceptances facilities created for the account of such Person and, without
duplication, all drafts drawn thereunder (to the extent unreimbursed), (k)
all
preferred Capital Stock issued by such Person and required by the terms thereof
to be redeemed, or for which mandatory sinking fund payments are due, by a
fixed
date, (l) the principal portion of all obligations of such Person for any Off
Balance Sheet Liabilities and (m) such Person’s pro rata portion of the
indebtedness of any partnership or unincorporated joint venture in which such
Person is a general partner or a joint venturer.
“
Indemnitee
”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 9.3(b).
“
Interest
Expense
”
means,
for any period, the interest expense (including, without limitation, the
interest component under Capital Leases) of the Consolidated Parties for such
period, as determined in accordance with GAAP.
“
Interest
Payment Date
”
means
(a) as to Alternate Base Rate Loans, the first day of each calendar month (as
to
interest through the end of the prior calendar month) and the Maturity Date
and
(b) as to LIBOR Loans, the last day of each applicable Interest Period and
the
Maturity Date.
“
Interest
Period
”
means:
(a)
with
respect to each LIBOR Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such
Borrowing specified in the applicable Notice of Borrowing or on the date
specified in the applicable Notice of Interest Rate Election and ending one,
two
or three months thereafter, as the Borrower may elect in the applicable Notice
of Borrowing or Notice of Interest Rate Election;
provided
that:
(i)
any
Interest Period which would otherwise end on a day which is not a LIBOR Business
Day shall be extended to the next succeeding LIBOR Business Day unless such
LIBOR Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest
Period shall end on the immediately preceding LIBOR Business Day;
(ii)
any
Interest Period which begins on the last LIBOR Business Day of a calendar month
(or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar
month at the end of such Interest Period) shall, subject to clause (iii) below,
end on the last LIBOR Business Day of a calendar month; and
(iii)
if
any
Interest Period includes a date on which a payment of principal of the Loans
is
required to be made under Section 2.10 but does not end on such date, then
(x)
the principal amount (if any) of each LIBOR Loan required to be repaid on such
date shall have an Interest Period ending on such date and (y) the remainder
(if
any) of each such LIBOR Loan shall have an Interest Period determined as set
forth above.
(b)
With
respect to each Alternate Base Rate Borrowing, the period commencing on the
date
of such Borrowing specified in the applicable Notice of Borrowing or on the
date
specified (or deemed specified) in the applicable Notice of Interest Rate
Election and ending on the last day of the calendar month in which such Notice
of Borrowing or Notice of Interest Rate Election was made (or deemed made);
provided
that if
any Interest Period includes a date on which a payment of principal of the
Loans
is required to be made under Section 2.13 but does not end on such date, then
(i) the principal amount (if any) of each Alternate Base Rate Loan required
to
be repaid on such date shall have an Interest Period ending on such date and
(ii) the remainder (if any) of each such Alternate Base Rate Loan shall have
an
Interest Period determined as set forth above.
“
Investment
Grade
”
means,
as to any asset or Person, such asset or the senior unsecured indebtedness
of
such Person is rated by at least one Rating Agency, and (i) if rated by S&P,
having a rating of “BBB-” or higher and (ii) if rated by Fitch, having a rating
of “BBB-“ or higher, and (iii) if rated by Moody’s, having a rating of “Baa3 “
or higher.
“
KeyBank
”
means
KeyBank National Association and its successors.
“
Legal
Rate
”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 9.17.
“
Lender
”
means
each lender listed on the signature pages hereof, each Assignee which becomes
a
Lender pursuant to Section 9.6(b), and their respective successors.
“
Letter(s)
of Credit
”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.2.
“
Letter
of Credit Fee
”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.8(b).
“
Letter
of Credit Collateral
”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 6.4.
“
Letter
of Credit Collateral Account
”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 6.4.
“
Letter
of Credit Documents
”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.16.
“
Letter
of Credit Usage
”
means
at any time the sum of (i) the aggregate maximum amount available to be drawn
under the Letters of Credit then outstanding, assuming compliance with all
requirements for drawing referred to in such Letters of Credit, and (ii) the
aggregate amount which has been drawn under Letters Credit but for which the
applicable Fronting Lender and/or Lenders have not been reimbursed at such
time.
“
Leverage
Ratio
”
means,
as of any date of calculation, the ratio of (i) Total Liabilities to (ii) Total
Assets of the Consolidated Parties.
“
LIBOR
Business Day
”
means
any Domestic Business Day on which commercial banks are open for international
business (including dealings in dollar deposits) in London.
“
LIBOR
Lending Office
”
means,
as to each Lender, its office, branch or affiliate located at its address set
forth in its Administrative Questionnaire (or identified in its Administrative
Questionnaire as its LIBOR Lending Office) or such other office, branch or
affiliate of such Lender as it may hereafter designate as its LIBOR Lending
Office by notice to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent.
“
LIBOR
Loan
”
means
a
Committed Loan to be made by a Lender as a LIBOR Loan in accordance with the
applicable Notice of Committed Borrowing.
“
Lien
”
means,
with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien (including any tax lien or
assessment), pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind,
or
any other type of preferential arrangement that has the effect of creating
a
security interest. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Lien” shall not
include any Excepted Lien. For the purposes of this Agreement, any Borrowing
Base Entity shall be deemed to own subject to a Lien any asset which it has
acquired or holds subject to the interest of a vendor or lessor under any
conditional or installment sales agreement, capital lease or other title
retention agreement relating to such asset.
“
Loan
”
means
an Alternate Base Rate Loan or a LIBOR Loan and “
Loans
”
means
Alternate Base Rate Loans or LIBOR Loans or any combination of the
foregoing.
“
Loan
Documents
”
means
a
collective reference to this Agreement, the Notes, the Guaranty, the Letter
of
Credit Documents and all other related agreements and documents issued or
delivered hereunder or thereunder or pursuant hereto or thereto (in each case,
as the same may be amended, modified, restated, supplemented, extended, renewed
or replaced from time to time).
“
London
Interbank Offered Rate
”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.7(c).
“
Margin
Stock
”
has
the
meaning provided such term in Regulation U of the Federal Reserve
Board.
“
Match
Funding Agreements
”
shall
mean any and all agreements, devices or arrangements, the counterparty to which
has a Credit Rating of at least A- by Standard & Poor’s or A3 by Moody’s or
is otherwise acceptable to the Administrative Agent, designed to protect any
Consolidated Party which is a party thereto from the fluctuations of interest
rate, exchange rate or forward rate differences between individual assets owned
by a Consolidated Party and the Indebtedness incurred by a Consolidated Party
in
connection with the origination or financing of such individual assets,
including, but not limited to, dollar-denominated or cross-currency interest
rate exchange agreements, Treasury locks, forward currency exchange agreements,
interest rate cap or collar protection agreements, forward rate currency or
interest rate options, puts and warrants.
“
Material
Adverse Effect
”
means
an effect resulting from any circumstance or event or series of circumstances
or
events, of whatever nature (but excluding general economic conditions), which,
taken as a whole, (i) could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely
affect the business, operations, properties, assets or financial condition
of
NorthStar, any other Borrower, or, with respect to the Borrowing Base Entities,
the Borrowing Base Entities taken as a whole, or (ii) could reasonably be
expected to impair the ability of NorthStar, any other Borrower or any Borrowing
Base Entity to fulfill its material obligations, including, if applicable,
their
ability to perform their respective obligations under the Loan Documents or
which causes a Default under Section 5.8 hereof.
“
Material
Plan
”
means
at any time a Plan or Plans having aggregate Unfunded Liabilities in excess
of
$1,000,000.
“
Materials
of Environmental Concern
”
means
and includes pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic and hazardous substances,
petroleum and petroleum by-products.
“
Maturity
Date
”
means
the date when all of the Obligations hereunder shall be due and payable which
shall be November 3, 2009, unless accelerated pursuant to the terms
hereof.
“
Moody’s
”
means
Moody’s Investors Services, Inc. or any successor thereto.
“
Multiemployer
Plan
”
means
at any time an employee pension benefit plan within the meaning of Section
4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which any member of the ERISA Group is then making or
accruing an obligation to make contributions or has within the preceding five
plan years made contributions, including for these purposes any Person which
ceased to be a member of the ERISA Group during such five year
period.
“
Net
Equity Proceeds
”
means
the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Consolidated Parties in respect
of
any Equity Issuance, net of (a) direct costs (including, without limitation,
legal, accounting and investment banking fees and sales commissions) and (b)
taxes paid or payable as a result thereof; it being understood, (i) that “Net
Equity Proceeds” shall include, without limitation, any cash received upon the
sale or other disposition of any non-cash consideration received by the
Consolidated Parties in any Equity Issuance, and (ii) that “Net Equity Proceeds”
shall not include cash proceeds that are applied within thirty (30) days of
the
date of the related Equity Issuance to retire Capital Stock.
“
Net
Equity Value
”
means
with respect to any Property Equity Interest, the lesser of (i) the
un-depreciated Book Value of the related Real Property Asset (inclusive of
any
FAS 141 intangibles incurred in connection with the acquisition of such Real
Property Asset) and (ii) the Underlying Real Estate Value of the related Real
Property Asset less, in each case, any Indebtedness of any Person relating
to
such Real Property Asset which is permitted by the terms of
Exhibit
G
hereto.
“
Net
Equity CDO Value
”
means
with respect to any Eligible CDO Equity Interest, the lesser of (a) (i) with
respect to an Eligible CDO Equity Interest in an Eligible CDO that is not a
Consolidated Party, the Fair Market Value of such Eligible CDO Equity Interest,
and (ii) with respect to an Eligible CDO Equity Interest in an Eligible CDO
that
is a Consolidated Party, an amount equal to (A) the Book Value to the extent
the
CDO collateral consists of loans or (B) the Fair Market Value to the extent
the
CDO collateral consists of real estate securities, as the case may be, minus
the
outstanding principal amount of all notes or real estate securities (including
any capitalized interest thereon) issued by the related Eligible CDO (other
than
the Eligible CDO Equity Interest being valued), plus or minus the Fair Market
Value of any interest rate swap relating to such Eligible CDO Equity Interest,
and (b) the Net Outstanding Portfolio Balance under the CDO Indenture to which
such Eligible CDO Equity Interest relates minus the outstanding principal amount
of all notes or debt securities (including any capitalized interest thereon)
issued by the related Eligible CDO.
“
Net
Income
”
means,
for any period, net income or loss after taxes for such period of the
Consolidated Parties, as determined in accordance with GAAP.
“
Net
Outstanding Portfolio Balance
”
shall
have the meaning set forth in the reports issued by the trustees pursuant to
the
applicable CDO Indentures; “Net Outstanding Portfolio Balance” may also refer to
the “Principal Coverage Amount” as defined in the applicable CDO Indenture
provided that such definition is acceptable to the Administrative Agent. If
such
term is not defined in any trustee report or by reference to the applicable
CDO
Indenture or the Administrative Agent reasonably determines that such definition
is not acceptable, such term shall have the meaning agreed to by NorthStar
and
the Administrative Agent.
“
NNN
Holdings
”
means
NRFC NNN Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Non-Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary
”
means
a
Subsidiary which is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary.
“
Non-Recourse
Debt
”
as
to
any Person means Indebtedness (i) for which the right of recovery of the obligee
thereof is limited to recourse against the asset securing such Indebtedness
(subject to such customary carve-out matters for which such Person has a
Guarantee Obligation made in connection with such Indebtedness, such as fraud,
misappropriation, bankruptcy, misapplication and environmental indemnities,
unless, until and for so long as a claim for payment or performance has been
made thereunder (which has not been satisfied) at which time the obligations
with respect to any such customary carve-out shall not be considered
Non-Recourse Debt, to the extent that such claim is a liability of such Person
for GAAP purposes) and/or (ii) other Indebtedness for which such Person has
no
Guarantee Obligation (other than guarantees of customary carve-out matters
made
in connection with such Indebtedness, such as fraud, misappropriation,
bankruptcy, environmental matters and misapplication, unless, until and for
so
long as a claim for payment or performance has been made thereunder (which
has
not been satisfied), at which time such guarantee of any such customary
carve-out shall not be considered Non-Recourse Debt of such Person, to the
extent that such claim is a liability of such Person for GAAP
purposes).
“
Non-NorthStar
Plan
”
means
any Plan other than a NorthStar Plan.
“
NorthStar’s
2005 Form 10-K
”
means
NorthStar’s annual report on Form 10-K for the Fiscal Year ended December 31,
2005, as filed with respect to NorthStar with the Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
“
NorthStar’s
2006 Form 10-Q
”
means
the quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2006,
as
filed with respect to NorthStar with the Securities and Exchange Commission
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
“
NorthStar
Plan
”
means
a
Plan in the ERISA Group sponsored, maintained or contributed to by NorthStar,
NorthStar OP or any other Borrower.
“
Notes
”
means
promissory notes of the Borrowers, substantially in the form of
Exhibit
“A”
hereto,
evidencing the obligation of the Borrowers to repay the Loans, and “Note” means
any one of such promissory notes issued hereunder.
“
Notice
of Borrowing
”
means
a
Notice of Committed Borrowing (as defined in Section 2.3).
“
Notice
of Interest Rate Election
”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.6.
“
NS
Holdings I
”
means
NS Holdings I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“
NS
Holdings II
”
means
NS Holdings II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“
NS
Holdings III
”
means
NS Holdings III, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“
Obligations
”
means
all obligations, liabilities and indebtedness of every nature of the Borrowers,
from time to time owing to any Lender under or in connection with this Agreement
or any other Loan Document, including, without limitation, (i) the outstanding
principal amount of the Committed Loans at such time, plus (ii) the Letter
of
Credit Usage at such time.
“
Off
Balance Sheet Asset
”
means,
with respect to any Person, any asset that is subject to an Off Balance Sheet
Financing, and as a result of such transaction such asset does not (and is
not
required pursuant to GAAP) to appear as an asset on the balance sheet of such
Person.
“
Off
Balance Sheet Liabilities
”
means,
with respect to any Person, any (a) repurchase obligation or liability,
contingent or otherwise, of such Person with respect to any mortgages, mortgage
notes, accounts or notes receivable sold, transferred or otherwise disposed
of
by such Person, (b) repurchase obligation or liability, contingent or otherwise,
of such Person with respect to property or assets leased by such Person as
lessee and (c) obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person under any
Off Balance Sheet Transaction, in each case, if the transaction giving rise
to
such obligation (i) is considered Indebtedness for borrowed money for tax
purposes, and (ii) does not (and is not required pursuant to GAAP) to appear
as
a liability on the balance sheet of such Person.
“
Off
Balance Sheet Transaction
”
means,
with respect to any Person, any synthetic lease, tax retention operating lease,
commercial mortgage backed securities transaction, securitization transaction,
collateralized debt obligation transaction, off balance sheet loan or similar
off balance sheet financing.
“
Outstanding
Balance
”
means
at any time, and from time to time, the sum of (i) the aggregate outstanding
principal balance of all Committed Loans and (ii) the Letter of Credit
Usage.
“
Parent
”
means,
with respect to any Lender, any Person controlling such Lender.
“
Participant
”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 9.6(c).
“
Partnership
”
means
any general or limited partnership, joint venture, corporation, limited
liability company, limited liability partnership, limited liability limited
partnership or other Person which is not a natural Person or the estate of
a
deceased natural Person and which owns directly an interest in real
property.
“
PBGC
”
means
the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any entity succeeding to any or
all
of its functions under ERISA.
“
Person
”
means
an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a trust or any
other entity or organization, including a government or political subdivision
or
an agency or instrumentality thereof.
“
Plan
”
means
at any time an employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan)
which is covered by Title IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding
standards under Section 412 of the Code and either (i) is maintained, or
contributed to, by any member of the ERISA Group for employees of any member
of
the ERISA Group or (ii) has at any time within the preceding five years been
maintained, or contributed to, by any Person which was at such time a member
of
the ERISA Group for employees of any Person which was at such time a member
of
the ERISA Group.
“
Preferred
Distributions
”
means
for any period, the amount of any and all Distributions paid, declared but
not
yet paid or otherwise due and payable to the holders of any form of preferred
stock or partnership interest (whether perpetual, convertible or otherwise)
or
other ownership or beneficial interest in NorthStar or any Subsidiary thereof
that entitles the holders thereof to preferential payment or distribution
priority with respect to dividends, distributions, assets or other payments
over
the holders of any other stock, partnership interest or other ownership or
beneficial interest in such Person.
“
Preferred
Securities
”
means
any stock, shares or other such interests (which is not the subject of a
bankruptcy or similar proceeding) in and to a Person primarily and directly
engaged (directly or through a Subsidiary) in the business of the ownership,
operation and/or management of real property, the terms of which stock, shares
or other interests provide the holders of the shares thereof with a liquidation
preference in the assets of such Person in relation to the holders of the common
stock of such Person.
“
Prime
Rate
”
means
the rate of interest publicly announced by KeyBank from time to time as its
Prime Rate.
“
Property
Equity Interest
”
means,
with respect to a Real Property Asset, the ownership interest in such Real
Property Asset.
“
Property
Expenses
”
means,
with respect to any applicable time period for any Real Property Asset, the
costs of maintaining such Real Property Asset which are the responsibility
of
the owner thereof, including, without limitation, taxes, insurance, repairs
and
maintenance during such period.
“
Property
NOI
”
means,
with respect to any applicable time period for any Real Property Asset, (a)
Property Revenues for such period with respect to such Real Property Asset
less
(b) the
sum of (i) Property Expenses for such period with respect to such Real Property
Asset,
plus
(ii) the
Capital Replacement Reserve amount for such Real Property Asset during such
period (but only to the extent NorthStar or an Affiliate of NorthStar is
responsible for such costs),
plus
(iii) a
management fee in the amount of three percent (3%) of total revenues derived
from the Real Property Asset during such period; provided, that such amount
shall be exclusive of any adjustment for such period attributable to the
Straight-Lining of Rents.
“
Property
Revenues
”
means,
with respect to any applicable time period for any Real Property Asset, the
base
rent, expense reimbursement and other recurring rental income received during
such period (other than prepaid rents and revenues and security deposits except
to the extent applied in satisfaction of tenants’ obligations for
rent).
“
Rating
Agencies
”
means,
collectively, S&P, Moody’s and Fitch.
“
Real
Estate Securities
”
means
securities issued (i) pursuant to a securitization of commercial mortgage loans
or (ii) by a real estate operating company or REIT.
“
Real
Property Assets
”
means,
as of any time as to any Person, the real property assets in which such Person
has a fee title ownership interest or possesses a leasehold interest at such
time.
“
Real
Property Subsidiary
”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 5.23.
“
Recourse
Debt
”
as
to
any Person means all Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Debt. TruPS shall
be
considered Recourse Debt for purposes of Section 6.1(e).
“
Regulation
U
”
means
Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as in
effect from time to time.
“
Required
Lenders
”
means
at any time Lenders having at least 66.67% of the aggregate amount of the
Commitments or, if the Commitments shall have been terminated, holding Notes
and/or participations in Letters of Credit evidencing at least 66.67% of the
aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Committed Loans and Letter of Credit
Usage.
“
Scheduled
Amortization Payments
”
means,
for a given period, the sum of all scheduled payments of principal on Funded
Indebtedness for the Consolidated Parties for the applicable period ending
on
such date (including the principal component of payments due on Capital Leases
during the applicable period); it being understood that Scheduled Amortization
Payments shall not include any one-time “bullet”, “lump sum” or “balloon”
payments due in respect of Funded Indebtedness.
“
Senior
Management Fees
”
means
revenue derived from senior management fees payable to NS Advisors in respect
of
the management of a Borrowing Base Asset less any costs incurred by the
Consolidated Parties that are allocable to the such revenues.
“
S&P
”
means
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies,
Inc., or any successor thereto.
“
Solvent
”
means,
with respect to any Person, that (i) the fair saleable value of such Person’s
assets exceeds the Indebtedness of such Person, (ii) such Person has the ability
to generally pay its debts and other liabilities as they become due in ordinary
course of business and (iii) such Person has sufficient capital to conduct
its
business in the ordinary course of business.
“
Special
Purpose Entity
”
means
any entity whose structure and organizational and governing documents satisfy,
in form and substance, Rating Agency special purpose entity requirements.
“
Straight-Lining
of Rents
”
means,
with respect to any lease, the method by which rent with respect to such lease
is considered earned or expensed equally over the term of such lease despite
the
existence of (i) any free rent periods under such lease and (ii) any rent
step-up provisions under such lease.
“
Subordinated
Assets
”
means
Subordinated Debt Assets and Preferred Securities.
“
Subordinated
Debt Assets
”
means
as to any Person, mezzanine or other subordinated indebtedness owed to such
Person, which is not the subject of a bankruptcy or similar proceeding, is
fully
performing as to payment and material nonpayment obligations thereunder and
is
secured by (i) a Lien of a properly recorded mortgage, deed of trust or other
similar security instrument on a fee interest or a leasehold interest in real
property and all collateral security related thereto, which indebtedness is
subject to only to a first Lien of a recorded mortgage, deed of trust or other
similar security instrument or (ii) a pledge of the direct or indirect ownership
interests in the Person owing such mezzanine or other indebtedness, which
ownership interests are subject to no other Lien.
“
Subsidiary
”
means
any corporation or other entity of which securities or other ownership interests
having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors
or
other Persons performing similar functions are at the time directly or
indirectly owned by NorthStar.
“
Subsidiary
Guarantor
”
means
(i) each Subsidiary of a Borrower that owns Borrowing Base Assets included
in
the Borrowing Base Assets Pool (other than any Real Property Subsidiary or
any
CDO Subsidiary), (ii) NNN Holdings, (iii) NS Holdings I, (iv) NS Holdings II
and
(v) NS Holdings III, together with any Subsidiary of a Borrower that shall
become a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to Section 5.24.
“
Syndication
Agent
”
means
Bank of America, N.A., in its capacity as Syndication Agent hereunder, and
its
permitted successors in such capacity in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
“
Term
”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.9.
“
Termination
Event
”
means,
with respect to a NorthStar Plan, or with respect to a Non-NorthStar Plan (but,
as to any Non-NorthStar Plan, only to the extent an event described in (i)
through (v) below would result in a Material Adverse Effect), (i) a “reportable
event”, as such term is described in Section 4043 of ERISA (other than a
“reportable event” not subject to the provision for 30-day notice to the PBGC),
or an event described in Section 4062(e) of ERISA, (ii) the withdrawal by any
member of the ERISA Group from a Multiemployer Plan during a plan year in which
it is a “substantial employer” (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA), or
the incurrence of liability by any member of the ERISA Group under Section
4064
of ERISA upon the termination of a Multiemployer Plan, (iii) the filing of
a
notice of intent to terminate any Plan under Section 4041 of ERISA, other than
in a standard termination within the meaning of Section 4041 of ERISA, or the
treatment of a Plan amendment as a distress termination under Section 4041
of
ERISA, (iv) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate, impose
liability (other than for premiums under Section 4007 of ERISA) in respect
of,
or cause a trustee to be appointed to administer, any Plan or (v) any other
event or condition that would constitute grounds for the termination of, or
the
appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan or the imposition of any
liability or encumbrance or Lien on any Real Property Assets or any member
of
the ERISA Group under ERISA.
“
Total
Available Commitments
”
means,
at any time of determination, the lesser of (a) the aggregate amount of the
Commitments at such time, or (b) the then Borrowing Base
Availability.
“
Total
Assets
”
means,
as to any Person as of any date, all assets of such Person determined in
accordance with GAAP, adjusted (i) to give effect to the proportional ownership
by such Person of any Non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of such Person and any
partnership or unincorporated joint venture in which such Person is a general
partner or a joint venturer and (ii) to include on the balance sheet of such
Person any Off Balance Sheet Assets of such Person.
“
Total
Liabilities
”
means
the sum of (i) total liabilities of the Consolidated Parties, as determined
in
accordance with GAAP (exclusive of escrow deposits and other liabilities for
which cash has been received and is classified under “restricted cash” on the
balance sheet of such Person),
plus
(ii) the
total Contingent Obligations of the Consolidated Parties, in each case adjusted
(A) to give effect to the proportional ownership by such Person of any
Non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of such Person and any partnership or unincorporated
joint venture in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer
and
(B) to include on the balance sheet of such Person any Off Balance Sheet
Liabilities of such Person,
minus
,
Indebtedness of the Consolidated Parties in respect of TruPS.
“
TruPS
”
means
those REIT trust preferred securities issued by a Consolidated Party identified
on Schedule 1.1 hereto and such other REIT trust preferred securities issued
by
a Consolidated Party which are approved by the Administrative Agent, in each
case which are expressly subordinated to all other Indebtedness of the
Consolidated Parties. REIT trust preferred securities issued by a Consolidated
Party shall be approved by the Administrative Agent if such securities are
issued on terms substantially similar to those securities listed on Schedule
1.1, as determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.
“
Underlying
Asset
”
means
as to any First Mortgage Asset or Subordinated Debt Asset, the real property
encumbered thereby or, as to any Preferred Securities, the real property which
is owned directly by the Person in which the Securities are part of the equity
structure thereof.
“
Underlying
Real Estate Value
”
means
as to any Real Property Assets or any Underlying Assets (a) the appraised value
of the real property as reflected in the most recent MAI appraisal in form
and
substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent or (b) where no
MAI
appraisal is available, (i) the annualized Property NOI for such property based
upon the most recently completed two fiscal quarters,
divided
by
(ii) the
Capitalization Rate.
“
Unfunded
Liabilities
”
means,
with respect to any Plan at any time, the amount (if any) by which (i) the
value
of all benefit liabilities under such Plan, determined on a plan termination
basis using the assumptions prescribed by the PBGC for purposes of Section
4044
of ERISA, exceeds (ii) the fair market value of all Plan assets allocable to
such liabilities under Title IV of ERISA (excluding any accrued but unpaid
contributions), all determined as of the then most recent valuation date for
such Plan, but only to the extent that such excess represents a reasonably
likely liability of a member of the ERISA Group to the PBGC or any other Person
under Title IV of ERISA.
“
United
States
”
means
the United States of America, including the fifty states and the District of
Columbia.
“
Unused
Commitment Fee
”
has
the
meaning set forth in Section 2.8(c).
“
Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary
”
means,
with respect to any Person, a Subsidiary of such Person of which one hundred
percent (100%) of the outstanding shares of stock or other equity interests
are
owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person (excluding, in the case of NRFC
Sub-REIT, preferred shares that are owned by a Person other than a Borrower
solely for purposes of compliance with the REIT minimum number of shareholders
rules).
Section
1.2
Accounting
Terms and Determinations
.
Unless
otherwise specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be
interpreted, all accounting
determinations
hereunder shall be made, and all financial statements required to be delivered
hereunder
shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a basis consistent (except
for changes concurred in by NorthStar’s independent public accountants) with the
most recent audited consolidated financial statements of NorthStar and its
Consolidated Subsidiaries delivered to the Administrative Agent;
provided
that, if
the Borrowers notify the Administrative Agent that the
Borrowers
wish to amend any covenant in Article V to eliminate the effect of any change
in
GAAP on the operation of such covenant (or if the Administrative Agent notifies
the Borrowers that the Required Lenders wish to amend Article V for such
purpose), then the applicable Person’s compliance with such covenant shall be
determined on the basis of GAAP in effect immediately before the relevant change
in GAAP became effective until either such notice is withdrawn or
such
covenant is amended in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Borrowers and
the
Required Lenders.
All
calculations with respect to the defined terms and the covenants in Article
V
shall be done without duplication.
Section
1.3
Types
of Borrowings
.
The
term “Borrowing” denotes the aggregation of Loans of one or more Lenders to be
made to the Borrowers pursuant to Article II on
the
same
date, all of which Loans are of the same type (subject to Article VIII) and,
except in the
case
of
Alternate Base Rate Loans, have the same Interest Period. Borrowings are
classified for
purposes
of this Agreement either by reference to the pricing of Loans comprising such
Borrowing
(
e.g.
,
a
“LIBOR
Borrowing” is a Borrowing comprised of LIBOR Loans) or by reference to the
provisions of Article II under which participation therein is determined
(
i.e.
,
a
“Committed Borrowing” is a Borrowing under Section 2.1 in which all Lenders
participate in proportion to their Commitments).
ARTICLE
II
THE
COMMITMENTS
Section
2.1
Commitments
to Lend
.
Each
Lender severally agrees, on the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement, to make Committed Loans to the
Borrowers
or
participate in Letters of Credit issued by the Fronting Lender on behalf of
Borrowers
pursuant
to this Article from time to time during the term hereof in amounts such that
the aggregate principal
amount
of
Committed Loans by such Lender at any one time outstanding plus such
Lender’s
pro rata share (based on the ratio of its Commitment to the aggregate
of
all
Commitments) of Letter of Credit Usage shall not exceed the amount of its
Available Commitment. The aggregate amount of Committed Loans together with
the
Letter of Credit Usage shall not exceed the lesser of (i) the Facility Amount
and (ii) the Total Available Commitments
.
The
aggregate dollar amount of Letters of Credit Usage shall
not
at
any time exceed Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000)
.
Each
Borrowing outstanding under this
Section
2.1 (other than a Borrowing in connection with a draw under a Letter of Credit)
shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000 (for LIBOR Loans) or
$1,000,000 (for Alternate Base Rate Loans), or in each case an integral multiple
of $1,000,000 in excess
thereof
(except that any such Borrowing may be in the aggregate amount
available
in accordance with Section 3.2(c)) and shall be made from the several Lenders
ratably in proportion to their respective Commitments. Subject to the
limitations set forth herein, any amounts repaid may be reborrowed.
Section
2.2
Notice
of Committed Borrowing
.
The
Borrowers shall give Administrative Agent notice not later than 12:00 noon
(New
York, New York time) (x) one (1)
Domestic
Business Day before each Alternate Base Rate Borrowing, or (y) three (3) LIBOR
Business
Days before each LIBOR Borrowing, specifying:
(i)
the
date
of such Borrowing, which shall be a Domestic Business Day in the case of a
Domestic Borrowing or a LIBOR Business Day in the case of a LIBOR
Borrowing,
(ii)
the
aggregate amount of such Borrowing,
(iii)
whether
the Loans comprising such Borrowing are to be Alternate Base Rate Loans or
LIBOR
Loans,
(iv)
in
the
case of a LIBOR Borrowing, the duration of the Interest Period applicable
thereto, subject to the provisions of the definition of Interest Period,
(v)
the
Total
Available Commitments,
(vi)
the
Outstanding Balance.
Together
with the notice to the Administrative Agent as specified immediately above,
the
Borrowers shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a completed, current
certificate, identifying the Borrowing Base Assets against which the Borrowing
is being requested, setting forth the calculation of Borrowing Base
Availability, and providing other information concerning the Borrowing Base
and
the Borrowers, in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit
D
(a
“Borrowing Base Certificate”).
The
Borrowers shall give the Administrative Agent and the designated Fronting
Lender, written notice that it desires to have Letters of Credit (a
“
Letter
of Credit
”)
issued
hereunder no later than 10:00 A.M., New York, New York time, at least five
(5)
Domestic Business Days prior to the date of such issuance. Each such notice
shall specify (i) the designated Fronting Lender (if other than KeyBank and,
if
not KeyBank, such other Fronting Lender shall be subject to the approval of
the
Administrative Agent), (ii) the aggregate amount of the requested Letters of
Credit, (iii) the individual amount of each requested Letter of Credit and
the
number of Letters of Credit to be issued, (iv) the date of such issuance (which
shall be a Domestic Business Day), (v) the name and address of the beneficiary,
(vi) the expiration date of the Letter of Credit (which in no event shall be
in
excess of twelve (12) months from the date of issuance or less than thirty
(30)
days prior to the Maturity Date), (vii) the purpose and circumstances for which
such Letter of Credit is being issued, (viii) the terms upon which such Letter
of Credit may be drawn down (which terms shall be approved by the Fronting
Lender), (ix) the Total Available Commitments, (x) the Borrowing Base Assets
against which the issuance of the Letter(s) of Credit is being requested and
the
Borrowing Base Value of such Borrowing Base Assets (taking into consideration
the amount of all Borrowings and Letter of Credit Usage outstanding with respect
to such Borrowing Base Assets), including a certification from the chief
financial officer or chief accounting officer of NorthStar setting forth in
reasonable detail the manner by which the foregoing calculations have been
made,
and (xi) the Outstanding Balance. Together with the notice to the Administrative
Agent as specified immediately above, the Borrowers shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent a completed, current Borrowing Base Certificate stating
that, after taking into account the issuance of any such Letter(s) of Credit,
the Borrowers shall be in full compliance with all of the covenants contained
in
Section 5.8 of this Agreement and that the requirements with respect to the
Borrowing Base Values shall be met. Each such notice may be revoked
telephonically by Borrowers to each of the applicable Fronting Lender and the
Administrative Agent any time prior to the date of issuance of the Letter of
Credit by the applicable Fronting Lender, provided such revocation is confirmed
in writing by Borrowers to Fronting Lender and the Administrative Agent within
one (1) Domestic Business Day by facsimile. No later than 10:00 A.M. New York,
New York time on the date that is five (5) Domestic Business Days prior to
the
date of issuance, Borrowers shall specify a precise description of the documents
and the verbatim text of any certificate to be presented by the beneficiary
of
such Letter of Credit, which if presented by such beneficiary prior to the
expiration date of the Letter of Credit would require Fronting Lender to make
a
payment under the Letter of Credit; provided that Fronting Lender may, in its
reasonable judgment, require reasonable changes in any such documents and
certificates only in conformity with changes in customary and commercially
reasonable practice or law and provided further, that no Letter of Credit shall
require payment against a conforming draft to be made thereunder on the
following Domestic Business Day that such draft is presented if such
presentation is made later than 10:00 A.M. New York, New York time (except
that
if the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit requests at the time of the issuance
of its Letter of Credit that payment be made on the same Domestic Business
Day
against a conforming draft, such beneficiary shall be entitled to such a same
day draw, provided such draft is presented to the applicable Fronting Lender
no
later than 10:00 A.M. New York, New York time and provided further that, prior
to the issuance of such Letter of Credit, Borrowers shall have requested to
Fronting Lender and the Administrative Agent that such beneficiary shall be
entitled to a same day draw). In determining whether to pay on such Letter
of
Credit, Fronting Lender shall be responsible only to determine that the
documents and certificates required to be delivered under the Letter of Credit
have been delivered and that they comply on their face with the requirements
of
that Letter of Credit.
Section
2.3
Notice
to Lenders; Funding of Loans
.
(a)
Upon
receipt of a notice from Borrowers in accordance with Section 2.2 hereof (each
such notice being a “
Notice
of Committed Borrowing
”),
the
Administrative Agent shall, on the date such Notice of Committed Borrowing
is
received by the Administrative Agent, notify each Lender of the contents thereof
and of such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, of the interest rate determined
pursuant thereto and the Interest Period(s) (if different from those requested
by the Borrowers) and (unless such Notice of Committed Borrowing is for the
issuance of a Letter of Credit) such Notice of Committed Borrowing shall not
thereafter be revocable by the Borrowers, except as is otherwise specifically
provided for in this Agreement.
(b)
Not
later
than 1:00 p.m. (New York, New York time) on the date of each Borrowing as
indicated in the Notice of Committed Borrowing, each Lender shall (except with
respect to Notices of Committed Borrowing for issuances of Letters of Credit)
make available its share of such Borrowing in Federal funds immediately
available in New York, New York, to the Administrative Agent at its address
referred to in Section 9.1. If Borrowers have requested the issuance of a Letter
of Credit, no later than 12:00 Noon (New York, New York time) on the date of
such issuance as indicated in the Notice of Committed Borrowing, Fronting Lender
shall issue such Letter of Credit in the amount so requested and deliver the
same to Borrower, with a copy thereof to the Administrative Agent. Immediately
upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit by Fronting Lender, such Fronting
Lender shall be deemed to have sold and transferred to each other Lender, and
each such other Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby agrees to, have
irrevocably and unconditionally purchased and received from Fronting Lender,
without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and a participation in
such
Letter of Credit, any drawing thereunder, and the obligations of Borrowers
hereunder with respect thereto, and any security therefor or guaranty pertaining
thereto, in an amount equal to such Lender’s ratable share thereof (based upon
the ratio its Commitment bears to the aggregate of all Commitments). Upon any
change in any of the Commitments in accordance herewith, there shall be an
automatic adjustment to such participations to reflect such changed shares.
The
applicable Fronting Lender shall have the primary obligation to fund any and
all
draws made with respect to such Letter of Credit notwithstanding any failure
of
a participating Lender to fund its ratable share of any such draw. Unless the
Administrative Agent determines that any applicable condition specified in
Article III has not been satisfied, the Administrative Agent will instruct
the
applicable Fronting Lender to make such Letter of Credit available to the
Borrowers and such Fronting Lender shall make such Letter of Credit available
to
the Borrowers at the Borrowers’ aforesaid address on the date of the issuance of
such Letter of Credit. Without in any way implying a right of Fronting Lender
not to issue a Letter of Credit as provided for herein, if a Fronting Lender
shall fail to issue a Letter of Credit (notwithstanding that the applicable
conditions specified in Article III have been satisfied), the Borrowers may
designate a substitute Fronting Lender, provided that the notice periods set
forth in Section 2.2(b) above shall begin anew.
(c)
Unless
the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to
the
date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the
Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative
Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available to the
Administrative Agent on the date of such Borrowing in accordance with subsection
(b) of this Section 2.3 and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon
such
assumption, but shall not be obligated to, make available to the Borrowers
on
such date a corresponding amount on behalf of such Lender. If and to the extent
that such Lender shall not have so made such share available to the
Administrative Agent, such Lender and, without prejudice with respect to its
rights and remedies against such Lender, the Borrowers, severally agree to
repay
to the Administrative Agent, within one (1) Domestic Business Day following
receipt of demand, such corresponding amount together with interest thereon,
for
each day from the date such amount is made available to the Borrowers until
the
date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case
of
the Borrowers, a rate per annum equal to the interest rate applicable thereto
pursuant to Section 2.6 and (ii) in the case of such Lender, the Federal Funds
Rate. If such Lender shall repay to the Administrative Agent such corresponding
amount, such amount so repaid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in
such Borrowing for purposes of this Agreement. If at any time, any Lender shall
fail to make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of any
such Borrowing, as provided for in this Section 2.3(c), the Borrowers shall
have
the right, upon five (5) Domestic Business Day’s notice to the Administrative
Agent to either (x) cause a bank, reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
Agent, to offer to purchase the Commitments of such Lender for an amount equal
to such Lender’s outstanding Committed Loans, and to become a Lender hereunder,
which offer such Lender is hereby required to accept, or (y) to repay in full
all Committed Loans then outstanding of such Lender, together with interest
and
all other amounts due thereon, upon which event, such Lender’s Commitment shall
be deemed to be cancelled pursuant to Section 2.11(c) and the Facility Amount
shall be reduced by a corresponding amount.
Section
2.4
Notes
.
(a)
The
Committed Loans of each Lender shall be evidenced by a single Note payable to
the order of such Lender for the account of its Applicable Lending
Office.
(b)
Each
Lender may, by notice to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent, request
that its Committed Loans be evidenced by a separate Note in an amount equal
to
the aggregate unpaid principal amount of such Committed Loans. Any additional
costs incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Borrowers or the Lenders in
connection with preparing such a Note shall be at the sole cost and expense
of
the Lender requesting such Note. In the event any Committed Loans evidenced
by
such a Note are paid in full prior to the Maturity Date, any such Lender shall
return such Note to the Borrowers. Each such Note shall be in substantially
the
form of
Exhibit
A
hereto
with appropriate modifications to reflect the fact that it evidences solely
Loans of the relevant type. Each reference in this Agreement to the
“
Note
”
of
such
Lender shall be deemed to refer to and include any or all of such Notes, as
the
context may require.
(c)
Upon
receipt of each Lender’s Note pursuant to Section 3.1(a), the Administrative
Agent shall forward such Note to such Lender. Each Lender shall record in its
records the date, amount, type and maturity of each Loan made by it and the
date
and amount of each payment of principal made by the Borrowers with respect
thereto, and may, if such Lender so elects in connection with any transfer
or
enforcement of its Note, endorse on the appropriate schedule appropriate
notations to evidence the foregoing information with respect to each such Loan
then outstanding;
provided
that the
failure of any Lender to make any such recordation or endorsement shall not
affect the obligations of the Borrowers hereunder or under the Notes. Each
Lender is hereby irrevocably authorized by the Borrowers so to endorse its
Note
and to attach to and make a part of its Note a continuation of any such schedule
as and when required.
(d)
The
Loans
shall mature, and the remaining principal amount thereof shall be due and
payable by the Borrowers, on the Maturity Date.
(e)
There
shall be no more than six (6) Interest Periods applicable to the LIBOR Loans
outstanding at any one time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, subject to the
approval of the Administrative Agent, in the event the Borrowers wish to combine
one or more LIBOR Loans into a single Interest Period, the Borrowers may from
time to time be entitled to select an Interest Period of less than one month,
with interest at a rate per annum equal to the sum of (i) the Adjusted London
Interbank Offered Rate on the date of determination for an Interest Period
of
one (1) month
plus
(ii) the
Applicable Margin for LIBOR Loans on such date of determination.
Section
2.5
Letters
of Credit
.
(a)
Subject
to the terms contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, upon
the
receipt of a Notice of Committed
Borrowing
requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, Fronting Lender shall issue
a
Letter of
Credit
or
Letters of Credit in such form as is reasonably acceptable to Borrowers, in
an
aggregate amount equal to the amount requested, provided that after the issuance
of such Letters of Credit,
(i)
the
aggregate amount of issued and outstanding Letters of Credit shall not exceed
Ten
Million Dollars ($10,000,000), and (ii) the Letter of Credit Usage, when added
to the aggregate principal amount of the Committed Loans outstanding, shall
not
exceed the lesser of (y) the Total Available Commitments, and (z)
the
Facility Amount. Fronting Lender shall promptly notify Administrative Agent
and
each Lender of the issuance of any such Letter of Credit, together with the
amount thereof, simultaneously therewith.
(b)
Each
Letter of Credit shall be issued in the minimum aggregate amount of One Million
Dollars ($1,000,000) or any amount in excess thereof.
(c)
In
the
event of any request for a drawing under any Letter of Credit by the beneficiary
thereunder, Fronting Lender shall promptly notify Borrowers and the
Administrative Agent (and the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each
Lender thereof) on or before the date on which Fronting Lender intends to honor
such drawing, and, except as provided in this subsection (c), Borrowers shall
reimburse Fronting Lender, in immediately available funds, on the same day
on
which such drawing is honored in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, however, unless
Borrowers shall have notified the Administrative Agent and Fronting Lender
prior
to 10:00 a.m. (New York, New York time) on the date of such drawing (provided
that the same shall be a Domestic Business Day) that Borrowers intend to
reimburse Fronting Lender for the amount of such drawing with funds other than
the proceeds of the Loans, Borrowers shall be deemed to have timely given a
Notice of Committed Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.2 to the Administrative
Agent, requesting a Borrowing of Alternate Base Rate Loans on the date on which
such drawing is honored and in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing.
Each Lender shall, in accordance with Section 2.3(b), make available its share
of such Borrowing to the Administrative Agent, the proceeds of which shall
be
applied directly by the Administrative Agent to reimburse Fronting Lender for
the amount of such draw. In the event that any Lender fails to make available
to
Fronting Lender the amount of such Lender’s participation on the date of a
drawing, Fronting Lender shall be entitled to recover such amount on demand
from
such Lender together with interest at the Federal Funds Rate commencing on
the
date of drawing.
(d)
If,
after
the date hereof, any change in any law or regulation or in the interpretation
thereof by any court or administrative or governmental authority charged with
the administration thereof shall either (a) impose, modify or deem applicable
any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement against letters of credit
issued by, or assets held by, or deposits in or for the account of, or
participations in any letter of credit, upon any Lender (including Fronting
Lender) or (b) impose on any Lender any other condition regarding this Agreement
or such Lender (including Fronting Lender) as it pertains to the Letters of
Credit or any participation therein and the result of any event referred to
in
the preceding clause (a) or (b) shall be to increase the cost to the Fronting
Lender or any Lender of issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or
participating therein then the Borrowers shall pay to the Fronting Lender or
such Lender, upon written demand therefor to the Borrowers from the
Administrative Agent (provided such demand is received by the Borrowers within
one hundred twenty (120) days following the date on which such increased cost
becomes effective as against the Fronting Lender or such Lender), such
additional amounts as shall be required to compensate the Fronting Lender or
such Lender for such increased costs or reduction in amounts received or
receivable hereunder together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Rate
plus the Applicable Margin on Alternate Base Rate Loans at such time. The amount
specified in the written demand shall be conclusive in the absence of
demonstrable error.
(e)
Borrower
hereby agrees to protect, indemnify, pay and save Fronting Lender harmless
from
and against any and all actual claims, demands, liabilities, damages, losses,
costs, charges and expenses (including reasonable, actual attorneys’ fees and
disbursements) which Fronting Lender may incur or be subject to as a result
of
(i) the issuance of the Letters of Credit, other than as a result of the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of Fronting Lender or (ii) the failure of
Fronting Lender to honor a drawing under any Letter of Credit as a result of
any
act or omission, whether rightful or wrongful, of any present or future de
jure
or de facto government or governmental authority (collectively, “
Governmental
Acts
”).
As
between Borrowers or any Fronting Lender, Borrowers assume all risks of the
acts
and omissions of, or misuses of the Letters of Credit issued by Fronting Lender
by, the beneficiaries of such Letters of Credit. In furtherance and not in
limitation of the foregoing, Fronting Lender shall not be responsible (i) for
the form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any
document submitted by any party in connection with the application for and
issuance of such Letters of Credit, even if it should in fact prove to be in
any
and all respects invalid, insufficient, inaccurate, fraudulent or forged unless
the Fronting Lender’s payment of under such Letter of Credit constitutes gross
negligence or willful misconduct; (ii) for the validity or insufficiency of
any
instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign any
such 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) for failure of the beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit to
comply fully with conditions required in order to draw upon such Letter of
Credit unless the Fronting Lender’s acquiescence to such noncompliance
constitutes gross negligence or willful misconduct; (iv) for errors, omissions,
interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any message, by mail,
cable, telegraph, telex, facsimile transmission, or otherwise; (v) for errors
in
interpretation of any technical terms; (vi) for any loss or delay in the
transmission or otherwise of any documents required in order to make a drawing
under any such Letter of Credit or of the proceeds thereof; (vii) for the
misapplication by the beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit of the proceeds
of such Letter of Credit; and (viii) for any consequence arising from causes
beyond the control of Fronting Lender including any Government Acts. None of
the
above shall affect, impair or prevent the vesting of Fronting Lender’s rights
and powers hereunder. In furtherance and extension and not in limitation of
the
specific provisions hereinabove set forth, any action taken or omitted by
Fronting Lender under or in connection with the Letters of Credit issued by
it
or the related certificates, if taken or omitted in good faith, shall not put
Fronting Lender under any resulting liability to the Borrowers.
(f)
If
Fronting Lender or the Administrative Agent is required at any time, pursuant
to
any bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or reorganization law or otherwise,
to
return to any Borrower any reimbursement by any Borrower of any drawing under
any Letter of Credit, each Lender shall pay to Fronting Lender or the
Administrative Agent, as the case may be, its share of such payment, but without
interest thereon unless Fronting Lender or the Administrative Agent is required
to pay interest on such amounts to the person recovering such payment, in which
case with interest thereon, computed at the same rate, and on the same basis,
as
the interest that Fronting Lender or the Administrative Agent is required to
pay.
Section
2.6
Method
of Electing Interest Rates
.
(a)
The
Loans
included in each Borrowing shall bear interest initially at the type of rate
specified by the Borrowers in the
applicable
Notice of Committed Borrowing. Thereafter, the Borrowers may from time to time
elect to change or continue the type of interest rate borne by each Group of
Loans (subject in each case to the provisions of Article VIII), as
follows:
(i)
if
such
Loans are Alternate Base Rate Loans, the Borrowers may elect to convert such
Loans to LIBOR Loans as of any LIBOR Business Day; or
(ii)
if
such
Loans are LIBOR Loans, the Borrowers may elect to convert such Loans to
Alternate Base Rate Loans or elect to continue such Loans as LIBOR Loans for
an
additional Interest Period, in each case effective on the last day of the then
current Interest Period applicable to such Loans, or on such other date
designated by Borrowers in the Notice of Interest Rate Election, provided
Borrowers shall pay any losses pursuant to Section 2.13.
Each
such
election shall be made by delivering a notice (a “
Notice
of Interest Rate Election
”)
to the
Administrative Agent at least three (3) LIBOR Business Days before the
conversion or continuation selected in such notice is to be effective. A Notice
of Interest Rate Election may, if it so specifies, apply to only a portion
of
the aggregate principal amount of the relevant Group of Loans;
provided
that (i)
such portion is allocated ratably among the Loans comprising such Group, (ii)
the portion to which such Notice of Interest Rate Election applies, and the
remaining portion to which it does not apply, are each $500,000 or any larger
multiple of $100,000, (iii) there shall be no more than six (6) Interest Periods
applicable to the LIBOR Loans outstanding at any one time, (iv) no Loan may
be
continued as, or converted into, a LIBOR Loan when any Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, and (v) no Interest Period shall extend beyond
the
Maturity Date.
(b)
Each
Notice of Interest Rate Election shall specify:
(i)
the
Group
of Loans (or portion thereof) to which such notice applies;
(ii)
the
date
on which the conversion or continuation selected in such notice is to be
effective, which shall comply with the applicable clause of subsection (a)
above;
(iii)
if
the
Loans comprising such Group of Loans are to be converted, the new type of Loans
and, if such new Loans are LIBOR Loans, the duration of the initial Interest
Period applicable thereto; and
(iv)
if
such
Loans are to be continued as LIBOR Loans for an additional Interest Period,
the
duration of such additional Interest Period.
Each
Interest Period specified in a Notice of Interest Rate Election shall comply
with the provisions of the definition of Interest Period.
(c)
Upon
receipt of a Notice of Interest Rate Election from the Borrowers pursuant to
subsection (a) above, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender the
same
day as it receives such Notice of Interest Rate Election of the contents
thereof, the interest rates determined pursuant thereto and the Interest Periods
(if different from those requested by the Borrowers) and such Notice of Interest
Rate Election shall not thereafter be revocable by the Borrowers. If the
Borrowers fail to deliver a timely Notice of Interest Rate Election to the
Administrative Agent for any Group of LIBOR Loans, such Loans shall be converted
into a LIBOR Loan with an Interest Period applicable thereto of one (1)
month.
Section
2.7
Interest
Rates
.
(a)
Each
Alternate Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount
thereof, for each day from the date such Loan is made until the date it is
repaid or converted into a LIBOR Loan pursuant to Section 2.6 or at the Maturity
Date, at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Applicable Margin for
Alternate Base Rate Loans for such day plus the Alternate Base Rate. Such
interest shall be payable for each Interest Period on each Interest Payment
Date.
(b)
Each
LIBOR Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof,
for
each day during the Interest Period applicable thereto, at a rate per annum
equal to the sum of the Applicable Margin for LIBOR Loans for such day plus
the
Adjusted London Interbank Offered Rate applicable to such Interest Period.
Such
interest shall be payable for each Interest Period on each Interest Payment
Date.
The
“
Adjusted
London Interbank Offered Rate
”
applicable to a particular Interest Period shall mean a rate per annum equal
to
the product arrived at by multiplying the London Interbank Offered Rate
applicable to such Interest Period by a fraction (expressed as a decimal),
the
numerator of which shall be the number one and the denominator of which shall
be
the number one minus the aggregate reserve percentages (expressed as a decimal)
from time to time established by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System of the United States and any other banking authority to which the
Administrative Agent is now or hereafter subject, including, but not limited
to,
any reserve on Eurocurrency Liabilities as defined in Regulation D of the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States at the ratios
provided in such Regulation from time to time, it being agreed that each LIBOR
Loan shall be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency Liabilities, as defined by
such
Regulation, and it being further agreed that such Eurocurrency Liabilities
shall
be deemed to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or
credit for prorations, exceptions or offsets that may be available to the
Administrative Agent from time to time under such Regulation and irrespective
of
whether the Administrative Agent actually maintains all or any portion of such
reserve.
The
“
London
Interbank Offered Rate
”
applicable to a particular Interest Period shall mean a rate per annum equal
to
the rate for U.S. dollar deposits with maturities comparable to such Interest
Period as shown in Dow Jones Markets (formerly Telerate) (Page 3750) as of
11:00
a.m., London time, two (2) LIBOR Business Days prior to the commencement of
such
Interest Period;
provided
,
however
,
that if
such rate does not appear on Dow Jones Markets, the “London Interbank Offered
Rate” applicable to a particular Interest Period shall mean a rate per annum
equal to the rate at which U.S. dollar deposits in an amount approximately
equal
to the applicable LIBOR Loan(s), and with maturities comparable to the last
day
of the Interest Period with respect to which such London Interbank Offered
Rate
is applicable, are offered in immediately available funds in the London
Interbank Market to the London office of the Administrative Agent by leading
banks in the Eurodollar market at 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) LIBOR
Business Days prior to the commencement of the Interest Period to which such
London Interbank Offered Rate is applicable.
(c)
In
the
event that, and for so long as, any Event of Default shall have occurred and
be
continuing, the outstanding principal amount of the Committed Loans, and, to
the
extent permitted by applicable law, overdue interest in respect of all Committed
Loans shall bear interest at the annual rate equal to the sum of three percent
(3%) plus the rate otherwise applicable to the Loans (the “
Default
Rate
”).
Any
amounts due and unpaid hereunder shall be payable upon demand
therefor.
(d)
The
Administrative Agent shall determine each interest rate applicable to the
Committed Loans hereunder. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice
to
the Borrowers and the Lenders of each rate of interest so determined, and its
determination thereof shall be conclusive in the absence of demonstrable error.
The Administrative Agent shall send an invoice to the Borrowers setting forth
the interest due at least five (5) Domestic Business Days prior to any Interest
Payment Date, provided that failure to do so shall not affect the Borrowers’
obligations hereunder to pay interest. It is understood that the Borrowers
shall
not be in Default under Section 6.1(a) as to interest for so long as it shall
pay in accordance with the provisions hereof any amounts indicated on any such
invoices or revised invoices.
Section
2.8
Fees
.
(a)
Fees
.
The
Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent (when and as due for the benefit
of KeyBank or KeyBanc Capital Markets, as applicable) the Fees as provided
for
in the Fee Letter.
(b)
Letter
of Credit Fee
.
During
the Term, the Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account
of the Lenders in proportion to their interests in respective undrawn issued
Letters of Credit, a fee (the “
Letter
of Credit Fee
”)
in an
amount equal to the rate per annum of the Applicable Margin for LIBOR Loans
on
the daily average of the amount undrawn and available under issued Letters
of
Credit, which fee shall be payable, in arrears, on the first Domestic Business
Day of each January, April, July and October and on the Maturity Date, provided,
that, from the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default,
the
Letter of Credit Fee shall be increased to such Applicable Margin plus three
percent (3%) per annum on the daily average amount of such issued and undrawn
Letters of Credit.
(c)
Unused
Commitment Fee
.
During
the Term, the Borrowers shall pay Administrative Agent for the account of the
Lenders, ratably in proportion to their respective Commitments and with respect
to that period of time during any applicable Commitment Fee Quarterly Period
for
which any such Lender or Lenders had its respective Commitment or Commitments
outstanding to the effect that the Unused Commitment Fee shall be duly prorated,
an annual commitment fee (the “
Unused
Commitment Fee
”)
in
quarterly amounts equal to the product of (i) the average daily difference
during the three (3) month period immediately preceding the due date of the
Unused Commitment Fee installment (each such three month period being the
“
Commitment
Fee Quarterly Period
”)
between (A) the aggregate amount of the Commitments in effect from time to
time,
as such may be increased or decreased from time to time pursuant to the terms
of
this Agreement, and (B) the Outstanding Balance,
multiplied
by
(ii)
thirty basis points (.30%) (or fifteen basis points (.15%) if the resulting
amount of (A) less (B) is less than fifty percent (50%) of the Facility Amount)
per annum (in each case based upon a 360 day year) and (iii) the actual number
of days in such three (3) month period. For purposes of calculating the Unused
Commitment Fee hereunder, all Letters of Credit outstanding during the
applicable Commitment Fee Quarterly Period under this Agreement shall be deemed
to be drawn. The Unused Commitment Fee shall be payable quarterly, in arrears,
on the first Domestic Business Day of each January, April, July, and October
during the Term and on the Maturity Date, commencing January 1, 2007.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the installment of the Unused Commitment
Fee
payable on January 1, 2007 shall be determined for the period commencing on
the
Closing Date and ending on December 31, 2006, and (ii) the installment of the
Unused Commitment Fee payable on the Maturity Date shall be prorated for the
period commencing on the payment date of the last quarterly installment of
the
Unused Commitment Fee and ending on the Maturity Date.
(d)
Fronting
Fee
.
In
addition to the Letter of Credit Fee payable pursuant to clause (b) above and
in
addition to all other fees payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement,
the
Borrowers promise, with respect to each Letter of Credit, to pay to the Fronting
Lender (i) a letter of credit fronting fee (payable upon issuance or
extension of each Letter of Credit) equal to the greater of (A) of one-eighth
of
one percent (0.125%) on the maximum amount available to be drawn under such
Letter of Credit (whether or not such maximum amount is then in effect under
such Letter of Credit), and (B) $500, and (ii) the customary charges from
time to time of the Fronting Lender with respect to the issuance, amendment,
transfer, administration, cancellation and conversion of, and drawings under,
such Letters of Credit. Such fees shall be due and payable on demand, shall
be
fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.
For purposes of this Section 2.8(d), each renewal of any Letter of Credit,
including an auto-renewal of any Letter of Credit, shall be considered an
issuance of a new Letter of Credit.
(e)
Fees
Non-Refundable
.
All
Fees set forth in this Section 2.8 and in the Fee Letter shall be deemed to
have
been earned on the date payment is due in accordance with the provisions hereof
and thereof and shall be non-refundable. The obligation of the Borrowers to
pay
such Fees in accordance with the provisions hereof shall be binding upon the
Borrowers and shall inure to the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders regardless of whether any Loans are actually made.
Section
2.9
Maturity
Date
.
The term
(the “
Term
”)
of the
Commitments shall terminate and expire on the Maturity Date. Upon the date
of
the termination of the Term, any Committed Loans then outstanding (together
with
accrued interest thereon) shall be due and payable on such date.
Section
2.10
Mandatory
Prepayment
.
(a)
If
at any
time during the Term, the Outstanding Balance at such time exceeds the amount
of
the Total Available Commitments (with the amount of any such excess being
referred to herein as the “
Borrowing
Base Deficit
”),
then
the Borrowers shall (provided no Event of Default then exists, in which event
this Section shall be subject to the terms and provisions of Section 6.2) within
two (2) Domestic Business Days following the occurrence of such event, pay
to
the Administrative Agent in cash, for the account of the Lenders, an amount
equal to the Borrowing Base Deficit.
(b)
The
Borrowers shall not sell, or voluntarily permit the full or partial redemption,
prepayment or refinancing of a Borrowing Base Asset unless, after giving effect
to such transaction, either (i) Borrowers shall remain in compliance with the
provisions hereof, including without limitation, the Outstanding Balance will
not exceed the Total Available Commitments, or (ii) Borrowers shall,
concurrently with or before such sale, prepay the Committed Loans in an amount
at least equal to the amount required such that the Outstanding Balance will
not
exceed the Total Available Commitments.
Section
2.11
Optional
Prepayments
.
(a)
The
Borrowers may, upon at least one (1) Domestic Business Day’s notice to the
Administrative Agent, prepay any Alternate Base Rate Borrowing in whole at
any
time, or from time to time in part in amounts aggregating One Million Dollars
($1,000,000) or any larger multiple of One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000),
by paying the principal amount to be prepaid together with accrued interest
thereon to the date of prepayment. Each such optional prepayment shall be
applied to prepay ratably the Committed Loans of the several Lenders included
in
such Borrowing.
(b)
The
Borrowers may, upon at least three (3) LIBOR Business Days’ notice to the
Administrative Agent, prepay any LIBOR Loan as of the last day of the Interest
Period applicable thereto. Except as provided in Article VIII, the Borrowers
may
not prepay all or any portion of the principal amount of any LIBOR Loan prior
to
the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto unless the Borrowers shall
also pay any applicable expenses pursuant to Section 2.13. The Administrative
Agent shall notify the Borrowers of any amounts due pursuant to Section 2.13
in
connection with such prepayment within one (1) LIBOR Business Day after receipt
of such notice of prepayment from the Borrowers (but subject to the right to
submit subsequently a corrected statement). Each such optional prepayment shall
be in the amounts set forth in Section 2.11(a) above and shall be applied to
prepay ratably the Committed Loans of the Lenders included.
(c)
The
Borrowers may at any time and from time to time cancel all or any part of the
Commitments in a minimum amount of Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) or any
larger multiple of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000), by the delivery to the
Administrative Agent of a notice of cancellation within the applicable time
periods set forth in Sections 2.11(a) and (b) if there are Committed Loans
then
outstanding or, if there are no Committed Loans outstanding at such time as
to
which the Commitments with respect thereto are being cancelled, upon at least
one (1) Domestic Business Day’s notice to the Administrative Agent whereupon, in
either event, all or such portion of the Commitments, as applicable, shall
terminate as to the Lenders,
pro
rata
on the
date set forth in such notice of cancellation, and, if there are any Committed
Loans then outstanding, Borrowers shall prepay, as applicable, all or such
portion of Committed Loans outstanding on such date in accordance with the
requirements of Section 2.11(a) and (b). The Commitments may not be reduced
to
an amount less than $25,000,000 except in the event of the termination of the
Commitments in full. Borrowers shall be permitted to designate in its notice
of
cancellation which Committed Loans, if any, are to be prepaid. In no event
shall
Borrowers be permitted to cancel Commitments for which a Letter of Credit has
been issued and is outstanding unless Borrowers return such Letter of Credit,
undrawn, to the applicable Fronting Lender. The Facility Amount shall be reduced
by the dollar amount of any reduction of the Commitments pursuant to this
Section 2.11(c).
(d)
The
Borrowers may at any time return any undrawn Letters of Credit to the Fronting
Lender in whole, but not in part, and the Fronting Lender shall promptly cancel
such returned Letters of Credit and give the Borrowers, the Administrative
Agent
and each of the Lenders notice of such cancellation.
(e)
Upon
receipt of a notice of prepayment or cancellation or a return of an undrawn
Letter of Credit pursuant to this Section, the Administrative Agent shall
promptly notify each Lender of the contents thereof and of such Lender’s ratable
share (if any) of such prepayment or cancellation and such notice shall not
thereafter be revocable by the Borrowers.
(f)
Any
amounts so prepaid pursuant to Section 2.11(a) or (b) may be reborrowed. In
the
event Borrowers elect to cancel all or any portion of the Commitments pursuant
to Section 2.11(c) hereof, such amounts may not be reborrowed.
Section
2.12
General
Provisions as to Payments
.
(a)
The
Borrowers shall make each payment of interest on the Committed Loans and of
Fees
hereunder, not later than 12:00 noon (New York, New York time) on the date
when
due, in Federal or other funds immediately available in New York, New York,
to
the Administrative Agent at its address referred to in Section 9.1. Such
payments and all other payments made on account of the Loan Documents to the
Administrative Agent (provided such payments are made in accordance with terms
hereof) shall be deemed to have been properly made. The Administrative Agent
will promptly distribute to each Lender its ratable share of each such payment
received by the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders. Whenever
any payment of principal of, or interest on the Alternate Base Rate Loans or
of
Fees shall be due on a day which is not a Domestic Business Day, the date for
payment thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Domestic Business
Day.
Whenever any payment of principal of, or interest on, the LIBOR Loans shall
be
due on a day which is not a LIBOR Business Day, the date for payment thereof
shall be extended to the next succeeding LIBOR Business Day unless such LIBOR
Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case the date for payment
thereof shall be the next preceding LIBOR Business Day. If the date for any
payment of principal is extended by operation of law or otherwise, interest
thereon shall be payable for such extended time.
(b)
Unless
the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrowers prior
to
the date on which any payment is due to the Lenders hereunder that the Borrowers
will not make such payment in full, the Administrative Agent may assume that
the
Borrowers have made such payment in full to the Administrative Agent on such
date and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, cause
to be distributed to each Lender on such due date an amount equal to the amount
then due such Lender. If and to the extent that the Borrowers shall not have
so
made such payment, each Lender shall repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith
on demand such amount distributed to such Lender together with interest thereon,
for each day from the date such amount is distributed to such Lender until
the
date such Lender repays such amount to the Administrative Agent, at the Federal
Funds Rate.
Section
2.13
Funding
Losses
.
If (i)
the Borrowers make any payment of principal with respect to any LIBOR Loan
(pursuant to Article II, VI, VIII or otherwise) on any day other than the last
day of the Interest Period applicable thereto (subject to Section 2.12(a)
hereof), or (ii) the Borrowers fail to borrow any LIBOR Loans after notice
has
been given to any Lender in accordance with Section 2.3(a), or (iii) Borrowers
shall deliver a Notice of Interest Rate Election specifying that a
LIBOR
Loan shall be converted on a date other than the last day of the then current
Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrowers shall reimburse each Lender
within
three
(3)
Domestic
Business
Days after Borrowers’ receipt from the Administrative Agent of a certification
of such Lender of such loss or expense (which shall be delivered by each such
Lender to Administrative
Agent
for
delivery to Borrowers not later than ten (10) Domestic Business Days after
such
Lender
incurred
such loss or expense) for any resulting actual loss or expense incurred by
it
(or by an existing or prospective Participant in the related Loan), including
(without limitation) any loss incurred in obtaining, liquidating or employing
deposits
from
third parties, but excluding loss of margin for the period after any such
payment or failure to borrow,
provided
that
such
Lender shall have delivered to Administrative Agent and Administrative Agent
shall have delivered to the
Borrowers
a certification as to the amount of
such
loss
or expense, which
certification
shall set
forth
the
basis for such loss or expense and shall be conclusive in the absence of
demonstrable error. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand
compensation within the time periods set forth in this Section shall constitute
a waiver of such right to demand compensation.
Section
2.14
Computation
of Interest and Fees
.
All
interest and Fees payable under the Loan Documents shall be computed on the
basis of a year of 360 days and paid for the actual number of days elapsed
(including the first day but excluding the last day).
Section
2.15
Use
of
Proceeds
.
The
Borrowers shall use the proceeds of the Loans made hereunder and shall use
the
Letters of Credit issued hereunder only for (i) the acquisition, financing
or
refinancing of direct or indirect interests in real estate and/or real estate
debt investments, (ii) the repayment of debt, and (iii) other
lawful
corporate, partnership or limited liability company purposes (exclusive of
the
purchase of Margin Stock) (the “
Approved
Uses
”).
Section
2.16
Letter
of Credit Usage Absolute
.
The
reimbursement obligations of the Borrowers under this Agreement in respect
of
any Letter of Credit shall be unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid
strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and such other agreement
or instrument under all circumstances, including, without limitation, to the
extent permitted by law, the following circumstances:
(a)
any
lack
of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or any other agreement
or
instrument relating thereto (collectively, the “
Letter
of Credit Documents
”)
or any
Loan Document;
(b)
any
change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of,
all
or any of the obligations of the Borrowers in respect of the Letters of Credit
or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent by the Borrowers to departure
from all or any of the Letter of Credit Documents or any Loan Document, provided
that no Fronting Lender shall consent to any such change or amendment unless
previously consented to in writing by the Borrowers;
(c)
any
exchange, release or non-perfection of any collateral, or any release or
amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from any guaranty, for all or
any
of the obligations of the Borrowers in respect of the Letters of
Credit;
(d)
the
existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right that the Borrowers
may
have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of a Letter of Credit
(or any Persons for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be
acting), the Administrative Agent or any Lender (other than a defense based
on
the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent, Fronting
Lender or such Lender) or any other Person, whether in connection with the
Loan
Documents, the transactions contemplated hereby or by the Letters of Credit
Documents or any unrelated transaction;
(e)
any
draft
or any other document presented under or in connection with any Letter of Credit
or other Loan Document proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient
in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any
respect; provided that payment by the Fronting Lender under such Letter of
Credit against presentation of such draft or document shall not have constituted
gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Fronting Lender;
(f)
payment
by the Fronting Lender against presentation of a draft or certificate that
does
not comply with the terms of the Letter of Credit; provided that such payment
shall not have constituted gross negligence or willful misconduct of the
Fronting Lender; and
(g)
any
other
circumstance or happening whatsoever other than the payment in full of all
obligations hereunder in respect of any Letter of Credit or any agreement or
instrument relating to any Letter of Credit, whether or not similar to any
of
the foregoing, that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a
discharge of, the Borrowers; provided that such other circumstance or happening
shall not have been the result of gross negligence or willful misconduct of
the
Fronting Lender or any issuing Lender.
Section
2.17
Joint
and Several Obligations; Limitation on Liability
.
(a)
The
Obligations constitute the joint and several obligations of each Borrower
hereunder. Each Borrower hereby assumes, guarantees and agrees to discharge
all
Obligations of each other Borrower hereunder. Anything herein or in any other
Loan Document to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum liability of each
Borrower hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall in no event exceed
the amount for which such Borrower can be liable under applicable federal and
state laws relating to the insolvency of debtors.
(b)
Notwithstanding
any payment or payments made by any Borrower (the “paying Borrower”) hereunder
or any set-off or application of funds of the paying Borrower by any Lender,
the
paying Borrower shall not be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights
of
the Administrative Agent or any Lender against the other Borrower(s) or any
collateral security or guarantee or right of offset held by any Lender for
the
payment of the Obligations, nor shall the paying Borrower seek or be entitled
to
seek any contribution or reimbursement from the other Borrower in respect of
payments made by the paying Borrower hereunder, until all amounts owing to
the
Administrative Agent and the Lenders by the Borrowers on account of the
Obligations are paid in full. If any amount shall be paid to the paying Borrower
on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of the Obligations
shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be held by the paying
Borrower in trust for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, segregated
from
other funds of the paying Borrower, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by the
paying Borrower, be turned over to the Administrative Agent in the exact form
received by the paying Borrower (duly indorsed by the paying Borrower to the
Administrative Agent, if required), to be applied against the Obligations,
whether matured or unmatured, in such order as the Administrative Agent may
determine.
(c)
Each
Borrower shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without any
reservation of rights against such Borrower and without notice to or further
assent by such Borrower, any demand for payment of any of the Obligations made
by the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be rescinded by such party and
any
of the Obligations continued, and the Obligations, or the liability of any
other
party upon or for any part thereof, or any collateral security or guarantee
therefor or right of offset with respect thereto, may, from time to time, in
whole or in part, be renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated,
compromised, waived, surrendered or released by the Administrative Agent or
any
Lender, and this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents and any
other
documents executed and delivered in connection therewith may be amended,
modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or in part, as the Administrative
Agent (or the Required Lenders, as the case may be) may deem advisable from
time
to time, and any collateral security, guarantee or right of offset at any time
held by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for the payment of the
Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or released. Neither
of
the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to protect,
secure, perfect or insure any Lien at any time held by it as security for the
Obligations or any property subject thereto. When making any demand hereunder
against any Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may, but shall
be
under no obligation to, make a similar demand on the other Borrower or any
guarantor, and any failure by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make
any
such demand or to collect any payments from such other Borrower or any guarantor
or any release of such other Borrower or guarantor shall not relieve the
Borrower in respect of which a demand or collection is not made or the Borrower
not so released of its obligations or liabilities hereunder, and shall not
impair or affect the rights and remedies, express or implied, or as a matter
of
law, of the Administrative Agent or any Lender against any Borrower. For the
purposes hereof “demand” shall include the commencement and continuance of any
legal proceedings.
(d)
Each
Borrower waives any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension or
accrual of any of the Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender upon such Borrower or acceptance of the
obligations of such Borrower under this Agreement, and the Obligations, and
any
of them, shall conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or
incurred, or renewed, extended, amended or waived, in reliance upon the
obligations of each Borrower under this Agreement; and all dealings between
the
Borrowers, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, on
the
other hand, likewise shall be conclusively presumed to have been had or
consummated in reliance upon the obligations of all of the Borrowers. Except
as
is otherwise specifically provided for in this Agreement or in the other Loan
Documents, each of the Borrowers waives diligence, presentment, protest, demand
for payment and notice of default or nonpayment to or upon the other Borrower
or
such Borrower with respect to the Obligations. Each Borrower understands and
agrees that it shall continue to be jointly and severally liable under this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents without regard to (a) the validity,
regularity or enforceability of this Agreement, any Note or any other Loan
Document, any of the Obligations or any other collateral security therefor
or
guarantee or, except as is otherwise specifically provided for in this Agreement
or the other Loan Documents, right of offset with respect thereto at any time
or
from time to time held by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, (b) any
defense, set-off or counterclaim (other than a defense of payment or
performance) which may at any time be available to or be asserted by the other
Borrower against the Administrative Agent or any Lender, or (c) any other
circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge of such Borrower
or the other Borrower) which constitutes, or might be construed to constitute,
an equitable or legal discharge of the other Borrower for the Obligations,
or of
such Borrower under this Agreement, in bankruptcy or in any other instance.
When
pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against any Borrower, the
Administrative Agent and any Lender may, but shall be under no obligation to,
pursue such rights and remedies as it may have against the other Borrower or
any
other Person or against any collateral security or guarantee for the Obligations
or any right of offset with respect thereto, and any failure by the
Administrative Agent or any Lender to pursue such other rights or remedies
or to
collect any payments from the other Borrower or any such other Person or to
realize upon any such collateral security or guarantee or to exercise any such
right of offset, or any release of the other Borrower or any such other Person
or any such collateral security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve
such Borrower of any liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the
rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of law,
of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders against such Borrower.
Section
2.18
Increase
in Facility Amount
.
(a)
Request
for Increase
.
Provided there exists no Default or Event of Default, upon notice to the
Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders), the Borrowers
may request an increase in the Facility Amount by an aggregate amount not
exceeding $25,000,000; provided that any such request for an increase shall
be
in a minimum amount of $10,000,000. At the time of sending such notice, the
Borrowers (in consultation with the Administrative Agent) shall specify the
time
period within which each Lender is requested to respond as to whether such
Lender agrees to increase the amount of its Commitment in accordance with
Section 2.18(b).
(b)
Lender
Elections to Increase
.
Each
Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent within such time period whether
or
not it agrees to increase its Commitment and, if so, by what amount (which
need
not be its pro rata share thereof). Any Lender not responding within such time
period shall be deemed to have declined to increase its Commitment.
(c)
Notification
by Administrative Agent; Additional Lenders
.
The
Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrowers and each Lender of the Lenders’
responses to each request made hereunder. To achieve the full amount of a
requested increase in the Facility Amount and subject to the approval of the
Administrative Agent and the Fronting Bank (which approvals shall not be
unreasonably withheld), the Borrowers may also invite additional Eligible
Assignees to become Lenders pursuant to a joinder agreement in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its
counsel.
(d)
Effective
Date and Allocations
.
If the
aggregate Commitments (including due to new Commitments by additional Lenders)
are increased in accordance with this Section 2.18, the Administrative Agent
and
the Borrowers shall determine the effective date (the “
Increase
Effective Date
”)
and
the final allocation of such increase. The Administrative Agent shall promptly
notify the Borrowers and the Lenders (including any additional Lenders) of
the
final allocation of such increase and the Increase Effective Date.
(e)
Conditions
to Effectiveness of Increase
.
Any
increase in the Facility Amount pursuant to this Section 2.18 shall be subject
to the following conditions:
(i)
The
Borrowers shall have paid to (A) the Administrative Agent, such fees as shall
be
due to Administrative Agent at such time under the Fee Letter, and (B) to each
Lender, such fees, if any, as shall have been agreed upon by the Borrower and
the Administrative Agent.
(ii)
As
of the
Increase Effective Date, no Default or Event of Default then exists or would
result from such increase in the Facility Amount (including on a pro forma
basis
relative to financial covenant compliance).
(iii)
The
Borrowers shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate dated
as of the Increase Effective Date (in sufficient copies for each Lender) (A)
certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by the Borrowers approving
or
consenting to such increase, and (B) certifying that, before and after giving
effect to such increase, (1) the representations and warranties of the Borrowers
in this Agreement and in each other Loan Document are true and correct on and
as
of the Increase Effective Date, except to the extent that such representations
and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case, to the
knowledge of the Borrowers, they are true and correct as of such earlier date,
and except to the extent of changes resulting from transactions contemplated
and
permitted by this Agreement and changes occurring in the ordinary course of
business (in each case to the extent not constituting a Default or Event of
Default), (2) no Default or Event of Default exists or would result from such
increase in the Facility Amount (including on a pro forma basis relative to
financial covenant compliance), and (3) the incurrence of Indebtedness in an
aggregate principal amount equal to the full Facility Amount after giving effect
to all Commitment increases and new Commitments would not result in a breach
of,
or a default under, any agreement to which any Borrower is a party.
(iv)
The
Borrowers shall prepay any Committed Loans outstanding on the Increase Effective
Date (and pay any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 2.13) to
the extent necessary to keep the outstanding Committed Loans ratable with any
revised Commitment allocations arising from any nonratable increase in the
Commitments under this Section 2.18. Notwithstanding any provisions of this
Agreement to the contrary, the Borrowers may borrow from the Lenders providing
such increase in the Commitments (on a non pro rata basis with Lenders not
providing such increase) in order to fund such prepayment.
(v)
The
Borrowers will execute and deliver to each applicable Lender a new Note in
the
appropriate stated amount, and will execute and deliver or otherwise provide
to
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders such other documents and instruments
as
the Administrative Agent or Lenders reasonably may require.
(vi)
The
Subsidiary Guarantors will execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent
a
ratification of the Guaranty acknowledging the increase of the Facility Amount.
(f)
The
provisions of this Section 2.18 shall not constitute a “commitment” to lend, and
the Commitments of the Lenders shall not be increased until satisfaction of
the
provisions of this Section 2.18 and actual increase of the Commitments as
provided herein.
Section
2.19
Revolving
Facility
.
Except
as otherwise specifically provided for herein, the Facility is a revolving
credit facility and, accordingly, subject to the terms, provisions and
conditions set forth in this Agreement, amounts borrowed and repaid may be
reborrowed.
Section
2.20
Delinquent
Lenders
.
(a)
If
for
any reason any Lender shall fail or refuse to abide by its obligations under
this Agreement, including without limitation its obligation to make available
to
the Administrative Agent its pro rata share of any Loans, expenses or setoff
(a
“
Delinquent
Lender
”)
and
such failure is not cured within two (2) Domestic Business Days of receipt
from
the Administrative Agent of written notice thereof, then, in addition to the
rights and remedies that may be available to the Administrative Agent, the
other
Lenders, or the Borrowers at law or in equity, and not in limitation thereof,
(i) such Delinquent Lender’s right to participate in the administration of, or
decision-making rights related to, the Loans, this Loan Agreement or the other
Loan Documents shall be suspended during the pendency of such failure or
refusal, and (ii) a Delinquent Lender shall be deemed to have assigned any
and
all payments due to it from the Borrowers, whether on account of outstanding
Loans, interest, fees or otherwise, to the non-delinquent Lenders for
application to, and reduction of, their proportionate shares of all outstanding
Loans until, as a result of application of such assigned payments the Lenders’
respective pro rata shares of all outstanding Loans shall have returned to
those
in effect immediately prior to such delinquency and without giving effect to
the
nonpayment causing such delinquency. The Delinquent Lender’s decision-making and
participation rights and rights to payments as set forth in clauses (i) and
(ii)
hereinabove shall be restored only upon the payment by the Delinquent Lender
of
its pro rata share of any Loans or expenses as to which it is delinquent,
together with interest thereon at the Default Rate from the date when originally
due until the date upon which any such amounts are actually paid.
(b)
The
non-delinquent Lenders shall also have the right, but not the obligation, in
their respective, sole and absolute discretion, to acquire for no cash
consideration, (pro rata, based on the respective Commitments of those
Lenders electing to exercise such right) the Delinquent Lender’s Commitment to
fund future Loans (the “
Future
Commitment
”).
Upon
any such purchase of the pro rata share of any Delinquent Lender’s Future
Commitment, the Delinquent Lender’s share in future Loans and its rights under
the Loan Documents with respect thereto shall terminate on the date of purchase,
and the Delinquent Lender shall promptly execute all documents reasonably
requested to surrender and transfer such interest, including, if so requested,
an Assignment and Acceptance. Each Delinquent Lender shall indemnify the
Administrative Agent and each non-delinquent Lender from and against any and
all
loss, damage or expenses, including but not limited to reasonable attorneys’
fees and funds advanced by the Administrative Agent or by any non-delinquent
Lender, on account of a Delinquent Lender’s failure to timely fund its pro rata
share of a Loan or to otherwise perform its obligations under the Loan
Documents.
ARTICLE
III
CONDITIONS
Section
3.1
Closing
.
The
closing hereunder shall occur on the date (the “
Closing
Date
”)
when
each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived by the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders), each document to be dated the Closing Date unless
otherwise indicated:
(a)
the
Borrowers shall have executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent a Note
for the account of each Lender dated on or before the Closing Date complying
with the provisions of Section 2.4;
(b)
the
Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders shall have executed
and delivered to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent a duly executed
original of this Agreement;
(c)
the
Subsidiary Guarantors shall have executed and delivered to the Administrative
Agent the Guaranty;
(d)
the
Administrative Agent shall have received an opinion from each of Paul, Hastings,
Janofsky & Walker LLP and Venable LLP, counsel for the Borrowers and the
Subsidiary Guarantors, with respect to the Borrowers’ and Subsidiary Guarantors’
due
authorization,
execution and delivery of the Loan Documents, the enforceability of the Loan
Documents, and such other matters reasonably requested by the Administrative
Agent, such opinion to be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent
and
its counsel
;
(e)
the
Administrative Agent shall have received all documents the Administrative Agent
may reasonably request relating to the existence of the Borrowers and the
Borrowing Base Entities, the authority for and the validity of this Agreement
and the other Loan Documents, and any other matters relevant hereto, all in
form
and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Such documentation
shall
include, without limitation, (i) the organizational documents of NorthStar,
as
amended, modified or supplemented to the Closing Date, certified to be true,
correct and complete by an officer of NorthStar as of a date not more than
ten
(10) days prior to the Closing Date, together with a good standing certificate
as to NorthStar from the Secretary of State (or the equivalent thereof) of
Maryland, to be dated not more than forty-five (45) days prior to the Closing
Date, (ii) the partnership agreement of NorthStar OP, certified as of a date
not
more than ten (10) days prior to the Closing Date, together with a certificate
of existence as to NorthStar OP from the Secretary of State of Delaware, to
be
dated not more than forty-five (45) days prior to the Closing Date, (iii) the
organizational documents of NRFC Sub-REIT, as amended, modified or supplemented
to the Closing Date, certified to be true, correct and complete by an officer
of
NRFC Sub-REIT as of a date not more than ten (10) days prior to the Closing
Date, together with a good standing certificate as to NRFC Sub-REIT from the
Secretary of State (or the equivalent thereof) of Maryland, to be dated not
more
than forty-five (45) days prior to the Closing Date, (iv) the limited liability
company agreement of NS Advisors, certified to be true, correct and complete
by
an officer of NS Advisors as of a date not more than ten (10) days prior to
the
Closing Date, together with a certificate of existence as to NS Advisors from
the Secretary of State of Delaware, to be dated not more than forty-five (45)
days prior to the Closing Date, (v) the limited liability company agreement
of
NNN Holdings, certified to be true, correct and complete by an officer of NNN
Holdings as of a date not more than ten (10) days prior to the Closing Date,
together with a certificate of existence as to NNN Holdings from the Secretary
of State of Delaware, to be dated not more than forty-five (45) days prior
to
the Closing Date, (vi) the limited liability company agreement of NS Holdings
I,
certified to be true, correct and complete by an officer of NS Holdings I as
of
a date not more than ten (10) days prior to the Closing Date, together with
a
certificate of existence as to NS Holdings I from the Secretary of State of
Delaware, to be dated not more than forty-five (45) days prior to the Closing
Date, (vii) the limited liability company agreement of NS Holdings II, certified
to be true, correct and complete by an officer of NS Holdings II as of a date
not more than ten (10) days prior to the Closing Date, together with a
certificate of existence as to NS Holdings II from the Secretary of State of
Delaware, to be dated not more than forty-five (45) days prior to the Closing
Date, and (viii) the limited liability company agreement of NS Holdings III,
certified to be true, correct and complete by an officer of NS Holdings III
as
of a date not more than ten (10) days prior to the Closing Date, together with
a
certificate of existence as to NS Holdings III from the Secretary of State
of
Delaware, to be dated not more than forty-five (45) days prior to the Closing
Date;
(f)
the
Administrative Agent shall have received all certificates, agreements and other
documents and papers referred to in this Section 3.1 and the Notice of Borrowing
referred to in Section 3.2, if applicable, unless otherwise specified, in
sufficient counterparts, satisfactory in form and substance to the
Administrative Agent in its sole discretion;
(g)
the
Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate or certificates executed
by an authorized officer of NorthStar as of the Closing Date stating that (A)
each Consolidated Party is in compliance with all existing financial
obligations, (B) all governmental, shareholder and third party consents and
approvals necessary for the Borrowers and the Subsidiary Guarantors to enter
into the Loan Documents and fully perform thereunder, if any, have been
obtained, (C) no action, suit, investigation or proceeding is pending or
threatened in writing in any court or before any arbitrator or governmental
instrumentality that purports to affect any Consolidated Party or any
transaction contemplated by the Loan Documents, if such action, suit,
investigation or proceeding could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, and (D) immediately after giving effect to this Loan Agreement,
the other Loan Documents and all the transactions contemplated therein to occur
on such date, (1) each of the Borrowers and the Borrowing Base Entities is
Solvent, (2) no Default or Event of Default exists, (3) all representations
and
warranties contained herein and in the other Loan Documents are true and correct
in all material respects, and (4) the Borrowers are in compliance with each
of
the financial covenants set forth in Section 5.8 hereof.
(h)
the
Borrowers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall have taken all actions required
to
authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan
Documents and the performance thereof by the Borrowers and the Subsidiary
Guarantors;
(i)
no
development or event which has had or could reasonably be expected to have
a
Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred since December 31,
2005;
(j)
the
Administrative Agent shall have received wire transfer instructions in
connection with the Loans, if any, to be made on the Closing Date;
(k)
the
Administrative Agent shall have received, for its and any other Lender’s
account, all Fees due and payable pursuant to Section 2.8 hereof or pursuant
to
the Fee Letter on or before the Closing Date, and the reasonable fees and
expenses accrued through the Closing Date of counsel to the Administrative
Agent
with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby;
(l)
the
Administrative Agent shall have received copies of all consents, licenses and
approvals, if any, required in connection with the execution, delivery and
performance by NorthStar and the applicable Consolidated Subsidiaries, and
the
validity and enforceability, of the Loan Documents, or in connection with any
of
the transactions contemplated thereby, and such consents, licenses and approvals
shall be in full force and effect;
(m)
the
Administrative Agent shall have received all available financial information
with respect to NorthStar and its Affiliates (other than Morgans Hotels and
NorthStar Capital Co.) reasonably requested by it or any Lender;
(n)
the
Administrative Agent shall have received a completed current Borrowing Base
Certificate and a completed current Continuing Compliance Certificate;
(o)
the
Administrative Agent shall have received satisfactory reports (collectively,
the
“
UCC
Searches
”),
of
UCC, tax lien, judgment and litigation searches conducted by a search firm
reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent with respect to the Borrowers
and
the Subsidiary Guarantors, such searches to be conducted by Borrowers’ counsel
in each of the locations specified by the Administrative Agent;
(p)
(i)
the
Administrative Agent shall have received evidence that each Real Property
Subsidiary is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of NNN Holdings and (ii) the
Administrative Agent shall have received evidence that each CDO Retained Asset
included in the Borrowing Base Assets Pool is beneficially owned by NS Holdings
I or NS Holdings II or NS Holdings III or a direct Wholly-Owned Subsidiary
of NS
Holdings I or NS Holdings II or NS Holdings III (no later than the date that
is
thirty (30) days after the Closing Date, the Borrowers also shall deliver to
the
Administrative Agent evidence that each CDO Retained Interest is owned of record
by NS Holdings I or NS Holdings II or NS Holdings III or a direct Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary of NS Holdings I or NS Holdings II or NS Holdings III); and
(q)
the
Administrative Agent shall have received a payoff letter, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, relating to the Borrowers’ credit
facility with Bank of America, N.A.
Section
3.2
Borrowings
.
The
obligation of any Lender to make a Loan or to participate in any Letter of
Credit issued by the Fronting
Lender
and the obligation of the Fronting Lender to issue a Letter of Credit is subject
to the satisfaction of the following conditions (as reasonably determined by
the
Administrative Agent):
(a)
receipt
by the Administrative Agent of a Notice of Borrowing as required by Section
2.2
and 2.3, together with a certificate or certificates executed by an authorized
officer of NorthStar as of the date of such Notice of Borrowing as to the
matters set forth in Section 3.1(g);
(b)
receipt
by the Administrative Agent of a fully completed Borrowing Base Certificate
stating that, after taking into account any such Loan, the Borrowers shall
be in
full compliance with all of the covenants contained in Section 5.8 of this
Agreement and that the requirements with respect to the Borrowing Base Values
shall be met;
(c)
immediately
after such Borrowing or issuance of such Letter of Credit, the Outstanding
Balance will not exceed the aggregate amount of the Total Available
Commitments;
(d)
immediately
before and after such Borrowing or issuance of such Letter of Credit, no Default
or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing both before and after
giving effect to the making of such Loans or issuing of such Letters of
Credit;
(e)
the
representations and warranties of the Borrowers contained in this Agreement
shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of
such
Borrowing both before and after giving effect to the making of such Loans,
except to the extent any such representation or warranty relates solely to
an
earlier date and except for such exceptions as may be disclosed by the Borrowers
to the Administrative Agent and approved by the Administrative
Agent;
(f)
no
law or
regulation shall have been adopted, no order, judgment or decree of any
governmental authority shall have been issued, and no litigation shall be
pending, which does or seeks to enjoin, prohibit or restrain, the making or
repayment of the Loans, the issuance of any Letter of Credit or any
participations therein or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by
this Agreement;
(g)
no
event,
act or condition shall have occurred after the Closing Date which, in the
reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent, has had or is likely to have
a
Material Adverse Effect; and
(h)
immediately
after such Borrowing or issuance of such Letter of Credit, the aggregate
outstanding undrawn issued Letters of Credit shall not exceed Ten Million
Dollars ($10,000,000).
Each
Borrowing hereunder shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by
the
Borrowers on the date of such Borrowing as to the facts specified in clauses
(d), (e), (f), (g) and (h) (to the extent that Borrowers are aware of any
Material Adverse Effect) of this Section.
ARTICLE
IV
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES
In
order
to induce the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders which is or may
become a party to this Agreement to make the Loans, the Borrowers make the
following representations and warranties as of the Closing Date. Such
representations and warranties shall survive the effectiveness of this
Agreement, the execution and delivery of the other Loan Documents and the making
of the Loans.
Section
4.1
Existence
and Power
.
NorthStar is a corporation, duly formed, validly existing and in good standing
as a corporation under the laws of Maryland and has all powers
and
all
material governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals required
to own
its
property and assets and carry on its business as now conducted or as it
presently proposes to
conduct
and has been duly qualified and is in good standing in every jurisdiction
except
where the failure to have such licenses, authorizations, consents or approvals
or to be so qualified and/or in good standing is not likely to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
NorthStar OP is a limited partnership, duly formed, validly existing and in
good
standing as a limited partnership under the laws of Delaware and has all powers
and all material governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals
required to own its property and assets and carry on its business as now
conducted or as it presently proposes to conduct and has been duly qualified
and
is in good standing in every jurisdiction except where the failure to have
such
licenses, authorizations, consents or approvals or to be so qualified and/or
in
good standing is not likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. NRFC Sub-REIT
is
a
corporation, wholly-owned by NorthStar OP and duly formed and validly existing
as a corporation under the laws of the Sate of Maryland and has all powers
and
all material governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals
required to own its
property
and assets and carry on its business as now conducted or as it
presently
proposes to
conduct
and has been duly qualified and is in good standing in every jurisdiction except
where the failure to have such licenses, authorizations, consents or approvals
or to be so qualified and/or in good standing is not likely to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
NS
Advisors is a limited liability company duly formed and validly existing as
a
limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware and has all
powers and all material governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and
approvals required to own its property and assets and carry on its business
as
now conducted or as it presently proposes to conduct and has been duly qualified
and is in good standing in every jurisdiction except where the failure to have
such licenses, authorizations, consents or approvals or to be so qualified
and/or in good standing is not likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each
Borrowing Base Entity is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of NRFC Sub-REIT and is
a
corporation, limited 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 and has all powers and all material
governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals required to own
its property and assets and carry on its business as now conducted or as it
presently proposes to conduct and has been duly qualified and is in good
standing in every jurisdiction except where the failure to have such licenses,
authorizations, consents or approvals or to be so qualified and/or in good
standing is not likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section
4.2
Power
and Authority
.
Each
Borrower and Borrowing Base Entity has the trust, corporate, partnership or
limited liability company power, as applicable, and authority to execute,
deliver and carry out the terms and
provisions
of each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and has taken all necessary
trust,
corporate, partnership or limited liability company action, as applicable,
to
authorize the execution and delivery on behalf of such Borrower or Borrowing
Base Entity and the performance by such Borrower or Borrowing Base Entity of
such Loan Documents. Each Borrower and Borrowing Base Entity has duly executed
and delivered each Loan Document to which it is
a
party
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and each such Loan Document
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Borrower or
Borrowing Base Entity, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as
enforceability may be limited by applicable insolvency, bankruptcy or other
laws
affecting creditors rights generally, or general principles of equity, whether
such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law.
Section
4.3
No
Violation
.
Neither
the execution, delivery or performance by or on behalf of any Borrower or
Borrowing Base Entity of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, nor
compliance by
any
Borrower or Borrowing Base Entity with the terms and provisions thereof nor
the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, (i) will
materially contravene any applicable provision of
any
law,
statute, rule, regulation, order, writ, injunction or decree of any court or
governmental instrumentality, or (ii) will materially conflict with or result
in
any breach of, any of the terms,
covenants,
conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the
creation or
imposition
of (or the obligation to create or impose) any Lien upon any of the property
or
assets of such Borrower or Borrowing Base Entity or any Consolidated
Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust,
or
other agreement or other instrument to which such Borrower (or of
any
partnership of which such Borrower or Borrowing Base Entity is a partner) or
any
Consolidated Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of its property
or
assets is bound or to which it is subject, or (iii) will cause
a
material default by such Borrower or Borrowing Base Entity under any
organizational document of any Person in which
such
Borrower or Borrowing Base Entity has an interest, or cause a material default
under such Borrowers’ limited liability company agreement, partnership
agreement, trust agreement or articles of incorporation or by-laws, as
applicable.
Section
4.4
Financial
Information
(a)
The
consolidated balance sheet of NorthStar and its Consolidated Subsidiaries dated
as of December 31, 2005 and the related consolidated statements of NorthStar’s
financial position for the fiscal year then ended, auditied by Grant Thorton,
LLP and set forth in NorthStar’s 2005 Form 10-K, a copy of which has been
delivered to the Administrative Agent, fairly present in all material respects,
in conformity with GAAP, the consolidated financial position of NorthStar and
its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of such date and their consolidated results
of
operations and cash flows for such fiscal year.
(b)
The
consolidated statements of NorthStar’s financial position as set forth in
NorthStar’s 2006 Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2006, a copy of
which has been delivered to the Administrative Agent, fairly present in all
material respects, in conformity with GAAP, the consolidated financial position
of NorthStar and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of such dates and their
consolidated results of operations and cash flows for such periods.
(c)
Since
NorthStar’s most recent Form 10-Q, (i) nothing has occurred having a Material
Adverse Effect, and (ii) NorthStar and the Consolidated Subsidiaries have not
incurred any material Indebtedness or Contingent Obligation except in the
ordinary course of business.
Section
4.5
Litigation
.
There
is no action, suit, investigation, or proceeding pending against, or to the
knowledge
of
the
Borrowers threatened in writing against or affecting, (i) any Borrower, any
Borrowing Base Entity or any
Consolidated
Subsidiary, (ii) the Loan Documents or any of the transactions contemplated
by
the
Loan
Documents
or (iii) any of their assets, before any court or arbitrator or any governmental
body, agency or official in which there is a reasonable possibility of an
adverse
decision
which could, individually, or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect
or
which in any manner draws into question the validity of this Agreement or the
other Loan Documents.
Section
4.6
Compliance
with ERISA
.
With
respect to each NorthStar Plan, and each Non-NorthStar Plan (but, as to any
Non-NorthStar Plan, only to the extent that the failure to do so would have
a
Material Adverse Effect), each member of the ERISA Group has fulfilled its
obligations under the minimum funding standards of ERISA and the Code with
respect
to each Plan and is in compliance in all material respects with the presently
applicable
provisions
of
ERISA
and
the Code with respect to each Plan. With respect to each NorthStar Plan, and
each Non-
NorthStar
Plan (but, as to any Non-NorthStar Plan, only to the extent that the occurrence
of any of (i) through (iii) below would cause a Material Adverse Effect), no
member of the ERISA Group has (i) sought a waiver of the minimum funding
standard under Section 412 of the Code in respect of any Plan, (ii) failed
to
make any contribution or payment to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan or made
any
amendment to any
Plan,
which failure to make contribution or payment or making of any amendment has
resulted or would result in the imposition of a Lien or the posting of a bond
or
other
security under ERISA or the Code or (iii) incurred any liability under Title
IV
of ERISA other than liability to the PBGC for premiums under Section 4007 of
ERISA.
(a)
The
transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents will not constitute a nonexempt
prohibited transaction (as such term is defined in Section 4975 of the Code
or
Section 406 of ERISA) that could subject the Administrative Agent or the Lenders
to any tax or penalty or prohibited transactions imposed under Section 4975
of
the Code or Section 502(i) of ERISA by reason of the assets of any Borrower
being plan assets within the meaning of the Department of Labor Regulation
Section 2510.3-101 of Section 401 of ERISA or in connection with any Plan or
Benefit Arrangement.
Section
4.7
Borrowing
Base Assets
.
Each
and every representation and warranty with respect to (i) any Eligible First
Mortgage Asset included in the Borrowing Base Assets Pool as set forth on
“
Exhibit
“F”
hereto
is true and correct, (ii) any Eligible Property Equity Interest included in
the
Borrowing Base Assets Pool as set forth on
Exhibit
“G
”
hereto
is true and correct, (iii) any Eligible Real Estate Security included in the
Borrowing Base Assets Pool as set forth on
Exhibit
“H
”
hereto
is true and correct, (iv) any Eligible Subordinated Asset included in the
Borrowing Base Assets Pool as set forth on
Exhibit
“I
”
hereto
is true and correct and (v) any Eligible CDO Retained Asset included in the
Borrowing Base Assets Pool as set forth on
Exhibit
“J
”
hereto
is true and correct.
Section
4.8
Environmental
Matters
.
In the
ordinary course of its business, the Borrowers conduct periodic reviews of
the
effect of Environmental Laws on the business, operations and properties of
the
Borrowers and the Consolidated Subsidiaries, including without limitation,
the
Real Property Assets and the Underlying Assets, in the course of which it
identifies and evaluates
associated
liabilities and costs (including, without limitation, any capital or operating
expenditures required
for
clean-up or closure of properties presently owned, any capital or
operating
expenditures
required
to achieve or maintain compliance with environmental protection standards
imposed by law or as a condition of any license, permit or contract, any
related
constraints on operating activities, and any actual or potential liabilities
to
third parties,
including
employees, and any related costs and expenses). On the basis of this review,
the
Borrowers have reasonably concluded that such associated liabilities and costs,
including the
costs
of
compliance with Environmental Laws, are unlikely to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
Section
4.9
Taxes
.
United
States Federal income tax returns of the Borrowers and the Consolidated
Subsidiaries have been prepared and filed through the fiscal year ended
December
31, 2005. The Borrowers and their Consolidated Subsidiaries have filed all
United States Federal income tax returns and all other material tax returns
which are required to be filed
by
them
and have paid all taxes due pursuant to such returns or pursuant to any
assessment
received
by the Borrowers or any Consolidated Subsidiary. The charges, accruals and
reserves
on
the
books of the Borrowers and the Consolidated Subsidiaries in respect of taxes
or
other governmental charges are, in the opinion of the Borrowers,
adequate.
Section
4.10
Full
Disclosure
.
All
information furnished in writing by the Borrowers to the Administrative Agent
or
any Lender for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement or any
transaction contemplated hereby (i) if prepared by the Borrowers or any
Affiliate of the Borrowers is true and accurate in all material respects on
the
date as of which such information is stated or certified and (ii) if prepared
by
any Person other than the Borrowers or any Affiliate of the Borrowers, to the
best of Borrowers’ knowledge, after the Borrowers have conducted reasonable
investigation with due diligence, is true and accurate in all material respects
on the date as of which such information is stated or certified;
provided,
that
,
with
respect to projected financial information, the Borrowers represent and warrant
only that such information represents the Borrowers expectations regarding
future performance based upon historical information and reasonable assumptions,
it being understood, however, that actual results may differ from the projected
results described in the financial projections. The Borrowers have disclosed
to
the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in writing any and all facts which
have
or which is likely to have (to the extent the Borrowers can now reasonably
foresee) a Material Adverse Effect.
Section
4.11
Solvency
(a)
.
On the
Closing Date and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the
Loan Documents occurring on the Closing Date, each of the Borrowers and the
Borrowing Base Entities will be Solvent.
Section
4.12
Use
of
Proceeds; Margin Regulations
.
All
proceeds of the Loans will be used by the Borrowers and all Letters of Credit
shall be issued for the Borrowers only in accordance with the provisions hereof.
No part of the proceeds of any Loan or any Letter of Credit will be used by
the
Borrowers to purchase or carry any Margin Stock or to
extend
credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock.
Neither the making of any Loan, the issuance of any Letter of Credit, nor the
use of the proceeds of the foregoing will violate or be inconsistent with the
provisions of Regulations T, U or X of the Federal Reserve Board.
Section
4.13
Governmental
Approvals
.
No
order, consent, approval, license, authorization, or validation of, or filing,
recording or registration with, or exemption by, any
governmental
or public body or authority, or any subdivision thereof, is required to
authorize, or
is
required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of any
Loan
Document or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated thereby
other than (i) the filing of a report on form 8-K with the Securities and
Exchange Commission describing the transactions contemplated hereby, or (ii)
those that have
already
been duly made or obtained and remain in full force and effect or (iii) those
which, if not made or obtained, would not have a Material Adverse
Effect.
Section
4.14
Investment
Company Act
.
Neither
the Borrowers nor any Consolidated Subsidiary is (i) required to register as
an
“
investment
company
”
or
a
company
“
controlled
”
by
an
“
investment
company
”,
within
the meaning of the Investment
Company
Act of 1940, as amended,
or
(ii)
subject
to any other federal or state law or regulation which purports to restrict
or
regulate its ability to borrow money.
Section
4.15
Principal
Offices
.
As of
the Closing Date, the principal office, chief executive office and principal
place of business of each of the Borrowers is 527 Madison Avenue, 16
th
Floor,
New York, New York 10022. No Borrower shall change its
principal
office or state of formation without having given the Administrative Agent
at
least thirty (30) days prior written notice; provided no such notice is required
in connection with the changing of the Borrowers’ principal office to 399 Park
Avenue, New York, New York during the second fiscal quarter of 2007.
Section
4.16
REIT
Status
.
For its
first fiscal year and continuously thereafter NorthStar has qualified, and
NorthStar shall continue to qualify, as a real estate investment trust under
the
Code.
Section
4.17
Qualified
REIT Subsidiary Status
.
Each of
NorthStar OP and NRFC Sub-REIT qualify as of the Closing Date, and intend to
continue to qualify, as a qualified real estate investment subsidiary under
the
Code.
Section
4.18
Patents,
Trademarks, etc
.
The
Borrowers have obtained and hold in full force and effect all patents,
trademarks, servicemarks, trade names, copyrights and other
such
rights, free from burdensome restrictions, which are necessary for the operation
of its
business
as presently conducted, the impairment of which is likely to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
Section
4.19
No
Default
.
No
Event of Default or, to the Borrowers’ knowledge, Default exists under or with
respect to any Loan Document and the Borrowers are not in default in any
material respect beyond any applicable grace period under or with respect to
any
other material agreement, instrument or undertaking to which it is a party
or by
which it or
any
of
its property is bound in any respect, the existence of which default is likely
to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section
4.20
Licenses,
etc
.
The
Borrowers have obtained and do hold in full force and effect, all franchises,
licenses, permits, certificates, authorizations, qualifications,
accreditation,
easements, rights of way and other consents and approvals which are necessary
for
the
operation of its businesses as presently conducted, the absence of which is
likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section
4.21
Compliance
With Law
.
Each of
the Borrowers and, to the Borrowers’ knowledge, each of the Borrowing Base
Assets, are in compliance with all laws, rules, regulations, orders, judgments,
writs
and
decrees, including, without limitation, all building and zoning ordinances
and
codes, the failure to comply with which is likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
Section
4.22
No
Burdensome Restrictions
.
Except
as may have been disclosed by the Borrowers in writing to the Administrative
Agent, no Borrower is a party to any agreement or instrument or subject to
any
other obligation or any charter or corporate or
partnership
restriction,
as the case may be, which, individually or in the aggregate, is likely to have
a
Material Adverse Effect.
Section
4.23
Brokers’
Fees
.
The
Borrowers have not dealt with any broker or finder with respect to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise in connection with
this
Agreement, and the Borrowers have not done any act, had any negotiations
or
conversation, or made any agreements or promises which will in any way create
or
give rise to
any
obligation or liability for the payment by the Borrowers of any brokerage fee,
charge,
commission
or other compensation to any party with respect to the transactions contemplated
by
the
Loan
Documents, other than the Fees payable to the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders, and certain other Persons as previously disclosed in writing to the
Administrative Agent.
Section
4.24
Labor
Matters
.
There
are no collective bargaining agreements or Multiemployer Plans covering the
employees of the Borrowers as of the Closing Date and the
Borrowers
have not suffered any strikes, walkouts, work stoppages or other material labor
difficulty
within the last five years which, individually or in the aggregate, are likely
to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Section
4.25
Insurance
.
As to
each Borrowing Base Asset (other than Eligible CDO Retained Assets), the
Borrowers (or a Borrowing Base Entity) maintain (or require that the borrower
thereunder to maintain) insurance in amounts that a prudent owner of such assets
would maintain
.
Section
4.26
Organizational
Documents
.
The
documents delivered pursuant to Section 3.1(e) constitute, as of the Closing
Date, all of the organizational documents (together
with
all
amendments and modifications thereof) of the Borrowers and the Subsidiary
Guarantors. The Borrowers represent that
they
have
delivered to the Administrative Agent true, correct and complete copies of
each
of the documents described in Section 3.1(e).
ARTICLE
V
AFFIRMATIVE
AND NEGATIVE COVENANTS
The
Borrowers covenant and agree that, so long as any Lender has any Commitment
hereunder or any Obligations remain unpaid:
Section
5.1
Information
.
The
Borrowers will deliver to the Administrative Agent, in a manner satisfactory
to
Administrative Agent:
(a)
As
soon
as available, and in any event within 90 days after the close of each fiscal
year of the Consolidated Parties, a consolidated balance sheet and income
statement of the Consolidated Parties, as of the end of such fiscal year,
together with related consolidated statements of operations and retained
earnings and of cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in comparative
form consolidated figures for the preceding fiscal year, all such financial
information described above to be in reasonable form and detail and audited
by
Grant Thorton or such other independent certified public accountants of
recognized national standing reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent
and whose opinion shall be to the effect that such financial statements have
been prepared in accordance with GAAP (except for changes with which such
accountants concur) and shall not be limited as to the scope of the audit or
qualified as to the status of the Consolidated Parties as a going concern.
(b)
As
soon
as available, and in any event within 45 days after the close of each fiscal
quarter of the Consolidated Parties (excluding the fourth fiscal quarter),
a
consolidated balance sheet and income statement of the Consolidated Parties,
as
of the end of such fiscal quarter, together with related consolidated statements
of operations and retained earnings and of cash flows for such fiscal quarter
in
each case setting forth in comparative form consolidated figures for the
corresponding period of the preceding fiscal year, all such financial
information described above to be in reasonable form and detail and reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent, and accompanied by a certificate of
the
chief financial officer of NorthStar to the effect that such quarterly financial
statements fairly present in all material respects the financial condition
of
the Consolidated Parties and have been prepared in accordance with GAAP, subject
to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end audit adjustments and the
omission of footnotes.
(c)
As
soon
as available, and in any event (i) within 45 days after the close of each fiscal
quarter of the Consolidated Parties (excluding the fourth fiscal quarter),
(ii)
within 80 days after the close of the fourth fiscal quarter of the Consolidated
Parties and (iii) at such other times as is required pursuant to the terms
of
this Agreement, (A) a fully completed current Borrowing Base Certificate and
(B)
a fully completed certificate of the chief financial officer or the chief
accounting officer of NorthStar (the “
Continuing
Compliance Certificate
”)
in the
form attached hereto as
Exhibit
“E.
”
(d)
(i)
within five (5) Domestic Business Days after any officer of any Borrower obtains
knowledge of any Default, if such Default is then continuing, a certificate
of
the chief financial officer, the chief accounting officer, controller, or other
executive officer of NorthStar setting forth the details thereof and the action
which the Borrowers are taking or propose to take with respect thereto; and
(ii)
promptly and in any event within five (5) Domestic Business Days after the
Borrowers obtain knowledge thereof, notice of (x) any litigation or governmental
proceeding pending or threatened against any Borrower or the Borrowing Base
Assets as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination
and which, if adversely determined, is likely to individually or in the
aggregate result in a Material Adverse Effect, (y) any other event, act or
condition which is likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (z) any
event giving rise to a mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section
2.10;
(e)
(i)
promptly upon the mailing thereof (A) to the shareholders of NorthStar
generally, copies of all financial statements, reports and proxy statements
so
mailed and (B) to the investors in any Eligible CDO, all trustee reports,
collateral manager reports and other investor information so mailed and (ii)
promptly upon receipt of knowledge thereof by the Borrowers (A) the breach
of
any over-collateralization or interest coverage covenant or requirement under
any CDO Indenture to which any Affiliate of a Borrower is a party, (B) the
failure of any scheduled Distribution to be paid when due under any CDO
Indenture to which any Affiliate (other than Morgans Hotels and NorthStar
Capital Co.) of a Borrower is a party, or (C) the occurrence of margin calls
or
related pay-down requirements being made in any seven day period in respect
of
any financing arrangements to which a Borrower or any Affiliate of a Borrower
is
a party which, individually or in the aggregate, require the posting of
collateral or a pay-down of obligations in an amount equal to or greater than
$15,000,000.
(f)
promptly
upon the filing thereof, copies of all reports on Forms 10-K and 10-Q (or their
equivalents) (other than the exhibits thereto, which exhibits will be provided
upon request therefor by any Lender) which NorthStar shall have filed with
the
Securities and Exchange Commission;
(g)
if
and
when any member of the ERISA Group, with respect to a NorthStar Plan, or a
Non-NorthStar Plan (but, as to any Non-NorthStar Plan, only to the extent the
occurrence of any of the following would cause a Material Adverse Effect),
(i)
gives or is required to give notice to the PBGC of any “reportable event” (as
defined in Section 4043 of ERISA) with respect to any Plan which would
constitute reasonable grounds for a termination of such Plan under Title IV
of
ERISA, or knows that the plan administrator of any Plan has given or is required
to give notice of any such reportable event, a copy of the notice of such
reportable event given or required to be given to the PBGC; (ii) receives notice
of complete or partial withdrawal liability under Title IV of ERISA or notice
that any Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization, is insolvent or has been
terminated, a copy of such notice; (iii) receives notice from the PBGC under
Title IV of ERISA of an intent to terminate, impose liability (other than for
premiums under Section 4007 of ERISA) in respect of, or appoint a trustee to
administer any Plan, a copy of such notice; (iv) applies for a waiver of the
minimum funding standard under Section 412 of the Code, a copy of such
application; (v) gives notice of intent to terminate any Plan under Section
4041(c) of ERISA, a copy of such notice and other information filed with the
PBGC; (vi) gives notice of withdrawal from any Plan pursuant to Section 4063
of
ERISA, a copy of such notice; or (vii) fails to make any payment or contribution
to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan or makes any amendment to any Plan that has
resulted or will result in the imposition of a Lien or the posting of a bond
or
other security, a certificate of the chief financial officer or the chief
accounting officer of NorthStar setting forth details as to such occurrence
and
action, if any, which NorthStar or the applicable member of the ERISA Group
is
required or proposes to take;
(h)
promptly
and in any event within five (5) Domestic Business Days after any Borrower
obtains actual knowledge of any of the following events, a certificate of
NorthStar, executed by an officer of NorthStar, specifying the nature of such
condition, and the Borrowers’ or, if the Borrowers have actual knowledge
thereof, the Environmental Affiliate’s proposed initial response thereto: (i)
the receipt by any Borrower, or, if any Borrower has actual knowledge thereof,
any of the Environmental Affiliates of any written communication, whether from
a
governmental authority, citizens group, employee or otherwise, that alleges
that
any Borrower, or, if any Borrower has actual knowledge thereof, any of the
Environmental Affiliates, is not in compliance with applicable Environmental
Laws, and such noncompliance is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii)
any Borrower shall obtain actual knowledge that there exists any Environmental
Claim pending against any Borrower or any Environmental Affiliate and such
Environmental Claim is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect or (iii) any
Borrower obtains actual knowledge of any release, emission, discharge or
disposal of any Material of Environmental Concern that is likely to form the
basis of any Environmental Claim against any Borrower or any Environmental
Affiliate which in any such event is likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect;
(i)
promptly
and in any event within ten (10) Domestic Business Days after receipt of any
material notices or correspondence from any company or agent for any company
providing insurance coverage to any Borrower relating to any loss in excess
of
$5,000,000 of the Borrower, copies of such notices and correspondence;
and
(j)
from
time
to time such additional information regarding the Borrowing Base Assets or
the
financial position or business of the Borrowers, the Borrowing Base Entities
or
their Subsidiaries as the Administrative Agent, at the request of any Lender,
may reasonably request in writing.
Section
5.2
Payment
of Obligations
.
The
Borrowers will pay and discharge, at or before maturity, all of their respective
material obligations and liabilities including, without limitation, any
obligation pursuant to any agreement by which it or any of its properties is
bound and any liabilities, except where such liabilities may be
contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings, and will maintain in accordance with
GAAP, appropriate reserves for the accrual of any of the same.
Section
5.3
Maintenance
of Property
.
The
Borrowers will keep, and will cause each Consolidated Subsidiary to keep, all
property useful and necessary in its business insured in
an
amount
not less than a commercially reasonable amount and in good order and repair,
ordinary wear and tear and loss by condemnation or casualty
excepted.
Section
5.4
Conduct
of Business and Maintenance of Existence
.
Each
Borrower and Borrowing Base Entity will continue to engage in business of the
same general type as now conducted by such
Borrower
or Borrowing Base Entity and will not enter into any business which is not
of
the same general type as now conducted by such Borrower or Borrowing Base Entity
(it being understood that a Borrower may enter into new lines of business
provided such new lines of business do not constitute a material portion of
the
Borrower’s business). Each Borrower and Borrowing Base Entity will preserve,
renew and keep in full force and effect, its trust, corporate, partnership
or
limited liability company existence, as applicable, and its respective rights,
privileges and franchises necessary for the normal conduct of
business.
Section
5.5
Compliance
with Laws
.
Each
Borrower and Borrowing Base Entity will comply in all material respects with
all
applicable laws, ordinances, rules, regulations, and requirements of
governmental authorities (including, without limitation, Environmental Laws,
and
all federal securities laws) except where the necessity of compliance therewith
is contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or where the failure
to
comply would not be likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Each
Borrower
and Borrowing Base Entity shall (i) ensure that no Person having a legal or
beneficial title to a controlling interest in such Borrower or Borrowing Base
Entity or a right to acquire such an interest (each an “
Owner
”)
shall
be listed on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Person List or
other
similar lists maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“
OFAC”
),
the
Department of the Treasury or included in any Executive Orders, (ii) not use
or
permit the use of the proceeds of the Facility or any other financial
accommodation from the Administrative Agent or the Lenders to violate any of
the
foreign asset control regulations of OFAC or other applicable law, (iii) comply
with all applicable Bank Secrecy Act laws and regulations, as amended from
time
to time, and (iv) otherwise comply with the USA Patriot Act as required by
federal law.
Section
5.6
Inspection
of Books and Records
.
Each
Borrower and Borrowing Base Entity will keep proper books of record and account
in which full, true and correct entries shall be made of
all
dealings
and
transactions in relation to its business and activities; and will permit
representatives of
Administrative
Agent at the expense of the Administrative Agent or the Lender requesting the
Administrative Agent to conduct such visit and inspection, to visit and inspect
any of its
properties,
to examine and make abstracts from any of its books and records and to discuss
its affairs, finances and accounts with its officers and independent public
accountants, all at such reasonable times, upon reasonable prior notice and
as
often as may reasonably be desired
,
but
conducted in such a manner as to not unreasonably interfere with the conduct
of
Borrowers’ or Borrowing Base Entity’s business.
Section
5.7
Existence
.
Each
Borrower and Borrowing Base Entity shall do or cause to be done, all things
necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its and the Consolidated
Subsidiaries’
existence
and its patents, trademarks, servicemarks, tradenames, copyrights, franchises,
licenses,
permits,
certificates, authorizations, qualifications, accreditation, easements, rights
of way and
other
rights, consents and approvals the nonexistence of which is likely to have
a
Material Adverse Effect.
Section
5.8
Financial
Covenants
.
The
Borrowers shall comply with the following financial covenants, which covenants
shall be calculated for NorthStar and its Consolidated Subsidiaries:
(a)
Leverage
Ratio
.
As of
the end of each fiscal quarter, the Leverage Ratio shall not exceed ninety
percent (90%).
(b)
Fixed
Charge Ratio
.
As of
the end of each fiscal quarter, the Fixed Charge Ratio shall not be less than
1.30 to 1.00.
(c)
Consolidated
Tangible Net Worth
.
As of
the end of each fiscal quarter, the Consolidated Tangible Net Worth shall be
greater than or equal to the sum of (i) $85% of Consolidated Tangible Net Worth
at closing,
plus
(ii) an
amount equal to 75.0% of the Net Equity Proceeds received by the Consolidated
Parties in connection with any Equity Issuance subsequent to the Closing Date
calculated on a cumulative basis as of the end of each fiscal quarter of the
Consolidated Parties following the Closing Date.
(d)
Recourse
Debt to Total Assets
.
As of
the end of each fiscal quarter, the ratio of (i) the Recourse Debt of the
Consolidated Parties (excluding Indebtedness hereunder and TruPS) to (ii) the
Total Assets of the Consolidated Parties shall not exceed 0.10 to
1.00.
(e)
Dividends
.
NorthStar will not, at any time pay any Distributions in respect of NorthStar’s
common stock in excess of 100% of NorthStar’s Adjusted Funds from Operations for
the trailing four (4) consecutive calendar quarter period; provided that
notwithstanding the foregoing, NorthStar may pay Distributions necessary to
maintain its status as a real estate investment trust under the Code. During
the
continuance of a monetary Event of Default, NorthStar shall make no
Distributions.
(f)
Interest
Rate Exposure
.
The
Consolidated Parties will at all times maintain a notional amount of Match
Funding Agreements in effect such that fluctuations (increases or decreases)
in
interest rates of 100 basis points or more in any fiscal quarter in respect
of
the Floating Rate Indebtedness and/or Floating Rate Assets of the Consolidated
Parties will not impact negatively NorthStar’s Adjusted Funds from Operations in
such fiscal quarter annualized by greater than 10.0%.
Notwithstanding
that the Financial Covenants set forth in this Section 5.8 may be tested on
a
quarterly (or, in some cases, more frequent) basis, the Person to which such
Financial Covenants apply must be in full and complete compliance with such
Financial Covenants at all times.
Section
5.9
Restriction
on Fundamental Changes
.
(a)
No
Borrowing Base Entity shall enter into any merger or consolidation without
the
prior written consent of the Required Lenders, which consent may be withheld
by
the Required Lenders in their respective sole and absolute discretion. Neither
NorthStar nor NorthStar OP shall enter into any merger or consolidation unless
(i) NorthStar or NorthStar OP is the surviving entity, (ii) the
nature
of
NorthStar’s or NorthStar OP’s business following such merger or consolidation
shall remain substantially similar to the nature of NorthStar’s or NorthStar
OP’s business immediately prior to such merger or consolidation, (iii) NorthStar
or NorthStar OP, as the surviving entity, shall, at the time of such merger
or
consolidation and at all times
thereafter,
be and remain in compliance with all of the terms and
conditions
of this Agreement including, without limitation, the Financial Covenants set
forth in Section 5.8, (iv) at the time of such merger or consolidation,
NorthStar or NorthStar OP shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a fully
completed Continuing Compliance Certificate, together with a
proforma
(with respect to the four (4) consecutive calendar quarters immediately
following such merger or consolidation) cash flow
and
Financial Covenant compliance projection, in form, content and detail reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent, (v) NorthStar or NorthStar OP, as the
surviving entity, shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent at
the
time of such merger or consolidation a ratification and reaffirmation of all
its
Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, in form, content
and detail acceptable to the Administrative Agent
,
(vi) no
Default or Event of Default
shall
have occurred and be continuing at the time of such merger or consolidation,
and
(vii) such merger or consolidation shall be accomplished in accordance with
all
terms, conditions and restrictions being imposed thereon by the Securities
and
Exchange Commission and/or any other applicable regulatory agency having
jurisdiction with respect to such merger or consolidation
.
(b)
NorthStar
shall not amend its certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational
documents so as to change the purpose or business of NorthStar in any manner
which is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect without the Administrative
Agent’s prior written consent.
(c)
NorthStar
OP shall not amend its partnership agreement or other organizational documents
in any manner which is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect without the
Administrative Agent’s prior written consent.
(d)
No
Borrowing Base Entity shall amend its certificate of incorporation, limited
liability company agreement or other organizational documents in any manner
which is likely to have a Material Adverse Effect without the Administrative
Agent’s prior written consent.
(e)
The
Borrowers shall deliver to the Administrative Agent copies of all amendments
to
any trust agreement, articles of incorporation, by-laws, limited liability
company agreement or other organizational document, as applicable, of any
Borrower or Borrowing Base Entity no less than ten (10) Domestic Business Days
after the effective date of any such amendment.
Section
5.10
[Reserved]
.
Section
5.11
Margin
Stock
.
None of
the proceeds of the Loan will be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose,
whether immediate, incidental or ultimate, of buying or carrying any Margin
Stock.
Section
5.12
NorthStar,
NorthStar OP and NRFC Sub-REIT Status
.
NorthStar shall at all times (i) remain a publicly traded company listed, quoted
or traded on the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ or any such other nationally
recognized stock exchange, and (ii)
maintain
its status as a
self-directed
and self-administered real estate investment trust under the Code. NorthStar
OP
and NRFC Sub-REIT shall at all times (i) maintain their status as qualified
real
estate investment
trust
subsidiaries
under
the
Code, and (ii) have the majority of their capital stock owned by NorthStar.
Each
Borrowing Base Entity Subsidiary (other than the Borrowing Base Entity owning
the CDO Retained Asset in CDO I) shall be a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of NorthStar
OP.
Section
5.13
Disposition
of Borrowing Base Assets
.
The
Borrowers shall deliver written notice to the Administrative Agent of any sale,
liquidation, disposition or transfer of, or the release or termination of a
Borrower’s or Borrowing Base Entity’s interest in, any Borrowing Base Asset
together with
an
updated Borrowing Base Certificate
giving
effect to the completion of such sale, liquidation, disposition, transfer,
or
other event, which notice and Borrowing Base Certificate shall be delivered
(i)
in the event there is no Outstanding Balance, promptly after the completion
of
such sale, liquidation, disposition, transfer, or other event or (ii)
in
the
event that there is any Outstanding Balance, prior to the completion of such
sale, liquidation, disposition, transfer, or other event.
Section
5.14
Liens
;
Indebtedness
.
The
Borrowers shall not at any time during the Term directly or indirectly create,
incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on or with respect to any Borrowing
Base Asset or any Capital Stock of NorthStar OP, NRFC Sub-REIT or any Borrowing
Base Entity (or any Subsidiary of a Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor owning,
directly or indirectly, the Capital Stock of any Borrowing Base Entity) for
borrowed
monies
or
any other Lien, unless the same is being
contested
in good faith or the same is
discharged,
bonded off or paid within thirty (30) days of filing of such Lien.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrowers may permit Liens (i) encumbering
the Real Property Assets relating to Eligible Property Equity Interests,
provided that such Liens may only secure Indebtedness permitted by
Exhibit
G
hereto
and (ii) on the Capital Stock of Real Property Subsidiaries, provided that
such
Liens may only secure Indebtedness permitted by
Exhibit
G
hereto
(including any replacement financing of such Indebtedness to the extent
permitted by
Exhibit
G
hereto).
No Subsidiary Guarantor shall at any time owe, create, incur or assume or
otherwise be obligated in respect of any Indebtedness; provided that NNN
Holdings may incur Indebtedness consisting of guarantees of customary carve-out
matters such as fraud, misappropriation, bankruptcy, misapplication and
environmental matters which guarantees are made in connection with Indebtedness
incurred by a Subsidiary of NNN Holdings.
Section
5.15
Business
Loans
.
The
Borrowers acknowledge that all of the Loans are business loans and no portion
of
the proceeds of the Loans will be used for personal, family or household
purposes.
Section
5.16
Limitation
on Changes in Fiscal Year; Accounting Methods; Valuation
Methodology
.
No
Borrower shall (i) permit the fiscal year of such Borrower to end on a day
other
than
December
31, (ii) change its method or procedures of accounting from those in effect
as
of the Closing Date (except as permitted by Section 1.2 hereof or as required
by
the Securities and Exchange Commission); or (iii) change in any material respect
its current methodology by which it values the Borrowing Base
Assets.
Section
5.17
Ownership
of Borrowing Base Assets
.
All
Borrowing Base Assets included in the Borrowing Base Assets Pool shall be owned
by a Borrowing Base Entity.
Section
5.18
Limitation
on Negative Pledge Clauses, Distribution Restrictions
.
Neither
NorthStar OP, NRFC Sub-REIT nor any Borrowing Base Entity shall enter into
with
any Person any agreement
which
prohibits or limits the ability of NorthStar OP, NRFC Sub-REIT or such Borrowing
Base Entity to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of
its
property, assets or
revenues,
whether now owned or hereafter acquired, nor will NorthStar, NorthStar OP,
NRFC
Sub-REIT or any Borrowing Base Entity, as applicable, enter into any such
agreement with respect to the Capital Stock of NorthStar OP, NRFC Sub-REIT
or
any Borrowing Base Entity.
Section
5.19
Addition
of Borrowing Base Assets
.
(a)
With
the
approval of the Administrative Agent, the Borrowers may from time to time have
included as Borrowing Base Assets eligible assets not included as initial
Borrowing Base Assets hereunder as set forth on the schedule of initial
Borrowing Base Assets annexed hereto as
Exhibit
“C”
.
In such
event, the Borrowers shall provide to the Administrative Agent written notice
thereof (each an “
Approval
Request
”)
no
later than 10:00 a.m. (New York, New York time) on the Business Day that is
at
least ten (10) Business Days prior to the date on which Borrowers wish to have
such asset included within the Borrowing Base Assets Pool, such Approval Request
to state (i) whether such asset is proposed to be an Eligible First Mortgage
Asset, an Eligible Property Equity Interest, an Eligible Real Estate Security,
an Eligible Subordinated Asset or an Eligible CDO Retained Asset, (ii) the
value
of such asset as proposed to be reflected on a Borrowing Base Certificate,
and
(iii) that such asset complies with all of the representations and warranties
applicable to such asset contained in Exhibit F, Exhibit G, Exhibit H, Exhibit
I
or Exhibit J, as the case may be, and if not, a detailed description of each
exception to such compliance (each an “
Exceptions
Summary
”).
Together with the Approval Request, the Borrowers shall deliver to the
Administrative Agent a completed, (i) a current Borrowing Base Certificate,
(ii)
the Borrowers’ credit write-up and approval memo relating to such prospective
Borrowing Base Asset, and (iii) if requested by the Administrative Agent, (A)
an
appraisal report relating to any Real Property Asset or Underlying Asset
relating to such prospective Borrowing Base Asset, (B) a copy of any mortgage
note relating to such prospective Borrowing Base Asset, (C) a copy of the
documents establishing the rights of any Preferred Securities, (D) a copy of
the
deed to any Real Property Asset, (E) a copy of the CDO Indenture and offering
memorandum or circular relating to any Eligible CDO Retained Asset and the
most
recent monthly and quarterly trustee reports relating to any CDO Retained Asset
in the possession of the Borrowers, any and (F) such other documents as the
Administrative Agent may request from time to time (collectively, the
“
Credit
Underwriting Documents
”).
With
respect to any asset which Borrowers have requested be added to the Borrowing
Base Assets Pool, Borrowers shall be deemed to represent and warrant hereunder
that, except as specified in the Exceptions Summary, if any, with respect to
such asset (i) all of the First Mortgage Asset Representations and Warranties
as
set forth on
Exhibit
“F”
hereto
are true and correct as to any such asset which is to be an Eligible First
Mortgage Asset, (ii) all of the Real Property Asset Representations and
Warranties as set forth on
Exhibit
“G”
hereto
are true and correct as to any such asset which is to be an Eligible Property
Equity Interest, (iii) all of the Real Estate Security Asset Representations
and
Warranties as set forth on
Exhibit
“H”
hereto
are true and correct as to any such asset which is to be an Eligible Real Estate
Security, (iv) all of the Subordinated Asset Representations and Warranties
as
set forth on
Exhibit
“I”
hereto
are true and correct as to any such asset which is to be an Eligible
Subordinated Asset, and (v) all of the CDO Retained Asset Representations and
Warranties as set forth on
Exhibit
“J”
hereto
are true and correct as to any such asset which is to be an Eligible
Subordinated Asset. Promptly upon receipt of an Approval Request and all related
Credit Underwriting Documents (collectively, each, an “
Approval
Request Package
”),
the
Administrative Agent shall provide copies thereof to each Lender.
(b)
On
or
before 5:00 P.M., New York time, on the tenth (10
th
)
Domestic Business Day following the Administrative Agent’s receipt of an
Approved Request Package, the Administrative Agent will advise the Borrowers
as
to whether the Administrative Agent has approved the Approval Request. If the
Administrative Agent does not respond to the Approval Request within the time
period set forth herein, the Approval Request shall be deemed denied and the
prospective Borrowing Base Asset identified in the Approval Request shall not
be
included in the Borrowing Base Asset Pool. If an Approval Request has been
approved, the subject asset shall thereupon become a Borrowing Base Asset
hereunder.
(c)
All
determinations by the Administrative Agent as to whether to approve any Approval
Request shall be in the Administrative Agent’s good faith
discretion.
Section
5.20
Failure
of Certain Borrowing Base Assets Representations and Warranties
.
If
at any
time Borrowers shall become aware that (a) as to any First Mortgage Asset in
the
Borrowing Base Asset Pool, any First Mortgage Asset Representation or Warranty
is no longer true and correct, (b) as to any Real Property Asset in the
Borrowing Base Assets Pool, any Real Property Asset Representation or Warranty
is no longer true and correct, (c) as to any Real Estate Security in the
Borrowing Base Assets Pool, any Real Estate Security Representation or Warranty
is no longer true and correct, (d) as to Subordinated Asset in the Borrowing
Base Assets Pool, any Subordinated Asset Representation or Warranty is no longer
true and correct or (e) as to CDO Retained Assets in the Borrowing Base Assets
Pool, any CDO Retained Asset Representation or Warranty is no longer true and
correct, Borrowers shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent in writing
of
such event, together with a detailed description of the factual circumstances
giving rise thereto. If the event relates to any breach arising as a result
of
any payment default in respect of the applicable Borrowing Base Asset whereby
any payment in respect of the applicable Borrowing Base Asset is past due for
more than thirty (30) but less than forty-five (45) days, the Administrative
Agent may, and at the direction of the Required Lenders shall, require that
the
asset no longer be considered a Borrowing Base Asset for purposes hereof and
require that such asset be removed from the Borrowing Base Assets Pool. If
the
event relates to any breach arising as a result of any payment default in
respect of the applicable Borrowing Base Asset whereby any payment in respect
of
the applicable Borrowing Base Asset is past due for more than forty-five (45)
days, the asset shall automatically no longer be considered a Borrowing Base
Asset for purposes hereof and such asset shall be removed from the Borrowing
Base Assets Pool. If the event relates to any breach (other than any breach
arising as a result of any payment default) in respect of the applicable
Borrowing Base Asset which continues after any applicable cure period, the
Administrative Agent may require that the asset no longer be considered a
Borrowing Base Asset for purposes hereof and require that such asset be removed
from the Borrowing Base Assets Pool. Upon the determination that an asset shall
no longer be considered a Borrowing Base Asset for purposes hereof, the
provisions of Section 2.10(a) shall apply.
Section
5.21
Limitation
on Transactions with Affiliates
.
No
Borrower nor any Subsidiary shall enter into any transaction, including, without
limitation, any purchase, sale, lease or exchange of property or other assets
or
the rendering of any service, with any Affiliate unless such transaction is
(a)
otherwise permitted under this Agreement or (b) upon fair and reasonable terms
no less favorable to Borrowers or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, than
it
would obtain in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person which is not
an Affiliate.
Section
5.22
CDO
Subsidiaries
.
The
organizational agreements of a Subsidiary which owns Eligible CDO Retained
Assets may as a result of structuring requirements of the Eligible CDO, prohibit
such Subsidiary from becoming a Guarantor. The Eligible CDO Retained Assets
owned by such Subsidiary may be included in the Borrowing Base Assets Pool
subject to the satisfaction at all times of the following conditions (such
a
Subsidiary which satisfies the conditions in this Section 5.22 shall be a
“
CDO
Subsidiary
”):
(i)
such
CDO
Subsidiary shall be a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of a Subsidiary
Guarantor;
(ii)
such
CDO
Subsidiary shall be a Special Purpose Entity;
(iii)
the
interest of the owning Subsidiary Guarantor in such CDO Subsidiary shall be
free
and clear of all Liens;
(iv)
such CDO
Subsidiary shall not create, incur, assume, guarantee or be or remain liable,
contingently or otherwise, with respect to any Indebtedness; and
(v)
such
CDO Subsidiary shall comply with the terms of its organizational agreements
and
shall not amend such organizational agreements in any manner which could have
a
Material Adverse Effect without the prior written consent of the Administrative
Agent. In the event that any Eligible CDO Retained Asset held by a CDO
Subsidiary is no longer required to be held in a Special Purpose Entity that
is
prohibited from being a Subsidiary Guarantor, the Borrowers shall cause such
Eligible CDO Retained Asset to be transferred to a Subsidiary Guarantor.
Section
5.23
Real
Property Subsidiaries
.
The
organizational agreements of a Subsidiary which owns Eligible Real Property
Equity Interests may, as a result of structuring requirements of the documents
relating to Indebtedness of such Subsidiary, prohibit such Subsidiary from
becoming a Guarantor. The Eligible Real Property Equity Interests owned by
such
Subsidiary may be included in the Borrowing Base Assets Pool subject to the
satisfaction at all times of the following conditions (such a Subsidiary which
satisfies the conditions in this Section 5.23 shall be a “
Real
Property Subsidiary
”):
(i)
such
Real
Property Subsidiary shall be a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of a Subsidiary
Guarantor;
(ii)
the
interest of the owning Subsidiary Guarantor (or any Subsidiary of the Subsidiary
Guarantor owning, directly or indirectly, the Capital Stock of such Real
Property Subsidiary) in such Real Property Subsidiary shall be free and clear
of
all Liens except Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by
Exhibit
G
hereto;
(iii)
such Real Property Subsidiary shall not create, incur, assume, guarantee or
be
or remain liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to any Indebtedness
except Indebtedness permitted by
Exhibit
G
hereto;
and
(iv)
such
Real Property Subsidiary shall comply with the terms of its organizational
agreements and shall not amend such organizational agreements in any manner
which could have a Material Adverse Effect without the prior written consent
of
the Administrative Agent. In the event that the restrictions against a Real
Property Subsidiary from becoming a Subsidiary Guarantor are no longer
effective, such Real Property Subsidiary shall promptly become a Subsidiary
Guarantor pursuant to Section 5.25.
Section
5.24
Guaranties
.
The
Obligations shall be guaranteed by the Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant to the
Guaranty.
Section
5.25
Subsidiary
Guarantors
.
In the
event any Subsidiary of a Borrower (or, subject to the terms of Section 5.22
or
Section 5.23, a CDO Subsidiary or a Real Property Subsidiary) desires to include
a Borrowing Base Asset owned by such Subsidiary (or, subject to the terms of
Section 5.22 or Section 5.23, a CDO Retained Asset or a Property Equity
Interest) in the Borrowing Base Assets Pool, such Subsidiary (and any other
direct or indirect Subsidiary owning an interest therein), but excluding a
CDO
Subsidiary or any Real Property Subsidiary with respect to clause (i) below,
shall, simultaneously with the inclusion of such Borrowing Base Asset in the
Borrowing Base Asset Pool, deliver to the Administrative Agent each of the
following items, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent: (i)
a
joinder agreement to the Guaranty executed by such Subsidiary and (ii) such
organizational agreements, resolutions, consents, opinions and other documents
and instruments as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require.
Additionally, in the event that any Subsidiary of a Borrower, whether presently
existing or hereafter formed or acquired, which is not a Subsidiary Guarantor
at
such time, shall after the date hereof become a guarantor under any existing
or
future unsecured Indebtedness of a Borrower, then the Borrower shall cause
each
such Subsidiary to execute and deliver the items described in clauses (i) and
(ii) of this Section 5.25
.
Section
5.26
Release
of Certain Subsidiary Guarantors
.
Provided that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
upon the request of a Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, the Administrative
Agent shall release such Borrower or Subsidiary Guarantor from liability
hereunder or under the Guaranty;
provided
that (x)
the Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent evidence satisfactory to
Administrative Agent that the Borrowers will be in compliance with all covenants
of this Agreement after giving effect to such sale and release and (y) all
Borrowing Base Assets owned by such Subsidiary and all CDO Subsidiaries or
Real
Property Subsidiaries owned by such Subsidiary shall cease to be included in
the
Borrowing Base Assets Pool from the date of release of such Subsidiary from
the
Guaranty. Delivery by a Borrower to the Administrative Agent of any such request
for a release shall constitute a representation by the Borrowers that the
matters set forth in the preceding sentence (both as of the date of the giving
of such request and as of the date of the effectiveness of such request) are
true and correct with respect to such request.
Section
5.27
Distribution
of proceeds of CDO Retained Interests
.
The
Borrowers shall cause each CDO Subsidiary to promptly distribute to the Borrower
or Subsidiary Guarantor that owns such CDO Subsidiary all payments made with
respect to the Eligible CDO Retained Asset(s) owned by such CDO Subsidiary.
ARTICLE
VI
DEFAULTS
Section
6.1
Events
of Default
.
The
occurrence and continuation of one or more of the following events (each, an
“
Event
of Default
”)
shall
constitute an event of default hereunder:
(a)
(i)
the
Borrowers shall fail to pay when due any principal of any Loan, (ii) the
Borrowers shall fail to pay when due interest on any Loan and such failure
continues for a period of three (3) Domestic Business Days, or (iii) the
Borrowers shall fail to pay any Fees or any other amount payable hereunder
or,
as to Fees, under the Fee Letter, and the same shall continue for a period
of
five (5) Domestic Business Days after Borrowers have received notice
thereof;
(b)
any
Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant contained in Section
5.1
and Sections 5.8 to 5.26, inclusive;
(c)
any
Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant or agreement contained
in
this Agreement (other than those covered by clause (a) or (b) above) for thirty
(30) days after written notice thereof has been given to such Borrower by the
Administrative Agent, or if such default is of such a nature that is capable
of
being remedied but that cannot with reasonable effort be completely remedied
within said period of thirty (30) days, such additional period of time as may
be
reasonably necessary to cure same, provided such Borrower commence such cure
within said thirty (30) day period and diligently prosecutes same, until
completion, but in no event shall such extended period exceed one hundred twenty
(120) days;
(d)
any
representation, warranty, certification or statement made by (i) any Borrower
in
this Agreement or in any certificate, financial statement or other document
delivered pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) any Subsidiary Guarantor in the
Guaranty or in any document delivered pursuant to the Guaranty shall prove
to
have been incorrect in any material respect when made (or deemed made) and
such
representation, warranty, certification or statement is not made correct in
all
material respects within thirty (30) days after the earlier to occur of (i)
the
date on which the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrowers of such incorrect
representation, warranty, certification or statement, and (ii) the date on
which
any Borrower or Subsidiary Guarantor first becomes aware of any such incorrect
representation, warranty, certification or statement; provided, however, that,
no breach of any of the representations and warranties contained in Section
4.7
hereof shall constitute an “Event of Default” hereunder (and the sole remedy of
the Administrative Agent and Lenders in respect of any such breach shall be
as
set forth in Section 5.20 hereof) unless such representation and warranty was
untrue or incorrect when made and a Borrower or Subsidiary Guarantor had
knowledge, at the time such representation and warranty was made, that the
representation and warranty was untrue or incorrect;
(e)
a
default
(however defined) shall occur with respect to (i) any Recourse Debt of any
Borrower or any Consolidated Subsidiary the aggregate outstanding principal
amount of which is in excess of $20,000,000 (other than the Obligations) or
(ii)
any Non-Recourse Debt of any Borrower or any Consolidated Subsidiary the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of which is in excess of
$35,000,000;
(f)
any
Borrower or Subsidiary Guarantor shall commence a voluntary case or other
proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect
to
itself or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now
or
hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver,
liquidator, custodian or other similar official of it or any substantial part
of
its property, or shall consent to any such relief or to the appointment of
or
taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other
proceeding commenced against it, or shall make a general assignment for the
benefit of creditors, or shall fail generally to pay its debts as they become
due, or shall take any corporate action to authorize any of the
foregoing;
(g)
an
involuntary case or other proceeding shall be commenced against any Borrower
or
Subsidiary Guarantor seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with
respect to it or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
law
now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver,
liquidator, custodian or other similar official of it or any substantial part
of
its property, and such involuntary case or other proceeding shall remain
undismissed and unstayed for a period of ninety (90) days; or an order for
relief shall be entered against any Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor under
the federal bankruptcy laws as now or hereafter in effect;
(h)
one
or
more final, non-appealable judgments or decrees in an aggregate amount of
$20,000,000 or more shall be entered by a court or courts of competent
jurisdiction against any Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor (other than any
judgment as to which, and only to the extent, a reputable insurance company
has
acknowledged coverage of such claim in writing) and (i) any such judgments
or
decrees shall not be stayed, discharged, paid, bonded or vacated within thirty
(30) days or (ii) enforcement proceedings shall be commenced by any creditor
on
any such judgments or decrees;
(i)
without
the Required Lenders’ prior written consent (which the Required Lenders may
withhold in their respective sole and absolute discretion), there shall be
a
change in the majority of the Board of Directors of NorthStar (a) during any
twelve (12) month period following a change in “control” (as defined in Rule 405
of the regulations promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933), or (b) during
any period where a so-called “proxy fight” is in process (or during the twelve
(12) month period after any related shareholders’ meeting) concerning either the
composition of the Board of Directors or a sale of NorthStar;
(j)
without
the Required Lenders’ prior written consent (which the Required Lenders may
withhold in their respective sole and absolute discretion), any Person
(including affiliates of such Person) or “group” (as such term is defined in
applicable federal securities laws and regulations) shall acquire more than
thirty percent (30%) of the common shares of NorthStar;
(k)
NorthStar
shall cease at any time to qualify as a real estate investment trust under
the
Code and/or either of NorthStar OP or NRFC Sub-REIT shall cease at any time
to
qualify as qualified real estate investment trust subsidiaries under the
Code;
(l)
if
any
Termination Event with respect to a Plan shall occur as a result of which
Termination Event or Events any member of the ERISA Group has incurred or will
incur any liability to the PBGC or any other Person and the sum (determined
as
of the date of occurrence of such Termination Event) of the insufficiency of
such Plan and the insufficiency of any and all other Plans with respect to
which
such a Termination Event shall occur and be continuing at the same time (or,
in
the case of a Multiple Employer Plan with respect to which a Termination Event
described in clause (ii) of the definition of Termination Event shall occur
and
be continuing at the same time, the liability of any Borrower) is equal to
or
greater than $5,000,000;
(m)
if,
any
member of the ERISA Group shall commit a failure described in Section 402(f)(1)
of ERISA or Section 412(n)(1) of the Code and the amount of the lien determined
under Section 402(f)(3) of ERISA or Section 412(n)(3) of the Code that will
be
imposed on any member of the ERISA Group or their assets in respect of such
failure shall be, in the case of a NorthStar Plan, equal to or greater than
$5,000,000 or, in the case of a Non-NorthStar Plan, an amount that would result
in a Material Adverse Effect;
(n)
at
any
time, for any reason any Borrower, any Consolidated Subsidiary or any other
party (other than any Lender, the Administrative Agent or the Arranger) which
is
a party to a Loan Document seeks to repudiate its obligations under any Loan
Document; or
(o)
a
default
beyond any applicable notice or grace period under any of the other Loan
Documents.
Section
6.2
Rights
and Remedies
.
(a)
Upon
the
occurrence of any Event of Default described in Sections 6.1(f) or (g), the
Commitments shall immediately terminate and the
unpaid
principal amount of, and any and all accrued interest on, the Loans and any
and
all accrued Fees and other Obligations hereunder shall automatically become
immediately due and
payable,
with all additional interest from time to time accrued thereon and, except
as is
otherwise specifically set forth in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents,
without presentation, demand, or protest or other requirements of any kind
(including, without limitation, valuation and appraisement, diligence,
presentment, notice of intent to demand or accelerate and notice of
acceleration), all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrowers; and
upon the
occurrence
and during the continuance of any other Event of Default, the Administrative
Agent
may
(and
upon the demand of the Required Lenders shall), by written notice to the
Borrowers, terminate the Commitments and may (and upon the demand of the
Required Lenders shall), in
addition
to the exercise of all of the rights and remedies permitted the Administrative
Agent and the Lenders at law or equity or under any of the other Loan Documents,
declare the unpaid
principal
amount of and any and all accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans and any
and
all
accrued
Fees and other Obligations hereunder to be, and the same shall thereupon be,
immediately
due and payable with all additional interest from time to time accrued thereon
and, except as is otherwise specifically set forth in this Agreement or the
other Loan Documents, without presentation, demand, or protest or other
requirements of any kind other than as provided in the Loan Documents
(including, without limitation, valuation and appraisement, diligence,
presentment, notice of
intent
to
demand or accelerate and notice of acceleration), all of which are hereby
expressly waived by the Borrowers.
(b)
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan
Document, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders each agree that any exercise
or enforcement of the rights and remedies granted to the Administrative Agent
or
the Lenders under this Agreement or at law or in equity with respect to this
Agreement or any other Loan Documents shall be commenced and maintained by
the
Administrative Agent on behalf of the Administrative Agent and/or the
Lenders.
The
Administrative Agent shall act at the direction of the Required Lenders in
connection with the exercise of any and all remedies at law, in equity or under
any of the Loan Documents or, if the Required Lenders are unable to reach
agreement, then, from and after an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent
may pursue such rights and remedies as it may determine.
Section
6.3
Notice
of Default
.
The
Administrative Agent shall give notice to the Borrowers under Section 6.1(c)
promptly upon being requested to do so by the Required Lenders and shall
thereupon notify all the Lenders thereof.
Section
6.4
Actions
in Respect of Letters of Credit
.
(a)
If,
at
any time and from time to time, any Letter of Credit shall have been issued
hereunder and an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, then,
upon the occurrence and during the continuation
thereof,
the Administrative Agent may, whether in addition to the taking by the
Administrative Agent of any of the actions described in this Article or
otherwise, make a demand upon the Borrowers to, and immediately upon such
demand, the Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the
Lenders, in same day funds at the Administrative Agent’s office designated in
such demand, for deposit in a
special
cash collateral account (the “
Letter
of Credit Collateral Account
”)
to be
maintained in the
name
of
the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Lenders) and under its sole dominion
and control at such place as shall be designated by the Administrative Agent,
an
amount equal to the
amount
of
the Letter of Credit Usage under the Letters of Credit.
(b)
The
Borrowers hereby pledge, grant and assign to the Administrative Agent, as
Administrative Agent, for its benefit and for the ratable benefit of the Lenders
a lien on and a security interest in, the following collateral (the
“
Letter
of Credit Collateral
”):
(i)
the
Letter of Credit Collateral Account, all cash deposited therein and all
certificates and instruments, if any, from time to time representing or
evidencing the Letter of Credit Collateral Account;
(ii)
all
notes, certificates of deposit and other instruments from time to time hereafter
delivered to or otherwise possessed by the Administrative Agent for or on behalf
of the Borrowers in substitution for or in respect of any or all of the then
existing Letter of Credit Collateral;
(iii)
all
interest, dividends, cash, instruments and other property from time to time
received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange
for
any or all of the then existing Letter of Credit Collateral; and
(iv)
to
the
extent not covered by the above clauses, all proceeds of any or all of the
foregoing Letter of Credit Collateral.
The
lien
and security interest granted hereby secures the payment of all obligations
of
the Borrowers now or hereafter existing hereunder and under any other Loan
Document.
(c)
The
Borrowers hereby authorize the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit
of
the Lenders to apply, from time to time after funds are deposited in the Letter
of Credit Collateral Account, funds then held in the Letter of Credit Collateral
Account to the payment of any amounts, in such order as the Administrative
Agent
may elect, as shall have become or shall become due and payable by the Borrowers
to the Lenders in respect of the Letters of Credit.
(d)
Neither
the Borrowers nor any Person claiming or acting on behalf of or through the
Borrowers shall have any right to withdraw any of the funds held in the Letter
of Credit Collateral Account, except as provided in Section 6.4(h).
(e)
The
Borrowers agree that they will not (i) sell or otherwise dispose of any interest
in the Letter of Credit Collateral or (ii) create or permit to exist any lien,
security interest or other charge or encumbrance upon or with respect to any
of
the Letter of Credit Collateral, except for the security interest created by
this Section 6.4.
(f)
If
any
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing:
(i)
The
Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, without notice to the
Borrowers except as required by law and at any time from time to time, charge,
set off or otherwise apply all or any part of
first
,
(x)
amounts previously drawn on any Letter of Credit that have not been reimbursed
by the Borrowers and (y) any Letter of Credit Usage described in clause (ii)
of
the definition thereof that are then due and payable and
second
,
any
other unpaid Obligations then due and payable, against the Letter of Credit
Collateral Account or any part thereof, in such order as the Administrative
Agent shall elect. The rights of the Administrative Agent under this Section
6.4
are in addition to any rights and remedies which any Lender may
have.
(ii)
The
Administrative Agent may also exercise, in its sole discretion, in respect
of
the Letter of Credit Collateral Account, in addition to the other rights and
remedies provided herein or otherwise available to it, all the rights and
remedies of a secured party upon default under the Uniform Commercial Code
in
effect in the State of New York at that time.
(g)
The
Administrative Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the
custody and preservation of the Letter of Credit Collateral if the Letter of
Credit Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which the
Administrative Agent accords its own property, it being understood that,
assuming such treatment, the Administrative Agent shall not have any
responsibility or liability with respect thereto.
(h)
At
such
time as all Events of Default have been cured or waived in writing, all amounts
remaining in the Letter of Credit Collateral Account shall be promptly returned
to the Borrowers upon the written request of the Borrower. Absent such cure
or
written waiver, any surplus of the funds held in the Letter of Credit Collateral
Account and remaining after payment in full of all of the Obligations of the
Borrowers hereunder and under any other Loan Document after the Maturity Date
shall be paid to the Borrowers or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to
receive such surplus.
ARTICLE
VII
THE
AGENTS
Section
7.1
Appointment
and Authorization
.
Each
Lender irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take
such
action as agent on its behalf and to exercise
such
powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as are delegated to
the
Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with all such
powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.
Section
7.2
Agency
and Affiliates
.
KeyBank
and Syndication Agent shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement
as any other Lender and may exercise or refrain from exercising the same as
though it were not the Administrative Agent, and KeyBank and its affiliates
may
accept
deposits
from, lend money to, and generally engage in any kind of business with any
Borrower
or
any
Subsidiary or affiliate of any Borrower as if it were not the
Administrative
Agent hereunder, and the term “Lender” and “Lenders” shall include KeyBank in
its individual capacity.
Syndication Agent is an agent hereunder in title only and such designation
shall
impose no obligations on it.
Section
7.3
Action
by Administrative Agent
.
The
obligations of the Administrative Agent hereunder are only those expressly
set
forth herein. Without limiting the
generality
of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any
action with respect to any Default or Event of Default, except as expressly
provided in Article VI.
Section
7.4
Consultation
with Experts
.
The
Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel, independent public
accountants and
other
independent experts selected by it and shall not be liable for any action taken
or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the advice of
such
counsel, accountants or experts.
Section
7.5
Liability
of Administrative Agent
.
Neither
the Administrative Agent nor any of its Affiliates nor any of their respective
directors, officers, agents or employees shall be liable for any action taken
or
not taken by it in connection herewith (i) with the consent
or
at the
request of the Required Lenders or (ii) in the absence of its own gross
negligence or willful misconduct. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any
of
its directors, officers, agents or employees shall be responsible for or have
any duty to ascertain, inquire into or verify (i) any
statement,
warranty or representation made in connection with this Agreement or any
Borrowing hereunder; (ii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants
or agreements of the Borrowers; (iii) the satisfaction of any condition
specified in Article III, except receipt of items
required
to be delivered to the Administrative Agent; or (iv) the validity, effectiveness
or
genuineness
of this Agreement,
the
other
Loan Documents or any other instrument or writing furnished in connection
herewith. The Administrative Agent shall not incur any liability by acting
in
reliance upon any notice, consent, certificate, statement, or other writing
(which may be
a
bank
wire, telex or similar writing) believed by it to be genuine or to be signed
by
the proper party or parties.
Section
7.6
Indemnification
.
Each
Lender shall, ratably in accordance with its Commitment, indemnify the
Administrative Agent and its affiliates and their respective directors,
officers, agents and employees (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrowers)
against any cost, expense (including counsel fees and disbursements), claim,
demand, action, loss or
liability
(except such as result from such indemnitee’s gross negligence or willful
misconduct) that such indemnitee may suffer or incur in connection with this
Agreement, the other Loan
Documents
or any action taken or omitted by such indemnitee hereunder. In the event that
the Administrative Agent shall, subsequent to its receipt of indemnification
payment(s) from Lenders in accordance with this section, recoup any amount
from
the Borrowers, or any other party liable therefor in connection with such
indemnification, the Administrative Agent shall promptly
reimburse
the Lenders which previously made the payment(s)
pro
rata
,
based
upon the actual amounts which were theretofore paid by each Lender.
Section
7.7
Credit
Decision
.
Each
Lender acknowledges that (i) it has, independently and without reliance upon
the
Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and
information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis
and
decision to enter into this Agreement, and (ii) it has conducted its own
independent
investigation
of the financial condition, creditworthiness, affairs and status of NorthStar
and
the
Consolidated Subsidiaries and that it has not relied on any materials or
information furnished to it by the Administrative Agent, the Arranger or any
of
their respective Affiliates which, if so furnished, is hereby acknowledged
by
each Lender as having been furnished without
representation
or warranty of any kind. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will,
independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other
Lender, and based on such
documents
and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make
its
own credit decisions in taking or not taking any action under this
Agreement.
Section
7.8
Successor
Administrative Agent
.
The
Administrative Agent may resign at any time by giving notice thereof to the
Lenders and the Borrowers and the
Administrative
Agent shall resign in the event its Commitment is reduced to zero. Upon any
such
resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor
Administrative Agent, which successor Administrative Agent shall, provided
no
Event of Default has occurred
and
is
then continuing, be subject to Borrowers’ approval, which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. If no successor Administrative
Agent shall have
been
so
appointed by the Required Lenders and approved by the Borrowers, and shall
have
accepted
such appointment, within thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative
Agent gives notice of resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may,
on behalf of the Lenders,
appoint
a
successor Administrative Agent, which shall be the Administrative Agent who
shall act
until
the
Required Lenders shall appoint a Administrative
Agent.
Upon the acceptance of its appointment as the Administrative Agent hereunder
by
a successor Administrative Agent, such successor Administrative Agent shall
thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights and duties of the
retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall
be
discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After any retiring
Administrative Agent’s
resignation
hereunder,
the provisions of this Article shall inure to its benefit as to any actions
taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Administrative
Agent
.
Section
7.9
Receipt
of Notices
.
Except
as otherwise expressly provided herein, all material notices, reports and
information received by the Administrative Agent with respect to the Borrowers
and not otherwise delivered to the Lenders by the Borrowers, shall be delivered
to the Lenders within ten (10) Domestic Business Days of the Administrative
Agent’s receipt thereof.
ARTICLE
VIII
CHANGE
IN CIRCUMSTANCES
Section
8.1
Basis
for Determining Interest Rate Inadequate or Unfair
.
If on
or prior to the first day of any Interest Period for any LIBOR
Borrowing:
(a)
the
Administrative Agent is advised that deposits in dollars (in the applicable
amounts) are not being offered in the relevant market for such Interest Period,
or
(b)
Lenders
having fifty percent (50%) or more of the aggregate principal amount of the
affected Loans advise the Administrative Agent that the Adjusted London
Interbank Offered Rate, as determined by the Administrative Agent, will not
adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding their LIBOR
Loans for such Interest Period, the Administrative Agent shall forthwith give
notice thereof to the Borrowers and the Lenders,
whereupon
until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrowers that the circumstances
giving rise to such results set forth in Section 8.1(a) or (b) above no longer
exist, (i) the obligations of the Lenders to make LIBOR Loans or to continue
or
convert outstanding Loans as or into LIBOR Loans shall be suspended and (ii)
each outstanding LIBOR Loan shall be converted into a Alternate Base Rate Loan
on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable thereto. Unless
the Borrowers notify the Administrative Agent at least two (2) Domestic Business
Days before the date of any LIBOR Borrowing for which a Notice of Borrowing
has
previously been given that it elects not to borrow on such date, such Borrowing
shall be an Alternate Base Rate Borrowing.
Section
8.2
Illegality
.
If, on
or after the date of this Agreement, the adoption of any applicable law, rule
or
regulation, or any change in any applicable law, rule or regulation,
or
any
change in the interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental
authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation
or
administration thereof, or compliance by any Lender (or its LIBOR Lending
Office) with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law)
of any such authority, central bank or comparable agency shall make it unlawful
or impossible for any Lender (or its LIBOR Lending Office) to
make,
maintain or fund its LIBOR Loans or to issue any Letter of Credit as a Fronting
Lender
or
to
participate in any Letter of Credit issued by a Fronting Lender, the
Administrative Agent shall forthwith give notice thereof to the other Lenders
and the Borrowers, whereupon until such
Lender
notifies the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent that the circumstances
giving rise to
such
suspension no longer exist, the obligation of such Lender to make or convert
LIBOR
Loans
or
to issue Letters of Credit shall be suspended. With respect to LIBOR Loans,
before giving any notice to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section,
such Lender shall designate a different LIBOR Lending Office if such designation
will avoid the need for giving such notice and will not, in the judgment of
such
Lender, be otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender. If such Lender shall
determine that it may not lawfully continue to maintain and fund
any
of
its outstanding LIBOR Loans to maturity and shall so specify in such notice,
the
Borrowers shall be deemed to have delivered a Notice of Interest Rate Election
and such LIBOR Loan shall be converted as of such date to a Alternate Base
Rate
Loan (without payment of any amounts that Borrowers would otherwise be obligated
to pay pursuant to Section 2.13 hereof with respect to Loans converted pursuant
to this Section 8.2) and, in the case of LIBOR
Loans,
in
an equal principal amount from such Lender (on which interest and principal
shall
be
payable contemporaneously with the related LIBOR Loans of the other Lenders),
and such Lender shall make such a Alternate Base Rate Loan.
If
at any
time, it shall be unlawful or impossible for any Lender to make, maintain or
fund its LIBOR Loans, the Borrowers shall have the right, upon five (5) Domestic
Business Day’s notice to the Administrative Agent, to either (x) cause a bank,
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, to offer to purchase the
Commitments of such Lender for an amount equal to such Lender’s outstanding
Loans, together with all fees, accrued interest and other amounts payable to
such Lender and to become a Lender hereunder, which offer such Lender is hereby
required to accept, or (y) to repay in full all Loans then outstanding of such
Lender, together with interest and all other amounts due thereon, upon which
event, such Lender’s Commitments shall be deemed to be cancelled pursuant to
Section 2.11(c).
Section
8.3
Increased
Cost and Reduced Return
.
(a)
If
on or
after the date hereof the adoption of any applicable law, rule or regulation,
or
any change in any applicable law, rule or regulation, or any change in the
interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental authority, central
bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration
thereof, or compliance by any Lender (or its Applicable Lending Office) with
any
request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any such
authority, central bank or comparable agency shall impose, modify or deem
applicable any reserve (including, without limitation, any such requirement
imposed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, but excluding
with respect to any LIBOR Loan any such requirement with respect to which such
Lender is entitled to compensation during the relevant Interest Period under
Section 2.7), special deposit, insurance assessment or similar requirement
against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended
by,
any Lender (or its Applicable Lending Office) or shall impose on any Lender
(or
its Applicable Lending Office) or on the United States market for certificates
of deposit or the London interbank market any other condition affecting its
LIBOR Loans, its Note or its obligation to make such Loans and the result of
any
of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender (or its Applicable
Lending Office) of making or maintaining any such Loan, or to reduce the amount
of any sum received or receivable by such Lender (or its Applicable Lending
Office) under this Agreement or under its Note with respect thereto, by an
amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then, within fifteen (15) days
after demand by such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), the
Borrowers shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will
compensate such Lender for such increased cost or reduction.
(b)
If
any
Lender shall have reasonably determined that, after the date hereof, the
adoption of any applicable law, rule or regulation regarding capital adequacy,
or any change in any such law, rule or regulation, or any change in the
interpretation or administration thereof by any governmental authority, central
bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration
thereof, or any request or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or
not
having the force of law) of any such authority, central bank or comparable
agency, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on capital
of such Lender (or its Parent) as a consequence of such Lender’s obligations
hereunder to a level below that which such Lender (or its Parent) could have
achieved but for such adoption, change, request or directive (taking into
consideration its policies with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount
reasonably deemed by such Lender to be material, then from time to time, within
fifteen (15) days after demand by such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative
Agent), the Borrowers shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts
as will compensate such Lender (or its Parent) for such reduction.
(c)
Each
Lender will promptly notify the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent of any
event of which it has knowledge, occurring after the date hereof, which will
entitle such Lender to compensation pursuant to this Section and will designate
a different Applicable Lending Office if such designation will avoid the need
for, or reduce the amount of, such compensation and will not, in the reasonable
judgment of such Lender, be otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender. A
certificate of any Lender claiming compensation under this Section and setting
forth the additional amount or amounts to be paid to it hereunder shall be
conclusive in the absence of demonstrable error. In determining such amount,
such Lender may use any reasonable averaging and attribution
methods.
(d)
If
at any
time, any Lender shall be owed amounts pursuant to this Section 8.3, unless
such
Lender shall elect to waive the right to be paid the same, the Borrowers shall
have the right, upon five (5) Domestic Business Day’s notice to the
Administrative Agent to either (x) cause a bank, reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent, to offer to purchase the Commitments of such Lender for
an
amount equal to such Lender’s outstanding Loans, together with all fees, accrued
interest and other amounts payable to such Lender, and to become a Lender
hereunder, which offer such Lender is hereby required to accept, or (y) to
repay
in full all Loans then outstanding of such Lender, together with all fees,
accrued interest and other amounts payable to such Lender, upon which event,
such Lender’s Commitment shall be deemed to be cancelled pursuant to Section
2.11(c).
Section
8.4
Taxes
.
(a)
Any
and
all payments by the Borrowers under any Loan Document shall be made free and
clear of and without deduction for any and all present or future taxes, duties,
levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings, and all liabilities with
respect thereto, excluding, in the case of each Lender, the Fronting Lender
and
the Administrative Agent, taxes imposed on its income, and franchise or similar
taxes imposed on it, by (i) any jurisdiction (or political subdivision thereof)
of which the Administrative Agent, the Fronting Lender or such Lender, as the
case may be, is a citizen or resident or in which such Person has an Applicable
Lending Office, (ii) the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof)
in
which the Administrative Agent, the Fronting Lender or such Lender is organized,
or (iii) any jurisdiction (or political subdivision thereof) in which such
Lender, the Fronting Lender or the Administrative Agent is presently doing
business which taxes are imposed solely as a result of doing business in such
jurisdiction (all such non excluded taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions,
charges, withholdings and liabilities being hereinafter referred to as
“
Taxes
”).
If
the Borrowers shall be required by law to deduct any Taxes from or in respect
of
any sum payable under any Loan Document to the Lenders, the Fronting Lender
or
the Administrative Agent (i) the sum payable shall be increased by the amount
necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions
applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 8.4) such Lender,
the
Fronting Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case may be) shall receive
an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been
made, (ii) the Borrowers shall make such deductions and (iii) the Borrowers
shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant taxing authority or other
governmental authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b)
In
addition, the Borrowers agree to pay any stamp or documentary taxes and any
other excise or property taxes, or charges or similar levies, in each case
to
the extent imposed by the United States or any state (or political subdivision
thereof) which arise from any payment made in the United States hereunder or
under any Note or Letter of Credit or participation therein or from the
execution or delivery of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any
Note (hereinafter referred to as “
Other
Taxes
”).
(c)
The
Borrowers agree to indemnify each Lender, and the Administrative Agent for
the
full amount of Taxes or Other Taxes (including, without limitation, any Taxes
or
Other Taxes imposed or asserted by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under
this Section 8.4) paid by such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as the case
may be) and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising
therefrom or with respect thereto. This indemnification shall be made within
fifteen (15) days from the date such Lender or the Administrative Agent (as
the
case may be) makes demand therefor.
(d)
Each
Lender organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States,
on
or prior to the date of its execution and delivery of this Agreement in the
case
of each Lender listed on the signature pages hereof and on or prior to the
date
on which it becomes a Lender in the case of each other Lender, and from time
to
time thereafter if requested in writing by the Borrowers (but only so long
as
such Lender remains eligible to do so), shall provide the Borrowers with
Internal Revenue Service form W-8ECI or W-8BEN, as appropriate, or any successor
form prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service, certifying that such Lender
is
entitled to benefits under an income tax treaty to which the United States
is a
party which reduces the rate of withholding tax on payments of interest or
certifying that the income receivable pursuant to this Agreement is effectively
connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States. If
the
form provided by a Lender at the time such Lender first becomes a party to
this
Agreement indicates a United States interest withholding tax rate in excess
of
zero, withholding tax at such rate shall be considered excluded from “Taxes” as
defined in Section 8.4(a).
(e)
For
any
period with respect to which a Lender has failed to provide the Borrowers with
the appropriate form pursuant to Section 8.4(d) (unless such failure is due
to a
change in treaty, law or regulation occurring subsequent to the date on which
a
form originally was required to be provided), such Lender shall not be entitled
to indemnification under Section 8.4(a) with respect to Taxes imposed by the
United States;
provided
,
however
,
that
should a Lender, which is otherwise exempt from or subject to a reduced rate
of
withholding tax, become subject to Taxes because of its failure to deliver
a
form required hereunder, the Borrowers shall take such steps as such Lender
shall reasonably request to assist such Lender to recover such
Taxes.
(f)
If
the
Borrowers are required to pay additional amounts to or for the account of any
Lender pursuant to this Section 8.4, then such Lender will change the
jurisdiction of its Applicable Lending Office so as to eliminate or reduce
any
such additional payment which may thereafter accrue if such change, in the
judgment of such Lender, is not otherwise disadvantageous to such
Lender.
(g)
(i)
if at
any time, any Lender shall reasonably expect to be owed amounts pursuant to
this
Section 8.4, such Lender shall give the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers
notice thereof (with no liability for failing to do so) as soon as reasonably
practicable upon determining that it is reasonably likely to do so (subject
to
limitations on such disclosure imposed by applicable law or with the advice
of
counsel), and (ii) if any Lender at any time shall be owed amounts pursuant
to
this Section 8.4, unless such Lender shall elect to waive the right to be paid
the same, the Borrowers shall have the right, upon five (5) Domestic Business
Day’s notice to the Administrative Agent to either (x) cause a bank, reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent, to offer to purchase the Commitments
of
such Lender for an amount equal to such Lender’s outstanding Loans, together
with all fees, accrued interest and other amounts payable to such Lender, and
to
become a Lender hereunder, which offer such Lender is hereby required to accept,
or (y) to repay in full all Loans then outstanding of such Lender, together
with
interest and all other amounts due thereon, upon which event, such Lender’s
Commitment shall be deemed to be cancelled pursuant to Section
2.11(c).
Section
8.5
Alternate
Base Rate Loans Substituted for Affected LIBOR Loans
.
If (i)
the obligation of any Lender to make, or convert outstanding Loans to, LIBOR
Loans
has
been suspended pursuant to Section 8.2 or (ii) any Lender has demanded
compensation
under
Section 8.3 or 8.4 with respect to its LIBOR Loans and the Borrowers shall,
by
at least five
(5)
LIBOR
Business Days’ prior notice to such Lender through the Administrative Agent,
have elected that the provisions of this Section shall apply to such Lender,
then, unless and
until
such Lender notifies the Borrowers that the circumstances giving rise to such
suspension or demand for compensation no longer exist:
(a)
Borrowers
shall be deemed to have delivered a Notice of Interest Rate Election with
respect to such affected LIBOR Loans and thereafter all Loans which would
otherwise be made (or continued as or converted into, as the case may be) by
such Lender as LIBOR Loans shall be made instead as Alternate Base Rate Loans
(on which interest and principal shall be payable contemporaneously with the
related LIBOR Loans of the other Lenders); and
(b)
after
each of its LIBOR Loans (as the case may be) has been repaid (or converted
to a
Alternate Base Rate Loan), all payments of principal which would otherwise
be
applied to repay such Loans shall be applied to repay its Alternate Base Rate
Loans instead, and
(c)
Borrowers
will not be required to make any payment which would otherwise be required
by
Section 2.13 with respect to such LIBOR Loans converted to Alternate Base Rate
Loans pursuant to clause (a) above.
ARTICLE
IX
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
9.1
Notices
.
All
notices, requests and other communications to any party hereunder shall be
in
writing (including bank wire, telex, facsimile transmission followed
by
telephonic confirmation or similar writing or e-mail with confirmation of
receipt) and shall be given to such party: (x) in the case of the Borrowers,
KeyBank (in its capacity as a Lender hereunder) and the Administrative Agent,
at
its address, telex number, facsimile number or e-mail address set forth on
the
signature pages hereof with a duplicate copy thereof, in the
case
of
the Borrowers, to the Borrowers, at
527
Madison Avenue, 16
th
Floor,
New York, New York 10022, Attn: Chief Financial Officer and Controller, and
with
a duplicate copy, in the case of the Borrowers, to
Paul,
Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, Attn: Robert J. Grados, Esq., (y) in the
case of any Lender, at its address, telex number, facsimile
number
or
e-mail address set forth in its
Administrative
Questionnaire
or (z) in the case of any party, such other address, telex number, facsimile
number
or
e-mail address as such party may hereafter specify for the purpose by notice
to
the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers. Each such notice, request or other
communication shall be effective (i) if given by telex or facsimile
transmission, when such telex or facsimile is transmitted to the telex number
or
facsimile number specified in
this
Section and the appropriate answerback or facsimile confirmation is received,
(ii) if given by e-mail, when such e-mail is transmitted to the e-mail address
specified in this Section and the appropriate receipt acknowledgement is
received, (iii) if given by a nationally recognized overnight carrier, the
next
Domestic Business Day
after
such communication is deposited with such carrier with postage prepaid,
or
(iv)
if given by any other
means,
when delivered at the address specified in this Section;
provided
that
notices to the Administrative Agent under Article II or Article VIII shall
not
be effective until received.
Section
9.2
No
Waivers
.
No
failure or delay by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in exercising any
right, power or privilege hereunder or under any Note shall operate as a waiver
thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other
or
further
exercise
thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights
and
remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights
or
remedies provided by law.
Section
9.3
Expenses;
Indemnification
.
(a)
The
Borrowers shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of
the
Administrative Agent (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel
to
the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation of this Agreement,
the Loan Documents and the documents and instruments referred to therein, or
any
waiver or consent hereunder or any amendment hereof or any Default or alleged
Default hereunder) and (ii) if an Event of Default occurs, all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and each Lender,
including reasonable, actual fees and disbursements of counsel for the
Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders in connection with the enforcement
of the Loan Documents and the instruments referred to therein and such Event
of
Default and collection, bankruptcy, insolvency and other enforcement proceedings
resulting therefrom.
(b)
The
Borrowers agree to indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, their
respective affiliates and the respective directors, officers, agents and
employees of the foregoing (each an “
Indemnitee
”)
and
hold each Indemnitee harmless from and against any and all actual liabilities,
losses, damages, costs and expenses of any kind, including, without limitation,
the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel, which may be incurred by
such
Indemnitee in connection with any investigative, administrative or judicial
proceeding (whether or not such Indemnitee shall be designated a party thereto)
that may at any time (including, without limitation, at any time following
the
payment of the Obligations) be imposed on, asserted against or incurred by
any
Indemnitee but excluding those liabilities, losses, damages, costs and expenses
incurred solely by reason of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of
any
Indemnitee as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, as a
result of, or arising out of, or in any way related to or by reason of, (i)
any
of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents or the execution,
delivery or performance of any Loan Document, (ii) any violation by the
Borrowers or the Environmental Affiliates of any applicable Environmental Law,
(iii) any Environmental Claim arising out of the management, use, control,
ownership or operation of property or assets by the Borrowers or any of the
Environmental Affiliates, including, without limitation, all on-site and
off-site activities involving Materials of Environmental Concern, (iv) the
breach of any environmental representation or warranty set forth herein, (v)
the
grant to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of any Lien in any property
or
assets of the Borrowers or any stock or other equity interest in any Borrower,
and (vi) the exercise by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of their
rights and remedies (including, without limitation, foreclosure) under any
agreements creating any such Lien. The Borrowers’ obligations under this Section
shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the
Obligations.
Section
9.4
Sharing
of Set-Offs
.
In
addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under applicable law or
otherwise, and not by way of limitation of any such rights, upon the occurrence
and during the continuance of any Event of Default, each Lender is hereby
authorized at any time or from time to time, without presentment, demand,
protest or other notice of any kind to the Borrowers or to any other Person,
any
such notice being hereby expressly waived, but subject to the prior consent
of
the Administrative Agent (if the taking of such action could limit or impair
the
rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders under any Loan
Document) and to the terms and
provisions
of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, to set off and to appropriate
and
apply
any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final)
and any other indebtedness in the nature of an account at any time held with
such Lender or owing by such Lender (including, without limitation, by branches
and
agencies of such Lender wherever located) to or for the credit or the account
of
the
Borrowers
against and on account of the Obligations of the Borrowers then due and payable
to such Lender
under
this Agreement or under any of the other Loan Documents, including, without
limitation,
all
interests in Obligations purchased by such Lender;
provided
,
however
,
notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else in this Agreement or any other
Loan Document to the contrary, neither any of the Lenders nor the Administrative
Agent shall have the right of set off with respect
to
any
account, deposits or indebtedness to the extent that such account, deposits
or
indebtedness (a) are not the exclusive property of NorthStar or a Consolidated
Subsidiary, (b) any Person (other than the Person with which such account has
been established) which is not Affiliated with NorthStar, NorthStar OP or NRFC
Sub-REIT has rights therein or (c) constitutes collateral for a secured
financing of NorthStar or a Consolidated Party and are subject to a “control”
agreement relating to such facility. Each Lender agrees that if it shall, by
exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise,
receive
payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of principal and interest due
with respect to any Note held by it or Letter
of
Credit
issued by it (in its capacity as a Fronting Lender) or participation therein
which is greater than the proportion received by any other Lender in respect
of
the aggregate amount of principal and interest due with respect to any Note
held
by such other Lender or Letter of Credit issued by such other Lender (in its
capacity as a
Fronting
Lender) or participated in by such other Lender, the Lender receiving such
proportionately greater payment shall purchase such participations in the
Notes
held by the other Lenders, and such other
adjustments
shall be made, as may be required so that all such payments of principal
and
interest with respect to the Notes held by the Lenders shall be shared by the
Lenders pro rata;
provided
that
nothing in this Section shall impair the right of any Lender to exercise any
right of set-off or counterclaim it may have to any deposits not
received
in connection with the Loans and to apply the amount subject to such exercise
to
the payment of indebtedness of the Borrowers other than its indebtedness under
the Notes. The Borrowers agree, to the fullest extent they may effectively
do
so
under applicable law, that any
holder
of
a participation in a
Note,
whether or not acquired pursuant to the foregoing arrangements, may exercise
rights of set-off or counterclaim and other rights with respect to such
participation
as fully as if such holder of a participation were a direct creditor of the
Borrowers in the amount of such participation. Notwithstanding anything to
the
contrary contained herein, any Lender may, by separate agreement with the
Borrowers, waive its right to set off contained
herein
or
granted by law and any such written waiver shall be effective against such
Lender under this Section 9.4.
Section
9.5
Amendments
and Waivers
.
Any
provision of this Agreement or the Notes or other Loan Documents may be amended
or waived if, but only if, such amendment
or
waiver
is in writing and is signed by the Borrowers and the Required Lenders (and,
if
the rights
or
duties
of the Administrative Agent are affected thereby, by the Administrative Agent)
except that, to the extent provided for in this Agreement, certain amendments
and/or waivers may be consented to by the Borrowers and the Administrative
Agent
without the necessity of obtaining the consent of the Required Lenders;
provided
that,
except to reflect or implement matters otherwise specifically provided for
in
this Agreement, no such amendment or waiver with respect to
this
Agreement, the Notes or any
other
Loan Documents shall, unless signed by the Lenders affected thereby, (i)
increase or decrease the Commitment of any Lender
or
subject any Lender to any additional obligation, (ii) reduce the principal
of or
rate of interest on
any
Loan
or any Fees hereunder, (iii) postpone the date fixed for any payment of
principal of or interest on any Loan or any Fees hereunder or for any reduction
or termination of any
Commitment,
(iv) change the percentage of the Commitments or of the aggregate unpaid
principal amount of the Notes, or the number of Lenders, which shall be required
for the Lenders or any of them to take any action under this Section or any
other provision
of
this
Agreement (including any amendment of the term “Required Lenders”), (v) modify
the provisions of Section 9.15, (vi) permit Liens on the Borrowing Base Assets
(other than Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit
of the Lenders), (vii) modify the provisions of this Section 9.5, or (viii)
release any Borrower or any Guarantor of its obligations under the Loan
Documents except as expressly permitted hereunder.
Section
9.6
Successors
and Assigns
.
(a)
The
provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit
of
the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, except that
the
Borrowers may not assign or otherwise transfer any of their rights under this
Agreement or the other Loan Documents without the prior written consent of
all
Lenders and the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders
shall not assign their respective interests under this Agreement except as
set
forth in Section 7.8 (with respect to the Administrative Agent) and this Article
IX (with respect to the Lenders).
(b)
Any
Lender may, with the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and
the
Borrowers (which consent in each case shall not unreasonably be withheld,
delayed or conditioned) at any time assign to one or more Eligible Assignees
(each, an “
Assignee
”)
all,
or a portion of, its rights and obligations under this Agreement, its Note
and
the other Loan Documents,
provided,
however
,
(i) no
such consent by the Borrowers shall be required (x) if a Default or Event of
Default exists, or (y) in the case of an assignment to another Lender or to
an
Affiliate of another Lender, (ii) any partial assignment shall be in an amount
at least equal to $5,000,000 and, after giving effect to such assignment, the
assigning Lender (unless it has sold its entire remaining Commitment and
outstanding Loans) holds a Commitment of at least $5,000,000, and (iii) such
Assignee shall assume the assigned rights and obligations, pursuant to an
Assignment and Assumption Agreement in substantially the form of
Exhibit
“B
”
hereto,
executed by such Assignee and such transferor Lender. Upon execution and
delivery of an Assignment and Assumption Agreement and payment by such Assignee
to such transferor Lender of an amount equal to the purchase price agreed
between such transferor Lender and such Assignee, such Assignee shall be a
Lender party to this Agreement and shall have all the rights and obligations
of
a Lender with a Commitment as set forth in the applicable Assignment and
Assumption Agreement, and no further consent or action by any party shall be
required and the transferor Lender shall be released from its obligations
hereunder to a corresponding extent. Upon the consummation of any assignment
pursuant to this subsection (b), the transferor Lender, the Administrative
Agent
and the Borrowers shall make appropriate arrangements so that, if required,
a
new Note is issued to the Assignee upon the return to the Borrowers of the
old
Note marked “cancelled”. In connection with any such assignment, the transferor
Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent an administrative fee for
processing such assignment in the amount of $3,500. If the Assignee is not
incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or a state thereof,
it shall deliver to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent certification
as
to exemption from deduction or withholding of any United States federal income
taxes in accordance with Section 8.4. Any assignment made during the
continuation of an Event of Default shall not be affected by any subsequent
cure
or waiver of such Event of Default.
(c)
Any
Lender may at any time grant to one or more banks or other financial
institutions (in each case, a “
Participant
”)
participating interests in its Commitment or any or all of its Loans. In the
event of any such grant by a Lender of a participating interest to a
Participant, whether or not upon notice to the Borrowers and the Administrative
Agent, such Lender shall remain responsible for the performance of its
obligations hereunder, and the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent shall
continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such
Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement pursuant to
which any Lender may grant such a participating interest shall provide that
such
Lender shall retain the sole right and responsibility to enforce the obligations
of the Borrowers hereunder including, without limitation, the right to approve
any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement;
provided
that
such participation agreement may provide that such Lender will not agree to
any
modification, amendment or waiver of this Agreement described in clause (i),
(ii), or (iii) of Section 9.5 without the consent of the Participant. The
Borrowers agree that each Participant shall, to the extent provided in its
participation agreement, be entitled to the benefits of Article VIII with
respect to its participating interest. An assignment or other transfer which
is
not permitted by subsection (b), above, or (d), below, shall be given effect
for
purposes of this Agreement only to the extent of a participating interest
granted in accordance with this subsection (c).
(d)
Any
Lender may at any time assign all or any portion of its rights under this
Agreement and its Note to a Federal Reserve Bank. No such assignment shall
release the transferor Lender from its obligations hereunder.
(e)
No
Assignee, Participant or other transferee of any Lender’s rights shall be
entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 8.3 or 8.4 than such
Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the rights
transferred, unless such transfer is made with the Borrowers’ prior written
consent or by reason of the provisions of Section 8.2, 8.3 or 8.4 requiring
such
Lender to designate a different Applicable Lending Office under certain
circumstances or at a time when the circumstances giving rise to such greater
payment did not exist.
Section
9.7
Collateral
.
Each of
the Lenders represents to the Administrative Agent and each of the other Lenders
that it in good faith is not relying upon any “margin stock” (as
defined
in Regulation U) as collateral in the extension or maintenance of the credit
provided for in this Agreement.
Section
9.8
Governing
Law; Submission to Jurisdiction
.
(a)
THIS
AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AND THE RIGHTS AND
OBLIGATIONS
OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER AND THEREUNDER SHALL BE
CONSTRUED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK
,
WITHOUT
GIVING EFFECT TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
(b)
Any
legal
action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement or any other Loan Document
and any action for enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof shall be
brought non-exclusively in the courts of the State of New York or of the United
States of America for the Southern District of New York, and, by execution
and
delivery of this Agreement, the Borrowers hereby accept for themselves and
in
respect of their property, generally and unconditionally, the non-exclusive
jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts and appellate courts. The Borrowers
irrevocably consent to the service of process out of any of the aforementioned
courts in any such action or proceeding by the hand delivery, or mailing of
copies thereof by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to the
Borrowers at their address set forth below. The Borrowers hereby irrevocably
waive any objection which they may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue
of any of the aforesaid actions or proceedings arising out of or in connection
with this Agreement or any other Loan Document brought in the courts referred
to
above and hereby further irrevocably waive and agree not to plead or claim
in
any such court that any such action or proceeding brought in any such court
has
been brought in an inconvenient forum. Nothing herein shall affect the right
of
the Administrative Agent to serve process in any other manner permitted by
law
or to commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against the Borrowers
in
any other jurisdiction.
Section
9.9
Marshalling;
Recapture
.
Neither
of the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall be under any obligation to
marshal any assets in favor of the Borrowers or any
other
party or against or in payment of any or all of the Obligations. To the extent
any Lender receives any payment by or on behalf of the Borrowers in connection
with this Agreement, which payment or any part thereof is subsequently
invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or
required
to be repaid to the Borrowers or their estate, trustee, receiver, custodian
or
any other party under any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law
or
equitable cause, then to the extent of such payment or repayment, the Obligation
or part thereof
which
has
been paid, reduced or satisfied by the amount so repaid shall be reinstated
by
the
amount
so
repaid and shall be included within the liabilities of the Borrowers to such
Lender as of the date such initial payment, reduction or satisfaction
occurred.
Section
9.10
Counterparts;
Integration; Effectiveness
.
This
Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall
be an
original, with the same effect as
if
the
signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. This Agreement
constitutes the entire agreement and understanding among the parties hereto
and
supersedes any and all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written,
relating to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement
shall
become effective upon receipt by the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers
of
counterparts hereof signed by each of the parties hereto (or, in the case of
any
party as to
which
an
executed counterpart shall not have been received, receipt by the Administrative
Agent in form satisfactory to it of telegraphic, telex or other written
confirmation from such party of execution of a counterpart hereof by such
party).
Section
9.11
WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL
.
EACH OF
THE BORROWERS, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY
WAIVE ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING
OUT
OF OR
RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
Section
9.12
Survival
.
All
indemnities set forth herein shall survive the execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the making and repayment of the
Loans
hereunder.
Section
9.13
Domicile
of Loans
.
Each
Lender may transfer and carry its Loans at, to or for the account of any
domestic or foreign branch office, subsidiary or affiliate of such
Lender.
Section
9.14
Limitation
of Liability
.
No
claim may be made by the Borrowers or any other Person acting by or through
Borrowers against the Administrative Agent or any Lender or the affiliates,
directors, officers, employees, attorneys or agent of any of them for any
consequential or punitive damages in respect of any claim for breach of contract
or any other
theory
of
liability arising out of or related to the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or by the other Loan Documents, or any act, omission or event
occurring in connection therewith;
and
the
Borrowers hereby waive, release and agree not to sue upon any claim for any
such
damages, whether or not accrued and whether or not known or suspected to exist
in its favor.
Section
9.15
Recourse
Obligation
.
This
Agreement and the Obligations hereunder are fully recourse to the Borrowers.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no recourse under or upon any obligation,
covenant, or agreement contained in this Agreement shall be had against
any
officer, director, shareholder or employee of the Borrowers except for damages,
losses, costs and expenses incurred by any Lender or the Administrative Agent
with respect to any fraud or misappropriation of funds on the part of such
officer, director, shareholder or employee.
Section
9.16
Confidentiality
.
The
Administrative Agent and each Lender (each, a “
Lending
Party
”)
agrees
to keep confidential any information furnished or made available to
it
by the
Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement;
provided
that
nothing herein shall prevent any Lending Party from disclosing such information
(a) to any other Lending Party, or any officer, director, employee, agent,
or
advisor of any Lending Party, (b)
to
any
other
Person
if
reasonably incidental to the
administration
of the Facility provided herein such as an attorney or accountant for a Lending
Party, provided such Person agrees to maintain the confidentiality of such
information and uses same only in connection with the administration or
enforcement of the Facility, (c)
as
required by any law, rule, or regulation, (d) upon the order of any court or
administrative agency, (e) upon the request or demand of any regulatory agency
or authority, (f) that is or becomes available to the public or that is or
becomes available to any Lending Party other than
as
a
result of a disclosure by any Lending Party prohibited by this Agreement, (g)
in
connection with any litigation to which such Lending Party or any of its
affiliates
may be a party, (h) to the extent
necessary
in connection with the exercise of any
remedy
under this Agreement or any other
Loan
Document, and (i) subject to provisions
substantially
similar to those contained in this Section, to any actual or proposed
participant or assignee.
The
Borrowers may disclose information concerning or relating to this Facility
as
required by any law, rule or regulation, upon the order of any court or
administrative agency, or based upon the reasonable advice of counsel that
such
disclosure should be made for legal purposes.
Section
9.17
Legal
Rate
.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any Loan Document to the contrary,
if at any time the interest rate applicable to the Notes,
together
with all fees and charges which are treated as interest under applicable law
(collectively,
the
“
Charges
”),
as
provided for in this Agreement or in any other document executed in connection
herewith, or otherwise contracted for, charged, received, taken or reserved
by
the
Administrative
Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the
“
Legal
Rate
”)
which
may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the
Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders in accordance with applicable
law, the rate of interest payable
under
such Notes, together with all Charges payable, shall be limited to the Legal
Rate and any
interest
or Charges not so charged, taken, received or reserved by Administrative Agent,
on
behalf
of
the Lenders at such time shall be spread, prorated or amortized over the term
of
such Notes to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Section
9.18
USA
Patriot Act Notice
.
Each
Lender that is subject to the Act (as hereinafter defined) and the
Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby
notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot
Act
(Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the "Act"),
it
is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the
Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and
other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent,
as
applicable, to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Act.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has caused a counterpart of this
Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above
written.
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BORROWERS:
NORTHSTAR
REALTY FINANCE CORP., a Maryland corporation
By:
/s/
Albert Tylis
Name:
Albert
Tylis
Title:
General
Counsel and Assistant Secretary
NORTHSTAR
REALTY FINANCE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited
partnership
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By:
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NorthStar
Realty Finance Corp., a Maryland corporation, its general
partner
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By:
/s/
Albert Tylis
Name:
Albert
Tylis
Title:
General
Counsel and Assistant Secretary:
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NRFC
SUB-REIT CORP., a Maryland corporation
By:
/s/
Albert Tylis
Name:
Albert
Tylis
Title:
General
Counsel and Assistant Secretary
NS
ADVISORS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
By:
/s/
Albert Tylis
Name:
Albert
Tylis
Title:
General
Counsel and Assistant Secretary
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KEYBANK
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent
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Facsimile
Number:
617-385-6292
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By:
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/s/
Kathleen M. Ahern
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Name:
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Kathleen M.
Ahern
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Address:
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225 Franklin
Street,
18
th
Floor
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Title:
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Senior
Banker
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Boston, Massachusetts
02110
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Attn:
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Ms. Kathleen
Ahern
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Commitment
$30,000,000.00
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KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as a
Lender
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By:
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/s/
Kathleen M. Ahern
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Name:
Kathleen
M. Ahern
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Title:
Senior
Banker
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Commitment
$30,000,000.00
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as a Lender
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By:
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Name:
Michael
W. Edwards
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Title:
Senior
Vice President
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Commitment
$25,000,000.00
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CITICORP NORTH AMERICA,
INC., as a
Lender
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By:
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Name:
Ricardo
James
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Title:
Director
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Commitment
$15,000,000.00
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WESTLB AG, NEW YORK
BRANCH, as a
Lender
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By:
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Name:
Lillian
Tung Lum
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Title:
Executive
Director
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By:
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/s/
Pui Chow
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Name:
Pui
Chow
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Title:
Director
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