UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

______________

FORM 10-Q

______________

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

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2006

Commission file number:

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NORTHSTAR REALTY FINANCE CORP.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Maryland

      

11-3707493

                        

(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification Number)

 

527 Madison Avenue, 16th floor
New York, NY 10022

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(212) 319-8801

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

______________

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

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

Large Accelerated Filer ¨

Accelerated Filer ý

Non-accelerated Filer ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes  ¨    No  ý

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The Company has one class of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, with 42,681,833 shares outstanding as of November 8, 2006.

 





NORTHSTAR REALTY FINANCE CORP.

QUARTERLY REPORT
For the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2006

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Index

      

Page

         

Part I.

 

Financial Information

   
         

Item 1.

 

Financial Statements

   
         
   

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2006 (unaudited) and
December 31, 2005

 

1

         
   

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 and September 30, 2005

 

2

         
   

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and September 30, 2005

 

3

         
   

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

4

         

Item 2.

 

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

25

         

Item 3.

 

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

 

42

         

Item 4.

 

Controls and Procedures

 

45

         

Part II.

 

Other Information

   
         

Item 5.

 

Other Information

 

46

         

Item 6.

 

Exhibits

 

46

         

Signatures

 

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NORTHSTAR REALTY FINANCE CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Amounts in thousands, except per share data)

 

      

September 30,
2006

      

December 31,
2005

 
   

(unaudited)

       

ASSETS

             

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

43,462

 

$

27,898

 

Restricted cash

   

104,045

   

27,501

 

Real estate debt investments

   

1,322,250

   

681,106

 

Debt securities available for sale, at fair value

   

762,215

   

149,872

 

Operating real estate, net

   

418,619

   

198,708

 

CDO deposit and warehouse agreements

   

17,170

   

9,458

 

Investments in and advances to unconsolidated ventures

   

11,860

   

5,458

 

Receivables, net of allowance of $4 in 2006 and 2005

   

14,355

   

5,218

 

Unbilled rents receivable

   

2,298

   

1,117

 

Receivables – related parties

   

522

   

528

 

Deferred costs and intangible assets, net

   

78,814

   

38,745

 

Assets of properties held for sale

   

   

2,918

 

Derivative instruments, at fair value

   

793

   

726

 

Other assets

   

15,081

   

7,312

 

Total assets

 

$

2,791,484

 

$

1,156,565

 
               

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

             

Liabilities:

             

CDO bonds payable

 

$

1,134,127

 

$

300,000

 

Mortgage notes and loans payable

   

355,242

   

174,296

 

Liability to subsidiary trusts issuing preferred securities

   

188,458

   

108,258

 

Credit facilities

   

457,960

   

243,002

 

Repurchase obligations

   

79,295

   

7,054

 

Obligations under capital leases

   

3,433

   

3,375

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

   

17,166

   

9,091

 

Payables – related parties

   

143

   

26

 

Escrow deposits payable

   

49,125

   

11,571

 

Derivative liability, at fair value

   

16,285

   

32

 

Other liabilities

   

19,510

   

7,157

 

Total liabilities

   

2,320,744

   

863,862

 
               

Minority interest in operating partnership

   

42,112

   

44,278

 

Minority interest in joint ventures

   

15,117

   

 
               

Commitments and contingencies

   

   

 

Stockholders’ Equity:

             

8.75% Series A preferred stock, $0.01 par value, $25 liquidation preference per share, 2,400,000 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2006, and 0 at December 31, 2005

   

57,933

   

 

Common stock, $0.01 par value, 500,000,000 shares authorized, 42,681,833 and 30,464,930 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005, respectively

   

428

   

305

 

Additional paid-in capital

   

345,606

   

224,892

 

Retained earnings

   

16,662

   

23,966

 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

   

(7,118

)

 

(738

)

Total stockholders’ equity

   

413,511

   

248,425

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

$

2,791,484

 

$

1,156,565

 



See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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NORTHSTAR REALTY FINANCE CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Amounts in thousands, except per share data)

 

  

Three Months
Ended
September 30, 2006

 

Three Months
Ended
September 30, 2005

 

Nine Months
Ended
September 30, 2006

 

Nine Months
Ended
September 30, 2005

 
   

(unaudited)

 

Revenues and other income:

   

                      

   

                      

   

                      

   

                      

 

Interest income

    

$

41,059

    

$

11,532

    

$

86,346

    

$

26,757

 

Interest income – related parties

   

2,915

   

1,938

   

8,734

   

5,128

 

Rental and escalation income

   

11,174

   

2,577

   

25,624

   

6,647

 

Advisory and management fee income – related parties

   

1,454

   

1,162

   

4,447

   

3,233

 

Other revenue

   

2,007

   

23

   

4,360

   

99

 

Total revenues

   

58,609

   

17,232

   

129,511

   

41,864

 

Expenses:

                         

Interest expense

   

33,043

   

8,812

   

67,210

   

21,126

 

Real estate properties – operating expenses

   

2,258

   

469

   

5,665

   

1,203

 

General and administrative:

                         

Salaries and equity based compensation(1)

   

5,013

   

2,135

   

14,968

   

6,433

 

Shared services – related party

   

   

344

   

   

1,030

 

Insurance

   

382

   

242

   

930

   

672

 

Auditing and professional fees

   

1,164

   

337

   

3,470

   

2,485

 

Other general and administrative

   

2,215

   

446

   

5,178

   

1,437

 

Total general and administrative

   

8,774

   

3,504

   

24,546

   

12,057

 

Depreciation and amortization

   

4,050

   

963

   

9,388

   

2,476

 

Total expenses

   

48,125

   

13,748

   

106,809

   

36,862

 

Income from operations

   

10,484

   

3,484

   

22,702

   

5,002

 

Equity in earnings of unconsolidated ventures

   

116

   

61

   

312

   

167

 

Unrealized gain (loss) on investments and other

   

21

   

414

   

1,645

   

963

 

Realized gain (loss) on investments and other

   

311

   

1,661

   

1,109

   

2,162

 

Income before minority interest and discontinued operations

   

10,932

   

5,620

   

25,768

   

8,294

 

Minority interest to Operating Partnership

   

(1,221

)

 

(1,159

)

 

(3,470

)

 

(1,710

)

Minority interest in Joint Ventures

   

(37

)

 

   

(37

)

 

 

Income from continuing operations before discontinued operations

   

9,674

   

4,461

   

22,261

   

6,584

 

Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of minority interest to Operating Partnership

   

   

155

   

103

   

280

 

Gain on sale from discontinued operations, net of minority interest to Operating Partnership

   

   

   

141

   

8,630

 

Gain on sale of joint venture interest, net of minority interest to Operating Partnership

   

   

   

279

   

 

Net income

 

$

9,674

 

$

4,616

 

$

22,784

 

$

15,494

 
                           

Net income per share from continuing operations (basic/diluted)

 

$

0.23

 

$

0.21

 

$

0.62

 

$

0.31

 

Income (loss) from discontinued operations (basic/diluted)

   

   

0.01

   

   

0.01

 

Gain on sale of discontinued operations and joint venture interest (basic/diluted)

   

   

   

0.01

   

0.41

 

Net income available to common shareholders

 

$

0.23

 

$

0.22

 

$

0.63

 

$

0.73

 

Weighted average number of shares of common stock:

                         

Basic

   

42,513,172

   

21,264,930

   

36,143,726

   

21,255,190

 

Diluted

   

48,068,996

   

26,790,161

   

41,770,003

   

26,774,300

 

——————

(1)

For the three months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, includes $2,108 and $740 of equity based compensation expense. For the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, includes $6,564 and $2,499 of equity based compensation expense.



See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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NORTHSTAR REALTY FINANCE CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Amounts in thousands, except per share data)

   

Nine Months
Ended
September 30, 2006

 

Nine Months
Ended
September 30, 2005

 
   

(unaudited)

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

     

$

73,560

     

$

807,021

(1)

Cash flows from investing activities:

   

                      

   

                      

 

Acquisition of operating real estate

   

(200,949

)

 

(150,289

)

Deferred lease cost

   

(42

)

 

 

Net proceeds from disposition of operating real estate

   

2,177

   

27,988

 

Acquisition of debt securities available for sale

   

(609,744

)

 

(139,154

)

Proceeds from disposition of debt securities available for sale

   

11,320

   

9,186

 

Acquisitions/originations of real estate debt investment

   

(838,962

)

 

(453,268

)

Real estate debt investments repayments

   

202,532

   

 

Intangible asset related to acquisition

   

(2,833

)

 

 

Increase in CDO warehouse deposits

   

(29,500

)

 

(2,500

)

Net proceeds from CDO warehouse

   

20,402

   

988

 

Restricted cash (CDOs)

   

(75,401

)

 

(6,654

)

Investment in and advances to unconsolidated ventures

   

(8,738

)

 

(2,026

)

Distributions from unconsolidated ventures

   

330

   

3,134

 

Sale of investment in unconsolidated ventures

   

2,905

   

 

Net cash used in investing activities

   

(1,526,503

)

 

(712,595

)

Cash flows from financing activities:

             

Settlement of short sale obligation

   

   

(24,148

)

Collateral held by broker

   

   

(2,047

)

Mortgage principal repayments

   

(1,287

)

 

(25,980

)

Mortgage notes and loan borrowings

   

149,870

   

122,823

 

Borrowings from subsidiary trusts issuing preferred securities

   

80,000

   

67,020

 

Payment of deferred financing costs

   

(19,276

)

 

(10,495

)

Borrowings under credit facilities

   

758,790

   

410,572

 

Repayments credit facilities

   

(543,832

)

 

(233,589

)

CDO bonds repayments

   

(30,021

)

 

 

Repurchase obligation borrowings

   

89,572

   

 

Repurchase obligation repayments

   

(17,331

)

 

(742,116

)

Proceeds from issuance of CDO bonds

   

864,148

   

300,000

 

Proceeds from securities sold not yet purchased

   

   

24,671

 

Settlement of derivative

   

632

   

(309

)

Proceeds from preferred stock offering

   

60,000

   

 

Proceeds from offering

   

122,203

   

 

Offering costs

   

(9,742

)

 

 

Dividends and distributions

   

(35,219

)

 

(8,037

)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

   

1,468,507

   

(121,635

)

Net increase (decrease) in cash & cash equivalents

   

15,564

   

(27,209

)

Cash & cash equivalents – beginning of period

   

27,898

   

47,733

 

Cash & cash equivalents – end of period

 

$

43,462

 

$

20,524

 

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

             

Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing activities:

             

Non-cash contribution of operating real estate assets in Wakefield joint venture

             

Operating real estate assets, net

 

$

43,150

   

 

Real estate debt investments acquisitions

   

4,294

   

 

Mortgage borrowings

   

(32,363

)

 

 

Minority interest

   

(15,081

)

 

 

Write off of deferred cost and straight-line rents in connection with disposition
of operating real estate

 

$

545

 

$

2,715

 

Write off of intangible assets related to the sale of joint venture interest

 

$

339

 

$

 

Reclassification of CDO deposit to debt securities available for sale

 

$

 

$

(2,690

)

——————

(1)

Includes $793.6 million of proceeds from sales of debt securities held for trading.



See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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NORTHSTAR REALTY FINANCE CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

1 — Formation and Organization

NorthStar Realty Finance Corp., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), is a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust (“REIT”), which was formed in October 2003 in order to continue and expand the subordinate real estate debt, real estate securities and net lease businesses conducted by NorthStar Capital Investment Corp. (“NCIC”). The Company’s assets are held by, and it conducts its operations through, NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership and the operating partnership of the Company (the “Operating Partnership”). On October 29, 2004, the Company completed its initial public offering (the “IPO”) pursuant to which it issued 20,000,000 shares of common stock, with proceeds to the Company of approximately $160.1 million, net of issuance costs of $19.9 million. On November 19, 2004, the Company issued an additional 1,160,750 shares of common stock pursuant to the exercise of the overallotment option by the underwriters of the IPO, with proceeds to the Company of $9.7 million, net of issuance costs of $0.7 million. In connection with the IPO, the Company also issued 50,000 shares of common stock, as partial compensation for underwriting services, to the lead underwriter of the IPO. In addition, 38,886 shares of restricted common stock were granted to the Company’s non-employee directors. Simultaneously with the closing of the IPO on October 29, 2004, three majority-owned subsidiaries of NCIC (the “NCIC Contributing Subsidiaries”) contributed certain controlling and non-controlling interests in entities through which NCIC conducted its subordinate real estate debt, real estate securities and net lease businesses (collectively the “Initial Investments”) to the Operating Partnership in exchange for an aggregate of 4,705,915 units of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership (the “OP Units”), approximately $36.1 million in cash (the “Contribution Transactions”) and an agreement to pay certain related transfer taxes on behalf of NCIC in the amount of approximately $1.0 million. From their inception through October 29, 2004, neither the Company nor the Operating Partnership had any operations.

The combination of the Initial Investments contributed to the Operating Partnership represents the predecessor of the Company (the “Predecessor”). The Company succeeded to the business of the Predecessor upon the consummation of the IPO and the contribution of the initial investments on October 29, 2004. The ultimate owners of the entities which comprise the Predecessor were NCIC and certain other persons who held minority ownership interests in such entities.

Timarron Acquisition

In October 2005, the Company entered into a definitive purchase agreement with Allied Capital (“Allied”) to acquire Timarron Capital Corporation (“Timarron”). Timarron, based in Dallas, Texas, was organized by former senior executives of Principal Financial and other lenders to develop a nationwide commercial mortgage loan origination platform. The Company closed on the transaction on January 19, 2006 for $2.8 million, including closing costs. Timarron was renamed NRF Capital LP (“NRF Capital”) upon the close of the transaction. NRF Capital is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and is consolidated in the condensed consolidated financial statement of the Company. The purchase price was allocated to an intangible asset, since Allied had no equity at January 19, 2006 and there were no tangible assets owned by Timarron.

In connection with the acquisition, the Company entered into a management incentive bonus plan with the senior management of NRF Capital. The bonus plan, as defined in the agreement, is based upon the performance of loans originated by NRF Capital and is payable quarterly in cash over the term of the originated loans. As of September 30, 2006, the Company has accrued $2.5 million related to the bonus plan. These costs are considered a direct cost of originating the loans and, accordingly, are deferred and recognized as a reduction of the related loan’s yield.



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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

2 — Basis of Quarterly Presentation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes of the Company have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for interim financial reporting and the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States have been condensed or omitted. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows have been included and are of a normal and recurring nature. The operating results presented for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any other interim period or for the entire year. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s December 31, 2005 consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Capitalized terms used herein, and not otherwise defined, are defined in the Company’s December 31, 2005 consolidated financial statements.

Principles of Consolidation

The Company

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries which are either majority-owned or controlled by the Company or variable interest entities where the Company is the primary beneficiary. All significant intercompany balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

Reclassifications

Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

On April 13, 2006, FASB issued FASB Staff Position FIN 46(R)-6, “Determining the Variability to be Considered When Applying FASB Interpretation No. 46(R)”. The FSP addresses the approach to determine the variability to consider when applying FIN 46(R), and includes several illustrative examples of how the variability should be considered. The variability that is considered in applying Interpretation 46(R) may affect: (a) the determination as to whether the entity is a variable interest entity (VIE); (b) the determination of which interests are variable interests in the entity; (c) if necessary, the calculation of expected losses and residual returns of the entity; and (d) the determination of which party is the primary beneficiary of the VIE. Thus, determining the variability to be considered is necessary to apply the provisions of Interpretation 46(R)-6.

A company will apply the guidance in FIN 46(R)-6 prospectively to all entities (including newly created entities) with which that Company first becomes involved and to all entities previously required to be analyzed under FIN 46(R) when a reconsideration event has occurred beginning the first day of the first reporting period after June 15, 2006. Early application is permitted for periods for which financial statements have not yet been issued. Retrospective application to the date of the initial application of FIN 46(R)-6 is permitted but not required. Retrospective application, if elected, must be completed no later than the end of the first annual reporting period ending after July 15, 2006. The adoption did not have a material effect on the Company’s financial statements as a whole since the Company adopted the provisions of FIN 46(R)-6 prospectively.

In February 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 155, “Accounting for Certain Hybrid Financial Instruments” (“SFAS 155”). SFAS 155 allows any hybrid financial instrument that contains an embedded derivative that otherwise would require bifurcation under SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities”, to be carried at fair value in its entirety, with changes in fair value recognized in earnings. In addition, SFAS 155 requires that beneficial interests in securitized financial assets be analyzed to determine whether they are freestanding derivatives or contain an embedded derivative. SFAS 155 also eliminates a prior restriction on the types of passive derivatives that a qualifying special purpose entity is permitted to hold. SFAS 155 is applicable to new or



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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

2 — Basis of Quarterly Presentation – (continued)

modified financial instruments in fiscal years beginning after September 15, 2006. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact and does not believe that the adoption of SFAS 155 will have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements as of January 1, 2007.

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS 157 “Fair Value Measurement” (“SFAS 157”). SFAS 157 establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, clarifies the definition of fair value within that framework, and expands disclosures about the use of fair value measurements. SFAS 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. Early adoption is allowed, provided that the reporting entity has not yet issued financial statements, including interim financial statements for the fiscal year in which the statement is adopted. The provision of this statement is to be applied prospectively as of the fiscal year of adoption. The Company intends to adopt the provisions of SFAS 157 for its fiscal year commencing January 1, 2007. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact and does not believe the adoption of SFAS 157 will have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.

In July 2006, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes”, or FIN 48. This interpretation, among other things, creates a two-step approach for evaluating uncertain tax positions. Recognition (step one) occurs when an enterprise concludes that a tax position, based solely on its technical merits, is more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination. Measurement (step two) determines the amount of benefit that more-likely-than-not will be realized upon settlement. Derecognition of a tax position that was previously recognized would occur when a company subsequently determines that a tax position no longer meets the more-likely-than-not threshold of being sustained. FIN 48 specifically prohibits the use of a valuation allowance as a substitute for derecognition of tax positions, and it has expanded disclosure requirements. FIN 48 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006, in which the impact of adoption should be accounted for as a cumulative-effect adjustment to the beginning balance of retained earnings. The Company is evaluating FIN 48, but does not believe it will have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.

In September 2006, the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 108 (SAB 108). The interpretations in SAB 108 express the staff’s views regarding the process of quantifying financial statement misstatements. The staff believes registrants must consider the impact of correcting all misstatements, including the effect of misstatements that were not corrected at the end of the prior year. These prior year misstatements should be considered in quantifying misstatements in current year financial statements. Thus, a registrant’s financial statements would require adjustment when the assessment in the current year or in prior years results in quantifying a misstatement that is material, after considering all relevant quantitative and qualitative factors. The Company will be required to adopt SAB 108 in the fourth quarter 2006 and is currently evaluating the impact of SAB 108 and does not believe it will have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.

3 — Property Acquisitions and Dispositions

Acquisitions

Green Pond

In March 2006, the Company closed on a $21.8 million acquisition of a suburban office building located in Rockaway, New Jersey totaling 121,038 square feet of rentable space (the “Green Pond Property”). The property is net leased to two tenants under leases that expire in 2015 and 2017. The Company financed the acquisition with a $17.5 million non-recourse, first mortgage bearing a fixed interest rate of 5.68%, maturing on April 11, 2016, and the balance in cash.



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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

3 — Property Acquisitions and Dispositions – (continued)

Wakefield Capital, LLC

In May 2006, the Company entered into a joint venture with Chain Bridge Capital LLC (“Chain Bridge”) to form Wakefield Capital, LLC (“Wakefield”). The joint venture will acquire, finance and/or otherwise invest in senior housing and healthcare-related properties. In connection with the formation of the venture, Chain Bridge contributed substantially all of its assets to Wakefield for its $15.1 million membership interest in the joint venture. The initial portfolio contributed from Chain Bridge consisted of 13 net leased properties, primarily comprised of assisted living facilities, and four loans, most of which are secured by first mortgages on senior housing assets.

At September 30, 2006, the Company contributed capital was $30.0 million. The Company controls all major decisions; accordingly, the joint venture’s financial statements are consolidated into the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

Indianapolis Property

In June 2006, the Company closed on a $34.4 million acquisition of a property located in Indianapolis, Indiana totaling 333,600 square feet of rentable space. The property is net leased to one tenant under a lease expiring in 2025. The Company financed the acquisition with a $28.6 million non-recourse, first mortgage bearing a fixed interest rate of 6.06%, maturing on February 1, 2017, and the balance in cash.

Aurora Property

In July 2006, the Company closed on a $45.5 million acquisition of a 183,529 square foot building in Aurora Colorado. The property is net leased to a single tenant under a lease that expires in June 2015. The property was financed with a $33.5 million non-recourse, first mortgage bearing a fixed interest rate 6.22%, maturing in July 2016, and the balance in cash.

Retail Portfolio

In September 2006, the Company closed on a portfolio of nine retail net lease properties for a purchase price of $63.2 million. The properties contain 468,111 of rentable square feet and are net leased to two retail tenants with leases expirations beginning in 2016 through 2024. The Company assumed three non-recourse first mortgages for three of the properties and the remaining properties were financed with a non-recourse, first mortgage. The four mortgages bear fixed rates ranging from 5.85% to 7.34%, with maturities ranging from June 2014 to October 2016.

Dispositions

27 West 34th Street and 1372 Broadway

On January 31, 2006, the Company sold its leasehold interests in 27 West 34th Street and 1372 Broadway, both located in New York City, for $2.3 million recognizing a gain of approximately $141,000, net of minority interest.



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NORTHSTAR REALTY FINANCE CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

3 — Property Acquisitions and Dispositions – (continued)

At September 30, 2006, the condensed consolidated statements of operations include results of operations of real estate assets sold or held for sale. These assets include 729 Seventh Avenue, which was sold on June 30, 2005, 1552 Broadway, which was sold on November 30, 2005, and 27 West 34th and 1372 Broadway which were sold on January 31, 2006. The following table summarizes income from discontinued operations and related gain on sale of discontinued operations, each net of minority interest, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005 (in thousands):

   

Three Months
Ended
September 30, 2006

 

Three Months
Ended
September 30, 2005

 

Nine Months
Ended
September 30, 2006

 

Nine Months
Ended
September 30, 2005

 
                           

Revenue:

     

   

     

   

     

   

     

     

Rental and escalation income

 

$

 

$

975

 

$

162

 

$

4,466

 

Interest and other

   

   

157

   

1

   

426

 

Total revenue

   

   

1,132

   

163

   

4,892

 

Expenses:

                         

Real estate property operating expenses        

   

   

443

   

42

   

1,366

 

General and administrative expenses

   

   

39

   

   

447

 

Interest expense

   

   

337

   

   

2,052

 

Depreciation and amortization

   

   

118

   

   

674

 

Total expenses

 

$

 

$

937

 

$

42

 

$

4,539

 

Income (loss) from discontinued operations

     

$

    

$

195

     

$

121

     

$

353

 

Gain on disposition of discontinued operations

   

   

   

167

   

10,871

 

Income (loss) from discontinued operations
before minority interest

   

   

195

   

288

   

11,224

 

Minority interest

   

   

(40

)

 

(44

)

 

(2,314

)

Income (loss) from discontinued operations,
net of minority interest

 

$

 

$

155

 

$

244

 

$

8,910

 

4 — Debt Securities Available for Sale

Synthetic CMBS CDOS

In August 2006, the Company acquired all of the notes issued in a synthetic CMBS CDO referred to as Abacus 2006-NS2 for $54.2 million. The notes of this CDO bear interest backed by a combination of AAA floating rate securities and a fixed spread earned by the CDO for having sold credit protection on a portfolio of investment grade-rated reference securities. The notes yield a blended spread above LIBOR of approximately 6.96%. Any losses on the reference securities will require the CDO to liquidate a portion of the AAA collateral in order to make payments to credit protection buyer under the credit default swaps. The CDO was determined to be a variable interest entity under Fin 46(R)-6 and the Company was determined to be the primary beneficiary therefore the financial statements are consolidated into the condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company.

In August 2006, the Company acquired all of the notes issued in a synthetic CMBS CDO referred to as SEAWALL 2006-4a for $27 million of which $12.0 million was acquired by the Company’s warehouse provider (see note 5). The notes of this CDO bear interest backed by a combination of AAA floating rate securities and a fixed spread earned by the CDO for having sold credit protection on a portfolio of investment grade-rated reference securities. The notes yield a blended spread above LIBOR of approximately 4.41%. Any losses on the reference securities will require the CDO to liquidate a portion of the AAA collateral in order to make payments to credit protection buyer under the credit default swaps. SEAWALL 2006-4a is determined to be a Qualified Special Purpose Entity (“QSPE”) and accordingly is not consolidated. The notes acquired are accounted for as debt



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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

4 — Debt Securities Available for Sale – (continued)

securities available for sale and are carried at their fair value with net unrealized gains or loss reported as a component of other comprehensive income.

The following is a summary of the Company’s available for sale securities at September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005 (in thousands):

Total Debt Securities Available for Sale

     

Face
Value

     

Amortized
Cost

     

Unrealized
Gain/(Loss)

     

Estimated
Fair Value

                                                                                                           

   

                        

   

                        

   

                        

   

                        

As of September 30, 2006

 

$

774,459

 

$

749,404

 

$

12,811

 

$

762,215

As of December 31, 2005

 

$

163,300

 

$

149,263

 

$

609

 

$

149,872

5 — CDO Deposit and Warehouse Agreements

Warehouse Agreements

On March 17, 2006, the Company entered into a warehouse arrangement with a major commercial bank whereby the bank has agreed to purchase up to $450 million of CMBS and other real estate debt securities under the Company’s direction with the expectation of selling such securities to the Company’s next real estate securities CDO. As of September 30, 2006, the Company deposited $17 million of cash collateral for the purpose of covering a portion of any losses or cost associated with the accumulations of securities that will be made under the warehouse agreement. As of September 30, 2006, the bank accumulated $329.7 million in real estate securities under the terms of the warehouse agreement. The warehouse agreement also provides for the Company’s notional participation in the income that the assets generate after deducting a notional debt cost (the “Carry”).

These agreements are being treated as non-hedge derivatives for accounting purposes and marked-to-market through income. The Company has recorded a $39,000 and $518,000 unrealized gain for the three months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively, and a $170,000 and a $1.4 million unrealized gain, for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively related to the change in fair value of the warehouse agreements which includes the market-to-market of the securities in the warehouse and the net Carry. The collateral to be accumulated under these agreements is expected to be included in a securitization transaction in which the Company intends to acquire all of the equity interests.

6 — Real Estate Debt Investments

At September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005 the Company held the following real estate debt investments (in thousands):

September 30, 2006

     

Carrying
Value(1)

     

Allocation by
Investment
Type

     

Average
Spread
Over
LIBOR

     

Average
Fixed
Rate

     

Number of
Investments

 
     

                     

 

                     

 

                     

 

                     

 

                     

 

Whole loans, floating rate

     

$

609,813

     

46.2

%

2.98

%

%

36

 

Whole loans, fixed rate

 

 

80,957

 

6.1

 

 

8.49

 

10

 

Subordinate mortgage interests, floating rate

 

 

148,157

 

11.2

 

5.01

 

 

14

 

Mezzanine loans, floating rate

 

 

304,276

 

23.0

 

5.71

 

 

19

 

Mezzanine loan, fixed rate

 

 

119,543

 

9.0

 

 

11.23

 

6

 

Preferred equity, fixed rate

 

 

29,010

 

2.2

 

 

9.35

 

2

 

Other loans – floating

   

22,568

 

1.7

 

1.55

 

 

6

 

Other loans – fixed

   

7,926

 

0.6

     

5.53

 

1

 

Total/Weighted average

 

$

1,322,250

 

100.0

%

3.99

%

9.88

%

94

 

——————

(1)

Approximately $295 million, $365 million and $47 million of these investments serve as collateral for CDO IV, CDO VI, and CDO VII, respectively. The majority of the balance is financed under the Wachovia Facility.



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NORTHSTAR REALTY FINANCE CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

6 — Real Estate Debt Investments – (continued)

December 31, 2005

 

Carrying
Value(2)

 

Allocation by
Investment
Type

 

Average
Spread
Over
LIBOR

 

Average
Fixed
Rate

 

Number of
Investments

 
     

                     

 

                     

 

                     

 

                     

 

                     

 

Whole loans, floating rate

     

$

178,775

     

26.3

%  

3.06

%  

     

10

 

Whole loans, fixed rate

 

 

13,082

 

1.9

 

 

5.27

%

3

 

Subordinate mortgage interests, floating rate

 

 

237,276

 

34.8

 

4.97

 

 

17

 

Mezzanine loans, floating rate

 

 

223,621

 

32.8

 

4.86

 

 

11

 

Mezzanine loan, fixed rate

 

 

151

 

0.0

 

 

15.00

 

1

 

Preferred equity, fixed rate

 

 

28,201

 

4.2

 

 

9.36

 

2

 

Total/Weighted average

 

$

681,106

 

100.0

%

4.40

%

8.09

%

44

 

——————

(2)

Approximately $320 million of these investments serve as collateral for CDO IV and the balance are financed under the Wachovia Facility or other repurchase agreements.

As of September 30, 2006, there were no defaults or delinquencies in the Company’s real estate debt investments.

The Company has identified two real estate debt investments as variable interests in a VIE and has determined that the Company is not the primary beneficiaries of these VIEs and as such the VIEs should not be consolidated in the Company’s consolidated financial statements. The Company’s maximum exposure to loss would not exceed the carrying amount of its investments of $54.9 million. For all other investments, the Company has determined they are not VIEs, as such, the Company has continued to account for these real estate debt investments as a loans.

7 — Investment in and Advances to Unconsolidated Ventures

CS/Federal Venture

In February 2006, the Company, through a joint venture with an institutional investor, acquired a portfolio of three adjacent class A office/flex buildings located in Colorado Springs, Colorado for $54.3 million. The joint venture financed the transaction with two non-recourse, first mortgage loans totaling $37.9 million and the balance in cash. The loans mature on February 11, 2016 and bear fixed interest rates of 5.51% and 5.46%. The Company contributed $8.4 million for a 50% interest in the joint venture and incurred $0.3 million in costs related to its acquisition, which is capitalized to the investment account. These costs will be amortized over the useful lives of the assets held by the joint venture. The Company accounts for its investment under the equity method of accounting.

NSF Venture

In February 2006, the Company sold its interests in the NSF venture to the institutional pension fund which had an equity interest in the NSF venture. As part of the sale, the NSF venture terminated its advisory fee agreements with the Company. The Company recognized a gain on sale of $279,000, net of minority interest. In addition, the Company recognized incentive income of approximately $1.2 million which is included in other revenue in the condensed consolidated statement of operations, which was deferred at December 31, 2005 pursuant to Method 1 of EITF Topic D-96. Subsequent to January 31, 2006, the Company will no longer earn management or incentive fees from the NSF venture or from loans owned directly by the Company’s former joint venture partner.



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NORTHSTAR REALTY FINANCE CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

8 — Borrowings

The following is a table of the Company’s outstanding borrowings as of September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005 (in thousands):

 

      

Stated
Maturity

      

Interest
Rate

      

Balance at
September 30,
2006

      

Balance at
December 31,
2005

  

       

                                       

             

Mortgage notes payable (non-recourse)

           

                  

       

Chatsworth

 

5/1/2015

 

5.65%

 

$

43,577

 

$

43,777

 

Salt Lake City

 

9/1/2012

 

5.16%

   

16,670

   

16,919

 

EDS

 

10/8/2015

 

5.37%

   

49,120

   

49,120

 

Executive Center

 

1/1/2016

 

5.85%

   

51,480

   

51,480

 

Green Pond

 

4/11/2016

 

5.68%

   

17,480

   

 

Indianapolis

 

2/1/2017

 

6.06%

   

28,600

   

 

Wakefield

 

8/30/2010

 

6.56% to 7.74%

   

48,340

   

 

Aurora

 

7/11/2016

 

6.22%

   

33,500

   

 

DSG

 

10/11/2016

 

6.17%

   

35,100

   

 

Keene

 

2/1/2016

 

5.85%

   

6,991

   

 

Fort Wayne

 

1/1/2015

 

6.41%

   

3,643

   

 

Portland

 

6/17/2014

 

7.34%

   

5,168

   

 

Mezzanine loan payable (non-recourse)

                     

Chatsworth

 

5/1/2014

 

6.64%

   

12,295

   

13,000

 

Aurora

 

5/11/2012

 

7.37%

   

3,278

   

 
                       

Repurchase obligations

 

See Repurchase
Obligations below

 

LIBOR varies

   

79,295

   

7,054

 

Credit Facilities

                     

DBAG

 

12/21/2007

 

LIBOR + 0.75%
to 2.25%

   

   

 

Wachovia

 

7/12/2008

 

LIBOR + 0.15%
to 2.50%

   

457,960

   

243,002

 

Bank of America

 

11/10/2006

 

LIBOR + 3.25%

   

   

 
                       

CDO bonds payable

                     

CDO IV

 

7/1/2040

 

LIBOR + 0.62%
(average spread)

   

300,000

   

300,000

 

CDO VI

 

6/1/2041

 

LIBOR + 0.55%
(average spread)

   

299,577

   

 

CDO VII

 

6/22/2051

 

LIBOR + 0.33%
(average spread)

   

510,800

   

 

Abacus II

 

8/28/2046

 

LIBOR + 4.41%
(average spread)

   

23,750

   

 
                       

Liability to subsidiary trusts issuing preferred securities(1)

                     

Trust I

 

3/30/2035

 

8.15%

   

41,240

   

41,240

 

Trust II

 

6/30/2035

 

7.74%

   

25,780

   

25,780

 

Trust III

 

1/30/2036

 

7.81%

   

41,238

   

41,238

 

Trust IV

 

6/30/2036

 

7.95%

   

50,100

   

 

Trust V

 

9/30/2036

 

8.16%

   

30,100

   

 
           

$

2,215,082

 

$

832,610

 

——————

(1)

The liability to subsidiary trusts have a fixed interest rate for the first ten years after which the interest rate will float and reset quarterly at rates ranging from LIBOR plus 2.70% to 3.25%.



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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

8 — Borrowings – (continued)

Mortgage Notes Payable

Green Pond Mortgage

In connection with the acquisition of the Green Pond Property located in Rockaway, New Jersey, the Company entered into a loan agreement with a major commercial bank for non-recourse, first mortgage in the principal amount of $17.5 million. This mortgage matures on April 11, 2016 and bears interest at a fixed rate of 5.68%. The mortgage requires interest only payments through April 2008, and the mortgage will require monthly principal and interest payments of $101,233 thereafter, amortizing the principal balance to $15.4 million at maturity.

Wakefield Mortgage

In connection with the joint venture with Chain Bridge, Wakefield assumed an existing loan facility with a major commercial bank providing for up to $60 million of non-recourse mortgage financing. The facility was entered into in August 2005 and contemplates the financing of new acquisitions made by Wakefield during the term of the facility. The loan facility matures on August 30, 2010 and bears interest at fixed rates ranging from 6.56% to 7.74%. The weighted average interest rate payable under the facility at September 30, 2006 was 6.86%. The mortgage requires interest only payments through September 2008, and monthly interest and principal payments thereafter, amortizing the principal amount to $46.9 million at maturity.

Indianapolis Mortgage

In connection with the acquisition of the Indianapolis property, the Company entered into a loan agreement with a major commercial bank for a non-recourse, first mortgage in the principal amount of $28.6 million. The mortgage matures on February 1, 2017 and bears interest at a fixed rate of 6.06%. The mortgage requires interest only payments through July 2008, and commencing in August 2008 principal and interest payments of $172,576, amortizing the principal balance to $25.1 million at maturity.

Aurora Mortgage

In connection with the acquisition of the Aurora property, the Company entered into a loan agreement with a major commercial bank for a non-recourse, first mortgage in the principal amount of $33.5 million. The mortgage matures on July 11, 2016 and bears interest at a fixed rate of 6.22%. The mortgage requires interest only payments through July 2008, and monthly principal and interest payments of $205,699 thereafter, amortizing the principal balance to $29.8 million at maturity.

Keene Mortgage

In connection with the acquisition of a net lease property located in Keene, New Hampshire, the Company assumed a non-recourse first mortgage in the principal amount of $6.9 million. The mortgage matures on February 1, 2016 and bears interest at a fixed rate of 5.85%. The mortgage requires monthly principal and interest payments of $41,532 thereafter, amortizing the principal balance to $5.9 million at maturity.

Portland Mortgage

In connection with the acquisition of a net lease property located in Portland, Maine, the Company assumed a non-recourse first mortgage in the principal amount of $5.2 million. The mortgage matures on June 17, 2014 and bears interest at a fixed rate of 7.34%. The mortgage requires monthly principal and interest payments of $43,808, amortizing the principal balance to $3.7 million at maturity.



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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

8 — Borrowings – (continued)

Fort Wayne Mortgage

In connection with the acquisition of a net lease property located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the Company assumed a non-recourse first mortgage in the principal amount of $3.6 million. The mortgage matures on January 1, 2015 and bears interest at a fixed rate of 6.41%. The mortgage requires principal and interest payments of $25,109 amortizing the principal balance to $2.9 million at maturity.

DSG Mortgage

In connection with the acquisition of six net lease properties, the Company entered into a loan agreement with a major commercial bank for a non-recourse, cross-collateralized first mortgage in the principal amount of $35.1 million. The mortgage matures on October 11, 2016 and bears interest at a fixed rate of 6.17%. The mortgage requires monthly principal and interest payments of $214,317 amortizing the principal balance to $29.9 million at maturity.

Mezzanine Loan Payable

In connection with the acquisition of the Aurora property, the Company entered into a non-recourse mezzanine loan agreement (the “Aurora Mezzanine Loan”) which was assigned to, then funded by our securities warehouse provider for a mezzanine loan in the amount of $3.4 million. The Aurora Mezzanine Loan bears interest at a fixed rate of 7.37%, and requires monthly principal and interest payments that will fully amortize the loan by maturity on May 11, 2012.

Repurchase Obligations

The Company had $79.3 million of repurchase agreements with two counterparty which is collateralized by $89.8 million of floating rate securities at September 30, 2006. These repurchase agreements are generally used to finance the Company’s floating rate securities, backed by commercial or residential mortgage loans, and other investments prior to obtaining permanent financing. These repurchase obligations mature in less than 30 days, and bear LIBOR interest rates. These repurchase agreements are being accounted for as secured borrowings since the Company maintains effective control of the financed assets.

Liability to Subsidiary Trusts Issuing Preferred Securities

On March 13, 2006, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company completed a private placement of $50.0 million of trust preferred securities (“Trust IV”). The Company owns all of the common stock of Trust IV. The trust preferred securities have a fixed interest rate of 7.95% per annum, during the first ten years, after which the interest rate will float and reset quarterly at the three-month LIBOR rate plus 2.80% per annum.

Trust IV used the proceeds to purchase the Company’s junior subordinated notes which mature on June 30, 2036. These notes represent all of the Trust’s assets. The terms of the junior subordinated notes are substantially the same as the terms of the trust preferred securities.

The Company may redeem the notes, in whole or in part, for cash, at par, after June 30, 2011. To the extent the Company redeems notes, Trust IV is required to redeem a corresponding amount of trust preferred securities.

On August 1, 2006, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, NorthStar Realty Finance Trust V, completed a private placement of $30.0 million of trust preferred securities. The sole assets of the trust consist of a like amount of junior subordinate notes due September 30, 2036 issued by the Company. The trust preferred securities and the notes have a 30-year term, ending September 30, 2036, and bear interest at a floating rate of three-month LIBOR plus 2.70%. The Company has entered into an interest rate swap agreement, which fixed the interest rate for ten years at 8.16%.



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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

8 — Borrowings – (continued)

The Company may redeem the notes, in whole or in part, for cash, at par, after September 30, 2011. To the extent the Company redeems notes, Trust V is required to redeem a corresponding amount of trust preferred securities.

Under the provisions of FIN 46(R)-6, the Company determined that the holders of the trust preferred securities are the primary beneficiary of Trust IV and Trust V (collectively “The Trusts”). As a result, the Company does not consolidate the Trusts and has reflected the obligation to the Trusts under the caption “Liability to subsidiary trusts issuing preferred securities” in the condensed consolidated balance sheet and will account for the investment in the common stock of the Trusts, which is reflected in Investments in and advances to unconsolidated ventures in the condensed consolidated balance sheet, under the equity method of accounting.

CDO Bonds Payable

In March 2006, the Company completed its sixth CDO issuance (“CDO VI”). The Company sold the investment grade rated notes having a face amount of $348.4 million, including $70.0 million of revolving floating rate notes, of which only $21.8 million was funded at the closing, and retained all of the below investment grade securities and income notes. CDO VI has the ability to borrow, repay and re-borrow pursuant to the terms of the floating rate revolving notes, both during the ramp-up period and the re-investment period, subject to compliance with certain borrowing conditions.

The net proceeds of CDO VI were used to repay $296.1 million of the outstanding principal balance of the Wachovia Credit Facility. The CDO VI bonds are collateralized by $389.2 million of real estate debt investments consisting of whole loans, junior participations in first mortgages, mezzanine loans, preferred equity investments and bonds of other CDOs.

In June 2006, the Company completed its seventh CDO issuance (“CDO VII”). The Company sold investment grade notes having a face amount of $510.8 million and retained all the below investment grade securities and income notes. The CDO VII bonds are collateralized by $460.0 million of real estate securities, $41.3 million real estate debt investments and $40.0 million of cash.

Wachovia Facility

On June 6, 2006, the Company amended its master repurchase agreement with Wachovia Bank, National Association (the “Wachovia Facility”). Following the amendment, the Company may now borrow up to $500 million under the Wachovia Facility in order to finance the origination and acquisition of senior and subordinate debt and other real estate loans and securities. The additional capacity and flexibility under the Wachovia Facility will allow the Company to accumulate collateral for its next contemplated real estate debt CDO and to continue to finance other investments.

Advance rates under the Wachovia Facility range from 50% to 100% of the value of the collateral for which the advance is to be made. Amounts borrowed under the Wachovia Facility bear interest at spreads of 0.15% to 2.50% over one-month LIBOR, depending on the type collateral for which the amount is borrowed. Additionally, if a securitization transaction with respect to the collateral subject to the Wachovia Facility is not consummated by March 23, 2007, certain advances under the Wachovia Facility will be subject to commitment and unused fees.



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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

8 — Borrowings – (continued)

Scheduled principal payment requirements on the Company’s borrowings are as follows as of September 30, 2006 (in thousands):

 

      

Total

      

Mortgage
and
Mezzanine
Loans

      

Credit
Facilities

      

Liability to
Subsidiary
Trusts
Issuing
Preferred
Securities

      

Repurchase
Obligations

      

CDO
Bonds
Payable

                                     

2006

 

$

80,392

 

$

1,097

 

$

 

$

 

$

79,295

 

$

2007

   

4,765

   

4,765

   

   

   

   

2008

   

462,231

   

4,271

   

457,960

   

   

   

2009

   

5,436

   

5,436

   

   

   

   

2010

   

52,630

   

52,630

   

   

   

   

Thereafter                     

   

1,609,628

   

287,043

   

   

188,458

   

   

1,134,127

Total

 

$

2,215,082

 

$

355,242

 

$

457,960

 

$

188,458

 

$

79,295

 

$

1,134,127

At September 30, 2006, the Company was in compliance with all covenants under its borrowings.

9 — Related Party Transactions

Shared Facilities and Services Agreement

On October 29, 2005, the Company terminated the shared facilities and services agreement and entered into a more limited sublease agreement with NCIC. Under the new sublease effective November 1, 2005, the Company rents from NCIC office space currently used by its accounting, legal and administrative personnel on a month to month basis. The sublease rent is calculated as a per person monthly charge, based on a “turn key” office arrangement (computer, network, telephone and furniture supplied) for each person utilizing NCIC facilities. These direct costs are reflected in other general and administrative expenses. Total rent expense incurred by the Company under the sublease agreement was $0.2 million and $0.6 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 fees and expenses incurred by the Company under the shared facilities and services agreement was $0.3 million and $1.0 million, respectively.

Advisory and Management Fee Income

The off-balance sheet CDO’s, CDO I, CDO II, CDO III and CDO V entered into agreements with the Company, through NS Advisors LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, to perform certain advisory services.

The Company earned advisory fees of approximately $1.5 million, $4.4 million and $1.2 million, $3.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively. These fees earned under these agreements are classified as “Advisory and management fee income – related parties” in the condensed consolidated statement of operations. The unpaid advisory fees of $267,000 and $224,000 are included in related party-receivables in the condensed consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005, respectively.

The Company also earned a structuring fee of $500,000 in connection with the closing of CDO III in March 2005. The fee was used to reduce the Company’s investment in CDO III, which is classified under debt securities available for sale in the condensed consolidated balance sheet.



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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

9 — Related Party Transactions – (continued)

The Company also earns interest income related to its investment in the off-balance sheet CDO’s (see Note 17). The interest income related to these investments is classified as Interest income – related parties in the condensed consolidated statement of operations.

NSF Venture

During the first quarter the Company sold its joint venture interest and will no longer earn advisory fees from this venture. In connection with the sale, the Company recognized incentive income of approximately $1.2 million which is included in other revenue in the condensed consolidated statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and was deferred at December 31, 2005 pursuant to Method 1 of EITF Topic D-96.

10 — Derivatives and Hedging Activities

The Company uses derivative financial instruments primarily to manage interest rate risk exposure. The counterparties to these contractual arrangements are major financial institutions with which the Company and its affiliates may also have other financial relationships. The Company is potentially exposed to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by these counterparties; however, the Company does not anticipate that any of the counterparties will fail to meet their obligations.

In connection with the closing of CDO VI and CDO VII the Company entered into various swap agreements to fix the LIBOR rate on a portion of the Company’s variable rate debt. These hedges are currently effective. In addition the Company entered into two interest rate swap agreements to hedge its exposure to the risk of changes in the difference between three month Libor and one month Libor interest rates. These swaps have a notional amount of $20.0 million and do not qualify as a cash flow hedges for accounting purposes and therefore changes in fair value are reflected in earnings. The following table summarizes the notional amounts and fair values of the Company’s derivative financial instruments as of September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005 (in thousands):

 

      

Notional
Amount

 

Fair
Value Net Asset/(Liability)

      

Range of
Fixed LIBOR

      

Range of Maturity

Interest rate swaps, treated as hedges

                   

As of September 30, 2006

 

$

599,758

 

$

(15,492

)

4.18%-7.34%

 

March 2010-August 2018

As of December 31, 2005

   

53,242

   

726

 

4.18%-5.03%

 

March 2010-August 2018

11 — Stockholders’ Equity

Common Stock

In March 2006, the Company granted a total of 4,808 shares to a new member of the Company’s Board of Directors.

In May 2006, the Company issued 17,049 shares to its Board of Directors as part of their annual grants.

In May 2006, the Company completed a public offering for 10,000,000 shares at $10.60 per share and in June 2006 the underwriters exercised their over-allotment option and acquired 1,528,616 additional shares. The net proceeds of approximately $114.6 million were used to pay down short term debt and to fund new investments.

Preferred Stock

In September 2006, the Company completed a public offering of 2,400,000 shares of 8.75% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock at a price of $25.00 per share. The net proceed from the offering was $57.9 million.



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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

11 — Stockholders’ Equity – (continued)

Dividends

On January 26, 2006, the Company declared a cash dividend of $0.27 per share of common stock. The dividend was paid on February 10, 2006 to the shareholders of record as of the close of business on February 3, 2006.

On April 12, 2006, the Company declared a cash dividend of $0.30 per share of common stock. The dividend was paid on April 26, 2006 to the shareholders of record as of the close of business on April 19, 2006.

On July 25, 2006, the Company declared a cash dividend of $0.30 per share of common stock. The dividend was expected to paid on August 11, 2006 to the shareholders on record as of the close of business on August 4, 2006.

Comprehensive Income

The following table summarizes comprehensive income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005 (in thousands):

   

Three Months
Ended
September 30, 2006

 

Three Months
Ended
September 30, 2005

 

Nine Months
Ended
September 30, 2006

 

Nine Months
Ended
September 30, 2005

     

                      

   

                      

   

                      

   

                      

Net income

     

$

9,674

     

$

4,616

     

$

22,784

     

$

15,494

Unrealized gain (loss) on debt securities available for sale and derivatives and interest rate swaps

   

(5,189

)

 

1,671

   

(5,519

)

 

5,383

Comprehensive Income

 

$

4,485

 

$

6,287

 

$

17,265

 

$

20,877

12 — Minority Interest in Operating Partnership

The aggregate limited partnership interests or OP Units in the Operating Partnership are held by limited partners (the “Unit Holders”). Income is allocated based on the Unit Holder’s ownership percentage of the Operating Partnership. The ownership percentage is determined by dividing the numbers of OP Units held by the Unit Holders by the total OP Units outstanding. The issuance of additional shares of beneficial interest (the ‘‘Common Shares’’ or ‘‘Share”) or OP Units changes the percentage ownership of both the Unit Holders and the Company. Since a unit is generally redeemable for cash or Shares at the option of the Company, it is deemed to be equivalent to a Share. Therefore, such transactions are treated as capital transactions and result in an allocation between shareholders’ equity and minority interest in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet to account for the change in the ownership of the underlying equity in the Operating Partnership. As of September 30, 2006, Minority interest related to the aggregate limited partnership units of 5,393,667 was $42.2 million.

Minority Interest in Joint Ventures

In May 2006, the Company formed the Wakefield joint venture with Chain Bridge. The joint venture is consolidated in the condensed consolidated financial statements and Chain Bridge’s capital is treated as minority interest. Income is allocated as defined in the Wakefield LLC agreement. There was $37,000 of income allocated for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006.

13 — Earnings Per Share

The Company’s basic earnings per share (“EPS”) is computed by dividing net income available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. For purposes of calculating earnings per share, the Company considered all unvested restricted stock which participates in the dividends of the Company to be outstanding. The computation of diluted EPS considers the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted to common stock, where such exercise or conversion would result in a lower EPS amount. This also includes units of limited partnership interest in the



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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

13 — Earnings Per Share – (continued)

Operating Partnership which are considered convertible securities. The operating partnership units are exchangeable for common shares on a one-for-one basis. Additionally, income is allocated to all unit holders including the Company on a pro-rata basis. The conversion of these units to common shares are not dilutive to earnings per share.

14 — Equity Based Compensation

Long Term Incentive Bonus Plan

On September 14, 2004, the board of directors of the Company adopted the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. 2004 Long-Term Incentive Bonus Plan (the “Incentive Bonus Plan”), in order to retain and provide incentive to officers and certain key employees of the Company, co-employees of the Company and NCIC and employees of NCIC who provided services to the Company pursuant to the shared facilities and services agreement. Up to 2.5% of the Company’s total capitalization as of consummation of the IPO is available to be paid under the Incentive Bonus Plan in cash, shares of common stock of the Company or other share-based form at the discretion of the compensation committee of the Company’s board of directors, if certain return hurdles are met.

An aggregate of 698,142 shares of common stock of the Company are currently reserved and authorized for issuance under the Incentive Bonus Plan, subject to equitable adjustment upon the occurrence of certain corporate events. The Company’s compensation committee has established the return hurdle for these performance periods as an annual return on paid in capital as defined in the plan, equal to or greater than 12.5%. If the Company achieves these return hurdles, the vested awards may be paid in cash, shares of common stock, LTIP Units or other share based form.

Each of the participants received half of his or her total reserved amount because the Company met the return hurdle for the one-year period beginning October 1, 2005. Each of the participants will be entitled to the other half of his or her total reserved amount if the Company meets the return hurdle for the one-year period beginning on October 1, 2006 and such participant is employed through the end of this second performance period. If the Company does not meet the performance hurdles for the second period, the remaining award amounts are forfeited.

At September 30, 2006, management has determined based upon current projections that the Company will meet the hurdle in the second performance period. The Company has awarded 332,083 LTIP Units to the plan participants under the 2004 Long Term Incentive Bonus Plan. The cost of the Long Term Incentive Bonus Plan is being amortized into earnings over the performance period. The Company recorded compensation expense in amount of $0.5 million and $1.4 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, respectively.

Employee Outperformance Plan

In connection with the employment agreement of the Company’s chief investment officer, he is eligible to receive incentive compensation equal to 15% of the annual net profits from the Company’s real estate securities business in excess of a 12% return on invested capital (the annual bonus participation amount). The Company will have the option of terminating this incentive compensation arrangement at any time after the third anniversary of the date of its IPO by paying the Company’s chief investment officer an amount based on a multiple of the estimated annual bonus participation amount, at the time it exercises this buyout option. If the Company exercises this buyout option, the fixed amount due for terminating this arrangement will vest ratably and be paid in four installments over a three-year period with 25% paid on termination. If the Company’s chief investment officer voluntarily terminates his employment with the Company prior to any exercise of the Company’s buyout option, he will be eligible to receive a portion of the future annual payments otherwise payable to him while employed based on a vesting formula, as defined in the agreement. The portion of the annual benefit to which the chief investment officer is eligible after voluntary termination ranges from 20% of what he would otherwise receive for most recently created income streams to 100% of eligible income streams that are five or more years old. Approximately $68,000 and $476,000 of compensation has been earned by the Company’s chief investment officer under this plan for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 respectively.



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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

14 — Equity Based Compensation – (continued)

Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan

On January 23, 2006, April 10, 2006 and September 15, 2006, the Operating Partnership granted an aggregate of 429,913, 58,357 and 6,992 LTIP units, respectively which are units of partnership interests that are structured as profits interests (“LTIP units”), to certain employees of the Company pursuant to the 2004 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan. The LTIP units vest to the individual recipient at a rate of one-twelfth of the total amount granted as of the end of each quarter (as defined in the vesting agreement). In addition, the LTIP unit holders are entitled to dividends on the entire grant so long as they are employed by the Company.

2006 Outperformance Plan

In January 2006, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors approved the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. 2006 Outperformance Plan (the “Outperformance Plan”), a long-term compensation program, to further align the interests of the Company’s stockholders and management. Under the 2006 Outperformance Plan, award recipients will share in a “performance pool” if the Company’s total return to stockholders for the period from January 1, 2006 (measured based on the average closing price of our common stock for the 20 trading days prior to January 1, 2006) to December 31, 2008 exceeds a cumulative total return to stockholders of 30%, including both share price appreciation and dividends paid. The size of the pool will be 10% of the outperformance amount in excess of the 30% benchmark, subject to a maximum dilution cap equal to $40 million, exclusive of accrued dividends. Each employee’s award under the 2006 Outperformance Plan will be designated as a specified percentage of the aggregate performance pool. Assuming the 30% benchmark is achieved, the performance pool that is established under the Outperformance Plan will be allocated among the Company’s employees in accordance with the percentage specified in each employee’s award agreement. Although the amount of the awards earned under the Outperformance Plan will be determined when the performance pool is established, not all of the awards vest at that time. Instead, 50% of the awards vest on December 31, 2008 and 25% of the awards vest on each of the first two anniversaries thereafter based on continued employment. The Company recorded the compensation expense for the Outperformance Plan in accordance with SFAS 123 (R) “Stock Based Compensation”. The fair value of the

Outperformance Plan on the date of adoption was determined to be $4.1 million based upon a third-party appraisal by an independent firm that is an expert in valuing performance-based compensation plans. The Company will amortize 50% of the value into compensation expense over the first three years of the plan, 25% will be amortized over four years and the remaining 25% over five years. The Company recorded compensation expense of $283,000 and $850,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 related to the Outperformance Plan, respectively.

15 — Segment Reporting

The Company’s real estate debt segment is focused on originating, structuring and acquiring senior and subordinate debt investments secured primarily by commercial real estate properties. The Company generates revenues from this segment by earning interest income from its debt investments and its operating expenses consist primarily of interest costs from financing the assets. This segment generates income from operations by earning a positive spread between the yield on its assets and the interest cost of its debt. The Company evaluates performance and allocates resources to this segment based upon its contribution to income from continuing operations.

The Company’s real estate securities segment is focused on investing in a wide range of commercial real estate debt securities, including commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”), REIT unsecured debt, credit tenant loans and unsecured subordinate securities of commercial real estate companies. The Company generates revenues from this segment by earning interest income and advisory fees from owning and managing these investments. Its operating expenses consist primarily of interest costs from financing its securities. The segment generates income from operations by earning advisory fees and a positive spread between the yield on its assets and the interest cost of its debt.



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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

15 — Segment Reporting – (continued)

The Company’s operating real estate segment is focused on acquiring commercial real estate facilities located throughout the U.S. that are primarily leased under long-term triple-net leases to corporate tenants. Triple-net leases generally require the lessee to pay all costs of operating the facility, including taxes and insurance and maintenance of the facility. The Company’s net-leased facilities are currently located primarily in New York, Ohio, California, Utah, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Indiana, Illinois, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Kansas, Maine and Michigan. Revenues from these assets are generated from rental income received from lessees of the facilities, and operating expenses include interest costs related to financing the assets, operating expenses, real estate taxes, insurance, ground rent and repairs and maintenance. The segment generates income from operations by leasing these facilities at a higher rate than its costs of owning and financing the assets. The following table summarizes segment reporting for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005 (in thousands):

   

Operating
Real Estate

 

Real Estate
Debt

 

Real Estate
Securities(1)

 

Unallocated(2)

 

Consolidated
Total

   

                     

 

                   

 

                      

 

                          

 

                    

Total revenues for the three months ended

  

   

    

   

    

   

    

   

    

   

September 30, 2006

 

$

11,363

 

$

31,106

 

$

15,110

 

$

1,030

 

$

58,609

September 30, 2005

   

2,584

 

 

9,583

 

 

3,237

 

 

1,828

   

17,232

                               

Income (loss) from continuing operations
for the three months ended

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

September 30, 2006

 

$

(904

)

$

12,009

 

$

6,144

 

$

(6,317

)

$

10,932

September 30, 2005

   

(197

)

 

4,238

   

4,251

   

(2,672

)

 

5,620

 

                           

 

Net income (loss) for the three months ended

                           

 

September 30, 2006

   

(941

)

 

12,009

   

6,144

   

(7,538

)

 

9,674

September 30, 2005

   

(42

)

 

4,238

   

4,251

   

(3,831

)

 

4,616

                               

Total revenues for the nine months ended

                             

September 30, 2006

   

26,261

   

75,970

   

24,840

   

2,440

   

129,511

September 30, 2005

   

6,658

   

18,474

   

8,272

   

8,460

   

41,864

                               

Income (loss) from continuing operations for the nine months ended

                             

September 30, 2006

 

 

(2,081

)

 

30,215

   

15,365

   

(17,731

)

 

25,768

September 30, 2005

 

 

(261

)

 

8,829

   

8,951

   

(9,225

)

 

8,294

 

 

 

                   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) for the nine months ended

 

 

                   

 

 

 

September 30, 2006

 

 

(1,874

)

 

30,494

   

15,365

   

(21,201

)

 

22,784

September 30, 2005

 

 

8,649

   

8,829

   

8,951

   

(10,935

)

 

15,494

                               

Total assets as of September 30, 2006

    

$

512,849

     

$

1,408,398

     

$

755,211

     

$

115,026

     

$

2,791,484

——————

(1)

The Company uses non-recourse debt in the form of collateralized debt obligations to match fund its security investments. These CDO financings are currently accounted for as off-balance sheet financings; therefore the Company’s securities investments on its balance sheet are not indicative of total real estate securities under management. The Company had $1.6 billion and $1.7 billion of real estate securities in these off-balance sheet financings as of September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005, respectively. Under the new interpretation Fin 46(R)-6 all new investment grade CDO’s will be consolidated. See Note 2.

(2)

Unallocated comprises corporate level investments and general & administrative expenses.



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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

16 — Pro Forma Financial Information

As discussed in Note 3, the Company acquired and disposed of interests in certain operating real estate properties during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006. The pro forma financial information set forth below is based upon the Company’s historical condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, adjusted to give effect of these transactions as of January 1, 2005.

The pro forma financial information is presented for informational purposes only and may not be indicative of what actual results of operations would have been had the transactions occurred January 1, 2005, nor does it purport to represent the results of future operations (in thousands, except per share amounts).

   

Three Months
Ended
September 30,
2006

 

Three Months
Ended
September 30,
2005

 

Nine Months
Ended
September 30,
2006

 

Nine Months
Ended
September 30,
2005

                         

Pro forma revenues

     

$

59,921

     

$

27,117

     

$

140,962

     

$

72,368

Pro forma net income

 

$

9,851

 

$

4,648

 

$

22,738

 

$

7,123

Pro forma net income per common
share – basic

 

$

0.23

 

$

0.22

 

$

0.62

 

$

0.34

17 — Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of September 30, 2006, the Company had the following off balance sheet arrangements described below.

The Company’s potential losses in CDO I, CDO II, CDO III and CDO V are limited to its aggregate carrying value which was approximately $103.5 million and $90.1 million at September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005, respectively.

The terms of the portfolio of real estate securities held by CDO I, CDO II, CDO III and CDO V are matched with the terms of the non-recourse CDO liabilities. These CDO liabilities are repaid with the proceeds of the principal payments on the real estate securities collateralizing the CDO liabilities when these payments are actually received. There is no refinancing risk associated with the CDO liabilities, as principal is only due to the extent that it has been collected on the underlying real securities and the stated maturities are noted above. CDOs produce a relatively predictable income stream based on the spread between the interest earned on the underlying securities and the interest paid on the CDO liabilities. This spread may be reduced by credit losses on the underlying securities or by hedging mismatches. CDO I, CDO II, CDO III and CDO V have not incurred any losses on any of their securities investments from the date of purchase through September 30, 2006. The Company receives quarterly cash distributions from CDO I and monthly cash distributions from CDO II, CDO III and CDO V, each representing its proportionate share of the residual cash flow from the CDOs, as well as collateral advisory fees and interest income on the unrated income notes of CDO II, CDO III and CDO V. The Company’s residual interests in the cash flows of CDO I, CDO II, CDO III and CDO V are accounted for as debt securities pursuant to Emerging Issues Task Force Topic 99-20.

The following table describes certain terms of the collateral for and the notes issued by CDO I, CDO II, CDO III and CDO V as of September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005:



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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

17 — Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements – (continued)

   

CDO Collateral

 

CDO Notes

As of September 30, 2006

 

Par Value
of CDO
Collateral

 

Weighted
Average
Interest
Rate

 

Weighted
Average
Expected
Life

 

Outstanding
CDO Notes

 

Weighted
Average
Interest
Rate

 

Stated
Maturity

                                        

 

(in thousands)

     

(years)

 

(in thousands)(1)

       
                   

                         

       

CDO I

     

$

349,473

    

6.62

%    

5.30

     

$

330,255

     

6.21

%    

8/1/2038

CDO II

 

$

380,023

 

6.36

%

6.05

 

$

343,211

 

5.78

%

6/1/2039

CDO III

 

$

401,497

 

6.44

%

5.99

 

$

360,420

 

5.89

%

6/1/2040

CDO V

 

$

501,021

 

6.02

%

9.04

 

$

461,500

 

5.17

%

9/5/2045


   

CDO Collateral

 

CDO Notes

As of December 31, 2005

 

Par Value
of CDO
Collateral

 

Weighted
Average
Interest
Rate

 

Weighted
Average
Expected
Life

 

Outstanding
CDO Notes

 

Weighted
Average
Interest
Rate

 

Stated
Maturity

                                        

 

(in thousands)

     

(years)

 

(in thousands)(1)

       
                   

                         

       

CDO I

    

$

352,041

    

6.62

%    

6.01

    

$

332,831

    

6.13

%    

8/1/2038

CDO II

 

$

392,841

 

6.25

%

6.65

 

$

356,170

 

5.58

%

6/1/2039

CDO III

 

$

401,790

 

6.06

%

6.69

 

$

360,973

 

5.59

%

6/1/2040

CDO V

 

$

500,969

 

5.69

%

9.08

 

$

461,500

 

2.89

%

9/5/2045

——————

(1)

Includes only notes held by third parties.

CDO I, CDO II, CDO III and CDO V are variable interest entities. However, management has determined that it and its predecessor were not primary beneficiaries of CDO I, CDO II, CDO III and CDO V and as such, in accordance with FIN 46(R) did not consolidate CDO I, CDO II, CDO III and CDO V. See Note 2 new interpretation Fin 46(R)-6

18 — Commitments and Contingencies

Future Commitment for Salary Payments under Terminated Employment Contracts

In connection with the separation agreement entered into with our former chief financial officer, the Company is required to make salary continuation payments equal to two years’ base salary of $275,000 and pay a pro-rated 2006 bonus and vacation of approximately $94,000. The Company has also agreed to accelerate vesting of certain LTIP Units granted under the 2004 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan. The former chief financial officer forfeited his awards under the Incentive Bonus Plan and will be entitled to equity awards, in the amount of $340,000 in the third quarter of 2006 upon completion of certain agreed upon services. As a result, the Company has recorded additional compensation expense of $644,000 and additional equity-based compensation of $494,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2006.

Contractual Lease Obligation

On June 30, 2006, the Company entered into a lease agreement to lease 23,021 square feet of office space. The lease term is from September 1, 2006 to August 31, 2017. The Company was required to provide a security deposit of $1.6 million, which is recorded in Other Assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheet. The following table sets forth the minimum annual rental payments under the lease (in thousands):

                                             

Period

          

Annual
Rent

                                             

       

                         

 
 

9/1/2006-8/31/2008

 

$

2,187

 
 

9/1/2008-8/31/2012

 

$

2,256

 
 

9/1/2012-8/31/2017

 

$

2,325

 



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(Unaudited)

18 — Commitments and Contingencies – (continued)

The Company is entitled to five months of rent concession commencing on September 1, 2006 and is required to pay a pro-rata share of expenses, as defined in the lease agreement. The new lease will replace the existing corporate headquarters sublease. See note 9.

In connection with the acquisition of the retail net lease portfolio, six of the properties are subject to ground leases. The terms of the ground leases range from 15 to 20 years with extension options. The aggregate amount of the ground lease payments is $2.5 million per year of which 100% is reimbursed by the tenants.

19 — Subsequent Events

Common Dividends

On October 24, 2006, the Company declared a cash dividend of $0.34 per share of common stock. The dividend is expected to be paid on November 15, 2006 to the shareholders on record as of the close of business on November 6, 2006.

Preferred Dividend

On Oct. 24, 2006 the Company declared a cash dividend of $0.35851 per share of Series A preferred stock, payable on November 15, 2006 to shareholders of record on November 6, 2006.

Liability to Subsidiary Trust Issuing Preferred Securities

In October 2006, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, NorthStar Realty Finance Trust VI, completed a private placement of $25.0 million of trust preferred securities. The sole assets of the trust consist of a like amount of junior subordinate notes due December 30, 2036 issued by the Operating Partnership and guaranteed by the Company. The trust preferred securities and the notes have a 30-year term, ending December 30, 2036, and bear interest at a floating rate of three-month LIBOR plus 2.90%. The Company has entered into an interest rate swap agreement, which fixed the interest rate for ten years at 8.02%. The securities are redeemable at par beginning December 30, 2011.

Unsecured Revolving Line of Credit

On November 3,  2006, the Company entered into a Revolving Credit Agreement with Keybanc Capital Markets (the “Administrative Agent”) and Bank of America, N.A., as co-lead arrangers. The agreement provides for an unsecured, $100 million revolving credit facility, has a term of three years and bears interest at between 2.00% to 2.50% over LIBOR, based on the overall company leverage.

The facility is supported by an identified asset base with advance rates that vary from 40% to 90% of the asset value provided under a borrowing base calculation. The Administrative Agent has consent rights to the inclusion of assets in the borrowing base calculation.

The terms of the facility include covenants that (a) limit the Company’s maximum total indebtedness to no more than 90% of total assets, (b) require the Company’s fixed charge coverage ratio to be no less than 1.30 to 1.0, (c) require the Company to maintain minimum tangible net worth of not less than 85% of the Company’s tangible net worth at the closing of the facility, plus 75% of the net proceeds from equity offerings completed after the closing of the facility, (d) limit the Company’s recourse indebtedness to 10% of total assets, (e) restrict the Company from making distributions in excess of a maximum of 100% of our adjusted funds from operations, except that the Company may in any case pay distributions necessary to maintain our REIT status, and (f) require the Company to hedge our interest rate exposure such that a 100 basis point fluctuation in interest rates in a quarter would not negatively impact the Company’s adjusted funds from operations in such quarter annualized by greater than 10%. The facility also contains certain customary representations and warranties and events of default.



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NORTHSTAR REALTY FINANCE CORP. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

19 — Subsequent Events – (continued)

Real Estate Debt Investments

Subsequent to September 30, 2006, the Company closed on $68.7 million of new real estate debt investments, consisting of three floating rate loans and one fixed rate loan. The weighted average interest rate of these investments are LIBOR plus a spread of 2.74% and a fixed rate of 9.0% respectively.

Wachovia Facility

On November 7, 2006, the Company amended the Wachovia Facility. Following the amendment, the Company may temporarily borrow up to $750 million under the Wachovia Facility in order to allow the Company to accumulate collateral for its next contemplated real estate debt CDO.



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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and notes thereto included in this report.

Organization and Overview

We are an internally-managed REIT that was formed in October 2003 to continue and expand the real estate debt, real estate securities and net lease businesses of NorthStar Capital. Upon the consummation of our IPO, three subsidiaries of NorthStar Capital contributed 100% of their respective interests in entities through which NorthStar Capital engaged in these businesses in exchange for units of limited partnership interest in our operating partnership and approximately $36.1 million. Our management team consists primarily of the same individuals who managed these businesses for NorthStar Capital.

We commenced operations upon the consummation of our IPO. We conduct substantially all of our operations and make our investments through our operating partnership, of which we are the sole general partner. Through our operating partnership, NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership, including its subsidiaries, we:

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originate, structure and acquire senior and subordinate debt investments secured primarily by commercial properties;

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invest in commercial real estate debt securities, including CMBS, REIT unsecured debt, credit tenant loans and unsecured subordinate securities of commercial real estate companies; and

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acquire properties that are primarily net leased to corporate tenants.

We believe that these businesses are complementary to each other due to their overlapping sources of investment opportunities, common reliance on real estate fundamentals and ability to utilize securitization to finance assets and enhance returns. We seek to match fund our real estate securities and real estate debt investments, primarily by issuing CDOs.

Sources of Operating Revenues

We primarily derive operating revenues from interest income on our consolidated investments in real estate debt, interests in the cash flows of our investment grade CDOs through our ownership of the non-investment grade debt and equity interests in such CDOs and, advisory fee income from managing our investment grade CDOs, rental income, from our net lease property portfolio, and earnings of our unconsolidated ventures.

Real Estate Debt

We originate and invest in real estate debt instruments secured by commercial and multifamily properties; including first lien mortgage loans, junior participations in first lien mortgage loans, second lien mortgage loans, mezzanine loans and preferred equity interests in borrowers who own such properties. The ability to directly originate these types of debt instruments allows us a greater degree of control in structuring the investment and allows us to maintain direct relationship with our borrower.

Our real estate debt investments are either floating or fixed rate and we initially finance real estate debt investments primarily with secured revolving credit facilities. We then match fund these assets in the asset-backed markets through the issuance of CDOs. We sell the investment grade classes of notes and retain the non-investment grade and equity classes. We earn a spread between the yield on the assets and the interest expense incurred on the CDO debt issued and through our ownership of the subordinate interests in the CDO. We have completed two real estate debt CDOs, CDO IV which closed in June 2005 and CDO VI which closed in March 2006.

These CDOs are collateralized by approximately $730.4 million of real estate debt investments consisting of whole loans, junior participation, mezzanine loans, preferred equity investments, real estate securities, and bonds of our other CDOs.



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Real Estate Securities

We invest in CMBS and other commercial real estate debt securities which are primarily investment grade and are financed with long-term debt through the issuance of investment grade CDOs, thereby matching the terms of the assets and the liabilities.

We earn a spread between the yield on the assets and the interest expense incurred on the CDO debt issued through our investments in the equity interests and the junior CDO debt of each CDO issuer.

We also earn ongoing management fees for our management and monitoring of the CDO collateral of our investments in our investment grade CDOs. These fees generally equal 0.35% of the related CDO collateral.

Prior to a new investment grade CDO issuance, there is a period during which real estate securities are identified and acquired for inclusion in a CDO. During this warehouse accumulation period, we direct the acquisition of securities under a warehouse facility by a financial institution, or warehouse provider, that will be the lead manager of the CDO. The warehouse provider then purchases the securities and holds them on its balance sheet. We direct the acquisition of securities by the warehouse provider during this period, but we do not earn any fees for providing this service to either the warehouse provider or the issuer of the CDO, which will receive such securities upon the closing of the CDO. We contribute cash and other collateral, which is held in escrow by the warehouse provider, to back our commitment to purchase equity in the CDO and to cover our share of losses should securities need to be liquidated. Pursuant to the warehouse agreement, we recognize the gains, including the net carry earned during the warehouse accumulation period, and losses, if any, with the warehouse provider.

During the warehouse accumulation period, our participation under the warehouse agreement is reflected in our financial statements as a non-hedge derivative, which is recorded at fair value and any unrealized gain or loss is charged to operations. Based on our analysis of our investment grade CDO issuers, they were determined to be variable interest entities under FASB Interpretation No. 46R, “Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities.” The financial statements of CDO I, CDO II, CDO III and CDO V are not consolidated into our financial statements as of September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005 since we are not the primary beneficiary. Accordingly, we have designated these beneficial interests in preferred equity of CDO I and the unrated income notes of CDO II, III and V as available for sale securities because they meet the definition of a debt instrument due to their underlying redemption provisions. We earn interest income on these investments.

On April 13, 2006, the FASB issued Fin 46(R)-6. Our recently closed investment grade CDO or CDO VII is consolidated under this new interpretation.

In August 2006, we acquired all of the notes issued in a synthetic CMBS CDO referred to as Abacus 2006-NS2 for $54.2 million. The notes of this CDO bear interest backed by a combination of AAA floating rate securities and a fixed spread earned by the CDO for having sold credit protection on a portfolio of investment grade-rated reference securities. The notes yield a blended spread above LIBOR of approximately 6.96%. Any losses on the reference securities will require the CDO to liquidate a portion of the AAA collateral in order to make payments to credit protection buyer under the credit default swaps. The CDO was determined to be a variable interest entity under Fin 46(R)-6 and its financial statements are consolidated since we are the primary beneficiary.

In August 2006, we acquired all of the notes issued in a synthetic CMBS CDO referred to as SEAWALL 2006-4a for $27 million of which $12.0 million was acquired by our warehouse provider. The notes of this CDO bear interest backed by a combination of AAA floating rate securities and a fixed spread earned by the CDO for having sold credit protection on a portfolio of investment grade-rated reference securities. The notes yield a blended spread above LIBOR of approximately 4.41%. Any losses on the reference securities will require the CDO to liquidate a portion of the AAA collateral in order to make payments to credit protection buyer under the credit default swaps. SEAWALL 2006-4a is determined to be a Qualified Special Purpose Entity (“QSPE”) and according is not consolidated. The notes acquired are accounted for as debt securities available for sale and are carried at their fair value with net unrealized gains or loss reported as a component of other comprehensive income.

Net Lease Properties

We earn rental income from our real estate portfolio. These properties consist primarily of office, industrial, retail, senior housing and health care-related properties that are net leased to corporate tenants.



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In March 2006, we acquired a net lease property located in Rockaway, New Jersey, for $21.8 million. The property has 121,038 rentable square feet and is net leased to two tenants under leases that expire in 2015 and 2017.

In May 2006, we entered into a joint venture with Chain Bridge to form Wakefield. The joint venture will acquire, finance and/or otherwise invest in senior housing and healthcare-related properties. In connection with the formation of the venture, Chain Bridge contributed substantially all of its assets to Wakefield. The initial portfolio contributed from Chain Bridge consisted of 13 net leased properties primarily comprised of assisted living facilities, and several loans, most of which are secured by first mortgages on senior housing assets.

In June 2006, we acquired a net lease property located in Indianapolis, Indiana, for $34.4 million. The property has 333,600 square feet of rentable space and is net leased to one tenant under a lease that expires in 2025.

In July 2006, we acquired a net lease property located Aurora, Colorado, for $45.5 million. The property has 183,529 square feet of rentable space and is net leased to a single tenant under a lease that expires in June 2015

In September 2006, we acquired a portfolio of nine retail net lease properties for $63.2 million. The properties have 468,111 square feet of rentable space and are net leased to two retail tenants with leases that expire beginning in 2016 through 2024.

Unconsolidated Ventures

In February 2006, through a joint venture with an institutional investor, we acquired a portfolio of three adjacent Class “A” office/flex buildings located in Colorado Springs, Colorado for $54.3 million. The joint venture financed the transaction with two first mortgage loans totaling $37.9 million. We contributed $8.4 million for a 50% interest in the joint venture. Our equity in earnings from the joint venture includes our share of the rental income generated from the properties, less our share of operating expenses and depreciation relating to the assets.

In February 2006, we sold our interests in the NSF venture to the institutional pension fund which had an equity interest in the NSF venture and terminated the associated advisory agreements for total consideration of $2.9 million. We recognized a gain of $279,000, net of minority interest. In addition, we recognized incentive income of approximately $1.2 million which is included in other revenue in the condensed consolidated statement of operations, which was deferred at December 31, 2005 pursuant to Method 1 of EITF Topic D-96. Subsequent to January 31, 2006, we will no longer earn management or incentive fees from the NSF venture or from loans owned directly by our former venture partner.

Critical Accounting Policies

Refer to the section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Critical Accounting policies” for a discussion of our critical accounting policies. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 there were no material changes to these policies.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

On April 13, 2006, FASB issued FASB Staff Position FIN 46(R)-6, “Determining the Variability to be Considered When Applying FASB Interpretation No. 46(R)” The FASB Staff Position or FSP addresses the approach to determine the variability to consider when applying FIN 46(R), and includes several illustrative examples of how the variability should be considered. The variability that is considered in applying Interpretation 46(R) may affect (a) the determination as to whether the entity is a variable interest entity (VIE), (b) the determination of which interests are variable interests in the entity, (c) if necessary, the calculation of expected losses and residual returns of the entity, and (d) the determination of which party is the primary beneficiary of the VIE. Thus, determining the variability to be considered is necessary to apply the provisions of Interpretation 46(R).

We will apply the guidance in FSP FIN 46(R)-6 prospectively to all entities (including newly created entities) with which that enterprise first becomes involved and to all entities previously required to be analyzed under FIN 46(R) when a reconsideration event has occurred beginning the first day of the first reporting period beginning after June 15, 2006. Early application is permitted for periods for which financial statements have not yet been issued. Retrospective application to the date of the initial application of FIN 46(R) is permitted but not required. Retrospective application, if elected, must be completed no later than the end of the first annual reporting period



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ending after July 15, 2006. The Company does not believe the adoption will have a material effect on its financial statements as a whole since it will adopt the provisions of FIN 46(R)-6 prospectively. We will consolidate our newly created CDO issuances under the provisions of FIN 46(R)-6.

In February 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 155, “Accounting for Certain Hybrid Financial Instruments” (“SFAS 155”). SFAS 155 allows any hybrid financial instrument that contains an embedded derivative that otherwise would require bifurcation under SFAS No. 133, “Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” to be carried at fair value in its entirety, with changes in fair value recognized in earnings. In addition, SFAS 155 requires that beneficial interests in securitized financial assets be analyzed to determine whether they are freestanding derivatives or contain an embedded derivative. SFAS 155 also eliminates a prior restriction on the types of passive derivatives that a qualifying special purpose entity is permitted to hold. SFAS 155 is applicable to new or modified financial instruments in fiscal years beginning after September 15, 2006. We are currently evaluating the potential impact and do not believe that the adoption of SFAS 155 will have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS 157 “Fair Value Measurement” (“SFAS 157”). SFAS 157 establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, clarifies the definition of fair value within that framework, and expands disclosures about the use of fair value measurements. SFAS 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. Early adoption is allowed, provided that the reporting entity has not yet issued financial statements, including interim financial statements for the fiscal year in which the statement is adopted. The provision of this statement is to be applied prospectively as of the fiscal year of adoption. The Company intends to adopt the provisions of SFAS 157 for its fiscal year commencing January 1, 2007. We are currently evaluating the potential impact and do not believe the adoption of SFAS 157 will have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.

In July 2006, the FASB issued Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes”, or FIN 48. This interpretation, among other things, creates a two-step approach for evaluating uncertain tax positions. Recognition (step one) occurs when an enterprise concludes that a tax position, based solely on its technical merits, is more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination. Measurement (step two) determines the amount of benefit that more-likely-than-not will be realized upon settlement. Derecognition of a tax position that was previously recognized would occur when a company subsequently determines that a tax position no longer meets the more-likely-than-not threshold of being sustained. FIN 48 specifically prohibits the use of a valuation allowance as a substitute for derecognition of tax positions, and it has expanded disclosure requirements. FIN 48 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006, in which the impact of adoption should be accounted for as a cumulative-effect adjustment to the beginning balance of retained earnings. We are evaluating FIN 48, but do not believe it will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In September 2006, the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 108 (SAB 108). The interpretations in SAB 108 express the staff’s views regarding the process of quantifying financial statement misstatements. The staff believes registrants must consider the impact of correcting all misstatements, including the effect of misstatements that were not corrected at the end of the prior year. These prior year misstatements should be considered in quantifying misstatements in current year financial statements. Thus, a registrant’s financial statements would require adjustment when the assessment in the current year or in prior years results in quantifying a misstatement that is material, after considering all relevant quantitative and qualitative factors. We will be required to adopt SAB 108 in the fourth quarter 2006. We are currently evaluating the impact of SAB 108 and do not believe it will have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Comparison of the Three Months Ended September 30, 2006 to Three Months Ended September 30, 2005

Revenues

Interest Income

Interest income for the three months ended September 30, 2006 totaled $41.0 million, representing an increase of $29.5 million or 257%, compared to $11.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2005. The increase was primarily attributable to increased investment activity and asset growth. We originated or acquired real estate



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securities and real estate debt on investments with a net book value of $1.4 billion subsequent to September 30, 2005. This was slightly offset by approximately $287.4 million of real estate debt repayments since September 30, 2005.

Interest Income – Related Parties

Interest income from related parties for the three months ended September 30, 2006 totaled $2.9 million, representing an increase of $1.0 million, or 53%, compared to $1.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2005. The increase was attributable to increased investment activity related to our investment grade CDOs. CDO V closed September 22, 2005 and we acquired all of the non-investment grade note classes of this financing. These acquisitions contributed approximately $1.0 million of additional interest income for the three months ended September 30, 2006.

Rental and Escalation Income

Rental and escalation income for the three months ended September 30, 2006 totaled $11.2 million, representing an $8.6 million, or 331% increase compared to $2.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2005. The increase was attributable to the following real estate acquisitions totaling $313.5 million made subsequent to September 30, 2005: the Executive Center portfolio in December 2005; the Green Pond property in March 2006; the Wakefield portfolio which closed in May 2006, the Indianapolis property in June 2006, the Aurora property in July 2006 and the Retail Portfolio in September 2006. The following properties, acquired in the second half of 2005, for an aggregate purchase price of $85.1 million also contributed to the additional rental income due to having a full quarter’s benefit of their income for the third quarter of 2006: the Salt Lake City property in August 2005, the EDS portfolio in September 2005. These acquisitions collectively contributed additional rental income of $8.7 million. In addition, the Chatsworth portfolio’s rental income increased by $0.1 million over the prior year due to a rent increase based on the CPI index. This increase was offset by lower income of $0.2 million from the New York portfolio due to the expiration of one of our leasehold interests.

Advisory and Management Fee Income – Related Parties

Advisory fees from related parties for the three months ended September 30, 2006 totaled $1.5 million, representing an increase of approximately $0.3 million, or 25%, compared to $1.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2005. The increase was comprised primarily of higher fees of $0.4 million earned for CDO V, which closed September 22, 2005. This increase was partially offset by a decrease in fees earned from the NSF venture of approximately $0.1 million due to termination of our advisory fee agreement on February 1, 2006.

Other Revenue

Other revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2006 totaled $2.0 million, representing an increase of $2.0 million compared to the three months ended September 30, 2005. The increase is primarily attributable to prepayment fees of $0.7 million on the early repayment of one of our real estate debt investments, $0.5 million of premiums received on credit default swaps related to a synthetic CDO the Company acquired in August 2006, $0.2 million of net expense reimbursements at two properties in our net lease portfolio and $0.6 million of miscellaneous income related to investments.

Expenses

Interest Expense

Interest expense for the three months ended September 30, 2006 totaled $33.0 million, representing an increase of $24.2 million or 275%, compared to $8.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2005. This increase was primarily attributable to an increase in debt outstanding from the financing of our new investments. Our on-balance sheet investments increased from $0.8 million as of September 30, 2005 to $2.2 billion in September 30, 2006. In addition there was an increase in our average borrowing rate on our non-hedged variable rate debt due to increased LIBOR rates.



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Real Estate Properties – Operating Expenses

Property operating expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2006 totaled $2.3 million, representing an increase of $1.8 million, compared to $0.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2005. The increase was attributable to the expenses relating to net lease properties acquired subsequent to September 30, 2005 as follows: Wakefield portfolio, the Green Pond property and the following acquisitions acquired in the latter part of the September 30, 2005 quarter: the Salt Lake City property; the Executive Center portfolio. These acquisitions collectively contributed to $1.8 million of additional property operating expenses.

General and Administrative

General and administrative expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2006 totaling $8.7 million increased $5.2 million, or 149%, compared to $3.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2005. The increase is comprised of the following:

Salaries and equity based compensation for the three months ended September 30, 2006 totaled $5.0 million, including equity based compensation of $2.1 million representing an increase of approximately $2.9 million, or 135%, compared to $2.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2005. The increase was primarily attributable to an increase in salaries due to higher staffing levels to accommodate the expansion of our business throughout 2005 into 2006, the termination of shared services agreement in November 2005. The acquisition of a loan origination business in January 2006 also resulted in an additional $0.5 million of compensation expense for the third quarter of 2006. In addition, equity based compensation expense increased by $1.4 million over the three months ended September 30, 2005. The increase was attributable to approximately $0.1 million relating to an employee outperformance bonus plan for our chief investment officer, approximately $0.6 million relating to the vesting of equity based awards issued under our 2004 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, (which includes additional grants of 429,913 LTIP units in January 2006, 58,357 LTIP units in April 2006 and the accelerated LTIP vesting of the former CFO grants) $0.5 million relating to our Long-Term Incentive Bonus Plan, and compensation expense of $0.3 million relating to our 2006 Outperformance Plan which was approved by the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors in January of 2006. The increase was slightly offset by a decrease of $0.1 million in stock based compensation which related to LTIP units granted to the Chief Investment Officer as part of a buyout of a profits interest in NS Advisors LLC. This LTIP grant was fully expensed in July of 2005.

Shared services – related party decreased 100% for the three months ended September 30, 2006 as a result of the termination of the shared facilities and services agreement in October 2005. At that time, we entered into a more limited sublease agreement with NorthStar Capital. Under the new sublease effective November 1, 2005, we rent from NorthStar Capital office space currently used by our accounting, legal and administrative personnel on a month to month basis. The sublease rent is calculated as a per person monthly charge, based on a “turn key” office arrangement (computer, network, telephone and furniture supplied) for each person utilizing NorthStar Capital facilities. These direct costs are reflected in other general and administrative expenses.

Auditing and professional fees for the three months ended September 30, 2006 totaled $1.1 million, representing an increase of $0.8 million, or 266%, compared to $0.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2005. The increase was primarily attributable to auditing fees of $0.5 million relating to audit work performed by our current auditing firm so that they can opine on our prior period financial statements previously audited by another firm. We decided to re-audit the prior years in order to mitigate the cost of accessing the capital markets when conditions are favorable. In addition, there was an $0.3 million increase in professional fees relating to legal fees for general corporate work, recruiting fees for new hires, and fees related to agreed upon procedures in connection with CDOs.

Insurance for the three months ended September 30, 2006 totaled $0.4 million, representing an increase of $0.2 million, compared to $0.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2005. The increase was attributable to higher costs incurred for directors and officers liability policies renewed in October 2005 and umbrella insurance coverage for the net lease properties acquired after September 30, 2005.

Other general and administrative expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2006 totaled $2.2 million, representing an increase of approximately $1.7 million, compared to $0.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2005. Approximately $1.2 million of the increase was primarily attributable to increased public company costs, which includes printing expense, public relations, and cash management fees, software costs, direct office costs incurred in connection with the limited sublease agreement and the new lease for relocation of our



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corporate offices during early 2007, licensing fees, and approximately $0.2 million in connection with our loan origination business that we acquired on January 19, 2006. In addition, there was approximately $0.3 million relating to the write off of a previously capitalized costs in connection with a potential acquisition which did not close.

Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation and amortization expense for the three months ended September 30, 2006 totaled $4.1 million, representing an increase of $3.1 million, compared to $1.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2005. This increase was primarily attributable to the following net lease acquisitions made subsequent to September 30, 2005: the Executive Center portfolio; the Green Pond property; the Wakefield properties, the Indianapolis property, the Aurora property, the retail portfolio, and the following acquisitions acquired in the latter part of the September 30, 2005 quarter: the Salt Lake City property; the Executive Center portfolio.

Equity in Earnings of Unconsolidated Ventures

Equity in earnings for the three months ended September 30, 2006 totaled $116,000, representing an increase of $55,000, compared to $61,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2005. The increase was attributable to the CS/Federal Venture interest, a net lease joint venture we entered into in February 2006. We recognized $116,000 which represented our share of the net income of the CS/Federal Venture. The increase was partially offset by a decrease of $61,000 relating to NSF venture as a result of the sale of our interest in the NSF venture on February 1, 2006, which was acquired in the latter part of the third quarter 2005.

Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments and Other

Unrealized gain (loss) on investments and other decreased by approximately $0.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2006 to $21,000 from $0.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2005 primarily due to increasing interest rates resulting in the changes of the fair market value of fixed-rate collateral held under the warehouse agreements. The unrealized gain on investments for the three months ended September 30, 2006 consisted of a $120,000 mark-to-market loss on the securities and $159,000 gain that represents the net Carry on the accumulated securities held under the warehouse agreement. This was offset by a net unrealized mark-to-market loss of $17,000 related to the basis swaps in CDO VII.

Realized Gain on Investments and Other

The realized gain of $0.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2006 related to the sale of certain securities in CDO VII. The realized gain of $1.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2005 was attributable to the increase in fair value related to the net Carry of securities during the warehouse period which we recognized at the close of CDO V and the gain on sale of certain securities.

Income from Discontinued Operations, Net of Minority Interest

Income from discontinued operations represents the operations of properties sold or held for sale during the period. We sold our leasehold interest in 27 West 34th Street and terminated the leasehold interest in 1372 Broadway in January 2006. Accordingly, these leasehold interests operations were reclassified to income from discontinued operations.

Comparison of the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2006 to Nine Months Ended September 30, 2005

Revenues

Interest Income

Interest income for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 totaled $86.3 million, representing an increase of $59.5 million or 222%, compared to $26.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2005. The increase was primarily attributable to increased investment activity and asset growth. We originated or acquired real estate securities and real estate debt on investments with a net book value of approximately $1.4 billion subsequent to September 30, 2005. This was slightly offset by a decrease of $6.5 million in interest income related to the



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liquidation of our short term AAA-rated, floating rate securities by the fourth quarter of 2005 and $287.4 million of real estate debt repayments since September 30, 2005.

Interest Income – Related Parties

Interest income from related parties for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 totaled $8.7 million, representing an increase of $3.6 million, or 71%, compared to $5.1million for the nine months ended September 30, 2005. The increase was attributable to increased investment activity related to our investment grade CDOs. CDO III closed in March 2005 and we acquired all of the non-investment grade note classes. CDO V closed in September 2005 and we acquired all of the non-investment grade note classes of this financing.

Rental and Escalation Income

Rental and escalation income for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 totaled $25.6 million, representing a $19.0 million, or 288% increase compared to $6.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2005. The increase was attributable to the following real estate acquisitions totaling $313.5 million made subsequent to September 30, 2005: the Executive Center portfolio in December 2005; the Green Pond property in March 2006; and the Wakefield portfolio which closed in May 2006, the Indianapolis property in June 2006, the Aurora property in July 2006 and the Retail Portfolio in September 2006. The following properties, acquired in the second half of 2005, for an aggregate purchase price of $85.1 million also contributed to the additional rental income due to having a full nine months benefit of their income in 2006: the Salt Lake City property in August 2005 and the EDS portfolio in September 2005. These acquisitions collectively contributed additional rental income of $18.7 million. In addition, the Chatsworth portfolio’s rental income increased by $0.7 million over the prior year due to a rent increase based on the CPI index and increase in real estate tax escalations due to a real estate tax reassessment which is entirely reimbursed by the tenant. This increase was offset by lower income of $0.4 million from the New York portfolio due to the expiration of one of our leasehold interests.

Advisory and Management Fee Income – Related Parties

Advisory fees from related parties for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 totaled $4.4 million, representing an increase of approximately $1.2 million, or 38%, compared to $3.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2005. The increase was comprised primarily of higher fees earned for CDO III (which closed March 2005) and CDO V (which closed September 2005) of $1.6 million. This increase was partially offset by a decrease in fees earned from the NSF venture of approximately $0.4 million due to termination of our advisory fee agreement on February 1, 2006.

Other Revenue

Other revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 totaled $4.3 million, representing an increase of $4.3 million or 100% compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2005. The increase is primarily attributable to recognition of incentive income of $1.2 million in connection with sale of our interest in the NSF venture on February 1, 2006. In addition, we recognized approximately $1.4 million, mainly from prepayment fees on the early repayment of six of our real estate debt investments, $0.6 million related to other reimbursement income from our net lease properties, $0.5 million of premiums received on credit default swaps related to a synthetic CDO the Company acquired in August 2006, and $0.6 million of miscellaneous income related to investments.

Expenses

Interest Expense

Interest expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 totaled $67.2 million, representing an increase of $46.1 million or 218%, compared to $21.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2005. This increase was primarily attributable to an increase in the financing of our new investments. Our on-balance sheet investments increased from $0.8 million as of September 30, 2005 to $2.2 billion in September 30, 2006. In addition there was an increase in our average borrowing rate on our non-hedged variable rate debt due to increased LIBOR rates.



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Real Estate Properties – Operating Expenses

Property operating expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 were $5.6 million, representing an increase of $4.4 million or approximately 367%, compared to $1.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2005. The increase was attributable to expenses relating to the following net lease properties acquired in 2006: Wakefield, Green Pond and the following properties that closed in the in the latter part of third quarter 2005: the Executive Center Portfolio and the Salt Lake City property. These acquisitions collectively increased property operating expenses by approximately $4.3 million. In addition, the Chatsworth portfolio had taxes an increase of $0.3 million of real estate taxes due to an easement and an increase in ground rent as a result of CPI index increase in December 2005.

General and Administrative

General and administrative expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 totaled $24.5 million increased $12.5 million, or 103%, compared to $12.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2005.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2006, salaries and other compensation including equity based compensation of $6.6 million, totaled $14.9 million, representing an increase of approximately $8.5 million, or 133%, compared to $6.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2005. The increase was primarily attributable to an increase in salaries of $2.5 million due to higher staffing levels to accommodate the expansion of our business throughout 2005 into 2006 and the termination of shared services agreement in November 2005. The acquisition of a loan origination business on January 19, 2006 also resulted in an additional $1.3 million of compensation expense for the nine months ended September 2006. In connection with an agreement entered into with our former CFO which entitled him to two years base salary, we recorded a one time charge to compensation expense of $0.6 million. In addition, equity based compensation expense increased by $4.1 million, compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2005. The increase was attributable to approximately $0.5 million relating to an employee outperformance bonus plan for our chief investment officer, $1.1 million relating to the vesting of equity based awards issued under our 2004 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan (which includes additional grants of 429,913 LTIP units in January 2006, and 58,357 LTIP units in April 2006). There was approximately $0.4 million of accelerated vesting of units relating to the former CFO’s termination agreement, $1.4 million relating to our Long-Term Incentive Bonus Plan, and compensation expense of $0.9 million relating to our 2006 Outperformance Plan which was approved by the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors in January of 2006 and $0.2 million relating to 17,049 shares of common stock issued to our Board of Directors, as part of their annual grants to our Board of Directors. The increase was slightly offset by a decrease of $0.4 million in stock based compensation which related to LTIP units granted to the Chief Investment Officer as part of a buyout of a profits interest in NS Advisors LLC. This LTIP grant was fully expensed in July of 2005.

Shared services – related party decreased 100% from the nine months ended September 30, 2006 as a result of the termination of the shared facilities and services agreement in October 2005. At that time, we entered into a more limited sublease agreement with NorthStar Capital. Under the new sublease effective November 1, 2005, we rent from NorthStar Capital office space currently used by our accounting, legal and administrative personnel on a month to month basis. The sublease rent is calculated as a per person monthly charge, based on a “turn key” office arrangement (computer, network, telephone and furniture supplied) for each person utilizing NorthStar Capital facilities. These direct costs are reflected in other general and administrative expenses.

Insurance for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 totaled $0.9 million, representing an increase of $0.2 million, compared to $0.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2005. The increase was attributable to higher costs incurred for directors and officers liability policies we renewed in October 2005 and umbrella insurance coverage for the net lease properties that were acquired after September 30, 2005.

Auditing and professional fees for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 totaled $3.4 million, representing an increase of $1.0 million, or 40%, compared to $2.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2005. The increase was primarily attributable to both Sarbanes-Oxley and to auditing fees of $0.6 million relating to audit work performed by our current auditing firm so that they can opine on our prior period financial statements previously audited by another firm. We decided to re-audit prior years in order to mitigate the cost of accessing the capital markets when conditions are favorable.

Other general and administrative expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 totaled $5.2 million, representing an increase of approximately $3.8 million, compared to $1.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2005. The majority of the increase was primarily attributable to increased public company expenses



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which include printing expense, annual reports, public relations and software costs, direct office costs incurred in connection with the limited sublease agreement, our new lease for the relocation of our corporate offices during early 2007 and licensing fees. In addition there was an increase $0.5 million in connection with our loan origination business that we acquired on January 19, 2006.

Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation and amortization expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 totaled $9.4 million, representing an increase of $6.9 million, compared to $2.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2005. This increase was primarily attributable to the following net lease acquisitions made subsequent to September 30, 2005: the Executive Center portfolio; the Green Pond property; the Wakefield properties, the Indianapolis property, the Aurora property, the Retail Portfolio, and the following acquisitions acquired in the latter part of the September 30, 2005 quarter: the Salt Lake City property; the Executive Center portfolio.

Equity in Earnings of Unconsolidated Ventures

Equity in earnings for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 totaled $312,000, representing an increase of $145,000, compared to $167,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2005. The increase was attributable to the CS/Federal Venture interest, a net lease joint venture we entered into in February 2006. We recognized $282,000 which represented our share of the income. In addition we only recognized $30,000 from our investment in NSF Venture which was a decrease of $137,000, from prior year, as a result of the sale of our interest in the NSF venture on February 1, 2006.

Unrealized Gain on Investments and Other

Unrealized gain on investments and other increased by approximately $0.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 to $1.7 million from $1.0 million for the nine months ended September, 2005 primarily due to differences in the market conditions resulting in the changes of the fair market value of collateral held under the warehouse agreements. The unrealized gains on investments for 2006 consist of a $1.5 million mark-to-market gain on the securities of CDO VII warehouse prior to the closing of the CDO on June 22, 2006. A $0.5 million mark-to-market loss and a $0.7 million gain which represents the net Carry on the accumulated securities held under the CDO IX warehouse agreement. Unrealized gains on investments relating to each of these CDO warehouse agreements represent the changes in fair value of each warehouse agreement during the portion of the warehouse term included in the financial reporting period.

Realized Gain on Investments and Other

For the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005 there were realized gains of $1.1 million and $2.2 million respectively representing the decrease in fair value related to the net carry of securities during the warehouse period which we recognized at the close of CDO VII, CDO V and CDO III. In addition for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 we recognized a $0.3 million dollar gain related sale of certain securities in CDO VII.

Income from Discontinued Operations, Net of Minority Interest

Income from discontinued operations represents the operations of properties sold or held for sale during the period. We sold our leasehold interest in 27 West 34th Street and terminated the leasehold interest in 1372 Broadway in January 2006. Accordingly, these leasehold interests operations were reclassified to income from discontinued operations. In 2005 729 Seventh Avenue and 1552 operations were reclassified to income from discontinued operations. 729 Seventh was sold on June 30, 2005 and 1552 sale closed in the third quarter of 2005.

Gain on Sale from Discontinued Operations, Net of Minority Interest

We sold our leasehold interest in 27 West 34th Street and terminated the leasehold interest in 1372 Broadway in January 2006 and recognized a gain on sale, net of minority interest of $0.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2006. In June 2005 we sold our interest in 729 Seventh Avenue recognizing a gain net of minority interest of $8.6 million.



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Gain on Sale of Joint Venture Interest, Net of Minority Interest

On February 1, 2006, we sold our interests in the NSF venture to the NSF venture investor and terminated the associated advisory agreements for total consideration of $2.9 million. We recognized a gain on sale, net of minority interest of $0.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2006.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of September 30, 2006, we had unrestricted cash and cash equivalents balance of $43.5 million. The Company requires significant capital to fund its investment activities and operating expenses. Our capital sources include cash flow from operations, borrowings under revolving credit facilities, financings secured by the Company’s assets such as first mortgage and CDO financings, long-term subordinate capital such as trust preferred securities and the issuance of common and preferred stock.

As a REIT, we are required to distribute at least 90% of our annual REIT taxable income to our stockholders, and we intend to distribute all or substantially all of our REIT taxable income in order to comply with the REIT distribution requirements of the Internal Revenue Code and to avoid federal income tax and the non deductible excise tax.

These distribution requirements limit our ability to retain earnings and thereby replenish or increase capital committed to its operations; however, we believe that our access to capital resources and financing will enable us to meet current and anticipated capital requirements. We believe that our existing sources of funds will be adequate for purposes of meeting our short- and long-term liquidity needs. Our ability to meet a long-term (beyond one year) liquidity requirement is subject to obtaining additional debt and equity financing. Any decision by our lenders and investors to provide the Company with financing will depend upon a number of factors, such as our compliance with the terms of its existing credit arrangements, our financial performance, industry or market trends, the general availability of and rates applicable to financing transactions, such lenders’ and investors’ resources and policies concerning the terms under which they make capital commitments and the relative attractiveness of alternative investment or lending opportunities. On March 31, 2006, we filed a shelf registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form S-3 which was amended on April 11, 2006 and declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 26, 2006.

We expect to meet our long term liquidity requirements, including the repayment of debt and our investment funding needs, through existing cash resources and additional borrowings, the issuance of debt and/or equity securities and the liquidation or refinancing of assets at maturity. We believe that the value of the net lease portfolio is, and will continue to be, sufficient to allow us to refinance the mortgage debt on this portfolio at maturity.

Debt Obligations

As of September 30, 2006, we had the following debt outstanding (in thousands):

 

      

Stated
Maturity

      

Interest
Rate

      

Balance at
September 30,
2006

      

Balance at
December 31,
2005

  

       

                                       

             

Mortgage notes payable (non-recourse)

           

                  

       

Chatsworth

 

5/1/2015

 

5.65%

 

$

43,577

 

$

43,777

 

Salt Lake City

 

9/1/2012

 

5.16%

   

16,670

   

16,919

 

EDS

 

10/8/2015

 

5.37%

   

49,120

   

49,120

 

Executive Center

 

1/1/2016

 

5.85%

   

51,480

   

51,480

 

Green Pond

 

4/11/2016

 

5.68%

   

17,480

   

 

Indianapolis

 

2/1/2017

 

6.06%

   

28,600

   

 

Wakefield

 

8/30/2010

 

6.56% to 7.74%

   

48,340

   

 

Aurora

 

7/11/2016

 

6.22%

   

33,500

   

 

DSG

 

10/11/2016

 

6.17%

   

35,100

   

 

Keene

 

2/1/2016

 

5.85%

   

6,991

   

 

Fort Wayne

 

1/1/2015

 

6.41%

   

3,643

   

 

Portland

 

6/17/2014

 

7.34%

   

5,168

   

 

Mezzanine loan payable (non-recourse)

                     

Chatsworth

 

5/1/2014

 

6.64%

   

12,295

   

13,000

 

Aurora

 

5/11/2012

 

7.37%

   

3,278

   

 



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Stated
Maturity

      

Interest
Rate

      

Balance at
September 30,
2006

      

Balance at
December 31,
2005

       

                                       

           

Repurchase obligations

 

See Repurchase
Obligations below

 

LIBOR varies

   

79,295

   

7,054

 

Credit Facilities

                     

DBAG

 

12/21/2007

 

LIBOR + 0.75%
to 2.25%

   

   

 

Wachovia

 

7/12/2008

 

LIBOR + 0.15%
to 2.50%

   

457,960

   

243,002

 

Bank of America

 

11/10/2006

 

LIBOR + 3.25%

   

   

 
                       

CDO bonds payable

                     

CDO IV

 

7/1/2040

 

LIBOR + 0.62%
(average spread)

   

300,000

   

300,000

 

CDO VI

 

6/1/2041

 

LIBOR + 0.55%
(average spread)

   

299,577

   

 

CDO VII

 

6/22/2051

 

LIBOR + 0.33%
(average spread)

   

510,800

   

 

Abacus II

 

8/28/2046

 

LIBOR + 4.41%
(average spread)

   

23,750

   

 
                       

Liability to subsidiary trusts issuing preferred securities(1)

                     

Trust I

 

3/30/2035

 

8.15%

   

41,240

   

41,240

 

Trust II

 

6/30/2035

 

7.74%

   

25,780

   

25,780

 

Trust III

 

1/30/2036

 

7.81%

   

41,238

   

41,238

 

Trust IV

 

6/30/2036

 

7.95%

   

50,100

   

 

Trust V

 

9/30/2036

 

8.16%

   

30,100

   

 
           

$

2,215,082

 

$

832,610

 

——————

(1)

The liability to subsidiary trusts have a fixed interest rate for the first ten years after which the interest rate will float and reset quarterly at rates ranging from LIBOR plus 2.70% to 3.25%.

Our debt obligations contain covenants that are both financial and non-financial in nature. Significant financial covenants include a requirement that we maintain a minimum tangible net worth and a minimum level of liquidity. In addition, we provide limited guarantees to certain subsidiaries that are borrowers under the secured revolving credit facilities. These subsidiaries are required to maintain minimum debt service coverage ratios and have limits on permitted loan-to-value ratios. As of September 30, 2006, we are in compliance with all financial and non-financial covenants in our debt obligations.

Financing Activity

In March 2006, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company completed a private placement of $50.0 million of trust preferred securities (“Trust IV”). We own all of the common stock of Trust IV. The trust preferred securities have a fixed interest rate of 7.95% per annum, during the first ten years, after which the interest rate will float and reset quarterly at the three-month LIBOR rate plus 2.80% per annum.

In March 2006, we entered into a warehouse arrangement with a major commercial bank whereby the bank has agreed to purchase up to $450 million of CMBS and other real estate debt securities under our direction with the expectation of selling such securities to our next CDO issuance. As of September 30, 2006, we have deposited $17.0 million cash collateral for the purpose of covering a portion of any losses or cost associated with the accumulation of securities that will be made under the warehouse agreement. The bank has accumulated $329.7 million in real estate securities under the terms of the warehouse agreement as of September 30, 2006. The warehouse agreement also provides for our notional participation in the income that the assets generate after deducting the notional debt cost.

In March 2006, we closed our sixth CDO issuance (“CDO VI”). We acquired all of the below investment grade securities and income notes of CDO VI. CDO VI issued CDO bonds payable in the face amount of $348.4 million (the “CDO VI Bonds”), including $70.0 million of revolving floating rate notes, of which $21.8 million was



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outstanding at the closing. CDO VI has the ability to borrow, repay and re-borrow pursuant to the terms of these revolving notes, both during the ramp-up period and the re-investment period, subject to compliance with certain borrowing conditions.

In June 2006, we completed its seventh CDO issuance (“CDO VII”). We sold investment grade notes having a face amount of $510.8 million and retained all the below investment grade securities and income notes. The CDO VII bonds are collateralized by $481.9 million of real estate securities $46.5 million real estate debt investments and $9.5 million of cash as of September 30, 2006.

In connection with the acquisition of the Green Pond Property located in Rockaway, New Jersey, we entered into a loan agreement with a major commercial bank for non-recourse, first mortgage in the principal amount of $17.5 million. This mortgage matures on April 11, 2016 and bears interest at a fixed rate of 5.68%. The mortgage requires interest only payments through April 2008, and the mortgage will require monthly principal and interest payments of $101,233 thereafter, amortizing the principal balance to $15.4 million at maturity.

In connection with the joint venture with Chain Bridge, Wakefield assumed an existing loan facility with a major commercial bank providing for up to $60 million of non-recourse mortgage financing. The facility was entered into in August 2005 and contemplates the financing of new acquisitions made by Wakefield during the term of the facility. The loan facility matures on August 30, 2010 and bears interest at fixed rates ranging from 6.56% to 7.74%. The weighted average interest rate payable under the facility at September 30, 2006 was 6.86%. The mortgage requires interest only payments through September 2008, and monthly interest and principal payments thereafter, amortizing the principal amount to $46.9 million at maturity.

In connection with the acquisition of the Indianapolis property, we entered into a loan agreement with a major commercial bank for a non-recourse first mortgage in the principal amount of $28.6 million. This mortgage matures on February 1, 2017 and bears interest at a fixed rate of 6.06%. The mortgage requires interest only payments through July 2008, and commencing on August 2, 2008 principal and interest payments of $172,576, amortizing the principal balance to $25.1 million at maturity.

In June 2006, NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. and certain of its subsidiaries amended its master repurchase agreement with Wachovia Bank, National Association. Following the amendment, we may now borrow up to $500 million under the Wachovia Facility in order to finance the origination and acquisition of senior and subordinate debt and other real estate loans and securities. The additional capacity and flexibility under the Wachovia Facility will allow us to accumulate collateral for its next contemplated real estate debt CDO and to continue to finance other investments. Advance rates under the Wachovia Facility range from 50% to 100% of the value of the collateral for which the advance is to be made. Amounts borrowed under the Wachovia Facility bear interest at spreads of 0.15% to 2.50% over one-month LIBOR, depending on the type collateral for which the amount is borrowed. Additionally, if a securitization transaction with respect to the collateral subject to the Wachovia Facility is not consummated by March 23, 2007, certain advances under the Wachovia Facility will be subject to commitment and unused fees and our limited guarantee shall be increased to 10% of the amount outstanding under the Facility.

On March 13, 2006, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company completed a private placement of $50.0 million of the trust preferred securities (“Trust IV”). The Company owns all of the common stock of Trust IV. The trust preferred securities have a fixed interest rate of 7.95% per annum, during the first ten years, after which the interest rate will float and reset quarterly at the three-month LIBOR rate plus 2.80% per annum. The securities are redeemable at par beginning June 30, 2011.

In August 1, 2006, our wholly owned subsidiary, NorthStar Realty Finance Trust V, completed a private placement of $30 million of trust preferred securities. The sole assets of the trust consist of a like amount of junior subordinate notes that we issued due September 30, 2036. The trust preferred securities and the notes have a 30-year term, ending September 30, 2036, and bear interest at a floating rate of three-month LIBOR plus 2.70%. We entered into an interest rate swap agreement, which fixed the interest rate for 10 years at 8.16%. The securities are redeemable at par beginning September 30, 2011.

In connection with the acquisition of the Aurora property, the Company entered into a loan agreement with a major commercial bank for non-recourse, first mortgage in the principal amount of $33.5 million. The mortgage matures on July 11, 2016 and bears interest at a fixed rate of 6.22%. The mortgage requires interest only payments through July 2008, and monthly principal and interest payments of $205,699 thereafter, amortizing the principal balance to $29.8 million at maturity.



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In connection with the acquisition of a net lease property located in Keene, New Hampshire, we assumed a non-recourse first mortgage in the principal amount of $6.9 million. The mortgage matures on February 1, 2016 and bears interest at a fixed rate of 5.85%. The mortgage requires monthly principal and interest payments of $41,532 thereafter, amortizing the principal balance to $5.9 million at maturity.

In connection with the acquisition of a net lease property located in Portland, Maine, we assumed a non-recourse first mortgage in the principal amount of $5.2 million. The mortgage matures on June 17, 2014 and bears interest at a fixed rate of 7.34%. The mortgage requires monthly principal and interest payments of $43,808, amortizing the principal balance to $3.7 million at maturity.

In connection with the acquisition of a net lease property located in Fort Wayne, Indiana, we assumed a non-recourse first mortgage in the principal amount of $3.6 million. The mortgage matures on January 1, 2015 and bears interest at a fixed rate of 6.41%. The mortgage requires principal and interest payments of $25,109 amortizing the principal balance to $2.9 million at maturity.

In connection with the acquisition of six net lease properties, the Company entered into a loan agreement with a major commercial bank for a non-recourse, cross-collateralized first mortgage in the principal amount of $35.1 million. The mortgage matures on October 11, 2016 and bears interest at a fixed rate of 6.17%. The mortgage requires monthly principal and interest payments of $214,317 amortizing the principal balance to $29.9 million at maturity.

In connection with the acquisition of the Aurora property, we entered into a non-recourse mezzanine loan agreement (the “Aurora Mezzanine Loan”) which was assigned to, then funded by our securities warehouse provider for a mezzanine loan in the amount of $3.3 million. The Aurora Mezzanine Loan bears interest at a fixed rate of 7.37%, and requires monthly principal and interest payments that will fully amortize the loan by maturity on May 11, 2012.

Cash Flows

The net cash flow provided by operating activities of $73.5 million, increased by $60.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2006, excluding the effects of the short term security portfolio liquidation of $793.6 from $13.4 million of cash provided by operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2005. This was primarily due to the operating cash flows generated from a greater asset base resulting from net origination/acquisition volumes generated by our three business lines.

The net cash flow used in investing activities increased by $813.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 from $712.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2005. Net cash used in investing activities in 2006 consisted primarily of the purchase of operating real estate, funds used to acquire real estate securities and originate or acquire real estate debt investments, as well as funding of new warehouse deposits for our CDOs.

The net cash flow provided by financing activities increased by $1.6 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 to $1.5 billion from $0.1 million of cash flow used in financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2005. The primary source of cash flow provided by financing activities was the perpetual preferred and common equity offerings, the issuance of CDO bonds, borrowings under credit facilities and issuing trust preferred securities.

Recent Developments

Real Estate Debt Investments

Subsequent to September 30, 2006, we closed on $68.7 million of new real estate debt investments, consisting of three floating rate loans and one fixed rate loan. The weighted average interest rate of these investments are LIBOR plus a spread of 2.74% and a fixed rate of 9.0% respectively.



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Dividends

Common Dividends

On October 24, 2006, the Company declared a cash dividend of $0.34 per share of common stock. The dividend is expected to be paid on November 15, 2006 to the shareholders on record as of the close of business on November 6, 2006.

Preferred Dividend

On October 24, 2006 the Company declared a cash dividend of $0.35851 per share of Series A preferred stock, payable on November 15, 2006 to shareholders of record on November 6, 2006.

Liability to Subsidiary Trust Issuing Preferred Securities

In October 2006, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, NorthStar Realty Finance Trust VI, completed a private placement of $25 million of trust preferred securities. The sole assets of the trust consist of a like amount of junior subordinate notes due December 30, 2036 issued by the Operating Partnership and guaranteed by the Company. The trust preferred securities and the notes have a 30-year term, ending December 30, 2036, and bear interest at a floating rate of three-month LIBOR plus 2.90%. The Company has entered into an interest rate swap agreement, which fixed the interest rate for 10 years at 8.02%. The securities are redeemable at par beginning December 30, 2011.

Unsecured Revolving Line of Credit

On November 6, 2006, we entered into a Revolving Credit Agreement with Keybanc Capital Markets (the “Administrative Agent”) and Bank of America, N.A., as co-lead arrangers. The agreement provides for an unsecured, $100 million revolving credit facility, has a term of three years and bears interest at between 2.00% to 2.50% over 30-day LIBOR, based on our overall company leverage.

The facility is supported by an identified asset base with advance rates that vary from 40% to 90% of the asset value provided under a borrowing base calculation. The Administrative Agent has consent rights to the inclusion of assets in the borrowing base calculation.

The terms of the facility include covenants that (a) limit our maximum total indebtedness to no more than 90% of total assets, (b) require our fixed charge coverage ratio to be no less than 1.30 to 1.0, (c) require us to maintain minimum tangible net worth of not less than 85%, of our tangible net worth at closing of the facility, plus 75% of the net proceeds from equity offerings completed after the closing of the facility, (d) limit our recourse indebtedness to 10% of total assets, (e) restrict us from making distributions in excess of a maximum of 100% of our adjusted funds from operations, except that we may in any case pay distributions necessary to maintain our REIT status, and (f) require us to hedge our interest rate exposure such that a 100 basis point fluctuation in interest rates in a quarter would not negatively impact our adjusted funds from operations in such quarter annualized by greater than 10%. The facility also contains certain customary representations and warranties and events of default.

Real Estate Debt Investments

Wachovia Facility

On November 7, 2006, the Company amended the Wachovia Facility. Following the amendment, the Company may temporarily borrow up to $750 million under the Wachovia Facility in order to allow the Company to accumulate collateral for its next contemplated real estate debt CDO, which is expected to close in December 2006.

Contractual Commitments

As of September 30, 2006, we had the following contractual commitments and commercial obligations (in thousands):



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Payments Due by Period

Contractual Obligations

 

Total

 

Less than
1 Year

 

1-3
Years

 

3-5
Years

 

After 5
Years

                       

            

     

Mortgage notes

     

$

339,668

     

$

396

     

$

4,644

     

$

54,662

     

$

279,966

Mezzanine loan payable

   

15,574

   

701

   

4,390

   

3,403

   

7,080

Repurchase agreements

   

79,295

   

79,295

   

   

   

CDO bonds payable

   

1,134,127

   

   

   

   

1,134,127

Liability to subsidiary trusts issuing preferred securities

   

188,458

   

   

   

   

188,458

Wachovia facility

   

457,960

   

   

457,960

   

   

Capital leases(1)

   

17,513

   

88

   

807

   

974

   

15,644

Operating leases

   

40,973

   

434

   

5,519

   

5,506

   

29,514

Total contractual obligations

 

$

2,273,568

 

$

80,914

 

$

473,320

 

$

64,545

 

$

1,654,789

——————

(1)

Includes interest on the capital leases.

In accordance with certain loan agreements, we have unfunded commitments of $79.9 million as of September 30, 2006, that we are obligated to fund as borrowers meet certain requirements. The timing of the funding is uncertain and the expiration of the funding ranges from August 2007 to April 2010.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of September 30, 2006, we had the material off balance sheet arrangements described below.

Our potential losses in CDO I, CDO II, CDO III and CDO V are limited to our aggregate carrying value which was approximately $103.5 million at September 30, 2006.

The terms of the portfolio of real estate securities held by CDO I, CDO II, CDO III and CDO V are matched with the terms of the non-recourse CDO liabilities. These CDO liabilities are repaid with the proceeds of the principal payments on the real estate securities collateralizing the CDO liabilities when these payments are actually received. There is no refinancing risk associated with the CDO liabilities, as principal is only due to the extent that it has been collected on the underlying real securities and the stated maturities are noted above. CDOs produce a relatively predictable income stream based on the spread between the interest earned on the underlying securities and the interest paid on the CDO liabilities. This spread may be reduced by credit losses on the underlying securities or by hedging mismatches. CDO I, CDO II, CDO III and CDO V have not incurred any losses on any of their securities investments from the date of purchase through September 30, 2006. We receive quarterly cash distributions from CDO I and monthly cash distributions from CDO II, CDO III and CDO V, each representing our proportionate share of the residual cash flow from the CDOs, as well as collateral advisory fees and interest income on the unrated income notes of CDO II, CDO III and CDO V. Our residual interests in the cash flows of CDO I, CDO II, CDO III and CDO V are accounted for as debt securities pursuant to Emerging Issues Task Force Topic 99-20.

The following table describes certain terms of the collateral for and the notes issued by CDO I, CDO II, CDO III and CDO V as of September 30, 2006:

   

CDO Collateral

 

CDO Notes

   

Par Value
of CDO
Collateral

 

Weighted
Average
Interest
Rate

 

Weighted
Average
Expected
Life

 

Outstanding
CDO Notes

 

Weighted
Average
Interest
Rate

 

Stated
Maturity

   

(in thousands)

     

(years)

 

(in thousands)(1)

       
                             

CDO I

     

$

349,473

     

6.62

%   

5.30

     

$

330,255

     

6.21

%   

8/1/2038

CDO II                           

 

$

380,023

 

6.36

%

6.05

 

$

343,211

 

5.78

%

6/1/2039

CDO III

 

$

401,497

 

6.44

%

5.99

 

$

360,420

 

5.89

%

6/1/2040

CDO V

 

$

501,021

 

6.02

%

9.04

 

$

461,500

 

5.17

%

9/5/2045

——————

(1)

Includes only notes held by third parties.



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CDO I, CDO II, CDO III and CDO V are variable interest entities. However, management has determined that we are not the primary beneficiary of CDO I, CDO II, CDO III and CDO V and as such, in accordance with FIN 46(R)-6, did not consolidate CDO I, CDO II, CDO III and CDO V. See Note 2 new interpretation Fin 46(R)-6.

At this time, we do not anticipate a substantial risk of incurring a loss with respect to any of the arrangements described above.

Inflation

Our leases for tenants of our net lease properties are either:

·

net leases where the tenants are responsible for all real estate taxes, insurance and operating expenses and the leases provide for increases in rent either based on changes in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) or pre-negotiated increases; or

·

operating leases which provide for separate escalations of real estate taxes and operating expenses over a base amount, and/or increases in the base rent based on changes in the CPI.

We believe that inflationary increases in expenses will generally be offset by the expense reimbursements and contractual rent increases described above to the extent of occupancy.

We believe that the risk associated with an increase in market interest rates on the floating rate debt used to finance our investments in CDO I, CDO II, CDO III, CDO V, certain of our debt securities available for sale, and our direct investments in real estate debt, is largely offset by our strategy of matching the terms of our assets with the terms of our liabilities and through our use of hedging instruments.

Funds from Operations and Adjusted Funds from Operations

Management believes that funds from operations, or FFO, and adjusted funds from operations, or AFFO, each of which are non-GAAP measures, are additional appropriate measures of the operating performance of a REIT. We compute FFO in accordance with the standards established by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, or NAREIT, as net income or loss (computed in accordance with GAAP), excluding gains or losses from sales of depreciable properties, the cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles, real estate-related depreciation and amortization, and after adjustments for unconsolidated/uncombined partnerships and joint ventures. We calculate AFFO by subtracting from (or adding) to FFO:

·

normalized recurring expenditures that are capitalized by us and then amortized, but which are necessary to maintain our properties and revenue stream, e.g., leasing commissions and tenant improvement allowances;

·

an adjustment to reverse the effects of straight-lining of rents and fair value lease revenue under SFAS 141; and

·

the amortization or accrual of various deferred costs including intangible assets and equity based compensation, but not deferred financing fee amortization which is included in interest expense.

Our calculation of AFFO differs from the methodology for calculating AFFO utilized by certain other REITs and, accordingly, may not be comparable to such other REITs.

We believe that FFO and AFFO are additional appropriate measures of our operating performance because they facilitate an understanding of our operating performance after adjustment for certain non-cash expenses, such as real estate depreciation, which assumes that the value of real estate assets diminishes predictably over time. Since FFO is generally recognized as the industry standard for measuring the operating performance of an equity REIT, we also believe that FFO provides investors with an additional useful measure to compare our financial performance to other REITs.

Neither FFO nor AFFO is equivalent to net income or cash generated from operating activities determined in accordance with GAAP. Furthermore, FFO and AFFO do not represent amounts available for management’s discretionary use because of needed capital replacement or expansion, debt service obligations or other commitments or uncertainties. Neither FFO nor AFFO should be considered as an alternative to net income as an indicator of our operating performance or as an alternative to cash flow from operating activities as a measure of our liquidity.



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Set forth below is a reconciliation of FFO and AFFO to net income before minority interests for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005 (in thousands):

   

Three Months
Ended
September 30, 2006

 

Three Months
Ended
September 30, 2005

 

Nine Months
Ended
September 30,
2006

 

Nine Months
Ended
September 30, 2005

 
                           

Funds from Operations:

                         

Income before minority interest in operating partnership

     

$

10,932

     

$

5,620

     

$

25,768

     

$

8,294

 

Adjustments:

                         

Minority interest in Joint Venture

   

(37

)

 

   

(37

)

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

   

4,050

   

963

   

9,388

   

2,476

 

Funds from discontinued operations

   

   

314

   

121

   

1,026

 

Real estate depreciation and amortization – unconsolidated ventures

   

326

         

658

   

 

Funds from Operations

 

$

15,271

 

$

6,897

 

$

35,898

 

$

11,796

 
                           

Adjusted Funds from Operations:

                         

Funds from Operations

 

$

15,271

 

$

6,897

 

$

35,898

 

$

11,796

 

Straight-line rental income, net

   

(325

)

 

(20

)

 

(998

)

 

(58

)

Straight-line rental income, discontinued operations

   

   

5

   

   

(279

)

Straight-line rental income and Fair value lease revenue, unconsolidated ventures

   

(144

)

       

(176

)

 

 

Amortization of equity-based compensation

   

2,108

   

740

   

6,564

   

2,499

 

Fair value lease revenue (SFAS 141 adjustment)

   

(375

)

 

(1

)

 

(490

)

 

(4

)

Adjusted Funds from Operations

 

$

16,535

 

$

7,621

 

$

40,798

 

$

13,954

 

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Market risk is the exposure to loss resulting from changes in interest rates and asset prices. We are subject to credit risk and interest rate risk with respect to our investments in real estate debt, real estate securities and net leased real estate. The primary market risk that we are exposed to is interest rate risk. Interest rates are highly sensitive to many factors, including governmental monetary and tax policies, domestic and international economic and political considerations and other factors beyond our control. Our interest rate risk sensitive assets, liabilities and related derivative positions are generally held for non-trading purposes. At September 30, 2006, a hypothetical 100 basis point increase in interest rates applied to our variable rate assets would increase our annual interest income by approximately $13.3 million, offset by an increase in our interest expense of approximately $11.2 million on our variable rate liabilities.

Real Estate Debt

We originate and invest in real estate debt instruments secured by commercial and multifamily properties, including first lien mortgage loans, junior participations in first lien mortgage loans, second lien mortgage loans, mezzanine loans and preferred equity interests in borrowers who own such properties. We generally hold these instruments for investment rather than trading purposes. These investments are either floating or fixed rate. The interest rates on our floating rate investments typically float at a fixed spread over an index such as LIBOR. These instruments typically reprice every 30 days based upon LIBOR in effect at that time. Given the frequent and periodic repricing of our floating rate investments, changes in interest rates are unlikely to affect the value of our floating rate portfolio. Changes in short term rates will, however, affect earnings from our investments. Increases in LIBOR will increase the interest income received by us on our investments and therefore will increase our earnings. Decreases in LIBOR have the opposite effect.

We also invest in fixed rate investments. The value of these investments may be affected by changes in long term interest rates. To the extent that long term interest rates increase, the value of long term fixed rate assets is diminished. Any fixed rate debt investments which we hold would be similarly impacted. We do not generally seek to hedge this type of risk unless the asset is leveraged as the costs of such a hedging transaction over the term of such an investment would generally outweigh the benefits, and we intend to hold these assets to maturity. If fixed



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rate debt is funded with floating rate liabilities, the funding cost will be fixed through the use of interest rate swaps, caps or other hedges. Because the interest rates on our fixed rate investments are generally fixed through maturity of the investment, changes in interest rates do not affect the income we earn from our fixed rate investments.

In our real estate debt business we are also exposed to credit risk, which is the risk that a borrower under our loan agreements cannot repay its obligations to us in a timely manner due to a decrease of cash flow from the property securing the loan. While we have never experienced a payment default, our position in the capital structure may expose us to losses as a result of such default in the future. In the event that the borrower cannot repay our loan, we may exercise our remedies under the loan documents which may include a foreclosure against the collateral if we have a foreclosure right as a real estate debtholder under the loan agreement. The real estate debt that we intend to originate and invest in will generally allow us to demand foreclosure as a real estate debtholder if our loan is in default. To the extent the value of our collateral exceeds the amount of our loan (including all debt senior to us) and the expenses we incur in collecting on our loan, we would collect 100% of our loan amount. To the extent that the amount of our loan plus all debt senior to our position exceeds the realizable value of our collateral, then we would incur a loss. We also incur credit risk in our periodically scheduled interest payments which may be interrupted as a result of the operating performance of the underlying collateral.

We seek to manage credit risk through a thorough financial analysis of a transaction before we make such an investment and intensive monitoring of the collateral’s performance during the life of the investment. Our analysis is based upon a broad range of real estate, financial, economic and borrower-related factors which we believe are critical to evaluating the credit risk inherent in a transaction.

Real Estate Securities

In our real estate securities business, we mitigate credit risk through credit analysis, subordination and diversification. The commercial mortgage-backed securities we invest in are generally junior in right of payment of interest and principal to one or more senior classes, but benefit from the support of one or more subordinate classes of securities or other form of credit support within a securitization transaction. The senior unsecured REIT debt securities we invest in reflect comparable credit risk. Credit risk refers to each individual borrower’s ability to make required interest and principal payments on the scheduled due dates. We believe that these securities offer attractive risk-adjusted returns with reasonable long term principal protection under a variety of default and loss scenarios. While the expected yield on these securities is sensitive to the performance of the underlying assets, the more subordinated securities and certain other features of a securitization, in the case of mortgage backed securities, and the issuer’s underlying equity and subordinated debt, in the case of REIT securities, are designed to bear the first risk of default and loss. The real estate securities portfolios of our CDOs are diversified by asset type, industry, location and issuer. We further minimize credit risk by actively monitoring CDO I’s, CDO II’s, CDO III’s and CDO V’s real estate securities portfolios and the underlying credit quality of their holdings and, where appropriate, liquidating our investments to mitigate the risk of loss.

At September 30, 2006, the real estate securities that serve as collateral for CDO I, CDO II, CDO III and CDO V each had an overall weighted average credit rating of approximately BBB and approximately 81%, 77%,67%, and 68%, respectively, of these securities are investment grade.

The real estate securities underlying CDO I, CDO II, CDO III and CDO V are also subject to spread risk. The majority of these securities are fixed rate securities, which are valued based on a market credit spread over the rate payable on fixed rate U.S. Treasuries of like maturity. In other words, their value is dependent on the yield demanded on such securities by the market, as based on their credit relative to U.S. Treasuries. An excessive supply of these securities combined with reduced demand will generally cause the market to require a higher yield on these securities, resulting in the use of a higher or “wider” spread over the benchmark rate (usually the applicable U.S. Treasury security yield) to value these securities. Under these conditions, the value of our real estate securities portfolio would tend to decrease. Conversely, if the spread used to value these securities were to decrease or “tighten,” the value of our real estate securities would tend to increase. Such changes in the market value of our real estate securities portfolio may affect our net equity or cash flow either directly through their impact on unrealized gains or losses on available-for-sale securities by diminishing our ability to realize gains on such securities, or indirectly through their impact on our ability to borrow and access capital.



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Returns on our real estate securities are sensitive to interest rate volatility. If interest rates increase, the funding cost on liabilities that finance the securities portfolio will increase if these liabilities are at a floating rate or have maturities shorter than the assets.

Our general financing strategy focuses on the use of “match-funded” structures. This means that we seek to align the maturities of our debt obligations with the maturities of our investments in order to minimize the risk of being forced to refinance our liabilities prior to the maturities of our assets, as well as to reduce the impact of fluctuating interest rates on earnings. In addition, we generally match interest rates on our assets with like-kind debt, so that fixed rate assets are financed with fixed rate debt and floating rate assets are financed with floating rate debt, directly or through the use of interest rate swaps, caps or other financial instruments or through a combination of these strategies. CDO I, CDO II, CDO III and CDO V utilize interest rate swaps with creditworthy counterparties to minimize the mismatch between its fixed rate assets and floating rate liabilities. The Company is potentially exposed to credit loss in the event of underperformance by these counterparties; however, because of their high credit ratings, the Company does not anticipate any of the counterparties will fail to meet their obligations. We expect to hedge the interest rate risk in future CDOs in a similar manner.

Our financing strategy is dependent on our ability to place the match-funded debt we use to finance our real estate securities at spreads that provide a positive arbitrage. If spreads on the bonds issued by CDOs widen or if demand for these liabilities ceases to exist, then our ability to execute future CDO financings will be severely restricted.

Interest rate changes may also impact our net book value as our investments in debt securities are marked-to-market each quarter with changes in fair value reflected in other comprehensive income (a separate component of owners’ equity). Generally, as interest rates increase, the value of fixed rate securities within the CDO, such as CMBS, decreases and as interest rates decrease, the value of these securities will increase. These swings in value have a corresponding impact on the value of our investment in the CDO. Within the CDO, we seek to hedge against changes in cash flows attributable to changes in interest rates by entering into interest rate swaps/caps and other derivative instruments as allowed by our predecessor’s risk management policy. Such derivatives are designated as cash flow hedge relationships according to SFAS No. 133.

During the warehouse period for CDOs, the market value of the securities in the warehouse is hedged, typically by short selling U.S. agency-sponsored (Federal National Mortgage Association or Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.) debentures or U.S. Treasury securities in the warehouse. Movements in interest rates are expected to result in a price movement for the hedge position that is opposite to and offsets the price movement of the fixed rate securities in the warehouse.

Net Lease Properties

Our ability to manage the interest rate risk and credit risk associated with the assets we acquire is integral to the success of our net lease properties investment strategy. Although we may, in special situations, finance our purchase of net lease assets with floating rate debt, our general policy will be to mitigate our exposure to rising interest rates by financing our purchases with fixed rate mortgages. We will seek to match the term of fixed rate mortgages to our projected holding period for the underlying asset. Factors we will consider to assess the expected holding period will include, among others, the primary term of the lease as well as any extension options that may exist.

We expect the credit profiles of many of our corporate lessees will primarily be unrated and below investment grade. In order to ensure that we have as complete an understanding as possible of a tenant’s ability to satisfy its obligations under its lease, we expect to undertake a rigorous credit evaluation of each tenant prior to executing sale/leaseback or net lease asset acquisitions. This analysis will include an extensive due diligence investigation of the tenant’s business as well as an assessment of the strategic importance of the underlying real estate to the tenant’s core business operations. Where appropriate, we may seek to augment the tenant’s commitment to the facility by structuring various credit enhancement mechanisms into the underlying leases. These mechanisms could include security deposit requirements or affiliate guarantees from entities we deem to be creditworthy.



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Derivatives and Hedging Activities

In connection with the closing of CDO VI and CDO VII we have entered into various swap agreements to limit the exposure to the variable LIBOR rate on our corporate debt to fix the LIBOR rate on a portion of our variable rate debt and to limit the risk associated with the changes in three month Libor and one month Libor rates. The fixed LIBOR rates ranges from 4.18% to 7.34%. The following table summarizes the notional amounts and fair (carrying) values of our derivative financial instruments as of September 30, 2006 (in thousands):

 

     

Notional
Amount

     

Fair
Value

 

Range
of Maturity

                                                                                                                 

   

                       

   

                       

   

Interest rate swaps, treated as hedges

 

$

599,758

 

$

(15,492

)   

March 2010-August 2018

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

As of the end of the period covered by this report, the Company’s management conducted an evaluation (as required under Rules 13a-15(b) and 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act), under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act). Based on this evaluation, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this report, the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that it will detect or uncover failures within the Company to disclose material information otherwise required to be set forth in the Company’s periodic reports.

Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Changes in internal control over financial reporting. There have not been any changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.



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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 5. Other Information

On November 6, 2006, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company allocated certain of our executive officers a portion of a “performance pool” under the Company’s 2006 Outperformance Plan (the “Outperformance Plan”) if certain total shareholder benchmarks are achieved. No “performance pool” will be established and recipients will not receive distributions or be entitled to LTIP Units unless and until minimum total shareholder benchmarks are achieved. See Exhibit 10.33 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 for the Form of Award Agreement under the Outperformance Plan, which sets forth the material terms of the Outperformance Plan and which is incorporated herein by reference. The Compensation Committee’s allocations were as follows: David Hamamoto – 30%, Andrew Richardson – 15%, Daniel Gilbert – 15%, and Richard McCready – 10%.

Item 6. Exhibits

(a) Exhibits

Exhibit
Number

 

Description of Exhibit

     

2.1

     

Contribution Agreement, dated as of October 29, 2004, by and among NS Advisors Holdings LLC, Presidio Capital Investment Company, LLC and NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership*

2.2

 

Contribution Agreement, dated as of October 29, 2004, by and among NorthStar Partnership, L.P., NorthStar Funding Managing Member Holdings LLC and NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership*

2.3

 

Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of October 29, 2004, between NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership and ALGM I Equity, LLC*

3.1

 

Articles of Amendment and Restatement of NorthStar Realty Finance Corp., as filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland on October 20, 2004 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-114675))

3.2

 

Bylaws of NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-114675))

3.3

 

Amendment No. 1 to the Bylaws of NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 27, 2005)

3.4

 

Articles Supplementary Classifying NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.’s 8.75 % Series A Preferred Stock, liquidation preference $25.00 per share (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated September 14, 2006)

4.1

 

Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 29, 2004, by and among NorthStar Realty Finance Corp., NorthStar Partnership, L.P., NorthStar Funding Managing Member Holdings LLC and NS Advisors Holdings LLC*

10.1

 

Agreement of Limited Partnership of NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership, dated as of October 19, 2004, by and among NorthStar Realty Finance Corp., as sole general partner and initial limited partner and the other limited partners a party thereto from time to time*

10.2

 

Non-Competition Agreement, dated as of October 29, 2004, by and among NorthStar Realty Finance Corp., NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership, NorthStar Capital Investment Corp. and NorthStar Partnership, L.P.*

10.3

 

Shared Facilities and Services Agreement, dated as of October 29, 2004, by and between NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. and NorthStar Capital Investment Corp.*

10.4

 

Amended, Restated and Consolidated Fee and Leasehold Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents and Security Agreement, dated as of December 4, 2002, by and among 729 Demi-Tasse LLC, 1552 Lonsdale LLC, ALGM Leasehold II LLC, ALGM Leasehold III LLC, ALGM Leasehold VI LLC, ALGM Leasehold VIII LLC, ALGM Leasehold IX LLC, ALGM Leasehold X LLC, ALGM Leasehold XII LLC and Greenwich Capital Financial Products, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-114675))



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Exhibit
Number

 

Description of Exhibit

     

10.5

 

Executive Employment Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2004, between David T. Hamamoto and NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.*

10.6

 

Executive Employment Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2004, between Mark E. Chertok and NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.*

10.7

 

Executive Employment Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2004, between Jean-Michel Wasterlain and NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.*

10.8

 

Executive Employment Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2004, between Daniel R. Gilbert and NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.*

10.9

 

NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. 2004 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan*

10.10

 

LTIP Unit Vesting Agreement under the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. 2004 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan among NorthStar Realty Finance Corp., NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership and NRF Employee, LLC*

10.11

 

Form of Vesting Agreement for Units of NRF Employee, LLC, each dated as of October 29, 2004, between NRF Employee, LLC and certain employees and co-employees of NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.*

10.12

 

Form of Restricted Stock Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7(a) to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-114675))

10.13

     

NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. 2004 Long-Term Incentive Bonus Plan*

10.14

 

Form of Notification under NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. 2004 Long-Term Incentive Bonus Plan*

10.15

 

Form of Indemnification Agreement for directors and officers of NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-114675))

10.16

 

Amended and Restated Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of March 21, 2005, between NRFC DB Holdings, LLC and Deutsche Bank AG, Cayman Islands Branch (incorporated by reference to the like-numbered exhibit to NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004)

10.17

 

Amended and Restated Junior Subordinated Indenture dated as of September 16, 2005, between NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference to the like-numbered exhibit to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-128962))

10.18

 

Second Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of September 16, 2005, among NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership, as depositor, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as property trustee, Chase Bank USA, National Association, as Delaware trustee and Mark Chertok, David Hamamoto and Richard McCready, each as administrative trustees (incorporated by reference to the like-numbered exhibit to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-128962))

10.19

 

Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of July 13, 2005, between NRFC WA Holdings, LLC and Wachovia Bank, National Association (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.21 to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005)

10.20

 

First Amendment to the Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of August 24, 2005, between NRFC WA Holdings, LLC and Wachovia Bank, National Association (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22 to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-128962))

10.21

 

Second Amendment to the Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of September 20, 2005, between NRFC WA Holdings, LLC and Wachovia Bank, National Association (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-128962))

10.22

 

Master Loan, Guarantee and Security Agreement, dated as of September 28, 2005, between NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership, NorthStar Realty Finance Corp., NS Advisors LLC and Bank of America, N.A. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.24 to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-128962))

10.23

 

Third Amendment to the Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2005, between NRFC WA Holdings, LLC and Wachovia Bank, National Association (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-128962))



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Exhibit
Number

 

Description of Exhibit

     

10.24

 

Omnibus Amendment to the Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of October 21, 2005, between NRFC WA Holdings, LLC, NRFC WA Holdings II, LLC and Wachovia Bank, National Association (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.26 to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2005)

10.25

 

Agreement of Purchase and Sale, dated as of October 25, 2005, between 1552 Lonsdale LLC and 1552 Bway Owner, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.27 to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2005)

10.26

 

Fourth Amendment to the Master Repurchase Agreement, dated October 28, 2005, by and among NRFC WA Holdings, LLC, NRFC WA Holdings II, LLC and Wachovia Bank, National Association (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2005)

10.27

 

Sublease, dated as of November 7, 2005, between NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership and NorthStar Partnership, L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.29 to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2005)

10.28

     

Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of November 22, 2005, between NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.30 to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-128962))

10.29

 

Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of November 22, 2005, between NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership, as depositor, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as property trustee, Chase Bank USA, National Association, as Delaware trustee and Mark Chertok, David Hamamoto and Richard McCready, each as administrative trustees (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.31 to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-128962))

10.30

 

Fifth Amendment to the Master Repurchase Agreement, dated February 28, 2005, by and among NRFC WA Holdings, LLC, NRFC WA Holdings II, LLC and Wachovia Bank, National Association (incorporated by reference to the like-numbered exhibit to NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005)

10.31

 

Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of March 10, 2006, between NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership, NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. and Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee (incorporated by reference to the like-numbered exhibit to NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005)

10.32

 

Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of March 10, 2006, between NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership, as depositor, NorthStar Realty Finance Corp., a guarantor, Wilmington Trust Company, as property trustee and Delaware trustee and Mark Chertok, David Hamamoto and Richard McCready, each as administrative trustees (incorporated by reference to the like-numbered exhibit to NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005)

10.33

 

Form of NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. 2006 Outperformance Plan Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to the like-numbered exhibit to NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005)

10.34

 

Amendment No. 1 to Agreement of Limited Partnership of NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership, dated as of March 14, 2006, by and among NorthStar Realty Finance Corp., as sole general partner and initial limited partner and the other limited partners a party thereto from time to time (incorporated by reference to the like-numbered exhibit to NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005)

10.35

 

Executive Employment Agreement, dated as of March 14, 2006, between Richard J. McCready and NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (incorporated by reference to the like-numbered exhibit to NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005)




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Exhibit
Number

 

Description of Exhibit

     

10.36

 

Executive Employment Agreement, dated as of March 22, 2006, between Andrew C. Richardson and NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 28, 2006)

10.37

 

Agreement, dated as of April 6, 2006 between Mark E. Chertok and NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 10, 2006)

10.38

 

Second Omnibus Amendment to Repurchase Documents, dated as of June 6, 2006, by and among NRFC WA Holdings, LLC, NRFC WA Holdings II, LLC, NRFC WA Holdings III, LLC, NRFC WA Holdings IV, LLC, NRFC WA Holdings V, LLC, NRFC WA Holdings VI, LLC, NRFC WA Holdings VII, LLC, NRFC WA Holdings VIII, LLC, and Wachovia Bank, National Association (incorporated by reference to the like-numbered exhibit to NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2006)

10.39

 

Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of August 1, 2006, between NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership, NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. and Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee

10.40

 

Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2006, between NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership, as depositor, NorthStar Realty Finance Corp., a guarantor, Wilmington Trust Company, as property trustee and Delaware trustee and David Hamamoto, Andrew Richardson and Richard McCready, each as administrative trustees (incorporated by reference to the like-numbered exhibit to NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2006)

10.41

 

Second Amendment to the Agreement of Limited Partnership of NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership, dated as of September 14, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Current Report on Form 8-K filed September 14, 2006)

10.42

 

Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of October 6, 2006, between NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership, NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. and Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee

10.43

 

Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of October 6, 2006, between NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership, as depositor, NorthStar Realty Finance Corp., a guarantor, Wilmington Trust Company, as property trustee and Delaware trustee and David Hamamoto, Andrew Richardson and Richard McCready, each as administrative trustees

10.44

 

Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of November 3, 2006, between NorthStar Realty Finance Corp., NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership, NRFC Sub-REIT Corp., NS Advisors, LLC, Keybanc Capital Markets and Bank of America, N.A.

10.45

 

Sixth Amendment to the Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of November 7, 2006, by and among NRFC WA Holdings, LLC, NRFC WA Holdings II, LLC, NRFC WA Holdings III, LLC, NRFC WA Holdings IV, LLC, NRFC WA Holdings V, LLC, NRFC WA Holdings VI, LLC, NRFC WA Holdings VII, LLC, NRFC WA Holdings VIII, LLC, and Wachovia Bank, National Association.

31.1

 

Certification by the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 17 CFR 240.13a-14(a)/15(d)-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

31.2

 

Certification by the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 17 CFR 240.13a-14(a)/15(d)-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.1

     

Certification by the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.2

 

Certification by the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

——————

*

Incorporated by reference to the like-numbered exhibit to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ending September 30, 2004.



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SIGNATURES

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

 

NORTHSTAR REALTY FINANCE CORP.

     

Date: November 8, 2006

By: 

/s/ David T. Hamamoto

   

David T. Hamamoto
Chief Executive Officer

     
     
 

By:

/s/ Andrew C. Richardson

   

Andrew C. Richardson
Chief Financial Officer



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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number

 

Description of Exhibit

     

2.1

     

Contribution Agreement, dated as of October 29, 2004, by and among NS Advisors Holdings LLC, Presidio Capital Investment Company, LLC and NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership*

2.2

 

Contribution Agreement, dated as of October 29, 2004, by and among NorthStar Partnership, L.P., NorthStar Funding Managing Member Holdings LLC and NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership*

2.3

 

Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of October 29, 2004, between NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership and ALGM I Equity, LLC*

3.1

 

Articles of Amendment and Restatement of NorthStar Realty Finance Corp., as filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland on October 20, 2004 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-114675))

3.2

 

Bylaws of NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-114675))

3.3

 

Amendment No. 1 to the Bylaws of NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 27, 2005)

3.4

 

Articles Supplementary Classifying NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.’s 8.75 % Series A Preferred Stock, liquidation preference $25.00 per share (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A, dated September 14, 2006)

4.1

 

Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 29, 2004, by and among NorthStar Realty Finance Corp., NorthStar Partnership, L.P., NorthStar Funding Managing Member Holdings LLC and NS Advisors Holdings LLC*

10.1

 

Agreement of Limited Partnership of NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership, dated as of October 19, 2004, by and among NorthStar Realty Finance Corp., as sole general partner and initial limited partner and the other limited partners a party thereto from time to time*

10.2

 

Non-Competition Agreement, dated as of October 29, 2004, by and among NorthStar Realty Finance Corp., NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership, NorthStar Capital Investment Corp. and NorthStar Partnership, L.P.*

10.3

 

Shared Facilities and Services Agreement, dated as of October 29, 2004, by and between NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. and NorthStar Capital Investment Corp.*

10.4

 

Amended, Restated and Consolidated Fee and Leasehold Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents and Security Agreement, dated as of December 4, 2002, by and among 729 Demi-Tasse LLC, 1552 Lonsdale LLC, ALGM Leasehold II LLC, ALGM Leasehold III LLC, ALGM Leasehold VI LLC, ALGM Leasehold VIII LLC, ALGM Leasehold IX LLC, ALGM Leasehold X LLC, ALGM Leasehold XII LLC and Greenwich Capital Financial Products, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-114675))

10.5

 

Executive Employment Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2004, between David T. Hamamoto and NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.*

10.6

 

Executive Employment Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2004, between Mark E. Chertok and NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.*

10.7

 

Executive Employment Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2004, between Jean-Michel Wasterlain and NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.*

10.8

 

Executive Employment Agreement, dated as of October 22, 2004, between Daniel R. Gilbert and NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.*

10.9

 

NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. 2004 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan*

10.10

 

LTIP Unit Vesting Agreement under the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. 2004 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan among NorthStar Realty Finance Corp., NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership and NRF Employee, LLC*










Exhibit
Number

 

Description of Exhibit

     

10.11

 

Form of Vesting Agreement for Units of NRF Employee, LLC, each dated as of October 29, 2004, between NRF Employee, LLC and certain employees and co-employees of NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.*

10.12

 

Form of Restricted Stock Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7(a) to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-114675))

10.13

     

NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. 2004 Long-Term Incentive Bonus Plan*

10.14

 

Form of Notification under NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. 2004 Long-Term Incentive Bonus Plan*

10.15

 

Form of Indemnification Agreement for directors and officers of NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-114675))

10.16

 

Amended and Restated Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of March 21, 2005, between NRFC DB Holdings, LLC and Deutsche Bank AG, Cayman Islands Branch (incorporated by reference to the like-numbered exhibit to NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004)

10.17

 

Amended and Restated Junior Subordinated Indenture dated as of September 16, 2005, between NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference to the like-numbered exhibit to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-128962))

10.18

 

Second Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of September 16, 2005, among NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership, as depositor, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as property trustee, Chase Bank USA, National Association, as Delaware trustee and Mark Chertok, David Hamamoto and Richard McCready, each as administrative trustees (incorporated by reference to the like-numbered exhibit to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-128962))

10.19

 

Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of July 13, 2005, between NRFC WA Holdings, LLC and Wachovia Bank, National Association (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.21 to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005)

10.20

 

First Amendment to the Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of August 24, 2005, between NRFC WA Holdings, LLC and Wachovia Bank, National Association (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22 to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-128962))

10.21

 

Second Amendment to the Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of September 20, 2005, between NRFC WA Holdings, LLC and Wachovia Bank, National Association (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-128962))

10.22

 

Master Loan, Guarantee and Security Agreement, dated as of September 28, 2005, between NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership, NorthStar Realty Finance Corp., NS Advisors LLC and Bank of America, N.A. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.24 to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-128962))

10.23

 

Third Amendment to the Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2005, between NRFC WA Holdings, LLC and Wachovia Bank, National Association (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-128962))

10.24

 

Omnibus Amendment to the Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of October 21, 2005, between NRFC WA Holdings, LLC, NRFC WA Holdings II, LLC and Wachovia Bank, National Association (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.26 to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2005)

10.25

 

Agreement of Purchase and Sale, dated as of October 25, 2005, between 1552 Lonsdale LLC and 1552 Bway Owner, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.27 to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2005)










Exhibit
Number

 

Description of Exhibit

     

10.26

 

Fourth Amendment to the Master Repurchase Agreement, dated October 28, 2005, by and among NRFC WA Holdings, LLC, NRFC WA Holdings II, LLC and Wachovia Bank, National Association (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2005)

10.27

 

Sublease, dated as of November 7, 2005, between NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership and NorthStar Partnership, L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.29 to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2005)

10.28

     

Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of November 22, 2005, between NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.30 to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-128962))

10.29

 

Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of November 22, 2005, between NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership, as depositor, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as property trustee, Chase Bank USA, National Association, as Delaware trustee and Mark Chertok, David Hamamoto and Richard McCready, each as administrative trustees (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.31 to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Registration Statement on Form S-11 (File No. 333-128962))

10.30

 

Fifth Amendment to the Master Repurchase Agreement, dated February 28, 2005, by and among NRFC WA Holdings, LLC, NRFC WA Holdings II, LLC and Wachovia Bank, National Association (incorporated by reference to the like-numbered exhibit to NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005)

10.31

 

Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of March 10, 2006, between NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership, NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. and Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee (incorporated by reference to the like-numbered exhibit to NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005)

10.32

 

Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of March 10, 2006, between NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership, as depositor, NorthStar Realty Finance Corp., a guarantor, Wilmington Trust Company, as property trustee and Delaware trustee and Mark Chertok, David Hamamoto and Richard McCready, each as administrative trustees (incorporated by reference to the like-numbered exhibit to NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005)

10.33

 

Form of NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. 2006 Outperformance Plan Award Agreement (incorporated by reference to the like-numbered exhibit to NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005)

10.34

 

Amendment No. 1 to Agreement of Limited Partnership of NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership, dated as of March 14, 2006, by and among NorthStar Realty Finance Corp., as sole general partner and initial limited partner and the other limited partners a party thereto from time to time (incorporated by reference to the like-numbered exhibit to NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005)

10.35

 

Executive Employment Agreement, dated as of March 14, 2006, between Richard J. McCready and NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (incorporated by reference to the like-numbered exhibit to NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005)

10.36

 

Executive Employment Agreement, dated as of March 22, 2006, between Andrew C. Richardson and NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 28, 2006)

10.37

 

Agreement, dated as of April 6, 2006 between Mark E. Chertok and NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 10, 2006)










Exhibit
Number

 

Description of Exhibit

     

10.38

 

Second Omnibus Amendment to Repurchase Documents, dated as of June 6, 2006, by and among NRFC WA Holdings, LLC, NRFC WA Holdings II, LLC, NRFC WA Holdings III, LLC, NRFC WA Holdings IV, LLC, NRFC WA Holdings V, LLC, NRFC WA Holdings VI, LLC, NRFC WA Holdings VII, LLC, NRFC WA Holdings VIII, LLC, and Wachovia Bank, National Association (incorporated by reference to the like-numbered exhibit to NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2006)

10.39

 

Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of August 1, 2006, between NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership, NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. and Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee

10.40

 

Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of August 1, 2006, between NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership, as depositor, NorthStar Realty Finance Corp., a guarantor, Wilmington Trust Company, as property trustee and Delaware trustee and David Hamamoto, Andrew Richardson and Richard McCready, each as administrative trustees (incorporated by reference to the like-numbered exhibit to NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2006)

10.41

 

Second Amendment to the Agreement of Limited Partnership of NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership, dated as of September 14, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Current Report on Form 8-K filed September 14, 2006)

10.42

 

Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of October 6, 2006, between NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership, NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. and Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee

10.43

 

Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of October 6, 2006, between NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership, as depositor, NorthStar Realty Finance Corp., a guarantor, Wilmington Trust Company, as property trustee and Delaware trustee and David Hamamoto, Andrew Richardson and Richard McCready, each as administrative trustees

10.44

 

Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of November 3, 2006, between NorthStar Realty Finance Corp., NorthStar Realty Finance Limited Partnership, NRFC Sub-REIT Corp., NS Advisors, LLC, Keybanc Capital Markets and Bank of America, N.A.

10.45

 

Sixth Amendment to the Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of November 7, 2006, by and among NRFC WA Holdings, LLC, NRFC WA Holdings II, LLC, NRFC WA Holdings III, LLC, NRFC WA Holdings IV, LLC, NRFC WA Holdings V, LLC, NRFC WA Holdings VI, LLC, NRFC WA Holdings VII, LLC, NRFC WA Holdings VIII, LLC, and Wachovia Bank, National Association.

31.1

 

Certification by the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 17 CFR 240.13a-14(a)/15(d)-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

31.2

 

Certification by the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 17 CFR 240.13a-14(a)/15(d)-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.1

     

Certification by the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

32.2

 

Certification by the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

——————

*

Incorporated by reference to the like-numbered exhibit to the NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ending September 30, 2004.






 
 
 
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
 
_____________________
 
 




TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
Page
 
ARTICLE I
 
Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application
 
SECTION 1.1.
Definitions.
1
SECTION 1.2.
Compliance Certificate and Opinions.
11
SECTION 1.3.
Forms of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
12
SECTION 1.4.
Acts of Holders.
13
SECTION 1.5.
Notices, Etc.
15
SECTION 1.6.
Notice to Holders; Waiver.
15
SECTION 1.7.
Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
16
SECTION 1.8.
Successors and Assigns.
16
SECTION 1.9.
Separability Clause.
16
SECTION 1.10.
Benefits of Indenture.
16
SECTION 1.11.
Governing Law.
16
SECTION 1.12.
Submission to Jurisdiction.
16
SECTION 1.13.
Non-Business Days.
17
 
ARTICLE II
 
Security Forms
 
SECTION 2.1.
Form of Security.
17
SECTION 2.2.
Restricted Legend.
21
SECTION 2.3.
Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.
24
SECTION 2.4.
Temporary Securities.
24
SECTION 2.5.
Definitive Securities.
25
 
ARTICLE III
 
The Securities
 
SECTION 3.1.
Payment of Principal and Interest.
25
SECTION 3.2.
Denominations.
27
SECTION 3.3.
Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
27
SECTION 3.4.
Global Securities.
28
SECTION 3.5.
Registration, Transfer and Exchange Generally.
30
 
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SECTION 3.6.
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
31
SECTION 3.7.
Persons Deemed Owners.
32
SECTION 3.8.
Cancellation.
32
SECTION 3.9.
RESERVED.
32
SECTION 3.10.
Right of Set-Off.
32
SECTION 3.11.
Agreed Tax Treatment.
32
SECTION 3.12.
CUSIP Numbers.
32
 
ARTICLE IV
 
Satisfaction and Discharge
 
SECTION 4.1.
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
33
SECTION 4.2.
Application of Trust Money.
34
 
ARTICLE V
 
Remedies
 
SECTION 5.1.
Events of Default.
34
SECTION 5.2.
Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
35
SECTION 5.3.
Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
37
SECTION 5.4.
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
37
SECTION 5.5.
Trustee May Enforce Claim Without Possession of Securities.
38
SECTION 5.6.
Application of Money Collected.
38
SECTION 5.7.
Limitation on Suits.
38
SECTION 5.8.
Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium
 
 
     and Interest; Direct Action by Holders of Preferred Securities.
39
SECTION 5.9.
Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
39
SECTION 5.10.
Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
40
SECTION 5.11.
Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
40
SECTION 5.12.
Control by Holders.
40
SECTION 5.13.
Waiver of Past Defaults.
40
SECTION 5.14.
Undertaking for Costs.
41
SECTION 5.15.
Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws.
41
 
ARTICLE VI
 
The Trustee
 
SECTION 6.1.
Corporate Trustee Required.
42
SECTION 6.2.
Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
42
 
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SECTION 6.3.
Notice of Defaults.
43
SECTION 6.4.
Certain Rights of Trustee.
44
SECTION 6.5.
May Hold Securities.
46
SECTION 6.6.
Compensation; Reimbursement; Indemnity.
46
SECTION 6.7.
Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
47
SECTION 6.8.
Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
48
SECTION 6.9.
Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
48
SECTION 6.10.
Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
48
SECTION 6.11.
Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
49
 
ARTICLE VII
 
Holders' Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company
 
SECTION 7.1.
Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
50
SECTION 7.2.
Preservation of Information, Communications to Holders.
50
SECTION 7.3.
Reports by Company and Trustee.
51
 
ARTICLE VIII
 
Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease
 
SECTION 8.1.
Company and Guarantor May Consolidate, Etc.,
 
 
     Only on Certain Terms.
52
SECTION 8.2.
Successor Company or Guarantor Substituted.
53
 
ARTICLE IX
 
Supplemental Indentures
 
SECTION 9.1.
Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders.
54
SECTION 9.2.
Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.
54
SECTION 9.3.
Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
55
SECTION 9.4.
Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
56
SECTION 9.5.
Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
56
 
ARTICLE X
 
Covenants
 
SECTION 10.1.
Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.
56
SECTION 10.2.
Money for Security Payments to be Held in Trust.
56
SECTION 10.3.
Statement as to Compliance.
57
 
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SECTION 10.4.
Calculation Agent.
58
SECTION 10.5.
Additional Tax Sums.
58
SECTION 10.6.
Additional Covenants.
59
SECTION 10.7.
Waiver of Covenants.
60
SECTION 10.8.
Treatment of Securities.
60
 
ARTICLE XI
 
Redemption of Securities
 
SECTION 11.1.
Optional Redemption.
61
SECTION 11.2.
Special Event Redemption.
61
SECTION 11.3.
Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
61
SECTION 11.4.
Selection of Securities to be Redeemed.
61
SECTION 11.5.
Notice of Redemption.
62
SECTION 11.6.
Deposit of Redemption Price.
63
SECTION 11.7.
Payment of Securities Called for Redemption.
63
 
ARTICLE XII
 
Subordination of Securities
 
SECTION 12.1.
Securities Subordinate to Senior Debt of the Company.
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SECTION 12.2.
No Payment When Senior Debt of the Company in Default;
 
 
     Payment Over of Proceeds Upon Dissolution, Etc.
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SECTION 12.3.
Payment Permitted If No Default.
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SECTION 12.4.
Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Debt of the Company.
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SECTION 12.5.
Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights.
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SECTION 12.6.
Trustee to Effectuate Subordination.
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SECTION 12.7.
No Waiver of Subordination Provisions.
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SECTION 12.8.
Notice to Trustee.
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SECTION 12.9.
Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent.
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SECTION 12.10.
Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Debt of the Company.
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SECTION 12.11.
Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior Debt of the Company;
 
 
     Preservation of Trustee’s Rights.
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SECTION 12.12.
Article Applicable to Paying Agents.
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ARTICLE XIII
 
Guarantee
 
SECTION 13.1.
The Guarantee.
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SECTION 13.2.
Guarantee Unconditional, etc.
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SECTION 13.3.
Reinstatement.
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SECTION 13.4.
Subrogation.
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ARTICLE XIV
 
Subordination of Guarantee
 
SECTION 14.1.
Securities Subordinate to Senior Debt of the Guarantor.
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SECTION 14.2.
No Payment When Senior Debt of the Guarantor in Default;
 
 
     Payment Over of Proceeds Upon Dissolution, Etc.
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SECTION 14.3.
Payment Permitted If No Default.
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SECTION 14.4.
Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Debt of the Guarantor.
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SECTION 14.5.
Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights.
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SECTION 14.6.
Trustee to Effectuate Subordination.
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SECTION 14.7.
No Waiver of Subordination Provisions.
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SECTION 14.8.
Notice to Trustee.
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SECTION 14.9.
Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent.
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SECTION 14.10.
Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Debt of the Guarantor.
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SECTION 14.11.
Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior Debt of the Guarantor;
 
 
     Preservation of Trustee’s Rights.
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SECTION 14.12.
Article Applicable to Paying Agents.
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SCHEDULES
 
Schedule A
Determination of LIBOR
Exhibit A
Form of Officer’s Financial Certificate
Exhibit B
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;
 
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(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.
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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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%.
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
 
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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.
 
 
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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:
 
 
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(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.
 
 
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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 .
 
 
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(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.
 
 
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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.
 
 
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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.
 
 
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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.
 
 
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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.
 
 
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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.
 
 
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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.
 
 
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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:
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.
 
 
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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.
 
 
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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.
 
 
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(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
 
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.
 
 
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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:
 
 
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(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.
 
 
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(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.
 
 
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(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.
 
 
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(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.
 
 
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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.
 
 
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(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.
 
 
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(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.
 
 
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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
 
 
(A)
have become due and payable, or
 
 
(B)
will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year of the date of deposit, or
 
 
(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,
 
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;
 
 
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(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
 
 
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(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.
 
 
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(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:
 
 
(A)
all overdue installments of interest on all Securities,
 
 
(B)
any accrued Additional Interest on all Securities,
 
 
(C)
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
 
 
(D)
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
 
(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.
 
 
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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 .
 
 
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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;
 
 
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(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.
 
 
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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
 
 
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(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.
 
 
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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.
 
 
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(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.
 
 
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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;
 
 
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(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.
 
 
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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.
 
 
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(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.
 
 
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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.
 
 
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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.
 
 
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(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

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.
 
 
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(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.
 
 
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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;
 
 
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(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.
 
 
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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,
 
 
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(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.
 
 
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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.
 
Securities authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article IX may, and shall if required by the Company, bear a notation in form approved by the Company as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and the Guarantor and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities.
 
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.
 
 
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(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.
 
 
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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.
 
 
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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).
 
 
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(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.
 
 
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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.
 
 
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(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.
 
 
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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.
 
 
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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.
 
 
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(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.
 
 
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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.
 
 
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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.
 
 
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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.
 
 
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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.
 
 
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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.
 
 
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(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.
 
 
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(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.
 
 
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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.
 
 
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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.
 
 
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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.
 
 
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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.
 

 
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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
 
 
   
Page
     
ARTICLE I.       Defined Terms
1
SECTION 1.1
Definitions
1
ARTICLE II.       The Trust
10
SECTION 2.1
Name
10
SECTION 2.2
Office of the Delaware Trustee; Principal Place of Business
10
SECTION 2.3
Initial Contribution of Trust Property; Fees, Costs and Expenses
10
SECTION 2.4
Purposes of Trust
11
SECTION 2.5
Authorization to Enter into Certain Transactions
11
SECTION 2.6
Assets of Trust
14
SECTION 2.7
Title to Trust Property
14
ARTICLE III.       Payment Account; Paying Agents
14
SECTION 3.1
Payment Account
14
SECTION 3.2
Appointment of Paying Agents
15
ARTICLE IV.       Distributions; Redemption
15
SECTION 4.1
Distributions
15
SECTION 4.2
Redemption
16
SECTION 4.3
Subordination of Common Securities
19
SECTION 4.4
Payment Procedures
20
SECTION 4.5
Withholding Tax
20
SECTION 4.6
Tax Returns and Other Reports
20
SECTION 4.7
Payment of Taxes, Duties, Etc. of the Trust
21
SECTION 4.8
Payments under Indenture or Pursuant to Direct Actions
21
SECTION 4.9
Exchanges
21
SECTION 4.10
Calculation Agent
22
SECTION 4.11
Certain Accounting Matters
22
ARTICLE V.       Securities
23
SECTION 5.1
Initial Ownership
23
SECTION 5.2
Authorized Trust Securities
23
SECTION 5.3
Issuance of the Common Securities; Subscription and Purchase of Notes
23
SECTION 5.4
The Securities Certificates
24
SECTION 5.5
Rights of Holders
25
SECTION 5.6
Book-Entry Preferred Securities
25
SECTION 5.7
Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Preferred Securities Certificates
27
SECTION 5.8
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities Certificates
28
SECTION 5.9
Persons Deemed Holders
29
SECTION 5.10
Cancellation
29
SECTION 5.11
Ownership of Common Securities by Depositor
29
SECTION 5.12
Restricted Legends
30
SECTION 5.13
Form of Certificate of Authentication
32
 
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ARTICLE VI.       Meetings; Voting; Acts of Holders
33
SECTION 6.1
Notice of Meetings
33
SECTION 6.2
Meetings of Holders of the Preferred Securities
33
SECTION 6.3
Voting Rights
33
SECTION 6.4
Proxies, Etc
34
SECTION 6.5
Holder Action by Written Consent
34
SECTION 6.6
Record Date for Voting and Other Purposes
34
SECTION 6.7
Acts of Holders
34
SECTION 6.8
Inspection of Records
35
SECTION 6.9
Limitations on Voting Rights
35
SECTION 6.10
Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission of Annulment; Waivers of Past Defaults
36
ARTICLE VII.         Representations and Warranties
39
SECTION 7.1
Representations and Warranties of the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee
39
SECTION 7.2
Representations and Warranties of Depositor
40
ARTICLE VIII.       The Trustees
41
SECTION 8.1
Number of Trustees
41
SECTION 8.2
Property Trustee Required
41
SECTION 8.3
Delaware Trustee Required
41
SECTION 8.4
Appointment of Administrative Trustees
42
SECTION 8.5
Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustees
42
SECTION 8.6
Notices of Defaults and Extensions
44
SECTION 8.7
Certain Rights of Property Trustee
44
SECTION 8.8
Delegation of Power
46
SECTION 8.9
May Hold Securities
46
SECTION 8.10
Compensation; Reimbursement; Indemnity
47
SECTION 8.11
Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
48
SECTION 8.12
Acceptance of Appointment by Successor
49
SECTION 8.13
Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business
49
SECTION 8.14
Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities
50
SECTION 8.15
Property Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
50
SECTION 8.16
Reports to and from the Property Trustee
50
ARTICLE IX.       Termination, Liquidation and Merger
51
SECTION 9.1
Dissolution Upon Expiration Date
51
SECTION 9.2
Early Termination
51
SECTION 9.3
Termination
52
SECTION 9.4
Liquidation
52
SECTION 9.5
Mergers, Consolidations, Amalgamations or Replacements of Trust
53
ARTICLE X.       Information to Purchaser
55
SECTION 10.1
Depositor Obligations to Purchaser
55
SECTION 10.2
Property Trustee’s Obligations to Purchaser
55
 
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ARTICLE XI.       Miscellaneous Provisions
55
SECTION 11.1
Limitation of Rights of Holders
55
SECTION 11.2
Agreed Tax Treatment of Trust and Trust Securities
55
SECTION 11.3
Amendment
56
SECTION 11.4
Separability
57
SECTION 11.5
Governing Law
57
SECTION 11.6
Successors
57
SECTION 11.7
Headings
58
SECTION 11.8
Reports, Notices and Demands
58
SECTION 11.9
Agreement Not to Petition
58
     
Exhibit A
Certificate of Trust of NorthStar Realty Finance Trust VI
 
Exhibit B
Form of Common Securities Certificate
 
Exhibit C
Form of Preferred Securities Certificate
 
Exhibit D
Junior Subordinated Indenture
 
Exhibit E
Form of Transferee Certificate to be Executed by Transferees other than QIBs
 
Exhibit F
Form of Transferor Certificate to be Executed by QIBs
 
Exhibit G
Form of Officer’s Financial Certificate
 
Exhibit H
Form of Officer’s Certificate pursuant to Section 8.16(a)
 
     
Schedule A
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”;
 
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(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.
 
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“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 .
 
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“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 .
 
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“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.
 
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“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.
 
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“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;
 
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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.
 
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“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.
 
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“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.
 
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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;
 
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(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;
 
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(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.
 
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(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.
 
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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”);
 
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(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.
 
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(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).
 
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(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.
 
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(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.
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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(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).
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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(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.
 
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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.
 
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(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.
 
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(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.”
 
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(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.
 
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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.
 
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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
 
 
 
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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.
 
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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 .
 
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(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.
 
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(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:
 
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(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.
 
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(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.
 
 
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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
 
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(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.
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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(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.
 
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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;
 
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(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;
 
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(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.
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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(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 .
 
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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.
 
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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).
 
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(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.
 
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(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;
 
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(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.
 
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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.
 
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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 .
 
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(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.
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Amended and Restated Trust Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
 
 
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  
   
 
NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. ,
as Guarantor
 
 
By: /s/ Albert Tylis                 
Albert Tylis
General Counsel and Assistant Secretary  
   
Wilmington Trust Company, as Property Trustee
 
 
By: /s/ W. Thomas Morris, II                 
W. Thomas Morris, II
Assistant Vice President  
Wilmington Trust Company, as Delaware Trustee
 
 
By: /s/ W. Thomas Morris, II                 
W. Thomas Morris, II
Assistant Vice President :  
 
 
 
/s/ David Hamamoto                            
Administrative Trustee
David Hamamoto
 
 
 
/s/ Andrew Richardson                                
Administrative Trustee
Andrew Richardson
 
 
 
 
/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
 

 
Page
     
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
1
 
Section 1.1
Definitions.
1
 
Section 1.2
Accounting Terms and Determinations
23
 
Section 1.3
Types of Borrowings
23
 
ARTICLE II THE Commitments
23
 
Section 2.1
Commitments to Lend
23
 
Section 2.2
Notice of Committed Borrowing
24
 
Section 2.3
Notice to Lenders; Funding of Loans.
25
 
Section 2.4
Notes.
27
 
Section 2.5
Letters of Credit
27
 
Section 2.6
Method of Electing Interest Rates.
30
 
Section 2.7
Interest Rates.
31
 
Section 2.8
Fees.
32
 
Section 2.9
Maturity Date
33
 
Section 2.10
Mandatory Prepayment.
33
 
Section 2.11
Optional Prepayments.
34
 
Section 2.12
General Provisions as to Payments.
35
 
Section 2.13
Funding Losses
36
 
Section 2.14
Computation of Interest and Fees
36
 
Section 2.15
Use of Proceeds
36
 
Section 2.16
Letter of Credit Usage Absolute
36
 
Section 2.17
Joint and Several Obligations; Limitation on Liability.
37
 
Section 2.18
Increase in Facility Amount.
39
 
Section 2.19
Revolving Facility
41
 
Section 2.20
Delinquent Lenders.
41
 
ARTICLE III CONDITIONS
42
 
Section 3.1
Closing
42
 
Section 3.2
Borrowings
45
 
ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
46
 
Section 4.1
Existence and Power
46
 
Section 4.2
Power and Authority
47
 
Section 4.3
No Violation
47
 
Section 4.4
Financial Information
47
 
Section 4.5
Litigation
48
 
Section 4.6
Compliance with ERISA.
48
 
Section 4.7
Borrowing Base Assets
48
 
Section 4.8
Environmental Matters
49
 
Section 4.9
Taxes
49
 
Section 4.10
Full Disclosure
49
 
Section 4.11
Solvency
49
 
Section 4.12
Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations
50
 
Section 4.13
Governmental Approvals
50
 
 
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Section 4.14
Investment Company Act
50
 
Section 4.15
Principal Offices
50
 
Section 4.16
REIT Status
50
 
Section 4.17
Qualified REIT Subsidiary Status
50
 
Section 4.18
Patents, Trademarks, etc.
50
 
Section 4.19
No Default
50
 
Section 4.20
Licenses, etc.
51
 
Section 4.21
Compliance With Law
51
 
Section 4.22
No Burdensome Restrictions
51
 
Section 4.23
Brokers’ Fees
51
 
Section 4.24
Labor Matters
51
 
Section 4.25
Insurance
51
 
Section 4.26
Organizational Documents
51
 
ARTICLE V AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE COVENANTS
52
 
Section 5.1
Information
52
 
Section 5.2
Payment of Obligations
54
 
Section 5.3
Maintenance of Property
54
 
Section 5.4
Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence
54
 
Section 5.5
Compliance with Laws
55
 
Section 5.6
Inspection of Books and Records
55
 
Section 5.7
Existence
55
 
Section 5.8
Financial Covenants
55
 
Section 5.9
Restriction on Fundamental Changes.
56
 
Section 5.10
[Reserved]
57
 
Section 5.11
Margin Stock
57
 
Section 5.12
NorthStar, NorthStar OP and NRFC Sub-REIT Status
57
 
Section 5.13
Disposition of Borrowing Base Assets
57
 
Section 5.14
Liens; Release of Liens
58
 
Section 5.15
Business Loans
58
 
Section 5.16
Limitation on Changes in Fiscal Year; Accounting Methods; Valuation Methodology.
58
 
Section 5.17
Ownership of Borrowing Base Assets
58
 
Section 5.18
Limitation on Negative Pledge Clauses, Distribution Restrictions
58
 
Section 5.19
Addition of Borrowing Base Assets.
58
 
Section 5.20
Failure of Certain Borrowing Base Assets Representations and Warranties.
60
 
Section 5.21
Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates
60
 
Section 5.22
CDO Subsidiaries
60
 
Section 5.23
Guaranties
61
 
Section 5.24
Subsidiary Guarantors
61
 
Section 5.25
Release of Certain Subsidiary Guarantors
62
 
ARTICLE VI DEFAULTS
62
 
Section 6.1
Events of Default
62
 
Section 6.2
Rights and Remedies.
65
 
Section 6.3
Notice of Default
66
 
Section 6.4
Actions in Respect of Letters of Credit.
66
 
ARTICLE VII THE AGENTS
67
 
Section 7.1
Appointment and Authorization
67
 
 
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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
 
 
 
 
 
 
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EXHIBITS
 
Exhibit A
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Form of Note
Exhibit B
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Form of Assignment and Assumption Agreement
Exhibit C
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Initial Borrowing Base Assets
Exhibit D
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Form of Borrowing Base Certificate
Exhibit E
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Form of Continuing Compliance Certificate
Exhibit F
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First Mortgage Asset Representations and Warranties
Exhibit G
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Real Property Asset Representations and Warranties
Exhibit H
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Real Estate Security Asset Representations and Warranties
Exhibit I
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Subordinate Assets Representations and Warranties
Exhibit J
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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
 
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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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.

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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.
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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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).
 
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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.
 
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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;
 
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(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.
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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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).
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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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).
 
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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.
 
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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”).
 
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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.
 
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(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.
 
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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.
 
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(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.
 
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(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.
 
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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.
 
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(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.
 
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(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.
 
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(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.
 
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(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).
 
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(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.
 
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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;
 
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(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.
 
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(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.
 
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(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.
 
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(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.
 
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(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.
 
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(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 ;
 
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(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.
 
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(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
 
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(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).
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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(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.
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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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).
 
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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;
 
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(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;
 
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(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.
 
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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.
 
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(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 .
 
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(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.
 
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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 .
 
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(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.
 
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(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 ”):
 
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(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.
 
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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;
 
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(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;
 
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(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;
 
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(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.
 
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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.
 
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(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.
 
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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.
 
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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:
 
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(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.
 
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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.
 
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(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.
 
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(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.
 
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(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.
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
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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).
 
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(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.
 
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(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.
 
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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.
 
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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.
 
 
 
 
 
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
   
 
By:
NorthStar Realty Finance Corp., a Maryland corporation, its general partner
     
     
   
By:   /s/ Albert Tylis
Name:   Albert Tylis
Title:   General Counsel and Assistant Secretary:  
   
 
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
     
     
Facsimile Number:   617-385-6292 By:
/s/ Kathleen M. Ahern
  Name: Kathleen M. Ahern
Address: 225 Franklin Street, 18 th Floor Title: Senior Banker
  Boston, Massachusetts 02110    
       
Attn: Ms. Kathleen Ahern    
       

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Commitment
$30,000,000.00
 
 
  KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender
     
     
 
By:
/s/ Kathleen M. Ahern
   
Name:   Kathleen M. Ahern
    Title:    Senior Banker
 
 
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Commitment
$30,000,000.00
 
 
  BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender
     
     
 
By:
/s/ Michael W. Edwards
   
Name:   Michael W. Edwards
    Title:    Senior Vice President
 
 
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Commitment
$25,000,000.00
 
 
  CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., as a Lender
     
     
 
By:
/s/ Ricardo James
   
Name:   Ricardo James
    Title:    Director
 
 
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Commitment
$15,000,000.00
 
 
  WESTLB AG, NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Lender
     
     
 
By:
/s/ Lillian Tung Lum
   
Name:   Lillian Tung Lum
    Title:    Executive Director
     
     
 
By:
/s/ Pui Chow
   
Name:   Pui Chow
    Title:    Director
 
 
 
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EXECUTION VERSION

 
SIXTH AMENDMENT TO
MASTER REPURCHASE AGREEMENT
(Wachovia Transaction with the NorthStar Entities)


THIS SIXTH AMENDMENT TO MASTER REPURCHASE AGREEMENT , dated as of November 6, 2006 (this “ Amendment No. 6 ”), is entered into by and among NRFC WA HOLDINGS, LLC , as a seller (together with its successors and permitted assigns, “ NRFC ”), NRFC WA HOLDINGS II, LLC , as a seller (together with its successors and permitted assigns, “ NRFC II ”), NRFC WA HOLDINGS III, LLC , as a seller (together with its successors and permitted assigns, “ NRFC III ”), NRFC WA HOLDINGS IV, LLC , as a seller (together with its successors and permitted assigns, “ NRFC IV ”), NRFC WA HOLDINGS V, LLC , as a seller (together with its successors and permitted assigns, “ NRFC V ”), NRFC WA HOLDINGS VI, LLC , as a seller (together with its successors and permitted assigns, “ NRFC VI ”), NRFC WA HOLDINGS VII, LLC , as a seller (together with its successors and permitted assigns, “ NRFC VII ”), NRFC WA HOLDINGS VIII, LLC , as a seller (together with its successors and permitted assigns, “ NRFC VIII ” and, together with NRFC, NRFC II, NRFC III, NRFC IV, NRFC V, NRFC VI and NRFC VII, the “ Sellers ”), WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , as the buyer (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, the “ Buyer ”), NORTHSTAR REALTY FINANCE CORP. (together with its successors and permitted assigns, “ NorthStar ”), as a guarantor, and NORTHSTAR REALTY FINANCE L.P. , as a guarantor (together with its successors and permitted assigns, the “ Operating Partnership ” and together with NorthStar, the “ Guarantors ”), NRFC SUB-REIT CORP. , as the pledgor (together with its successors and permitted assigns, the “ Pledgor ”), WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (f/k/a Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, N.A.), as the custodian (in such capacity, together with its successors and permitted assigns, the “ Custodian ”), and WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , as the swap counterparty (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, the “ Swap Counterparty ”) and as the bank under the Account Agreement and the Securities Account Control Agreement (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, the “ Bank ”). Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Repurchase Agreement (as defined below).


R E C I T A L S

WHEREAS , the Sellers, the Guarantors and the Buyer are parties to that certain Master Repurchase Agreement (including all annexes, exhibits and schedules thereto), dated as of July 13, 2005, as amended by that certain First Amendment to Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of August 24, 2005 (“ Amendment No. 1 ”), that certain Second Amendment to Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of September 20, 2005 (“ Amendment No. 2 ”), that certain Third Amendment to Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2005 (“ Amendment No. 3 ”), that certain Omnibus Amendment to Repurchase Documents and Joinder, dated as of October 21, 2005 (“ Omnibus Amendment ”), that certain Fourth Amendment to Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of October 28, 2005 (“ Amendment No. 4 ”), that certain Fifth Amendment to Master Repurchase Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2006 (“ Amendment No. 5 ”) and that certain Second Omnibus Amendment to Repurchase Documents, dated as of June 6, 2006 (“ Second Omnibus Amendment ”) (as such Master Repurchase Agreement is amended, modified, restated, replaced, waived, substituted, supplemented or extended from time to time, including pursuant to Amendment No. 1, Amendment No. 2, Amendment No. 3, the Omnibus Amendment, Amendment No. 4, Amendment No. 5, the Second Omnibus Amendment and this Amendment No. 6, the “ Repurchase Agreement ”);

 
 

 
WHEREAS , the Sellers and the Guarantors desire to make certain modifications to the Repurchase Documents;

WHEREAS , the Buyer is willing to modify the Repurchase Documents as requested by the Sellers and the Guarantors on the terms and conditions specified herein; and

WHEREAS , the Custodian, the Swap Counterparty, the Pledgor and the Bank are parties to other Repurchase Documents and related agreements that may be affected, directly or indirectly, by this Amendment No. 6 and desire to evidence their agreement to the amendments and modifications set forth herein.

NOW THEREFORE , in consideration of the foregoing recitals, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:

Section 1 .   Amendments to Repurchase Agreement .

( a )   The following definitions in Section 1(a) of Annex I to the Repurchase Agreement are hereby amended and restated in their entirety as follows:

( 1 )   CDO Securitization Transaction : A CDO securitization transaction involving some or all of the Purchased Assets engaged in by N-Star REL CDO VIII.”

( 2 )   Maximum Amount : Means $200,000,000, provided that, during the Temporary Increase Period, upon the written request of the Sellers, the Buyer may, in its discretion (and in all cases subject to the Buyer obtaining internal credit approval), increase the Maximum Amount one (1) or more times to an aggregate amount not to exceed $750,000,000, which increase(s) shall be set forth in writing and acknowledged by the Sellers and the Guarantors; provided , however , after the Temporary Increase Period, (i) in the event Purchased Assets are repurchased and sold into the CDO Securitization Transaction on or prior to the Temporary Increase Expiration Date and the Sellers repay the Temporary Increase Indebtedness plus all accrued and unpaid Price Differential thereon and all related Breakage Costs on or before the Temporary Increase Expiration Date, the Maximum Amount shall be $200,000,000 and (ii) in the event the Sellers do not satisfy clause (i) of this definition, the Maximum Amount shall equal the lesser of (A) the sum of $200,000,000 and the highest Temporary Increase Amount and (B) $500,000,000; provided , further , however , on and after the Facility Maturity Date, the Maximum Amount shall mean the aggregate Purchase Price outstanding for all Transactions.”

 
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( 3 )   Temporary Increase Amount : An amount determined by the Buyer in its discretion, but in any event, not greater than $550,000,000.”

( b )   Clause (iv) of Section 24 of Annex I to the Repurchase Agreement is amended and restated as follows:

“(iv) the Maximum Amount shall thereafter equal the lesser of (A) the sum of $200,000,000 and the highest Temporary Increase Amount and (B) $500,000,000, in all cases subject to the definition of Maximum Amount,”.

( c )   Section 26 of Annex I to the Repurchase Agreement is amended by adding the following provision to the end thereof:

“Notwithstanding anything contained in Section 26 of this Annex I to the contrary, the Buyer shall not apply the Over-Advance Advance Rate to any new Purchased Asset after the aggregate Purchase Price for all outstanding Transactions equals or exceeds $500,000,000 during the Temporary Increase Period.”

Section 2 .   Repurchase Documents in Full Force and Effect as Modified .

Except as specifically modified hereby, the Repurchase Documents shall remain in full force and effect. All references to any Repurchase Document shall be deemed to mean each Repurchase Document as modified by this Amendment No. 6. This Amendment No. 6 shall not constitute a novation of the Repurchase Documents, but shall constitute a modification thereof. The parties hereto agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Repurchase Documents, as modified by this Amendment No. 6, as though such terms and conditions were set forth herein.

Section 3 .   Representations .  

Each of the Sellers, each of the Guarantors and the Pledgor represent and warrant, as of the date of this Amendment No. 6, as follows:

( a )   it is duly incorporated or organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and each jurisdiction where it conducts business;

 
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( b )   the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Amendment No. 6 is within its corporate, company or partnership powers, has been duly authorized and does not contravene (1) its Governing Documents or its applicable resolutions, (2) any Applicable Law or (3) any Contractual Obligation, Indebtedness or Guarantee Obligation;

( c )   no consent, license, permit, approval or authorization of, or registration, filing or declaration with, any Governmental Authority or other Person is required in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability by or against it of this Amendment No. 6;

( d )   this Amendment No. 6 has been duly executed and delivered by it;

( e )   this Amendment No. 6, as well as each of the Repurchase Documents as modified by this Amendment No. 6, constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by general principles of equity;

( f )   no Default or Event of Default exists or will exist after giving effect to this Amendment No. 6; and

( g )   each of the Repurchase Documents is in full force and effect and no Seller, no Guarantor or the Pledgor has any defense, offset, counterclaim, abatement, right of rescission or other claims, legal or equitable, available to any Seller, any Guarantor, the Pledgor or any other Person with respect to this Amendment No. 6, the Repurchase Agreement, the Repurchase Documents or any other instrument, document and/or agreement described herein or therein, as modified and amended hereby, or with respect to the obligation of the Sellers and the Guarantors to repay the Obligations and other amounts due under the Repurchase Documents.

Section 4 .   Conditions Precedent .

The effectiveness of this Amendment No. 6 is subject to the following conditions precedent: (i) delivery to the Buyer of this Amendment No. 6 duly executed by each of the parties hereto and consented to by the Swap Counterparty and the Custodian; (ii) delivery to the Buyer of a Compliance Certificate executed by the Sellers and the Guarantors acceptable to the Buyer in its discretion; (iii) delivery by the Sellers and the Guarantors to the Buyer of a certification of Purchased Assets intended to be repurchased and sold into the up-coming CDO Securitization Transaction; (iv) the payment of all reasonable legal fees and expenses of Moore & Van Allen PLLC, as counsel to the Buyer, in the amount to be set forth on a separate invoice; and (v) such other documents, agreements or certifications as the Buyer may reasonably require.

 
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Section 5 .   Miscellaneous .

( a )   This Amendment No. 6 may be executed in any number of counterparts (including by facsimile), and by the different parties hereto on the same or separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original instrument but all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

( b )   The descriptive headings of the various sections of this Amendment No. 6 are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof.

( c )   This Amendment No. 6 may not be amended or otherwise modified, waived or supplemented except as provided in the Repurchase Agreement.

( d )   The interpretive provisions of Section 1(b) of Annex I of the Repurchase Agreement are incorporated herein mutatis   mutandis .

( e )   This Amendment No. 6 represents the final agreement among the parties and may not be contradicted by evidence of prior, contemporaneous or subsequent oral agreements between the parties. There are no unwritten oral agreements between the parties.

( f )   THIS AMENDMENT NO. 6 AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AMENDMENT NO. 6 SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS CONFLICT OF LAWS PROVISIONS.


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Amendment No. 6 to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.
 
THE SELLERS:
NRFC WA HOLDINGS, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company

By: /s/ Daniel Gilbert
Name: Daniel Gilbert
Title: Executive Vice President

Address for Notices:

NRFC WA Holdings, LLC
c/o NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.
527 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10022
 
 
Attention:
Andy Richardson
Richard McCready
Daniel R. Gilbert
 
Facsimile No.: 
(212) 208-2651
(212) 319-4558
 
Confirmation No.:
 
 
(212) 319-2618
(212) 319-2623
(212) 319-3679
     
 
with a copy to:
 
Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP
75 East 55 th Street
New York, New York 10022
 
Attention:  
Robert J. Grados, Esq.
  Facsimile No.: (212) 230-7830
  Confirmation No.:
(212) 318-6923
       


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THE BUYER :
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION , a national banking association
 
By: /s/ Joseph F. Cannon
Name:   Joseph F. Cannon
Title: Vice President

Wachovia Bank, National Association
One Wachovia Center, Mail Code: NC0166
301 South College Street
Charlotte, North Carolina 28288
Attention:
Joseph F. Cannon,
Vice President
  Facsimile No.: (704) 715-0066
  Confirmation No.:   (704) 383-2324
   
 
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EXHIBIT 31.1
 
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
 
I, David T. Hamamoto, certify that:
 
 
1.
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.;
 
 
2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
 
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
 
4.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
 
(a)   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
(b)   Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
 
(c)   Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
(d)   Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
 
5.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
 
(a)   All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 
(b)   Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
Date: November 8, 2006
By: 
/s/ David T. Hamamoto
   
David T. Hamamoto
Chief Executive Officer

 
EXHIBIT 31.2
 
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
 
I, Andrew C. Richardson, certify that:
 
 
1.
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of NorthStar Realty Finance Corp.;
 
 
2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
 
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
 
4.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
 
(a)   Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
(b)   Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
 
(c)   Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
(d)   Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
 
5.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
 
(a)   All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 
(b)   Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
Date: November 8, 2006
By: 
/s/ Andrew C. Richardson
   
Andrew C. Richardson
Chief Financial Officer
 

 
EXHIBIT 32.1
 
CERTIFICATION OF CEO PURSUANT TO
 
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
 
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
 
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
 
In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (the “Company”) for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2006, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), David T. Hamamoto, as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, hereby certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of his knowledge:
 
 
(1)
The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
 
 
(2)
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
 
Date: November 8, 2006
By: 
/s/ David T. Hamamoto
   
David T. Hamamoto
Chief Executive Officer
 
This certification accompanies the Report pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and shall not, except to the extent required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, be deemed filed by the Company for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
 
A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

 
EXHIBIT 32.2
 
CERTIFICATION OF CFO PURSUANT TO
 
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
 
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
 
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
 
In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (the “Company”) for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2006, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), Andrew C. Richardson, as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, hereby certifies, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of his knowledge:
 
 
(1)
The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
 
 
(2)
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
 
Date: November 8, 2006
By: 
/s/ Andrew C. Richardson
   
Andrew C. Richardson
Chief Financial Officer
 
This certification accompanies the Report pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and shall not, except to the extent required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, be deemed filed by the Company for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
 
A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.