UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15 (d) of

The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

May 24, 2010

 

 

KILROY REALTY CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Maryland   1-12675   95-4598246

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

12200 W. Olympic Boulevard, Suite 200, Los Angeles, California 90064

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (310) 481-8400

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instructions A.2.):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


ITEM 1.01 ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT

On May 24, 2010, Kilroy Realty, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”) issued $250,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its 6.625% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Notes”). The terms of the Notes are governed by an indenture, dated as of May 24, 2010 (the “Indenture”), by and among the Operating Partnership, as issuer, Kilroy Realty Corporation, as guarantor (the “Company”), and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee. A copy of the Indenture, including the form of the Notes and the guarantee, the terms of which are incorporated by reference, is attached as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. See Item 2.03 below for additional information.

The Notes, including the guarantee, have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Operating Partnership offered and sold the Notes in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.

On May 24, 2010, in connection with the issuance and sale of the Notes, the Operating Partnership and the Company also entered into a registration rights agreement with the initial purchasers of the Notes (the “Registration Rights Agreement”). A copy of the Registration Rights Agreement, the terms of which are incorporated by reference, is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Operating Partnership and the Company have agreed that they will:

 

   

file a registration statement with the SEC on or prior to 180 days after the closing date of the offering to register the issuance of substantially identical publicly registered notes in exchange for the Notes;

 

   

use all commercially reasonable efforts to have the registration statement declared effective by the SEC on or prior to 270 days after the closing date of the offering;

 

   

commence the exchange offer for the Notes promptly after the registration statement is declared effective by the SEC and keep the exchange offer open for at least 20 business days (or longer, if required by applicable securities laws) after the date notice of the exchange offer is sent to holders of notes (unless not permitted by applicable law or SEC policy);

 

   

use all commercially reasonable efforts to issue on or prior to 30 business days (or longer, if required by applicable securities laws) after the date on which the registration statement is declared effective by the SEC, publicly registered notes in exchange for all Notes tendered and not withdrawn in the exchange offer (unless not permitted by applicable law or SEC policy); and

 

   

if obligated to file a shelf registration statement, the Operating Partnership and the Company will use all commercially reasonable efforts to file the shelf registration statement with the SEC on or prior to 60 days after such filing obligation arises, to cause the shelf registration statement to be declared effective by the SEC on or prior to 120 days after such filing obligation arises and to keep the shelf registration statement continuously effective and the related prospectus current (subject to the right of the Operating Partnership to suspend sales of Notes pursuant to the shelf registration statement from time to time) for a period of one year after the last date on which any Notes are originally issued.

If the Operating Partnership and the Company do not meet these deadlines or maintain the effectiveness of the registration statements, then, subject to certain exceptions, additional interest will accrue on the Notes to be paid semi-annually in arrears at a rate per year equal to 0.25% of the principal amount of Notes to and including the 90 th day following such registration default, and an additional 0.25% of the principal amount thereafter for each additional consecutive 90-day period during which the registration default is not cured. However, the maximum rate of additional interest will in no event exceed 0.50% per annum.

 

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ITEM 2.03 CREATION OF A DIRECT FINANCIAL OBLIGATON OR AN OBLIGATION UNDER AN OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENT OF A REGISTRANT

On May 24, 2010, the Operating Partnership issued $250,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Notes. The Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Operating Partnership and rank equally in right of payment with all other existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness of the Operating Partnership. Interest is payable on June 1 and December 1 of each year beginning December 1, 2010 until the maturity date of June 1, 2020. The Operating Partnership’s obligations under the Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Company.

The Notes will be redeemable, at any time in whole or from time to time in part, at the option of the Operating Partnership. Holders of the Notes will not be entitled to require the Operating Partnership to redeem or repurchase the Notes upon the occurrence of change of control or highly levered transactions or other designated events.

Certain events are considered “Events of Default,” which may result in the accelerated maturity of the Notes, including:

 

   

default in the payment of any interest on the Notes when such interest becomes due and payable that continues for a period of 30 days;

 

   

default in the payment of the principal of the Notes, or any redemption price due with respect to the Notes, when due and payable;

 

   

failure to comply with obligations related to a merger, consolidation or sale;

 

   

default in the performance, or breach, of any of the Operating Partnership’s or the Company’s other covenants or warranties in the Indenture with respect to the Notes and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 60 days after written notice;

 

   

default under any bond, debenture, note, mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company, the Operating Partnership or by any subsidiary the repayment of which the Company or the Operating Partnership have guaranteed or for which the Company or Operating Partnership are directly responsible or liable as obligor or guarantor, having an aggregate principal amount outstanding of at least $35,000,000, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, which default shall have resulted in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable, without such indebtedness having been discharged, or such acceleration having been rescinded or annulled, within the period specified in such instrument;

 

   

a final judgment for the payment of $35,000,000 or more (excluding any amounts covered by insurance) rendered against the Operating Partnership, the Company or any of the Operating Partnership or the Company’s respective subsidiaries, which judgment is not discharged or stayed within 60 days after (1) the date on which the right to appeal thereof has expired if no such appeal has commenced, or (2) the date on which all rights to appeal have been extinguished; or

 

   

certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, or court appointment of a receiver, liquidator or trustee for the Company, the Operating Partnership or any significant subsidiary.

 

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ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

  4.1    Indenture, dated May 24, 2010, among Kilroy Realty, L.P., as issuer, Kilroy Realty Corporation, as guarantor, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, including the form of 6.625% Senior Notes due 2020 and the form of the related guarantee
10.1    Registration Rights Agreement, dated May 24, 2010, among Kilroy Realty, L.P., Kilroy Realty Corporation, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC and Barclays Capital Inc.

 

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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 hereunto duly authorized.

 

KILROY REALTY CORPORATION
By:  

/s/    H EIDI R. R OTH        

  Heidi R. Roth
  Senior Vice President and Controller

Date: May 25, 2010

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

  4.1    Indenture, dated May 24, 2010, among Kilroy Realty, L.P., as issuer, Kilroy Realty Corporation, as guarantor, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, including the form of 6.625% Senior Notes due 2020 and the form of the related guarantee
10.1    Registration Rights Agreement, dated May 24, 2010, among Kilroy Realty, L.P., Kilroy Realty Corporation, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC and Barclays Capital Inc.

 

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Exhibit 4.1

 

 

KILROY REALTY, L.P., as Issuer

KILROY REALTY CORPORATION, as Guarantor

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

 

 

INDENTURE

Dated as of

May 24, 2010

 

 

6.625% Senior Notes due 2020

 

 


Reconciliation and tie between

Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Trust Indenture Act”)

and Indenture

 

Trust Indenture
Act Section

         Indenture Section
§310(a)(1)              7.07
        (a)(2)              7.07
        (b)              7.07
§312(a)              5.01
        (b)              5.02
        (c)              5.02
§313(a)              5.03
        (b)(2)              5.03
        (c)              5.03
        (d)              5.03
§314(a)              5.04
        (c)(1)              16.05
        (c)(2)              16.05
        (e)              16.05
        (f)              16.05
§316(a) (last sentence)              1.01
        (a)(1)(A)              6.07
        (a)(1)(B)              6.07
        (b)              6.04
§317(a)(1)              6.05
        (a)(2)              6.02, 6.05
        (b)              4.04
§318(a)              16.07

 

Note:    This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of this Indenture.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page
   ARTICLE 1   
   DEFINITIONS   

Section 1.01.

   Definitions    1
   ARTICLE 2   
   ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION   

Section 2.01.

   Designation Amount and Issue of Notes    10

Section 2.02.

   Form of Notes    11

Section 2.03.

   Date and Denomination of Notes; Payments of Interest    12

Section 2.04.

   Execution of Notes    14

Section 2.05.

   Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on Transfer    14

Section 2.06.

   Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes    21

Section 2.07.

   Temporary Notes    22

Section 2.08.

   Cancellation of Notes    22

Section 2.09.

   CUSIP Numbers    23
   ARTICLE 3   
   REDEMPTION OF NOTES   

Section 3.01.

   Redemption of Notes    23

Section 3.02.

   Notice of Optional Redemption; Selection of Notes    24

Section 3.03.

   Payment of Notes Called for Redemption by the Issuer    25

Section 3.04.

   Sinking Fund    26
   ARTICLE 4   
   PARTICULAR COVENANTS   

Section 4.01.

   Payment of Principal and Interest    26

Section 4.02.

   Maintenance of Office or Agency    26

Section 4.03.

   Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustee’s Office    27

Section 4.04.

   Provisions as to Paying Agent    27

Section 4.05.

   Existence    28

Section 4.06.

   Rule 144A Information Requirement    28

Section 4.07.

   Stay, Extension and Usury Laws    28

Section 4.08.

   Compliance Certificate    29

Section 4.09.

   Additional Interest Notice    29

Section 4.10.

   Maintenance of Properties    29

Section 4.11.

   Insurance    29

Section 4.12.

   Payment of Taxes and Other Claims    30

Section 4.13.

   Aggregate Debt Test    30

Section 4.14.

   Debt Service Test    30

Section 4.15.

   Secured Debt Test    31

 

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Section 4.16.

   Maintenance of Total Unencumbered Assets    32
   ARTICLE 5   
   NOTEHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY
THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE
  

Section 5.01.

   Noteholders’ Lists    32

Section 5.02.

   Preservation and Disclosure of Lists    32

Section 5.03.

   Reports by Trustee    32

Section 5.04.

   Reports by Issuer    32
   ARTICLE 6   
   EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES   

Section 6.01.

   Events of Default    33

Section 6.02.

   Payments of Notes on Default; Suit Therefor    35

Section 6.03.

   Application of Monies Collected by Trustee    37

Section 6.04.

   Proceedings by Noteholders    37

Section 6.05.

   Proceedings by Trustee    38

Section 6.06.

   Remedies Cumulative and Continuing    38

Section 6.07.

   Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority of Noteholders    38

Section 6.08.

   Undertaking to Pay Costs    39
   ARTICLE 7   
   THE TRUSTEE   

Section 7.01.

   Notice of Defaults    39

Section 7.02.

   Certain Rights of Trustee    39

Section 7.03.

   Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Notes    41

Section 7.04.

   May Hold Notes and Common Stock    41

Section 7.05.

   Money Held in Trust    41

Section 7.06.

   Compensation and Reimbursement    42

Section 7.07.

   Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility; Conflicting Interests    42

Section 7.08.

   Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor    43

Section 7.09.

   Acceptance of Appointment By Successor    44

Section 7.10.

   Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business    45

Section 7.11.

   Appointment of Authenticating Agent    45

Section 7.12.

   Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee    47
   ARTICLE 8   
   THE NOTEHOLDERS   

Section 8.01.

   Action by Noteholders    48

Section 8.02.

   Proof of Execution by Noteholders    49

Section 8.03.

   Absolute Owners    49

Section 8.04.

   Identification of Issuer-Owned Notes    49

Section 8.05.

   Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound    49

 

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   ARTICLE 9   
   SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES   

Section 9.01.

   Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders    50

Section 9.02.

   Supplemental Indenture With Consent of Noteholders    51

Section 9.03.

   Effect of Supplemental Indenture    52

Section 9.04.

   Notation on Notes    52

Section 9.05.

   Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture to Be Furnished to Trustee    52
   ARTICLE 10   
   CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE   

Section 10.01.

   Issuer May Consolidate on Certain Terms    52

Section 10.02.

   Issuer Successor to Be Substituted    53

Section 10.03.

   Guarantor May Consolidate on Certain Terms    53

Section 10.04.

   Guarantor Successor to Be Substituted    54
   ARTICLE 11   
   SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE   

Section 11.01.

   Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture    54

Section 11.02.

   Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance    56

Section 11.03.

   Application of Trust Money    58

Section 11.04.

   Application of Monies Held    59

Section 11.05.

   Return of Unclaimed Monies    59

Section 11.06.

   Reinstatement    59
   ARTICLE 12   
   IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS,
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS
  

Section 12.01.

   Indenture and Notes Solely Corporate Obligations    59
   ARTICLE 13   
   [RESERVED]   
   ARTICLE 14   
   MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF NOTES   

Section 14.01.

   Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called    60

Section 14.02.

   Call, Notice and Place of Meetings    60

Section 14.03.

   Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings    60

Section 14.04.

   Quorum; Action    61

Section 14.05.

   Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings    62

Section 14.06.

   Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings    62

 

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   ARTICLE 15   
   GUARANTEE   

Section 15.01.

   Guarantee    63

Section 15.02.

   Execution and Delivery of Guarantee    64

Section 15.03.

   Limitation of Guarantor’s Liability; Certain Bankruptcy Events    64

Section 15.04.

   Application of Certain Terms and Provisions to the Guarantor    65
   ARTICLE 16   
   MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS   

Section 16.01.

   Provisions Binding on Issuer’s and Guarantor’s Successors    65

Section 16.02.

   Official Acts by Successor Corporation    65

Section 16.03.

   Addresses for Notices, etc    66

Section 16.04.

   Governing Law    67

Section 16.05.

   Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent, Certificates to Trustee    67

Section 16.06.

   Legal Holidays    67

Section 16.07.

   Conflict with Trust Indenture Act    67

Section 16.08.

   No Security Interest Created    68

Section 16.09.

   Benefits of Indenture    68

Section 16.10.

   Table of Contents, Headings, etc    68

Section 16.11.

   Execution in Counterparts    68

Section 16.12.

   Severability    68

Exhibit A – Form of Note

   A-1

 

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INDENTURE

INDENTURE dated as of May 24, 2010, among Kilroy Realty, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (hereinafter called the “ Issuer ”), Kilroy Realty Corporation, a Maryland corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “ Guarantor ” or, in its capacity as general partner of the Issuer, the “ General Partner ”), each having its principal office at 12200 West Olympic Boulevard, Suite 200, Los Angeles, California 90064, and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee hereunder.

Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of the Issuer’s 6.625% Senior Notes due 2020 guaranteed by the Guarantor.

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01. Definitions . The terms defined in this Section 1.01 (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section 1.01. All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act (as defined below) or which are by reference therein defined in the Securities Act (as defined below) (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Trust Indenture Act and in the Securities Act as in force at the date of the execution of this Indenture. The words “ herein ,” “ hereof ,” “ hereunder ” and words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision. The terms defined in this Article include the plural as well as the singular.

Act ” has the meaning specified in Section 8.01.

Acquired Debt ” means Debt of a Person:

(a) existing at the time such Person is merged or consolidated with or into the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or becomes a Subsidiary of the Issuer; or

(b) assumed by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person.

Acquired Debt shall be deemed to be incurred on the date the acquired Person is merged or consolidated with or into the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or becomes a Subsidiary of the Issuer or the date of the related acquisition, as the case may be.

Additional Exchange Securities ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.

Additional Interest ” has the meaning specified in the Registration Rights Agreement.

Additional Interest Notice ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.09.

Additional Notes ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.

 

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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 or cause the direction of 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.

Agent Members ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(v).

Annual Debt Service Charge ” means, for any period, the interest expense of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, including, without duplication:

(a) all amortization of debt discount and premium;

(b) all accrued interest;

(c) all capitalized interest; and

(d) the interest component of capitalized lease obligations.

Bankruptcy Law ” means Title 11 of the U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.

Benefited Party ” has the meaning specified in Section 15.01.

Board of Directors ” means the board of directors of the General Partner or the Guarantor, as the context shall require, or a committee of that board duly authorized to act hereunder.

“Board Resolution ” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the General Partner to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.

Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to remain closed.

Capital Stock ” means any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock and, with respect to partnerships, partnership interests (whether general or limited) and any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, such partnership.

Close of Business ” means 5:00 p.m., New York City time.

 

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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 Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or the Trust Indenture Act, as the case may be, then the body or respective bodies performing such duties at such time.

Common Stock ” means the shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Guarantor as they exist on the date of this Indenture or any other shares of Capital Stock of the Guarantor into which the Common Stock shall be reclassified or changed or, in the event of a merger, consolidation or other similar transaction involving the Guarantor that is otherwise permitted hereunder in which the Guarantor is not the surviving corporation, the common stock, common equity interests, ordinary shares or depositary shares or other certificates representing common equity interests of such surviving corporation or its direct or indirect parent corporation.

Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service ” for any period means Consolidated Net Income of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries for such period, plus amounts which have been deducted and minus amounts which have been added for, without duplication:

(a) interest expense on Debt;

(b) provision for taxes based on income;

(c) amortization of debt discount, premium and deferred financing costs;

(d) provisions for gains and losses on sales or other dispositions of properties and other investments;

(e) property depreciation and amortization;

(f) the effect of any non-cash items; and

(g) amortization of deferred charges,

all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles.

Consolidated Net Income ” for any period means the amount of net income (or loss) of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries for such period, excluding, without duplication:

(a) extraordinary items; and

(b) the portion of net income (but not losses) of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries allocable to minority interests in unconsolidated Persons to the extent that cash dividends or distributions have not actually been received by the Issuer or one of its Subsidiaries,

all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles.

 

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Corporate Trust Office ” or other similar term, means the designated office of the Trustee at which, at any particular time, its corporate trust business as it relates to this Indenture shall be administered, which office is, at the date as of which this Indenture is dated, located at U.S. Bank National Association, 633 West Fifth Street, 24 th Floor, Los Angeles, California 90071, or at any other time at such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Issuer.

covenant defeasance ” has the meaning specified in Section 11.02(c).

CUSIP ” means the Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures.

Custodian ” means U.S. Bank National Association, as custodian with respect to the Notes in global form, or any successor entity thereto.

Debt ” means, with respect to any Person, any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent, in respect of:

(a) borrowed money or evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments;

(b) indebtedness secured by any Lien on any property or asset owned by such Person, but only to the extent of the lesser of (a) the amount of indebtedness so secured and (b) the fair market value (determined in good faith by the board of directors of such Person or, in the case of the Issuer or a Subsidiary of the Issuer, by the General Partner’s Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee thereof) of the property subject to such Lien;

(c) reimbursement obligations, contingent or otherwise, in connection with any letters of credit actually issued or amounts representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable; or

(d) any lease of property by such Person as lessee which is required to be reflected on such Person’s balance sheet as a capitalized lease in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles,

and also includes, to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation of such Person to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise (other than for purposes of collection in the ordinary course of business), Debt of the types referred to above of another Person (it being understood that Debt shall be deemed to be incurred by such Person whenever such Person shall create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect thereof).

default ” means any event that is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default.

Defaulted Interest ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03.

 

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Depositary ” means the clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act that is designated to act as the depositary for the Global Notes. DTC shall be the initial Depositary, until a successor shall have been appointed and become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter, “ Depositary ” shall mean or include such successor.

DTC ” means The Depository Trust Company.

Entitled Securities ” has the meaning specified in the Registration Rights Agreement.

Event of Default ” has the meaning specified in Section 6.01.

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as in effect from time to time, or any successor thereto.

Exchange Offer ” has the meaning specified in the Registration Rights Agreement.

Exchange Securities ” has the meaning specified in the Registration Rights Agreement.

General Partner ” means the corporation named as the “ General Partner ” in the first paragraph of this Indenture, and, subject to the provisions of Article 10, shall include its successors and assigns.

Global Note ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.02.

Government Obligations ” means securities which are:

(a) direct obligations of the United States of America, for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged; or

(b) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America,

and which, in either of the above cases, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof and also includes a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt, provided that (except as provided by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal of the Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.

Guarantee ” and “ Guarantees ” mean the full and unconditional guarantee provided by the Guarantor in respect of the Notes as made applicable to the Notes in accordance with the provisions of Article 15 hereof and the guarantees endorsed on the certificates evidencing the Notes, or both, as the context shall require.

 

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Guarantee Obligations ” has the meaning specified in Section 15.01.

Guarantor ” means the corporation named as the “ Guarantor ” in the first paragraph of this Indenture, and, subject to the provisions of Article 10, shall include its successors and assigns.

Indenture ” means this instrument as originally executed or, if amended or supplemented as herein provided, as so amended or supplemented.

Initial Notes ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01.

Initial Purchasers ” means J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Comerica Securities, Inc., KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc., Nikko Bank (Luxembourg) S.A., PNC Capital Markets LLC, RBS Securities Inc., Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

Interest ” means, when used with reference to the Notes, any interest payable under the terms of the Notes, including Additional Interest, if any, payable pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.

Interest Payment Date ” means (x) with respect to any payment of Interest other than Defaulted Interest, each June 1 and December 1 of each year, beginning December 1, 2010 and (y) with respect to any payment of Defaulted Interest, the date specified for such payment by the Issuer.

Issuer ” means the limited partnership named as the “ Issuer ” in the first paragraph of this Indenture, and, subject to the provisions of Article 10, shall include its successors and assigns.

Issuer Request ” and “ Issuer Order ” mean, respectively, a written request or order signed in the name of the Issuer by the General Partner by its Chairman of the Board of Directors, its President or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the General Partner, and delivered to the Trustee.

legal defeasance ” has the meaning specified in Section 11.02(b).

Lien ” means any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, charge, pledge, security interest, security agreement, or other encumbrance of any kind.

Maturity Date ” means June 1, 2020.

Note ” or “ Notes ” means any of the Issuer’s 6.625% Senior Notes due 2020, as the case may be, authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, including the Initial Notes, any Additional Notes, the Exchange Securities, any Additional Exchange Securities and any Global Notes.

Note Register ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a).

 

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Note Registrar ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a).

Noteholder ” or “ Holder ” as applied to any Note, or other similar terms (but excluding the term “ beneficial holder ”), means any Person in whose name at the time a particular Note is registered on the Note Registrar’s books.

“Offering Memorandum ” means the Issuer’s and the Guarantor’s offering memorandum dated May 17, 2010 relating to the Notes.

Officer ” means the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President, one of the Vice Presidents, the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the General Partner (when such term is used with respect to any action to be taken by, any document to be executed by or any matter relating to the General Partner in its capacity as general partner of the Issuer) or of the Guarantor (when such term is used with respect to any action to be taken by, document to be executed by or any matter relating to the Guarantor).

Officers’ Certificate ,” when used with respect to the Issuer, means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the President or a Vice President and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the General Partner, and delivered to the Trustee.

Opinion of Counsel ” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Issuer or who may be an employee of or other counsel for the Issuer and who shall be satisfactory to the Trustee and delivered to the Trustee.

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

(a) Notes theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

(b) Notes, or portions thereof, for whose payment (including redemption pursuant to Article 3) money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Issuer or the Guarantor) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Issuer (if the Issuer shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Notes; provided however , that, if such Notes 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;

(c) Notes which shall have been discharged as a result of satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Section 11.01 or with respect to which the Issuer has effected legal defeasance pursuant to Section 11.02(b); and

(d) Notes which have been paid pursuant to Section 2.06 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Notes have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture;

 

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provided , however , that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the outstanding Notes have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or are present at a meeting of Holders for quorum purposes, Notes owned by the Issuer or the Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the Issuer or the Guarantor of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in making such calculation or in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Notes which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Issuer or the Guarantor or any other obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the Issuer or the Guarantor or any such other obligor. In case of a dispute as to such right, the advice of counsel shall be full protection in respect of any decision made by the Trustee in accordance with such advice.

Paying Agent ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.08.

Person ” means a corporation, an association, a partnership, a limited liability company, an individual, a joint venture, a joint stock company, a trust, an unincorporated organization or a government or an agency or a political subdivision thereof.

Predecessor Note ” of any particular Note means every previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Note, and, for the purposes of this definition, any Note authenticated and delivered under Section 2.06 in lieu of a lost, destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the lost, destroyed or stolen Note that it replaces.

principal ,” when used with respect to any Note, shall be deemed to include a reference to “and premium, if any,” unless otherwise expressly stated or the context otherwise requires.

Purchase Agreement ” means the Purchase Agreement, dated May 17, 2010, among the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Initial Purchasers.

Record Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03.

Redemption Date ” means, with respect to any Note or portion thereof to be redeemed in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.01 hereof, the date fixed for such redemption in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.01 hereof.

Redemption Price ” has the meaning provided in Section 3.01 hereof.

Registration Rights Agreement ” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated May 24, 2010, among the Issuer, the Guarantor and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC and Barclays Capital Inc., as representatives of the Initial Purchasers, as amended from time to time in accordance with its terms.

Responsible Officer ” when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer in the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust

 

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matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge and familiarity with the particular subject.

Resale Restriction Termination Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(c).

Restricted Note ” means any Note except for (i) an Exchange Security issued pursuant to the Exchange Offer, (ii) a Note which has been sold or transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, (iii) a Note which has been transferred in accordance with Rule 144 (if available) and in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Notes, (iv) a Note from which the Restricted Notes Legend has been removed in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and (v) a Note issued upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for a Note which is not a Restricted Note.

Restricted Notes Legend ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(c).

Rule 144 ” means Rule 144 as promulgated under the Securities Act as it may be amended from time to time hereafter, and any successor thereto.

Rule 144A ” means Rule 144A as promulgated under the Securities Act as it may be amended from time to time hereafter, and any successor thereto.

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as in effect from time to time, and any successor thereto.

Significant Subsidiary ” means, with respect to the Issuer or the Guarantor, any Subsidiary which is a “significant subsidiary” (as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated under the Securities Act) of the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be.

Stated Maturity ,” when used with respect to any Note or any installment of principal thereof or Interest thereon, means the date specified in such Note or this Indenture as the fixed date on which the principal of such Note or such installment of principal or Interest is due and payable.

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to the Issuer or the Guarantor, any Person (other than an individual), a majority of the outstanding voting stock, partnership interests, membership interests or other equity interest, as the case may be, of which is owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, or by one or more other Subsidiaries of the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be. For the purposes of this definition, “voting stock” means stock having voting power for the election of directors, trustees or managers, as the case may be, whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power by reason of any contingency.

Total Assets ” means the sum of, without duplication:

(a) Undepreciated Real Estate Assets; and

 

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(b) all other assets (excluding accounts receivable and intangibles) of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries,

all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles.

Total Unencumbered Assets ” means the sum of, without duplication:

(a) those Undepreciated Real Estate Assets which are not subject to a Lien securing Debt; and

(b) all other assets (excluding accounts receivable and intangibles) of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries not subject to a Lien securing Debt,

all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles; provided , however , that, in determining Total Unencumbered Assets as a percentage of outstanding Unsecured Debt for purposes of Section 4.16, all investments in unconsolidated limited partnerships, unconsolidated limited liability companies and other unconsolidated entities shall be excluded from Total Unencumbered Assets.

transfer ,” when used in Sections 2.05(c), 2.05(g) or 2.05(i), has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(c).

Trust Indenture Act ” or “ TIA ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in effect from time to time, and any successor thereto.

Trustee ” means U.S. Bank National Association, and its successors and any corporation resulting from or surviving any consolidation or merger to which it or its successors may be a party and any successor trustee at the time serving as successor trustee hereunder.

Undepreciated Real Estate Assets ” means, as of any date, the cost (original cost plus capital improvements) of real estate assets of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries on such date, before depreciation and amortization, all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles.

Unsecured Debt ” means Debt of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries which is not secured by a Lien on any property or assets of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries.

Certain terms used in Article 3 are defined in Section 3.01.

ARTICLE 2

ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION

AND EXCHANGE OF NOTES

Section 2.01. Designation Amount and Issue of Notes . The Notes shall be designated as “ 6.625% Senior Notes due 2020. ” Upon the execution of this Indenture, and from time to time thereafter, Notes may be executed by the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee for authentication,

 

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and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver Notes upon a written order of the Issuer, such order signed by one Officer, without any further action by the Issuer hereunder.

The aggregate principal amount of Notes which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited; provided that upon initial issuance on the date hereof, the aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding shall not exceed $250,000,000, except for Notes issued upon exchange or registration of transfer of other Notes as provided herein and except as provided in Sections 2.06, 2.07 and 3.03. The Issuer may, without the consent of the Holders of Notes, issue additional Notes (the “ Additional Notes ”) and, following or contemporaneously with the closing of the Exchange Offer, additional Exchange Securities (the “ Additional Exchange Securities ”) from time to time in the future with the same terms and the same CUSIP number as the Notes originally issued under this Indenture (the “ Initial Notes ”) and the Exchange Securities issued in the Exchange Offer, respectively, in an unlimited principal amount; provided that such Additional Notes and Additional Exchange Securities shall be part of the same issue as and fungible with the Initial Notes for United States federal income tax purposes and shall carry the same right to receive accrued and unpaid Interest as the other Notes then outstanding; and provided , however , that, notwithstanding the foregoing, no Additional Notes or Additional Exchange Securities may be issued if the Issuer has effected legal defeasance or covenant defeasance with respect to the Notes pursuant to Section 11.02 or has effected satisfaction and discharge with respect to the Notes pursuant to Section 11.01. The Initial Notes, any such Additional Notes, the Exchange Securities initially issued in the Exchange Offer and any such Additional Exchange Securities shall constitute a single series of debt securities, and in circumstances in which this Indenture provides for the Holders of Notes to vote or take any action, the Holders of Initial Notes, any such Additional Notes, the Exchange Securities initially issued in the Exchange Offer and any such Additional Exchange Securities will vote or take that action as a single class.

Section 2.02. Form of Notes . The Notes, the Guarantee and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be borne by such Notes shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto. The terms and provisions contained in the form of Note (including form of Guarantee endorsed thereon) attached as Exhibit A hereto shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.

Any of the Notes may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such notations, legends, endorsements or changes as the officers executing the same may approve (execution thereof to be conclusive evidence of such approval) and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required by the Custodian or the Depositary or as may be required for the Notes to be tradable on any market developed for trading of securities pursuant to Rule 144A or as may be required to comply with any applicable law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Notes may be listed, or to conform to usage, or to indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any particular Notes are subject.

 

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So long as the Notes are eligible for book-entry settlement with the Depositary, or unless otherwise required by law, or otherwise contemplated by Section 2.05(b), all of the Notes will be represented by one or more Notes in global form registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary (a “ Global Note ”); provided that Restricted Notes and Notes that are not Restricted Securities shall not be represented by the same Global Note. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in any such Global Note shall be effected through the Depositary in accordance with this Indenture and the applicable procedures of the Depositary. Except as provided in Section 2.05(b), beneficial owners of a Global Note shall not be entitled to have certificates registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of certificates in definitive form and will not be considered Holders of such Global Note.

Any Global Note shall represent such of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified therein and shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be increased or reduced to reflect redemptions, repurchases, exchanges, or transfers permitted hereby. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in such manner and upon instructions given by the Holder of such Notes in accordance with this Indenture. Payment of principal of and Interest on any Global Note shall be made to the Holder of such Note.

Section 2.03. Date and Denomination of Notes; Payments of Interest. The Notes shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $1,000 principal amount and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication and shall bear Interest from the date specified on the face of the form of Note attached as Exhibit A hereto; provided that Additional Notes and Additional Exchange Securities may provide that they shall bear Interest from the most recent date to which Interest on the outstanding Notes has been paid or duly provided for at the time such Additional Notes or Additional Exchange Securities are originally issued. Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.

The Person in whose name any Note (or its Predecessor Note) is registered on the Note Register at the Close of Business on any Record Date with respect to any Interest Payment Date shall be entitled to receive the Interest payable on such Interest Payment Date. Interest on any Global Note shall be paid by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee. Payment of the principal of Notes not represented by a Global Note shall be made at the office or agency designated by the Issuer for such purpose. Interest on Notes not represented by a Global Note shall be paid (i) to Holders having an aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000 or less, by check mailed to the Holders of these Notes and (ii) to Holders having an aggregate principal amount of more than $5,000,000, either by check mailed to each Holder or, upon application by a Holder to the Registrar not later than the relevant Record Date, by wire transfer in immediately available funds to that Holder’s account within the United States, which application shall remain in effect until the Holder notifies, in writing, the Registrar to the contrary.

 

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The term “ Record Date ” with respect to any Interest Payment Date shall mean the May 15 or November 15 preceding the applicable June 1 or December 1 Interest Payment Date, respectively.

Any Interest on any Note which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any June 1 or December 1 (herein called “ Defaulted Interest ”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Noteholder registered as such on the relevant Record Date, and such Defaulted Interest shall be paid by the Issuer, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (a) or (b) below:

(a) The Issuer may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes) are registered at the Close of Business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner: The Issuer shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment (which shall be not less than 20 calendar days after the receipt by the Trustee of such notice, unless the Trustee shall consent to an earlier date), and at the same time the Issuer shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit on or prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 calendar days and not less than ten calendar days prior to the date of the proposed payment, and not less than ten calendar days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment (unless the Trustee shall consent to an earlier date). The Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuer of such special record date and, in the name and at the expense of the Issuer, 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 at its address as it appears in the Note Register, not less than ten calendar days prior to such special record date (unless the Trustee shall consent to an earlier 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 on such proposed payment date to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes) are registered at the Close of Business on such special record date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (b) of this Section 2.03.

(b) The Issuer 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 Notes may be listed or designated for issuance, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange or automated quotation system, if, after notice given by the Issuer to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

 

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Section 2.04. Execution of Notes. The Notes shall be signed in the name and on behalf of the Issuer by the General Partner by the manual or facsimile signature of two Officers of the General Partner. Only such Notes as shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in the form set forth on the form of Note attached as Exhibit A hereto, executed manually by the Trustee (or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee as provided by Section 7.11), shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. Such certificate by the Trustee (or such an authenticating agent) upon any Note executed by the Issuer shall be conclusive evidence that the Note so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the Holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

In case any Officer who shall have signed any of the Notes shall cease to be such Officer before the Notes so signed shall have been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, or disposed of by the Issuer, such Notes nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered or disposed of as though the person who signed such Notes had not ceased to be such Officer, and any Note may be signed on behalf of the Issuer by such persons as, at the actual date of the execution of such Note, shall be the proper Officers, although at the date of the execution of this Indenture any such person was not such an Officer.

Section 2.05. Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on Transfer. (a) The Issuer shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office a register (the register maintained in such office and in any other office or agency of the Issuer designated pursuant to Section 4.02 being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the “ Note Register ”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Issuer shall provide for the registration of Notes and of transfers of Notes. The Note Register shall be in written form or in any form capable of being exchanged into written form within a reasonably prompt period of time. The Trustee is hereby appointed “ Note Registrar ” for the purpose of registering Notes and transfers of Notes as herein provided. The Issuer may appoint one or more co-registrars in accordance with Section 4.02.

Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note to the Note Registrar or any co-registrar, and satisfaction of the requirements for such transfer set forth in this Section 2.05, the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Notes of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and bearing such restrictive legends as may be required by this Indenture.

Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at any such office or agency maintained by the Issuer pursuant to Section 4.02. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Notes which the Noteholder making the exchange is entitled to receive bearing registration numbers not contemporaneously outstanding.

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

 

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All Notes presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange or redemption shall (if so required by the Issuer or the Note Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer, which shall be duly executed by the Noteholder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing.

No service charge shall be made to any Holder for any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, but the Issuer may require payment by the Holder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes.

In the event of any redemption in part, the Issuer shall not be required to: (i) issue or register the transfer or exchange of any Note during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any selection of Notes for redemption and ending at the Close of Business on the earliest date on which the relevant notice of redemption is deemed to have been given to all Holders of Notes to be so redeemed, or (ii) register the transfer or exchange of any Note so selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.

(b) The following provisions shall apply only to Global Notes:

 

  (i) Each Global Note authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof or Custodian therefor, and each such Global Note shall constitute a single Note for all purposes of this Indenture.

 

  (ii) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Global Note may be exchanged in whole or in part for Notes registered, and no transfer of a Global Note in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary or a nominee thereof unless (1) the Depositary (x) has notified the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Note or (y) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and a successor depositary has not been appointed by the Issuer within 90 calendar days, (2) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or (3) the Issuer, in its sole discretion, notifies the Trustee in writing that it no longer wishes to have all the Notes represented by Global Notes. Any Global Note exchanged pursuant to clause (1) or (2) above shall be so exchanged in whole and not in part and any Global Note exchanged pursuant to clause (3) above may be exchanged in whole or from time to time in part as directed by the Issuer. Any Note issued in exchange for a Global Note or any portion thereof shall be a Global Note; provided that any such Note so issued that is registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary or a nominee thereof shall not be a Global Note.

 

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  (iii) Notes issued in exchange for a Global Note or any portion thereof pursuant to clause (ii) above shall be issued in definitive, fully registered form, without Interest coupons, shall have an aggregate principal amount equal to that of such Global Note or portion thereof to be so exchanged, shall be registered in such names and be in such authorized denominations as the Depositary shall designate and shall bear any legends required hereunder. Any Global Note to be exchanged in whole shall be surrendered by the Depositary or the Custodian to the Trustee, as Note Registrar. With regard to any Global Note to be exchanged in part, either such Global Note shall be so surrendered for exchange or, if the Trustee is acting as Custodian for the Depositary or its nominee with respect to such Global Note, the principal amount thereof shall be reduced, by an amount equal to the portion thereof to be so exchanged, by means of an appropriate adjustment made on the records of the Trustee and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee. Upon any such surrender or adjustment, the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery the Note in definitive certificated form issuable on such exchange to or upon the written order of the Depositary or an authorized representative thereof; provided that if a Note in definitive certificated form is issued in exchange for a Global Note or a portion thereof and if such Global Note bears a Restricted Notes Legend, then such definitive certificated Note shall also bear a Restricted Notes Legend, unless otherwise expressly permitted pursuant to this Indenture.

 

  (iv) In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in clause (ii) above, the Issuer will promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of certificated Notes in definitive, fully registered form, without Interest coupons.

 

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Neither any members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“ Agent Members ”) nor any other Persons on whose behalf Agent Members may act shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note registered in the name of the Depositary or any nominee thereof, and the Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, may be treated by the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee as the absolute owner and Holder of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Issuer, the Trustee or any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, or impair, as between the Depositary, its Agent Members and any other Person on whose behalf an Agent Member

 

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  may act, the operation of customary practices of such Persons governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Note.

 

  (vi) At such time as all interests in a Global Note have been redeemed, exchanged, or canceled for Notes in certificated form, such Global Note shall, upon receipt thereof, be canceled by the Trustee in accordance with standing procedures and instructions existing between the Depositary and the Custodian. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any interest in a Global Note is redeemed, exchanged, or canceled for Notes in certificated form, the principal amount of such Global Note shall, in accordance with the standing procedures and instructions existing between the Depositary and the Custodian, be appropriately reduced, and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note, by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, to reflect such reduction.

 

  (vii) In connection with any transfer of a beneficial interest in a Global Note to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, either such Global Notes shall be surrendered for exchange or, if the Trustee is acting as Custodian for the Depositary or its nominee with respect to such Global Notes, the principal amount of one such Global Note shall be reduced and the principal amount of the other such Global Note shall be increased in accordance with the standing procedures and instructions existing between the Depositary and the Custodian and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Notes by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, to reflect such reduction or increase, as the case may be; provided that any transfer of a beneficial interest in a Global Note which bears a Restricted Notes Legend to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Global Note which does not bear a Restricted Notes Legend shall be effected only pursuant to the Exchange Offer, pursuant to a registration statement that is effective under the Securities Act, pursuant to Rule 144 (if available) or as may otherwise be permitted by this Indenture, in each case in compliance with the provisions of this Indenture.

(c) Every Restricted Note shall bear the legend set forth in this Section 2.05(c) (the “ Restricted Notes Legend ”) and shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 2.05(c) (including those set forth in the legend below) and Sections 2.05(g) and 2.05(i) unless such restrictions on transfer shall be waived by written consent of the Issuer or, pursuant to Section 2.05(i)(4), shall have terminated, and the Holder of such Restricted Note, by such Holder’s acceptance thereof, agrees to be bound by all such restrictions on transfer. As used in this Section 2.05(c) and Sections 2.05(g) and 2.05(i), the term “ transfer ” means any sale, pledge, loan, transfer or other disposition whatsoever of any Restricted Note or any interest therein.

 

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The certificate evidencing any Restricted Note shall, until the date (the “ Resale Restriction Termination Date ”) that is the later of (1) the date on which such Note may be sold or otherwise transferred by a Person that is not an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144) of the Issuer or the Guarantor pursuant to Rule 144 without regard to the volume limitations and the requirements for current public information and (2) such later date as may be required by applicable law, bear a Restricted Notes Legend in substantially the following form unless otherwise agreed by the Issuer in writing, with written notice thereof to the Trustee:

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY, EXCEPT (A) TO THE ISSUER, KILROY REALTY CORPORATION OR A SUBSIDIARY OF THE ISSUER OR KILROY REALTY CORPORATION; (B) TO A PERSON THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) THAT IS PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER AND TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, ALL IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A (IF AVAILABLE); (C) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH IS EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (D) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 (IF AVAILABLE) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, AND IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION. IN ADDITION, WITH RESPECT TO A TRANSFER MADE PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OF THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE), THE TRANSFEROR WILL BE REQUIRED TO DELIVER TO THE ISSUER, THE GUARANTOR AND THE TRUSTEE SUCH CERTIFICATES, LEGAL OPINIONS AND OTHER INFORMATION AS ANY OF THEM MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER BY THE TRANSFEROR COMPLIES WITH RULE 144. THE HOLDER HEREOF IS REQUIRED TO NOTIFY ANY TRANSFEREE OF THIS SECURITY OF THE ABOVE RESALE RESTRICTIONS.

Any Notes that have ceased to be Restricted Notes or as to which the conditions for removal of the Restricted Notes Legends set forth herein have been satisfied may be exchanged, in accordance with the procedures of the Trustee and, if applicable, the Depositary and the Custodian for new Notes in a like principal amount which shall not bear the Restricted Notes Legend, subject to compliance with the other applicable provisions of this Indenture.

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this Indenture and in the Restricted Notes Legend and agrees that it will transfer such Note only as provided in this Indenture and as permitted by applicable law.

(e) Any Restricted Notes or Notes bearing a Restricted Notes Legend that are purchased or owned by the Issuer or the Guarantor or any Affiliate of the Issuer or Guarantor may not be resold or otherwise transferred by the Issuer, the Guarantor or such Affiliate, as the case may be, unless sold or otherwise transferred pursuant to a registration statement which is effective under the Securities Act or pursuant to Rule 144 (if available), in each case in a transaction which results in such Notes no longer being “restricted securities” (as defined under Rule 144).

(f) The Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any Agent Members or any other Person with respect to the accuracy of the books or records, or the acts or omissions, of the Depositary or its nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Notes or with respect to the delivery to any Agent Member or other Person (other than the Depositary) of any notice (including any notice of redemption) or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to such Notes. All notices and communications to be given to the Noteholders and all payments to be made to Noteholders under the Notes shall be given or made only to or upon the order of the registered Noteholders (which shall be the Depositary or its nominee in the case of a Global Note). The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Note shall be exercised only through the Depositary subject to the customary procedures of the Depository. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depositary with respect to its Agent Members.

The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among Agent Members in any Global Note) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

(g) Any Note (or beneficial interest in a Global Note) issued or transferred upon registration of transfer or exchange of a Note (or beneficial interest in a Global Note) which bears a Restricted Notes Legend shall, except as otherwise expressly permitted pursuant to this Indenture, also bear a Restricted Notes Legend. Any Note (or beneficial interest in a Global Note) issued upon registration of transfer or exchange of a Note (or beneficial interest in a Global Note) which does not bear a Restricted Notes Legend shall not bear a Restricted Notes Legend.

(h) Except in the case of Exchange Securities issued pursuant to the Exchange Offer, the Trustee shall not issue any Notes which do not bear the Restricted Notes Legend until it has received an Officers’ Certificate from the Issuer directing it to do so.

(i) Additional Transfer Restrictions.

 

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  (1) Transfers of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes . Beneficial interests in Global Notes may be transferred to Persons who will take delivery thereof in the form of beneficial interests in the same or other Global Notes and may be exchanged for interests in other Global Notes in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Depositary and the provisions set forth in this Indenture; provided that, except for (A) the issuance of beneficial interests in Global Notes that are Exchange Securities in exchange for beneficial interests in Global Notes that bear the Restricted Notes Legend pursuant to the Exchange Offer and (B) the transfer of beneficial interests in Global Notes that bear the Restricted Notes Legend pursuant to a registration statement which is effective under the Securities Act or pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 (if available), in each case in compliance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and except as may otherwise be expressly provided by this Indenture, a beneficial interest in a Global Note which bears the Restricted Notes Legend may only be exchanged for or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Global Note which bears the Restricted Notes Legend. In the case of any such transfer pursuant to Rule 144 (if available), the transferor must execute an Assignment in substantially the form included in Exhibit A hereto, including by checking the appropriate box on such Assignment, and deliver such Assignment to the Trustee.

 

  (2) Transfers of Certificated Notes . In the case of any proposed registration of transfer or exchange of a Note which is in definitive certificated form and bears the Restricted Notes Legend, the Note Registrar (or any co-registrar) shall only register such transfer or effect such exchange if the Holder has executed an Assignment in substantially the form included in Exhibit A hereto, including by checking the appropriate box on such Assignment, and has delivered such Assignment to the Trustee; and, except in the case of (A) an exchange pursuant to the Exchange Offer or (B) a transfer pursuant to a registration statement which is effective under the Securities Act or pursuant to Rule 144 (if available), in each case in compliance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and except as may otherwise be expressly permitted by this Indenture, any Note issued upon registration of transfer or exchange of such Note shall bear a Restricted Notes Legend.

 

  (3) Other Transfers . In the case of any transfer or exchange of a Note (or beneficial interest in a Global Note) that bears a Restricted Notes Legend the procedures and requirements for which are not addressed in this Section 2.05(i), such transfer or exchange will be subject to such procedures and requirements as may be reasonably prescribed by the Issuer from time to time and which shall be consistent with the procedures and requirements set forth in this Section 2.05(i).

 

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Exceptions to Transfer Restrictions . The restrictions on transfer and other provisions set forth in this Section 2.05(i) and Sections 2.05(c) and 2.05(g) and in the Restricted Notes Legend shall not be applicable with respect to any Note following the Resale Restriction Termination Date for such Note and, upon request of the Holder, the Issuer and the Guarantor shall execute and deliver, and

 

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  the Trustee shall authenticate, upon surrender of such Note, a new Note in like principal amount that does not bear the Restricted Notes Legend.

 

  (5) With respect to a transfer made pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act (if available), the transferor shall deliver to the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee such certificates, legal opinions and other information as any of them may reasonably require to confirm that the transfer complies with Rule 144.

(j) Exchange Offer . Exchange Securities may from time to time be executed by the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver said Exchange Securities upon receipt and subsequent cancellation of an equal aggregate principal amount of Notes (or beneficial interests in Global Notes) tendered for exchange pursuant to the Exchange Offer upon an Issuer Order without any further action by the Issuer. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in connection with any sale or transfer, or proposed sale or transfer, of any Restricted Notes by any Holder pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or pursuant to a registration statement that is effective under the Securities Act, or if any Holder holds any Restricted Notes that have ceased to be (or, upon transfer would cease to be) “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144 of the Securities Act or as to which the restrictions on transfer have been waived by the Issuer or, pursuant to Section 2.05(i)(4), shall have terminated, then, at the request of such Holder of such Restricted Notes, the Issuer and the Guarantor shall execute and shall cause the Trustee to authenticate and deliver, in exchange for such Restricted Notes (or a beneficial interest in the applicable Global Note), a like principal amount of Exchange Securities not bearing the Restricted Notes Legend, subject to compliance by such Holder with the applicable requirements of this Section 2.05.

Section 2.06. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes. In case any Note shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Issuer in its discretion may execute, and upon its written request the Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, a new Note, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the mutilated Note, or in lieu of and in substitution for the Note so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case, the applicant for a substituted Note shall furnish to the Issuer, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such authenticating agent such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless for any loss, liability, cost or expense caused by or connected with such substitution, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Issuer, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such authenticating agent evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Note and of the ownership thereof.

Following receipt by the Trustee or such authenticating agent, as the case may be, of satisfactory security or indemnity and evidence, as described in the preceding paragraph, the Trustee or such authenticating agent may authenticate any such substituted Note and make available for delivery such Note. Upon the issuance of any substituted Note, the Issuer may require the payment by the Holder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses connected therewith. In case any Note which has matured or is about to mature or has been called for

 

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redemption shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Issuer may, instead of issuing a substitute Note, pay or authorize the payment of or exchange or authorize the exchange of the same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated Note), as the case may be, if the applicant for such payment shall furnish to the Issuer, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such authenticating agent such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless for any loss, liability, cost or expense caused by or in connection with such substitution, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Issuer, the Trustee and, if applicable, any Paying Agent evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Note and of the ownership thereof.

Every substitute Note issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2.06 by virtue of the fact that any Note is destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be found at any time, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of (but shall be subject to all the limitations set forth in) this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder. To the extent permitted by law, all Notes shall be held and owned upon the express condition that the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment or exchange or redemption of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes and shall preclude any and all other rights or remedies notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment or exchange or redemption or repurchase of negotiable instruments or other securities without their surrender.

Section 2.07. Temporary Notes. Pending the preparation of Notes in certificated form, the Issuer may execute and the Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee shall, upon the written request of the Issuer, authenticate and deliver temporary Notes (printed or lithographed). Temporary Notes shall be issuable in any authorized denomination, and substantially in the form of the Notes in certificated form, but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary Notes, all as may be determined by the Issuer. Every such temporary Note shall be executed by the Issuer and the Guarantee endorsed thereon shall be executed by the Guarantor and shall be authenticated by the Trustee or such authenticating agent upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with the same effect, as the Notes in certificated form. Without unreasonable delay, the Issuer will execute and deliver to the Trustee or such authenticating agent Notes in certificated form and thereupon any or all temporary Notes may be surrendered in exchange therefor, at each office or agency maintained by the Issuer pursuant to Section 4.02 and the Trustee or such authenticating agent shall authenticate and make available for delivery in exchange for such temporary Notes an equal aggregate principal amount of Notes in certificated form. Such exchange shall be made by the Issuer at its own expense and without any charge therefor. Until so exchanged, the temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits and subject to the same limitations under this Indenture as Notes in certificated form authenticated and delivered hereunder.

Section 2.08. Cancellation of Notes. All Notes surrendered for the purpose of payment, redemption, exchange or registration of transfer shall, if surrendered to the Issuer or any paying agent to whom Notes may be presented for payment (the “ Paying Agent ”), which shall initially be the Trustee, or any Note Registrar, be surrendered to the Trustee and promptly canceled by it or, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be promptly canceled by it and no Notes shall be issued in

 

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lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions of this Indenture. The Trustee shall dispose of such canceled Notes in accordance with its customary procedures. If the Issuer shall acquire any of the Notes, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption, repurchase or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Notes unless and until the same are delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

Section 2.09. CUSIP Numbers. The Issuer in issuing the Notes may use “ CUSIP ” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “ CUSIP ” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Noteholders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the “ CUSIP ” numbers.

ARTICLE 3

REDEMPTION OF NOTES

Section 3.01. Redemption of Notes. (a) The Issuer shall have the right, at its option, to redeem the Notes for cash at any time in whole or from time to time in part at a redemption price (with respect to the Notes to be redeemed on any Redemption Date, the “ Redemption Price ”) equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and Interest on the Notes to be redeemed (exclusive of Interest accrued to the applicable Redemption Date) discounted to such Redemption Date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points, plus in each case accrued and unpaid Interest on the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed to such Redemption Date; provided , however , that if the Redemption Date falls after a Record Date for the payment of Interest and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date, the Issuer will pay the full amount of accrued and unpaid Interest due on such Interest Payment Date to the Holders of record at the close of business on the corresponding Record Date according to the terms and the provisions of this Indenture.

Treasury Rate ” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, calculated by the Issuer using a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date. The Comparable Treasury Rate shall be calculated on the third Business Day preceding the applicable Redemption Date.

Comparable Treasury Issue ” means the United States Treasury security selected by the Independent Investment Banker as having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes.

 

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Independent Investment Banker ” means J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and its successors, Banc of America Securities LLC and its successors, or Barclays Capital Inc. and its successors (whichever shall be appointed by the Issuer in respect of the applicable Redemption Date) or, if all such firms or the respective successors, if any, to such firms, as the case may be, are unwilling or unable to select the Comparable Treasury Issue, an independent investment banking institution of national standing appointed by the Issuer.

Comparable Treasury Price ” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, (i) the average (as calculated by the Issuer) of the remaining Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations from the four selected, (ii) if fewer than four but more than one such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations are obtained, the average (as calculated by the Issuer) of all such quotations, or (iii) if only one such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation is obtained, such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotation.

Reference Treasury Dealer ” means J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC and Barclays Capital Inc. (or their respective affiliates which are Primary Treasury Dealers (as defined below)) and their respective successors; provided , however , that if any such firm (or, if applicable, any such affiliate) or any such successor, as the case may be, shall cease to be a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a “ Primary Treasury Dealer ”), the Issuer will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer, and one other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Issuer.

Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations ” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average (as calculated by the Issuer) of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Issuer by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer shall not redeem the Notes pursuant to Section 3.01(a) on any date if the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated, and such acceleration has not been rescinded or cured on or prior to such date.

Section 3.02. Notice of Optional Redemption; Selection of Notes . In case the Issuer shall desire to exercise the right to redeem all or, as the case may be, any part of the Notes pursuant to Section 3.01, it shall fix a date for redemption and it or, at its written request received by the Trustee not fewer than five Business Days prior (or such shorter period of time as may be acceptable to the Trustee) to the date the notice of redemption is to be mailed, the Trustee in the name of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall mail or cause to be mailed a notice of such redemption not fewer than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes so to be redeemed in whole or in part at its last address as the same appears on the Note Register; provided that if the Issuer makes such request of the Trustee, it shall, together with such request, also give written notice of the Redemption Date to the Trustee; provided further that the text of the notice shall be prepared by the Issuer. Each such notice of redemption shall specify: (i) the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be redeemed, (ii) the CUSIP number or numbers of the Notes being redeemed, (iii) the Redemption Date (which shall be a Business Day), (iv) the Redemption Price at which Notes are to be redeemed, (v) the place or places of

 

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payment and that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of such Notes and (vi) that Interest accrued and unpaid to, but excluding, the Redemption Date will be paid as specified in said notice, and that on and after said date Interest on Notes or portions of Notes to be redeemed will cease to accrue. If fewer than all the Notes are to be redeemed, the notice of redemption shall identify the Notes to be redeemed (including CUSIP numbers, if any). In case any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and shall state that, on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued. Such mailing shall be by first class mail. The notice, if mailed in the manner herein provided, shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In any case, failure to give such notice by mail or any defect in the notice to the Holder of any Note designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Note.

Whenever any Notes are to be redeemed, the Issuer will give the Trustee written notice of the Redemption Date, together with an Officers’ Certificate as to the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be redeemed not fewer than 30 days (or such shorter period of time as may be acceptable to the Trustee) prior to the Redemption Date.

On or prior to the Redemption Date specified in the notice of redemption given as provided in this Section 3.02, the Issuer will deposit with the Paying Agent (other than the Issuer or the Guarantor acting as its own Paying Agent) an amount of money in immediately available funds sufficient to redeem on the Redemption Date all the Notes (or portions thereof) so called for redemption at the appropriate Redemption Price, together with accrued and unpaid Interest, if any, on the Notes or portions thereof to be redeemed; provided that if such payment is made on the Redemption Date, it must be received by the Paying Agent, by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date. The Issuer shall be entitled to retain any interest, yield or gain on amounts deposited with the Paying Agent pursuant to this Section 3.02 in excess of amounts required hereunder to pay the Redemption Price, together with accrued and unpaid Interest, if any, on the Notes or portions thereof to be redeemed.

If less than all of the outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Notes or portions thereof of the Global Note or the Notes in certificated form to be redeemed (in principal amounts of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof) on a pro rata basis or by another method the Trustee deems fair and appropriate or is required by the Depositary. For purposes of clarity, pro rata means that no distinction shall be made between Restricted Notes, Exchange Securities and any other Notes in selecting Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed.

Section 3.03. Payment of Notes Called for Redemption by the Issuer . If notice of redemption has been given as provided in Section 3.02, the Notes or portion of Notes with respect to which such notice has been given shall become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the place or places stated in such notice at the Redemption Price, together with accrued and unpaid Interest, if any, thereon, and if the Paying Agent holds funds sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of such Notes, together with accrued and unpaid Interest, if any, thereon, then, on and after such Redemption Date (a) such Notes will cease to be outstanding and (b) Interest on the Notes or portion of Notes so called for redemption shall cease to accrue and, except as provided in Article 11, such Notes shall cease to be entitled to any benefit or security

 

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under this Indenture, and the Holders thereof shall have no right in respect of such Notes except the right to receive the Redemption Price thereof, together with accrued and unpaid Interest, if any, thereon. On presentation and surrender of such Notes at a place of payment in said notice specified, the said Notes or the specified portions thereof shall be paid and redeemed by the Issuer at the Redemption Price, together with Interest accrued thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

Upon presentation of any Note redeemed in part only, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Issuer, a new Note or Notes, of authorized denominations, in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Notes so presented.

Prior to the applicable Redemption Date, the Issuer shall provide to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate that shall set forth the applicable Redemption Price and the calculation thereof in reasonable detail. The Trustee shall be under no duty to inquire into, may conclusively presume the correctness of, and shall be fully protected in acting upon the Issuer’s calculation of the Redemption Price. The Trustee shall provide such calculation to any Holder or Initial Purchaser upon request.

Section 3.04. Sinking Fund . There shall be no sinking fund provided for the Notes.

ARTICLE 4

PARTICULAR COVENANTS

Section 4.01. Payment of Principal and Interest . The Issuer covenants and agrees that it will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid when due the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3) and Interest on each of the Notes at the places, at the respective times and in the manner provided herein and in the Notes.

At the Maturity Date, upon earlier redemption or repurchase of the Notes or at any time a payment is made with respect to the Notes, and as otherwise required by law, the Issuer may deduct and withhold from such amount otherwise deliverable to the Holder the amount required to be deducted and withheld under applicable law, and such amount shall be deemed paid to such Holder for all purposes of this Indenture.

Section 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency . The Issuer will maintain an office or agency where the Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or for presentation for payment or for redemption and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer and the Guarantor in respect of the Notes, the Guarantees and this Indenture may be served and the Issuer may from time to time change any such office or agency. As of the date of this Indenture, such office shall be the Corporate Trust Office and, at any other time, at such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Issuer. The Issuer will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency not designated or appointed by the Trustee. If at any time the Issuer shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the

 

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Corporate Trust Office, and the Issuer hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

The Issuer may also from time to time designate co-registrars and one or more offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations, provided, however that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Issuer of its obligation to maintain an office or agency for such purposes. The Issuer will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

The Issuer hereby initially designates the Trustee as Paying Agent, Note Registrar and Custodian and the Corporate Trust Office shall each be considered as one such office or agency of the Issuer for each of the aforesaid purposes. The Issuer may from time to time change such Paying Agent, Note Registrar and Custodian.

So long as the Trustee is the Note Registrar, the Trustee agrees to mail, or cause to be mailed, the notices set forth in Section 7.08(f). If co-registrars have been appointed in accordance with this Section, the Trustee shall mail such notices only to the Issuer and the Holders of Notes it can identify from its records.

Section 4.03. Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustee’s Office . The Issuer, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee, will appoint, upon the terms and conditions and otherwise as provided in Section 7.08, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder.

Section 4.04. Provisions as to Paying Agent .

(a) If the Issuer shall appoint a Paying Agent other than the Trustee, or if the Trustee shall appoint such a Paying Agent, the Issuer will cause such Paying Agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 4.04:

(i) that it will hold all sums held by it as such agent for the payment of the principal of or Interest on the Notes (whether such sums have been paid to it by the Issuer, the Guarantor or by any other obligor on the Notes) in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes;

(ii) that it will give the Trustee notice of any failure by the Issuer (or by any other obligor on the Notes) to make any payment of the principal of or Interest on the Notes when the same shall be due and payable; and

(iii) that at any time during the continuance of an Event of Default, upon request of the Trustee, it will forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust.

The Issuer shall, on or before each due date of the principal of or Interest on the Notes, deposit with the Paying Agent a sum (in funds which are immediately available on the due date for such payment) sufficient to pay such principal or Interest and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee of any failure to take such action;

 

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provided that if such deposit is made on the due date, such deposit shall be received by the Paying Agent by 11:00 a.m. New York City time, on such date.

(b) If the Issuer or the Guarantor shall act as Paying Agent, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of or Interest on the Notes, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes a sum sufficient to pay such principal and Interest so becoming due and will promptly notify the Trustee of any failure to take such action and of any failure by the Issuer (or any other obligor under the Notes) to make any payment of the principal of or Interest on the Notes when the same shall become due and payable.

(c) Anything in this Section 4.04 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Issuer may, at any time, for the purpose of obtaining a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or effecting legal defeasance or covenant defeasance of the Notes as provided in Article 11, or for any other reason, pay or cause to be paid to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Issuer or the Guarantor or any Paying Agent hereunder as required by this Section 4.04, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the trusts herein contained and upon such payment by the Issuer or any Paying Agent to the Trustee, the Issuer or such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such sums.

(d) Anything in this Section 4.04 to the contrary notwithstanding, the agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section 4.04 is subject to Section 11.03 and Section 11.04.

The Trustee shall not be responsible for the actions of any other Paying Agents (including the Issuer or the Guarantor if acting as Paying Agent) and shall have no control of any funds held by such other Paying Agents.

Section 4.05. Existenc e . Except as permitted under Article 10, the Issuer will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence, rights (charter and statutory) and franchises, and the Guarantor will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence, rights (charter and statutory) and franchises. However, neither the Issuer nor the Guarantor will be required to preserve any right or franchise if the Board of Directors of the General Partner or the Guarantor (or any duly authorized committee of that Board of Directors), as the case may be, determines that the preservation of the right or franchise is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be.

Section 4.06. Rule 144A Information Requirement . If so required by Rule 144A the Guarantor and the Issuer will promptly furnish to the Holders, beneficial owners and prospective purchasers of the Notes, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4).

Section 4.07. Stay, Extension and Usury Laws . The Issuer and the Guarantor each 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

 

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covenants or the performance of this Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantees endorsed on the Notes; and the Issuer and the Guarantor each (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.

Section 4.08. Compliance Certificate . The Issuer and the Guarantor will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a brief certificate from the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the General Partner as to his or her knowledge of the Issuer’s and the Guarantor’s compliance with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture and, in the event of any noncompliance, specifying such noncompliance and the nature and status thereof. For purposes of this Section 4.08, such compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice under this Indenture.

The Issuer will deliver to the Trustee, promptly upon becoming aware of (i) any default in the performance or observance of any covenant, agreement or condition contained in this Indenture, or (ii) any Event of Default, an Officers’ Certificate specifying with particularity such default or Event of Default and further stating what action the Issuer has taken, is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

Any notice required to be given under this Section 4.08 shall be delivered to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office.

Section 4.09. Additional Interest Notice . In the event that the Issuer is required to pay Additional Interest to Holders of Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Issuer will provide written notice (“ Additional Interest Notice ”) to the Trustee of its obligation to pay Additional Interest no later than 15 calendar days prior to the proposed Interest Payment Date for Additional Interest, and the Additional Interest Notice shall set forth the amount of Additional Interest to be paid by the Issuer on such Interest Payment Date. The Trustee shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder of Notes to determine the Additional Interest, or with respect to the nature, extent or calculation of the amount of Additional Interest when made, or with respect to the method employed in such calculation of the Additional Interest.

Section 4.10. Maintenance of Properties . The Issuer will cause all of its properties used or useful in the conduct of its business or the business of any Subsidiary of the Issuer to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order and supplied with all necessary equipment and cause all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements to be made, all as in the judgment of the Issuer may be necessary in order for the Issuer to at all times properly and advantageously conduct its business carried on in connection with such properties.

Section 4.11. Insurance . The Issuer will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep in force upon all of its properties and operations insurance policies carried with responsible companies in such amounts and covering all such risks as is customary in the industry in which the Issuer and its Subsidiaries do business in accordance with prevailing market conditions and availability.

 

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Section 4.12. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims . Each of the Guarantor and the Issuer will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged before it becomes delinquent:

(a) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed on it or any of its Subsidiaries or on its or any such Subsidiary’s income, profits or property; and

(b) all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies that, if unpaid, might by law become a Lien upon its property or the property of any of its Subsidiaries.

However, neither the Guarantor nor the Issuer will be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any tax, assessment, charge or claim the amount, applicability or validity of which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings.

Section 4.13. Aggregate Debt Test . The Issuer will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, incur any Debt (including without limitation Acquired Debt) if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Debt and the application of the proceeds from such Debt on a pro forma basis, the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Debt of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries (determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles) is greater than 60% of the sum of the following (without duplication):

(a) the Total Assets of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries as of the last day of the then most recently ended fiscal quarter; and

(b) the aggregate purchase price of any real estate assets or mortgages receivable acquired, and the aggregate amount of any securities offering proceeds received (to the extent such proceeds were not used to acquire real estate assets or mortgages receivable or used to reduce Debt), by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries since the end of such fiscal quarter, including the proceeds obtained from the incurrence of such additional Debt.

For purposes of this Section 4.13, Debt will be deemed to be incurred by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries whenever the Issuer or such Subsidiary shall create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect thereof.

Section 4.14. Debt Service Test . The Issuer will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, incur any Debt (including without limitation Acquired Debt) if the ratio of Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service to Annual Debt Service Charge for the period consisting of the four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to the date on which such additional Debt is to be incurred shall have been less than 1.5:1 on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the incurrence of such Debt and the application of the proceeds from such Debt (determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles), and calculated on the following assumptions:

(a) such Debt and any other Debt (including without limitation Acquired Debt) incurred by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries since the first day of such four-quarter period had been incurred, and the application of the proceeds from such Debt (including to repay or retire other Debt) had occurred, on the first day of such period;

 

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(b) the repayment or retirement of any other Debt of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries since the first day of such four-quarter period had occurred on the first day of such period (except that, in making this computation, the amount of Debt under any revolving credit facility, line of credit or similar facility will be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Debt during such period); and

(c) in the case of any acquisition or disposition by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries of any asset or group of assets with a fair market value in excess of $1.0 million since the first day of such four-quarter period, whether by merger, stock purchase or sale or asset purchase or sale or otherwise, such acquisition or disposition had occurred as of the first day of such period with the appropriate adjustments with respect to such acquisition or disposition being included in such pro forma calculation.

If the Debt giving rise to the need to make the calculation described in this Section 4.14 or any other Debt incurred after the first day of the relevant four-quarter period bears interest at a floating rate, then, for purposes of calculating the Annual Debt Service Charge, the interest rate on such Debt will be computed on a pro forma basis by applying the average daily rate which would have been in effect during the entire four-quarter period to the greater of the amount of such Debt outstanding at the end of such period or the average amount of such Debt outstanding during such period. For purposes of this Section 4.14, Debt will be deemed to be incurred by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries whenever the Issuer or such Subsidiary shall create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect thereof.

Section 4.15. Secured Debt Test . The Issuer will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, incur any Debt (including without limitation Acquired Debt) secured by any Lien on any property or assets of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, whether owned on the date of this Indenture or subsequently acquired, if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Debt and the application of the proceeds from such Debt on a pro forma basis, the aggregate principal amount (determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles) of all outstanding Debt of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries which is secured by a Lien on any property or assets of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries is greater than 40% of the sum of (without duplication):

(a) the Total Assets of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries as of the last day of the then most recently ended fiscal quarter; and

(b) the aggregate purchase price of any real estate assets or mortgages receivable acquired, and the aggregate amount of any securities offering proceeds received (to the extent such proceeds were not used to acquire real estate assets or mortgages receivable or used to reduce Debt), by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries since the end of such fiscal quarter, including the proceeds obtained from the incurrence of such additional Debt.

For purposes of this Section 4.15, Debt will be deemed to be incurred by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries whenever the Issuer or such Subsidiary shall create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect thereof.

 

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Section 4.16. Maintenance of Total Unencumbered Assets . The Issuer will not have at any time Total Unencumbered Assets of less than 150% of the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Unsecured Debt of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles.

ARTICLE 5

NOTEHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY

THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE

Section 5.01. Noteholders’ Lists . The Issuer will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:

(a) semiannually, not later than 15 days after each Record Date for Interest for the Notes, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes as of such Record Date, and

(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Issuer of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished, excluding from such list names and addresses received by the Trustee in its capacity as Notes Registrar,

provided , however , that, so long as the Trustee is the Note Registrar, no such list shall be required to be furnished.

Section 5.02. Preservation and Disclosure of Lists . Every Holder of Notes, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Issuer and the Trustee that neither the Issuer nor the Guarantor nor the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent nor any Paying Agent nor any Note Registrar shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any information as to the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes in accordance with TIA Section 312, regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under TIA Section 312(b).

Section 5.03. Reports by Trustee . The Trustee shall transmit to the Holders of Notes such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required by TIA Section 313 at the times and in the manner provided by the TIA, which shall initially be not less than every 12 months commencing on July 15, 2010 and may be dated as of a date up to 60 days prior to such transmission. A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders of Notes, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange, if any, upon which any Notes are listed, with the Commission and with the Issuer. The Issuer will notify the Trustee when any Notes are listed on any stock exchange or any delisting thereof.

Section 5.04. Reports by Issuer . The Issuer and the Guarantor will:

(a) File with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Issuer or the General Partner is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and information, documents and other reports which the Issuer or the Guarantor may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the

 

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Exchange Act; or if the Issuer or the Guarantor is not required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to those Sections, then the Issuer and the Guarantor will file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of the supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which Section 13 of the Exchange Act may require with respect to a security listed and registered on a national securities exchange;

(b) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such additional information, documents and reports with respect to compliance by the Issuer and the Guarantor with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations; and

(c) transmit by mail to the Holders of Notes, within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section 313(c), such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Issuer or the Guarantor pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission.

ARTICLE 6

EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES

Section 6.01. Events of Default . In case any one or more of the following (each, an “ Event of Default ”) (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) shall have occurred and be continuing:

(a) default in the payment of any Interest (including, without limitation, Additional Interest, if any) on the Notes when such Interest becomes due and payable that continues for a period of 30 days;

(b) default in the payment of any principal of the Notes or any Redemption Price due with respect to the Notes, when due and payable;

(c) failure on the part of the Issuer or the Guarantor to comply with their respective obligations under Article 10;

(d) default in the performance, or breach, of any other covenant or warranty of the Issuer or the Guarantor in this Indenture and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Issuer by the Trustee or to the Issuer and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding 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;

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evidenced any indebtedness for money borrowed by the Issuer or the Guarantor or by any Subsidiary of the Issuer or of the Guarantor, the repayment of which the Issuer or the Guarantor has guaranteed or for which the Issuer or the Guarantor is directly responsible or liable as obligor or guarantor, having an aggregate principal amount outstanding of at least $35,000,000, whether such indebtedness exists as of the date of this Indenture or shall hereafter be created, which default shall have resulted in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable, without such indebtedness having been discharged, or such acceleration having been rescinded or annulled, within the period specified in such instrument;

(f) the rendering against the Issuer, the Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries of a final judgment for the payment of $35,000,000 or more (excluding any amounts covered by insurance), which judgment is not discharged or stayed within 60 days after (i) the date on which the right to appeal thereof has expired if no such appeal has commenced, or (ii) the date on which all rights to appeal have been extinguished;

(g) the Guarantor, the Issuer, or any of their respective Significant Subsidiaries pursuant to or under or within meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

(i) commences a voluntary case; or

(ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case; or

(iii) consents to the appointment of any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or other similar official under any Bankruptcy Law of it or for all or substantially of its property; or

(iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or

(h) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:

(i) is for relief against the Guarantor, the Issuer or any of their respective Significant Subsidiaries in an involuntary case; or

(ii) appoints a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Guarantor, the Issuer or any of their respective Significant Subsidiaries or for all or substantially all of its property; or

(iii) orders the liquidation of the Guarantor, the Issuer or any of their respective Significant Subsidiaries;

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then, and in each and every such case (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(g) and Section 6.01(h)), unless the principal of all of the Notes shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, by notice in writing to the Issuer and the Guarantor (and to the Trustee if given by Noteholders), may declare the principal amount of, and Interest accrued and unpaid on, all the Notes to be immediately due and payable, and upon any such declaration the same shall be immediately due and payable.

If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(g) or Section 6.01(h) occurs and is continuing, then the principal amount of and Interest accrued and unpaid on all the Notes shall be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other action on the part of the Trustee or any Holder of Notes.

If, at any time after the principal amount of and Interest on the Notes shall have been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the monies due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes then outstanding, by written notice to the Issuer and to the Trustee, may waive all defaults or Events of Default and rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences, subject in all respects to Section 6.07, if: (a) all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal amount and any accrued and unpaid Interest that have become due solely because of such acceleration, have been cured or waived; (b) the Issuer or the Guarantor shall have deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay all overdue Interest, including Interest on overdue principal and (to the extent that payment of such Interest is lawful) overdue installments of Interest, and all principal which has become due otherwise than by such acceleration; and (c) the Issuer has paid the Trustee its reasonable compensation and reimbursed the Trustee for its expenses, disbursements and advances pursuant to Section 7.06. No such rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent default or Event of Default, or shall impair any right consequent thereon.

In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right under this Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of such waiver or rescission and annulment or for any other reason or shall have been determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case the Issuer, the Guarantor, the Holders of Notes, and the Trustee shall be restored respectively to their several positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Issuer, the Guarantor, the Holders of Notes, and the Trustee shall continue as though no such proceeding had been taken.

Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, Interest on any overdue installments of principal of and (to the extent that payment of such Interest is lawful) Interest on the Notes shall accrue and be payable at the same rate as Interest is otherwise payable on the Notes.

Section 6.02. Payments of Notes on Default; Suit Therefor. The Issuer covenants that in the case of an Event of Default pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or 6.01(b), upon demand of the Trustee, the Issuer will pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, (i) the whole amount that then shall be due and payable on all such Notes for principal or Interest, as the case may be, with Interest upon overdue principal and (to the extent that payment of such Interest is enforceable under applicable law) the overdue installments of accrued and unpaid

 

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Interest at the rate borne by the Notes from the required payment date and, (ii) in addition thereto, any amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06. Until such demand by the Trustee, the Issuer may pay the principal of and Interest on the Notes to the registered Holders, whether or not the Notes are overdue.

In case the Issuer shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, shall be entitled and empowered to institute any actions or proceedings at law or in equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute any such action or proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such judgment or final decree against the Issuer, the Guarantor or any other obligor on the Notes and collect in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Issuer, the Guarantor or any other obligor on the Notes wherever situated the monies adjudged or decreed to be payable.

In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Guarantor, the Issuer or any other obligor upon the Notes or the property of the Guarantor, the Issuer or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Notes shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Issuer or the Guarantor for the payment of overdue principal (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3)) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise: (i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3) and Interest (including Interest on overdue principal and (to the extent that payment of such Interest is lawful) overdue Interest) owing and unpaid in respect of the Notes and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders of Notes allowed in such judicial proceeding, and (ii) 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 of Notes 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 of Notes, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee, their agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee under Section 7.06. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder of a Note any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the Guarantees or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder of Notes in any such proceeding; provided, however , that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders of Notes, vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and may be a member of the creditors’ committee.

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suit or proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes.

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

Section 6.03. Application of Monies Collected by Trustee. Any monies collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article 6 shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee for the distribution of such monies, upon presentation of the several Notes, and stamping thereon the payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof, if fully paid:

 

  FIRST: To the payment of costs and expenses of collection, including all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses and disbursements of the Trustee, its agents and counsel all other amounts due the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee under Section 7.06;

 

  SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon the Notes for principal (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3) and 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 aggregate amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3) and Interest, respectively; and

 

  THIRD: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Issuer.

Section 6.04. Proceedings by Noteholders. No Holder of any Note shall have any right by virtue of or by reference to any provision of this Indenture to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator, custodian or other similar official, or for any other remedy hereunder, except in the case of a default in the payment of principal or Interest on the Notes, unless (a) such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof, as hereinbefore provided, (b) the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs, liabilities or expenses to be incurred therein or thereby, (c) the Trustee for 60 calendar days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity, shall have failed to institute any such action, suit or proceeding and (d) no direction inconsistent with such written request shall have been given to the Trustee by Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding in accordance with Section 6.07; it being understood and

 

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intended, and being expressly covenanted by the taker and Holder of every Note with every other taker and Holder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Notes shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of or by reference to any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holder of Notes, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder, or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all Holders of Notes (except as otherwise provided herein). For the protection and enforcement of this Section 6.04, each and every Noteholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture and any provision of any Note, the right of any Holder of any Note to receive payment of the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3) and accrued Interest on such Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Note or in the event of redemption, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates against the Issuer or the Guarantor, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

Section 6.05. Proceedings by Trustee. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Notes 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 6.06. Remedies Cumulative and Continuing . To the extent permitted by law, all powers and remedies given by this Article 6 to the Trustee or to the Noteholders shall be deemed cumulative and not exclusive of any thereof or of any other powers and remedies available to the Trustee or the Holders of the Notes, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the performance or observance of the covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture, and no delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any of the Notes to exercise any right or power accruing upon any default or Event of Default occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall impair any such right or power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such default or any acquiescence therein, and, subject to the provisions of Section 6.04, every power and remedy given by this Article 6 or by law to the Trustee or to the Noteholders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Noteholders.

Section 6.07. Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority of Noteholders . The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding 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 which is not inconsistent with such direction, and (c) the Trustee need not take any action which might involve it in personal liability or be unduly prejudicial to the Holders of Notes not joining therein, it being understood that (subject to Section 7.02) the Trustee shall have no duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or forbearance are unduly prejudicial to such Holders.

 

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The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding may, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes, waive any past default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences except (i) a default in the payment of the principal of or Interest on the Notes, (ii) a default in the payment of the Redemption Price or any Interest on Notes called for redemption on a Redemption Date pursuant to Article 3, or (iii) a default in respect of a covenant or provisions hereof, which under Article 9 cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holders of all Notes then outstanding or each Note affected thereby.

Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

Section 6.08. Undertaking to Pay Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Note by its 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; provided that the provisions of this Section 6.08 (to the extent permitted by law) shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Noteholder, or group of Noteholders, holding in the aggregate more than ten percent in principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding determined in accordance with Section 8.04, or to any suit instituted by any Noteholder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3) or Interest on any Note on or after the due date expressed in such Note.

ARTICLE 7

THE TRUSTEE

Section 7.01. Notice of Defaults . Within 90 calendar days after the occurrence of any default hereunder, the Trustee shall transmit in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section 313(c), notice of such default hereunder known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, unless such default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however , that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3) or Interest on any Note, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Notes; and provided further that in the case of any default or breach of the character specified in Section 6.01(f), no such notice to Holders of Notes shall be given until at least 60 days after the occurrence thereof.

Section 7.02. Certain Rights of Trustee. Subject to the provisions of TIA Section 315(a) through 315(d):

(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, Officers’ Certificate, certificate, statement, instrument,

 

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Opinion of Counsel, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, coupon 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) any request or direction of the Issuer mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Issuer Request or Issuer Order (other than delivery of any Note to the Trustee for authentication and delivery pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.04 which shall be sufficiently evidenced as provided therein) and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;

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

(d) before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;

(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 of Notes pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;

(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, debenture, note, coupon or other paper or document, unless requested in writing so to do by the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes; provided that, if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against such expenses or liabilities as a condition to proceeding; the reasonable expenses of every such examination shall be paid by the Holders or, if paid by the Trustee, shall be repaid by the Holders upon demand. The Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Issuer and the Guarantor relevant to the facts or matters that are the subject of its inquiry, personally or by agent or attorney;

(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;

 

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

(i) the Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the performance of its powers and duties hereunder;

(j) the permissive rights of the Trustee to do things enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty and the Trustee shall not be answerable for other than its negligence or willful misconduct; and

(k) except for (i) a default under Sections 6.01(a) or 6.01(b) hereof, or (ii) any other event of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has “actual knowledge” and which event constitutes or, with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default under this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any default or Event of Default unless specifically notified in writing of such event by the Issuer or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding; as used herein, the term “ actual knowledge ” means the actual fact or statement of knowing, without any duty to make any investigation with regard thereto.

The Trustee shall not be required 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. Except during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee undertakes to perform 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.

Section 7.03. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Notes . The recitals contained herein and in the Notes, except the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer, 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 Notes except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Notes and perform its obligations hereunder. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Issuer of Notes or the proceeds thereof.

Section 7.04.  May Hold Notes and Common Stock. The Trustee, any Paying Agent, Note Registrar, Authenticating Agent or any other agent of the Issuer, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes or Common Stock and, subject to TIA Sections 310(b) and 311, may otherwise deal with the Issuer and the Guarantor with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent, Note Registrar, Authenticating Agent or such other agent.

Section 7.05. Money Held in Trust. Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be

 

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under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Issuer.

Section 7.06. Compensation and Reimbursement. The Issuer agrees:

(a) to pay to the Trustee from time to time, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);

(b) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse each of the Trustee and any predecessor 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 reasonable expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or willful misconduct; and

(c) to indemnify each of the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or willful misconduct on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against or investigating any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.

When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default specified in Sections 6.01(g) or 6.01(h), the expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law.

As security for the performance of the obligations of the Issuer under this Section, the Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Notes upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the payment of principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3) or Interest on any Notes. The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this Indenture.

Section 7.07. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility; Conflicting Interests. There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be eligible to act as Trustee under TIA Section 310(a)(1) and shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or the requirements of federal, state, territorial or District of Columbia supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, 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, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article. The Trustee shall comply with the provisions of

 

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Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. Neither the Issuer, the Guarantor nor any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Issuer or the Guarantor shall serve as Trustee.

If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Issuer or the Guarantor or any other obligor under the Notes, the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the TIA regarding the collection of claims against the Issuer, the Guarantor or any such other obligor, as the case may be.

Section 7.08. 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 shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 7.09.

(b) The Trustee may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Issuer. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes delivered to the Trustee and to the Issuer.

(d) If at any time:

(i) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of TIA Section 310(b) after written request therefor by the Issuer or by any Holder of a Note who has been a bona fide Holder of a Note for at least six months, or

(ii) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 7.07 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Issuer or by any Holder of a Note who has been a bona fide Holder of a Note for at least six months, or

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

then, in any such case, (A) the Issuer by or pursuant to a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee, or (B) subject to TIA Section 315(e), any Holder of a Note who has been a bona fide Holder of a Note for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.

 

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(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, the Issuer, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes delivered to the Issuer and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the successor Trustee and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Issuer. If no successor Trustee shall have been so appointed by the Issuer or the Holders of Notes and accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, any Holder of a Note who has been a bona fide Holder of a Note for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

(f) The Issuer shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee and each appointment of a successor Trustee by mailing or causing to be mailed such notice to the Holders of Notes as they appear on the Note Register. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.

Section 7.09. Acceptance of Appointment By Successor.

(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Issuer 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 request of the Issuer 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, subject nevertheless to its claim, if any, provided for in Section 7.06.

(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee, the Issuer, the Guarantor, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto, pursuant to Article Nine hereof, wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (i) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (ii) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring as to all outstanding Notes, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (iii) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such

 

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supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Issuer or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.

(c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Issuer shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 7.09, as the case may be.

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

Section 7.10. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business. Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Notes shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Notes so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Notes. In case any Notes shall not have been authenticated by such predecessor Trustee, any such successor Trustee may authenticate and deliver such Notes, in either its own name or that of its predecessor Trustee, with the full force and effect which this Indenture provides for the certificate of authentication of the Trustee.

Section 7.11. Appointment of Authenticating Agent. At any time when any of the Notes remain Outstanding, the Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Notes issued upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof, and Notes 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. Any such appointment shall be evidenced by an instrument in writing signed by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, a copy of which instrument shall be promptly furnished to the Issuer. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Notes by the Trustee or the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Issuer and shall

 

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at all times be a bank or trust company or corporation organized and doing business and in good standing under the laws of the United States of America or of any state 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 authorities. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus asset forth in its most recent report of condition so published. In case at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.

Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.

An Authenticating Agent may at any time resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee and to the Issuer. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of termination to such Authenticating Agent and to the Issuer. 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, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Issuer and shall give notice of such appointment to all Holders of Notes by mailing or causing to be mailed such notice to the Holders of Notes as they appear on the Note Register. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent herein. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.

The Issuer agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation including reimbursement of its reasonable expenses for its services under this Section.

If an appointment is made pursuant to this Section, the Notes may have endorsed thereon, in addition to or in lieu of the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication substantially in the following form:

 

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“This is one of the Notes designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
By:  

 

  as Authenticating Agent
By:  

 

  Authorized Signatory

Dated:                     

Section 7.12. Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee.

(a) With respect to the Notes, except during the continuance of an Event of Default with respect to the Notes:

(i) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and imposed by the Trust Indenture Act 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; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which 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 conform to the requirements of this Indenture, but shall not be under any duty to verify the contents or accuracy thereof.

(b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.

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

(i) this Subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of Subsection (a) of this Section;

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

 

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(iii) 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 a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture;

(iv) 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; and

(v) except as explicitly specified otherwise herein, the Issuer will be responsible for making all calculations required under this Indenture and the Notes. The Issuer will make all these calculations in good faith and, absent manifest error, the Issuer’s calculations will be final and binding on Holders of the Notes. The Issuer will provide a schedule of its calculations to the Trustee, and the Trustee is entitled to rely upon the accuracy of the Issuer’s calculations without independent verification. The Trustee will forward the Issuer’s calculations to any Holder of the Notes upon request.

(d) 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 7.12.

ARTICLE 8

THE NOTEHOLDERS

Section 8.01. Action by Noteholders. Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the Holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Notes may take any action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action), the fact that at the time of taking any such action, the Holders of such specified percentage have joined therein may be evidenced (a) by any instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by Noteholders in person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing, or (b) by the record of the Holders of Notes voting in favor thereof at any meeting of Noteholders, or (c) by a combination of such instrument or instruments and any such record of such a meeting of Noteholders. Such instrument or instruments and any such record (and any action embodied therein or evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “ Act ” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments (in person or by proxy) or so voting. Whenever the Issuer or the Trustee solicits the taking of any action by the Holders of the Notes, the Issuer or the Trustee may fix in advance of such solicitation a date as the record date for determining Holders entitled to take such action. Notwithstanding Trust Indenture Act Section 316(c), such record date shall be the record date specified in or pursuant to such Board Resolution, which shall be a date not earlier than the date 30 days prior to the first solicitation of Noteholders generally in connection therewith and not later than the date such solicitation is completed. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Noteholders of record at the Close of Business on such record date shall be deemed to be

 

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Noteholders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of outstanding Notes have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other act, and for that purpose the outstanding Notes shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Noteholders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than 11 months after the record date.

Section 8.02. Proof of Execution by Noteholders. Subject to the provisions of Sections 7.02 and 7.12, proof of the execution of any instrument by a Noteholder or its agent or proxy shall be sufficient if made in accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Trustee or in such manner as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee. The holding of Notes shall be proved by the registry of such Notes or by a certificate of the Note Registrar.

Section 8.03. Absolute Owners. The Issuer, the Guarantor, the Trustee, any Paying Agent and any Note Registrar may deem the Person in whose name a Note shall be registered upon the Note Register to be, and may treat it as, the absolute owner of such Note (whether or not such Note shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing thereon made by any Person other than the Issuer or any Note Registrar) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal of (including the Redemption Price or upon redemption pursuant to Article 3) and Interest on such Note and for all other purposes; and neither the Issuer, the Guarantor nor the Trustee nor any Paying Agent nor any Note Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. All such payments so made to any Holder for the time being, or upon its order, shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sum or sums so paid, effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for monies payable upon any such Note.

Section 8.04. Identification of Issuer-Owned Notes. Upon request of the Trustee, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee promptly an Officers’ Certificate listing and identifying all Notes, if any, known by the Issuer to be owned or held by or for the account of any of the Persons described in the proviso to the definition of “outstanding” appearing in Section 1.01, and, subject to Section 7.12, the Trustee shall be entitled to accept such Officers’ Certificate as conclusive evidence of the facts therein set forth and of the fact that all Notes not listed therein are outstanding for the purpose of any such determination.

Section 8.05. Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound. At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 8.01, of the taking of any action by the Holders of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Notes specified in this Indenture in connection with such action, any Holder of a Note which is shown by the evidence to be included in the Notes the Holders of which have consented to such action may, by filing written notice with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office and upon proof of holding as provided in Section 8.02, revoke such action so far as concerns such Note. Except as aforesaid, any such action taken by the Holder of any Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of such Note and of any Notes issued in exchange or substitution therefor, irrespective of whether any notation in regard thereto is made upon such Note or any Note issued in exchange or substitution therefor.

 

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ARTICLE 9

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

Section 9.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Noteholders . The Issuer and the Guarantor, when authorized by the resolutions of the Board of Directors, and the Trustee may, from time to time, and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental without the consent of any Holder of the Notes hereto for any of the following purposes:

(a) to evidence a successor to the Issuer as obligor or to the Guarantor as guarantor under this Indenture;

(b) to add to the covenants of the Issuer or the Guarantor for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Issuer or the Guarantor in this Indenture or in the Notes;

(c) to add Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes;

(d) to amend or supplement any provisions of this Indenture; provided that no amendment or supplement shall adversely affect the interests of the Holders of any Notes in any respect;

(e) to secure the Notes;

(f) to provide for the acceptance of appointment of a successor Trustee or facilitate the administration of the trusts under this Indenture by more than one Trustee;

(g) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency in this Indenture; provided that this action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Notes in any respect;

(h) to comply with the TIA;

(i) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to the extent necessary to permit or facilitate satisfaction and discharge, legal defeasance or covenant defeasance pursuant to Article 11; provided that the action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Notes in any respect;

(j) to conform the provisions of this Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees and the Registration Rights Agreement to the description thereof contained in the “Description of Notes” section in the Offering Memorandum; or

(k) to add additional guarantors for the benefit of the Notes.

Upon the written request of the Issuer, accompanied by a copy of the resolutions of the Board of Directors certified by the General Partner’s Secretary or Assistant Secretary authorizing the execution of any supplemental indenture, the Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Issuer and the Guarantor in the execution of any such supplemental indenture, to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained and to accept the

 

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conveyance, transfer and assignment of any property thereunder, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to, but may in its discretion, enter into any supplemental indenture that affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section 9.01 may be executed by the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee without the consent of the Holders of any of the Notes at the time outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 9.02.

Section 9.02. Supplemental Indenture With Consent of Noteholders . With the consent (evidenced as provided in Article 8) of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, the Issuer and the Guarantor, when authorized by the resolutions of the Board of Directors, and the Trustee may, from time to time and at any time, 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 any supplemental indenture or modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes; provided that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Note affected by such supplemental indenture:

(a) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of or any installment of Interest on the Notes or reduce the principal amount of or the rate or amount of Interest on the Notes;

(b) change the place of payment, or the coin or currency, for payment of principal of or Interest on any Note or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to the Notes;

(c) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Notes necessary to modify or amend this Indenture, to waive compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults and their consequences provided in this Indenture, or to reduce the quorum or change voting requirements set forth in this Indenture;

(d) modify or affect in any manner adverse to the Holders of the Notes the terms and conditions of the obligations of the Guarantor in respect of the payments of principal and Interest; or

(e) modify any of this Section 9.02 or the second paragraph of Section 6.07, except to increase the required percentage to effect the action or to provide that certain other provisions may not be modified or waived without the consent of the Holders of the Notes.

Upon the written request of the Issuer, accompanied by a copy of the resolutions of the Board of Directors certified by the General Partner’s Secretary or Assistant Secretary authorizing the execution of any supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of Noteholders as aforesaid, the Trustee shall join with the Issuer and the Guarantor in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the

 

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Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such supplemental indenture.

It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Noteholders under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof.

Section 9.03. Effect of Supplemental Indenture . Any supplemental indenture executed pursuant to the provisions of this Article 9 shall comply with the Trust Indenture Act, as then in effect, provided that this Section 9.03 shall not require such supplemental indenture or the Trustee to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act prior to the time, if ever, such qualification is in fact required under the terms of the Trust Indenture Act or this Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, nor shall it constitute any admission or acknowledgment by any party to such supplemental indenture that any such qualification is required prior to the time, if ever, such qualification is in fact required under the terms of the Trust Indenture Act or this Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act. Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article 9, this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith and the respective rights, limitation of rights, obligations, duties and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Holders of Notes shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder, subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.

Section 9.04. Notation on Notes . Notes authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article 9 may bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Issuer or the Trustee shall so determine, new Notes so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Board of Directors, to any modification of this Indenture contained in any such supplemental indenture may, at the Issuer’s expense, be prepared and executed by the Issuer, authenticated by the Trustee (or an authenticating agent duly appointed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.11) and delivered in exchange for the Notes then outstanding, upon surrender of such Notes then outstanding.

Section 9.05. Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture to Be Furnished to Trustee . Prior to entering into any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article 9, the Trustee shall be provided with an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any supplemental indenture executed pursuant hereto complies with the requirements of this Article 9 and is otherwise authorized or permitted by this Indenture.

ARTICLE 10

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE

Section 10.01. Issuer May Consolidate on Certain Terms . Nothing contained in this Indenture or in the Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Issuer with or into any other Person or Persons (whether or not affiliated with the Issuer), or successive consolidations or mergers, or shall prevent any sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of

 

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the property of the Issuer to any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Issuer); provided, however , that the following conditions are met:

(a) the Issuer shall be the continuing entity, or the successor entity (if other than the Issuer) formed by or resulting from any consolidation or merger or which shall have received the transfer of assets shall be organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume payment of the principal of and Interest on all of the Notes and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions in this Indenture and assumes (in accordance with the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement) the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions applicable to the Issuer set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement;

(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default and no event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing; and

(c) either the Issuer or the successor Person, as the case may be, shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture complies with this Article 10 and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.

No such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease shall be permitted by this Section 10.01 unless prior thereto the Guarantor shall have delivered to the Trustee a Guarantor’s Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that the Guarantor’s obligations hereunder and under the Guarantees endorsed on the Notes shall remain in full force and effect thereafter.

Section 10.02. Issuer Successor to Be Substituted . Upon any consolidation by the Issuer with or merger of the Issuer into any other Person or any sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Issuer to any Person in accordance with Section 10.01, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Issuer is merged or to which such sale, conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Issuer under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Issuer herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be released from all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Notes.

In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease, such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Notes and the Guarantees endorsed on the Notes thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.

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consolidations or mergers, or shall prevent any sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the property of the Guarantor to any other Person (whether or not affiliated with the Guarantor); provided, however , that:

(a) the Guarantor shall be the continuing entity, or the successor entity (if other than the Guarantor) formed by or resulting from any consolidation or merger or which shall have received the transfer of assets shall be organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume the obligations of the Guarantor under the Guarantees and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions in this Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement and assumes (in accordance with the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement) the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions applicable to the Guarantor set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement;

(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing; and

(c) either the Guarantor or the successor Person, as the case may be, shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate, as the case may be, and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, sale, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and such supplemental indenture comply with this Article 10 and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.

Section 10.04. Guarantor Successor to Be Substituted . Upon any consolidation by the Guarantor with or merger of the Guarantor into any other Person or any sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Guarantor to any Person in accordance with Section 10.03, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Guarantor is merged or to which such sale, conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Guarantor under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Guarantor herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be released from all obligations and covenants under this Indenture.

In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease, such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Notes and the Guarantees endorsed on the Notes thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.

ARTICLE 11

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE

Section 11.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture . This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except as to (i) rights hereunder of Holders of the Notes to receive all amounts owing upon the Notes and the other rights, duties and obligations of Holders of the Notes, as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the amounts, if any, so deposited with the Trustee, (ii) the rights, obligations and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (iii) as provided below in this

 

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Section 11.01), and the Trustee, upon demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute instruments in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Issuer acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture when:

(a) either

(i) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (A) Notes which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.06, and (B) Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Issuer and thereafter repaid to the Issuer or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 11.06) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

(ii) all such Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation

(A) have become due and payable, or

(B) will become due and payable at their Maturity Date within one year, or

(C) are to be called for redemption on a Redemption Date within one year under irrevocable arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Issuer,

and the Issuer, in the case of (A), (B) or (C) above, has, pursuant to a Board Resolution, irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee, as trust funds in trust for such purpose, money in U.S. dollars in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on the Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including the principal of and Interest on such Notes (including, if any Entitled Securities are outstanding, the maximum amount of Additional Interest that could be payable on those Entitled Securities pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement), to the date of such deposit (in the case of Notes which have become due and payable) or to the Maturity Date or such Redemption Date, as the case may be;

(b) the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Issuer; and

(c) the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to this Section 11.01, then the provisions of Sections 2.05, 2.06, 2.08, 4.02, 4.03, 4.04, 4.06, 4.07 and 4.09 and this Article 11 (other than Section 11.02) and, if the Notes will be paid on a Redemption Date, Article 3 shall survive and

 

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remain in full force and effect. At such time as satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture shall be effective, the Guarantor will be released from its Guarantees of the Notes.

Section 11.02. Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance .

(a) The Issuer may at its option by Board Resolution, at any time, elect to have Section 11.02(b) or Section 11.02(c) be applied to the outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Section 11.02.

(b) Upon the Issuer’s exercise of the above option applicable to this Section 11.02(b), the Issuer shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to the outstanding Notes on the date the conditions set forth in this Section 11.02(b) are satisfied (hereinafter, “ legal defeasance ”). For this purpose, such legal defeasance means that the Issuer shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the outstanding Notes, which shall thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of Sections 11.03 and 11.04 and the other provisions of this Indenture referred to below in this paragraph, and to have satisfied all of its other obligations under the Notes and this Indenture insofar as the Notes are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions hereof, which shall survive such legal defeasance and remain in full force and effect: (i) the rights of Holders of the Notes to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 11.02(d)(i), payments in respect of the principal of and Interest on the Notes when such payments are due, (ii) the provisions of Sections 2.05, 2.06, 2.08, 4.02, 4.03, 4.04, 4.06, 4.07 and 4.09, and this Article 11 (other than Section 11.01), and if the Notes will be paid on a Redemption Date, Article 3, and (iii) the rights, obligations and immunities of the Trustee hereunder. The Issuer may exercise its option under this Section 11.02(b) notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 11.02(c). Upon the effectiveness of any legal defeasance (but not covenant defeasance), the Guarantor will be released from its Guarantees of the Notes.

(c) Upon the Issuer’s exercise of the above option applicable to this Section 11.02(c) with respect to the Notes, the Issuer and the Guarantor shall be released from their respective obligations under Section 4.05 to keep in full force and effect its rights (charter and statutory) and franchises (but, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not be released from their respective obligations to do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect their respective existences (except as permitted under Article 10)) and Sections 4.10 through 4.16, inclusive on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 11.02(d) are satisfied (hereinafter, “ covenant defeasance ”), and the Notes shall thereafter be deemed to be not “outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or Act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with any such covenant, but shall continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder. For this purpose, such covenant defeasance means that with respect to the outstanding Notes, the Issuer and the Guarantor may omit to comply with, and shall have no liability in respect of, any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such Section, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or by reason of reference in

 

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any such Section or to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01(d) or otherwise, as the case may be, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees shall be unaffected thereby.

(d) The following shall be the conditions to the effectiveness of legal defeasance pursuant to Section 11.02(b) and covenant defeasance pursuant to Section 11.02(c):

(i) The Issuer shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, (A) an amount in U.S. dollars, or (B) Government Obligations which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment of principal of and Interest on the Notes, money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, in any case, in an amount, sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment of such principal and interest, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee to pay and discharge, the principal of and Interest on the Notes (including, if any Entitled Securities are outstanding, the maximum amount of Additional Interest that could be payable on those Entitled Securities pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement) on the Stated Maturity of such principal or installment of principal or interest or the applicable Redemption Date, as the case may be, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Notes.

(ii) In the case of legal defeasance pursuant to Section 11.02(b), the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an opinion of outside counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee stating that (x) the Issuer has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (y) since the date of this Indenture there has been a change in applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion of independent counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such legal defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such legal defeasance had not occurred; or, in the case of covenant defeasance pursuant to Section 11.02(c), the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee to the effect that the Holders of the Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance had not occurred.

 

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(iii) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other material agreement or instrument to which the Issuer or the Guarantor is a party or by which either of them is bound.

(iv) No Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit, and no Event of Default or event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default under Section 6.01(g) or 6.01(h) shall have occurred and be continuing at any time during the period ending on and including the 91st day after the date of such deposit.

(v) The Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the legal defeasance or covenant defeasance, as the case may be, under this Indenture have been complied with.

(vi) If the monies or Government Obligations or combination thereof, as the case may be, deposited under Section 11.02(d)(i) above are sufficient to pay the principal of and Interest on the Notes provided the Notes are redeemed on a particular Redemption Date, the Issuer shall have given the Trustee irrevocable instructions to redeem the Notes on such date and to provide notice of such redemption to Holders as provided in or pursuant to this Indenture.

(e) The Issuer shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge, imposed on or assessed against the Government Obligations deposited pursuant to this Section 11.02 or the principal or interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the Notes.

(f) Anything in this Section 11.02 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Issuer from time to time upon an Issuer Request any money or Government Obligations (or any proceeds therefrom) held by it as provided in Section 11.02(d)(i) which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect a legal defeasance or covenant defeasance, as applicable, in accordance with this Section 11.02.

Section 11.03. Application of Trust Money . Subject to the provisions of Section 11.05, all money and Government Obligations (and proceeds therefrom) deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 11.01 or 11.02 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (other than the Issuer or the Guarantor or any of their respective Affiliates or Subsidiaries) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and Interest for whose payment such money has or Government Obligations have been deposited with or

 

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received by the Trustee; but such money and Government Obligations need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

Section 11.04. Application of Monies Held . Subject to the provisions of Section 11.05, the Trustee or a Paying Agent shall hold in trust, for the benefit of the Noteholders, all money and Government Obligations (and proceeds therefrom) deposited with it pursuant to Sections 11.01 and 11.02 shall apply the deposited money and Government Obligations (and proceeds therefrom) in accordance with this Indenture and the Notes to the payment of the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3) and Interest on the Notes.

Section 11.05. Return of Unclaimed Monies . Subject to the restrictions of applicable law, the Trustee and each Paying Agent shall pay to the Issuer upon request any money held by them for the payment of principal or Interest that remains unclaimed for two years after a right to such money has matured; provided , however , that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such payment, may, at the expense of the Issuer, either publish in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of New York, or cause to be mailed to each Holder entitled to such money, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that after a date specified therein, which shall be at least 30 calendar days from the date of such mailing or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Issuer. After payment to the Issuer, Holders entitled to that money must look to the Issuer or Guarantor for payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another person, and the Trustee and each Paying Agent shall be relieved of all liability with respect to such money.

Section 11.06. Reinstatement. If the Trustee or any Paying Agent is unable to apply any moneys or Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 11.01(a) or 11.02(d)(i) to pay any principal of or Interest on the Notes by reason of any legal proceeding or any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Issuer’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes and the Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture and the Guarantees shall be revived and reinstated as though no such deposit had occurred, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such moneys and Government Obligations to pay the principal of and Interest on the Notes as contemplated by Section 11.01 or 11.02, as the case may be, and Section 11.03; provided , however , that if the Issuer or the Guarantor makes any payment of the principal or Interest on the Notes following the reinstatement of its obligations as aforesaid, the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of the Notes to receive such payment from the funds held by the Trustee or Paying Agent in trust.

ARTICLE 12

IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS,

OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

Section 12.01. Indenture and Notes Solely Corporate Obligations . Except as otherwise expressly provided in Article 15, no recourse for the payment of the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3) or Interest on any Note, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Issuer or the Guarantor (i) in this Indenture or in any

 

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supplemental indenture, (ii) in any Note, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, or in any Guarantee or (iii) in the Registration Rights Agreement, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, partner, member, manager, employee, agent, officer, director or subsidiary, as such, past, present or future, of the Guarantor, the Issuer or any of the Guarantor’s or Issuer’s subsidiaries or of any successor thereto, either directly or through the Guarantor, the Issuer or any of the Guarantor’s or Issuer’s subsidiaries or of any successor thereto, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that all such liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture, and the issue of the Notes.

ARTICLE 13

[RESERVED]

ARTICLE 14

MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF NOTES

Section 14.01. Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called . A meeting of Holders of Notes may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to this Article 14 to make, give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of Notes.

Section 14.02. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings . (a) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Notes for any purpose specified in Section 14.01, to be held at such time and at such place as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of Holders of Notes, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given, in the manner provided in Section 16.03, not less than 20 nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.

(b) In case at any time the Issuer, pursuant to a Board Resolution, the Guarantor, or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of the Holders of Notes for any purpose specified in Section 14.01, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have made the first publication of the notice of such meeting within 20 days after receipt of such request or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then the Issuer, the Guarantor or the Holders of Notes in the amount above specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the place for such meeting and may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in subsection (a) of this Section 14.02.

Section 14.03. Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings . To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Notes, a Person shall be (a) a Holder of one or more outstanding Notes, or (b) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for a Holder or Holders of one or more outstanding Notes by such Holder or Holders. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Holders of Notes shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Issuer and the Guarantor and their respective counsel.

 

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Section 14.04. Quorum; Action . The Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of Holders of Notes; provided , however , that if any action is to be taken at such meeting with respect to a request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which this Indenture expressly provides may be given by the Holders of not less than a specified percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Notes, the Persons entitled to vote such specified percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Notes shall constitute a quorum with respect to such matter. In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes after the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of Holders of Notes, be dissolved. In any other case the meeting may be adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the absence of a quorum at the reconvening of any such adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days; at the reconvening of any meeting adjourned or further adjourned for lack of a quorum, the persons entitled to vote 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes shall constitute a quorum for the taking of any action set forth in the notice of the original meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be given as provided in Section 14.02(a) or (b), as the case may be, except that such notice need be given only once not less than five days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be reconvened.

Except as limited by the proviso to the first paragraph of Section 9.02, any resolution presented to a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present as aforesaid may be adopted by the affirmative vote of the persons entitled to vote a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes represented at such meeting; provided , however , that, except as limited by the proviso to the first paragraph of Section 9.02, any resolution with respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which this Indenture expressly provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage, which is less than a majority, in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum is present as aforesaid by the affirmative vote of the Holders of such specified percentage in principal amount of the outstanding Notes.

Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of Notes duly held in accordance with this Section 14.04 shall be binding on all the Holders of Notes, whether or not present or represented at the meeting.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 14.04, if any action is to be taken at a meeting of Holders of Notes with respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action that this Indenture expressly provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage in principal amount of all outstanding Notes affected thereby:

(i) there shall be no minimum quorum requirement for such meeting; and

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notice, consent, waiver or other action has been made, given or taken under this Indenture.

Section 14.05. Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings . (a) Notwithstanding any provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders of Notes in regard to proof of the holding of Notes and of the appointment of proxies and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem appropriate. Except as otherwise permitted or required by any such regulations, the holding of Notes shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 8.02 and the appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 8.02 or by having the signature of the Person executing the proxy witnessed or guaranteed by any trust company, bank or banker authorized by Section 8.02 to certify to the holding of the Notes. Such regulations may provide that written instruments appointing proxies, regular on their face, may be presumed valid and genuine without the proof specified in Section 8.02 or other proof.

(b) The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Issuer, the Guarantor or by Holders of Notes as provided in Section 14.02(b), in which case the Issuer, the Guarantor or the Holders of Notes calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes represented at the meeting.

(c) At any meeting each Holder of such Notes or proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of the outstanding Notes held or represented by him; provided , however , that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Note challenged as not outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote, except as a Holder of Notes or proxy.

(d) Any meeting of Holders of Notes duly called pursuant to Section 14.02 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time to time by Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes represented at the meeting, and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.

Section 14.06. Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings . The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of Notes shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders of Notes or of their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of the outstanding Notes held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in duplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of Notes shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the fact, setting forth a copy of the notice of the

 

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meeting and showing that said notice was given as provided in Section 14.02 and, if applicable, Section 14.04. Each copy shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one such copy shall be delivered to the Issuer and the Guarantor and another to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.

ARTICLE 15

GUARANTEE

Section 15.01. Guarantee . By its execution hereof, the Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that it receives substantial benefits from the Issuer and that the Guarantor is providing its Guarantee for good and valuable consideration, including, without limitation, such substantial benefits. Accordingly, subject to the provisions of this Article 15, the Guarantor hereby fully and unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and its successors and assigns that: (i) the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3) and Interest on the Notes shall be duly and punctually paid in full when due, whether at the Maturity Date, upon acceleration, upon redemption, or otherwise, and Interest on overdue principal and (to the extent permitted by law) Interest on any overdue Interest, if any, on the Notes and all other obligations of the Issuer to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or under the Notes (including fees, expenses or other) shall be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof; and (ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, the same shall be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at the Maturity Date, by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, subject, however, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) above, to the limitations set forth in Section 15.03 hereof (collectively, the “ Guarantee Obligations ”).

Subject to the provisions of this Article 15, the Guarantor hereby agrees that its Guarantee hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any thereof, the entry of any judgment against the Issuer, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of the Guarantor. The Guarantor hereby waives and relinquishes: (a) any right to require the Trustee, the Holders or the Issuer (each, a “ Benefited Party ”) to proceed against the Issuer or any other Person or to proceed against or exhaust any security held by a Benefited Party at any time or to pursue any other remedy in any Benefited Party’s power before proceeding against the Guarantor; (b) any defense that may arise by reason of the incapacity, lack of authority, death or disability of any other Person or Persons or the failure of a Benefited Party to file or enforce a claim against the estate (in administration, bankruptcy or any other proceeding) of any other Person or Persons; (c) demand, protest and notice of any kind (except as expressly required by this Indenture), including but not limited to notice of the existence, creation or incurring of any new or additional indebtedness or obligation or of any action or non-action on the part of the Guarantor, the Issuer, any Benefited Party, any creditor of the Guarantor or the Issuer or on the part of any other Person whomsoever in connection with any obligations the performance of which are hereby guaranteed; (d) any defense based upon an election of remedies by a Benefited Party, including

 

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but not limited to an election to proceed against the Guarantor for reimbursement; (e) any defense based upon any statute or rule of law which provides that the obligation of a surety must be neither larger in amount nor in other respects more burdensome than that of the principal; (f) any defense arising because of a Benefited Party’s election, in any proceeding instituted under the Bankruptcy Law, of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code; and (g) any defense based on any borrowing or grant of a security interest under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code. The Guarantor hereby covenants that, except as otherwise provided therein, the Guarantee shall not be discharged except by payment in full of all Guarantee Obligations, including the principal and Interest on the Notes and all other costs provided for under this Indenture or as provided in Article 7.

If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to either the Issuer or the Guarantor, or any trustee or similar official acting in relation to either the Issuer or the Guarantor, any amount paid by the Issuer or the Guarantor to the Trustee or such Holder, the Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect. The Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any Guarantee Obligations hereby until payment in full of all such obligations guaranteed hereby. The Guarantor agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Holders of Notes and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 hereof for the purposes hereof, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guarantee Obligations, and (y) in the event of any acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6 hereof, such Guarantee Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantor for the purpose of the Guarantee.

Section 15.02. Execution and Delivery of Guarantee . To evidence the Guarantee set forth in Section 15.01 hereof, the Guarantor agrees that a notation of the Guarantee substantially in the form included in Exhibit A hereto shall be endorsed on each Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and that this Indenture shall be executed on behalf of the Guarantor by two Officers of the Guarantor.

The Guarantor agrees that the Guarantee set forth in this Article 15 shall remain in full force and effect and apply to all the Notes notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of the Guarantee.

If an officer whose facsimile signature is on a Note or a notation of Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note on which the Guarantee is endorsed, the Guarantee shall be valid nevertheless.

The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Guarantee set forth in this Indenture and endorsed on such Note on behalf of the Guarantor.

Section 15.03. Limitation of Guarantor’s Liability; Certain Bankruptcy Events . (a) The Guarantor, and by its acceptance hereof each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Guarantee Obligations of the Guarantor pursuant to its Guarantee not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of any Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform

 

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Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Holders and the Guarantor hereby irrevocably agree that the Guarantee Obligations of the Guarantor under this Article 15 shall be limited to the maximum amount as shall, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of the Guarantor, result in the Guarantee Obligations of the Guarantor under the Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.

(b) The Guarantor hereby covenants and agrees, to the fullest extent that it may do so under applicable law, that in the event of the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Issuer, the Guarantor shall not file (or join in any filing of), or otherwise seek to participate in the filing of, any motion or request seeking to stay or to prohibit (even temporarily) execution on the Guarantee and hereby waives and agrees not to take the benefit of any such stay of execution, whether under Section 362 or 105 of the Bankruptcy Law or otherwise.

Section 15.04. Application of Certain Terms and Provisions to the Guarantor . (a) For purposes of any provision of this Indenture which provides for the delivery by the Guarantor of an Officers’ Certificate and/or an Opinion of Counsel, the definitions of such terms in Section 1.01 hereof shall apply to the Guarantor as if references therein to the Issuer or the General Partner, as applicable, were references to the Guarantor.

(b) Any request, direction, order or demand which by any provision of this Indenture is to be made by the Guarantor shall be sufficient if evidenced as described in Section 16.03 hereof as if references therein to the Issuer were references to the Guarantor.

(c) Any notice or demand which by any provision of this Indenture is required or permitted to be given or served by the Trustee or by the Holders of Notes to or on the Guarantor may be given or served as described in Section 16.03 hereof as if references therein to the Issuer were references to the Guarantor.

(d) Upon any demand, request or application by the Guarantor to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Guarantor shall furnish to the Trustee such certificates and opinions as are required in Section 16.05 hereof as if all references therein to the Issuer were references to the Guarantor.

ARTICLE 16

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 16.01. Provisions Binding on Issuer’s and Guarantor’s Successors . All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements by the Issuer or Guarantor contained in this Indenture shall bind their respective successors and assigns whether so expressed or not.

Section 16.02. Official Acts by Successor Corporation . Any act or proceeding by any provision of this Indenture authorized or required to be done or performed by any board, committee or officer of the Issuer or the Guarantor shall and may be done and performed with like force and effect by the like board, committee or officer of any Person that shall at the time be the lawful successor of the Issuer or Guarantor.

 

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Section 16.03. Addresses for Notices, etc . Any notice or demand which by any provision of this Indenture is required or permitted to be given or served by the Trustee or by the Holders of Notes on the Issuer or Guarantor shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if given or served by being deposited postage prepaid by registered or certified mail in a post office letter box, or sent by overnight courier, or hand delivered, or sent by telecopier transmission addressed as follows:

To Issuer:

Kilroy Realty, L.P.

12200 West Olympic Boulevard, Suite 200

Los Angeles, California 90064

Telecopier No.: (310) 481-6580

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

To Guarantor:

Kilroy Realty Corporation

12200 West Olympic Boulevard, Suite 200

Los Angeles, California 90064

Telecopier No.: (310) 481-6580

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

Any notice, direction, request or demand hereunder to or upon the Trustee shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, when received after being given or served by being deposited, postage prepaid, by registered or certified mail in a post office letter box, or sent by overnight courier, or hand delivered, or sent by facsimile transmission addressed as follows:

U.S. Bank National Association

633 West Fifth Street, 24th Floor

Los Angeles, California 90071

Attention: Corporate Trust Services (Kilroy Realty, L.P. 6.625% Senior Notes due 2020)

Facsimile No.: (213) 615-6197

The Trustee, by notice to the Issuer, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

Any notice or communication mailed to a Noteholder shall be mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, at such Noteholder’s address as it appears on the Note Register and shall be sufficiently given to such Noteholder if so mailed within the time prescribed; provided that notices given or communications made to a beneficial holder may be given through the facilities of the Depositary in accordance with the Depositary’s customary procedures.

Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Noteholder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Noteholders. If a notice or communication is mailed or given in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

 

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Section 16.04. Governing Law . This Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees endorsed on the Notes shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

Section 16.05. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent, Certificates to Trustee . Upon any application or demand by the Issuer to the Trustee to take any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with, and, if requested by the Trustee, an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent 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.

Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include: (1) a statement that the person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition; (2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statement or opinion contained in such certificate or opinion is based; (3) a statement that, in the opinion of such person, such person has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable such person to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and (4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such person, such condition or covenant has been complied with; provided, however, that with respect to matters of fact an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officers’ Certificate or certificates of public officials.

Section 16.06. Legal Holidays . In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Stated Maturity or Maturity Date of any Note or any installment of principal or Interest thereon shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or any Note other than a provision in such Note which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu hereof), any payment of Interest and/or principal due on such day may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Stated Maturity or Maturity Date, as the case may be, and no Interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Stated Maturity or Maturity Date, as the case may be, to such next succeeding Business Day.

Section 16.07. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act . If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof which is required or deemed to be included in this Indenture by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, then solely in the event that this Indenture becomes subject to qualification under the Trust Indenture Act or is otherwise qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.

 

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Section 16.08. No Security Interest Created . Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes, expressed or implied, shall be construed to constitute a security interest under the Uniform Commercial Code or similar legislation, as now or hereafter enacted and in effect, in any jurisdiction in which property of the Issuer or its subsidiaries is located.

Section 16.09. Benefits of Indenture . Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes or Guarantees, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Paying Agent, any authenticating agent, any Note Registrar and their successors hereunder and the Holders of Notes any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

Section 16.10. Table of Contents, Headings, etc . The table of contents and the titles and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

Section 16.11. Execution in Counterparts . This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

Section 16.12. Severability . In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, then, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

U.S. Bank National Association hereby accepts the trusts in this Indenture declared and provided, upon the terms and conditions herein above set forth.

[Signature page follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed.

 

KILROY REALTY, L.P.
By:   Kilroy Realty Corporation, as its sole general partner
By:  

/s/ Tyler H. Rose

  Tyler H. Rose
  Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
By:  

/s/ Heidi R. Roth

  Heidi R. Roth
  Senior Vice President and Controller
KILROY REALTY CORPORATION, as Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Tyler H. Rose

 

Tyler H. Rose

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

By:  

/s/ Heidi R. Roth

  Heidi R. Roth
  Senior Vice President and Controller

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

/s/ Paula Oswald

Paula Oswald
Vice President

 

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EXHIBIT A

[Include only for Global Notes -]

[UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (THE “DEPOSITARY,” WHICH TERM INCLUDES ANY SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY FOR THE CERTIFICATES) TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREIN IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITARY), 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.]

[Include only in Restricted Notes -]

[THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY, EXCEPT (A) TO THE ISSUER, KILROY REALTY CORPORATION OR A SUBSIDIARY OF THE ISSUER OR KILROY REALTY CORPORATION; (B) TO A PERSON THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) THAT IS PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER AND TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, ALL IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A (IF AVAILABLE); (C) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH IS EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT; OR (D) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 (IF AVAILABLE) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, AND IN EACH CASE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION. IN ADDITION, WITH RESPECT TO A TRANSFER MADE PURSUANT TO RULE 144 OF THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE), THE TRANSFEROR WILL BE REQUIRED TO DELIVER TO THE ISSUER, THE GUARANTOR AND THE TRUSTEE SUCH CERTIFICATES, LEGAL OPINIONS AND OTHER INFORMATION AS ANY OF THEM MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER BY THE TRANSFEROR COMPLIES WITH RULE 144. THE HOLDER HEREOF IS REQUIRED TO NOTIFY ANY TRANSFEREE OF THIS SECURITY OF THE ABOVE RESALE RESTRICTIONS.]

 

KILROY REALTY, L.P.    CUSIP: 49427RAE2

 

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ISIN: US49427RAE27

6.625% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2020

$[          ]

Kilroy Realty, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (herein called the “ Issuer ,” which term includes any successor under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, the principal sum of [          ] DOLLARS ($[          ]), or such lesser amount as is set forth in the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Note on the other side of this Note, on June 1, 2020 at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for that purpose in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay Interest, semi-annually on June 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing December 1, 2010, on said principal sum at said office or agency, in like coin or currency, at the rate per annum of 6.625%, from the June 1 or December 1, as the case may be, next preceding the date of this Note to which Interest has been paid or duly provided for, unless no Interest has been paid or duly provided for on the Notes, in which case from May 24, 2010, until payment of said principal sum has been made or duly provided for. Principal of and Interest on any Global Note shall be paid in immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee. Payment of the principal of Notes not represented by a Global Note shall be made at the office or agency designated by the Issuer for such purpose. Interest on Notes not represented by a Global Note shall be paid (i) to Holders having an aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000 or less, by check mailed to the Holders of those Notes and (ii) to Holders having an aggregate principal amount of more than $5,000,000, either by check mailed to each Holder or, upon application by a Holder to the Registrar not later than the relevant Record Date, by wire transfer in immediately available funds to that Holder’s account within the United States, which application shall remain in effect until the Holder notifies, in writing, the Registrar to the contrary.

The Issuer promises to pay Interest on overdue principal and (to the extent that payment of such Interest is permitted by applicable law) overdue Interest at the rate borne by the Notes.

Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

This Note shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been signed manually by the Trustee or a duly authorized authenticating agent under the Indenture.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Note to be duly executed.

 

Dated:     KILROY REALTY, L.P.
    By:   Kilroy Realty Corporation, as its sole general partner
    By:  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  
    By:  

 

    Name:  
    Title:  

[Seal]

I, [name], [title] of the General Partner, do hereby certify that [name] is on the date hereof, and has been at all times since [date], the duly elected or appointed, qualified and acting [title] of the General Partner, and that [name] is on the date hereof, and has been at all times since [date], the duly elected or appointed, qualified and acting [title] of the General Partner, and that the signatures set forth above are the genuine signatures of such officers, respectively.

 

 

 

[Name]
[Title]

 

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      TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

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

 

Dated:     U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
    By:  

 

      Authorized Signatory

 

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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]

KILROY REALTY, L.P.

6.625% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2020

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer, designated as its 6.625% Senior Notes due 2020 (herein called the “ Notes ”), issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of May 24, 2010 (as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “ Indenture ”) among the Issuer, the Guarantor and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (herein called the “ Trustee ”), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Holders of the Notes. Terms (whether or not capitalized) that are defined in the Indenture and used but not otherwise defined in this Note shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture.

If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(g) or 6.01(h) of the Indenture) occurs and is continuing, unless the principal of all the Notes shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, by notice in writing to the Issuer and the Guarantor (and to the Trustee if given by Noteholders), may declare the principal amount of and Interest accrued and unpaid on all the Notes to be immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(g) or 6.01(h) of the Indenture occurs and is continuing, then the principal amount of and Interest accrued and unpaid on all the Notes shall be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other action on the part of the Trustee or any Holder of Notes.

The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, to execute supplemental indentures adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes, subject to exceptions set forth in Section 9.01 and Section 9.02 of the Indenture. Subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding may, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes, waive any past default or Event of Default, subject to the exceptions set forth in the Indenture.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note, the Guarantee endorsed on this Note or the Indenture shall impair, as among the Issuer and the Holder of the Notes, the obligation of the Issuer, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and Interest on this Note at the place, at the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency herein and in the Indenture prescribed.

Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

The Notes are issuable in fully registered form, without coupons, in minimum denominations of $1,000 principal amount and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

 

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At the office or agency of the Issuer referred to in the Indenture, and in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without payment of any service charge but with payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration or exchange of Notes, Notes may be presented for exchange for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of any other authorized denominations or for registration of transfer.

The Issuer shall have the right to redeem the Notes, in whole at any time and from time to time in part, at the Redemption Price and on the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture.

The Notes are not subject to redemption through the operation of any sinking fund.

Except as expressly provided in Article 15 of the Indenture, no recourse for the payment of the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3 of the Indenture) or Interest on this Note, or for any claim based hereon or otherwise in respect hereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Issuer or the Guarantor in the Indenture or any supplemental indenture or in this Note, or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, or in the Guarantee, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, partner, member, manager, employee, agent, officer, director or subsidiary, as such, past, present or future, of the Guarantor, the Issuer or any of the Guarantor’s or Issuer’s Subsidiaries or of any successor thereto, either directly or through the Guarantor, the Issuer or any of the Guarantor’s or Issuer’s subsidiaries or of any successor thereto, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that all such liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as consideration for, the execution of the Indenture and the issue of this Note.

[Include only in Restricted Notes -] In addition to the rights provided to Holders of Notes under the Indenture, Holders shall have all the rights set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement referred to in the Indenture.

This Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

 

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ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription of the face of this Note, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations.

 

TEN–COM    as tenants in common   
TEN–ENT    as tenant by the entireties   
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT    Uniform Gifts to Minors Act   
Cust    Custodian   
JT–TEN    as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
     

 

 

      (State)

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

 

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GUARANTEE

Kilroy Realty Corporation, a Maryland Corporation (hereinafter referred to as the “ Guarantor ,” which term includes any successor under the Indenture, referred to below), hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees on a senior basis on the terms set forth in the Indenture the Guarantee Obligations, which include (i) the due and punctual payment of the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 3 of the Indenture) and Interest on the 6.625% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “ Notes ”) of Kilroy Realty, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “ Issuer, ” which term includes any successor thereto under the Indenture), whether at the Maturity Date, upon acceleration, upon redemption or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of Interest on any overdue principal and (to the extent permitted by law) Interest on any overdue Interest on the Notes, and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Issuer, to the Holders of the Notes or the Trustee all in accordance with the terms set forth in Article 15 of the Indenture, and (ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any such other obligations, that the same shall be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at the Maturity Date, by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.

This Guarantee has been issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of May 24, 2010 (as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “ Indenture ”) among the Issuer, the Guarantor and U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee (herein called the “ Trustee ,” which term includes any successor thereto under the Indenture). Terms (whether or not capitalized) that are defined in the Indenture and used but not otherwise defined in this Guarantee shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture.

The obligations of the Guarantor to the Holders of the Notes and to the Trustee pursuant to this Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article 15 of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to such Indenture for the precise terms of this Guarantee.

The Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of merger or bankruptcy of the Issuer, any right to require a proceeding first against the Issuer, the benefit of discussion, protest or notice with respect to the Notes and all demands whatsoever.

No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder (direct or indirect) of the Guarantor (or any such successor entity) as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Guarantor under this Guarantee or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation.

This is a continuing Guarantee and shall remain in full force and effect and shall be binding upon the Guarantor and its successors and assigns until full and final payment of all of the Issuer’s obligations under the Notes and Indenture or until legally discharged in accordance with the Indenture and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder of the Notes or the Trustee, the rights and privileges herein conferred upon that party shall

 

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automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions hereof. This is a Guarantee of payment and performance and not of collection.

This Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication on the Note upon which this Guarantee is endorsed shall have been executed by the Trustee or a duly authorized authenticating agent under the Indenture by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers.

The obligations of the Guarantor under this Guarantee shall be limited as provided in Article 15 of the Indenture to the extent necessary to ensure that it does not constitute a fraudulent conveyance under applicable law.

THE TERMS OF ARTICLE 15 OF THE INDENTURE ARE INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE.

The Guarantee shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

Dated:       KILROY REALTY CORPORATION, as Guarantor
      By:  

 

      Name:  
      Title:  
      By:  

 

      Name:  
      Title:  

[Seal]

 

I, [name], [title] of the Guarantor, do hereby certify that [name] is on the date hereof, and has been at all times since [date], the duly elected or appointed, qualified and acting [title] of the Guarantor, and that [name] is on the date hereof, and has been at all times since [date], the duly elected or appointed, qualified and acting [title] of the Guarantor, and that the signatures set forth above are the genuine signatures of such officers, respectively.

 

     

 

      [Name]
      [Title]

 

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ASSIGNMENT

For value received                      hereby sell(s) assign(s) and transfer(s) unto                              (Please insert social security or other Taxpayer Identification Number of assignee) the within Note, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints                              attorney to transfer said Note on the books of the Issuer, with full power of substitution in the premises.

[Include only in Restricted Notes—] In connection with any transfer of the Note, the undersigned confirms that such Note is being transferred:

 

  ¨ To Kilroy Realty, L.P., Kilroy Realty Corporation or a subsidiary of Kilroy Realty, L.P. or Kilroy Realty Corporation.

 

  ¨ To a person the undersigned reasonably believes is a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)) that is purchasing for its own account or for the account of another qualified institutional buyer and to whom notice is given that the transfer is being made in reliance on Rule 144A, all in compliance with Rule 144A (if available).

 

  ¨ Pursuant to a registration statement which is effective under the Securities Act.

 

  ¨ Pursuant to the exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided by Rule 144 (if available) under the Securities Act.

[Include only in Restricted Notes—] Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate in the name of any person other than the registered holder thereof.

[Include only in Restricted Notes – ] The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that this Assignment and the statements contained herein are made for the benefit of and may be relied upon by Kilroy Realty, L.P. and Kilroy Realty Corporation and their successors and assigns.

 

Dated:  

 

    
      

 

      

 

       Signature(s)
       Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an “ eligible guarantor institution ” meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“ STAMP ”) or such other “ signature guarantee program ” as may

 

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       be determined by the Note Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
      

 

 

       Signature Guarantee

NOTICE: The signature on this Assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Note in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

 

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[Include Schedule only for a Global Note]

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN NOTE

The initial principal amount of this Global Note is [          ] DOLLARS ($[          ]). The following increases or decreases in part of this Note have been made:

 

Date

 

Amount of
Increase in
Principal
Amount of
this Note

 

Amount of
Decrease in
Principal
Amount of
this Note

 

Principal
Amount of this
Note following
such Increase or
Decrease

 

Signature of Authorized
Officer or Trustee

       
       
       
       

 

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Exhibit 10.1

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated May 24, 2010 (the “ Agreement ”), is entered into by and among Kilroy Realty, L.P., a Delaware limited Partnership (the “ Issuer ”), Kilroy Realty Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the “ Guarantor ”) and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC and Barclays Capital Inc., as representatives (in such capacity, the “ Representatives ”) of the several initial purchasers listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the “ Initial Purchasers ”).

The Issuer, the Guarantor and the Initial Purchasers are parties to the Purchase Agreement, dated May 17, 2010 (the “ Purchase Agreement ”), which provides for the sale by the Issuer to the Initial Purchasers of $250,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 6.625% Senior Notes due 2020 of the Issuer (the “ Notes ”), which will be guaranteed by the Guarantor (such guarantees, together with the Notes, are hereinafter collectively called the “ Securities ”). As an inducement to the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Issuer and the Guarantor have agreed to provide to the Initial Purchasers and their direct and indirect transferees the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the closing under the Purchase Agreement.

In consideration of the foregoing, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Definitions . As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Additional Interest ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(e) hereof.

Agreement ” means the “Agreement” referred to in the preamble, as the same may be amended or supplemented in accordance with its terms.

Business Day ” shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law or executive order to remain closed.

Closing Date ” shall mean the date hereof.

Entitled Securities ” shall mean each Security until the earliest to occur of: (i) the date on which such Security has been exchanged by a Person other than a broker-dealer for an Exchange Security in the Exchange Offer (unless the owner of such Exchange Security notifies the Issuer prior to the 30 th day following consummation of the Exchange Offer that it is not an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144) of the Guarantor or the Issuer and such Exchange Security is not freely tradable by it under the Securities Act); (ii) following the exchange by a broker-dealer in the Exchange Offer of a Security for an Exchange Security, the date on which such Exchange Security is sold or otherwise transferred to a person (other than a broker-dealer) who receives from such broker-dealer on or prior to the date of such sale a copy of the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement; (iii) the date on which such Security has been registered under the Securities Act and disposed of in accordance with an effective Shelf Registration Statement; or (iv) the date on which such Security is actually sold or otherwise transferred pursuant to Rule 144 (if available) under the Securities Act; provided that a Security


will not cease to be an Entitled Security for purposes of the Exchange Offer by virtue of this clause (iv). Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, (a) in any case where a broker-dealer receives an Exchange Security in the Exchange Offer or the owner of an Exchange Security gives the Issuer a notice contemplated by the provisions appearing in parentheses in clause (i) of the preceding sentence, such Exchange Security shall be considered an Entitled Security until such time as it ceases to be an Entitled Security pursuant to clause (ii), (iii) or (iv) of the preceding sentence; and (b) each Security purchased from the Issuer by any Initial Purchaser pursuant to the Purchase Agreement shall be deemed, so long as it is held by such Initial Purchaser or any other Initial Purchaser, to be an Entitled Security until such time as it ceases to be an Entitled Security pursuant to clause (ii), (iii) or (iv) of the preceding sentence.

Exchange Act ” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

Exchange Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof.

Exchange Effectiveness Period ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(b) hereof.

Exchange Offer ” shall mean the exchange offer by the Issuer and the Guarantor of Exchange Securities for Entitled Securities pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.

Exchange Offer Registration ” shall mean a registration under the Securities Act effected pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.

Exchange Offer Registration Statement ” shall mean an exchange offer registration statement on Form S-4 (or, if applicable, on another appropriate form) registering the Exchange Securities and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein or deemed a part thereof, all exhibits thereto and any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein.

Exchange Securities ” shall mean notes issued by the Issuer and guarantees thereof by the Guarantor under the Indenture containing terms identical to the Securities (except that the Exchange Securities (other than any Exchange Securities which are Entitled Securities) will not be subject to restrictions on transfer or to any increase in annual interest rate for failure to comply with this Agreement) and to be offered to Holders of Securities in exchange for Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer.

FINRA ” shall mean the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

Free Writing Prospectus ” shall mean a free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act or any successor to such rule.

General Partner ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).

Guarantees ” shall mean the guarantees of the Securities and the Exchange Securities by the Guarantor pursuant to the Indenture and endorsed on the Securities and the Exchange Securities.

 

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Guarantor ” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble and shall also include any successor entity pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

Holder ” shall mean each Initial Purchaser, for so long as it owns any Entitled Securities, and each of the Initial Purchasers’ respective successors, assigns and direct and indirect transferees who become owners of Entitled Securities under the Indenture; provided, however, that a Participating Broker-Dealer that holds Exchange Securities shall be deemed a Holder only so long as it is required to deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities.

Indenture ” shall mean the indenture relating to the Securities, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Issuer, the Guarantor and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, and as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

Initial Purchasers ” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Inspector ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a)(xiii) hereof.

Issuer ” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble and shall also include any successor entity pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

Issuer Free Writing Prospectus ” shall mean an issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act or any successor to such rule.

Notifying Broker-Dealer ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof.

Participating Broker-Dealers ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof.

Permitted Free Writing Prospectus ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(k) hereof.

Person ” shall mean an individual, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, corporation, trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision thereof.

Prospectus ” shall mean the prospectus included in, or, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities Act, deemed a part of, a Registration Statement, including any preliminary prospectus or prospectus, and any such preliminary prospectus or prospectus as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, including a prospectus supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Entitled Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement, and by all other amendments and supplements to any such preliminary prospectus or prospectus, and in each case including any document incorporated by reference therein.

Purchase Agreement ” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Registration Expenses ” shall mean any and all expenses incident to performance of or compliance by the Issuer and the Guarantor with this Agreement, including without limitation:

 

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(i) all SEC, stock exchange or FINRA registration and filing fees, (ii) all fees and expenses incurred in connection with compliance with state securities or blue sky laws and any filing with and review by FINRA (including reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of one firm of counsel for any Underwriters or Holders in connection with blue sky qualification of any Exchange Securities or Entitled Securities and any filing with and review by FINRA), (iii) all expenses of any Persons in preparing or assisting in preparing, word processing, printing and distributing any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, any underwriting agreements, securities sales agreements or other similar agreements, certificates representing the Securities and the Exchange Securities and any other documents relating to the performance of and compliance with this Agreement, (iv) all rating agency fees, (v) all fees and disbursements relating to the qualification of the Indenture under applicable securities laws, (vi) the reasonable fees and disbursements of the Trustee and its counsel and any custodian or escrow agent for the Exchange Offer and their respective counsel, (vii) the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Issuer and the Guarantor and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of one counsel for the Holders (which counsel shall initially be counsel for the Initial Purchasers, subject to replacement upon action by a majority of the Holders), (viii) in the case of an Underwritten Offering, any fees and disbursements of underwriters customarily paid by issuers of securities in Underwritten Offerings and (ix) the fees and disbursements of the independent public accountants of the Issuer and the Guarantor and of any other Person, assets or business whose financial statements are included or incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in a Registration Statement, including the expenses of any special audits or “comfort” letters required by or incident to the performance of and compliance with this Agreement, but excluding fees and expenses of counsel to the Underwriters (other than fees and expenses set forth in clause (ii) above) or the Holders (other than fees and expenses set forth in clause (vii)) and underwriting discounts and commissions, brokerage commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of Entitled Securities by a Holder.

Registration Default ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2(e) hereof.

Registration Statement ” shall mean any registration statement (including, without limitation, the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any Shelf Registration Statement) of the Issuer and the Guarantor that covers any of the Exchange Securities or Entitled Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and all amendments and supplements to any such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein or deemed a part thereof, all exhibits thereto and any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein.

Rule 144 ” means Rule 144 under the Securities Act, and any successor to such rule.

SEC ” shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any successor or successors thereto.

Securities ” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Securities Act ” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and any successor thereto.

 

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Shelf Effectiveness Period ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof.

Shelf Registration ” shall mean a registration effected pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof.

Shelf Registration Statement ” shall mean a “shelf” registration statement of the Issuer and the Guarantor filed under the Securities Act providing for the registration on both a continuous and delayed basis of the Entitled Securities pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, or any similar rule that may be adopted by the SEC, and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein or deemed a part thereof, all exhibits thereto and any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein; provided that such “shelf” registration statement may be an amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement.

Shelf Request ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof.

Staff ” shall mean the staff of the SEC.

Suspension Notice ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 3(d) hereof.

Target Registration Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(e) hereof.

Trust Indenture Act ” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended from time to time.

Trustee ” shall mean the trustee with respect to the Securities under the Indenture.

Underwriter ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(f) hereof.

Underwritten Offering ” shall mean an offering in which Entitled Securities are sold to an Underwriter for reoffering to the public.

2. Registration Under the Securities Act . (a) The Issuer and the Guarantor shall (i) cause to be filed on or prior to 180 days following the date hereof an Exchange Offer Registration Statement with the SEC covering an offer to the Holders to exchange all the Entitled Securities for a like aggregate principal amount of Exchange Securities, (ii) use all commercially reasonable efforts to have the Exchange Offer Registration Statement declared effective by the SEC on or prior to 270 days following the date hereof and (iii) unless the Exchange Offer would not be permitted by applicable law or SEC policy or applicable interpretations of the Staff, (1) commence the Exchange Offer promptly after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC and keep the Exchange Offer open for at least 20 Business Days (or longer, if required by applicable securities laws) after the date notice of the Exchange Offer is sent to Holders and (2) use all commercially reasonable efforts to issue, on or prior to 30 Business Days (or longer, if required by applicable securities laws) after the date on which the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC, Exchange Securities in exchange for a like aggregate principal amount of all Entitled Securities tendered and not withdrawn prior thereto in the Exchange Offer.

 

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The Issuer and the Guarantor shall commence the Exchange Offer by providing the related Prospectus, appropriate letters of transmittal and other accompanying documents to The Depository Trust Company and by mailing such documents to any Holder of certificated Securities.

As a condition to participating in the Exchange Offer, a Holder will be required to represent to the Issuer and the Guarantor that (i) any Exchange Securities to be received by it will be acquired in the ordinary course of its business, (ii) it has no arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in the distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the Securities or Exchange Securities in violation of the provisions of the Securities Act, (iii) it is not an “affiliate” (within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of the Issuer or the Guarantor, (iv) it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, the distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the Exchange Securities, (v) if such Holder is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Securities in exchange for Entitled Securities that were acquired for its own account as a result of market-making or other trading activities, such Holder acknowledges that it will deliver a Prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act (or, to the extent permitted by law, otherwise make available a Prospectus to purchasers, including, without limitation, pursuant to Rule 172 under the Securities Act) in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities, and (vi) such Holder is not acting on behalf of any Person who could not truthfully make the foregoing representations.

As soon as practicable after the last Exchange Date, the Issuer and the Guarantor shall:

 

  (i) accept for exchange all Entitled Securities or portions thereof validly tendered and not properly withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the terms of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and the related letter of transmittal; and

 

  (ii) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for cancellation all Entitled Securities or portions thereof so accepted for exchange by the Issuer and the Guarantor and issue, and use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Trustee to promptly authenticate and deliver to each applicable Holder, Exchange Securities equal in principal amount to the principal amount of the Entitled Securities so accepted for exchange.

The Issuer and the Guarantor shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to complete the Exchange Offer as provided above and shall comply with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and other applicable laws and regulations in connection with the Exchange Offer.

The Exchange Offer shall not be subject to any conditions, other than that the Exchange Offer does not violate any applicable law or applicable SEC policy.

(b) In the event that (i) the Issuer and the Guarantor (1) do not cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become effective on or prior to 270 days after the Closing Date or do not consummate the Exchange Offer within 30 Business Days after the date the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective (the 30th Business Day after such effective

 

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date is hereinafter called the “ Exchange Date ”); or (2) are not permitted to consummate the Exchange Offer because the Exchange Offer is not permitted by applicable law or SEC policy or applicable interpretations of the Staff; or (ii) any Holder of Entitled Securities notifies the Issuer (a “ Shelf Request ”) prior to the 30th day following consummation of the Exchange Offer that: (a) it is prohibited by applicable law or SEC policy or applicable interpretations of the Staff, or because of its inability to make certain required representations, from participating in the Exchange Offer; (b) it may not resell the Exchange Securities acquired by it in the Exchange Offer to the public without delivering a prospectus and the prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not appropriate or available for such resales; (c) it is not an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144) of the Guarantor or the Issuer and the Exchange Securities are otherwise not freely tradable by it under the Securities Act; or (d) it is a broker-dealer and owns Securities acquired directly from the Issuer or an affiliate of the Issuer, then the Issuer and the Guarantor shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC, on or prior to 60 days after such filing obligation arises, a Shelf Registration Statement on the appropriate form providing for the sale to the public of all the Entitled Securities by the Holders thereof from time to time in accordance with the methods of distribution selected by the Holders of such Entitled Securities and to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective by the SEC on or prior to 120 days after such filing obligation arises.

In the event that the Issuer and the Guarantor are requested to file a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to clause (ii) of the preceding paragraph prior to the consummation of the Exchange Offer, the Issuer and the Guarantor shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to file and have become effective both an Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) with respect to all Entitled Securities and a Shelf Registration Statement (which may be a combined Registration Statement with the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) with respect to offers and sales of Entitled Securities pursuant to such clause (ii) of the preceding paragraph.

The Issuer and the Guarantor agree to use all commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective and the related Prospectus current (subject to the right of the Issuer to suspend sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement from time to time pursuant to Sections 3(d) and 3(e)) for a period of one year after the last date on which any Entitled Securities were originally issued, as such period may be extended under Section 3(g) (or a shorter period that will terminate when there are no longer any Entitled Securities outstanding) (the “ Shelf Effectiveness Period ”). The Issuer and the Guarantor further agree to supplement or amend the Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus if required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used by the Issuer for such Shelf Registration Statement or by the Securities Act or by any other rules and regulations thereunder or if reasonably requested by a Holder of Entitled Securities with respect to information relating to such Holder, and to use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause any such amendment to become effective, if required, and such Shelf Registration Statement and Prospectus to become usable as soon as thereafter practicable.

(c) The Issuer and the Guarantor shall pay all Registration Expenses in connection with any registration pursuant to Section 2(a) or Section 2(b) hereof. Each Holder shall pay all underwriting discounts and commissions, brokerage commissions and transfer taxes, if any,

 

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relating to the sale or disposition by such Holder of its Entitled Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement.

(d) An Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof will not be deemed to have become effective unless it has been declared effective by the SEC. A Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof will not be deemed to have become effective unless it has been declared effective by the SEC or is automatically effective upon filing with the SEC as provided by Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act.

(e) In the event that (i) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement, if required hereby, is not filed on or before the date specified in Section 2(a) or Section 2(b), respectively, (ii) any of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement, if required hereby, is not declared effective by the SEC on or prior to the date specified in Section 2(a) or Section 2(b), respectively (each, a “ Target Registration Date ”), (iii) the Exchange Offer is not consummated within 30 Business Days after the date on which the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC, or (iv) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement, if required hereby, is declared effective but thereafter either ceases to be effective or the Prospectus contained therein ceases to be usable in connection with the resale of Entitled Securities (other than as a result of the Issuer’s right to suspend the use of such Registration Statement for the period of time and under the circumstances set forth in Sections 3(d) and 3(e)) at any time, in the case of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, prior to the later of the consummation of the Exchange Offer and, if applicable, the end of the Exchange Effectiveness Period, or, in the case of the Shelf Registration Statement, at any time during the Shelf Effectiveness Period (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (iv) above, a “ Registration Default ”), then, (I) the interest rate on the Entitled Securities will be increased from and including the date on which any such Registration Default shall occur, to but excluding the date on which all Registration Defaults have been cured or cease to exist, by 0.25% per annum for the first 90-day period beginning on an including the date of occurrence of such Registration Default and (II) if all Registration Defaults are not cured or do not cease to exist prior to the end of such 90-day period, then from and including the first day after such 90-day period, the interest rate on the Entitled Securities will be increased by an additional 0.25% per annum (in each case, “ Additional Interest ”) (provided that the rate at which Additional Interest shall accrue shall in no event exceed 0.50% per annum). Additional Interest will accrue and will be payable to but excluding the date on which all Registration Defaults have been cured or cease to exist. Additional Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months and will be paid to the Holders of the Entitled Securities in the same manner and times as interest is otherwise payable on the Entitled Securities. From and including the date on which all Registration Defaults have been cured or otherwise cease to exist, Additional Interest will cease to accrue unless and until a subsequent Registration Default occurs, in which case, Additional Interest shall again commence accruing pursuant to the foregoing provisions. A Holder of the Entitled Securities shall not be entitled to the Additional Interest with respect to a Registration Default that pertains to the Shelf Registration Statement unless (i) such Holder has provided the Issuer with the information required by Section 3(b) of this Agreement in order to have such Holder’s Entitled Securities included in the Shelf Registration Statement or (ii) such Holder’s Entitled Securities are included in the Shelf Registration Statement. The Issuer agrees to pay such

 

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Addition Interest as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Indenture.

If any Additional Interest shall be accrued and unpaid on any Entitled Security at the time that it ceases to be an Entitled Security, the Issuer shall nonetheless remain obligated to pay all such accrued and unpaid Additional Interest in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Indenture.

(f) Without limiting the remedies available to the Holders, the Issuer and the Guarantor acknowledge that any failure by the Issuer or the Guarantor to comply with their obligations under Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof may result in material irreparable injury to the Holders for which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to measure damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event of any such failure, any Holder may obtain such relief as may be required to specifically enforce the Issuer’s and the Guarantor’s obligations under Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof.

3. Registration Procedures .

(a) In connection with their obligations pursuant to Section 2(a), Section 2(b) and, to the extent applicable, Section 4 hereof, the Issuer and the Guarantor shall:

 

  (i) prepare and file with the SEC within the time period specified in Section 2(a) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and, if applicable, use all commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the SEC within the time period specified in Section 2(b) the Shelf Registration Statement, in each case on the appropriate form under the Securities Act, which form (x) shall be selected by the Issuer and the Guarantor, (y) shall, in the case of a Shelf Registration, be available for the sale of the Entitled Securities by the Holders thereof from time to time and (z) shall comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the applicable form and include or incorporate by reference all financial statements required by the SEC to be filed therewith; and use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective and the Prospectus included therein to be useable for the applicable period in accordance with Section 2 hereof and, if applicable, Section 4;

 

  (ii)

use all commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to each Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective and the Prospectus included therein useable for the applicable period in accordance with Section 2 and, if applicable, Section 4 hereof and cause each Prospectus to be supplemented by any required prospectus supplement and cause each Prospectus and any supplement thereto to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act; and keep each Prospectus current during the period described in Section 4(3) of and Rule 174 under the Securities Act that is applicable to transactions by brokers or dealers with respect to the Entitled Securities or Exchange Securities and during the period specified in Section 2 and, if applicable, Section 4 hereof; and in the event that an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall be used, to cause

 

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  such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder and to file the same pursuant to Rule 433 under the Securities Act (if such filing is required);

 

  (iii) in the case of a Shelf Registration, use all commercially reasonable efforts to furnish to each Holder of Entitled Securities, to counsel for the Initial Purchasers, to counsel for such Holders and to each Underwriter of an Underwritten Offering of Entitled Securities, if any, without charge, as many copies of each Prospectus, preliminary prospectus and related Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, as such Holder, counsel or Underwriters may reasonably request in order to facilitate the sale or other disposition of the Entitled Securities thereunder; and the Issuer and the Guarantor consent to the use of such Prospectus, preliminary prospectus, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto in accordance with applicable law by each of the Holders of Entitled Securities and any such Underwriters in connection with the offering and sale of the Entitled Securities covered by and in the manner described in such Prospectus, preliminary prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto in accordance with applicable law; and, in the case of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, use all commercially reasonable efforts to furnish to each applicable Participating Broker-Dealer, without charge, as many copies of each Prospectus and any related Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Participating Broker-Dealer may reasonably request in order to facilitate the sale or other disposition of the Entitled Securities and the Issuer and the Guarantor consent to the use of such Prospectus, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto in accordance with applicable law by each such Participating Broker-Dealer in connection with the offering and sale of Entitled Securities covered by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement;

 

  (iv) use all commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify the Entitled Securities under all applicable state securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions as any Holder of Entitled Securities covered by a Registration Statement shall reasonably request; cooperate with such Holders in connection with any filings required to be made with FINRA; and do any and all other acts and things that may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable each Holder to complete the disposition in each such jurisdiction of the Entitled Securities owned by such Holder; provided that neither the Issuer nor the Guarantor shall be required to (1) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (2) file any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (3) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not so subject;

 

  (v)

notify counsel for the Initial Purchasers and, in the case of a Shelf Registration, notify each Holder of Entitled Securities and counsel for such Holders promptly (or, in the case of an event or condition described in clause (3), (4), (5) or (6) of this paragraph, as promptly as practicable) and, if requested by any such Holder

 

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  or counsel, confirm such advice in writing (1) when a Registration Statement has become effective, when any post-effective amendment thereto has been filed and becomes effective and when any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus has been filed and when any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus has been filed or, if not required to be filed, issued, (2) of any request by the SEC or any state securities authority for amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement or Prospectus and any related Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or for additional information after the Registration Statement has become effective, (3) of the issuance by the SEC or any state securities authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, including the receipt by the Issuer of any notice of objection of the SEC to the use of a Shelf Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act, (4) if, between the applicable effective date of a Shelf Registration Statement and the closing of any sale of Entitled Securities covered thereby, the representations and warranties of the Issuer or the Guarantor contained in any underwriting agreement, securities sales agreement or other similar agreement, if any, relating to an offering of such Entitled Securities cease to be true and correct in all material respects, (5) if the Issuer or the Guarantor receives any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Entitled Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose, (6) of the happening of any event or the discovery of any facts during the period that the applicable Registration Statement is required to be effective or the related Prospectus is required to be useable in connection with the resale of Entitled Securities which makes any statement made in the applicable Registration Statement, any related preliminary prospectus, the related Prospectus and any related Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto untrue in any material respect or which constitutes an omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (provided, however, that no notification by the Issuer and the Guarantor shall be required pursuant to this clause (6) in the event that the Issuer and the Guarantor (x) as promptly as practicable file an amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement, Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or a Form 8-K or other appropriate Exchange Act report that is incorporated by reference into such Registration Statement and the related Prospectus, which, in either case, contains the requisite information with respect to such event or facts that results in such Registration Statement, Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, no longer containing any untrue statement of material fact or omitting to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and (y) provide a copy thereof to each Holder of Entitled Securities covered by the applicable Registration Statement) and (7) of any determination by the Issuer or the Guarantor that a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus would be appropriate. Without limitation to the other applicable provisions to this Agreement, the Company and the Guarantor agree that this Section 3(a)(v) shall also be applicable, mutatis

 

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  mutandis , with respect to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and the Prospectus included therein and any related Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to the extent that any such Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is being used by Participating Broker-Dealers in connection with resales of Exchange Securities as contemplated by Section 4 hereof;

 

  (vi) use all commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or, in the case of a Shelf Registration, the resolution of any objection of the SEC pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2), or of the suspension of the qualification of the Entitled Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, including by filing an amendment to such Registration Statement on the proper form, at the earliest possible moment and provide prompt notice to each Holder of the withdrawal of any such order or suspension or such resolution;

 

  (vii) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each selling Holder of Entitled Securities named in such Shelf Registration Statement, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto (without any documents incorporated therein by reference or exhibits thereto, unless requested);

 

  (viii) in the case of a Shelf Registration, cooperate with the Holders of Entitled Securities to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Entitled Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends and enable such Entitled Securities to be issued in such denominations and registered in such names (consistent with the provisions of the Indenture) as such Holders may reasonably request at least two Business Day prior to the closing of any sale of Entitled Securities;

 

  (ix)

in the case of a Shelf Registration, upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(a)(v)(6) hereof, use all commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the SEC, as promptly as practicable, a supplement or post-effective amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement or any related Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered (or, to the extent permitted by law, made available) to purchasers of the Entitled Securities, such Registration Statement, Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, will cease to have the identified deficiencies and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and the Issuer and the Guarantor shall notify the Holders of Entitled Securities to suspend use of such Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as promptly as practicable after the occurrence of such an event or any event of the kind described in Section 3(a)(v)(3). Without limitation to any other provisions to this Agreement, the Company and the Guarantor agree that this Section 3(a)(ix) shall also be applicable, mutatis mutandis , with respect to the Exchange Offer Registration

 

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  Statement and the related Prospectus and any related Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to the extent such Prospectus is being used by Participating Broker-Dealers in connection with resales of Exchange Securities as contemplated by Section 4 hereof;

 

  (x) a reasonable time prior to the filing of any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any related Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any amendment to a Registration Statement or amendment or supplement to a Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, provide copies of such document to the Initial Purchasers and their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, to the Holders of Entitled Securities and their counsel and, in the case of an Underwritten Offering, the representatives of the Underwriters and their counsel), make such changes in any such document prior to the filing or use thereof, as the case may be, as the Initial Purchasers or their counsel (or, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders of the Entitled Securities or their counsel or, in the case of an Underwritten Offering, the representatives of the Underwriters or their counsel) may reasonably request, and make such representatives of the Issuer and the Guarantor as shall be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders of Entitled Securities or their counsel and, in the case of an Underwritten Offering, the representatives of the Underwriters or their counsel) available for discussion of such document; and the Issuer and the Guarantor shall not, at any time after initial filing of a Registration Statement, use or file any Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment of or supplement to a Registration Statement or a Prospectus, of which the Initial Purchasers and their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders of Entitled Securities and their counsel and, in the case of an Underwritten Offering, the representatives of the Underwriters and their counsel) shall not have previously been advised and furnished a copy or to which the Initial Purchasers or their counsel (or, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders of Entitled Securities or their counsel or, in the case of an Underwritten Offering, the representatives of the Underwriters or their counsel) shall reasonably object within a reasonable period of time after the receipt thereof (which period of time may be specified by the Issuer in light of the circumstances);

 

  (xi) obtain a CUSIP number for all Exchange Securities or Entitled Securities, as the case may be, not later than the initial effective date of a Registration Statement and provide the Trustee with certificates for Exchange Securities and Entitled Securities, as the case may be, as and when required pursuant to this Agreement;

 

  (xii)

cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act in connection with the registration of the Exchange Securities or Entitled Securities, as the case may be; cooperate with the Trustee and the Holders to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be required for the Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the Trust Indenture Act; and execute, and use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents as may be

 

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  required to effect such changes and all other forms and documents required to be filed with the SEC to enable the Indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner;

 

  (xiii) in the case of a Shelf Registration, make available for inspection by a representative of the Holders of the Entitled Securities (an “ Inspector ”), any Underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement, any attorneys and accountants designated by a majority of the Holders of Entitled Securities to be included in such Shelf Registration and any attorneys and accountants designated by such Underwriter, at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner, all pertinent financial and other records, documents and properties of the Issuer and the Guarantor and their respective subsidiaries, and cause the respective officers, directors and employees of the Issuer and the Guarantor to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Inspector, Underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with a Shelf Registration Statement; provided that if any such information is identified by the Issuer or the Guarantor as being confidential or proprietary, each Person receiving such information shall take such actions as are reasonably necessary to protect the confidentiality of such information to the extent such action is otherwise not inconsistent with, an impairment of or in derogation of the rights and interests of any Inspector, Holder or Underwriter; provided, however , that without limitation to the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement shall prevent any Inspector, Holder or Underwriter or any of their respective attorneys or accountants from disclosing any confidential or proprietary information in connection with asserting any rights or defenses available under applicable law, or in connection with any legal, regulatory or administrative proceedings, arbitration or mediation (including, without limitation, due diligence defenses) or from disclosing any such information upon the order, request or demand of any court, arbitrator, mediator, governmental or regulatory authority or official of competent jurisdiction, FINRA, any stock exchange or similar authority, provided that, in the event of any such order, request or demand, such Inspector, Holder, Underwriter, attorney or accountant shall have notified the Company and the Guarantor of such proposed disclosure, to the extent permissible under applicable law or regulation or such order, request or demand, so that the Company or the Guarantor may seek an appropriate protective order;

 

  (xiv) if reasonably requested by any Holder of Entitled Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement, promptly include in an amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or post-effective amendment such information with respect to such Holder as such Holder reasonably requests to be included therein and make all required filings of such amended or supplemented Prospectus or such post-effective amendment as soon as reasonably practicable after the Issuer has received notification of the matters to be so included in such filing;

 

  (xv)

in the case of a Shelf Registration, enter into such customary agreements and take all such other actions reasonably required in connection therewith (including those requested by a majority of the Holders of the applicable Entitled Securities) in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Entitled Securities

 

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  including, but not limited to, an Underwritten Offering and in such connection, (1) to the extent possible, make such representations and warranties to the Holders and any Underwriters of such Entitled Securities with respect to the business of the Issuer and the Guarantor and their respective subsidiaries and the Registration Statement, preliminary prospectus, Prospectus, any related Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and all documents incorporated by reference or deemed incorporated by reference and any so-called “disclosure package”, if any, in each case, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in underwritten offerings and confirm the same if and when requested, (2) obtain opinions and negative assurance letters of counsel to the Issuer and the Guarantor (which counsel and opinions and letters, in form, scope and substance, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the majority of the Holders and such Underwriters and their respective counsel) addressed to each selling Holder and Underwriter of Entitled Securities, covering the matters customarily covered in opinions and negative assurance letters requested in underwritten offerings, (3) obtain “comfort” letters from the independent certified public accountants of the Issuer and the Guarantor (and, if necessary, any other certified public accountant of any subsidiary of the Issuer or the Guarantor, or of any business or assets acquired or to be acquired by the Issuer or the Guarantor or any of their respective subsidiaries for which financial statements and financial data are or are required to be included in the Registration Statement) addressed to each selling Holder (to the extent permitted by applicable professional standards) and Underwriter of Entitled Securities, such letters to be in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in “comfort” letters in connection with underwritten offerings, including but not limited to financial information contained and incorporated by reference in any preliminary prospectus, Prospectus, Registration Statement, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto and (4) deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Entitled Securities being sold to the Underwriters, and which are customarily delivered in underwritten offerings, to evidence the continued validity of the representations and warranties of the Issuer and the Guarantor made pursuant to clause (1) above and to evidence compliance with any customary conditions contained in an underwriting agreement;

 

  (xvi) in the case of an Underwritten Offering pursuant to a Shelf Registration, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Entitled Securities to be sold in such offering to be rated by appropriate rating agencies or to have appropriate rating agencies confirm their existing ratings with respect to the Entitled Securities; and

 

  (xvii)

if Additional Interest shall begin to accrue, or if the rate at which Additional Interest is accruing shall increase, or if Additional Interest shall cease to accrue, the Issuer shall notify the Initial Purchasers and the Holders as promptly as practicable (but in no event shall such notice be sent later than the next Business Day following the day on which such Additional Interest begins to accrue or the date of such increase or cessation, as the case may be, which notice shall state, as applicable, the date on which Additional Interest shall begin to accrue, the rate at

 

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  which such Additional Interest will accrue, that the Company will notify the Holders in the event that additional interest ceases to accrue, the amount of any such increase and the interest rate that will be in effect after giving effect to any such increase, and, in the event that Additional Interest shall cease to accrue, the effective date of such cessation and the interest rate that will be in effect after giving effect to such cessation, as the case may be.

(b) No Holder of Entitled Securities may include any of its Entitled Securities in any Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement unless and until such Holder furnishes to the Issuer in writing, within 20 Business Days after receipt of a request therefor, such information regarding such Holder and the proposed distribution by such Holder of its Entitled Securities as the Issuer may reasonably request for use in connection with any Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or preliminary prospectus included therein. Each Holder who has registered Entitled Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement agrees that, until such time as such Entitled Securities have been sold pursuant to such Registration Statement or have been withdrawn from such Registration Statement, it will furnish promptly to the Issuer all information as may be necessary so that the information previously provided by such Holder for inclusion in such Shelf Registration Statement does not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or that is otherwise reasonably requested by the Issuer.

(c) In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, each Holder of Entitled Securities covered in such Shelf Registration Statement agrees and, in the event that any Participating Broker-Dealer is using the Prospectus included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in connection with the sale of Exchange Securities pursuant to Section 4, each such Participating Broker-Dealer agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Issuer and the Guarantor of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(a)(v)(3) or 3(a)(v)(6) hereof, such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Entitled Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement or such Participating Broker-Dealer shall forthwith continue disposition of the Entitled Securities pursuant to such Prospectus, as the case may be, until receipt by such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, of (I) in the case of a suspension due to an event described in Section 3(a)(v)(6), copies of an amended or supplemented Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as contemplated by Section 3(a)(ix) hereof or written notice from the Issuer and the Guarantor that no such that such amendment or supplement is required and that sales of Entitled Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement or such Prospectus, as the case may be, may be resumed using the then existing Prospectus and any related Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses or (II) in the case of a suspension due to an event described in Section 3(a)(v)(3), written notice from the Issuer and the Guarantor that sales of Entitled Securities may be resumed (and the Issuer and the Guarantor agree to give such notice as promptly as practicable after the event or condition described in Section 3(a)(v)(3) or 3(a)(v)(6) has ceased to exist); provided that nothing in this paragraph shall prevent the occurrence of a Registration Default or the accrual of Additional Interest. If so directed by the Issuer and the Guarantor, such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, will deliver to the Issuer and the Guarantor all copies in its possession, other than permanent file copies then in its possession, of the Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses covering such Entitled Securities that are current at the time of receipt of such notice.

 

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(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary but subject to the limitation set forth in Section 3(e) below, at any time after the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement or, if the Prospectus included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is being used by any Participating Broker-Dealers in connection with resales of Exchange Securities as contemplated by Section 4, at any time subsequent to consummation of the Exchange Offer, each of the Issuer and the Guarantor shall be entitled to suspend its obligation to file any amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement or the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as the case may be, furnish any supplement or amendment to a Prospectus included in the Shelf Registration Statement or the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as the case may be, make any other filing with the SEC in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement or the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as the case may be, cause the Shelf Registration Statement or the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as the case may be, or other filing with the Commission to remain effective or take any similar action (collectively, “ Registration Actions ”) (A) if such action is required by law, including upon the issuance by the SEC of a stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement or the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as the case may be, or the issuance of a stop order with respect to the Shelf Registration Statement or the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as the case may be, under Section 8(d) of the Securities Act, (B) upon the happening of any event or the discovery of any fact that makes any statement made in the Shelf Registration Statement or the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as the case may be, or any related Prospectus or Issuer Free Writing Prospectus untrue in any material respect or that constitutes an omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or (C) if such action is taken by the Issuer in good faith and for valid business reasons, including avoiding premature public disclosure of an acquisition or divestiture of assets or a material corporate event. Upon the occurrence of any of the conditions described in clause (A), (B) or (C) above and without limitation to any other obligations of the Issuer or the Guarantor under this Section 3 (including, without limitation, Section 3(a)(ix)), the Issuer may give notice (a “ Suspension Notice ”) thereof to the applicable Holders or Participating Broker-Dealers, as the case may be, which notice shall state that the Issuer has elected to exercise its right to suspend the effectiveness of the applicable Registration Statement and the sales of Entitled Securities pursuant thereto under this Section 3(d) and shall direct them to cease disposition of Entitled Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement and the related Prospectus. Upon the termination of such condition, the Issuer shall give prompt notice thereof to the Holders or the Participating Broker-Dealers, as the case may be, and shall promptly proceed with all Registration Actions that were suspended pursuant to this paragraph and shall provide Holders or the Participating Broker-Dealers, as the case may be, with copies of an amended or supplemented Prospectus or advise them that sales may be resumed pursuant to the previous Prospectus.

(e) The Issuer and the Guarantor shall not suspend Registration Actions or the effectiveness of any Registration Statements or the sale of Entitled Securities pursuant to any Prospectus pursuant to Section 3(d) for more than two periods of up to 30 consecutive days each during any 365-day period (each, a “ Suspension Period ”). Each Suspension Period shall be deemed to begin on the date the relevant Suspension Notice is given to the Holders and shall be deemed to end on the earlier to occur of (1) the date on which the Issuer gives the Holders a notice that the Suspension Period has terminated and (2) the date on which the number of days during which a Suspension Period has been in effect exceeds 30 consecutive days. To the extent

 

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that the number of Suspension Periods in any 365-day period and the number of days in any Suspension Period do not exceed the number of periods and days, respectively, specified in the first sentence of this paragraph, Holders of Entitled Securities shall not be entitled to receive Additional Interest pursuant to clause (iv) of the first paragraph of Section 2(e) above as the result of any such Suspension Period, but, if the number of Suspension Periods in any 365-day period or the number of days in any Suspension Period shall exceed the number of periods or days, respectively, set forth in the first sentence of this paragraph, then Additional Interest shall accrue and be payable in respect of (without duplication) each day during any Suspension Period that is in excess of the number of periods so specified and each day in any Suspension Period that is in excess of the number of days so specified.

(f) The Holders of Entitled Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement who desire to do so may sell such Entitled Securities in an Underwritten Offering. In any such Underwritten Offering, the investment bank or investment banks and manager or managers (each, an “ Underwriter ”) that will administer the offering will be selected by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Entitled Securities included in such offering.

(g) In the event of any suspension of the use of a Registration Statement or Prospectus pursuant to this Agreement (including, without limitation, pursuant to 5(c), 5(d) or 5(e) hereof), the Issuer and the Guarantor shall extend the number of days during which the applicable Registration Statement shall be maintained effective pursuant to this Agreement and the period during which a Participating Broker-Dealer shall be entitled to use the Prospectus in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement by a number of days equal to the number days in the period of such suspension (which period of suspension shall be deemed to end when the Holders of the applicable Entitled Securities or the Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, shall have received copies of an amended or supplemented Prospectus necessary to resume disposition of the applicable Entitled Securities or notice from the Issuer and the Guarantor that such dispositions may be resumed using the then current Prospectus).

4. Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer .

(a) The Issuer and the Guarantor agree to (i) include in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement a “Plan of Distribution” section covering the use of the related Prospectus by broker-dealers who receive Exchange Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer in exchange for Entitled Securities acquired for their own account as a result of market-making or other trading activities (“ Participating Broker-Dealers ”) for the resale of such Exchange Securities and a statement to the effect that any such Participating Broker-Dealer who wishes to use such Prospectus in connection with the resale of Exchange Securities will be required to notify the Company to that effect prior to the 30th day after the consummation of the Exchange Offer, together with instructions for giving such notice (each Participating Broker-Dealer who gives notice to the Company as aforesaid being hereinafter called a “ Notifying Broker-Dealer ”), (ii) furnish to each Notifying Broker-Dealer, without charge, as many copies of the related Prospectus, and any amendment, or supplement, thereto, as such broker-dealer may reasonably request, (iii) include in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement a statement to the effect that any Participating Broker-Dealer who receives Exchange Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements

 

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of the Securities Act in connection with any resale or other transfer of such Exchange Securities, and (iv) include in the transmittal letter or similar documentation to be executed by an exchange offeree in order to participate in the Exchange Offer a provision to substantially the following effect (unless otherwise required by applicable law or regulation or by position or comment of the Staff):

“If the undersigned is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Entitled Securities, it represents that the Entitled Securities to be exchanged for Exchange Securities were acquired by it for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, the undersigned will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act.”

The Issuer and the Guarantor consent to the use of such Prospectus and any related Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any amendments and supplements thereto by each Notifying Broker-Dealer in connection with the sale or transfer of Exchange Securities.

(b) To the extent any Notifying Broker-Dealer participates in the Exchange Offer, the Company and the Guarantor shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the Exchange Offer Registration Statement effective and the related Prospectus usable in connection with the resale of Exchange Securities by Participating Broker Dealers for a period of 180 days (subject to extension pursuant to Section 3(g)) following the last Exchange Date (the “ Exchange Effectiveness Period ”). Insofar as any provisions of Section 3 of this Agreement shall refer to a majority of the Holders (or contain a similar reference), all such references shall be deemed to mean, solely insofar as relates to this Section 4, the Notifying Broker-Dealers who are the Holders of the majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Exchange Securities which are Entitled Securities, unless otherwise expressly stated or the context otherwise requires.

(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Issuer, the Guarantor or any Holder with respect to any request that they may make pursuant to this Section 4.

5. Indemnification and Contribution .

(a) The Issuer and Guarantor, severally and jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser and each Holder and their respective affiliates, directors, officers, employees and agents and each Person, if any, who controls any Initial Purchaser or Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act from and against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which any Initial Purchaser or Holder or any such affiliate, director, officer, employee, agent or controlling Person may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as any such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon:

(1) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto; or

 

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(2) any omission or alleged omission to state in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading,

and will reimburse, as incurred, each Initial Purchaser and Holder and each such affiliate, director, officer, employee, agent and controlling Person for all reasonable legal or other fees and expenses incurred by any of them in connection with investigating, defending against or appearing as a third party witness in connection with any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided , however , the Issuer and the Guarantor will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto in reliance upon and in conformity with written information provided by any Initial Purchaser or Holder specifically for use therein. The indemnity provided for in this Section 5 will be in addition to any liability that the Issuer or Guarantor may otherwise have to the indemnified parties. In connection with any Underwritten Offering permitted by Section 3, the Issuer and the Guarantor, jointly and severally, will enter into underwriting agreements or other customary agreements (each in customary form) pursuant to which they will, among other things, agree to indemnify the Underwriters, selling brokers, dealers and similar securities industry professionals participating in the distribution, and their respective affiliates, directors, officers, employees and agents and each Person, if any, who controls any such Persons within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, if requested, in connection with any Registration Statement, Prospectus, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and so-called “disclosure package” and any amendment or supplement thereto.

(b) Each Holder, severally and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Issuer, its general partner (the “ General Partner ”) and the Guarantor, each of their respective directors and officers and each Person, if any, who controls the Issuer or the Guarantor within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and each Initial Purchaser and each other Holder and their respective affiliates, directors, officers, employees and agents and each Person, if any, who controls any Initial Purchaser or any other Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act from and against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Issuer, the General Partner, the Guarantor or any of their respective directors, officers or controlling persons or any Initial Purchaser or any such other Holder or any of their respective affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents or controlling Persons may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon:

 

  (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto; or

 

  (ii)

any omission or alleged omission to state in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or

 

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  supplement thereto a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading,

in each case to the extent, and only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in such Registration Statement, the Prospectus or such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any such amendment or supplement, as the case may be, in reliance upon and in conformity with information concerning such Holder furnished to the Issuer in writing by such Holder expressly for use in such Registration Statement, the Prospectus or such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or such amendment or supplement thereto, as the case may be; and (subject to the limitations set forth in the immediately preceding clause) will reimburse, as incurred, each such indemnified person for any reasonable legal or other fees and expenses incurred by such indemnified person in connection with investigating, defending against or appearing as a third party witness in connection with any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided , however , that the aggregate liability of any Holder under this Section 5 shall not exceed the amount of net proceeds (after deducting any underwriting or selling discounts and commissions) received by such Holder from the sale of Entitled Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. The indemnity provided for in this Section 5 will be in addition to any liability that any Holder may otherwise have to the indemnified parties.

(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 5 of notice of the commencement of any action for which such indemnified party is entitled to indemnification under this Section 5, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 5, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof in writing; but the omission to so notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from any liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent it has been materially prejudiced through the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights or defenses by such failure and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraphs (a) and (b) above. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party; provided , however , that if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest, (ii) the defendants in any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have been advised by counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties that are different from or in addition to those available to the indemnifying party, or (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after receipt by the indemnifying party of notice of the institution of such action, then, in each such case, the indemnifying party shall not have the right to direct or assume the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties and such indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select separate counsel to defend such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties. After notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to

 

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assume the defense thereof and approval by such indemnified party of counsel appointed to defend such action, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 5 for any fees or expenses of legal counsel incurred thereafter unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in accordance with the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence or (ii) the indemnifying party has authorized in writing the employment of counsel for the indemnified party at the expense of the indemnifying party. Any such separate counsel to the respective indemnified parties shall be selected as follows: (i) counsel to the Initial Purchasers and their respective affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents and controlling Persons shall be selected by the Representatives; (ii) counsel to the Issuer, the General Partner, the Guarantor and their respective directors, officers and controlling Persons shall be selected by the Issuer; and (iii) counsel to the Holders (other than any Initial Purchasers) and their respective affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents and controlling Persons shall be selected by the Holders who held or hold, as the case may be, a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Entitled Securities held by all such Holders. An indemnifying party may participate at its own expense in the defense of any such action; provided , however , that counsel to the indemnifying party shall not (except with the consent of the indemnified party) also be counsel to the indemnified party. In no event shall the indemnifying party or parties be liable for (A) the fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to one firm of local counsel) separate from the indemnifying parties’ own counsel for all Initial Purchasers and their respective affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents and controlling Persons, (B) the fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to one firm of local counsel) separate from the indemnifying parties’ own counsel for the Issuer, the General Partner, the Guarantor and their respective directors, officers and controlling Persons and (C) the fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to one firm of local counsel) separate from the indemnifying parties’ own counsel for all Holders (other than any Initial Purchasers) and their respective affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents and controlling Persons, in each case in connection with any one action or separate but substantially similar actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances. All fees and expenses reimbursed pursuant to this paragraph (c) shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. An indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify each indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement or compromise of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party, or indemnity has been or could have been sought hereunder by any indemnified party, unless such settlement (A) includes an unconditional written release of the indemnified party, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (B) does not include any statement as to an admission of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

(d) In circumstances in which the indemnity agreement provided for in the preceding paragraphs of this Section 5 is unavailable to, or insufficient to hold harmless, an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), each indemnifying party, in order to provide for just and equitable contribution, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect (i) the

 

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relative benefits received by the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by the foregoing clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, not only such relative benefits received by the indemnifying party or parties, on the one hand, and the indemnified party, on the other hand, from the initial placement of Securities (which in the case of the Issuer and the Guarantor shall be deemed to be equal to the total net proceeds (before deducting any expenses) to the Issuer and the Guarantor from the initial placement of the Securities) but also the relative fault of the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other in connection with the statements or omissions or alleged statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other applicable consideration. The relative fault of the parties shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Issuer or the Guarantor on the one hand, or the applicable Holder on the other, the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission, and any other equitable considerations appropriate in the circumstances. The Issuer, the Guarantor and the Holders agree that it would not be equitable if the amount of such contribution were determined by pro rata or per capita allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in the first sentence of this paragraph (d). The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section 5 shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Section 5, no Holder shall be obligated to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Entitled Securities were sold by such Holder pursuant to the applicable Registration Statement exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of any untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.

No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Holders’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 5(d) are several and not joint. For purposes of this Section 5(d), each affiliate, director, officer, employee and agent of any Initial Purchaser or Holder and each person, if any, who controls any Initial Purchaser or Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Initial Purchaser or Holder, as the case may be, and each director and officer of the Issuer, the General Partner or the Guarantor and each Person, if any, who controls the Issuer, the General Partner or the Guarantor within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Issuer, the General Partner or the Guarantor, as the case may be.

 

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(e) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 5 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Initial Purchaser or Holder or any Person controlling any Initial Purchaser or Holder, or by or on behalf of the Issuer, the General Partner or the Guarantor, their respective officers or directors or any Person controlling the Issuer or the Guarantor, (iii) acceptance of any of the Exchange Securities and (iv) any sale of Entitled Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement.

6. General .

(a) No Inconsistent Agreements . The Issuer and the Guarantor represent, warrant and agree that (i) the rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of any other outstanding securities issued or guaranteed by the Issuer or the Guarantor under any other agreement and (ii) neither the Issuer nor the Guarantor has entered into, or on or after the date of this Agreement will enter into, any agreement that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders of Entitled Securities in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.

(b) Amendments and Waivers . Except as provided in Section 6(d) below, the provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given unless the Issuer and the Guarantor have obtained the written consent of a majority of the Holders affected by such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent; provided that no amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent to any departure from the provisions of Section 2(e) or Section 5 hereof shall be effective as against any Holder of Entitled Securities unless consented to in writing by such Holder. Any amendments, modifications, supplements, waivers or consents pursuant to this Section 6(b) shall be by a writing executed by each of the parties hereto.

(c) Notices . All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, registered first-class mail, telex, or any courier guaranteeing overnight delivery (i) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such Holder to the Issuer by means of a notice given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6(c), which address initially is, with respect to the Initial Purchasers, the addresses set forth in the Purchase Agreement, or, if no such notice is given, the address specified in the Indenture; (ii) if to the Issuer and the Guarantor, initially at the Issuer’ address set forth in the Purchase Agreement and thereafter at such other address, notice of which is given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6(c); and (iii) to such other persons at their respective addresses as provided in the Purchase Agreement and thereafter at such other address, notice of which is given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6(c). All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt is acknowledged, if transmitted by facsimile; and on the next Business Day if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery. Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee, at the address specified in the Indenture

 

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(d) Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and the successors, assigns and transferees of each of the parties, including, without limitation and without the need for an express assignment, subsequent Holders, and shall also inure to the benefit of the indemnified parties referred in Section 5 hereof and their heirs, successors, assigns, and legal representatives; provided that nothing herein shall be deemed to permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition of Entitled Securities in violation of the terms of the Purchase Agreement or the Indenture. If any transferee of any Holder shall acquire Entitled Securities in any manner, whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Entitled Securities shall be held subject to all the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and holding such Entitled Securities such Person shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to perform all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement and such Person shall be entitled to receive the benefits hereof. The Initial Purchasers (in their capacity as Initial Purchasers) shall have no liability or obligation to the Issuer or the Guarantor with respect to any failure by a Holder to comply with, or any breach by any Holder of, any of the obligations of such Holder under this Agreement. In the event that the Issuer or the Guarantor shall consolidate or merge with or into any other Person or sell, convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its property to any other Person in a transaction that meets the applicable requirements of Article 10 of the Indenture, the successor Person (if other than the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be) shall execute and deliver to the Trustee and the Representatives a written agreement in substantially the form of Annex A hereto, whereupon such successor Person shall succeed to and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, under this Agreement.

(e) Third Party Beneficiaries . Each Holder shall be a third party beneficiary to the agreements made hereunder between the Issuer and the Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent it deems such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights or the rights of other Holders hereunder.

(f) Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

(g) Headings . The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only, are not a part of this Agreement and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

(h) Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal and state courts located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, New York, including the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, in connection with any claim brought with respect to this Agreement or related matter and waives any right to claim such forum would be inappropriate, including concepts of forum non conveniens .

 

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(i) Waiver of Jury Trial . The Issuer, the Guarantor and each of the Initial Purchasers hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, 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.

(j) Entire Agreement; Severability . This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all oral statements and prior writings with respect thereto. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction contained in this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable or against public policy, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions contained herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated.

(k) Free Writing Prospectuses . Each Holder represents that it has not prepared or had prepared on its behalf or used or referred to, and agrees that it will not prepare or have prepared on its behalf or use or refer to, any Free Writing Prospectus, and has not distributed and will not distribute any written materials in connection with the offer or sale of the Entitled Securities (other than a Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto) without the prior express written consent of the Issuer. Any such Free Writing Prospectus consented to by the Issuer is hereinafter referred to as a “ Permitted Free Writing Prospectus .” The Issuer represents and agrees that it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the SEC, legends and record-keeping.

(l) Majorities . Any reference herein to a majority of Holders, when used with respect to any Registration Statement, shall mean the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Entitled Securities registered pursuant to such Registration Statement; and, when used with respect to any Underwritten Offering or other offering, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amounts of the Entitled Securities included or to be included in such offering; and, when used in other contexts, shall mean a majority of the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Entitled Securities or the applicable Entitled Securities, as the context shall require; provided that whenever the consent or approval of Holders is required hereunder, any Entitled Securities owned directly or indirectly by the Issuer or the Guarantor or any of their respective affiliates shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the required majority.

(m) Joint and Several Obligations . Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantor hereunder are their joint and several obligations and any obligations of the Initial Purchasers, the Representatives and the Holders are several and not joint.

(Signature Page Follows)

 

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

 

KILROY REALTY CORPORATION

By:

 

/s/ Tyler H. Rose

  Tyler H. Rose
  Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

By:

 

/s/ Heidi R. Roth

  Heidi R. Roth
  Senior Vice President and Controller
KILROY REALTY, L.P.

By:

  Kilroy Realty Corporation, as general partner

By:

 

/s/ Tyler H. Rose

  Tyler H. Rose
  Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary

By:

 

/s/ Heidi R. Roth

  Heidi R. Roth
  Senior Vice President and Controller

 

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Confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written:

REPRESENTATIVES

 

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.

        By:

 

/s/ Robert Bottamedi

  Robert Bottamedi
  Vice President

BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC

        By:

 

/s/ Douglas T. Fink

  Douglas T. Fink
  Managing Director
BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC.

        By:

 

/s/ Pamela Kendall

  Pamela Kendall
  Director

For themselves and on behalf of the several

Initial Purchasers listed in Schedule 1

hereto.

 

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Schedule 1

Initial Purchasers

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

Banc of America Securities LLC

Barclays Capital Inc.

Comerica Securities, Inc.

KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.

Mistubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc.

Nikko Bank (Luxembourg) S.A.

PNC Capital Markets LLC

RBS Securities Inc.

Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.

 

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Annex A

Agreement to be Bound by Registration Rights Agreement

The undersigned hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably agrees to be bound by, and to comply with, and assumes the punctual performance and observance of, all of the covenants, conditions, agreements, obligations and understandings applicable to the [Issuer/Guarantor] (as defined below) set forth in, the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of May 24, 2010 by and among Kilroy Realty, L.P. (the “Issuer”), Kilroy Realty Corporation (the “Guarantor”) and J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc. Banc of America Securities LLC and Barclays Capital Inc., as representatives of the several initial purchasers named therein.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this counterpart as of              , 20      .

 

[Name]

By:

 

 

Name:  
Title: