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): June 25, 2010

 

 

Entertainment Properties Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Maryland   001-13561   43-1790877

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

30 West Pershing Road, Suite 201

Kansas City, Missouri 64108

(Address of principal executive office)(Zip Code)

(816) 472-1700

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(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:

 

¨ 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.

Purchase Agreement

On June 25, 2010, Entertainment Properties Trust (the “Company”) and certain of the Company’s subsidiaries (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”) entered into a purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., for itself and on behalf of several initial purchasers (collectively, the “Initial Purchasers”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to sell $250,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its 7.750% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Notes”). The Notes were offered and sold in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations and warranties of the parties and indemnification and contribution provisions under which the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other, have agreed to indemnify each other against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

The Notes are being offered by the Initial Purchasers only to qualified institutional buyers in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, and outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act. The Notes will not be registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction. Unless they are registered, the Notes may be offered and sold only in transactions that are exempt from registration under the Securities Act and the applicable securities laws of other jurisdictions.

Certain Initial Purchasers, and their affiliates or predecessors, have in the past performed, and may in the future from time to time perform, investment banking, advisory, general financial, and commercial services for the Company and its affiliates and subsidiaries for which they have in the past received, and may in the future receive, customary fees and reimbursement of expenses.

Indenture and Notes

The Notes were issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of June 30, 2010 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and UMB Bank, n.a., as trustee (the “Trustee”).

The Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Company and rank equally in right of payment with all of the Company’s existing and future senior indebtedness and effectively junior to all of the Company’s existing and future secured indebtedness (to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such indebtedness). The obligations under the Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Subsidiary Guarantors. There is no sinking fund for the Notes.

The Company will pay interest on the Notes on January 15 and July 15 of each year, beginning on January 15, 2011. The Notes mature on July 15, 2020.

The Company may, from time to time, redeem all or any portion of the Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus the Applicable Premium (as such term is defined in the Indenture), plus any accrued and unpaid interest.


The Company and its restricted subsidiaries are subject to certain negative covenants under the Indenture. The provisions of the Indenture limit the Company’s and its restricted subsidiaries’ ability to, among other things:

 

   

incur additional indebtedness;

 

   

incur liens; and

 

   

consolidate, merge or sell or transfer assets.

The Indenture also contains customary events of default, including, but not limited to, the following:

 

   

default for 30 days in any payment of interest on the Notes;

 

   

default in payment of principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes when due and payable;

 

   

failure by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor to comply with their respective covenants in the Indenture, in certain cases subject to notice and grace periods;

 

   

default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument governing any indebtedness for money borrowed or guaranteed by the Company or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors, if such default (i) results in the acceleration of such indebtedness prior to its maturity, (ii) the acceleration is not rescinded or annulled within 30 days after the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantor received notice of the default, and, (iii) in each case, the principal amount of the indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such indebtedness under which there has been a payment default or acceleration of maturity, aggregates $25.0 million or more;

 

   

certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization with respect to the Company or a significant subsidiary;

 

   

failure to pay final judgments aggregating in excess of $10.0 million above the coverage under applicable insurance policies and after applicable grace periods; and

 

   

certain defaults with respect to subsidiary guarantees.

Upon the occurrence of certain events of default, the Trustee or the holders of the Notes may declare all outstanding Notes to be due and payable immediately. Other events of default require action by the Trustee and the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes.

Registration Rights Agreement

In connection with the issuance and sale of the Notes, on June 30, 2010, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) with J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., for itself and on behalf of several Initial Purchasers. Under the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors agreed to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”),


and use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause to become effective, a registration statement relating to an offer to exchange the Notes (the “Exchange Offer”) for an issue of registered notes with terms substantially identical to the Notes. In certain circumstances, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors may be obligated to file a shelf registration statement with the Commission relating to resales of the Notes. If the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors fail to satisfy these obligations, including the obligation to complete the Exchange Offer within 360 days after the issue date of the Notes, the Company may be required to pay additional interest to holders of the Notes.

Certain Initial Purchasers, and their affiliates or predecessors, have in the past performed, and may in the future from time to time perform, investment banking, advisory, general financial, and commercial services for the Company and its affiliates and subsidiaries for which they have in the past received, and may in the future receive, customary fees and reimbursement of expenses.

Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility

Simultaneously with the closing of the Note offering, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors entered into a new $320 million unsecured revolving credit facility (the “New Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility”) with the lenders defined therein and KeyBank National Association, as administrative agent, JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. and RBC Capital Markets, as co-syndication, and each of KeyBanc Capital Markets, LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, as joint lead arrangers and joint book runners.

The New Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility provides for the extension of credit not to exceed $320.0 million, including a $70.0 million subline for letters of credit. The New Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility contains an “accordion” feature whereby, subject to lender approval, the total amount of the facility may be increased to $420.0 million. The New Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility matures on December 1, 2013, unless extended by us, the agent and the lenders.

Interest rates

The outstanding principal balance under the New Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility bears interest at fluctuating rates. These rates are based on LIBOR or the Base Rate, at our option, plus an applicable spread based on the ratings periodically assigned to our senior long-term unsecured debt by rating agencies, as set forth below:

 

S&P rating

 

Moody’s rating

 

Fitch’s rating

 

Base rate spread

 

LIBOR spread

³ BBB-

  ³ Baa3   ³ BBB-   2.00%   3.00%

= BB+

  = Ba1   = BB+   2.25%   3.25%

£ BB

  £ Ba2   £ BB   2.50%   3.50%

If at least two of the three rating agencies have the same rating, that rating will determine the spread. If all three rating agencies have different ratings, the median rating will determine the spread.


“LIBOR” is determined based upon our selection of interest periods of one-, two-, three- or six-months for LIBOR loans, subject to availability. “Base Rate” is the greater of (a) the agent’s prime rate of interest announced from time to time, or (b) 0.5% above the then-current Federal Funds Rate, or (c) 1.0% above the then-current 30-day LIBOR.

The Company pays an unused line fee on the unused portion of the New Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility at an annual rate of 0.4%, if the unused portion is less than 50% of the facility amount, or 0.5%, if the unused portion equals or exceeds 50% of the facility amount.

Covenants

The New Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility contains customary covenants for transactions of this type, including, without limitation, restrictions on the ability of the Company and all or certain of its subsidiaries to make distributions; incur debt, make investments; grant or suffer liens; undertake mergers, consolidations, asset sales and other fundamental entity changes; make material changes to contracts and organizational documents; and enter into transactions with affiliates.

The New Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility has financial covenants for the Company and/or all or certain of its subsidiaries involving (a) maximum unsecured debt to eligible unencumbered properties; (b) maximum total debt to total asset value; (c) maximum permitted investments; (d) minimum tangible net worth; (e) minimum debt yield; (f) minimum interest coverage; (g) maximum distributions; (h) maximum secured debt to total asset value; (i) minimum fixed charge coverage; and (j) maximum secured recourse debt.

Events of default

The New Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility contains customary events of default, including among others, non-payment of principal, interest or other amounts when due, inaccuracy of representations and warranties, violation of covenants, cross defaults with certain other indebtedness, insolvency or inability to pay debts, bankruptcy, or a change of control.

A copy of the Purchase Agreement, the Indenture, the form of Note, the Registration Rights Agreement and the New Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility are attached hereto as Exhibits 1.1, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 and 10.1, respectively. This summary description of the Purchase Agreement, the Indenture, the form of Note, the Registration Rights Agreement and the New Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Purchase Agreement, the Indenture, the form of Note, the Registration Rights Agreement and the New Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility, which are incorporated herein by reference.

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

The information included under Item 1.01 hereof is incorporated by reference in this Item 2.03.


Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On July 1, 2010, the Company issued a press release announcing the closing of the issuance of the Notes and the closing of the New Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility. The full text of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference into this Item 7.01.

The information in this Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth in such filing.

The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws, and unless so registered, may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

Number

 

Description

1.1   Purchase Agreement, dated June 25, 2010, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors named therein and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., for itself and on behalf of several Initial Purchasers
4.1   Indenture, dated June 30, 2010, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and UMB Bank, n.a., as trustee
4.2   Form of 7.750% Senior Note due 2020 (included as Exhibit A to Exhibit 4.1 above)
4.3   Registration Rights Agreement, dated June 30, 2010, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., for itself and on behalf of several Initial Purchasers
10.1   Credit Agreement, dated June 30, 2010, with the lenders defined therein and KeyBank National Association, as administrative agent, JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. and RBC Capital Markets, as co-syndication, and each of KeyBanc Capital Markets, LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, as joint lead arrangers and joint book runners
99.1   Press Release dated July 1, 2010


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.

 

ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST

By:

 

/s/ Mark A. Peterson

Name:

  Mark A. Peterson

Title:

  Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

Date: July 1, 2010


INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit

 

Description

1.1   Purchase Agreement, dated June 25, 2010, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors named therein and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., for itself and on behalf of several Initial Purchasers
4.1   Indenture, dated June 30, 2010, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and UMB Bank, n.a., as trustee
4.2   Form of 7.750% Senior Note due 2020 (included as Exhibit A to Exhibit 4.1 above)
4.3   Registration Rights Agreement, dated June 30, 2010, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., for itself and on behalf of several Initial Purchasers
10.1   Credit Agreement, dated June 30, 2010, with the lenders defined therein and KeyBank National Association, as administrative agent, JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. and RBC Capital Markets, as co-syndication, and each of KeyBanc Capital Markets, LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, as joint lead arrangers and joint book runners
99.1   Press Release dated July 1, 2010

Exhibit 1.1

$250,000,000

ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST

7.750% Senior Notes due 2020

Purchase Agreement

June 25, 2010

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

as Representative of the

several Initial Purchasers listed

in Schedule 1 hereto

c/o J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

Ladies and Gentlemen:

ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several initial purchasers listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Initial Purchasers”), for whom you are acting as representative (the “Representative”), $250,000,000 principal amount of its 7.750% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Securities”). The Securities will be issued pursuant to an Indenture to be dated as of June 30, 2010 (the “Indenture”) among the Company, the guarantors listed in Schedule 2 hereto (the “Guarantors”) and UMB Bank, n.a., as trustee (the “Trustee”), and will be guaranteed on an unsecured senior basis by each of the Guarantors (the “Guarantees”).

The Securities will be sold to the Initial Purchasers without being registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), in reliance upon an exemption therefrom. The Company and the Guarantors have prepared a preliminary offering memorandum dated June 24, 2010 (the “Preliminary Offering Memorandum”) and will prepare an offering memorandum dated the date hereof (the “Offering Memorandum”) setting forth information concerning the Company and the Securities. For purposes of this Agreement, references to information included in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Time of Sale Information or the Offering Memorandum shall include information incorporated by reference therein. Copies of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum have been, and copies of the Offering Memorandum will be, delivered by the Company to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. The Company hereby confirms that it has authorized the use of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the other Time of Sale Information (as defined below) and the Offering Memorandum in connection with the offering and resale of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers in the manner contemplated by this Agreement. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum.


At or prior to the time when sales of the Securities were first made (the “Time of Sale”), the following information shall have been prepared (collectively, the “Time of Sale Information”): the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, as supplemented and amended by the written communications listed on Annex A hereto.

Holders of the Securities (including the Initial Purchasers and their direct and indirect transferees) will be entitled to the benefits of a Registration Rights Agreement, to be dated the Closing Date (as defined below) and containing terms substantially similar to those described in the Offering Memorandum and the Pricing Disclosure Package (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company and the Guarantors will agree to file one or more registration statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) providing for the registration under the Securities Act of the Securities or the Exchange Securities referred to (and as defined) in the Registration Rights Agreement.

The Securities are being issued and sold in connection with the entry by the Company and the Guarantors into a new senior unsecured credit agreement (the “New Credit Agreement”) and the termination of the Company’s existing senior secured credit agreement (the “Existing Credit Agreement”).

The Company hereby confirms its agreement with the several Initial Purchasers concerning the purchase and resale of the Securities, as follows:

1.     Purchase and Resale of the Securities .

(a)    The Company agrees to issue and sell the Securities to the several Initial Purchasers as provided in this Agreement, and each Initial Purchaser, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the respective principal amount of Securities set forth opposite such Initial Purchaser’s name in Schedule 1 hereto at a price equal to 96.54% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest, if any, from June 30, 2010 to the Closing Date. The Company will not be obligated to deliver any of the Securities except upon payment for all the Securities to be purchased as provided herein.

(b)    The Company understands that the Initial Purchasers intend to offer the Securities for resale on the terms set forth in the Time of Sale Information. Each Initial Purchaser, severally and not jointly, represents, warrants and agrees that:

(i)    it is a qualified institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act (a “QIB”) and an accredited investor within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act;

(ii)    it has not solicited offers for, or offered or sold, and will not solicit offers for, or offer or sell, the Securities by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) of Regulation D under the Securities Act (“Regulation D”) or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act; and

 

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(iii)    it has not solicited offers for, or offered or sold, and will not solicit offers for, or offer or sell, the Securities as part of their initial offering except:

(A)    within the United States to persons whom it reasonably believes to be QIBs in transactions pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“Rule 144A”) and in connection with each such sale, it has taken or will take reasonable steps to ensure that the purchaser of the Securities is aware that such sale is being made in reliance on Rule 144A; or

(B)    in accordance with the restrictions set forth in Annex C hereto.

(c)    Each Initial Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that the Company and, for purposes of the “no registration” opinions to be delivered to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to Sections 6(f) and 6(g), counsel for the Company and counsel for the Initial Purchasers, respectively, may rely upon the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Initial Purchasers, and compliance by the Initial Purchasers with their agreements, contained in paragraph (b) above (including Annex C hereto), and each Initial Purchaser hereby consents to such reliance.

(d)    The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Initial Purchasers may offer and sell Securities to or through any affiliate of an Initial Purchaser and that any such affiliate may offer and sell Securities purchased by it to or through any Initial Purchaser.

(e)    The Company and the Guarantors acknowledge and agree that the Initial Purchasers are acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Company and the Guarantors with respect to the offering of Securities contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as financial advisors or fiduciaries to, or agents of, the Company, the Guarantors or any other person. Additionally, neither the Representative nor any other Initial Purchaser is advising the Company, the Guarantors or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company and the Guarantors shall consult with their own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making their own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Representative nor any other Initial Purchaser shall have any responsibility or liability to the Company or the Guarantors with respect thereto. Any review by the Representative or any Initial Purchaser of the Company, the Guarantors, and the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Representative or such Initial Purchaser, as the case may be, and shall not be on behalf of the Company, the Guarantors or any other person.

2.     Payment and Delivery .

(a)    Payment for and delivery of the Securities will be made at the offices of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP , 80 Pine Street, New York, NY 10005 at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on June 30, 2010, or at such other time or place on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth business day thereafter, as the Representative and the Company may agree upon in writing. The time and date of such payment and delivery is referred to herein as the “Closing Date”.

 

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(b)    Payment for the Securities shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account(s) specified by the Company to the Representative against delivery to the nominee of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), for the account of the Initial Purchasers, of one or more global notes representing the Securities (collectively, the “Global Note”), with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the sale of the Securities duly paid by the Company. The Global Note will be made available for inspection by the Representative not later than 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the business day prior to the Closing Date.

3.     Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Guarantors . The Company and the Guarantors jointly and severally represent and warrant to each Initial Purchaser that:

(a)     Preliminary Offering Memorandum, Time of Sale Information and Offering Memorandum . The Preliminary Offering Memorandum, as of its date, did not, the Time of Sale Information, at the Time of Sale, did not, and at the Closing Date, will not, and the Offering Memorandum, in the form first used by the Initial Purchasers to confirm sales of the Securities and as of the Closing Date, will not, contain any 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; provided that the Company and the Guarantors make no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Initial Purchaser furnished to the Company in writing by such Initial Purchaser through the Representative expressly for use in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Time of Sale Information or the Offering Memorandum.

(b)     Additional Written Communications . The Company (including its agents and representatives, other than the Initial Purchasers in their capacity as such) has not prepared, made, used, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any written communication that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities (each such communication by the Company or its agents and representatives (other than a communication referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) below) an “Issuer Written Communication”) other than (i) the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, (ii) the Offering Memorandum, (iii) the documents listed on Annex A hereto, including a term sheet substantially in the form of Annex B hereto, which constitute part of the Time of Sale Information, and (iv) any electronic road show or other written communications, in each case used in accordance with Section 4(c). Each such Issuer Written Communication, when taken together with the Time of Sale Information, did not, and at the Closing Date will not, contain any 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; provided that the Company makes no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in each such Issuer Written Communication in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Initial Purchaser furnished to the Company in writing by such Initial Purchaser through the Representative expressly for use in any Issuer

 

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Written Communication. Any information in an Issuer Written Communication that is not otherwise included in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum does not conflict with the information contained in the Time of Sale Information or the Offering Memorandum.

(c)     Incorporated Documents . The documents in which certain sections that are incorporated by reference in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, when filed with the Commission, conformed or will conform, as the case may be, in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and did not 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 in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(d)     Financial Statements. The historical financial statements and the related notes thereto of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries included in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in their cash flows for the periods specified; such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“ GAAP ”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby; the other financial information included in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum has been derived from the accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries and presents fairly, in all material respects, the information shown thereby.

(e)     No Material Adverse Change . Since the date of the most recent financial statements of the Company included or incorporated by reference in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum (i) there has been no material adverse change or prospective material adverse change in the earnings, assets, properties, business, consolidated financial position, results of operations or shareholders’ equity of the Company and each of its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (ii) there has been no casualty, loss, condemnation or other adverse event with respect to any property or interest therein owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or any of its subsidiaries which has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (iii) there have been no transactions entered into by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, other than those with respect to the New Credit Agreement and the Existing Credit Agreement and those in the ordinary course of business, which are material with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (iv) except for regular quarterly distributions on the Company’s common shares of beneficial interest, par value $.01 per share (the “Common Shares”), 7.75% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, par value $.01 per share (liquidation preference $25.00 per share) (the “Series B Preferred Shares”), 5.75% Series C Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, par value $.01 per share (liquidation preference $25.00 per share) (the “Series C Preferred Shares”), 7.375% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, par value $.01 per share (liquidation preference $25.00 per share) (the “Series D Preferred Shares”) and 9.00% Series E Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, par value $.01 per share (liquidation preference $25.00 per share) (the “Series E Preferred Shares”), which have been publicly announced through the date of this Agreement,

 

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there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its shares of beneficial interest, and (v) there has been no material increase in long-term debt or decrease in the capital of the Company or its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than with respect to the New Credit Agreement and the Existing Credit Agreement and those in the ordinary course of their businesses. Since the date of the latest balance sheet presented in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has incurred or undertaken any liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent, or entered into any transactions which are material to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except for liabilities, obligations and transactions which are reflected in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum.

(f)     Organization and Good Standing . Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has been duly organized and validly exists as a real estate investment trust, corporation, business trust, partnership or limited liability company in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign trust, corporation, partnership or limited liability company in each jurisdiction in which the character or location of its properties (owned, leased or licensed) or the nature or conduct of its business makes such qualification necessary, except for those failures to be so qualified or in good standing which could not reasonably be expected to (individually or when aggregated with other such instances) have a material adverse effect on (i) the assets, properties, business, consolidated financial position, results of operations or shareholders’ equity of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; or (ii) the offering or consummation of any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum or the performance by the Company and the Guarantors of their obligations under the Securities and the Guarantees (each (i) or (ii), a “Material Adverse Effect”). Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has all requisite power and authority, and all necessary consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations, qualifications, licenses and permits (collectively, the “Consents”) of and from all public, regulatory or governmental agencies and bodies and third parties, foreign and domestic, to own, hold, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as it is now being conducted and as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, except where the failure to possess such Consent could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and each such Consent is valid and in full force and effect and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice of any investigation or proceedings which could result in the revocation of any such Consent. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries is in compliance with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, ordinances and directives, except where failure to be in compliance could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(g)     Subsidiaries . The subsidiaries listed on Schedule 3 hereto are the only subsidiaries of the Company within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act. Except for the subsidiaries listed on Schedule 3 and Atlantic-EPR I, a Delaware general partnership (in which the Company owns a 20% interest) and Atlantic-EPR II, a Delaware general partnership (in which the Company owns a 20% interest), the Company owns no ownership or other beneficial interest, directly or indirectly, in any corporation, partnership, joint venture or other business entity. All of the issued shares of capital stock of or other ownership interest in each of the subsidiaries listed on Schedule 3 have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and, except as set forth on Schedule 3 hereto, are owned directly or indirectly by the Company free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities or claims.

 

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(h)     Capitalization . The authorized, issued and outstanding shares of beneficial interest of the Company is as set forth in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum under the heading “Capitalization”. There is no class or series of shares of beneficial interest of the Company authorized other than the Common Shares, 9.50% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest, par value $.01 per share (liquidation preference $25.00 per share), Series B Preferred Shares, Series C Preferred Shares, Series D Preferred Shares and Series E Preferred Shares. There is no class or series of shares of beneficial interest of the Company issued or outstanding other than the Common Shares, Series B Preferred Shares, Series C Preferred Shares, Series D Preferred Shares and Series E Preferred Shares. All of the issued and outstanding shares of beneficial interest of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and were not issued in violation of or subject to any preemptive or similar rights arising by operation of law under the organizational documents of the Company or under any agreement to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or otherwise that entitle or will entitle any person to acquire from the Company or any of its subsidiaries upon the issuance or sale thereof any Common Shares, Series B Preferred Shares, Series C Preferred Shares, Series D Preferred Shares, Series E Preferred Shares, any other equity security of the Company or any of its subsidiaries and any security convertible into, or exercisable or exchangeable for, any Common Shares, Series B Preferred Shares, Series C Preferred Shares Series D Preferred Shares, Series E Preferred Shares or other such equity security (any “Relevant Security”). The Common Shares, Series B Preferred Shares, Series C Preferred Shares, Series D Preferred Shares and Series E Preferred Shares conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof contained in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, and such description conforms to the rights set forth in the instruments defining the same. Except as disclosed in or specifically contemplated by the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, there are no shares of beneficial interest of the Company reserved for any purpose and there are no outstanding securities convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of beneficial interest of the Company and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has outstanding options to purchase, or any preemptive rights or other rights to subscribe for or to purchase, or any contracts or commitments to issue or sell, any Relevant Security.

(i)     Due Authorization . The Company and each of the Guarantors have full right, power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, the Securities, the Indenture (including each Guarantee set forth therein), the Exchange Securities and the Registration Rights Agreement (collectively, the “Transaction Documents”) and the New Credit Agreement and to perform their respective obligations hereunder and thereunder; and all action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents, the New Credit Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby has been duly and validly taken.

(j)     The Indenture . The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and each of the Guarantors and, when duly executed and delivered in accordance with its terms by each of the parties thereto, will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company and each of the Guarantors enforceable against the Company and each of the Guarantors in

 

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accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles regardless of whether enforcement is sought in law or equity (collectively, the “Enforceability Exceptions”); and on the Closing Date, the Indenture will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act”), and the rules and regulations of the Commission applicable to an indenture that is qualified thereunder.

(k)     The Securities and the Guarantees . The Securities have been duly authorized by the Company and, when duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as provided in the Indenture and paid for as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued and outstanding and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture; and the Guarantees have been duly authorized by each of the Guarantors and, when the Securities have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as provided in the Indenture and paid for as provided herein, will be valid and legally binding obligations of each of the Guarantors, enforceable against each of the Guarantors in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

(l)     The Exchange Securities . On the Closing Date, the Exchange Securities (including the related guarantees) will have been duly authorized by the Company and each of the Guarantors and, when duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered in accordance with the Indenture and as contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, will be duly and validly issued and outstanding and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, as issuer, and each of the Guarantors, as guarantor, enforceable against the Company and each of the Guarantors in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

(m)     Purchase and Registration Rights Agreements . This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and each of the Guarantors; and the Registration Rights Agreement has been duly authorized by the Company and each of the Guarantors and on the Closing Date will be duly executed and delivered by the Company and each of the Guarantors and, when duly executed and delivered in accordance with its terms by each of the parties thereto, will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company and each of the Guarantors enforceable against the Company and each of the Guarantors in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and except that rights to indemnity and contribution thereunder may be limited by applicable law and public policy.

(n)     Descriptions of the Transaction Documents . Each Transaction Document and the New Credit Agreement conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum.

(o)     No Violation or Default . Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of its declaration of trust, certificate or articles of incorporation, by-laws, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement or any other

 

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organizational document. The Company and its subsidiaries are not in default (or with notice or lapse of time, or both, would be in default) under any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, voting trust agreement, loan agreement, bond, debenture, note agreement or evidence of indebtedness, lease, contract or other agreement or instrument to which they are a party or by which they or any of their properties or other assets are bound, violation of which would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect.

(p)     No Conflicts . The execution, delivery and performance by the Company and each of the Guarantors of each of the Transaction Documents to which each is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum (including the issuance and sale of the Securities and the use of proceeds from the sale of the Securities and the issuance of the Guarantees as described in the Offering Memorandum under the heading “Use of Proceeds”) do not and will not (i) conflict with, require consent under or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a Repayment Event (as defined below) or default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a Repayment Event or default) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement, instrument, franchise, license or permit to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries or their respective properties, operations or assets may be bound or (ii) violate or conflict with (A) any provision of the declaration of trust, certificate or articles of incorporation, by-laws, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement or any other organizational document of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (B) any judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or regulation of any court or any public, governmental or regulatory agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, operations or assets, except, with respect to clause (i) and clause (ii)(B), for any such conflict, breach, violation or default that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. As used herein, “Repayment Event” means any event or condition that gives the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company or any of its subsidiary.

(q)     No Consents Required . No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration, filing, qualification, license or permit of or with any court or any public, governmental or regulatory agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, operations or assets, or any third party, is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company and each of the Guarantors of each of the Transaction Documents or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, including the issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities to be issued, sold and delivered hereunder and the issuance of the Guarantees, except for such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations, filings, qualifications, licenses and permits as may be required (i) under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers and (ii) with respect to the Exchange Securities (including the related guarantees) under the Securities Act, the Trust Indenture Act and applicable state securities laws as contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

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(r)     Legal Proceedings . Except as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, there is no litigation or proceeding (exclusive of any investigation) or, to the knowledge of the Company and the Guarantors, any legal, governmental or regulatory investigation to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective officers or trustees/directors is a party or to which any property or operations of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries (or any of their respective officers or trustees/directors), could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; to the best of the Company’s and the Guarantors’ knowledge, no such proceeding, litigation or investigations is threatened or contemplated by any legal, governmental or regulatory authority or other third party, foreign or domestic.

(s)     Independent Accountants . KPMG LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, are independent public accountants with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission and the PCAOB and as required by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.

(t)     Title to Real and Personal Property . The Company and its subsidiaries have (1) good and marketable title in fee simple to all real property owned by the Company and its subsidiaries and (2) good title to all items of personal property owned by the Company and its subsidiaries, in each case that are material to the respective businesses of the Company and its subsidiaries, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims and defects and imperfections of title, except (i) those that are described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, (ii) those permitted under the Existing Credit Agreement or the New Credit Agreement, (iii) those that do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries or (iv) those that could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect; and any real property and buildings held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(u)     Title to Intellectual Property . The Company and each of its subsidiaries owns or possesses adequate right to use all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights, licenses, formulae, customer lists, and know-how and other intellectual property (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures) necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses as being conducted and as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum and have no reason to believe that the conduct of their respective businesses does or will conflict with, and have not received any notice of any claim of conflict with, any such right of others. To the best of the Company’s and the Guarantors’ knowledge, all material technical information developed by and belonging to the Company which has not been patented has been kept confidential. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has granted or assigned to any other person or entity any right to manufacture, have manufactured, assemble or sell the current products and services of the Company or those products and services described in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum. There is no infringement by third parties of any such intellectual property; there is no pending or, to the Company’s and the Guarantors’ knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by

 

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others challenging the Company’s or any of its subsidiary’s rights in or to any such intellectual property, and the Company and the Guarantors are unaware of any facts which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim; and there is no pending or, to the Company’s and the Guarantors’ knowledge, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the Company or any Guarantor infringes or otherwise violates any patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of others, and the Company and the Guarantors are unaware of any other fact which would form a reasonable basis for any such claim.

(v)     No Undisclosed Relationship. No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the trustees/directors, officers, stockholders, customers, suppliers or other affiliates of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the other, that is required by the Securities Act to be described in a prospectus that is not described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum.

(w)     Investment Company Act . Each of the Company and its subsidiaries is not and, at all times up to and including consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, and after giving effect to the application of the net proceeds of the offering, will not be, subject to registration as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”), and is not and will not be an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act.

(x)     Taxes . Except for (i) the payment of any taxes that are currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which the Company has established adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP or (ii) the filings of tax returns or the payment of any taxes which would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and its subsidiaries have (A) timely paid all federal, state, local and foreign taxes (including any related interest and penalties) required to be paid by any of them (whether or not shown on a tax return), including as a withholding agent through the date hereof and (B) timely filed all federal, state, local and foreign tax returns required to be filed through the date hereof. The Company has made adequate charges, accruals and reserves in accordance with GAAP in the applicable financial statements referred to in Section 3(d) hereof in respect of all federal, state, local and foreign taxes for all periods as to which the tax liability of the Company or its subsidiaries has not been finally determined. There is no tax deficiency that has been, or could reasonably be expected to be, asserted against the Company or its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets that would reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(y)     No Labor Disputes . No labor disturbance by the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the Company’s and the Guarantors’ knowledge, is imminent and neither the Company nor any Guarantor is aware of any existing or contemplated or threatened labor disturbance by the employees of any of the Company’s or any of its subsidiaries’ principal suppliers, manufacturers’, customers or contractors, which, in either case, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

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occurred any Release or threat of Release of any Hazardous Material on, at, under or from any properties the Company or its subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, owns or leases, or formerly owned or leased, (ii) the Company and its subsidiaries, and their respective operations and assets are in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, rules, ordinances and administrative and judicial orders, decrees, judgments and injunctions relating to pollution or protection of human health, the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, indoor air, surface water, drinking water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata, and natural resources such as wetlands, flora and fauna), including, without limitation, those relating to the Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials or to the generation, manufacture, processing, recycling, distribution, use, treatment, sale, storage, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), (iii) the Company and its subsidiaries have (to the extent not maintained by the applicable tenants) all permits, authorizations and approvals required under any applicable Environmental Laws for their businesses and the ownership, use and operation of all of their assets and all are in compliance with their requirements, (iv) there are no pending or, to the Company’s and the Guarantors’ knowledge, threatened administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation, notices of potential responsibility, proceedings or investigations (pending or threatened) pursuant to any Environmental Law against the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (v) there are no events or circumstances that might reasonably be expected to form the basis of an order for clean-up or remediation, or an action, suit or proceeding by any private party or governmental body or agency, against the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of their assets relating to any Hazardous Materials or the violation of any Environmental Laws.

As used herein, “Hazardous Material” means any material, substance, chemical, waste, pollutant, contaminant or compound, in any form, including without limitation, any flammable explosives, radioactive materials, oil, petroleum, petroleum products, radon gas, toxic mold, asbestos and asbestos containing materials, and polychlorinated biphenyls, regulated or which can give rise to liability under any Environmental Law. “Release” means and release, spill, emission, discharge, deposit, disposal, leaking, pumping, pouring, dumping, emptying, injection or leaching into the environment, or into, from or through any building, structure or facility. All of the properties owned or leased, directly or indirectly, by the Company and its subsidiaries have been, and it is contemplated that all future acquired or leased properties will be, subjected to a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment or similar environmental assessment (which generally includes a site inspection, interviews and a records review, but no subsurface sampling). These assessments and follow-up investigations, if any, of the properties (including, as appropriate, asbestos, radon and lead surveys, additional public record review, subsurface sampling and other testing), of the properties have not revealed any conditions or occurrences which could give rise to liability under or violation of any Environmental Law that the Company or any Guarantor believes would have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has not agreed to assume, undertake or provide indemnification (except as may extend to lenders to the Company who finance the acquisition of real property or the refinancing thereof) for any liability of any other person under any Environmental Law, including any obligation for investigation, response or other corrective action, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(aa)     Compliance with ERISA . No “prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations

 

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and published interpretations thereunder (“ERISA”), or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time (the “Code”), or a failure to satisfy the minimum funding standard under Section 412 of the Code, whether or not waived, or any of the events set forth in Section 4043(b) of ERISA (other than events with respect to which the 30-day notice requirement under Section 4043 of ERISA has been waived) has occurred with respect to any employee benefit plan which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; each employee benefit plan is in compliance in all material respects with applicable law; including ERISA (to the extent applicable) and the Code; the Company has not incurred and does not expect to incur liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of, or withdrawal from any “pension plan”; and each “pension plan” (as defined in ERISA) for which the Company would have any liability that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified in all material respects and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which could cause the loss of such qualification.

(bb)     Disclosure Controls . The Company and its subsidiaries maintain an effective system of “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that is designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, including controls and procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Company and its subsidiaries have carried out evaluations of the effectiveness of their disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act.

(cc)     Accounting Controls . The Company and its subsidiaries maintain systems of “internal control over financial reporting” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act and have been designed by, or under the supervision of, their respective principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization and (iv) the recorded accounting for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except as disclosed in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, there are no material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in the Company’s internal controls.

(dd)     Insurance . Title insurance in favor of the Company and its subsidiaries is maintained with respect to each of the properties described in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum in an amount at least equal to the cost of acquisition of such property. The Company has and maintains, or its tenants have and maintain, property and casualty insurance in favor of the Company and its subsidiaries with respect to such entities and each of

 

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the properties owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company, in an amount and on such terms as is reasonable and customary for the businesses of the type proposed to be conducted by the Company and its subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received from any insurance company written notice of any material defects or deficiencies affecting the insurability of any such properties.

(ee)     No Unlawful Payments . Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the best knowledge of the Company and each of the Guarantors, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or (iv) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment.

(ff)     Compliance with Money Laundering Laws . The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company and the Guarantors, threatened.

(gg)     Compliance with OFAC . None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company and the Guarantors, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Securities hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.

(hh)     Solvency . On and immediately after the Closing Date, the Company (after giving effect to the issuance of the Securities and the other transactions related thereto as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum) will be Solvent. As used in this paragraph, the term “Solvent” means, with respect to a particular date, that on such date (i) the present fair market value (or present fair saleable value) of the assets of the Company is not less than the total amount required to pay the liabilities of the Company on its total existing debts and liabilities (including contingent liabilities) as they become absolute and matured; (ii) the Company is able to realize upon its assets and pay its debts and other liabilities, contingent obligations and commitments as they mature and become due in the normal course of business; (iii) assuming consummation of the issuance of the Securities as contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, the Company is not incurring debts or liabilities beyond its ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature; (iv) the

 

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Company is not engaged in any business or transaction, and does not propose to engage in any business or transaction, for which its property would constitute unreasonably small capital after giving due consideration to the prevailing practice in the industry in which the Company is engaged; and (v) the Company is not a defendant in any civil action that would result in a judgment that the Company is or would become unable to satisfy.

(ii)     No Restrictions on Subsidiaries . No subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or is subject, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s properties or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company.

(jj)     No Broker’s Fees . Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement) that would give rise to a valid claim against any of them or any Initial Purchaser for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities.

(kk)     Rule 144A Eligibility . On the Closing Date, the Securities will not be of the same class as securities listed on a national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the Exchange Act or quoted in an automated inter-dealer quotation system; and each of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum, as of its respective date, contains or will contain all the information that, if requested by a prospective purchaser of the Securities, would be required to be provided to such prospective purchaser pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

(ll)     No Integration . Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D) has, directly or through any agent, sold, offered for sale, solicited offers to buy or otherwise negotiated in respect of, any security (as defined in the Securities Act), that is or will be integrated with the sale of the Securities in a manner that would require registration of the Securities under the Securities Act.

(mm)     No General Solicitation or Directed Selling Efforts . None of the Company or any of its affiliates or any other person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to which no representation is made) has (i) solicited offers for, or offered or sold, the Securities by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) of Regulation D or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act or (ii) engaged in any directed selling efforts within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act (“Regulation S”), and all such persons have complied with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S.

(nn)     Securities Law Exemptions . Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Initial Purchasers contained in Section 1(b) (including Annex C hereto) and their compliance with their agreements set forth therein, it is not necessary, in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers and the offer, resale and delivery of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, to register the Securities under the Securities Act or to qualify the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.

 

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(oo)     No Stabilization . Neither the Company nor any of the Guarantors has taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities.

(pp)     Margin Rules . Neither the issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities nor the application of the proceeds thereof by the Company as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum will violate Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any other regulation of such Board of Governors.

(qq)     Forward-Looking Statements . No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) included or incorporated by reference in any of the Time of Sale Information or the Offering Memorandum has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.

(rr)     Statistical and Market Data . Nothing has come to the attention of the Company that has caused the Company to believe that the statistical and market-related data included or incorporated by reference in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum is not based on or derived from sources that are reliable and accurate in all material respects.

(ss)     Sarbanes-Oxley Act . There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.

(tt)     REIT . The Company is organized in conformity with the requirements for qualification as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) under the Code, and the Company’s current and proposed method of operation enables it to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a real estate investment trust under the Code. The Company has qualified and continues to qualify and has taken all necessary action to be treated, effective beginning with the year ended December 31, 1997, as a REIT under the Code, and the Company’s organization and current and proposed method of operation will enable it to continue to qualify as a REIT for its taxable year ending December 31, 2010, and in the future. All subsidiary partnerships, joint ventures, limited liability companies and entities intended to qualify as “qualified REIT subsidiaries” within the meaning of Section 856(i)(2) of the Code (excluding taxable REIT subsidiaries) have been since their respective formations, and continue to be, treated as partnerships, disregarded entities or qualified REIT subsidiaries for federal income tax purposes and not as corporations or associations taxable as corporations or publicly traded partnerships.

(uu)     No Undisclosed Loans . Except as otherwise disclosed in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, there are no material outstanding loans or advances or material guarantees of indebtedness by the Company or any of its subsidiaries to or for the benefit of any of the officers, trustees or directors of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of the members of the families of any of them.

 

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(vv)     Americans with Disabilities Act . To the knowledge of the Company and the Guarantors, each of the properties described in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum is in compliance with all presently applicable provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, except for any failures to comply which would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.

Any certificate signed by or on behalf of the Company and delivered to the Initial Purchasers or to the counsel for the Initial Purchasers shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Company to the Initial Purchasers as to the matters covered thereby.

4.     Further Agreements of the Company and the Guarantors . The Company and each of the Guarantors jointly and severally covenant and agree with each Initial Purchaser that:

(a)     Delivery of Copies . The Company will deliver, without charge, to the Initial Purchasers as many copies of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, any other Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication and the Offering Memorandum (including all amendments and supplements thereto) as the Representative may reasonably request.

(b)     Offering Memorandum, Amendments or Supplements . Before finalizing the Offering Memorandum or making or distributing any amendment or supplement to any of the Time of Sale Information or the Offering Memorandum, the Company will furnish to the Representative and counsel for the Initial Purchasers a copy of the proposed Offering Memorandum or such amendment or supplement, and will not distribute any such proposed Offering Memorandum, amendment or supplement to which the Representative reasonably objects.

(c)     Additional Written Communications . Before making, preparing, using, authorizing, approving or referring to any Issuer Written Communication, the Company will furnish to the Representative and counsel for the Initial Purchasers a copy of such written communication for review and will not make, prepare, use, authorize, approve or refer to any such written communication to which the Representative reasonably objects.

(d)     Notice to the Representative . The Company will advise the Representative promptly, and confirm such advice in writing, (i) of the issuance by any governmental or regulatory authority of any order preventing or suspending the use of any of the Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication or the Offering Memorandum or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose; (ii) of the occurrence of any event at any time prior to the completion of the initial offering of the Securities as a result of which any of the Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication or the Offering Memorandum as then amended or supplemented would include any 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 existing when such Time of Sale Information, Issuer Written Communication or the

 

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Offering Memorandum is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading; and (iii) of the receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order preventing or suspending the use of any of the Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication or the Offering Memorandum or suspending any such qualification of the Securities and, if any such order is issued, will obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.

(e)     Time of Sale Information . If at any time prior to the Closing Date (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which any of the Time of Sale Information as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement any of the Time of Sale Information to comply with law, the Company will immediately notify the Initial Purchasers thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (b) above, furnish to the Initial Purchasers such amendments or supplements to any of the Time of Sale Information (or any document to be filed with the Commission that includes information incorporated by reference therein) as may be necessary so that the statements in any of the Time of Sale Information as so amended or supplemented will not, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, be misleading or so that any of the Time of Sale Information will comply with law.

(f)     Ongoing Compliance of the Offering Memorandum . If at any time prior to the completion of the initial offering of the Securities (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Offering Memorandum as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Offering Memorandum is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Offering Memorandum to comply with law, the Company will immediately notify the Initial Purchasers thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (b) above, furnish to the Initial Purchasers such amendments or supplements to the Offering Memorandum (or any document to be filed with the Commission that includes information incorporated by reference therein) as may be necessary so that the statements in the Offering Memorandum as so amended or supplemented (including such document that includes information incorporated by reference therein) will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Offering Memorandum is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Offering Memorandum will comply with law.

(g)     Blue Sky Compliance . The Company will qualify the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative shall reasonably request and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the offering and resale of the Securities; provided that neither the Company nor any of the Guarantors shall be required to (i) 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, (ii) file any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not otherwise so subject.

 

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(h)     Clear Market . During the period from the date hereof through and including the date that is 90 days after the date hereof, the Company and each of the Guarantors will not, without the prior written consent of the Representative, offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Company or any of the Guarantors and having a tenor of more than one year.

(i)     Use of Proceeds . The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum under the heading “Use of proceeds”.

(j)     Supplying Information . While the Securities remain outstanding and are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act, the Company and each of the Guarantors will, during any period in which the Company is not subject to and in compliance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, furnish to holders of the Securities and prospective purchasers of the Securities designated by such holders, upon the request of such holders or such prospective purchasers, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

(k)     DTC . The Company will assist the Initial Purchasers in arranging for the Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.

(l)     No Resales by the Company . The Company will not, and will not permit any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) to, resell any of the Securities that have been acquired by any of them, except for Securities purchased by the Company or any of its affiliates and resold in a transaction registered under the Securities Act.

(m)     No Integration . Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D) will, directly or through any agent, sell, offer for sale, solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of, any security (as defined in the Securities Act), that is or will be integrated with the sale of the Securities in a manner that would require registration of the Securities under the Securities Act.

(n)     No General Solicitation or Directed Selling Efforts . None of the Company or any of its affiliates or any other person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to which no covenant is given) will (i) solicit offers for, or offer or sell, the Securities by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) of Regulation D or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act or (ii) engage in any directed selling efforts within the meaning of Regulation S, and all such persons will comply with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S.

(o)     No Stabilization . Neither the Company nor any of the Guarantors will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities.

 

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5.     Certain Agreements of the Initial Purchasers . Each Initial Purchaser hereby represents and agrees that it has not and will not use, authorize use of, refer to, or participate in the planning for use of, any written communication that constitutes an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities other than (i) the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum, (ii) a written communication that contains no “issuer information” (as defined in Rule 433(h)(2) under the Securities Act) that was not included (including through incorporation by reference) in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum, (iii) any written communication listed on Annex A or prepared pursuant to Section 4(c) above (including any electronic road show), (iv) any written communication prepared by such Initial Purchaser and approved by the Company in advance in writing or (v) any written communication relating to or that contains the terms of the Securities and/or other information that was included (including through incorporation by reference) in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum.

6.     Conditions of Initial Purchasers’ Obligations . The obligation of each Initial Purchaser to purchase Securities on the Closing Date as provided herein is subject to the performance by the Company and each of the Guarantors of their respective covenants and other obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:

(a)     Representations and Warranties . The representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantors contained herein shall be true and correct on the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date; and the statements of the Company, the Guarantors and their respective officers made in any certificates delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date.

(b)     No Downgrade . Subsequent to the earlier of (A) the Time of Sale and (B) the execution and delivery of this Agreement, (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Company or any of its subsidiaries, the Securities or any other debt or preferred stock issued or guaranteed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”, as such term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act; and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, or has changed its outlook with respect to, its rating of the Securities or of any other debt securities or preferred stock issued or guaranteed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading).

(c)     No Material Adverse Change . No event or condition of a type described in Section 3(e) hereof shall have occurred or shall exist, which event or condition is not described in each of the Time of Sale Information (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the Offering Memorandum (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) the effect of which in the judgment of the Representative makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum.

 

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(d)     Officer’s Certificate . The Representative shall have received on and as of the Closing Date a certificate of an executive officer of the Company and of each Guarantor who has specific knowledge of the Company’s or such Guarantor’s financial matters and is satisfactory to the Representative (i) confirming that such officer has carefully reviewed the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum and, to the best knowledge of such officer, the representations set forth in Sections 3(a) and 3(b) hereof are true and correct, (ii) confirming that the other representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantors in this Agreement are true and correct and that the Company and the Guarantors have complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on their part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date and (iii) to the effect set forth in paragraphs (b) and (c) above.

(e)     Comfort Letters . On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date, KPMG LLP shall have furnished to the Representative, at the request of the Company, letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the Initial Purchasers, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained or incorporated by reference in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a “cut-off” date no more than three business days prior to the Closing Date.

(f)     Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsels for the Company .

(i)    Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representative, at the request of the Company, their written opinion and 10b-5 statement, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Initial Purchasers, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, to the effect set forth in Annex D hereto.

(ii)    Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representative, at the request of the Company, their written opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Initial Purchasers, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, to the effect set forth in Annex E hereto.

(iii)    Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representative, at the request of the Company, their written opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Initial Purchasers, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, to the effect set forth in Annex F hereto.

(g)     Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Initial Purchasers . The Representative shall have received on and as of the Closing Date an opinion and 10b-5 statement of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP , counsel for the Initial Purchasers, with respect to such matters as the Representative may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.

 

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(h)     No Legal Impediment to Issuance . No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state or foreign governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities or the issuance of the Guarantees; and no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities or the issuance of the Guarantees.

(i)     Good Standing . The Representative shall have received on and as of the Closing Date satisfactory evidence of the good standing of the Company and its subsidiaries in their respective jurisdictions of organization and their good standing in such other jurisdictions as the Representative may reasonably request, in each case in writing or any standard form of telecommunication, from the appropriate governmental authorities of such jurisdictions.

(j)     Registration Rights Agreement . The Initial Purchasers shall have received a counterpart of the Registration Rights Agreement that shall have been executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Company and each of the Guarantors.

(k)     DTC . The Securities shall be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.

(l)     New Credit Agreement . The New Credit Agreement shall have become effective on the terms described in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum and all amounts owed under the Existing Credit Agreement shall have been repaid.

(m)     Additional Documents . On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company and the Guarantors shall have furnished to the Representative such further certificates and documents as the Representative may reasonably request.

All opinions, letters, certificates and evidence mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Initial Purchasers.

7.     Indemnification and Contribution .

(a)     Indemnification of the Initial Purchasers . The Company and each of the Guarantors jointly and severally agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser, its affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls such Initial Purchaser 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 and liabilities (including, without limitation, legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, any of the other Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication or the Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to

 

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make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Initial Purchaser furnished to the Company in writing by such Initial Purchaser through the Representative expressly for use therein.

(b)     Indemnification of the Company . Each Initial Purchaser agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of the Guarantors, each of their respective directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls the Company or any of the Guarantors within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to such Initial Purchaser furnished to the Company in writing by such Initial Purchaser through the Representative expressly for use in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, any of the other Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication or the Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto), it being understood and agreed that the only such information consists of the following: first sentence of the third paragraph, the fourth sentence of the tenth paragraph and twelfth paragraph, in each case under the heading of “Plan of distribution”, in each of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Final Offering Memorandum.

(c)     Notice and Procedures . If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or (b) above, such person (the “Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the “Indemnifying Person”) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under paragraph (a) and (b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided , further , that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under paragraph (a) and (b) above. If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person (who shall not, without the consent of the Indemnified Person, be counsel to the Indemnifying Person) to represent the Indemnified Person and any others entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 7 that the Indemnifying Person may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such proceeding and shall pay the reasonable legal fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such

 

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proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be paid or reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for any Initial Purchaser, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control persons of such Initial Purchaser shall be designated in writing by J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and any such separate firm for the Company, the Guarantors, their respective directors and officers and any control persons of the Company and the Guarantors shall be designated in writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person 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 Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested that an Indemnifying Person reimburse the Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by the Indemnifying Person of such request and (ii) the Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.

(d)     Contribution . If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) and (b) above is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers on the other from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) but also the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers on the other shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds (before deducting expenses) received by the Company from the sale of the Securities and the total discounts and commissions received by the Initial Purchasers in connection therewith, as provided in this Agreement, bear to the aggregate offering price of the Securities.

 

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The relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers on the other 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 Company or any Guarantor or by the Initial Purchasers and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

(e)     Limitation on Liability . The Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Initial Purchasers were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) above. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, in no event shall an Initial Purchaser be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total discounts and commissions received by such Initial Purchaser with respect to the offering of the Securities exceeds the amount of any damages that such Initial Purchaser has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such 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 Initial Purchasers’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations hereunder and not joint.

(f)     Non-Exclusive Remedies . The remedies provided for in this Section 7 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies that may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity.

8.     Termination . This Agreement may be terminated in the absolute discretion of the Representative, by notice to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and on or prior to the Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on the New York Stock Exchange or the over-the-counter market; (ii) trading of any securities issued or guaranteed by the Company or any of the Guarantors shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by federal or New York State authorities; or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis, either within or outside the United States, that, in the judgment of the Representative, is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery, of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum.

 

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9.     Defaulting Initial Purchaser .

(a)    If, on the Closing Date, any Initial Purchaser defaults on its obligation to purchase the Securities that it has agreed to purchase hereunder, the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers may in their discretion arrange for the purchase of such Securities by other persons satisfactory to the Company on the terms contained in this Agreement. If, within 36 hours after any such default by any Initial Purchaser, the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers do not arrange for the purchase of such Securities, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours within which to procure other persons satisfactory to the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers to purchase such Securities on such terms. If other persons become obligated or agree to purchase the Securities of a defaulting Initial Purchaser, either the non defaulting Initial Purchasers or the Company may postpone the Closing Date for up to five full business days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Company or counsel for the Initial Purchasers may be necessary in the Time of Sale Information, the Offering Memorandum or in any other document or arrangement, and the Company agrees to promptly prepare any amendment or supplement to the Time of Sale Information or the Offering Memorandum that effects any such changes. As used in this Agreement, the term “Initial Purchaser” includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires, any person not listed in Schedule 1 hereto that, pursuant to this Section 9, purchases Securities that a defaulting Initial Purchaser agreed but failed to purchase.

(b)    If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers by the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers and the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Securities that remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Securities, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Initial Purchaser to purchase the principal amount of Securities that such Initial Purchaser agreed to purchase hereunder plus such Initial Purchaser’s pro rata share (based on the principal amount of Securities that such Initial Purchaser agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Securities of such defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers for which such arrangements have not been made.

(c)    If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers by the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers and the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Securities that remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Securities, or if the Company shall not exercise the right described in paragraph (b) above, then this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers. Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9 shall be without liability on the part of the Company or the Guarantors, except that the Company and each of the Guarantors will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses as set forth in Section 10(a) hereof and except that the provisions of Section 7 hereof shall not terminate and shall remain in effect.

(d)    Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Initial Purchaser of any liability it may have to the Company, the Guarantors or any non-defaulting Initial Purchaser for damages caused by its default.

 

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10.     Payment of Expenses .

(a)    Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company and each of the Guarantors jointly and severally agree to pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident to the performance of their respective obligations hereunder, including without limitation, (i) the costs incident to the authorization, issuance, sale, preparation and delivery of the Securities and any taxes payable in that connection; (ii) the costs incident to the preparation and printing of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, any other Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication and the Offering Memorandum (including any amendment or supplement thereto) and the distribution thereof; (iii) the costs of reproducing and distributing each of the Transaction Documents; (iv) the fees and expenses of the Company’s and the Guarantors’ counsel and independent accountants; (v) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the registration or qualification and determination of eligibility for investment of the Securities under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative may designate and the preparation, printing and distribution of a Blue Sky Memorandum (including the related fees and expenses of counsel for the Initial Purchasers); (vi) any fees charged by rating agencies for rating the Securities; (vii) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and any paying agent (including related fees and expenses of any counsel to such parties); (viii) all expenses and application fees incurred in connection with the approval of the Securities for book-entry transfer by DTC; and (ix) all expenses incurred by the Company in connection with any “road show” presentation to potential investors.

(b)    If (i) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 8, (ii) the Company for any reason fails to tender the Securities for delivery to the Initial Purchasers or (iii) the Initial Purchasers decline to purchase the Securities for any reason permitted under this Agreement, the Company and each of the Guarantors jointly and severally agrees to reimburse the Initial Purchasers for all out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the fees and expenses of their counsel) reasonably incurred by the Initial Purchasers in connection with this Agreement and the offering contemplated hereby.

11.     Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement . This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and any controlling persons referred to herein, and the affiliates, officers and directors of each Initial Purchaser referred to in Section 7 hereof. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. No purchaser of Securities from any Initial Purchaser shall be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such purchase.

12.     Survival . The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations, warranties and agreements of the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of the Company, the Guarantors or the Initial Purchasers pursuant to this Agreement or any certificate delivered pursuant hereto shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Securities and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company, the Guarantors or the Initial Purchasers.

 

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13.     Certain Defined Terms . For purposes of this Agreement, (a) except where otherwise expressly provided, the term “affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; (b) the term “business day” means any day other than a day on which banks are permitted or required to be closed in New York City; (c) the term “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; (d) the term “subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; and (e) the term “written communication” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

14.     Miscellaneous .

(a)     Authority of the Representative . Any action by the Initial Purchasers hereunder may be taken by J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. on behalf of the Initial Purchasers, and any such action taken by J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. shall be binding upon the Initial Purchasers.

(b)     Notices . All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted and confirmed by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Initial Purchasers shall be given to the Representative c/o J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179 (fax: (212) 270-1063); Attention: Ken Lang, with a copy to: Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP , 80 Pine Street, New York, NY 10005 (fax: (212) 269-5420); Attention: Daniel Zubkoff and Douglas Horowitz. Notices to the Company and the Guarantors shall be given to them at Entertainment Properties Trust, 30 West Pershing Road, Suite 201, Kansas City, MO 64108 (fax (816) 472-5794); Attention: Chief Executive Officer, with a copy to: Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP, 1201 Walnut, Suite 2900, Kansas City, MO 64106 (fax (816) 412-1129); Attention: Craig Evans.

(c)     Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

(d)     Counterparts . This Agreement may be signed in counterparts (which may include counterparts delivered by any standard form of telecommunication), each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

(e)     Amendments or Waivers . No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.

(f)     Headings . The headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.

 

Very truly yours,
ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST
By:  

/s/ Gregory Silvers

  Title: Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Development Officer, General Counsel and Secretary
30 WEST PERSHING, LLC
By:  

/s/ Gregory Silvers

  Title: Vice President and Secretary
EPT DOWNREIT II, INC.
By:  

/s/ Gregory Silvers

  Title: Vice President and Secretary
EPT HUNTSVILLE, INC.
By:  

/s/ Gregory Silvers

  Title: Vice President and Secretary
MEGAPLEX FOUR, INC.
By:  

/s/ Gregory Silvers

  Title: Vice President and Secretary
WESTCOL CENTER, LLC
By:  

/s/ Gregory Silvers

  Title: Vice President and Secretary

 

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EPT MELBOURNE, INC.
By:  

/s/ Gregory Silvers

  Title: Vice President and Secretary
CROTCHED MOUNTAIN PROPERTIES, LLC
By:  

/s/ Gregory Silvers

  Title: Vice President and Secretary
EDUCATION CAPITAL SOLUTIONS, LLC
By:  

/s/ Gregory Silvers

  Title: Vice President and Secretary
EPR HIALEAH, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Gregory Silvers

  Title: Vice President and Secretary
EPT 909, INC.
By:  

/s/ Gregory Silvers

  Title: Vice President and Secretary
EPT CROTCHED MOUNTAIN, INC.
By:  

/s/ Gregory Silvers

  Title: Vice President and Secretary
EPT KALAMAZOO, INC.
By:  

/s/ Gregory Silvers

  Title: Vice President and Secretary

 

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EPT MAD RIVER, INC.

By:  

/s/ Gregory Silvers

  Title: Vice President and Secretary
EPT MOUNT ATTITASH, INC.
By:  

/s/ Gregory Silvers

  Title: Vice President and Secretary
EPT MOUNT SNOW, INC.
By:  

/s/ Gregory Silvers

  Title: Vice President and Secretary
EPT NINETEEN, INC.
By:  

/s/ Gregory Silvers

  Title: Vice President and Secretary
EPT SKI PROPERTIES, INC.
By:  

/s/ Gregory Silvers

  Title: Vice President and Secretary
EPT WATERPARKS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Gregory Silvers

  Title: Vice President and Secretary
MEGAPLEX NINE, INC.
By:  

/s/ Gregory Silvers

  Title: Vice President and Secretary

 

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EPR METROPOLIS TRUST
By:  

/s/ Gregory Silvers

  Title: Signatory Trustee
YONGEDUNDAS SIGNAGE TRUST
By:  

/s/ Gregory Silvers

  Title: Signatory Trustee

Accepted: June 25, 2010

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.

For itself and on behalf of the

several Initial Purchasers listed

in Schedule 1 hereto.

 

By:

 

/s/ Kenneth A. Lang

  Authorized Signatory

 

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Schedule 1

 

Initial Purchaser

   Principal Amount

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

   $ 81,081,000

Barclays Capital Inc.

   $ 81,081,000

RBC Capital Markets Corporation

   $ 60,811,000

KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.

   $ 27,027,000
      

Total

   $ 250,000,000


Schedule 2

Guarantors

30 West Pershing, LLC

EPT DownREIT II, Inc.

EPT Huntsville, Inc.

Megaplex Four, Inc.

Westcol Center, LLC

EPT Melbourne, Inc.

Crotched Mountain Properties, LLC

Education Capital Solutions, LLC

EPR Hialeah, Inc.

EPT 909, Inc.

EPT Crotched Mountain, Inc.

EPT Kalamazoo, Inc.

EPT Mad River, Inc.

EPT Mount Attitash, Inc.

EPT Mount Snow, Inc.

EPT Nineteen, Inc.

EPT Ski Properties, Inc.

EPT Waterparks, Inc.

Megaplex Nine, Inc.

EPR Metropolis Trust

YongeDundas Signage Trust

 

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Schedule 3

Subsidiaries

 

Wholly-Owned Direct and Indirect Subsidiary

  

Jurisdiction of Organization

3 Theatres, Inc.

   Missouri

30 West Pershing, LLC

   Missouri

Asia Entertainment and Leisure Holdings Ltd.

   Cayman Islands

Asia Entertainment and Leisure Opportunities Partners Ltd.

   Cayman Islands

Burbank Village, Inc.

   Delaware

Burbank Village, L.P.

   Delaware

Cantera 30, Inc.

   Delaware

Crotched Mountain Properties, LLC

   New Hampshire

Education Capital Solutions, LLC

   Delaware

EPR Canada, Inc.

   Missouri

EPR Global Opportunities Management Ltd.

   Cayman Islands

EPR Hialeah, Inc.

   Missouri

EPR Metropolis Trust

   Delaware

EPR North Trust

   Delaware

EPR TRS Holdings, Inc.

   Missouri

EPR TRS I, Inc.

   Missouri

EPR TRS II, Inc.

   Missouri

EPR TRS III, Inc.

   Missouri

EPT 301, LLC

   Missouri

EPT 909, Inc.

   Delaware

EPT Aliso Viejo, Inc.

   Delaware

 

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Wholly-Owned Direct and Indirect Subsidiary

  

Jurisdiction of Organization

EPT Arroyo, Inc.

   Delaware

EPT Auburn, Inc.

   Delaware

EPT Biloxi, Inc.

   Delaware

EPT Boise, Inc.

   Delaware

EPT Chattanooga, Inc.

   Delaware

EPT Columbiana, Inc.

   Delaware

EPT Concord II, LLC

   Delaware

EPT Concord, LLC

   Delaware

EPT Crotched Mountain, Inc.

   Missouri

EPT Davie, Inc.

   Delaware

EPT Deer Valley, Inc.

   Delaware

EPT DownREIT II, Inc.

   Missouri

EPT DownREIT, Inc.

   Missouri

EPT East, Inc.

   Delaware

EPT Firewheel, Inc.

   Delaware

EPT First Colony, Inc.

   Delaware

EPT Fresno, Inc.

   Delaware

EPT GCC, LLC

   Delaware

EPT Glendora, Inc.

   Delaware

EPT Gulf Pointe, Inc.

   Delaware

EPT Hamilton, Inc.

   Delaware

EPT Hattiesburg, Inc.

   Delaware

EPT Hoffman Estates, Inc.

   Delaware

EPT Huntsville, Inc.

   Delaware

 

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Wholly-Owned Direct and Indirect Subsidiary

  

Jurisdiction of Organization

EPT Hurst, Inc.

   Delaware

EPT Indianapolis, Inc.

   Delaware

EPT Kalamazoo, Inc.

   Missouri

EPT Lafayette, Inc.

   Delaware

EPT Lawrence, Inc.

   Delaware

EPT Leawood, Inc.

   Delaware

EPT Little Rock, Inc.

   Delaware

EPT Macon, Inc.

   Delaware

EPT Mad River, Inc.

   Missouri

EPT Manchester, Inc.

   Delaware

EPT Melbourne, Inc.

   Missouri

EPT Mesa, Inc.

   Delaware

EPT Mesquite, Inc.

   Delaware

EPT Modesto, Inc.

   Delaware

EPT Mount Attitash, Inc.

   Delaware

EPT Mount Snow, Inc.

   Delaware

EPT New Roc GP, Inc.

   Delaware

EPT New Roc, LLC

   Delaware

EPT Nineteen, Inc.

   Delaware

EPT Oakview, Inc.

   Delaware

EPT Pensacola, Inc.

   Missouri

EPT Pompano, Inc.

   Delaware

EPT Raleigh Theatres, Inc.

   Delaware

EPT Schoolhouse, LLC

   Delaware

 

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Wholly-Owned Direct and Indirect Subsidiary

  

Jurisdiction of Organization

EPT Ski Properties, Inc.

   Delaware

EPT Slidell, Inc.

   Delaware

EPT South Barrington, Inc.

   Delaware

EPT Virginia Beach, Inc.

   Delaware

EPT Waterparks, Inc.

   Delaware

EPT White Plains, LLC

   Delaware

EPT Wilmington, Inc.

   Delaware

Flik Depositor, Inc.

   Delaware

Flik, Inc.

   Delaware

Kanata Entertainment Holdings, Inc.

   New Brunswick, Canada

Megaplex Four, Inc.

   Missouri

Megaplex Nine, Inc.

   Missouri

Metropolis Entertainment Holdings, Inc.

   New Brunswick, Canada

Mississauga Entertainment Holdings, Inc.

   New Brunswick, Canada

Monster IV, Inc.

   Delaware

New Roc Associates, L.P.

   New York

Oakville Entertainment Holdings, Inc.

   New Brunswick, Canada

Tampa Veterans 24, Inc.

   Delaware

Theatre Sub, Inc.

   Missouri

WestCol Center, LLC

   Delaware

WestCol Corp.

   Delaware

WestCol Holdings, LLC

   Delaware

WestCol Theatre, LLC

   Delaware

Westminster Promenade Owner’s Association, LLC

   Colorado

 

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Wholly-Owned Direct and Indirect Subsidiary

  

Jurisdiction of Organization

Whitby Entertainment Holdings, Inc.

   New Brunswick, Canada

YongeDundas Signage Trust

   Delaware

 

Not Wholly-Owned Subsidiary

  

Jurisdiction of Organization

Atlantic - EPR I (20% interest owned by Entertainment Properties Trust)

   Delaware

Atlantic - EPR II (20% interest owned by Entertainment Properties Trust)

   Delaware

Cantera 30 Theatre, L.P.

(limited partnership interest wholly-owned by Atlantic - EPR I)

   Delaware

CCC VinREIT, LLC

(100% interest owned by VinREIT, LLC)

   Delaware

Domus Communities, LLC

(50% interest owned by EPT DownREIT, Inc.)

   Delaware

DPRB VinREIT, LLC

(100% interest owned by VinREIT, LLC)

   Delaware

GFS VinREIT, LLC

(100% interest owned by VinREIT, LLC)

   Delaware

Havens VinREIT, LLC

(100% interest owned by VinREIT, LLC)

   Missouri

HGP VinREIT, LLC

(100% interest owned by VinREIT, LLC)

   Delaware

LCPV VinREIT, LLC

(100% interest owned by VinREIT, LLC)

   Delaware

Paso Robles, VinREIT, LLC

(100% interest owned by VinREIT, LLC)

   Missouri

PGCC, LLC

(50% interest owned by EPT GCC, LLC)

   Delaware

 

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Not Wholly-Owned Subsidiary

  

Jurisdiction of Organization

SBV VinREIT, LLC

(100% interest owned by VinREIT, LLC)

   Delaware

Suffolk Retail, LLC

(50% interest owned by EPT DownREIT, Inc.)

   Delaware

Sunny VinREIT, LLC

(100% interest owned by VinREIT, LLC)

   Delaware

Tampa Veterans 24, L.P.

(limited partnership interest wholly-owned by Atlantic - EPR II)

   Delaware

VinREIT, LLC

(96% owned by Entertainment Properties Trust)

   Delaware

 

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ANNEX A

 

a. Additional Time of Sale Information

1.    List each document provided as an amendment or supplement to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum.

2.    Term sheet containing the terms of the securities, substantially in the form of Annex B.


ANNEX B

Entertainment Properties Trust

Pricing Term Sheet


Supplement, dated June 25, 2010

to Preliminary Offering Memorandum

dated June 24, 2010

   Strictly confidential

Entertainment Properties Trust

7.750% Senior Notes due 2020

This Supplement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum (as supplemented through and including the date hereof, the “Preliminary Offering Memorandum”). The information in this Supplement supplements the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and updates and supersedes the information in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum to the extent it is inconsistent with the information in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum.

The notes have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and are being offered only to (1) “qualified institutional buyers” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act and (2) outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act.

 

Issuer:

   Entertainment Properties Trust

Aggregate Principal Amount:

   $250,000,000

Gross Proceeds:

   $245,725,000

Security Description:

   7.750% Senior Notes due 2020

Distribution:

   144A/Regulation S with registration rights as set forth in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum

Maturity Date:

   July 15, 2020

Make Whole Call:

   T + 50 bps

Issue Price:

   98.290%

Coupon:

   7.750%

Yield to Maturity:

   8.000%

Spread to Benchmark Treasury:

   + 490.7 bps

Benchmark Treasury:

   3.500% due May, 2020

Interest Payment Dates:

   January 15 and July 15 commencing on January 15, 2011

CUSIP/ISIN Numbers:

   144A CUSIP: 293 80T AQ8
   144A ISIN: US29380TAQ85
   Reg S CUSIP: U29369 AH5
   Reg S ISIN: USU29369AH57

Trade Date:

   June 25, 2010

Settlement:

   June 30, 2010 (T +3)

Joint Book-Running Managers:

   J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
   Barclays Capital Inc.
   RBC Capital Markets Corporation


Lead Manager:

   KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.

Denominations/Multiple:

   $2,000 x $1,000

Additional Changes to Preliminary

Offering Memorandum

  

Use of Proceeds

   The following paragraph replaces the first paragraph under the caption “Use of Proceeds” section of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum:
   The net proceeds from this offering will be approximately $239,400,000 million, after deducting the initial purchasers’ discounts and commissions and the estimated expenses of this offering.

 

 

This material is confidential and is for your information only and is not intended to be used by anyone other than you. This information does not purport to be a complete description of these securities or the offering. Please refer to the preliminary offering memorandum for a complete description.

This communication is being distributed in the United States solely to Qualified Institutional Buyers, as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, and outside the United States solely to non-U.S. persons as defined under Regulation S.

This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities in any jurisdiction to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation in such jurisdiction.

 

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ANNEX C

Restrictions on Offers and Sales Outside the United States

In connection with offers and sales of Securities outside the United States:

(a)    Each Initial Purchaser acknowledges that the Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except pursuant to an exemption from, or in transactions not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

(b)    Each Initial Purchaser, severally and not jointly, represents, warrants and agrees that:

(i)    Such Initial Purchaser has offered and sold the Securities, and will offer and sell the Securities, (A) as part of their distribution at any time and (B) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the commencement of the offering of the Securities and the Closing Date, only in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act (“Regulation S”) or Rule 144A or any other available exemption from registration under the Securities Act.

(ii)    None of such Initial Purchaser or any of its affiliates or any other person acting on its or their behalf has engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Securities, and all such persons have complied and will comply with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S.

(iii)    At or prior to the confirmation of sale of any Securities sold in reliance on Regulation S, such Initial Purchaser will have sent to each distributor, dealer or other person receiving a selling concession, fee or other remuneration that purchase Securities from it during the distribution compliance period a confirmation or notice to substantially the following effect:

“The Securities covered hereby have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons (i) as part of their distribution at any time or (ii) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the commencement of the offering of the Securities and the date of original issuance of the Securities, except in accordance with Regulation S or Rule 144A or any other available exemption from registration under the Securities Act. Terms used above have the meanings given to them by Regulation S.”

(iv)    Such Initial Purchaser has not and will not enter into any contractual arrangement with any distributor with respect to the distribution of the Securities, except with its affiliates or with the prior written consent of the Company.


Terms used in paragraph (a) and this paragraph (b) and not otherwise defined in this Agreement have the meanings given to them by Regulation S.

(c)    Each Initial Purchaser, severally and not jointly, represents, warrants and agrees that:

(i)    it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated any invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the United Kingdom Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of any Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the Company or the Guarantors; and

(ii)    it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.

(d)    Each Initial Purchaser acknowledges that no action has been or will be taken by the Company that would permit a public offering of the Securities, or possession or distribution of any of the Time of Sale Information, the Offering Memorandum, any Issuer Written Communication or any other offering or publicity material relating to the Securities, in any country or jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required.

 

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ANNEX D

Form of Opinion of Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP, Counsel for the Company and the Guarantors

1.    The Company is a real estate investment trust duly formed and validly existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Maryland and is in good standing with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of the State of Maryland with full power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties, and conduct its business, as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum. Each of the Guarantors is a corporation, statutory trust or limited liability company, as the case may be, duly formed and validly existing in its jurisdiction of organization and is in good standing in its respective jurisdiction of organization with full power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties, and conduct the business in which it is engaged, as such properties and businesses are described in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum. Each of the Company and the Guarantors is duly qualified and in good standing as a foreign real estate investment trust, corporation, statutory trust or limited liability company, as the case may be, in each state in which the character or location of its properties (owned, leased or licensed) or the nature or conduct of its business makes such qualification necessary, except for those failures to be so qualified or in good standing which will not in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect.

2.    The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum under the heading “Capitalization.” All the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each Guarantor have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable.

3.    Each of the Company and the Guarantors has the requisite real estate investment trust, corporate, statutory trust or limited liability company, as the case may be, right, power and authority to execute and deliver each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and to perform its respective obligations thereunder. All real estate investment trust, corporate, statutory trust or limited liability company, as the case may be, action required to be taken on the part of the Company and the Guarantors for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby by them has been duly and validly taken.

4.    The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and each of the Guarantors and, assuming due execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee, constitutes a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company and each of the Guarantors enforceable against the Company and each of the Guarantors in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions. The Indenture conforms in all material respects with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission applicable to an indenture that is qualified thereunder (except that we express no opinion with respect to the qualification of the Trustee).

5.    The Securities have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and, when duly authenticated and delivered as provided in the Indenture and paid for as provided in the Purchase Agreement, the Securities will be duly and validly issued and outstanding


and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, and holders of the Securities will be entitled to the benefits afforded thereto under the Indenture. The Guarantees have been duly authorized by each of the Guarantors and, when the Securities have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as provided in the Indenture and paid for as provided in the Purchase Agreement, will be valid and legally binding obligations of each of the Guarantors, enforceable against each of the Guarantors in accordance with their terms.

6.    The Exchange Securities (including the related guarantees) have been duly authorized by the Company and each of the Guarantors and, when duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement and the Indenture, the Exchange Securities will be duly and validly issued and outstanding and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, as issuer, and each of the Guarantors, as guarantor, enforceable against the Company and each of the Guarantors in accordance with their terms, and holders of the Exchange Securities will be entitled to the benefits afforded thereto under the Indenture.

7.    The Purchase Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantors. The Registration Rights Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and each of the Guarantors and, when duly executed and delivered by the other parties thereto, will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company and each of the Guarantors enforceable against the Company and each of the Guarantors in accordance with its terms, except that rights to indemnity and contribution thereunder may be limited by applicable law and public policy.

8.    Each Transaction Document (excluding the Securities and the Exchange Securities, as to which we express no opinion) conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum.

9.    The execution, delivery and performance by the Company and each of the Guarantors of each of the Transaction Documents to which each is a party, the issuance and sale of the Securities (including the Guarantees) and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of the Guarantors pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument which is filed or incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2009, as amended, or in any subsequent filings with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act (excluding any such indenture, mortgage, etc. that is terminated, satisfied, released or expired on or before the Closing Date); (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the declaration of trust and the bylaws of the Company, the articles or certificate of incorporation and the bylaws of any Guarantor which is a corporation, the articles of organization or the certificate of formation and the operating agreement or the limited liability company agreement, as applicable, of any Guarantor which is a limited liability company or the certificate of trust and the trust agreement of any Guarantor which is a statutory trust; or (iii) result in the violation of any applicable statutory law, rule or regulation included in Applicable Laws (excluding state securities laws, rules or regulations, as

 

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to which we express no opinion) or, to our knowledge, any judgment or order of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above, for any such conflict, breach, violation, default, lien, charge or encumbrance that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

10.    No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority is required under any applicable statutory law, rule or regulation included in Applicable Laws for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company and each of the Guarantors of each of the Transaction Documents to which each is a party, the issuance and sale of the Securities (including the Guarantees) and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, except for such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as may be required (i) under applicable state securities laws, rules or regulations in connection with the purchase and resale of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers or (ii) with respect to the Exchange Securities (including the related guarantees) under the Securities Act, the Trust Indenture Act, applicable state securities laws, rules or regulations or applicable stock exchange rules as contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement or (iii) to be obtained under the terms of the Transaction Documents, but not required to be obtained on or before the Closing Date.

11.    To the best of our knowledge, except as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, (a) there are no legal, governmental or regulatory actions, suits or proceedings pending to which the Company or any of the Guarantors is a party or of which any property of the Company or any of the Guarantors is the subject that, individually or in the aggregate, could, in our judgment, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (b) no such actions, suits or proceedings have been overtly threatened in writing against the Company or any of the Guarantors.

12.    The descriptions in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum of statutes, legal, governmental and regulatory proceedings and contracts and other documents are accurate in all material respects; and the statements in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum under the heading “Certain U.S. federal income tax considerations,” to the extent that they constitute summaries of matters of law or regulation or legal conclusions, fairly present the matters described therein in all material respects.

13.    Neither the Company nor any of the Guarantors is, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, none of them will be, an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act.

14.    The information incorporated by reference from documents filed with the Commission in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum (other than the financial statements and other financial information contained therein, as to which we express no opinion), when filed with the Commission, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

 

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15.    Neither the issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities nor the application of the proceeds thereof by the Company as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum will violate Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

16.    Assuming the accuracy of the representations, warranties and agreements of the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers contained in the Purchase Agreement, it is not necessary, in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers and the offer, resale and delivery of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers in the manner contemplated by the Purchase Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, to register the Securities under the Securities Act or to qualify the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.

Because the primary purpose of our engagement was not to establish or confirm factual matters or financial or accounting matters, and because of the wholly or partially non-legal character of many of the statements contained in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum and any amendment or supplement thereto, we are not passing upon and do not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Time of Sale Information or the Offering Memorandum or any amendment or supplement thereto (except to the extent expressly set forth in opinion paragraph 12 above), and we have not independently verified the accuracy, completeness or fairness of such statements (except as aforesaid). Without limiting the foregoing, we assume no responsibility for, have not independently verified, and have not been asked to comment on, the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the financial statements and other financial, accounting or statistical data included in the Time of Sale Information or the Offering Memorandum or any amendment or supplement thereto, and we have not examined the accounting, financial or other records from which such financial statements and other financial, accounting or statistical data contained therein were derived. Furthermore, we are not experts within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act with respect to any portion of the Time of Sale Information or the Offering Memorandum or any amendment or supplement thereto, including, without limitation, such financial statements and other financial, accounting or statistical data.

In connection with our representation of the Company and the Guarantors with respect to the issuance and sale of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers, we have participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company and the Guarantors and with representatives of its independent accountants and counsel and with representatives of the Initial Purchasers and their counsel, at which conferences the contents of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum and any amendment or supplement thereto and related matters were discussed; and, based upon such participation and our review of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum and any amendment or supplement thereto, and relying as to facts necessary to the determination of materiality, to the extent we may do so in the exercise of our professional responsibility, based upon the factual statements of officers and other representatives of the Company and the Guarantors and representatives of the Initial Purchasers, no facts have come to our attention that cause us to believe that:

(A)    the Time of Sale Information, at the Time of Sale (which we assume to be the date of the Purchase Agreement), contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or

 

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(B)    the Offering Memorandum or any amendment or supplement thereto, as of its date and the Closing Date, contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

except that in the case of each of (A) and (B), we express no belief, opinion or statement with respect to the financial statements, including the notes thereto and the auditors’ reports thereon, and the other financial and statistical information contained therein or omitted therefrom.

In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely as to matters of fact on the representations and warranties contained in the Purchase Agreement, certificates of responsible officers of the Company and the Guarantors and certificates of public officials that are furnished to the Initial Purchasers and may also set forth other reasonable assumptions, qualifications and limitations.

The opinion of Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP described above shall be rendered to the Initial Purchasers at the request of the Company and shall so state therein.

 

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ANNEX E

Form of Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP, Counsel for the Company and the Guarantors

[See Attached]


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June [      ], 2010

 

[DRAFT]

 

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

  as Representative of the

  several Initial Purchasers

c/o J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

           

 

  Re: Entertainment Properties Trust: [    ]% Senior Notes due 2020

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as special counsel to Entertainment Properties Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the “ Company ”), in connection with the sale to you and the several initial purchasers named on Exhibit A hereto for whom you are acting as representative (you and such other initial purchasers, collectively, the “ Initial Purchasers ”) by the Company of $[250] million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s [    ]% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “ Notes ”) and the guarantee of the Notes (the “ Guarantees ”) by those entities listed on Exhibit B hereto (the “ Guarantors ”) pursuant to a purchase agreement, dated June [    ], 2010 (the “ Purchase Agreement ”), among you, as representative of the several Initial Purchasers, the Company and the Guarantors. The Notes and the Guarantees are being issued pursuant to an indenture, dated the date hereof (the “ Indenture ”), among the Company, the Guarantors and UMB Bank, n.a., as trustee. This letter is being furnished to you pursuant to Section [6(f)(ii)] of the Purchase Agreement.

As such counsel, we have examined such matters of fact and questions of law as we have considered appropriate for purposes of this letter, except where a specific fact confirmation procedure is stated to have been performed (in which case we have with your consent performed the stated procedure). We have examined, among other things, the following:

 

  (a) The Indenture (including the Guarantees contained therein);

 

  (b) The form of the Notes;

 

  (c) The form of the new [    ]% Senior Notes due 2020 to be issued in exchange for the Notes pursuant to the registered exchange offer contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement (the “Exchange Securities”);


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  (d) The Registration Rights Agreement, dated the date hereof (the “ Registration Rights Agreement ” and, together with the Indenture (including the Guarantees contained therein), the Notes and the Exchange Securities, the “ Operative Documents ”), among you, as representative of the several Initial Purchasers, the Company and the Guarantors;

 

  (e) The preliminary offering memorandum, dated June, [    ] 2010 (the “ Preliminary Offering Memorandum ”), and the pricing term sheet dated June [    ],2010, with respect to the Notes and the Guarantees; and

 

  (f) The final offering memorandum, dated June, [    ] 2010 (the “ Offering Memorandum ”), with respect to the Notes and the Guarantees.

Except as otherwise stated herein, as to factual matters we have, with your consent, relied upon oral or written statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company, the Guarantors and others, including the representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantors in the Purchase Agreement. We have not independently verified such factual matters.

Except as otherwise stated herein, we are opining herein as to the effect on the subject transaction only of the federal laws of the United States and the internal laws of the State of New York, and we express no opinion with respect to the applicability thereto, or the effect thereon, of the laws of any other jurisdiction or as to any matters of municipal law or the laws of any local agencies within any state. Various issues concerning matters of Maryland, Delaware and New Hampshire law and the federal laws of the United States are addressed in the opinion of Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP, which has been separately provided to you. Except as otherwise stated herein, our opinions are based upon of only those statutes, rules and regulations which, in our experience, are normally applicable to private placements of senior notes. We express no opinion with respect to those matters herein, and to the extent elements of those opinions are necessary to the conclusions expressed herein, we have, with your consent, assumed such matters.

Subject to the foregoing and the other matters set forth herein, as of the date hereof:

1.         The Indenture is the legally valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms.

2.         The Indenture, including the Guarantees contained therein, is the legally valid and binding agreement of each of the Guarantors, enforceable against each of them in accordance with its terms.

3.         The Notes, when executed, issued and authenticated in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by you in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement, will be the legally valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.

4.         The Exchange Securities, when executed, issued, authenticated and delivered in exchange for the Notes pursuant to the registered exchange offer contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement, will be the legally valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.


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5.         The Registration Rights Agreement is the legally valid and binding agreement of the Company and each of the Guarantors, enforceable against each of them in accordance with its terms.

6.         The statements in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum under the caption “Description of the Notes,” insofar as they purport to describe or summarize certain provisions of the Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees, are accurate summaries or descriptions in all material respects.

7.         No registration of the Notes or the Guarantees under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and no qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, is required for the purchase of the Notes by you or the initial resale of the Notes by you, in each case, in the manner contemplated by the Purchase Agreement and the Offering Memorandum. We express no opinion, however, as to when or under what circumstances any Notes initially sold by you may be reoffered or resold.

Our opinions are subject to: (i) the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent transfer, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors; (ii) the effect of general principles of equity, whether enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law (including the possible unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief), concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, and the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought; (iii) the invalidity under certain circumstances under law or court decisions of provisions providing for the indemnification of or contribution to a party with respect to a liability where such indemnification or contribution is contrary to public policy; and (iv) we express no opinion with respect to (a) provisions for liquidated damages, default interest, late charges, monetary penalties, make-whole premiums or other economic remedies to the extent such provisions are deemed to constitute a penalty, (b) consents to, or restrictions upon, governing law, jurisdiction, venue, arbitration, remedies or judicial relief, (c) the waiver of rights or defenses contained in Section [    ] of the Indenture, (d) any provision requiring the payment of attorneys’ fees, where such payment is contrary to law or public policy and (e) the severability, if invalid, of provisions to the foregoing effect.

With your consent, for purposes of the opinion rendered in paragraph 7, we have assumed that the representations and agreements made by each of you, the Company and the Guarantors contained in the Purchase Agreement and the representations and agreements deemed to be made in accordance with the Offering Memorandum by purchasers to whom you initially resell the Notes are accurate and have been and will be complied with.


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With your consent, we have assumed (a) that the Operative Documents have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto, (b) that the Operative Documents constitute legally valid and binding obligations of the parties thereto other than the Company and each of the Guarantors, enforceable against each of them in accordance with their respective terms and (c) that the status of the Operative Documents as legally valid and binding obligations of the parties is not affected by any (i) breaches of, or defaults under, agreements or instruments, (ii) violations of statutes, rules, regulations or court or governmental orders or (iii) failures to obtain required consents, approvals or authorizations from, or make required registrations, declarations or filings with, governmental authorities, provided that we make no such assumption to the extent we have specifically opined as to any such matters in paragraph 7 herein.

This letter is furnished only to you in your capacity as representative of the several Initial Purchasers in their capacity as initial purchasers under the Purchase Agreement and is solely for the benefit of the Initial Purchasers in connection with the transactions referenced in the first paragraph. This letter may not be relied upon by you or the other Initial Purchasers for any other purpose, or furnished to, assigned to, quoted to, or relied upon by any other person, firm or other entity for any purpose (including any person, firm or other entity that acquires Notes or any interest therein from you or the other Initial Purchasers) without our prior written consent, which may be granted or withheld in our sole discretion.

Very truly yours,

DRAFT


ANNEX F

Form of REIT Opinion

Based on the foregoing and in reliance thereon and subject thereto and on an analysis of the Code, Treasury Regulations thereunder, judicial authority and current administrative rulings and such other laws and facts as we have deemed relevant and necessary, it is our opinion that (i) beginning with its taxable year ended December 31, 1997, the Company has been organized and operated in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation (and the Company has qualified) as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and its current and proposed method of operation (as represented in the Officers’ Certificate, the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Final Offering Memorandum) will enable the Company to continue to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT for the current and subsequent taxable years; (ii) the Company’s current method of operation (as represented in the Officers’ Certificate, the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Final Offering Memorandum) will enable the Partnerships (as defined in the Officers’ Certificate) to be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as partnerships (or disregarded entities) and not as associations taxable as corporations or as publicly-traded partnerships; (iii) the statements in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum under the caption “Certain U.S. federal income tax considerations,” to the extent that they describe matters of law or legal conclusions, are correct in all material respects; and (iv) the statements in the Final Offering Memorandum under the caption “Certain U.S. federal income tax considerations,” to the extent that they describe matters of law or legal conclusions, are correct in all material respects.

Exhibit 4.1

 

 

Entertainment Properties Trust

and each of the Guarantors named herein

 

 

INDENTURE

Dated as of June 30, 2010

$250,000,000

7.750% Senior Notes due 2020

 

 

UMB Bank, n.a.,

Trustee

 

 

 

 


CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*

 

Trust Indenture
Act Section
   Indenture Section

310(a)(1)

   7.10

      (a)(2)

   7.10

      (a)(3)

   N.A.

      (a)(4)

   N.A.

      (a)(5)

   7.10

      (b)

   7.10

      (c)

   N.A.

311(a)

   7.11

      (b)

   7.11

      (c)

   N.A.

312(a)

   2.05

      (b)

   12.03

      (c)

   12.03

313(a)

   7.06

      (b)(2)

   7.06; 7.07

      (c)

   7.06; 12.02

      (d)

   7.06

314(a)(4)

   12.05

      (c)(1)

   N.A.

      (c)(2)

   N.A.

      (c)(3)

   N.A.

      (e)

   12.05

      (f)

   N.A.

315(a)

   2.02

      (b)

   2.02

      (c)

   2.02

      (d)

   2.02

      (e)

   N.A.

316(a) (last sentence)

   N.A.

      (a)(1)(A)

   N.A.

      (a)(1)(B)

   N.A.

      (a)(2)

   N.A.

      (b)

   N.A.

      (c)

   12.16

317(a)(1)

   N.A.

      (a)(2)

   N.A.

      (b)

   N.A.

318(a)

   N.A.

      (b)

   N.A.

      (c)

   12.01

N.A. means not applicable.

* This Cross Reference Table is not part of this Indenture.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

   1

Section 1.01

     Definitions    1

Section 1.02

     Other Definitions    14

Section 1.03

     Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act    14

Section 1.04

     Rules of Construction    14

ARTICLE 2 THE NOTES

   15

Section 2.01

     Form, Dating and Denominations    15

Section 2.02

     Execution and Authentication    16

Section 2.03

     Registrar and Paying Agent    17

Section 2.04

     Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust    17

Section 2.05

     Holder Lists    18

Section 2.06

     Transfer and Exchange    18

Section 2.07

     Replacement Notes    29

Section 2.08

     Outstanding Notes    29

Section 2.09

     Treasury Notes    30

Section 2.10

     Temporary Notes    30

Section 2.11

     Cancellation    30

Section 2.12

     Defaulted Interest    30

ARTICLE 3 REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT

   31

Section 3.01

     Notices to Trustee    31

Section 3.02

     Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed    31

Section 3.03

     Notice of Redemption    32

Section 3.04

     Effect of Notice of Redemption    32

Section 3.05

     Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price    33

Section 3.06

     Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part    33

Section 3.07

     Optional Redemption    33

Section 3.08

     Mandatory Redemption    33

ARTICLE 4 COVENANTS

   34

Section 4.01

     Payment of Notes    34

Section 4.02

     Maintenance of Office or Agency    34

Section 4.03

     Reports    34

Section 4.04

     Compliance Certificate    35

Section 4.05

     Corporate Existence    36

Section 4.06

     Limitations on Incurrence of Debt    36

Section 4.07

     Maintenance of Total Unencumbered Assets    37

Section 4.08

     Additional Guarantees    37

Section 4.09

     Offer to Repurchase Upon a Change of Control    37

ARTICLE 5 SUCCESSORS

   39

Section 5.01

     Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets    39

Section 5.02

     Successor Substituted    40

 

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ARTICLE 6 DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

   40

Section 6.01

   Events of Default    40

Section 6.02

   Acceleration    42

Section 6.03

   Other Remedies    42

Section 6.04

   Waiver of Past Defaults    42

Section 6.05

   Control by Majority    43

Section 6.06

   Limitation on Suits    43

Section 6.07

   Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment    43

Section 6.08

   Collection Suit by Trustee    43

Section 6.09

   Trustee May File Proofs of Claim    44

Section 6.10

   Priorities    44

Section 6.11

   Undertaking for Costs    44

ARTICLE 7 TRUSTEE

   45

Section 7.01

   Duties of Trustee    45

Section 7.02

   Rights of Trustee    46

Section 7.03

   Individual Rights of Trustee    46

Section 7.04

   Trustee’s Disclaimer    46

Section 7.05

   Notice of Defaults    47

Section 7.06

   Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes    47

Section 7.07

   Compensation and Indemnity    47

Section 7.08

   Replacement of Trustee    48

Section 7.09

   Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.    49

Section 7.10

   Eligibility; Disqualification    49

Section 7.11

   Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer    49

ARTICLE 8 LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

   50

Section 8.01

   Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance    50

Section 8.02

   Legal Defeasance and Discharge    50

Section 8.03

   Covenant Defeasance    50

Section 8.04

   Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance    51

Section 8.05

   Deposited Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions    52

Section 8.06

   Repayment to Issuer    52

Section 8.07

   Reinstatement    53

ARTICLE 9 AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

   53

Section 9.01

   Without Consent of Holders of Notes    53

Section 9.02

   With Consent of Holders of Notes    54

Section 9.03

   Compliance with Trust Indenture Act    55

Section 9.04

   Revocation and Effect of Consents    55

Section 9.05

   Notation on or Exchange of Notes    55

Section 9.06

   Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.    56

ARTICLE 10 NOTES GUARANTEES

   56

Section 10.01

   Notes Guarantee    56

Section 10.02

   Limitation on Guarantor Liability    57

Section 10.03

   Execution and Delivery of Notes Guarantee    57

Section 10.04

   Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms    57

Section 10.05

   Releases Following Sale of Assets    58

 

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ARTICLE 11 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

   59

Section 11.01

     Satisfaction and Discharge    59

Section 11.02

     Application of Trust Money    60

ARTICLE 12 MISCELLANEOUS

   60

Section 12.01

     Trust Indenture Act Controls    60

Section 12.02

     Notices    60

Section 12.03

     Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes    61

Section 12.04

     Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent    61

Section 12.05

     Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion    62

Section 12.06

     Rules by Trustee and Agents    62

Section 12.07

     No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders    62

Section 12.08

     Governing Law    62

Section 12.09

     No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements    62

Section 12.10

     Successors    63

Section 12.11

     Severability    63

Section 12.12

     Counterpart Originals    63

Section 12.13

     Table of Contents, Headings, etc.    63

Section 12.14

     Benefits of Indenture    63

Section 12.15

     Legal Holidays    63

Section 12.16

     Acts of Holders    63

SCHEDULES

 

Schedule I

   GUARANTORS

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A      Form of Note
Exhibit B      Form of Certificate of Transfer
Exhibit C      Form of Certificate of Exchange
Exhibit D      Form of Supplemental Indenture

 

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INDENTURE dated as of June 30, 2010 among Entertainment Properties Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the “ Issuer ”), the Guarantors (as defined herein) parties hereto from time to time and UMB Bank, n.a., as trustee (the “ Trustee ”).

Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders (as defined herein) of (i) the Issuer’s 7.750% Senior Notes due 2020 issued on the Closing Date (the “ Initial Notes ”), (ii) any Additional Notes (as defined herein) that may be issued on any other date following the Issue Date (as defined herein) and (iii) if and when issued pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement (as defined herein), any Exchange Notes (as defined herein) issued in exchange for Initial Notes or Additional Notes (all such notes in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) being referred to collectively as the “ Notes ”):

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

Section 1.01 Definitions.

144A Global Note ” means a global note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 144A.

Acquired Debt ” means Debt of a Person (1) existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary or (2) assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person, in each case, other than Debt incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Person becoming a Subsidiary or such acquisition. Acquired Debt is deemed to be incurred on the date of the related acquisition of assets from any Person or the date the acquired Person becomes a Subsidiary.

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 purposes of this definition, “control,” as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise. For purposes of this definition, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with” have correlative meanings.

Agent ” means any Registrar, co-registrar, Paying Agent or additional paying agent.

Annual Debt Service ” as of any date means the amount which was expensed in the four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on the most recent Measurement Date for interest on Debt of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, excluding (1) amortization of debt discount and deferred financing cost, (2) all gains and losses associated with the unwinding or break-funding of interest rate swap agreements, (3) the write-off of unamortized deferred financing fees, (4) prepayment fees, premiums and penalties and (5) non-cash swap ineffectiveness charges.

Applicable Premium ” means, with respect to any Note on any redemption date, the excess of:

(a) the present value at such redemption date of (i) the aggregate principal amount of the Note plus (ii) all required interest payments due on the Note through July 15, 2020 (excluding interest paid prior to the redemption date and accrued but unpaid interest to the redemption date), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such redemption date plus 50 basis points; over


(b) the principal amount of the Note.

Applicable Procedures ” means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream that apply to such transfer or exchange.

Authorized Newspaper ” means a newspaper, printed in the English language or in an official language of the country of publication, customarily published on each Business Day, whether or not published on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, and of general circulation in each place in connection with which the term is used or in the financial community of each such place. Whenever successive publications are required to be made in Authorized Newspapers, the successive publications may be made in the same or in different Authorized Newspapers in the same city meeting the foregoing requirements and in each case on any Business Day.

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

Board of Directors ” means:

(1) with respect to the Issuer, its Board of Trustees;

(2) with respect to a corporation, the Board of Directors of the corporation;

(3) with respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of the partnership or the board or committee of the general partner of the partnership serving a similar function; and

(4) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.

Board Resolutions ” means a copy of resolutions certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Issuer 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.

Broker-Dealer ” means any broker or dealer registered under the Exchange Act.

Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York are required or authorized to close.

Capital Stock ” means, with respect to any entity, any capital stock (including preferred stock), shares, interests, participation or other ownership interests (however designated) of such entity and any rights (other than debt securities convertible into or exchangeable for capital stock), warrants or options to purchase any thereof; provided , however , that leases of real property that provide for contingent rent based on the financial performance of the tenant shall not be deemed to be Capital Stock.

Capitalized Lease Obligation ” means, at the time any determination is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP.

 

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Change of Control ” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events:

(1) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer to any “person” or “group” (as such terms are defined in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), together with any Affiliates thereof (whether or not otherwise in compliance with the provisions of this Indenture);

(2) a “person” or “group” (as such terms are defined in Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), becomes the ultimate “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Issuer on a fully diluted basis; or

(3) the approval by the holders of Capital Stock of the Issuer of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Issuer (whether or not otherwise in compliance with the provisions of this Indenture).

Clearstream ” means Clearstream Banking, S.A., or its successor.

Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service ” for any period means Earnings from Operations of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries plus amounts which have been deducted, and minus amounts which have been added, for the following (without duplication): (1) total interest expense of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, including interest or distributions on Debt of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, (2) provision for taxes based on income or profits of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, (3) amortization of debt discount and deferred financing costs, (4) provisions for gains and losses on properties, (5) depreciation and amortization (excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were paid in a prior period), (6) the effect of any non-cash charge resulting from a change in accounting principles in determining Earnings from Operations for such period, (7) amortization of deferred charges, (8) the aggregate amount of all non-cash expenses (excluding any such non-cash expense to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenses in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash expense that was paid in a prior period), determined on a consolidated basis, to the extent such items increased or decreased Earnings from Operations for such period and (9) straight-lined rental revenue.

Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee ” will be at the address of the Trustee specified in Section 12.02 hereof or such other address as to which the Trustee may give notice to the Issuer.

Credit Agreement ” means the Credit Agreement, to be dated as of June 30, 2010, among the Issuer and the initial Guarantors, as Borrowers, KeyBank National Association, as Administrative Agent, J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., and RBC Capital Markets, as Co-Syndication Agents, KeyBanc Capital Markets, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, as Joint Book Runners and Joint Lead Arrangers, and the other financial institutions signatory thereto and their assignees, in each case as amended, modified, renewed, extended, increased, refunded, replaced or refinanced from time to time (whether or not with the original agents or lenders and whether or not contemplated under the original agreement relating thereto).

Credit Facilities ” means, one or more debt facilities (including, without limitation, the Credit Agreement), indentures, or commercial paper facilities, in each case with banks or other institutional lenders or other qualified buyers providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, notes, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to such lenders or to special purpose entities formed

 

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to borrow from such lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, extended, increased, refunded, replaced or refinanced in whole or in part from time to time (whether or not with the original agents or lenders and whether or not contemplated under the original agreement relating thereto).

Custodian ” means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Notes in global form, or any successor entity thereto.

Debt ” of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries means, without duplication, any indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, whether or not contingent, in respect of:

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

(2) indebtedness for borrowed money secured by any encumbrance existing on property owned by the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries, to the extent of the lesser of (x) the amount of indebtedness so secured or (y) the Fair Market Value of the property subject to such encumbrance;

(3) the reimbursement obligations in connection with any letters of credit actually drawn or amounts representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property or services, except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense, trade payable, conditional sale obligations or obligations under any title retention agreement;

(4) the principal amount of all obligations of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to redemption, repayment or other repurchase of any Disqualified Stock; and

(5) any lease of property by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as lessee which is reflected on the Issuer’s or such Restricted Subsidiaries’ consolidated balance sheet as a Capitalized Lease Obligation,

to the extent, in the case of items of indebtedness under clauses (1) through (5) above, that any such items would appear as a liability on the Issuer’s or such Restricted Subsidiaries’ consolidated balance sheet in accordance with GAAP.

Debt also includes, to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries 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 another Person (other than the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries); it being understood that Debt shall be deemed to be incurred by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries whenever the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary shall create, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable in respect thereof; provided , however , that a Person shall not be deemed to have incurred Debt (or be liable with respect to such Debt) by virtue of Standard Securitization Undertakings.

Debt shall not include (a) Debt arising from agreements of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment or holdback of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the acquisition or disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary, other than guarantees of Debt incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition or (b) contingent obligations under performance bonds, performance guarantees, surety bonds, appeal bonds or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices. In the case of Debt as of any date issued with original issue discount, the amount of such Debt shall be the accreted value thereof as of such date.

 

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Default ” means, with respect to this Indenture and the Notes, any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.

Definitive Note ” means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.06, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto.

Depositary ” means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.03 hereof as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture.

Disqualified Stock ” means, with respect to any entity, any Capital Stock of such entity which by the terms of such Capital Stock (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable or exercisable), upon the happening of any event or otherwise (other than pursuant to a change of control provision not materially more favorable to the holder thereof than as described in Section 4.09), (1) matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (other than Capital Stock which is redeemable solely in exchange for Capital Stock which is not Disqualified Stock or for Subordinated Debt), (2) is convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Debt, other than Subordinated Debt or Disqualified Stock, or (3) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part (other than Capital Stock which is redeemable solely in exchange for Capital Stock which is not Disqualified Stock or for Subordinated Debt), in each case on or prior to the stated maturity of the Notes.

Domestic Subsidiary ” means any Restricted Subsidiary that was formed under the laws of the United States or any state of the United States or the District of Columbia.

Earnings from Operations ” for any period means the consolidated net income of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding non-controlling interests), excluding gains and losses on sales of investments, extraordinary items (including, in any event, losses on extinguishment of debt), distributions on equity securities, property valuation losses, and the net income of any Person, other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer (except to the extent of cash dividends or distributions paid to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary) as reflected in the financial statements of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP, and excluding the cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles.

Equity Interests ” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).

Euroclear ” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system, or its successor.

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

Exchange Notes ” means the Notes issued in the Exchange Offer pursuant to Section 2.06(i) hereof or pursuant to a registered exchange offer for Notes with a Private Placement Legend.

 

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Exchange Offer ” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

Exchange Offer Registration Statement ” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

Existing Debt ” means Debt of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Debt under the Credit Agreement) in existence on the Issue Date, until such amounts are repaid.

Fair Market Value ” means, with respect to any asset, the price (after taking into account any liabilities relating to such assets) which could be negotiated in an arm’s-length free market transaction between a willing seller and a willing buyer, neither of which is under pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction. Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Board of Directors of the Issuer in good faith.

Fitch ” means Fitch, Inc. or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.

Foreign Currency ” means any currency, currency unit or composite currency issued by the government of one or more countries other than the United States of America or by any recognized confederation or association of such governments.

GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in effect on the date of determination.

Global Note ” means, individually and collectively, each of the Restricted Global Notes and the Unrestricted Global Notes, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto issued in accordance with Section 2.01 or 2.06 hereof.

Global Note Legend ” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(k), which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.

Government Obligations ” means securities which are (1) direct obligations of the United States of America or the government which issued the Foreign Currency in which the Notes are payable, for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (2) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America or such government which issued the Foreign Currency in which Notes are payable, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America or such other government, which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include 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 required 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 ” means a guarantee other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business, direct or indirect, in any manner including, without limitation, by way of a pledge of assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof, of all or any part of any Debt.

 

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Guarantors ” means each Domestic Subsidiary of the Issuer that is a guarantor of or borrower under the Credit Agreement and executes this Indenture; and their respective successors and assigns; provided , however , that any Person constituting a Guarantor as described above shall cease to constitute a Guarantor when its Guarantee of the Notes is released in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

Hedging Obligations ” means, with respect to any specified Person, the obligations of such Person under:

(1) interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements; and

(2) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in interest rates or foreign exchange rates.

Holder ” means a Person in whose name a Note is registered.

incur ” means issue, create, assume, guarantee, incur or otherwise become liable for; provided , however, that any Debt or Capital Stock of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (whether by merger, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be deemed to be incurred by such Subsidiary at the time it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary. Neither the accrual of interest nor the accretion of original issue discount shall be deemed to be an incurrence of Debt. The term “incurrence” when used as a noun shall have a correlative meaning.

Indenture ” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.

Indirect Participant ” means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through a Participant.

Initial Purchasers ” means, with respect to the Initial Notes, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Barclays Capital Inc., RBC Capital Markets Corporation and KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.

Interest Payment Date ” has the meaning set forth in the Notes.

Issue Date ” means June 30, 2010.

Issuer ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

Letter of Transmittal ” means the letter of transmittal to be prepared by the Issuer and sent to all Holders of the Notes for use by such Holders in connection with the Exchange Offer.

Lien ” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction.

 

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Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.

Non-Recourse Debt ” means Debt:

(1) as to which neither the Issuer nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries ( a ) provides credit support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute Debt), other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings, or ( b ) is directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor or otherwise, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings; and

(2) as to which the lenders have been notified in writing that they will not have any recourse to the stock or assets of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings.

Non-U.S. Person ” means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.

Note ” has the meaning stated in the preamble to this Indenture.

Notes Guarantee ” means the Guarantee by each Guarantor of the Issuer’s payment obligations under this Indenture and on the Notes, executed pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture.

Officer ” means, with respect to any Person, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Investment Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or any Vice-President of such Person.

Officers’ Certificate ” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Issuer by two Officers of the Issuer, one of whom must be the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, the principal investment officer, the treasurer or the principal accounting officer of the Issuer or a general partner of the Issuer, that meets the requirements of Section 2.02, 8.04 or 12.05, as applicable.

Opinion of Counsel ” means an opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, that meets the requirements of Section 2.02, 8.04 or 12.05, as applicable. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Issuer, any Subsidiary of the Issuer or the Trustee.

Outstanding ” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.08.

Participant ” means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and, with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).

Permitted Business ” means any business activity or investments related to a leasehold or equity interest, secured note, mortgage, deed of trust, collateralized mortgage obligations, commercial mortgage-backed securities, other secured debt securities, secured debt derivative or other debt instruments, so long as such investment relates directly or indirectly to real property that constitutes or is used as a movie theatre, retail complex, ski area, winery, vineyard, water-park, school or other properties customarily constituting assets of a REIT, plus any other business in which the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries were engaged on the Issue Date and such business activities as are complementary, incidental, ancillary or related to, or are reasonable extensions of, the foregoing.

 

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Permitted Debt ” means:

(1) Permitted Refinancing Debt of Debt permitted to be incurred under this Indenture (other than pursuant to clauses (2), (3), (10) or (11) below);

(2) Debt under Credit Facilities in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $420.0 million at any one time outstanding; provided that such Debt may only be Secured Debt if the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries, on the date of such incurrence after giving pro forma effect thereto and any related transactions as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Secured Debt (other than Permitted Debt) pursuant to Section 4.06(b) hereof. Debt outstanding under Credit Facilities on the Issue Date will be deemed to have been incurred pursuant to this clause (2);

(3) other Debt in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $100.0 million at any one time outstanding;

(4) Existing Debt (other than Debt under the Credit Agreement, the Notes and the Notes Guarantees);

(5) the Notes issued on the Issue Date (and Notes Guarantees) and any Exchange Notes (and related Notes Guarantees) issued in exchange therefor pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement;

(6) Debt owed to and held by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided , however , that (A) any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any subsequent transfer of such Debt (other than to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute the incurrence of such Debt by the obligor thereon, (B) if the Issuer is the obligor on such Debt and a Subsidiary Guarantor is not the obligee thereon, such Debt is expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all obligations with respect to the Notes, and (C) if a Subsidiary Guarantor is the obligor on such Debt and a Subsidiary Guarantor is not the obligee thereon, such Debt is expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor with respect to its Subsidiary Guaranty related to the Notes;

(7) Debt arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; provided , however , that such Debt is extinguished within five Business Days of its incurrence;

(8) Debt (A) in respect of worker’s compensation claims, self-insurance obligations, banker’s acceptance, and performance, surety or appeal bonds provided in the ordinary course of business, (B) under any Hedging Obligations in the ordinary course of business (and not for speculative purposes) and (C) arising from agreements providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, or from Guarantees or letters of credit, surety bonds or performance bonds securing any obligations of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to such agreements, in any case incurred in connection with the disposition of any business, assets or Restricted Subsidiary (other than Guarantees of Debt incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition), in a principal amount not to exceed the gross proceeds actually received by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in connection with such disposition;

(9) Debt of the Issuer, to the extent the net proceeds thereof are promptly (A) used to purchase Notes tendered in an offer to purchase made as a result of Change of Control, or (B) deposited to defease the Notes pursuant to Sections 8.02 and 8.03 or (C) deposited to discharge the obligations under the Notes and the Indenture as described in Article 8;

 

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(10) Debt incurred by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of intercompany Debt between or among the Issuer and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however , that (A) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any such Debt being held by a Person other than the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer and (B) any sale or other transfer of any such Debt to a Person that is not either the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer, will be deemed, in each case, to constitute an incurrence of such Debt by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, that was not permitted by this clause (10); and

(11) the Guarantee by the Issuer or any of the Guarantors of Debt of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer to the extent that the guaranteed Debt was permitted to be incurred under the Indenture; provided that if the Debt being guaranteed is subordinated to or pari passu with the Notes, then the Guarantee must be subordinated or pari passu , as applicable, to the same extent as the Debt guaranteed.

Permitted Refinancing Debt ” means any Debt of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund other Debt of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Debt); provided , however , that:

(1) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Debt does not exceed 103% of the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Debt extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded (plus all accrued interest on the Debt and the amount of all expenses and premiums incurred in connection therewith);

(2) such Permitted Refinancing Debt has a final maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Debt being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded; and

(3) if the Debt being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, such Permitted Refinancing Debt has a final maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and is subordinated in right of payment to, the Notes on terms at least as favorable to the Holders of Notes as those contained in the documentation governing the Debt being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded.

Person ” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, real estate investment trust, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company or government or other entity.

Place of Payment ” means the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Notes are payable as specified.

Private Placement Legend ” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(j) to be placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture except where otherwise permitted by the provisions hereof.

QIB ” means any “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A).

 

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Real Estate Assets ” means, as of any date, the real estate, mortgage and lease assets of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on such date, on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP.

Record Date ” has the meaning set forth in the Notes.

Registration Rights Agreement ” means (1) in the case of the Initial Notes, the registration rights agreement dated June 30, 2010, among the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers named therein, entered into in connection with the Initial Notes and (2) in the case of any Additional Notes, any registration rights agreement with respect to such Additional Notes entered into in connection with the initial issuance thereof.

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

Regulation S Global Note ” means a Global Note bearing the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of the Depositary and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in an initial denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes initially sold in reliance on Rule 903.

Responsible Officer, ” when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer within the Corporate Trust Administration of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

Restricted Definitive Note ” means a Definitive Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.

Restricted Global Note ” means a Global Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.

Restricted Period ” means, in relation to the Initial Notes, the 40 consecutive days beginning on and including the later of (A) the day on which the Initial Notes are offered to persons other than distributors (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) and (B) the Issue Date; and, in relation to any Additional Notes that bear the Private Placement Legend, it means the comparable period of 40 consecutive days.

Restricted Subsidiary ” of a Person means any Subsidiary of the referenced Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

Rule 144 ” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.

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

Rule 903 ” means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act.

Rule 904 ” means Rule 904 promulgated under the Securities Act.

S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.

 

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Secured Debt ” means, for any Person, Debt secured by a Lien on the property of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

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

Shelf Registration Statement ” means the Shelf Registration Statement as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement.

Significant Subsidiary ” means each Restricted Subsidiary that is a significant subsidiary, if any, of the Issuer, as defined in Regulation S-X under the Securities Act.

Standard Securitization Undertakings ” means representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary which are reasonably customary in commercial mortgage backed securities transactions by the parent or sponsoring entity.

Subordinated Debt ” means Debt which by the terms of such Debt is subordinated in right of payment to the principal of and interest and premium, if any, on the Notes or any Guarantee thereof.

Subsidiary ” means, for any Person, any corporation or other entity of which a majority of the Voting Stock is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person.

TIA ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb), as amended, as in effect on the date on which this Indenture is qualified under the TIA.

Total Assets ” means, for any Person as of any date, the sum of (a) Undepreciated Real Estate Assets plus (b) the book value of all assets (excluding Real Estate Assets and intangibles) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date of determination on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP.

Total Unencumbered Assets ” means, for any Person as of any date, the sum of, without duplication:

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

(2) all other assets (excluding accounts receivable and intangibles) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries not subject to a Lien securing Debt,

all determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that in determining Total Unencumbered Assets as a percentage of outstanding Unsecured Debt for purposes of Section 4.07, all investments in unconsolidated limited partnerships, unconsolidated limited liability companies and other unconsolidated entities shall be excluded from Total Unencumbered Assets.

Treasury Rate ” means, as of any redemption date, the yield to maturity as of such redemption date of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to the redemption date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the redemption date to July 15, 2020; provided , however , that if the period from the redemption date to July 15, 2020, is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used.

 

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Trustee ” means the Person named as the “ Trustee ” in the preamble to this Indenture until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “ Trustee ” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder.

Undepreciated Real Estate Assets ” means, as of any date, the cost (being the original cost to the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries plus capital improvements) of Real Estate Assets of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries on such date, before depreciation and amortization of such Real Estate Assets, determined on a consolidated basis in conformity with GAAP.

Unrestricted Definitive Note ” means one or more Definitive Notes that do not bear and are not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.

Unrestricted Global Note ” means a permanent Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto that bears the Global Note Legend and that has the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto, and that is deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary, representing Notes that do not bear the Private Placement Legend.

Unrestricted Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary created or acquired after the date of the Indenture, but only to the extent that such Subsidiary:

(1) has no Debt other than Non-Recourse Debt;

(2) is not party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries unless the terms of any such agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding are no less favorable to the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary in the aggregate than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not Affiliates of the Issuer;

(3) is a Person with respect to which neither the Issuer nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has any direct or indirect obligation (a) to subscribe for additional Equity Interests or (b) to maintain or preserve such Person’s financial condition or to cause such Person to achieve any specified levels of operating results; and

(4) has not guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly provided credit support for any Debt of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings.

If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the preceding requirements as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it will thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of the Indenture and any Debt of such Subsidiary will be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer as of such date and, if such Debt is not permitted to be incurred as of such date under Section 4.06, the Issuer will be in default of such covenant.

Unsecured Debt ” means, for any Person, any Debt of such Person or its Restricted Subsidiaries which is not Secured Debt.

U.S. Person ” means a U.S. Person as defined in Rule 902(k) of Regulation S under the Securities Act.

 

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Voting Stock ” of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.

Weighted Average Life to Maturity ” means, when applied to any Debt at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing:

(1) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect of the Debt, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by

(2) the then outstanding principal amount of such Debt.

Section 1.02 Other Definitions.

 

Term

   Defined in
Section

Additional Notes

   2.02

Adjusted Total Assets

   4.06

Change of Control Offer

   4.09

Change of Control Payment

   4.09

Change of Control Payment Date

   4.09

Covenant Defeasance

   8.03

DTC

   2.03

Event of Default

   6.01

Legal Defeasance

   8.02

Measurement Date

   4.06

Paying Agent

   2.03

Registrar

   2.03

Section 1.03 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.

Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.

The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:

obligor ” on the Notes and the Notes Guarantees means the Issuer and the Guarantors, respectively, and any successor obligor upon the Notes and the Notes Guarantees, respectively.

All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by Commission rule under the TIA have the meanings so assigned to them.

Section 1.04 Rules of Construction.

Unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) a term has the meaning assigned to it;

 

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(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;

(3) “or” is not exclusive;

(4) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;

(5) “will” shall be interpreted to express a command;

(6) provisions apply to successive events and transactions;

(7) references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act will be deemed to include substitute, replacement of successor sections or rules adopted by the Commission from time to time; and

(8) any requirement to pay interest on the Notes shall include all additional interest required pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.

ARTICLE 2

THE NOTES

Section 2.01 Form, Dating and Denominations.

(a) General. The Notes will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, shall have such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as the Issuer may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any stock exchange on which the Notes may be listed, or to conform to usage. Each Note will be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

The terms and provisions contained in the Notes will constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

(b) Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication. Subject to Section 2.02, the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the following form:

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

 

UMB Bank, n.a.,
As Trustee
By:    
  Authorized Signatory

 

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(c) Global Notes. The Notes shall initially be issued in the form of one or more Global Notes and shall include the Global Note Legend and a related schedule of exchanges of interests in the Global Notes attached thereto. Each Global Note shall provide that it represents the Outstanding Notes as specified therein and each shall provide that it represents the aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Notes represented thereby will be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.06 hereof.

(d) Private Placement Legend . Except as permitted by Section 2.06(g), any Note not registered under the Securities Act shall bear the Private Placement Legend on the face thereof.

Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication.

Two Officers must sign the Notes for the Issuer by manual or facsimile signature.

If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time a Note is authenticated, the Note will nevertheless be valid.

A Note will not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee. The signature will be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.

The Trustee will authenticate (i) Initial Notes for original issue on the Issue Date in an aggregate principal amount of $250,000,000, (ii) pursuant to the Exchange Offer, Exchange Notes from time to time for issue only in exchange for a like principal amount of Initial Notes and (iii) subject to compliance with Section 4.06, Notes (“ Additional Notes ”) for original issue after the Issue Date (such Notes to be substantially in the form of Exhibit A) in an unlimited amount (and if issued with a Private Placement Legend, the same principal amount of Exchange Notes in exchange therefor upon consummation of an Exchange Offer for such Additional Notes) if such Additional Notes are fungible with the Initial Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, in each case upon written order of the Issuer in the form of an Officers’ Certificate, which Officers’ Certificate shall, in the case of any issuance of Additional Notes, certify that such issuance is in compliance with Section 4.06, together with an enforceability opinion that contains customary exceptions. In addition, each such Officers’ Certificate shall specify the amount of Notes to be authenticated, the date on which the Notes are to be authenticated, whether the securities are to be Initial Notes, Exchange Notes or Additional Notes and the aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding on the date of authentication, and shall further specify the amount of such Notes to be issued as Global Notes or Definitive Notes. Such Notes shall initially be in the form of one or more Global Notes, which (i) shall represent, and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of, the Notes to be issued, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee and (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s instruction. All Notes issued under this Indenture shall vote and consent together on all matters as one class and no series of Notes will have the right to vote or consent as a separate class on any matter.

The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Issuer to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Issuer.

 

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In authenticating Notes, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Notes, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to TIA §§ 315(a) through 315(d)) shall be fully protected in relying upon,

(1) an Opinion of Counsel stating that:

(i) the form of such Notes have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;

(ii) the terms of such Notes have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and

(iii) such Notes, when completed by appropriate insertions and executed and delivered by the Issuer to the Trustee for authentication in accordance with this Indenture, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in accordance with this Indenture and issued by the Issuer in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Issuer, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights, to general equitable principles and to such other qualifications as such counsel shall conclude do not materially affect the rights of Holders of such Notes; and

(2) an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to the issuance of the Notes have been complied with and that, to the best of the knowledge of the signers of such Officers’ Certificate, no Event of Default with respect to any of the Notes shall have occurred and be continuing.

Section 2.03 Registrar and Paying Agent.

The Issuer will maintain in each Place of Payment for the Notes an office or agency where such Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“ Registrar ”) and an office or agency where such Notes may be presented for payment (“ Paying Agent ”). The Registrar will keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Issuer may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar and the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent. The Issuer may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Issuer will notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Issuer fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.

The Issuer initially appoints The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”) to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.

The Issuer initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and Paying Agent and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes.

Section 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.

The Issuer will require each Paying Agent for Notes other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal, premium or interest on the Notes, and will notify the

 

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Trustee of any default by the Issuer in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Issuer at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Issuer or a Subsidiary of the Issuer) will have no further liability for the money. If the Issuer or a Subsidiary of the Issuer acts as Paying Agent, it will segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Issuer, the Trustee will serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.

Section 2.05 Holder Lists.

The Trustee in respect of the Notes will preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders of Notes and shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar of the Notes, the Issuer will furnish to the Trustee at least seven Business Days before each Interest Payment Date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of the Notes and the Issuer shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a).

Section 2.06 Transfer and Exchange.

(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes . A Global Note may not be transferred as a whole except by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. All Global Notes will be exchanged by the Issuer for Definitive Notes if:

(1) the Issuer delivers to the Trustee notice from the Depositary that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary or that it is no longer a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Issuer within 120 days after the date of such notice from the Depositary; or

(2) the Issuer in its sole discretion determines that the Global Notes (in whole but not in part) should be exchanged for Definitive Notes and deliver a written notice to such effect to the Trustee.

Upon the occurrence of either of the preceding events in subparagraph (1) or (2) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.10. Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or 2.10 hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06(a), however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.06(b) or (c).

(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes will be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth in this Indenture to the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also will require compliance with the subparagraphs below:

 

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(1) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend; provided, however , that prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, no transfer of beneficial interests in a Regulation S Global Note may be made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser) unless permitted by applicable law and made in compliance with subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) below. Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(1).

(2) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.06(b)(1) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar either:

(i) both:

(A) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and

(B) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase; or

(ii) both:

(A) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and

(B) instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in subparagraph (1) above.

Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.06(l).

(3) Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Note . A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the transfer complies with the requirements of subparagraph (2) above and the Registrar receives the following:

 

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(i) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in a 144A Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof; and

(ii) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof.

(4) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note . A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of subparagraph (2) above, and

(i) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the holder of the beneficial interest to be transferred, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a Broker-Dealer, (2) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144) of the Issuer;

(ii) such transfer is effected pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;

(iii) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to an Exchange Offer Registration Statement and such Broker-Dealer complies with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement; or

(iv) the Registrar receives the following:

(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(a) thereof, or

(B) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the applicable certifications in item (4) thereof;

and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (iv), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained in this Indenture and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

 

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If any such transfer is effected pursuant to subparagraph (ii) or (iv) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Issuer shall issue and, upon receipt of an authentication order in accordance with Section 2.02, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to subparagraph (ii) or (iv) above.

Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note.

(c) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes.

(1) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes for Restricted Definitive Notes . Subject to Section 2.06(a), if any holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:

(i) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(a) thereof;

(ii) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

(iii) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; and

(iv) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or

the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06 (l), and the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the certificate a Restricted Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Restricted Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this paragraph (c) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Restricted Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Restricted Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this subparagraph (1) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.

(2) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes for Unrestricted Definitive Notes . Subject to Section 2.06(a), a holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note only if:

 

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(i) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to an Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the holder of such beneficial interest, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a Broker-Dealer, (2) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144) of the Issuer;

(ii) such transfer is effected pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;

(iii) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and such Broker-Dealer complies with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement; or

(iv) the Registrar receives the following:

(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note that does not bear the Private Placement Legend, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(b) thereof; or

(B) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note that does not bear the Private Placement Legend, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the applicable certifications in item (4) thereof,

and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (iv), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained in this Indenture and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

(3) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes for Unrestricted Definitive Notes . Subject to Section 2.06(a), if any holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in subparagraph (b)(2) above, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to paragraph (l) below, and the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the certificate a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this subparagraph (c)(3) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this subparagraph (c)(3) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.

(d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests.

 

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(1) Transfer and Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes. If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:

(i) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(b) thereof;

(ii) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof; or

(iii) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof,

the Trustee shall cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause (i) above, the appropriate Restricted Global Note, in the case of clause (ii) above, the 144A Global Note, and in the case of clause (iii) above, the Regulation S Global Note.

(2) Transfer and Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes . A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if:

(i) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a Broker-Dealer, (2) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144) of the Issuer;

(ii) such transfer is effected pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;

(iii) such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to an Exchange Offer Registration Statement and such Broker-Dealer complies with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement; or

(iv) the Registrar receives the following:

(A) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(c) thereof; or

(B) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the applicable certifications in item (4) thereof;

 

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and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (iv), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained in this Indenture and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this subparagraph (d)(2), the Trustee shall cancel the Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note.

(3) Transfer and Exchange of Unrestricted Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes . A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Unrestricted Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes.

If any such exchange or transfer from an Unrestricted Definitive Note or a Restricted Definitive Note, as the case may be, to a beneficial interest is effected pursuant to subparagraph (2)(ii), (2)(iv) or (3) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Issuer shall issue and, upon receipt of an authentication order in accordance with Section 2.02, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Unrestricted Definitive Notes or Restricted Definitive Notes, as the case may be, so transferred.

(e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.06(e), the Registrar will register the transfer of such Holder’s Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of one or more Definitive Notes, of any authorized denominations and of like aggregate principal amount or the exchange of such Holder’s Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes, of any authorized denominations and of like aggregate principal amount. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder must present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing.

(f) Transfer of Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes . Any Restricted Definitive Note may be transferred to and registered in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following:

(1) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

(2) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; and

 

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(3) if the transfer will be made pursuant to any other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including, if the Registrar so requests, a certification or Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Issuer to the effect that such transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act.

(g) Transfer and Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes for Unrestricted Definitive Notes . Any Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note if

(1) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to an Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a Broker-Dealer, (2) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144) of the Issuer;

(2) any such transfer is effected pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;

(3) any such transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to an Exchange Offer Registration Statement and such Broker-Dealer complies with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement; or

(4) the Registrar receives the following:

(i) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(d) thereof; or

(ii) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the applicable certifications in item (4) thereof;

and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (4), if the Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Issuer to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained in this Indenture and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

(h) Transfer of Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes . A Holder of Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.

(i) Exchange Offer . Upon the occurrence of an Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement (which the Trustee shall have no duty to confirm that such Exchange Offer is in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement), the Issuer shall issue and, upon receipt of an authentication order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate (i) one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the

 

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beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes tendered for acceptance by Persons that make the certifications in the applicable Letters of Transmittal required by Section 2(a) of the Registration Rights Agreement, and accepted for exchange in an Exchange Offer and (ii) subject to Section 2.06(a), Definitive Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Restricted Definitive Notes accepted for exchange in an Exchange Offer. Concurrently with the issuance of such Notes, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Notes to be reduced accordingly, and the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Persons designated by the Holders of Restricted Definitive Notes so accepted Unrestricted Definitive Notes in the appropriate principal amounts.

(j) Private Placement Legend .

(1) Except as permitted by subparagraph (2) below, the following legend will appear on the face of each Global Note (other than an Unrestricted Global Note) and each Definitive Note (other than an Unrestricted Definitive Note) and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof:

“THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED SECURITIES, TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) THAT IS ONE YEAR IN THE CASE OF RULE 144A NOTES, AND 40 DAYS IN THE CASE OF REGULATION S NOTES AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE ISSUER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE ISSUER WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY), ONLY (A) TO THE ISSUER, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (E) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR ACQUIRING THE SECURITY FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, IN EACH CASE IN A MINIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THE SECURITIES OF $250,000, FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO OR FOR OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH ANY DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (F) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM

 

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THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE ISSUER’S AND THE TRUSTEE’S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSES (D), (E) OR (F) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.

THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THIS SECURITY FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO ABOVE.”

(2) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant to subparagraph (b)(4), (c)(2), (c)(3), (d)(2), (d)(3), (e) or (f) of this Section 2.06 (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.

(k) Global Note Legend. The following legend will appear on the face of all Global Notes issued under this Indenture:

“THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE ISSUER.

UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (“ DTC ”), 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 SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.”

 

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(l) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note will be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note will be reduced accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note will be increased accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.

(m) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.

(1) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Issuer will execute and the Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon receipt of an authentication order in accordance with Section 2.02 or at the Registrar’s request.

(2) No service charge will be made to a Holder of a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.10, 3.06, and 9.05 hereof). The Registrar will not be required to register the transfer of or exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.

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

(4) The Issuer will not be required:

(i) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of any selection of Notes for redemption under Section 3.02 hereof and ending at the close of business on the day of selection;

(ii) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part;

(iii) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a Record Date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date; or

(iv) to register the transfer of any Note which has been surrendered for repayment at the option of Holder, except the portion, if any, of such Note not to be so repaid.

(5) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Issuer may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Issuer shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

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(6) The Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02 hereof.

(7) All orders and instructions required to be submitted to the Registrar or the Issuer pursuant to this Section 2.06 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile.

Section 2.07 Replacement Notes.

If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the Issuer or the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, the Issuer will issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an authentication order in accordance with Section 2.02, will authenticate a replacement Note if the Trustee’s requirements are met. In every case of any request for a substitute or replacement Note, security or indemnity must be supplied by the Holder of such Note that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Issuer to protect the Issuer, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Issuer may charge for its expenses in replacing a Note.

Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Issuer and will be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.

Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous two paragraphs, in case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note has become or is about to become due and payable, the Issuer in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Note, pay such Note.

Section 2.08 Outstanding Notes.

The Notes “Outstanding” at any time are all the Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for:

(1) Notes theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

(2) Notes, or portions thereof, for whose payment or redemption or repayment at the option of the Holder money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Issuer) 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 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;

(3) Notes, except to the extent provided in Sections 8.02 and 8.03, with respect to which the Issuer has effected defeasance and/or covenant defeasance as provided in Article 8; and

(4) Notes which have been paid pursuant to Section 4.01 or 11.01 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Notes have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Notes in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Notes are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Notes are valid obligations of the Issuer.

 

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Section 2.09 Treasury Notes.

In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Notes have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, waiver or consent, and for the purpose of making the calculations required by TIA § 313, Notes owned by the Issuer or any other obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the Issuer or 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 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 any other obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the Issuer or of such other obligor.

Section 2.10 Temporary Notes.

Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the Issuer may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an authentication order in accordance with Section 2.02, will authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes will be substantially in the form of certificated Notes but may have variations that the Issuer considers appropriate for temporary Notes and as may be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Issuer will prepare and the Trustee will authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.

Holders of temporary Notes will be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture.

Section 2.11 Cancellation.

The Issuer at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent will forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else will cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and will dispose of canceled Notes (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act). The Issuer may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, except for replacement Notes for mutilated Notes pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof.

Section 2.12 Defaulted Interest.

If the Issuer defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it will pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are Holders of the Notes on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof. The Issuer will 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. The Issuer will fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date and payment date, provided that no such special record date may be less than 10 days prior to the related payment date for such defaulted interest. At least 15 days before the special record date, the Issuer (or, upon the written request of the Issuer, the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Issuer) will mail or cause to be mailed to Holders of Notes a notice that states the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid on such Notes.

 

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ARTICLE 3

REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT

Section 3.01 Notices to Trustee.

The election of the Issuer to redeem or purchase in an offer to purchase Notes shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution. The Issuer shall, at least 45 days prior to the redemption date fixed by the Issuer (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such redemption date and of the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed by delivering to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate setting forth:

(1) the paragraph of the Notes and/or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur;

(2) the redemption date;

(3) the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued interest, if any, to the redemption date; and

(4) the redemption price, including any make-whole amount or premium, if applicable.

Section 3.02 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed.

If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed or purchased in an offer to purchase at any time, the Trustee will select the particular Notes for redemption or purchase from the Outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption, as follows:

(1) if the Notes are listed on any national securities exchange, in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange on which the Notes are listed; or

(2) if the Notes are not listed on any national securities exchange, on a pro rata basis, by lot or by any such similar method in accordance with the procedures of DTC.

In the event of partial redemption by lot, the particular Notes to be redeemed will be selected, unless otherwise provided in this Indenture, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption date by the Trustee.

The Trustee will promptly notify the Issuer in writing of the Notes selected for redemption or purchase and, in the case of any Note selected for partial redemption or purchase, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed or purchased. Notes and portions of Notes selected will be in amounts equal to $2,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000; provided, however , that if all of the Outstanding Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed or purchased, the entire amount of such Notes held by such Holder, even if not a multiple of $1,000, shall be redeemed or purchased. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption or purchase also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption or purchase.

 

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Section 3.03 Notice of Redemption.

At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Issuer will mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail, a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Article 8 or 11 of this Indenture. Any notice that is mailed to the Holders of Notes in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice.

The notice will identify the Notes to be redeemed and will state:

(1) the redemption date;

(2) the redemption price, including the accrued interest to the redemption date and any make-whole amount or premium, if applicable;

(3) if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Note to be redeemed and that, after the redemption date upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion will be issued upon cancellation of the original Note;

(4) the name and address of the Paying Agent;

(5) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent at the Place of Payment to collect the redemption price;

(6) that, unless the Issuer defaults in making such redemption payment, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;

(7) the paragraph of the Notes and/or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed; and

(8) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.

At the Issuer’s request, the Trustee will give the notice of redemption in the Issuer’s name and at its expense; provided , however , that the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee, at least 45 days (or such shorter period of time as is satisfactory to the Trustee) prior to the redemption date, an Officers’ Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in the preceding paragraph.

Section 3.04 Effect of Notice of Redemption.

Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof, Notes called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable on the redemption date at the redemption price therein specified. A notice of redemption of Notes may not be conditional.

 

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Section 3.05 Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price.

On or before the redemption or purchase date, the Issuer will deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money in the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which the Notes are payable sufficient to pay the redemption or purchase price of and accrued interest on all Notes to be redeemed or purchased on that date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent will promptly return to the Issuer any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Issuer in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption or purchase price of, and accrued interest on, all Notes to be redeemed or purchased.

If the Issuer complies with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on and after the redemption or purchase date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption or purchase. If a Note is redeemed or purchased on or after a Record Date but on or prior to the related Interest Payment Date, then any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note was registered at the close of business on such Record Date; provided , however , that installments of interest on Notes whose maturity is on or prior to the redemption date shall be payable to the Holders of such Notes, or one or more predecessor Notes, registered as such at the close of business on the Record Date. If any Note called for redemption or purchase is not so paid upon surrender for redemption or purchase because of the failure of the Issuer to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the redemption or purchase date until such principal is paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof.

Section 3.06 Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part.

Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed or purchased in part at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Issuer or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), the Issuer will issue and, upon receipt of an authentication order in accordance with Section 2.02, the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail, or cause to be transferred by book entry, to each Holder at the expense of the Issuer a new Note of any authorized denomination as requested by the Holder in an aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed or unpurchased portion of the principal of the Note so surrendered and the Paying Agent will promptly mail to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed or purchased payment for such Notes.

Section 3.07 Optional Redemption.

The Issuer will not be entitled to redeem all or any portion of the Notes at its option except as provided in the next sentence. The Issuer will be entitled at its option to redeem all or any portion of the Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of such Notes plus the Applicable Premium as of, and any accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the redemption date (subject to the right of the holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date).

Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06.

Section 3.08 Mandatory Redemption.

The Issuer is not required to make mandatory redemption payments with respect to the Notes.

 

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ARTICLE 4

COVENANTS

Section 4.01 Payment of Notes.

The Issuer will pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes on the dates, in the currency or currency unit and in the manner provided in the terms of the Notes and this Indenture. Principal, premium, if any, and interest will be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Issuer, or a Subsidiary thereof, holds as of 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the due date money deposited by the Issuer in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest then due.

The Issuer will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal at the rate equal to 1% per annum in excess of the then applicable interest rate on the Notes to the extent lawful; the Issuer will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace period) at the same rate to the extent lawful.

Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency.

The Issuer will maintain in each Place of Payment for the Notes an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an Affiliate of the Trustee, Registrar or co-registrar) where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for payment, where the Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Issuer will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Issuer fails to maintain any such required office or agency or fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.

The Issuer may also from time to time designate one or more other 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 will in any manner relieve the Issuer of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the Place of Payment 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 designates as a Place of Payment for the Notes the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee in Kansas City, Missouri as one such office or agency of the Issuer in accordance with Section 2.03 hereof.

Section 4.03 Reports.

Whether or not required by the Commission, so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Issuer shall furnish to the Holders of Notes, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and regulations:

(1) all quarterly and annual financial information that would be required to be contained in a filing with the Commission on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Issuer were required to file such Forms, including a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and, with respect to the annual information only, a report on the annual financial statements by the Issuer’s certified independent accountants; and

 

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(2) all current reports that would be required to be filed with the Commission on Form 8-K if the Issuer were required to file such reports.

For so long as any Notes remain outstanding, the Issuer shall furnish to the holders and to securities analysts and prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

The availability of the foregoing materials on the Commission’s website shall be deemed to satisfy the foregoing delivery obligations.

Whether or not required by the Commission, the Issuer shall file a copy of all of the information and reports referred to in clauses (1) and (2) above with the Commission for public availability within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and regulations (unless the Commission will not accept such a filing) and make such information available to securities analysts and prospective investors upon request.

The quarterly and annual financial information required by the preceding paragraphs will include a reasonably detailed presentation, either on the face of the financial statements or in the footnotes thereto, and in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, of the financial condition and results of operations of the Issuer, as applicable, and its Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and results of operations of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Issuer.

Section 4.04 Compliance Certificate.

(a) The Issuer and each Guarantor shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, an Officers’ Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to determining whether the Issuer has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge the Issuer has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (or, if a Default or Event of Default has occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she may have knowledge and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto) and that to the best of his or her knowledge no event has occurred and remains in existence by reason of which payments on account of the principal of or interest, if any, on the Notes is prohibited or if such event has occurred, a description of the event and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto. For purposes of this Section 4.04, such compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice under this Indenture.

(b) So long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Issuer will deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon any Officer becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, an Officers’ Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

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Section 4.05 Existence.

Except as permitted by Article 5 and Section 10.04, the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall do all things necessary to preserve and keep their existence, rights and franchises; provided , however , that the existence of a Restricted Subsidiary may be terminated if the Board of Directors of the Issuer determines that it is in the best interests of the Issuer to do so and the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries will not be required to preserve any right or franchise if it determines that the preservation of that right or franchise is no longer desirable in the conduct of its business and that its loss is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders of Notes.

Section 4.06 Limitations on Incurrence of Debt.

(a) The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, incur any additional Debt (other than Permitted Debt) if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such additional Debt and the application of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of all of the Issuer’s and its Restricted Subsidiaries’ outstanding Debt on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP would be greater than 60% of the sum of (without duplication):

(1) the Total Assets of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the end of the calendar year or quarter covered by the Issuer’s Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as the case may be, most recently filed with the Commission (or, if such filing is not permitted under the Exchange Act, as of the end of the calendar quarter covered by the Issuer’s most recent report filed with the Trustee) prior to the incurrence of such additional Debt (the “ Measurement Date ”); and

(2) the purchase price of any Real Estate Assets or mortgages receivable acquired, and the amount of any securities offering proceeds received (to the extent that 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 Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis since the Measurement Date (such sum of clauses (1) and (2) being collectively referred to as “ Adjusted Total Assets ”).

(b) In addition to the limitations in Section 4.06(a), the Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, incur any Secured Debt (other than Permitted Debt) if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such additional Secured Debt and the application of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount of all of the Issuer’s and its Restricted Subsidiaries’ outstanding Secured Debt on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP is greater than 40% of Adjusted Total Assets.

(c) In addition to the limitations in Sections 4.06(a) and (b), the Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, incur any Debt (other than Permitted Debt) if the ratio of Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service to the Annual Debt Service for the four consecutive fiscal quarters ended on the Measurement Date shall have been less than 1.5x, on a pro forma basis after giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, and calculated on the assumption that:

(1) such Debt and any other Debt incurred by the Issuer and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis since the first day of such four-quarter period and the application of the proceeds therefrom, including to refinance other Debt, had been incurred at the beginning of such period;

 

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(2) the repayment or retirement of any other Debt by the Issuer and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis since the first day of such four-quarter period had been repaid or retired at the beginning of such period (except that, in making such computation, the amount of Debt under any revolving credit facility shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Debt during such period);

(3) in the case of Acquired Debt or Debt incurred in connection with any acquisition since the first day of such four-quarter period, the related acquisition had occurred as of the first day of such period with appropriate pro forma adjustments to, among other things Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service, with respect to such acquisition being included in such pro forma calculation; and

(4) in the case of any acquisition or disposition by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis of any asset or group of assets since the first day of such four-quarter period, whether by merger, stock purchase or sale, or asset purchase or sale, such acquisition or disposition or any related repayment of Debt had occurred as of the first day of such period with the appropriate pro forma 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 foregoing calculation 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, the interest rate on such Debt will be computed on a pro forma basis as if the average interest rate in effect during the entire such four-quarter period had been the applicable rate for the entire such period; provided , however , that for purposes of calculating Annual Debt Service for Debt for which there is a corresponding Hedging Obligation, Annual Debt Service shall be calculated after giving effect to the Hedging Obligation.

Section 4.07 Maintenance of Total Unencumbered Assets.

The Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall maintain Total Unencumbered Assets as of the end of each fiscal quarter of not less than 150% of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Issuer’s and its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Unsecured Debt as of the end of each fiscal quarter, all calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

Section 4.08 Additional Guarantees.

The Issuer shall and shall cause each Domestic Subsidiary that is a guarantor of or borrower under the Credit Agreement to become a Guarantor and execute a supplemental indenture and deliver a customary Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee within ten Business Days of the date on which it incurred such Debt. The form of supplemental indenture is attached as Exhibit D to this Indenture.

Section 4.09 Offer to Repurchase Upon a Change of Control.

(a) If a Change of Control occurs, each Holder of Notes will have the right to require the Issuer to purchase some or all (in principal amounts of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000) of such Holder’s Notes pursuant to the offer described below (the “ Change of Control Offer ”), unless, after giving pro forma effect to the Change of Control, (i) at least two of Fitch, Moody’s and S&P shall have confirmed their ratings of the Notes at the levels in effect immediately prior to the announcement of a Change of Control transaction or higher and (ii) the Person formed by or surviving any consolidation or merger or to which any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made forming the basis of the Change of Control is principally engaged in a Permitted Business.

 

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(b) Any Change of Control Offer will include a cash offer price of 101 % of the principal amount of any Notes purchased plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, to the date of purchase (the “ Change of Control Payment ”). If a Change of Control Offer is required, within ten Business Days following a Change of Control, the Issuer will mail a notice to each holder describing the Change of Control and offering to repurchase Notes on a specified date (the “ Change of Control Payment Date ”). The Change of Control Payment Date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date the notice is mailed. The notice shall state:

(1) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.09 and that all Notes tendered will be accepted for payment;

(2) the purchase price and the Change of Control Payment Date;

(3) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest;

(4) that, unless the Issuer defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Payment, all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will cease to accrue interest after the Change of Control Payment Date;

(5) that Holders electing to have any Notes purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender the Notes, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Notes completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date;

(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the close of business on the second Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of Notes delivered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its election to have the Notes purchased; and

(7) that Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part will be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, which unpurchased portion must be equal to $2,000 in principal amount or an integral multiple of $1,000.

The Issuer will comply with the requirements of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or regulations to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable to any Change of Control Offer. If the provisions of any of the applicable securities laws or securities regulations conflict with the provisions of the covenant described above, the Issuer will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the covenant described above by virtue of that compliance.

(c) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Issuer will, to the extent lawful:

(1) accept for payment all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;

 

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(2) deposit the Change of Control Payment with the Paying Agent in respect of all Notes so accepted; and

(3) deliver to the Trustee the Notes accepted and an officers’ certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of all Notes purchased by the Issuer.

The Paying Agent will promptly mail to each holder of Notes properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail, or cause to be transferred by book entry, to each holder a new Note in principal amount equal to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered.

(d) A third party, instead of the Issuer, may make the Change of Control Offer in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Indenture and purchase all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn. In addition, the Issuer shall not be obligated to make or consummate a Change of Control Offer with respect to the Notes, if it has irrevocably elected to redeem all of the Notes pursuant to Section 3.07 and has not defaulted in its redemption obligations. The provisions under this Section 4.09 may be waived or modified with the written consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding.

ARTICLE 5

SUCCESSORS

Section 5.01 Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets.

The Issuer may not, directly or indirectly, (1) consolidate or merge with or into another Person (whether or not the Issuer is the surviving corporation); or (2) sell, assign, transfer, convey, lease (other than to an unaffiliated operator in the ordinary course of business) or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to another Person; unless:

(1) either:

(i) the Issuer is the surviving corporation or trust; or

(ii) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Issuer) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made is a corporation or trust organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia;

(2) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Issuer) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made assumes all the obligations of the Issuer under the Notes and this Indenture pursuant to agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee; and

(3) immediately after such transaction, on a pro forma basis giving effect to such transaction or series of transactions (and treating any obligation of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred in connection with or as a result of such transaction or series of transactions as having been incurred at the time of such transaction), no Default or Event of Default exists under this Indenture.

 

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This Section 5.01 will not apply to a sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of assets between or among the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

Section 5.02 Successor Substituted.

Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Issuer in accordance with Section 5.01, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Issuer is merged or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition 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 initially had been named as the Issuer herein. Such successor thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of the Issuer, any or all of the Notes issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such successor, instead of the Issuer, and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver any Notes which previously shall have been signed and delivered by the Officers of the Issuer to the Trustee for authentication, and any Notes which such successor thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee for that purpose. All the Notes so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Notes theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Notes had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.

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

When a successor assumes all the obligations of its predecessor under this Indenture, the Notes and the Registration Rights Agreement following a consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of 90% or more of the assets of the predecessor in accordance with the foregoing provisions, the predecessor shall be released from those obligations.

ARTICLE 6

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

Section 6.01 Events of Default.

Each of the following is an “ Event of Default ” wherever used herein with respect to the Notes:

(1) the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries do not pay the principal or any premium on the Notes when due and payable;

(2) the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries do not pay interest on the Notes within 30 days after the applicable due date;

(3) the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries do not comply with their obligations under Section 5.01;

(4) the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries fail to make or consummate a Change of Control Offer following a Change of Control when required as described under Section 4.09;

 

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(5) the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries remain in breach of any other term of this Indenture for 60 days after they receive a notice of Default stating they are in breach. Either the Trustee or the Holders of more than 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may send the notice;

(6) final judgments aggregating in excess of $10.0 million (exclusive of amounts covered by insurance) are entered against the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries and are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 60 days;

(7) the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries default under any of their indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $25.0 million after the expiration of any applicable grace period, which default results in the acceleration of the maturity of such indebtedness. Such default is not an Event of Default if the other indebtedness is discharged, or the acceleration is rescinded or annulled, within a period of 30 days after the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries receive notice specifying the default and requiring that they discharge the other indebtedness or cause the acceleration to be rescinded or annulled. Either the Trustee or the Holders of more than 25% in principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes may send the notice;

(8) the Issuer or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary:

(i) commences a voluntary case under Bankruptcy Law;

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

(iii) consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property;

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

(v) an admission in writing by the Issuer of its inability to pay its debts as they become due;

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

(i) is for relief against the Issuer or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, in an involuntary case;

(ii) appoints a custodian of the Issuer or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, or for all or substantially all of the property of the Issuer or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary; or

(iii) orders the liquidation of the Issuer or any of its Significant Subsidiaries, or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary;

 

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(iv) and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days; or

(10) any Note Guarantee of a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer ceases to be in full force and effect or is declared null and void or any Guarantor denies or disaffirms its obligations under this Indenture or any Note Guarantee other than by reason of the release of any such Note Guarantee in accordance with this Indenture.

Section 6.02 Acceleration.

In the case of an Event of Default specified in clause (8) or (9) of Section 6.01, with respect to the Issuer or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, all Outstanding Notes will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. If any other Event of Default with respect to the Notes at the time Outstanding occurs and has not been cured, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding may declare the entire principal amount of the Notes to be due and immediately payable by written notice to the Issuer and the Trustee. Upon any such declaration, such principal amount (or specified amount) of the Notes shall become due and payable immediately. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding by written notice to the Trustee may on behalf of all of the Holders rescind and annul an acceleration and its consequences if the rescission or annulment would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing Events of Default (except nonpayment of principal, interest or premium that has become due solely because of the acceleration) have been cured or waived.

Section 6.03 Other Remedies.

If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to the Notes at the time Outstanding, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal, premium and interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.

The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder of a Note in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.

Section 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults.

Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes by written notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive an existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences hereunder, except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium or interest on, the Notes (excluding in connection with an offer to purchase) or in respect of a covenant or provision of this Indenture which under Article 9 may not be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note; provided , however , that the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration as provided in Section 6.02. 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 impair any right consequent thereon.

 

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Section 6.05 Control by Majority.

Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it with respect to the Notes. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture that the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders of Notes or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability.

Section 6.06 Limitation on Suits.

A Holder of a Note may pursue a remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes only if:

(1) such Holder has given the Trustee written notice that an Event of Default with respect to the Notes has occurred and remains uncured;

(2) the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of all Outstanding Notes have made a written request that the Trustee take action because of the Event of Default, and offered reasonable indemnity to the Trustee against the cost and other liabilities of taking that action;

(3) the Trustee has not taken action for 60 days after receipt of the notice and offer of indemnity; and

(4) the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of all Outstanding Notes have not given the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period.

A Holder of any Notes may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder of a Note or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder of a Note.

Section 6.07 Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of any Note to receive payment of principal, premium and interest on such Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Note (excluding in connection with an offer to purchase), or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

Section 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee.

If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(1) or (2) occurs and is continuing with respect to the Notes, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Issuer for the whole amount of principal, premium and interest remaining unpaid on the Notes and interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, interest and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.

 

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Section 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders of the Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer or any other obligor upon the Notes, their creditors or their property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any custodian 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, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders of Notes may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. 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 rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder of a Note in any such proceeding.

Section 6.10 Priorities.

If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the money in the following order:

First: to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 7.07 hereof, including payment of all compensation, expense and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;

Second: to Holders of Notes in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected for amounts due and unpaid on such Notes for principal, premium and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Notes for principal, premium and interest, respectively; and

Third: to the Issuer or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.

The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders of Notes pursuant to this Section 6.10.

Section 6.11 Undertaking for Costs.

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 a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder of a Note pursuant to Section 6.06 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes.

 

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ARTICLE 7

TRUSTEE

Section 7.01 Duties of Trustee.

(a) If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee will exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.

(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

(1) the duties of the Trustee will be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture and the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

(2) 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. However, the Trustee will examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.

(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:

(1) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section 7.01;

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

(3) the Trustee will not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee under this Indenture or with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05.

(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this Section 7.01.

(e) No provision of this Indenture will require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability. The Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights and powers under this Indenture at the request of any Holder, unless such Holder has offered to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.

 

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(f) The Trustee will not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Issuer. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

(g) 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 7.01.

Section 7.02 Rights of Trustee.

(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely upon any document (whether original or facsimile) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.

(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel will be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.

(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and will not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care unless the Trustee was negligent in acting through its attorneys and agents.

(d) The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.

(e) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Issuer will be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Issuer.

(f) The Trustee will 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 unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.

Section 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee.

The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or any Affiliate of the Issuer with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the Commission for permission to continue as trustee or resign. Any Agent may do the same with like rights and duties. The Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11 hereof.

Section 7.04 Trustee’s Disclaimer.

The Trustee will not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Issuer’s use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the Issuer or upon the Issuer’s direction under any provision of this Indenture, it will not be responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent

 

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other than the Trustee, and it will not be responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in the Notes or any other document in connection with the sale of the Notes or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of authentication.

Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults.

If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to the Notes and if the Trustee has actual knowledge of such Default or Event of Default, the Trustee will mail to Holders of Notes a notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs, unless such default shall have been cured or waived. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of, premium or interest on any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Notes.

Section 7.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes.

(a) Within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year beginning with the end of the fiscal year following the date of this Indenture, and for so long as Notes remain Outstanding, the Trustee will mail to all Holders of the Notes a brief report dated as of such reporting date that complies with TIA § 313(a) (but if no event described in TIA § 313(a) has occurred within the twelve months preceding the reporting date, no report need be transmitted). The Trustee also will comply with TIA § 313(b)(2). The Trustee will also transmit by mail all reports as required by TIA § 313(c).

(b) A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the Holders of Notes will be mailed by the Trustee to the Issuer and filed by the Trustee with the Commission and each stock exchange on which such Notes are listed in accordance with TIA § 313(d). The Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee when the Notes are listed on any stock exchange.

Section 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity.

(a) The Issuer will pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation as agreed upon between the Trustee and Issuer for its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder. The Trustee’s compensation will not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Issuer will reimburse the Trustee promptly upon written request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its services (including the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel), except any such disbursement, advances and expenses as shall be determined to have been caused by the Trustee’s own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.

(b) The Issuer and each Guarantor will indemnify the Trustee against any and all losses, liabilities or expenses incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Issuer and the Guarantors (including this Section 7.07) and defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Issuer, the Guarantors or any Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except to the extent any such loss, liability or expense may be attributable to its negligence, bad faith, or willful misconduct. The Trustee will notify the Issuer in writing promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Issuer will not relieve the Issuer or any of the Guarantors of their obligations hereunder. The Issuer or such Guarantor will defend the claim and the Trustee will cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Issuer will pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. Neither the Issuer nor any Guarantor need pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld.

 

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(c) The obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors under this Section 7.07 will survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

(d) To secure the Issuer’s payment obligations in this Section 7.07, the Trustee will have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal and interest on particular Notes. Such Lien will survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

(e) When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(8) or (9) hereof occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services (including the fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.

(f) The Trustee will comply with the provisions of TIA § 313(b)(2) to the extent applicable.

Section 7.08 Replacement of Trustee.

(a) A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee will become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.08.

(b) The Trustee may resign with respect to the Notes in writing at any time and be discharged from the trust hereby created by so notifying the Issuer. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee with respect to the Notes by so notifying the Trustee and the Issuer in writing. The Issuer may remove the Trustee if:

(1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof;

(2) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;

(3) a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

(4) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

(c) If the Trustee resigns, is removed, is incapable of acting or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Issuer, by Board Resolution, will promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Issuer.

(d) If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Issuer, or the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes, may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

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(e) If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder of Notes who has been a Holder of Notes for at least six months, fails to comply with Section 7.10, such Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

(f) The successor Trustee will deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Issuer. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee will become effective, and the successor Trustee will have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture without any further act, deed or conveyance. The successor Trustee will mail a notice of its succession to the Holders. The retiring Trustee will promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, provided all sums owing to the Trustee hereunder have been paid and subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.07 hereof. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Issuer’s obligations under Section 7.07 hereof will continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

(g) 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 (f) of this Section.

(h) 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 7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.

If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation, the successor corporation without any further act will be the successor Trustee, 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 the parties hereto.

Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification.

There will at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at least $100 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.

This Indenture will always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA § 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee is subject to TIA § 310(b).

Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer.

The Trustee is subject to TIA § 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA § 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA § 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.

 

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ARTICLE 8

LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

Section 8.01 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

The Issuer may, at its option, at any time, elect to have Section 8.02 (if applicable) or Section 8.03 (if applicable) be applied to the Outstanding Notes that either have become due and payable or will become due and payable within one year, or scheduled for redemption within one year, upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article.

Section 8.02 Legal Defeasance and Discharge.

Upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.02 with respect to any Outstanding Notes, the Issuer and each of the Guarantors will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04, be deemed to have been discharged from their obligations with respect to all such Outstanding Notes (including the related Notes Guarantees) on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “ Legal Defeasance ”). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Issuer and the Guarantors will be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Debt represented by such Outstanding Notes (including the related Notes Guarantees), which will thereafter be deemed to be “Outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 8.05 hereof and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (1) and (2) below, and to have satisfied all their other obligations under such Notes, such Notes Guarantees and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which will survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:

(1) the rights of Holders of such Outstanding Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of, or interest or premium on such Notes when such payments are due from the trust referred to in Section 8.04 hereof;

(2) the Issuer’s obligations with respect to such Notes under Article 2 and Section 4.02 hereof;

(3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Issuer’s and the Guarantors’ obligations in connection therewith; and

(4) this Article 8.

Subject to compliance with this Article 8, the Issuer may exercise its option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of their option under Section 8.03 hereof.

Section 8.03 Covenant Defeasance.

Upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03 with respect to any Outstanding Notes, the Issuer and the Guarantors will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04, be released from each of their obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.02, 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 5.01 and 10.04 with respect to such Outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof are satisfied (hereinafter, “ Covenant Defeasance ”), and such Notes will thereafter be deemed 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 such covenants, but will continue to be deemed “Outstanding” for all

 

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other purposes hereunder. For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the Outstanding Notes and the related Notes Guarantees, the Issuer and the Guarantors may omit to comply with and will have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply will not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes and the related Notes Guarantees will be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03 with respect to any Outstanding Notes, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, Sections 6.01(4) through 6.01(7) hereof will not constitute Events of Default.

Section 8.04 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.

In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance under either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof with respect to any Outstanding Notes:

(1) the Issuer irrevocably deposits with the Trustee for the Notes, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, money in such currency or currencies, or currency unit or currency units, in which such Note is then specified as payable at maturity, non-callable Government Obligations applicable to such Notes (determined on the basis of the currency or currencies, or currency unit or currency units, in which such Notes are then specified as payable at maturity), or any combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, premium and interest on such Outstanding Notes on the stated date for payment thereof or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be;

(2) in the case of an election under Section 8.02 hereof, the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States reasonably acceptable to such Trustee confirming that:

(i) the Issuer has received from, or there has been published by, the IRS a ruling; or

(ii) since the date of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law,

in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders 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;

(3) in the case of an election under Section 8.03 hereof, the Issuer must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that the Holders 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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(4) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred in respect of the Notes and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit);

(5) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is bound;

(6) the Issuer must deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by Issuer with the intent of preferring the Holders over the other creditors of Issuer with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Issuer or others; and

(7) the Issuer must deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.

Section 8.05 Deposited Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.

Subject to Section 8.06 hereof, all money or Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 8.05, the “ Trustee ”) pursuant to Section 8.04 in respect of any Outstanding Notes will be held in trust and applied by such Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Issuer acting as Paying Agent) as such Trustee may determine, to the Holders of the Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

The Issuer will pay and indemnify such Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the money or non-callable Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders.

Notwithstanding anything in this Article 8 to the contrary, such Trustee will deliver or pay to the Issuer from time to time upon the request of the Issuer any money or non-callable Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 8.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to such Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 8.04(1)), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

Section 8.06 Repayment to Issuer.

Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Issuer, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium or interest on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Issuer on its request or (if then held by the Issuer) will be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note will thereafter be permitted to look only to the Issuer for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Issuer as trustee thereof, will thereupon cease; provided , however , that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being

 

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required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Issuer cause to be published once, in an Authorized Newspaper, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which will not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Issuer.

Section 8.07 Reinstatement.

(a) If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or non-callable Government Obligations deposited in respect of the Notes in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Issuer’s and the Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes and the related Notes Guarantees will be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be; provided , however , that the principles set forth in paragraphs (b) and (c) of this Section 8.07 shall apply following such reinstatement; provided further , however , that if the Issuer makes any payment of principal of, premium or interest on any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer will be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

(b) If reinstatement of the Issuer’s and Guarantors’ obligations under this Indenture, the Notes and the related Notes Guarantees shall occur as provided in Section 8.07(a), such reinstatement shall be deemed to have occurred as of the date of such deposit except that no Default will be deemed to have occurred solely by reason of a breach while any such obligation was suspended.

(c) Neither ( 1 ) the continued existence following the reinstatement of the foregoing obligations of facts and circumstances or obligations that were incurred or otherwise came into existence while the foregoing obligations were suspended nor (2) the performance of any such obligations, including the consummation of any transaction pursuant to, and on materially the same terms as, a contractual agreement in existence prior to the reinstatement of the foregoing obligations, shall constitute a breach of any such obligations or cause a Default or Event of Default in respect thereof; provided, however , that (A) the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries did not incur or otherwise cause such facts and circumstances or obligations to exist in anticipation of the reinstatement of the foregoing obligations and (B) the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries did not reasonably believe that such incurrence or actions would result in such reinstatement. For purposes of clause (2) above, any increase in the consideration to be paid prior to such amendment or modification to the terms of an existing obligation following the reinstatement of the foregoing obligations that does not exceed 10% of the consideration that was to be paid prior to such amendment or modification shall not be deemed a “material” amendment or modification. For purposes of clauses (A) and (B) above, anticipation and reasonable belief may be determined by the Issuer and shall be conclusively evidenced by a board resolution to such effect adopted by the Board of Directors of the Issuer.

ARTICLE 9

AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders of Notes.

Notwithstanding Section 9.02 of this Indenture, the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Notes Guarantees or the Notes without the consent of any Holder of a Note:

 

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(1) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;

(2) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes;

(3) to provide for the assumption of the Issuer’s obligations to Holders of Notes in the case of a merger or consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the Issuer’s assets;

(4) to add additional Guarantees with respect to the Notes;

(5) to secure the Notes;

(6) to make any other change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under this Indenture of any such Holder; or

(7) to comply with requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA.

Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders of Notes.

Except as provided above in Section 9.01 and in this Section 9.02, the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Notes Guarantees and the Notes with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes affected by such amendment or supplemental indenture voting as a single class (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, such Notes), and, subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, any existing Default or Event of Default (other than a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal or premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, except a payment default resulting from an acceleration that has been rescinded) or compliance with any provision of this Indenture, the Notes Guarantees or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes affected thereby voting as a single class (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, the Notes).

Without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment or waiver may not (with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting Holder):

(1) reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;

(2) reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity of any Note or alter the provisions with respect to the redemption of the Notes (other than the provisions of Section 4.09);

(3) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on any Note;

(4) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, or interest or premium on the Notes (except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes and a waiver of the payment Default that resulted from such acceleration);

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(6) make any change in Section 6.04 or 6.07 hereof relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of Holders of Notes to receive payments of principal of or interest or premium on the Notes;

(7) waive a redemption payment with respect to any Note (other than payments pursuant to Section 4.09);

(8) release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Notes Guarantee or this Indenture, except in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;

(9) modify or change any provisions of this Indenture affecting the ranking of the Notes or the Notes Guarantees in any manner adverse to the Holders of the Notes; and

(10) make any change in the amendment and waiver provisions set forth in clauses (1) through (9) of this Section 9.02.

Section 2.08 hereof shall determine which Notes are considered to be “Outstanding” for purposes of this Section 9.02.

It is not necessary for the consent of the Holders of Notes under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or waiver, but it is sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.

After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Issuer will mail to the Holders of Notes affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Issuer to mail such notice, or any defect therein, will not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amended or supplemental indenture or waiver.

Section 9.03 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.

Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes will be set forth in an amended or supplemental indenture that complies with the TIA as then in effect.

Section 9.04 Revocation and Effect of Consents.

Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Note is a continuing consent by the Holder of a Note and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder of a Note or subsequent Holder of a Note may revoke the consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the date the waiver, supplement or amendment becomes effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder.

Section 9.05 Notation on or Exchange of Notes.

The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement or waiver on any Outstanding Note thereafter authenticated. The Issuer in exchange for all Outstanding Notes may issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an authentication order in accordance with Section 2.02, authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment, supplement or waiver.

 

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Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note will not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

Section 9.06 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.

Upon the request of the Issuer accompanied by Board Resolutions authorizing the execution of any amended or supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders of Notes as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02 hereof, the Trustee will join with the Issuer in the execution of an amended or supplemental indenture unless such amended or supplemental indenture directly affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties, liabilities or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but will not be obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental indenture. In executing any amended or supplemental indenture, the Trustee will be entitled to receive and (subject to Section 7.01 hereof) will be fully protected in relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section 12.04 hereof, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and complies with the terms of this Indenture.

ARTICLE 10

NOTES GUARANTEES

Section 10.01 Notes Guarantee.

(a) Subject to this Article 10, each of the Guarantors, jointly and severally, fully and unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, such Note or the obligations of the Issuer hereunder or thereunder, that:

(1) the principal of, premium and interest on such Note will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and interest on such Note, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Issuer to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and

(2) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.

Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors will be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.

(b) The Guarantors hereby agree that their obligations hereunder are unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes issued with the benefit of Notes Guarantees 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 provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery 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 a guarantor, other than payment in full of all obligations under the Notes. Each Guarantor in respect of the Notes hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of

 

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payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Issuer, any right to require a proceeding first against the Issuer, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenant that this Notes Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and this Indenture.

(c) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Issuer, the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Issuer or the Guarantors, any amount paid by either to the Trustee or such Holder, this Notes Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, will be reinstated in full force and effect.

(d) Each Guarantor agrees that it will not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (1) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 hereof for the purposes of its Notes Guarantee notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (2) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6 hereof, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) will forthwith become due and payable by such Guarantor for the purpose of its Notes Guarantee. The Guarantors will have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Notes Guarantee.

Section 10.02 Limitation on Guarantor Liability.

Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes issued with the benefit of Notes Guarantees, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Notes Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any Notes Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of each such Guarantor will, after giving effect to any maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant under such laws, and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under this Article 10, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Notes Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.

Section 10.03 [Intentionally Omitted].

Section 10.04 Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms.

No Guarantor may sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to, or consolidate with or merge with or into (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving Person), another Person, other than the Issuer or another Guarantor, unless:

(1) immediately after giving effect to that transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists under this Indenture; and

(2) subject to Section 10.05, the Person acquiring the property in any such sale or disposition or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger assumes all the obligations of that Guarantor under this Indenture and its Notes Guarantee pursuant to a supplemental indenture satisfactory to the Trustee.

 

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In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and upon the assumption by the successor Person, by supplemental indenture, of the Notes Guarantee endorsed upon the Notes and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Guarantor, such successor Person will succeed to and be substituted for the Guarantor with the same effect as if it had been named herein as a Guarantor. Such successor Person thereupon may cause to be signed any or all of the Notes Guarantees to be endorsed upon all of the Notes issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee. All the Notes Guarantees so issued will in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Notes Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Notes Guarantees had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.

Except as set forth in Article 5, and notwithstanding this Section 10.04, nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Notes will prevent any consolidation or merger of a Guarantor with or into the Issuer or another Guarantor, or will prevent any sale or conveyance of the property of a Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the Issuer or another Guarantor.

Section 10.05 Releases Following Sale of Assets.

The Notes Guarantee of a Guarantor will be released, and any Person acquiring assets or surviving any merger or consolidation with a Guarantor (including by way of consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance under Section 10.04) or Capital Stock of a Guarantor in accordance with the provisions of clauses (1) or (2) below shall not be required to assume the obligations of any such Guarantor:

(1) in connection with any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of that Guarantor (including by way of consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance under Section 10.04) to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) the Issuer or a Guarantor;

(2) in connection with any sale of all of the Capital Stock of a Guarantor to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) the Issuer or a Guarantor;

(3) in connection with a Guarantor becoming an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture;

(4) in connection with any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of that Guarantor and the dissolution of that Guarantor, in each case in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture;

(5) in the event that the Issuer exercises its discharge or full defeasance options under Article 8; or

(6) in the event that the obligation as a borrower or guarantor by such Guarantor of the Credit Agreement is released or discharged (other than as a result of payment under such obligation) and such Guarantor is not otherwise required to provide a Notes Guarantee in accordance with Section 4.08.

Any Guarantor not released from its obligations under its Notes Guarantee will remain liable for the full amount of principal of and interest on the Notes and for the other obligations of any Guarantor under the Indenture as provided in this Article 10.

 

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ARTICLE 11

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

Section 11.01 Satisfaction and Discharge.

This Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Notes expressly provided for herein), when:

(1) either:

(A) all Notes that have been authenticated (except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes that have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Issuer) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

(B) all Notes that have not been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the making of a notice of redemption or otherwise or will become due and payable within one year and the Issuer or any Guarantor has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee for Notes as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders, money in such currency or currencies, or currency unit or currency units, in which such Notes are then specified as payable at maturity, non-callable Government Obligations applicable to such Notes (determined on the basis of the currency or currencies, or currency unit or currency units, in which such Notes are then specified as payable at maturity), or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Notes not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption;

(2) no Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes has occurred and is continuing on the date of such deposit or will occur as a result of such deposit and such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the Issuer or any Guarantor are a party or by which the Issuer or any Guarantor are bound;

(3) the Issuer or any Guarantor have paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by them under this Indenture with respect to the Notes; and

(4) the Issuer has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee to apply the money on deposit in the trust referred to in subclause (B) of clause (1) above toward the payment of such Notes at maturity or on the redemption date, as the case may be.

In addition, the Issuer must deliver an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee for Notes stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied.

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, if money has been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (1) of this Section, the provisions of Section 11.02 and Section 8.06 will survive. In addition, nothing in this Section 11.01 will be deemed to discharge those provisions of Section 7.07 that, by their terms, survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

 

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Section 11.02 Application of Trust Money.

Subject to the provisions of Section 8.06, all money deposited with the Trustee in respect of any Notes pursuant to Section 11.01 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Issuer acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law and Section 2.04.

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or Government Obligations in accordance with Section 11.01 in respect of any Notes by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Issuer’s and any Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture and such Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 11.01 and the provisions of Section 8.07 shall apply to the extent provided therein.

ARTICLE 12

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 12.01 Trust Indenture Act Controls.

If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by TIA § 318(c), the imposed duties will control.

Section 12.02 Notices.

Any notice or communication by the Issuer, any Guarantor or the Trustee to the others is duly given if in writing in the English language and delivered in Person or mailed by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex, telecopier or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the others’ address:

If to the Issuer and/or any Guarantor:

Entertainment Properties Trust

30 Pershing Road, Suite 201

Kansas City, MO 64108

Telecopier No.: (816) 472-5794

Attention: General Counsel

With a copy to:

Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP

1201 Walnut, Suite 2900

Kansas City, MO 64106-2150

Telecopier No.: (816) 412-1129

Attention: Craig Evans, Esq.

 

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If to the Trustee:

UMB Bank, n.a.

1010 Grand Blvd., 4th Floor

Kansas City, MO 64108

Attention: Corporate Trust Manager

Facsimile: (816) 860-3021

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

All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) will 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 acknowledged, if telecopied; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.

Any notice or communication to a Holder will be mailed by first class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar. Any notice or communication will also be so mailed to any Person described in TIA § 313(c), to the extent required by the TIA. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it will not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.

If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

If the Issuer mails a notice or communication to Holders, it will mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.

Section 12.03 Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes.

Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Issuer, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA § 312(c).

Section 12.04 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.

Upon any request or application by the Issuer to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee:

(1) an Officers’ Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which must include the statements set forth in Section 12.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been satisfied; and

(2) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which must include the statements set forth in Section 12.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been satisfied.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any such request or application as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to

 

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such particular request or application, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished unless specifically required.

Section 12.05 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.

Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided pursuant to TIA § 314(a)(4)) must comply with the provisions of TIA § 314(e) and must 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 statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

(3) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been satisfied; and

(4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been satisfied.

Section 12.06 Rules by Trustee and Agents.

The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.

Section 12.07 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders.

No past, present or future director, officer, employee or stockholder of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or any successor thereof, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries under the Notes or this Indenture based on, in respect of, or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The foregoing waiver and release are an integral part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes. Such waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under federal securities laws.

Section 12.08 Governing Law.

THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE NOTES GUARANTEES WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

Section 12.09 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.

This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Issuer or its Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

 

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Section 12.10 Successors.

All agreements of the Issuer in this Indenture and the Notes will bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture will bind its successors. All agreements of each Guarantor in this Indenture will bind its successors, except as otherwise provided in Article 10 and any applicable indentures supplemental hereto.

Section 12.11 Severability.

In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Section 12.12 Counterpart Originals.

The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy will be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

Section 12.13 Table of Contents, Headings, etc.

The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table 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 of this Indenture and will in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

Section 12.14 Benefits of Indenture.

Nothing in this Indenture, the Notes or the Notes Guarantees, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or an legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

Section 12.15 Legal Holidays.

In any case where any Interest Payment Date, redemption date, purchase date or stated maturity of any Note shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of such Note (other than a provision of such Note which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, redemption date or purchase date, or at the stated maturity.

Section 12.16 Acts of Holders.

(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of the Outstanding Notes may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agents duly appointed in writing. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Issuer. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent, or of the holding by any Person of a Note, shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Issuer and any agent of the Trustee or the Issuer, if made in the manner provided in this Section.

 

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(b) The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may be proved in any reasonable manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.

(c) The ownership of Notes shall be proved by the register maintained by the Registrar.

(d) If the Issuer shall solicit from the Holders of Notes any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other act, the Issuer may, at its option, in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other act, but the Issuer shall have no obligation to do so. Notwithstanding TIA 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 Holders 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 Holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purpose 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 Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than eleven months after the record date.

(e) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other act of the Holder of any Note shall bind every future Holder of the same Note and the Holder of every Note issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee, any Registrar, any Paying Agent, any authenticating agent or the Issuer in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Note.

[Signatures on following page]

 

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SIGNATURES

 

ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST
By:   /s/ Mark Peterson
  Title: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

30 WEST PERSHING, LLC
By:   /s/ Mark Peterson
  Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary

 

EPT DOWNREIT II, INC.
By:   /s/ Mark Peterson
  Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary

 

EPT HUNTSVILLE, INC.
By:   /s/ Mark Peterson
  Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary

 

MEGAPLEX FOUR, INC.
By:   /s/ Mark Peterson
  Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary

 

WESTCOL CENTER, LLC
By:   /s/ Mark Peterson
  Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary


EPT MELBOURNE, INC.
By:   /s/ Mark Peterson
  Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary

 

CROTCHED MOUNTAIN PROPERTIES, LLC
By:   /s/ Mark Peterson
  Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary

 

EDUCATION CAPITAL SOLUTIONS, LLC
By:   /s/ Mark Peterson
  Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary

 

EPR HIALEAH, INC.
By:   /s/ Mark Peterson
  Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary

 

EPT 909, INC.
By:   /s/ Mark Peterson
  Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary

 

EPT CROTCHED MOUNTAIN, INC.
By:   /s/ Mark Peterson
  Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary

 

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EPT KALAMAZOO, INC.
By:   /s/ Mark Peterson
  Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary
EPT MAD RIVER, INC.
By:   /s/ Mark Peterson
  Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary
EPT MOUNT ATTITASH, INC.
By:   /s/ Mark Peterson
  Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary
EPT MOUNT SNOW, INC.
By:   /s/ Mark Peterson
  Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary
EPT NINETEEN, INC.
By:   /s/ Mark Peterson
  Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary
EPT SKI PROPERTIES, INC.
By:   /s/ Mark Peterson
  Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary
EPT WATERPARKS, INC.
By:   /s/ Mark Peterson
  Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary

 

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MEGAPLEX NINE, INC.
By:   /s/ Mark Peterson
  Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary
EPR METROPOLIS TRUST
By:   /s/ Mark Peterson
  Title: Signatory Trustee
YONGEDUNDAS SIGNAGE TRUST
By:   /s/ Mark Peterson
  Title: Signatory Trustee

 

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TRUSTEE:
UMB Bank, n.a.
By:   /s/ Brent Keep
  Name: Brent Keep
  Title: Vice President

 

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EXHIBIT A

[FORM OF NOTE]

[Face of Note]

Global Notes Legend, if applicable

Private Placement Legend, if applicable

 

 

CUSIP# [              ]

7.750% Senior Note due 2020

 

No.     

   $                       

ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST

Entertainment Properties Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust, promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered assigns, the principal sum of                      Dollars [, as revised by the Schedule of Increases or Decreases in the Global Note attached hereto,] 1 on July 15, 2020.

Interest Payment Dates: January 15 and July 15

Record Dates: January 1 and July 1

Dated:              , 20     

 

 

1

To be included only if Note is issued in global form.

 

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ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

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This is one of the Notes referred to in the

within-mentioned Indenture:

    UMB BANK N.A.,
    as Trustee
By:  

 

  Authorized Signatory

 

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[Form of Back of Note]

7.750% Senior Notes due 2020

Capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.

(1) Interest . Entertainment Properties Trust (the “ Issuer ”) promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at 7.750% per annum from June 30, 2010 until maturity. The Issuer will pay interest semi-annually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each, an “ Interest Payment Date ”). Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from June 30, 2010; provided that if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this Note is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided , further , that the first Interest Payment Date shall be January 15, 2011. The Issuer will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at a rate that is 1% per annum in excess of the rate then in effect; the Issuer will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods) from time to time on demand at the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

(2) Method of Payment . The Issuer will pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the January 1 or July 1 (each, a “ Record Date ”) next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The Notes will be payable as to principal, premium, if any, and interest at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for such purpose within or without the City and State of New York, or, at the option of the Issuer, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders; provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds will be required with respect to principal of and interest and premium, if any, on all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which will have provided wire transfer instructions to the Issuer or the Paying Agent. Such payment will be in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

(3) Paying Agent and Registrar . Initially, UMB Bank, n.a., the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Issuer may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.

(4) Indenture . The Issuer issued the Notes under an indenture, dated as of June 30, 2010 (the “ Indenture ”), among the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb). The Notes are

 

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subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and such Act for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling. The Notes are unsecured obligations of the Issuer.

(5) Optional Redemption . The Issuer will not be entitled to redeem all or any portion of the Notes at its option except as provided in the next sentence. The Issuer will be entitled at its option to redeem all or any portion of the Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of such Notes plus the Applicable Premium as of, and any accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the redemption date (subject to the right of the Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date). Notice of such redemption must be mailed by first-class mail to each Holder’s registered address, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption date (or such shorter period as is satisfactory to the Trustee).

After notice of optional redemption has been given as provided in this Indenture, if funds for the redemption of any Notes called for redemption have been made available on the redemption date, such Notes called for redemption will cease to bear interest on the date fixed for the redemption specified in the redemption notice and the only right of the Holders of such Notes will be to receive payment of the redemption price.

Any redemption pursuant to Section 3.08 of the Indenture shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 of the Indenture.

(6) Mandatory Redemption . The Issuer will not be required to make mandatory redemption payments with respect to the Notes.

(7) Repurchase at Option of Holder . If a Change of Control occurs, each Holder of Notes will have the right to require the Issuer to purchase some or all (in principal amounts of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Holder’s Notes pursuant to the offer described below (the “ Change of Control Offer ”), unless, after giving pro forma effect to the Change of Control, (i) at least two of Fitch, Moody’s and S&P shall have confirmed their ratings of the Notes at the levels in effect immediately prior to the announcement of a Change of Control transaction or higher and (ii) the Person formed by or surviving any consolidation or merger or to which any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made forming the basis of the Change of Control is principally engaged in a Permitted Business.

Any Change of Control Offer will include a cash offer price of 101% of the principal amount of any Notes purchased plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any, to the date of purchase (the “ Change of Control Payment ”). If a Change of Control Offer is required, within 10 Business Days following a Change of Control, the Issuer shall mail a notice to each holder describing the Change of Control and offering to repurchase Notes on a specified date (the “ Change of Control Payment Date ”). The Change of Control Payment Date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date the notice is mailed.

(8) Notice of Redemption . Notice of redemption will be mailed at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address. Notes in denominations larger than $2,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Notes held by a Holder are to be redeemed.

 

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[(9) Registration Rights Agreement . The Notes are entitled to the benefit of the Registration Rights Agreement.] 2

(10) Denominations, Transfer, Exchange . The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Issuer may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Issuer need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, the Issuer need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or during the period between a Record Date and the corresponding Interest Payment Date.

(11) Persons Deemed Owners . The registered Holder of a Note may be treated as its owner for all purposes.

(12) Amendment, Supplement and Waiver . Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture, the Notes Guarantees or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes affected by such amendment or supplemental indenture voting as a single class, and any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture, the Notes Guarantees or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes affected thereby voting as a single class. Without the consent of any Holder of a Note, the Indenture, the Notes Guarantees or the Notes may be amended or supplemented to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency; to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes; to provide for the assumption of the Issuer’s obligations to Holders of Notes in the case of a merger or consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the Issuer’s assets; add additional Guarantees with respect to the Notes; secure the Notes; to make any other change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any such Holder; or to comply with requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the applicable Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.

(13) Defaults and Remedies . Events of Default with respect to the Notes (as defined in the Indenture) include: (i) default in the payment of principal or any premium on the Notes when due and payable; (ii) default in the payment of interest on the Notes within 30 days after the applicable due date; (iii) failure to comply with Section 5.01 of the Indenture; (iv) failure to make or consummate a Change of Control Offer following a Change of Control when required under Section 4.09 of the Indenture; (v) breach of any other term of the Indenture for 60 days after receipt of a notice of Default stating the Issuer is in breach; (vi) certain final judgments are entered against the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries and are not paid, discharged or stayed for a period of 60 days; (vii) default under any of certain Debt of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, which default results in the acceleration of the maturity of such indebtedness, unless such

 

 

2

To be included in Notes bearing the Private Placement Legend.

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other Debt is discharged, or the acceleration is rescinded or annulled, within 30 days after the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries receives notice of the default; (viii) certain events in bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization occur with respect to the Issuer or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Subsidiaries that, taken as a whole, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary; and (ix) any Notes Guarantee of a Significant Subsidiary of the Issuer ceases to be in full force and effect or is declared null and void or any Guarantor denies or disaffirms its obligations under the Indenture or any Notes Guarantee other than by reason of the release of any such Notes Guarantee in accordance with the Indenture. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes may declare the entire principal amount of the Notes to be due and payable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency, all Outstanding Notes will become due and payable without further action or notice. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest) if and so long as it determines that withholding notice is in the interest of the Holders of the Notes. Subject to certain exceptions, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes. The Issuer is required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the Issuer is required upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default to deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default.

(14) Trustee Dealings with Issuer . The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Issuer or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or its Affiliates as if it were not the Trustee.

(15) No Recourse Against Others . No past, present or future director, officer, employee or stockholder of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries under the Notes or the Indenture based on, in respect of, or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The foregoing waiver and release are an integral part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.

(16) Authentication . This Note will not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.

(17) Abbreviations . Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

(18) CUSIP Numbers . Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Issuer has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

 

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The Issuer will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to:

Entertainment Properties Trust

30 West Pershing Road, Suite 201

Kansas City, MO 64108

Attention: Chief Executive Officer

Facsimile No.: (816) 472-5794

 

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Assignment Form

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

 

(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to: _____________________________________________________________________________

(Insert assignee’s legal name)                                                                             

 

(Insert assignee’s Soc. Sec. or Tax I.D. No.)

 

 

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

and irrevocably appoint                                                                                                                                                                                     

to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

Date:                     

 

Your Signature:

 

 

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)

Signature Guarantee*:                     

 

 

* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

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Option of Holder to Elect Purchase

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant to Section 4.09 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box below:

¨   Section 4.09

If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant to Section 4.09 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:

$                     

Date:                     

 

Your Signature:

 

 

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)
Tax Identification No.:                     

Signature Guarantee*:                     

 

 

* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE 3

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

   Amount of
decrease  in
Principal Amount
of this Global
Note
   Amount of increase
in Principal
Amount of this
Global Note
   Principal Amount
of this Global
Note following
such decrease
(or increase)
   Signature  of
authorized
officer of Trustee
or Custodian

 

 

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This schedule should be included only if the Note is issued in global form .

 

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EXHIBIT B

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

Entertainment Properties Trust

30 West Pershing Road, Suite 201

Kansas City, MO 64108

Attention: Chief Executive Officer

Facsimile No.: (816) 472-5794

UMB Bank, n.a.

1010 Grand Blvd., 4th Floor

Kansas City, MO 64108

Attention: Corporate Trust Manager

Facsimile: (816) 860-3021

Re:  7.750% Senior Notes due 2020

Reference is hereby made to the indenture, dated as of June 30, 2010 (the “ Indenture ”), among Entertainment Properties Trust (the “ Issuer ”), the Guarantors named therein and UMB Bank, n.a., as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

                     (the “ Transferor ”) owns and proposes to transfer the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified in Annex A hereto, in the principal amount of $          in such Note[s] or interests (the “ Transfer ”), to              (the “ Transferee ”), as further specified in Annex A hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby certifies that:

[CHECK ALL THAT APPLY]

 

1.

   ¨      Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note or a Definitive Note pursuant to Rule 144A . The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that the beneficial interest or Definitive Note is being transferred to a Person that the Transferor reasonably believed and believes is purchasing the beneficial interest or Definitive Note for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and such Transfer is in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the 144A Global Note and/or the Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

2.

   ¨      Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note or a Definitive Note pursuant to Regulation S . The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act

 

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          and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the Transfer is not being made to a Person in the United
States and (x) at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee was outside the United States or such Transferor
and any Person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the Transferee was outside the United States or
(y) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither
such Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was prearranged with a buyer in the
United States, (ii) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule
904(b) of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (iii) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the
registration requirements of the Securities Act and (iv) if the proposed transfer is being made prior to the expiration of
the Restricted Period, the transfer is not being made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other
than an Initial Purchaser). Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture,
the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on Transfer enumerated in the
Private Placement Legend printed on the Regulation S Global Note and/or the Definitive Note and in the Indenture and
the Securities Act.

3.

   ¨    Check and complete if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note pursuant to any provision of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A or Regulation S . The Transfer is being effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States, and accordingly the Transferor hereby further certifies that (check one):
      (a)    ¨    such Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act;
            or
      (b)    ¨    or such Transfer is being effected to the Issuer or a subsidiary thereof;
            or
      (c)    ¨    such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and in compliance with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.

4.

   ¨    Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or of an Unrestricted Definitive Note.
      (a)    ¨    Check if Transfer is pursuant to Rule 144 . (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject

 

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                    to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global
Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
     

(b)

   ¨      Check if Transfer is pursuant to Regulation S. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
     

(c)

   ¨      Check if Transfer is pursuant to other exemption. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes or Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Issuer.

 

 

[Insert Name of Transferor]
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  

Dated:                     

 

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ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

 

1.

     The Transferor owns and proposes to transfer the following:
              

[CHECK ONE OF (a) OR (b)]

     (a)      ¨      a beneficial interest in the:
          (i)      ¨      144A Global Note (CUSIP [             ]), or
          (ii)      ¨      Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP [             ])), or
    

(b)

     ¨      a Restricted Definitive Note.

2.

     After the Transfer the Transferee will hold:
              

[CHECK ONE]

     (a)      ¨      a beneficial interest in the:
          (i)      ¨      144A Global Note (CUSIP [             ]), or
          (ii)      ¨      Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP [             ]), or
          (iii)      ¨      Unrestricted Global Note (CUSIP [             ]), or
     (b)      ¨      a Restricted Definitive Note; or
     (c)      ¨      an Unrestricted Definitive Note,
     in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

 

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EXHIBIT C

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE

Entertainment Properties Trust

30 West Pershing Road, Suite 201

Kansas City, MO 64108

Attention: Chief Executive Officer

Facsimile No.: (816) 472-5794

UMB Bank, n.a.

1010 Grand Blvd., 4th Floor

Kansas City, MO 64108

Attention: Corporate Trust Manager

Facsimile: (816) 860-3021

Re:  7.750% Senior Notes due 2020

(CUSIP [            ])

Reference is hereby made to the indenture, dated as of June 30, 2010 (the “ Indenture ”), among Entertainment Properties Trust (the “ Issuer ”), the Guarantors named therein and UMB Bank, n.a., as trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

                     (the “ Owner ”) owns and proposes to exchange the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified herein, in the principal amount of $          in such Note[s] or interests (the “ Exchange ”). In connection with the Exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that:

1. Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Unrestricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note .

(a) ¨ Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note . In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note in an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

(b) ¨ Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to Unrestricted Definitive Note. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant

 

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to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

(c) ¨ Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note . In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

(d) ¨ Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to Unrestricted Definitive Note . In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

2. Exchange of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes for Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes .

(a) ¨ Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to Restricted Definitive Note . In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a Restricted Definitive Note with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies that the Restricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Restricted Definitive Note issued will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

(b) ¨ Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note . In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in the [CHECK ONE] _ 144A Global Note, _ Regulation S Global Note with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer and (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the beneficial interest issued will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the relevant Restricted Global Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

 

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This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Issuer.

 

 

  [Insert Name of Transferor]

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

Dated:                     

 

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EXHIBIT D

[FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS]

Supplemental Indenture (this “ Supplemental Indenture ”), dated as of                   , 20      , among                      (the “ Guaranteeing Subsidiary ”), Entertainment Properties Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the “ Issuer ”), the other Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture referred to below) and UMB Bank, n.a., as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the “ Trustee ”).

W I T N E S S E T H

WHEREAS, the Issuer has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture, dated as of June 30, 2010 (the “ Indenture ”), providing for the issuance of 7.750% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “ Notes ”);

WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Issuer’s Obligations (as defined in the Indenture) under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein (the “ Notes Guarantee ”); and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:

1. Capitalized Terms . Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

2. Agreement to Guarantee . The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees as follows:

(a) Subject to Article 10 of the Indenture, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby, jointly and severally with all other Guarantors, unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of the Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Issuer hereunder or thereunder, that:

(i) the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Issuer to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and

 

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(ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.

Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately.

(b) The obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or the Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery 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 a Guarantor, other than payment in full of all Obligations under the Notes.

(c) The following is hereby waived: diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Issuer, any right to require a proceeding first against the Issuer, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever.

(d) This Notes Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and the Indenture, and the Guaranteeing Subsidiary accepts all obligations of a Guarantor under the Indenture.

(e) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Issuer, the Guarantors, or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Issuer or the Guarantors, any amount paid by either to the Trustee or such Holder, this Notes Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect.

(f) The Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby.

(g) As between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 of the Indenture for the purposes of this Notes Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6 of the Indenture, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the purpose of this Notes Guarantee.

(h) The Guarantors shall have the right to seek contribution from any nonpaying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under this Notes Guarantee.

(i) In accordance with Section 10.02 of the Indenture, after giving effect to any maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities that are relevant under any applicable Bankruptcy Law or fraudulent conveyance law, and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under Article 10 of the Indenture, this

 

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Notes Guarantee shall be limited to the maximum amount permissible such that the obligations of such Guarantor under this Notes Guarantee will not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.

3. Guaranteeing Subsidiary may Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms .

(a) The Guaranteeing Subsidiary may not sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to, or consolidate with or merge with or into (whether or not the Guaranteeing Subsidiary is the surviving Person) another Person, other than the Issuer or another Guarantor unless:

(i) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists; and

(ii) subject to Section 10.05 of the Indenture, the Person acquiring the property in any such sale or disposition or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger assumes all of the obligations of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary under the Indenture and this Notes Guarantee pursuant to a supplemental indenture in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee.

(b) In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and upon the assumption by the successor Person, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of this Notes Guarantee endorsed upon the Notes and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of the Indenture to be performed by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, such successor Person shall succeed to and be substituted for the Guaranteeing Subsidiary with the same effect as if it had been named herein as a Guaranteeing Subsidiary. Such successor Person thereupon may cause to be signed any or all of the Notes Guarantees to be endorsed upon all of the Notes issuable under the Indenture which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee. All the Notes Guarantees so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under the Indenture as the Notes Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of the Indenture as though all of such Notes Guarantees had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.

(c) Except as set forth in Articles 4 and 5 and Section 10.04 of the Indenture, and notwithstanding clauses (a) and (b) above, nothing contained in the Indenture or in any of the Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary with or into the Issuer or another Guarantor, or shall prevent any sale or conveyance of the property of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the Issuer or another Guarantor.

4. Releases .

(a) The Notes Guarantee of a Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall be released, and any Person acquiring assets (including by way of merger or consolidation) or Capital Stock of a Guaranteeing Subsidiary under those circumstances specified in Section 10.05 of the Indenture shall not be required to assume the obligations of such Guaranteeing Subsidiary. Upon delivery by the Issuer to the Trustee of an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the provisions of Section 10.05 of the Indenture have been complied with, the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably required in order to evidence the release of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary from its obligations under this Notes Guarantee.

(b) Any Guarantor not released from its obligations under its Notes Guarantee shall remain liable for the full amount of principal of and interest on the Notes and for the other obligations of any Guarantor under the Indenture as provided in Article 10 of the Indenture.

 

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5. No Recourse Against Others . No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, stockholder, equity holder or agent of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, as such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer or the Guaranteeing Subsidiary under the Notes, this Notes Guarantee, the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of the Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. Such waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws and it is the view of the Commission that such a waiver is against public policy.

6. NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN . THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE BUT WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

7. Counterparts . The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

8. Effect of Headings . The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

9. The Trustee . The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Issuer.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date first above written.

Dated:              , 20     

 

ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

[EXISTING GUARANTORS]

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

UMB BANK, N.A., as Trustee

By:

 

 

  Authorized Signatory

 

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Exhibit 4.3

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT dated June 30, 2010 (the “Agreement”) is entered into by and among Entertainment Properties Trust , a Maryland real estate investment trust (the “Company”), the guarantors party hereto (the “Guarantors”), and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. (“JPMorgan”), Barclays Capital Inc., RBC Capital Markets Corporation and KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. (the “Initial Purchasers”), for whom JPMorgan is acting as representative (the “Representative”).

The Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers are parties to the Purchase Agreement dated June 25, 2010 (the “Purchase Agreement”), which provides for the sale by the Company to the Initial Purchasers of $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 7.750% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Securities”) which will be guaranteed on an unsecured senior basis by each of the Guarantors. As an inducement to the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors 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 Guarantor” shall mean any subsidiary of the Company that executes a Subsidiary Guarantee under the Indenture after the date of this Agreement.

“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 to remain closed.

“Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble and shall also include the Company’s successors.

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

“Exchange Dates” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(ii) hereof.

“Exchange Offer” shall mean the exchange offer by the Company and the Guarantors of Exchange Securities for Registrable 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) and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein or deemed a part thereof, all exhibits thereto and any document incorporated by reference therein.


“Exchange Securities” shall mean senior notes issued by the Company and guaranteed by the Guarantors under the Indenture containing terms identical to the Securities (except that the Exchange 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.

“Free Writing Prospectus” means each free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) prepared by or on behalf of the Company or used or referred to by the Company in connection with the sale of the Securities or the Exchange Securities.

“Guarantors” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble and shall also include any Guarantor’s successors and any Additional Guarantors.

“Holders” shall mean the Initial Purchasers, for so long as they own any Registrable Securities, and each of their successors, assigns and direct and indirect transferees who become owners of Registrable Securities under the Indenture; provided that for purposes of Sections 4 and 5 of this Agreement, the term “Holders” shall include Participating Broker-Dealers.

“Indemnified Person” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c) hereof.

“Indemnifying Person” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c) hereof.

“Indenture” shall mean the Indenture relating to the Securities dated as of June 30, 2010 among the Company, the Guarantors and UMB Bank, n.a., 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)(xiv) hereof.

“Issue Date” shall mean June 30, 2010.

“Issuer Information” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a) hereof.

“JPMorgan” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

“Majority Holders” shall mean the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Registrable Securities; provided that whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities is required hereunder, any Registrable Securities owned directly or indirectly by the Company or any of its affiliates shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage or amount; and provided, further, that if

 

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the Company shall issue any additional Securities under the Indenture prior to consummation of the Exchange Offer or, if applicable, the effectiveness of any Shelf Registration Statement, such additional Securities and the Registrable Securities to which this Agreement relates shall be treated together as one class for purposes of determining whether the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities has been obtained.

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

“Person” shall mean an individual, partnership, 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, and any such 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 Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement, and by all other amendments and supplements to such prospectus, and in each case including any document incorporated by reference therein.

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

“Registrable Securities” shall mean the Securities; provided that the Securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities on the earliest of (i) when the Exchange Securities are issued in exchange for the Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, (ii) if an Exchange Offer is completed, on or after the Exchange Date with respect to Holders that are eligible to participate in the Exchange Offer but fail to tender such Securities in the Exchange Offer, (iii) when a Registration Statement or a Shelf Registration Statement with respect to such Securities has become effective under the Securities Act and such Securities have been exchanged or disposed of pursuant to such Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement, (iv) the date that is two years from the Issue Date or (v) when such Securities cease to be outstanding.

“Registration Default” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(d) hereof.

“Registration Expenses” shall mean any and all expenses incident to performance of or compliance by the Company and the Guarantors with this Agreement, including without limitation: (i) all SEC, stock exchange or Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) registration and filing fees, (ii) all fees and expenses incurred in connection with compliance with state securities or blue sky laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for any Underwriters or Holders in connection with blue sky qualification of any Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities), (iii) all expenses of any Persons in preparing or assisting in preparing, word processing, printing and distributing any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, any underwriting agreements, securities sales

 

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agreements or other similar agreements 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 fees and disbursements of the Trustee and its counsel, (vii) the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and the Guarantors and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the fees and disbursements of one counsel for the Holders (which counsel shall be selected by the Majority Holders and which counsel may also be counsel for the Initial Purchasers) and (viii) the fees and disbursements of the independent public accounting firm of the Company and the Guarantors, 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 and underwriting discounts and commissions, brokerage commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of Registrable Securities by a Holder.

“Registration Statement” shall mean any registration statement filed under the Securities Act of the Company and the Guarantors that covers any of the Exchange Securities or Registrable 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 by reference therein.

“SEC” shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

“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.

“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 Company and the Guarantors that covers all or a portion of the Registrable Securities (but no other securities unless approved by a majority of the Holders whose Registrable Securities are to be covered by such Shelf Registration Statement) on an appropriate form under 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 by reference therein.

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

 

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“Subsidiary Guarantees” shall mean the guarantees of the Securities and Exchange Securities by the Guarantors under the Indenture.

“Staff” shall mean the staff of the SEC.

“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(e) hereof.

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

2. Registration Under the Securities Act .

(a) To the extent not prohibited by any applicable law or applicable interpretations of the Staff, the Company and the Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to (i) cause to be filed an Exchange Offer Registration Statement covering an offer to the Holders to exchange all the Registrable Securities for Exchange Securities with the SEC and (ii) cause such Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become effective at the earliest possible time under the Securities Act and, unless the Company and the Guarantors have filed a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(b) and such Shelf Registration Statement is effective, remain effective for such period of time as is necessary to comply with applicable law in connection with any resale of Exchange Notes, but in any event not to exceed 180 days after the last Exchange Date for use by one or more Participating Broker Dealers. The Company and the Guarantors shall commence the Exchange Offer promptly after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC and use their commercially reasonable efforts to complete the Exchange Offer not later than 360 days after the Issue Date.

The Company and the Guarantors shall commence the Exchange Offer by mailing the related Prospectus, appropriate letters of transmittal and other accompanying documents to each Holder stating, in addition to such other disclosures as are required by applicable law, substantially the following:

(i) that the Exchange Offer is being made pursuant to this Agreement and that all Registrable Securities validly tendered and not properly withdrawn will be accepted for exchange;

(ii) the dates of acceptance for exchange (which shall be a period of at least 20 Business Days from the date such notice is mailed) (the “Exchange Dates”);

(iii) that any Registrable Security not tendered will remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest but will not retain any rights under this Agreement, except as otherwise specified herein;

 

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(iv) that any Holder electing to have a Registrable Security exchanged pursuant to the Exchange Offer will be required to (A) surrender such Registrable Security, together with the appropriate letters of transmittal, to the institution and at the address (located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York) and in the manner specified in the notice, or (B) effect such exchange otherwise in compliance with the applicable procedures of the depositary for such Registrable Security, in each case prior to the close of business on the last Exchange Date; and

(v) that any Holder will be entitled to withdraw its election, not later than the close of business, New York time, on the last Business Day of the Exchange Offer, by (A) sending to the institution and at the address (located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York) specified in the notice, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of such Holder, the principal amount of Registrable Securities delivered for exchange and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its election to have such Registrable Securities exchanged or (B) effecting such withdrawal in compliance with the applicable procedures of the depositary for the Registrable Securities.

As a condition to participating in the Exchange Offer, each Holder of Registrable Securities (including, without limitation, any Holder who is a Participating Broker-Dealer) will be required to furnish a written representation to the Company and the Guarantors (which may be contained in the letter of transmittal contemplated by the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) that (i) any Exchange Securities to be received by it will be acquired in the ordinary course of its business, (ii) at the time of the commencement of the Exchange Offer it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, and has no arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in the distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the 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 Company or any Guarantor and (iv) if such Holder is a Participating Broker-Dealer that will receive Exchange Securities for its own account in exchange for Registrable Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making or other trading activities, then such Participating Broker-Dealer will deliver a Prospectus (or, to the extent permitted by law, make available a Prospectus to purchasers) in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities.

As soon as practicable after the last Exchange Date, the Company and the Guarantors shall:

(i) accept for exchange Registrable Securities or portions thereof validly tendered and not properly withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer;

(ii) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for cancellation all Registrable Securities or portions thereof so accepted for exchange by the Company and issue, and cause the Trustee to promptly authenticate; and

(iii) deliver to each Holder, Exchange Securities equal in principal amount to the principal amount of the Registrable Securities tendered by such Holder.

 

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The Company and the Guarantors shall use their 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 interpretations of the Staff.

(b) In the event that (i) the Company and the Guarantors determine that the Exchange Offer Registration provided for in Section 2(a) above is not available or may not be completed as soon as practicable after the last Exchange Date because it would violate any applicable law or applicable interpretations of the Staff, (ii) subject to the proviso below, the Exchange Offer is not for any other reason completed on or before the 360th day after the Issue Date, (iii) upon receipt of a Holder’s request with respect to any Holder of Registrable Securities that (A) is prohibited by applicable law or SEC policy from participating in the Exchange Offer or (B) may not resell the Exchange Securities acquired by it in the Exchange Offer to the public without delivering a prospectus and that the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not appropriate or available for such resales by such Holder or (iv) upon receipt of a written request (a “Shelf Request”) from any Initial Purchaser representing that it holds Registrable Securities that are or were ineligible to be exchanged in the Exchange Offer, the Company and the Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be filed as soon as practicable after such determination, date or Shelf Request, as the case may be, a Shelf Registration Statement providing for the sale of all the Registrable Securities by the Holders thereof and to have such Shelf Registration Statement become effective; provided that a Shelf Registration Statement shall not be required to be filed pursuant to clause (ii) above to the extent and for so long as an Exchange Offer Registration Statement has been filed and the Company and the Guarantors are continuing to work in good faith towards the effectiveness of such Exchange Offer Registration Statement and the ultimate completion of the Exchange Offer.

In the event that the Company and the Guarantors are required to file a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to clause (iv) of the preceding sentence, the Company and the Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to file and have become effective both an Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) with respect to all Registrable 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 Registrable Securities held by the Initial Purchasers described in clause (iv) after completion of the Exchange Offer.

The Company and the Guarantors agree to use their commercially reasonable efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective until the earlier of (i) one year following the initial effectiveness or (ii) the date when all of the Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement have been sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement (the “Shelf Effectiveness Period”). The Company and the Guarantors further agree to supplement or amend the Shelf Registration Statement, the related Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus if required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used by the Company 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 Registrable Securities with

 

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respect to information relating to such Holder, and to use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause any such amendment to become effective, if required, and such Shelf Registration Statement, Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, to become usable as soon as thereafter practicable. The Company and the Guarantors agree to furnish to the Holders of Registrable Securities copies of any such supplement or amendment promptly after its being used or filed with the SEC.

(c) The Company and the Guarantors 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, relating to the sale or disposition of such Holder’s Registrable 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 under the Securities Act.

In the event that either (i) the Exchange Offer is not completed or the Shelf Registration Statement, if required pursuant to Section 2(b)(i) or 2(b)(ii) hereof, has not become effective on or prior to 360 days after the Issue Date, (ii) the Company receives a Shelf Request pursuant to Section 2(b)(iii) or 2(b)(iv), and the Shelf Registration Statement required to be filed thereby does not become effective by 90 days after the delivery of such Shelf Request, or (iii) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement, if required hereby, has become effective and thereafter either ceases to be effective or the Prospectus contained therein ceases to be usable, in each case whether or not permitted by this Agreement, at any time during the Shelf Effectiveness Period or, in the case of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as required by this Agreement, and such failure to remain effective or usable exists for more than 60 days (whether or not consecutive) in any 12-month period (each such event referred to in clauses (i) through (iii), a “Registration Default”), the interest rate on the applicable Registrable Securities will be increased by (A) 0.25% per annum for the first 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of such Registration Default and (B) an additional 0.25% per annum with respect to each subsequent 90-day period until all Registration Defaults with respect to such Registrable Securities have been cured, up to a maximum increase of 1.00% per annum; provided that the Company and the Guarantors shall in no event be required to pay additional interest accrued for more than one Registration Default at any given time and in no event be required to accrue or pay additional interest under this paragraph prior to the 361 st day after the Issue Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, (1) upon completion of the Exchange Offer in the case of clause (i) above, (2) upon the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement in the case of clause (ii) above, or (3) upon the filing of a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or an additional Registration Statement that causes the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (and/or, if applicable, the Shelf Registration Statement) to again be declared effective or made usable in the case of clause (iii) above, additional interest with respect to the Registrable Securities as a result of such clause (i), (ii) or (iii), as applicable, shall cease to accrue.

 

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(e) The Company and the Guarantors acknowledge that any failure by the Company or the Guarantors to comply with their obligations under Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof may result in material irreparable injury to the Initial Purchasers or 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, therefore, the provisions for the payment of additional interest set forth in Section 2(d) shall be the only monetary remedy available to Holders for the Company’s and the Guarantors’ failure to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement to become effective, or continue to be effective as the case may be, in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

3. Registration Procedures .

(a) In connection with their obligations pursuant to Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof, the Company and the Guarantors shall:

(i) prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement on the appropriate form under the Securities Act, which form (x) shall be selected by the Company and the Guarantors, (y) shall, in the case of a Shelf Registration, be available for the sale of the Registrable Securities by the Holders thereof and (z) shall comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the applicable form and include all financial statements required by the SEC to be filed therewith; and use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective for the applicable period in accordance with Section 2 hereof;

(ii) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to each Registration Statement and file with the SEC any other required document as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective for the applicable period in accordance with Section 2 hereof and cause each Prospectus to be supplemented by any required prospectus supplement and, as so supplemented, 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 Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities;

(iii) to the extent any Free Writing Prospectus is used, file with the SEC any Free Writing Prospectus that is required to be filed by the Company or the Guarantors with the SEC in accordance with the Securities Act and to retain any Free Writing Prospectus not required to be filed;

(iv) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Holder of Registrable Securities, to counsel for the Initial Purchasers, to counsel for such Holders and to each Underwriter of an Underwritten Offering of Registrable Securities, if any, without charge, as many copies of each Prospectus, preliminary prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, as such Holder, counsel or Underwriter may reasonably request in order to facilitate the sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities thereunder; and the Company and the Guarantors consent to the use of such Prospectus, preliminary prospectus or such Free Writing Prospectus and any

 

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amendment or supplement thereto in accordance with applicable law by each of the Holders of Registrable Securities and any such Underwriters in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by and in the manner described in such Prospectus, preliminary prospectus or such Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto in accordance with applicable law;

(v) use their commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify the Registrable Securities under all applicable state securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as any Holder of Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement shall reasonably request in writing by the time the applicable Registration Statement becomes effective; 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 Registrable Securities owned by such Holder; provided that neither the Company nor any 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;

(vi) notify counsel for the Initial Purchasers and, in the case of a Shelf Registration notify each Holder of Registrable Securities and counsel for such Holders promptly and, if requested by any such Holder 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, when any Free Writing Prospectus has been filed or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus has been filed, (2) of any request by the SEC or any state securities authority for amendments and 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 Company 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 Registrable Securities covered thereby, the representations and warranties of the Company or any Guarantor contained in any underwriting agreement, securities sales agreement or other similar agreement, if any, relating to an offering of such Registrable Securities cease to be true and correct in all material respects or if the Company or any Guarantor receives any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose, (5) of the happening of any event during the period a Registration Statement is effective that makes any statement made in such Registration Statement or the related Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus in order to make the statements therein not misleading and (6) of any determination by the Company or any Guarantor that a post- effective amendment to a Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus would be appropriate;

 

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(vii) use their 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), including by filing an amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement on the proper form, at the earliest possible moment and provide immediate notice to each Holder of the withdrawal of any such order or such resolution;

(viii) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Holder of Registrable Securities, 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); provided, however, that any such documents’ availability on the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval System database shall satisfy such obligation;

(ix) in the case of a Shelf Registration, cooperate with the Holders of Registrable Securities to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends and enable such Registrable 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 Days prior to the closing of any sale of Registrable Securities;

(x) in the case of a Shelf Registration, upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(a)(vi)(5) hereof, use their commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the SEC a supplement or post-effective amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement or the related Prospectus or any 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 Registrable Securities, such Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and the Company and the Guarantors shall notify the Holders of Registrable Securities to suspend use of the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus as promptly as practicable after the occurrence of such an event, and such Holders hereby agree to suspend use of the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, until the Company and the Guarantors have amended or supplemented the Prospectus or the Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, to correct such misstatement or omission;

(xi) a reasonable time prior to the filing of any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus, any amendment to a Registration Statement or amendment or supplement to a Prospectus or a Free Writing Prospectus or of any document that is to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement, a Prospectus or a Free Writing Prospectus after initial filing of a Registration Statement, provide copies of such document to the Initial Purchasers and their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf

 

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Registration Statement, to the Holders of Registrable Securities and their counsel) and make such of the representatives of the Company and the Guarantors as shall be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders of Registrable Securities or their counsel) available for discussion of such document at reasonable times and upon reasonable prior notice; and the Company and the Guarantors shall not, at any time after initial filing of a Registration Statement, use or file any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus, any amendment of or supplement to a Registration Statement or a Prospectus or a Free Writing Prospectus, or any document that is to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement, a Prospectus or a Free Writing Prospectus, of which the Initial Purchasers and their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders of Registrable Securities and their counsel) shall not have previously been advised and furnished a copy or to which the Initial Purchasers or their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Holders of Registrable Securities or their counsel) shall reasonably object;

(xii) obtain a CUSIP number for all Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities, as the case may be, not later than the initial effective date of a Registration Statement;

(xiii) cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act in connection with the registration of the Exchange Securities or Registrable 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 their commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents as may be 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;

(xiv) in the case of a Shelf Registration, make available for inspection by a representative of the Holders of the Registrable 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 Registrable 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 Company and its subsidiaries, and cause the respective officers, directors and employees of the Company and the Guarantors to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Inspector, Underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with a Shelf Registration Statement, in each case, as is customary for similar “due diligence” examinations in the context of underwritten offerings; provided that if any such information is identified by the Company or any 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;

 

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(xv) in the case of a Shelf Registration, use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause all Registrable Securities to be listed on any securities exchange or any automated quotation system on which similar securities issued or guaranteed by the Company-or-any Guarantor are then listed if requested by the Majority Holders, to the extent such Registrable Securities satisfy applicable listing requirements;

(xvi) if reasonably requested by any Holder of Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement, promptly include in a Prospectus supplement 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 Prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment as soon as the Company has received notification of the matters to be so included in such filing;

(xvii) in the case of a Shelf Registration, enter into such customary agreements and take all such other actions in connection therewith (including those requested by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement) in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities 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 Registrable Securities with respect to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries and the Registration Statement, Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus and documents incorporated by reference or deemed incorporated by reference, 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 of counsel to the Company and the Guarantors (which counsel and opinions, in form, scope and substance, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Holders and such Underwriters and their respective counsel) addressed to each selling Holder (to the extent such Holder has advices the Company that such Holder may have a “due diligence” defense) and Underwriter of Registrable Securities, covering the matters customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings, (3) obtain “comfort” letters from the independent certified public accounting firm of the Company and the Guarantors (and, if necessary, any other certified public accountant of any subsidiary of the Company or any Guarantor, or of any business acquired by the Company or any Guarantor 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 Registrable 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 in any preliminary prospectus, Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus and (4) deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Registrable Securities being sold or the Underwriters, and which are customarily delivered in underwritten offerings, to evidence the continued validity of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantors made pursuant to clause (1) above and to evidence compliance with any customary conditions contained in an underwriting agreement; and

 

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(xviii) so long as any Registrable Securities remain outstanding, cause each Additional Guarantor upon the occurrence of the event resulting in such party becoming an Additional Guarantor, to execute a counterpart to this Agreement in the form attached hereto as Annex A and to deliver such counterpart, together with an opinion of counsel as to the enforceability thereof against such entity, to the Initial Purchasers no later than five Business Days following the execution thereof.

(b) In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Company may require each Holder of Registrable Securities to furnish to the Company such information regarding such Holder and the proposed disposition by such Holder of such Registrable Securities as the Company and the Guarantors may from time to time reasonably request in writing. No Holder shall be entitled to be named as a selling security holder in the Shelf Registration Statement or to use the Prospectus forming a part thereof for resales of the Registrable Securities unless such Holder provides the information reasonably requested by the Issuers within a reasonable time (not to exceed 15 Business Days).

(c) In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, each Holder of Registrable Securities covered in such Shelf Registration Statement agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company and the Guarantors of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(a)(vi)(3) or 3(a)(vi)(5) hereof, such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement until such Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus contemplated by Section 3(a)(x) hereof and, if so directed by the Company and the Guarantors, such Holder will deliver to the Company and the Guarantors all copies in its possession, other than permanent file copies then in such Holder’s possession, of the Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus covering such Registrable Securities that is current at the time of receipt of such notice.

(d) If the Company and the Guarantors shall give any notice to suspend the disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement, the Company and the Guarantors shall extend the period during which such Registration Statement shall be maintained effective pursuant to this Agreement by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when the Holders of such Registrable Securities shall have received copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus necessary to resume such dispositions. The Company and the Guarantors may give any such notice only twice during any 12-month period and any such suspensions shall not exceed 60 days (whether or not consecutive) and there shall not be more than two suspensions in effect during any 12-month period.

(e) If Holders of a majority in principal amount of Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement desire to do so, such Registrable Securities may be sold 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 Registrable Securities included in such offering; provided however that such Underwriter will be subject to the approval (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld) of the Company.

 

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4. Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer .

(a) The Staff has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”) may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities.

The Company and the Guarantors understand that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers (or, to the extent permitted by law, made available to purchasers) to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act.

(b) In light of the above, and notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, unless the Company and the Guarantors have filed a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(b) and such Shelf Registration Statement is effective, the Company and the Guarantors agree to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement for such period of time as is necessary to comply with applicable law in connection with any resale of Exchange Notes, but in any event not to exceed 180 days after the last Exchange Date (as such period may be extended pursuant to Section 3(d) of this Agreement), in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of any Exchange Securities by Participating Broker-Dealers consistent with the positions of the Staff recited in Section 4(a) above. The Company and the Guarantors further agree that Participating Broker-Dealers shall be authorized to deliver such Prospectus (or, to the extent permitted by law, make available) during such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4.

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

5. Indemnification and Contribution .

(a) The Company and each Guarantor, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser and each Holder, their respective affiliates, directors and officers and each Person, if any, who controls any Initial Purchaser or any 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 and liabilities (including, without limitation, legal fees and other reasonable expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, (1) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading,

 

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or (2) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus or any “issuer information” (“Issuer Information”) filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Initial Purchaser or information relating to any Holder furnished to the Company in writing through the Representative or any selling Holder, respectively, expressly for use therein. In connection with any Underwritten Offering permitted by Section 3, the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, will also indemnify the Underwriters, if any, selling brokers, dealers and similar securities industry professionals participating in the distribution, their respective affiliates and each Person who controls such Persons (within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act) to the same extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of the Holders, if requested in connection with any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus or any Issuer Information.

(b) Each Holder agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Guarantors, the Initial Purchasers and the other selling Holders, the directors of the Company and the Guarantors, each officer of the Company and the Guarantors who signed the Registration Statement and each Person, if any, who controls the Company, the Guarantors, any Initial Purchaser and any other selling Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to such Holder furnished to the Company in writing by such Holder expressly for use in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus.

(c) If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any Person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or (b) above, such Person (the “Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the Person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the “Indemnifying Person”) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under this Section 5 except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided , further , that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under paragraph (a) and (b) above. If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person to represent the Indemnified Person and any others entitled to indemnification pursuant to paragraph (a) and (b) above that the Indemnifying Person may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the

 

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expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm (x) for any Initial Purchaser, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control Persons of such Initial Purchaser shall be designated in writing by JPMorgan, (y) for any Holder, its directors and officers and any control Persons of such Holder shall be designated in writing by the Majority Holders and (z) in all other cases shall be designated in writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person 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 Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested that an Indemnifying Person reimburse the Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by the Indemnifying Person of such request and (ii) the Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (A) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (B) does not include any statement as to any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.

(d) If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) and (b) above is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors from the offering of the Securities and the Exchange Securities, on the one hand, and by the Holders from receiving Securities or Exchange Securities registered under the Securities Act, on the other hand, or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) but also the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Holders on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses,

 

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claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Holders on the other 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 Company and the Guarantors or by the Holders and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

(e) The Company, the Guarantors and the Holders agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not-take-account of-the-equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) above. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5, in no event shall a Holder be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities or Exchange Securities sold by such Holder exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such 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 are several and not joint.

(f) The remedies provided for in this Section 5 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies that may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity.

(g) 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 the Initial Purchasers or any Holder or any Person controlling any Initial Purchaser or any Holder, or by or on behalf of the Company or the Guarantors or the officers or directors of or any Person controlling the Company or the Guarantors, (iii) acceptance of any of the Exchange Securities and (iv) any sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement.

6. General .

(a) Inconsistent Agreements. The Company and the Guarantors 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 Company or any Guarantor under any other agreement and (ii) neither the Company nor any 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 Registrable Securities in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.

 

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(b) Amendments and Waivers. 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 Company and the Guarantors have obtained the written consent of Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Registrable Securities 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 5 hereof shall be effective as against any Holder of Registrable 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, telecopier, or any courier guaranteeing overnight delivery (i) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such Holder to the Company 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 address set forth in the Purchase Agreement; (ii) if to the Company and the Guarantors, initially at the Company’s 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 answered back, if telexed; when receipt is acknowledged, if telecopied; 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.

(c) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors, assigns and transferees of each of the parties, including, without limitation and without the need for an express assignment, subsequent Holders; provided that nothing herein shall be deemed to permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition of Registrable Securities in violation of the terms of the Purchase Agreement or the Indenture. If any transferee of any Holder shall acquire Registrable Securities in any manner, whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Registrable Securities shall be held subject to all the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and holding such Registrable 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 Company or the Guarantors 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.

(d) Third Party Beneficiaries. Each Holder shall be a third party beneficiary to the agreements made hereunder between the Company and the Guarantors, 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.

 

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(e) 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. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by telecopier, facsimile, email or other electronic transmission (i.e., “pdf” or “tif”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

(f) 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.

(g) Governing Law. This Agreement, and any claims, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Agreement, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

(h) 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. The Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the invalid, void or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, void or unenforceable provisions.

 

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

 

ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST

By:

 

/s/ Mark Peterson

  Title: Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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30 WEST PERSHING, LLC

By:

 

/s/ Mark Peterson

  Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary
EPT DOWNREIT II, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Mark Peterson

  Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary
EPT HUNTSVILLE, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Mark Peterson

  Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary
MEGAPLEX FOUR, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Mark Peterson

  Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary
WESTCOL CENTER, LLC

By:

 

/s/ Mark Peterson

  Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary
EPT MELBOURNE, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Mark Peterson

  Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary
CROTCHED MOUNTAIN PROPERTIES, LLC

By:

 

/s/ Mark Peterson

  Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary

 

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EDUCATION CAPITAL SOLUTIONS, LLC

By:

 

/s/ Mark Peterson

  Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary
EPR HIALEAH, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Mark Peterson

  Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary
EPT 909, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Mark Peterson

  Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary
EPT CROTCHED MOUNTAIN, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Mark Peterson

  Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary
EPT KALAMAZOO, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Mark Peterson

  Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary
EPT MAD RIVER, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Mark Peterson

  Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary
EPT MOUNTAIN ATTITASH, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Mark Peterson

  Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary
EPT MOUNT SNOW, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Mark Peterson

  Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary

 

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EPT NINETEEN, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Mark Peterson

  Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary
EPT SKI PROPERTIES, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Mark Peterson

  Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary
EPT WATERPARKS, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Mark Peterson

  Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary
MEGAPLEX NINE, INC.

By:

 

/s/ Mark Peterson

  Title: Vice President, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary
EPR METROPOLIS TRUST

By:

 

/s/ Mark Peterson

  Title: Signatory Trustee
YONGEDUNDAS SIGNAGE TRUST

By:

 

/s/ Mark Peterson

  Title: Signatory Trustee

 

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Confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written:

 

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
For itself and on behalf of the
several Initial Purchasers

By:

 

/s/ Kenneth A. Lang

  Authorized Signatory

 

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Annex A

Counterpart to Registration Rights Agreement

The undersigned hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably agrees as a Guarantor (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2010 by and among the Company, a Maryland corporation, the guarantors party thereto and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., on behalf of itself and the other Initial Purchasers) to be bound by the terms and provisions of such Registration Rights Agreement.

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

 

[NAME]

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

 

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of June 30, 2010

by and among

ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST

AND CERTAIN OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES

as Borrowers

KEYBANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Administrative Agent

Each of JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. AND RBC CAPITAL MARKETS CORPORATION

as Co-Syndication Agents,

Each of

KEYBANC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC, J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES, INC. AND RBC

CAPITAL MARKETS CORPORATION

As Joint Book Runners and Joint Lead Arrangers,

and

THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS INITIALLY SIGNATORY HERETO

AND THEIR ASSIGNEES PURSUANT TO SECTION 12.5.,

as Lenders

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE I. - DEFINITIONS

   1

Section 1.1.

   Definitions    1

Section 1.2.

   General; References to Times    26

ARTICLE II. - CREDIT FACILITY

   27

Section 2.1.

   Loans    27

Section 2.2.

   Letters of Credit    28

Section 2.3.

   Rates and Payment of Interest on Loans    32

Section 2.4.

   Number of Interest Periods    32

Section 2.5.

   Repayment of Loans    33

Section 2.6.

   Prepayments    33

Section 2.7.

   Continuation    33

Section 2.8.

   Conversion    34

Section 2.9.

   Notes    34

Section 2.10.

   Voluntary Reductions of the Commitment    35

Section 2.11.

   Expiration or Maturity Date of Letters of Credit Past Termination Date    35

Section 2.12.

   Amount Limitations    35

Section 2.13.

   Joint and Several Liability    35

Section 2.14.

   The Increased Loan Amount    37

Section 2.15.

   Borrower Representative    39

ARTICLE III. - PAYMENTS, FEES AND OTHER GENERAL PROVISIONS

   39

Section 3.1.

   Payments    39

Section 3.2.

   Pro Rata Treatment    40

Section 3.3.

   Sharing of Payments, Etc.    40

Section 3.4.

   Several Obligations    41

Section 3.5.

   Minimum Amounts    41

Section 3.6.

   Fees    41

Section 3.7.

   Computations    42

Section 3.8.

   Usury    42

Section 3.9.

   Agreement Regarding Interest and Charges    42

Section 3.10.

   Statements of Account    43

Section 3.11.

   Defaulting Lenders    43

Section 3.12.

   Taxes    44

ARTICLE IV. - YIELD PROTECTION, ETC.

   46

Section 4.1.

   Additional Costs; Capital Adequacy    46

Section 4.2.

   Suspension of LIBOR Loans    47

Section 4.3.

   Illegality    48

Section 4.4.

   Compensation    48

Section 4.5.

   Affected Lenders    49

Section 4.6.

   Treatment of Affected Loans    49

Section 4.7.

   Change of Lending Office    50

Section 4.8.

   Assumptions Concerning Funding of LIBOR Loans    50

ARTICLE V. - CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

   50

Section 5.1.

   Initial Conditions Precedent    50

Section 5.2.

   Conditions Precedent to All Loans and Letters of Credit    52

ARTICLE VI. - REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

   53

 

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Section 6.1.

   Representations and Warranties    53

Section 6.2.

   Survival of Representations and Warranties, Etc.    59

Section 6.3.

   Applicability of Representations and Warranties to City Center Project    59

ARTICLE VII. - AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

   59

Section 7.1.

   Preservation of Existence and Similar Matters    59

Section 7.2.

   Compliance with Applicable Law and Material Contracts    60

Section 7.3.

   Maintenance of Property    60

Section 7.4.

   Conduct of Business    60

Section 7.5.

   Insurance    60

Section 7.6.

   Payment of Taxes and Claims    60

Section 7.7.

   Visits and Inspections    61

Section 7.8.

   Use of Proceeds; Letters of Credit    61

Section 7.9.

   Environmental Matters    61

Section 7.10.

   Books and Records    62

Section 7.11.

   Further Assurances    62

Section 7.12.

   Replacement or Addition of Unencumbered Properties    62

Section 7.13.

   Removal of Unencumbered Property    63

Section 7.14.

   REIT Status    64

Section 7.15.

   Exchange Listing    64

Section 7.16.

   Distributions of Income to EPR    64

Section 7.17.

   Failure of Certain Unencumbered Assets Representations and Warranties    65

Section 7.18.

   Property    65

Section 7.19.

   Applicability of Affirmative Covenants to City Center Project    66

ARTICLE VIII. - INFORMATION

   67

Section 8.1.

   Financial Statements, Certificates and Information    67

Section 8.2.

   Other Information    69

ARTICLE IX. - NEGATIVE COVENANTS

   70

Section 9.1.

   Financial Covenants    70

Section 9.2.

   Distributions    72

Section 9.3.

   Indebtedness    72

Section 9.4.

   Permitted Investments    74

Section 9.5.

   ERISA Exemptions    76

Section 9.6.

   Liens    76

Section 9.7.

   Merger, Consolidation, Sales of Assets and Other Arrangements    76

Section 9.8.

   Fiscal Year    77

Section 9.9.

   Modifications to Material Contracts    77

Section 9.10.

   Modifications of Organizational Documents    77

Section 9.11.

   Transactions with Affiliates    77

Section 9.12.

   Applicability of Negative Covenants to City Center Project    77

ARTICLE X. - DEFAULT

   77

Section 10.1.

   Events of Default    77

Section 10.2.

   Limitation of Cure Periods    81

Section 10.3.

   Remedies Upon Default    82

Section 10.4.

   Allocation of Proceeds    83

Section 10.5.

   Collateral Account    83

 

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Section 10.6.

   Performance by Agent    84

Section 10.7.

   Rights Cumulative    84

ARTICLE XI. - THE AGENT

   85

Section 11.1.

   Authorization and Action    85

Section 11.2.

   Agent’s Reliance, Etc.    85

Section 11.3.

   Notice of Defaults    86

Section 11.4.

   KeyBank as Lender    86

Section 11.5.

   Approvals of Lenders    87

Section 11.6.

   Lender Credit Decision, Etc.    87

Section 11.7.

   Indemnification of Agent    88

Section 11.8.

   Successor Agent    89

Section 11.9.

   Titled Agents    89

ARTICLE XII. - MISCELLANEOUS

   89

Section 12.1.

   Notices    89

Section 12.2.

   Expenses    91

Section 12.3.

   Setoff    91

Section 12.4.

   Litigation; Jurisdiction; Other Matters; Waivers    92

Section 12.5.

   Successors and Assigns    93

Section 12.6.

   Amendments    95

Section 12.7.

   Nonliability of Agent and Lenders    97

Section 12.8.

   Confidentiality    97

Section 12.9.

   Indemnification    98

Section 12.10.

   Termination; Survival    100

Section 12.11.

   Severability of Provisions    100

Section 12.12.

   GOVERNING LAW    101

Section 12.13.

   Patriot Act    101

Section 12.14.

   Counterparts    101

Section 12.15.

   Obligations with Respect to Borrowers    101

Section 12.16.

   Limitation of Liability    101

Section 12.17.

   Entire Agreement    101

Section 12.18.

   Construction    101

 

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SCHEDULE 1.1(A)    Initial Subsidiary Borrowers
SCHEDULE 1.1(B)    Initial Eligible Real Estate
SCHEDULE 2    Eligible Real Estate Qualification Documents
SCHEDULE 6.1.(b)    Ownership Structure
SCHEDULE 6.1.(f)    Title to Properties; Liens
SCHEDULE 6.1.(g)    Indebtedness and Guaranties
SCHEDULE 6.1.(h)    Material Contracts
SCHEDULE 6.1.(i)    Litigation
SCHEDULE 9.1(k)    Secured Recourse Indebtedness
EXHIBIT A    Form of Assignment and Assumption Agreement
EXHIBIT B    Form of Notice of Borrowing
EXHIBIT C    Form of Notice of Continuation
EXHIBIT D    Form of Notice of Conversion
EXHIBIT E    Form of Note
EXHIBIT F    Form of Compliance Certificate
EXHIBIT G    Form of Availability Certificate
EXHIBIT H    Form of Joinder Agreement

 

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CREDIT AGREEMENT

THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) dated as of June 30, 2010 by and among ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST, a Maryland real estate investment trust (“ EPR ”), the Subsidiary Borrowers (as defined herein), the Lenders (as defined herein) and KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , as administrative agent (“ Keybank ” and/or the “ Agent ”), JP MORGAN CHASE BANK , N.A . and RBC CAPITAL MARKETS CORPORATION , as co-syndication agents (the “ Syndication Agents ”), and each of KEYBANC CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC , J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES, INC . and RBC CAPITAL MARKETS CORPORATION , as joint lead arrangers and joint book runners (each as “ Arrangers ”), and each of the financial institutions initially a signatory hereto together with their assignees pursuant to Section 12.5.(d). EPR and the Subsidiary Borrowers are each referred to herein as a “ Borrower ” and are collectively referred to herein as the “ Borrowers .”

WHEREAS, the Agent and the Lenders desire to make available to the Borrowers a revolving credit facility in the initial amount of $320,000,000.00, which will include a $70,000,000 letter of credit subfacility, on the terms and conditions contained herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by the parties hereto, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I. - DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1. Definitions.

In addition to terms defined elsewhere herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings for the purposes of this Agreement:

Additional Costs ” has the meaning given that term in Section 4.1.

Adjusted EBITDA ” means EBITDA for the most recent quarter ended, less the Replacement Reserve amount.

Adjusted LIBOR ” means, with respect to each Interest Period for any LIBOR Loan, the rate obtained by dividing (a) LIBOR for such Interest Period by (b) a percentage equal to 1 minus the stated maximum rate (stated as a decimal) of all reserves, if any, required to be maintained with respect to Eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency liabilities”) as specified in Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or against any other category of liabilities which includes deposits by reference to which the interest rate on LIBOR Loans is determined or any applicable category of extensions of credit or other assets which includes loans by an office of any Lender outside of the United States of America to residents of the United States of America). Any change in such maximum rate shall result in a change in Adjusted LIBOR on the date on which such change in such maximum rate becomes effective.

Affiliate ” means, as applied to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, that Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling”, “controlled


by” and “under common control with”), as applied to any Person, means (a) the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to vote ten percent (10%) or more of the stock, shares, voting trust certificates, beneficial interest, partnership interests, member interests or other interests having voting power for the election of directors of such Person or otherwise to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of that Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by contract or otherwise, or (b) the ownership of ten percent (10%) or more of the (i) partnership or other ownership interest of any other Person (other than as a limited partner of such other Person) or, (ii) a managing member’s interest in a limited liability company.

Agent ” means KeyBank, National Association, as administrative agent for the Lenders under the terms of this Agreement, and any of its successors.

Aggregate Credit Exposure ” means the aggregate Credit Exposures of the Lenders.

Agreement Date ” means the date as of which this Agreement is dated.

Aggregate Underwriteable Cash Flow means the sum of the Underwriteable Cash Flow for the Unencumbered Pool.

Applicable Law ” means all applicable provisions of constitutions, statutes, laws, rules, regulations and orders of all governmental bodies and all orders and decrees of all courts, tribunals and arbitrators.

Applicable Margin ” means, for any day, with respect to any Base Rate Loan or LIBOR Loan, or with respect to the fee payable with respect to Letters of Credit payable hereunder, as the case may be, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption “Base Rate Margin” or “LIBOR Margin”, as the case may be, based upon the ratings by each Rating Agency on such date for the Index Debt:

 

Category

   S&P’s
Ratings:
   Moody’s
Ratings:
   Fitch’s
Ratings:
   Base Rate
Margin
    LIBOR
Margin
 

1

   >=BBB-    >=Baa3    >=BBB-    2.00   3.00

2

   =BB+    =Ba1    =BB+    2.25   3.25

3

   <=BB    <=Ba2    <=BB    2.50   3.50

For purposes of the foregoing, (i) if a Rating Agency shall not have in effect a rating for the Index Debt (other than by reason of the circumstances referred to in the penultimate sentence of this definition), then such Rating Agency shall be deemed to have established a rating in Category 3; (ii) if the ratings established or deemed to have been established by at least two of the Rating Agencies for the Index Debt fall within the same category, the Applicable Margin shall be that category, (iii) if the ratings established or deemed to have been established by the three Rating Agencies for the Index Debt all fall within different categories, the Applicable Margin shall be the median of the three categories; and (iv) if the ratings established or deemed to have been established by a Rating Agency shall be changed (other than as a result of a change in the rating system of such Rating Agency), such change shall be effective as of the date on which it is first announced by such Rating Agency, irrespective of when notice of such change

 

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shall have been furnished by the Borrowers to the Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Section 8.1(g) hereof or otherwise. Each change in the Applicable Margin shall apply during the period commencing on the effective date of such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date of the next such change. If the rating system of a Rating Agency shall change, or if any Rating Agency shall cease to be in the business of rating corporate debt obligations, the Borrowers and the Required Lenders shall negotiate in good faith to amend this definition to reflect such changed rating system or the unavailability of ratings from such Rating Agency and, pending the effectiveness of any such amendment, the Applicable Margin shall be determined by reference to the rating most recently in effect prior to such change or cessation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the initial Applicable Margin hereunder shall be that set forth in Category 1 from the Effective Date until the earlier to occur of (a) ninety (90) days after the Effective Date, and (b) the closing and issuance of the Bonds and the official publication of the Index Debt ratings, after which event ((a) or (b)) the above provisions shall control.

Arrangers ” has the meaning given that term in the preamble hereto.

Assignee ” has the meaning given that term in Section 12.5.(d).

Assignment and Assumption Agreement ” means an Assignment and Assumption Agreement among a Lender, an Assignee and the Agent and Borrower Representative, as applicable, substantially in the form of Exhibit A.

Availability ” means the amount which is the lesser of

(a) the Facility Amount, or

(b) (i) the lesser of

(A) fifty five percent (55%) of Unencumbered Asset Value, or

(B) the Aggregate Underwriteable Cash Flow divided by 0.13,

minus

(ii) the aggregate amount of EPR’s Consolidated unsecured Indebtedness (excluding the Aggregate Credit Exposure);

provided however, that in no event shall assets that are not Megaplex Movie Theatres, other Entertainment-Related Retail Improvements or Charter Schools exceed in the aggregate thirty three percent (33%) of the amount of clause (b)(i)(A) immediately above. Notwithstanding the aforesaid, the Unencumbered Pool will at all times consist of at least ten (10) Unencumbered Properties, and no single property shall account for more than twenty (20%) percent of the total Unencumbered Asset Value.

Availability Certificate ” has the meaning given that term in Section 8.3

 

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Base Rate ” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1%, and (c) the then applicable Adjusted LIBOR for one month interest periods plus one percent (1%). Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Rate or the Adjusted LIBOR shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Rate or the Adjusted LIBOR, respectively.

Base Rate Loan ” means a Loan bearing interest at a rate based on the Base Rate.

Base Rent ” means, with respect to any Lease, the minimum periodic contractual rent payable thereunder, excluding reimbursement or recovery of common area maintenance or other property operating expenses and excluding percentage rent.

Benefit Arrangement ” means at any time an employee benefit plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA which is not a Plan or a Multiemployer Plan and which is maintained or otherwise contributed to by any member of the ERISA Group.

Bonds means the between $250,000,000.00 and $400,000,000.00 original face amount of unsecured bonds proposed to be issued by EPR and guaranteed by each Subsidiary Borrower.

Borrower(s) ” has the meaning as defined in the preamble hereto.

Borrower Representative ” means EPR.

Building ” means with respect to each parcel of Real Estate, all of the buildings, structures and improvements now or hereafter located thereon.

Business Day ” means (a) any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks in New York, New York are authorized or required to close and (b) with reference to a LIBOR Loan, any such day that is also a day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are carried out in the London interbank market.

Capitalized Lease Obligation ” means an obligation under a lease that is required to be capitalized for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP. The amount of a Capitalized Lease Obligation is the capitalized amount of such obligation as would be required to be reflected on a balance sheet of the applicable Person prepared in accordance with GAAP as of the applicable date.

Cash Equivalents ” means: (a) securities issued, guaranteed or insured by the United States of America or any of its agencies with maturities of not more than one year from the date acquired; (b) certificates of deposit with maturities of not more than one year from the date acquired issued by a United States federal or state chartered commercial bank of recognized standing, or a commercial bank organized under the laws of any other country which is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, or a political subdivision of any such country, acting through a branch or agency, which bank has capital and unimpaired surplus in excess of $500,000,000 and which bank or its holding company has a short-term commercial paper rating of at least A-2 or the equivalent by S&P or at least P-2 or the equivalent by Moody’s; (c) reverse repurchase agreements with terms of not more than seven days from the date acquired, for securities of the type described in clause (a) above and entered into only with commercial banks having the qualifications described in clause (b) above;

 

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(d) commercial paper issued by any Person incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof and rated at least A-2 or the equivalent thereof by S&P or at least P-2 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s, in each case with maturities of not more than one year from the date acquired; and (e) investments in money market funds registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, which have net assets of at least $500,000,000 and at least 85% of whose assets consist of securities and other obligations of the type described in clauses (a) through (d) above.

Change in Control ” means the occurrence of any of the following:

(a) any Person (including a Person’s Affiliates and associates) or group (as that term is understood under Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and the rules and regulations thereunder) shall have acquired after the Effective Date beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) of a percentage (based on voting power, in the event different classes of stock shall have different voting powers) of the voting stock of any such other Person equal to at least fifty percent (50%); or

(b) as of any date a majority of the managers or other controlling members of any Person consists of individuals who were not either (i) managers or otherwise controlling members or entities, as the case may be, of such Person as of the corresponding date of the previous year (provided, however, that the initial managers and controlling members for reference purposes of this clause (b)(i) shall be the managers and controlling members as of the Effective Date), (ii) selected or nominated to become managers or controlling members by the other managers or controlling members of said Person of which a majority consisted of individuals described in clause (b)(i) above, or (iii) selected or nominated to become managers or otherwise controlling members by such managers or controlling members of said Person of which a majority consisted of individuals or entities, as the case may be, described in clause (b)(i), above or individuals or entities, as the case may be, described in clause (b)(ii), above.

Charter Schools ” means the Eligible Real Estate leased to Person(s) operating charter schools in the Buildings located on such Eligible Real Estate, or whereby such Person(s) are EPR Mortgagor(s) under EPR Senior First Mortgage(s).

City Center Debt ” means, collectively, (i) the mortgage loan currently held by Union Labor Life Insurance Company encumbering the City Center Project with a current balance of approximately $113,500,000, and (ii) the mortgage loan currently held by Empire State Development Corporation encumbering the City Center Project with a current balance of approximately $5,000,000.

City Center Project ” means the entertainment and retail center in White Plains, New York known as City Center.

Collateral Account ” has the meaning given that term in Section 10.5.

Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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Commitment ” means, as to each Lender, such Lender’s obligation to make Loans pursuant to Section 2.1 in an amount up to, but not exceeding, the amount set forth for such Lender on its signature page hereto as such Lender’s “Commitment Amount” or as set forth in the applicable Assignment and Assumption Agreement, as the same may be reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 2.10., or increased from time to time pursuant to Section 2.14., or increased or reduced as appropriate to reflect any assignments to or by such Lender effected in accordance with Section 12.5.

Commitment Percentage ” means, as to each Lender, the ratio, expressed as a percentage, of (a) the amount of such Lender’s Commitment to (b) the aggregate amount of the Commitments of all Lenders; provided, however, that if at the time of determination the Commitments have terminated or been reduced to zero, the “Commitment Percentage” of each Lender shall be the Commitment Percentage of such Lender in effect immediately prior to such termination or reduction.

Compliance Certificate ” has the meaning given that term in Section 8.1(c).

Concord Project ” means a planned development in Sullivan County, New York, expected to consist of a casino complex and a 1,580 acre resort complex. The resort complex is expected to consist of a 125-room spa hotel, a 350-room waterpark style hotel, a convention center and support facilities, a waterpark, two golf courses, and a retail and residential development.

Concord Value ” means the lower of cost or appraised value of EPR and its Subsidiaries’ interest in the Concord Project.

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

Consolidated EBITDA ” means with respect to any period, an amount equal to the EBITDA of EPR and its Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

Consolidated Interest Incurred ” means for any period, interest incurred on all Indebtedness of EPR and its Subsidiaries (regardless of whether such interest was expensed or capitalized in accordance with GAAP), determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP excluding amortization of deferred loan costs.

Consolidated Tangible Net Worth ” means the total consolidated Tangible Net Worth of EPR and its Subsidiaries.

Contingent Obligation(s) ” means as to any Person, means any obligation of such Person guaranteeing or intending to guaranty any Indebtedness, leases, dividends or other obligations (“primary obligations”) of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent, (a) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (b) to advance or supply funds (i) for the

 

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purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (ii) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (c) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the payment of, or the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of, such primary obligation or (d) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided that the term Contingent Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business or contracting for purchase of real property in the ordinary course of business, or obligations, indemnifications or guarantees of liabilities other than with respect to the repayment of any Indebtedness, such as environmental indemnities or “bad acts” indemnities, unless such obligations, indemnifications or guarantees are being enforced by any applicable party entitled to rely thereon. The amount of any Contingent Obligation shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Contingent Obligation is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof (assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder) as determined by such Person in good faith.

Continue ”, “ Continuation ” and “ Continued ” each refers to the continuation of a LIBOR Loan from one Interest Period to another Interest Period pursuant to Section 2.7.

Convert ”, “ Conversion ” and “ Converted ” each refers to the conversion of a Loan of one Type into a Loan of another Type pursuant to Section 2.8.

Credit Event ” means any of the following: (a) the making (or deemed making) of any Loan, (b) the Conversion of a Loan, or (c) the issuance of a Letter of Credit.

Credit Exposure ” means with respect to any Lender at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Loans and its respective LC Exposure.

Debt Service ” means Consolidated Interest Incurred plus regularly scheduled amortization payments (excluding balloon maturities).

Default ” means any of the events specified in Section 10.1., whether or not there has been satisfied any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both.

Defaulting Lender ” has the meaning given that term in Section 3.11.

Derivative Obligations ” means all Derivatives Contracts and other obligations of any Person in respect of any interest rate swap transaction, basis swap, forward rate transaction, commodity swap, commodity option, equity or equity index swap forward equity transaction, equity or equity index option, bond option, interest rate option, foreign exchange transaction, cap transaction, forward transaction, collar transaction, currency swap, cross-currency rate swap transaction, currency option or any other similar transaction (including any option with respect to any of the foregoing transactions) or any combination of the foregoing transactions.

Derivatives Contract ” means any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or

 

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

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

Distribution ” means with respect to any Person, the declaration or payment of any cash dividend or distribution on or in respect of any shares of any class of capital stock or other beneficial interest of such Person; the purchase, redemption, exchange or other retirement by such Person of any shares of any class of capital stock or other beneficial interest of such Person, directly or indirectly through a Subsidiary of such Person or otherwise; the return of capital by such Person to its shareholders, partners, members or other owners as such; or any other distribution on or in respect of any shares of any class of capital stock or other beneficial interest of such Person; provided, however, that the dividend or distribution of common stock of a Person shall not constitute a Distribution with respect to such Person.

Dollars ” or “ $ ” means the lawful currency of the United States of America.

EBITDA ” means with respect to any Person (or any asset of any Person) for any period, all as determined in accordance with GAAP, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the Net Income of such Person (or attributable to such asset) for such period plus (b) depreciation and amortization, interest expensed and income taxes for such period minus (c) equity in earnings from unconsolidated Subsidiaries for such period plus (d) ordinary cash distributions (exclusive of any distributions received from capital events) actually received from such unconsolidated Subsidiaries for such period, minus (e) straight line rents for such period, minus (f) any gains (plus the losses) from extraordinary items or asset sales or writeups or forgiveness of debt for such period, plus (g) non-cash impairment charges, plus (h) acquisition related expenses which are required to be deducted from net income under FASB ASC Topic 805 on Business Combinations plus (i) non cash provisions for loan losses. All of the foregoing to be calculated without duplication and with respect to (b) – (i), only to the extent the same has been included in the calculation of such net income.

 

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Effective Date ” means the later of: (a) the Agreement Date; and (b) the date on which all of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5.1. shall have been fulfilled or waived in writing by the Required Lenders.

Eligible Assignee ” means any of (a) a commercial bank or other financial institution organized under the laws of the United States, or any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and having total assets in excess of $1,000,000,000; (b) a savings and loan association or savings bank organized under the laws of the United States, or any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and having a net worth of at least $100,000,000, calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; (c) a commercial bank organized under the laws of any other country which is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (the “OECD”), or a political subdivision of any such country, and having total assets in excess of $1,000,000,000, provided that such bank is acting through a branch or agency located in the country in which it is organized or another country which is also a member of the OECD; (d) the central bank of any country which is a member of the OECD; (e) any other assignee that, in the reasonable judgment of the Agent, is a reputable institutional investor with substantial experience in lending and originating loans similar to the Loan, or in purchasing, investing in or otherwise holdings such loans, having a financial net worth of at least $500,000,000; (f) any Lender Affiliate or a Related Fund of a Lender. For the purposes hereof, “Lender Affiliate” shall mean, (i) with respect to any Person who would otherwise be an Eligible Assignee under clauses (a) - (e), above (a “Qualified Assignee”), an Affiliate of such Qualified Assignee which is an entity (whether a corporation, partnership, trust or otherwise) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business, with sufficient assets to meet its funding obligations hereunder, and is administered (including as placement agent therefor) or managed by a Qualified Assignee or an Affiliate of such Qualified Assignee and (ii) with respect to any Lender that is a fund which invests in bank loans and similar extensions of credit, any other fund that invests in bank loans and similar extensions of credit, with sufficient assets to meet its funding obligations hereunder, and is managed by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor (i.e., a Related Fund of such Lender). Further, for the purposes hereof, “Related Fund” shall mean, with respect to a Lender, a fund that invests in loans, any other such fund managed by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such Lender or such advisor with sufficient assets to meet its funding obligations hereunder. No Borrower or any affiliate of a Borrower shall be an Eligible Assignee.

Eligible Real Estate ” means Real Estate:

(a) (i) which is owned in fee by a Subsidiary Borrower; or (ii) which is encumbered by a ground lease to a Subsidiary Borrower, acceptable to the Agent in its reasonable discretion; or (iii) in which a Subsidiary Borrower holds an EPR Senior First Mortgage, acceptable to the Agent in its reasonable discretion;

(b) which is located within the contiguous 48 States of the continental United States (or Alaska or Hawaii if approved by the Required Lenders) or within Canada;

 

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(c) which consists of one or more of the following income-producing properties:

(i) a Megaplex Movie Theatre;

(ii) Entertainment-Related Retail Improvements;

(iii) recreational ski facilities, Charter Schools, and other real estate and/or improvements which are neither (i) or (ii) above, including without limitation, income producing land under development subject to a Lease or an EPR Senior First Mortgage;

(d) which is subject to a Lease to a third party (or parties) or to an EPR Senior First Mortgage, in each case which is not in default, and under which the Tenant, other approved tenant or EPR Mortgagor, as the case may be, is in actual occupancy of the property, provided however, that copies of all Leases or EPR Senior First Mortgages for any Unencumbered Property shall be provided to Agent or any Lender upon request therefor;

(e) as to which all of the representations set forth in Section 7.18 of this Agreement concerning Unencumbered Property are true and correct;

(f) as to which the Agent has received and approved all Eligible Real Estate Qualification Documents required by the Agent, or will receive and approve them prior to inclusion of such Real Estate as an Unencumbered Property;

(g) which does not cause a violation of the Availability; and

(h) which is otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Agent.

For purposes of clause (d) immediately above, it is understood and agreed that, in the case of real property under development, the Tenant or EPR Mortgagor need not physically occupy the property during the development phase so long as the Tenant or EPR Mortgagor is paying rent or making loan payments, as the case may be, and is otherwise not in default under the applicable Lease or EPR Senior First Mortgage Loan with respect to such property under development.

Eligible Real Estate Qualification Documents ” has the same meaning as in Schedule 2 attached hereto.

Entertainment-Related Retail Improvements ” means real estate owned by or subject to a ground lease in favor of a Subsidiary Borrower or encumbered by an EPR Senior First Mortgage that is used for retail purposes including but not limited to restaurants, bowling alleys, arcades, and other leisure venues that are adjacent to and complement the operation of a Megaplex Movie Theater.

Environmental Laws ” means any Applicable Law relating to environmental protection or the manufacture, storage, treatment, disposal or clean-up of Hazardous Materials including, without limitation, the following: Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq.; Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.; Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the

 

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Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.; Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq.; National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. § 4321 et seq.; regulations of the United States Environmental Protection Agency and any applicable rule of common law and any judicial interpretation thereof relating primarily to environmental protection or Hazardous Materials.

EPR Mortgagor ” means a party which borrows pursuant to the terms of an EPR Senior Property Loan, which loan is secured by an EPR Senior First Mortgage and is otherwise evidenced by the EPR Senior Property Loan Documents.

EPR Senior First Mortgage ” means a first priority senior mortgage granted to a Subsidiary Borrower by an EPR Mortgagor securing an EPR Senior Property Loan and encumbering any real estate and improvements thereon, and upon which no other lien exists except for liens for unpaid taxes, assessments and the like, not yet due and payable and liens on equipment and the like owned or leased by the EPR Mortgagor which are permitted pursuant to the terms of the related EPR Senior Property Loan Documents, consisting of purchase money liens or liens on capital leases.

EPR Senior Property Loan ” means a first priority mortgage loan made to the owner of any real estate and improvements thereon.

EPR Senior Property Loan Documents ” means, collectively, a promissory note from an EPR Mortgagor to a Subsidiary Borrower, the EPR Senior First Mortgage serving as collateral for such note, along with any related assignment of leases and rents from such EPR Mortgagor to such Subsidiary Borrower and any other documents or instruments delivered to a Subsidiary Borrower evidencing or securing a EPR Senior Property Loan. This term may also refer to such loan documents evidencing more than one EPR Senior Property Loan

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

Equity Issuance ” means the issuance and sale after the Effective Date by any of EPR or its Subsidiaries of any equity securities of EPR or its Subsidiaries to any Person who is not EPR or one of its Subsidiaries, including without limitation pursuant to the exercise of options or warrants or pursuant to the conversion of any debt securities to equity.

ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as in effect from time to time.

 

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ERISA Group ” means the Borrowers, any other Subsidiary and all members of a controlled group of corporations and all trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control which, together with any Borrower or any other Subsidiary, are treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code.

ERISA Reportable Event ” means a reportable event with respect to a Guaranteed Pension Plan within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations promulgated thereunder as to which the requirement of notice has not been waived

Event of Default ” means any of the events specified in Section 10.1., provided that any requirement for notice or lapse of time or any other condition has been satisfied.

Excess Availability ” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1(h).

Exhibitor EBITDAR ” shall be determined as follows:

(a) The actual EBITDA of the exhibitor/tenant at an Unencumbered Property, which EBITDA is derived specifically from said Unencumbered Property, plus the rent expense of that exhibitor/tenant at said Unencumbered Property (the “Actual Exhibitor EBITDAR”). The Agent and Lenders recognize that the Borrowers are not entitled to receive full financial disclosure of the income statement of an exhibitor/tenant, which would allow the calculation of Actual Exhibitor EBITDAR, but may receive such information as a courtesy.

(b) In the event that such Actual Exhibitor EBITDAR is not available, then the calculation of Exhibitor EBITDAR shall be based upon the actual trailing 4 quarters revenue of the exhibitor/tenant at said Unencumbered Property multiplied by an assumed Exhibitor EBITDAR margin of thirty-six percent (36%) (the “Assumed Exhibitor EBITDAR”).

(c) In the event that such Assumed Exhibitor EBITDAR is not available, then the calculation of Exhibitor EBITDAR shall be based upon the trailing 4 quarters box office receipts of the exhibitor/tenant at said Unencumbered Property as determined by Rentrak, divided by .70, to arrive at total revenues, and multiplied by an assumed Exhibitor EBITDAR margin of thirty-six percent (36%).

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, but subject to the defined term Underwriteable Cash Flow, for any exhibitor/tenant theatre which has been in operation for less than four (4) quarters, Exhibitor EBITDAR shall be deemed to equal the Unencumbered Property Net Operating Income for such Unencumbered Property.

Further, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, where there is an assumed Exhibitor EBITDAR margin of thirty-six percent (36%), such margin shall be assumed, provided however, in the event that Agent determines in good faith that a thirty-six percent (36%) Exhibitor EBITDAR margin is no longer accurate, it may, from time to time, adjust the assumed Exhibitor EBITDAR margin for purposes of this calculation.

Existing Credit Agreements ” means, collectively, that certain Master Credit Agreement dated October 26, 2007 entered into between EPR and 301, as borrowers, KeyBank, as agent, and the lenders party thereto, and that certain Amended and Restated Master Credit Agreement dated June 30, 2009 entered into between certain of the Borrowers, as borrowers, KeyBank, as agent, and the lenders party thereto.

 

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Facility ” means the credit facility described herein with respect to the Loans up to the Facility Amount.

Facility Amount ” means the aggregate amount of the initial $320,000,000.00 Facility, plus any increase thereto pursuant to Section 2.14 herein.

Federal Funds Rate ” means, for any day, the rate per annum (rounded upward to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day, provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate quoted to the Agent by federal funds dealers selected by the Agent on such day on such transaction as determined by the Agent.

Fees ” means the fees and commissions provided for or referred to in Section 3.6. and any other fees payable by the Borrowers hereunder or under any other Loan Document.

FFO ” means with respect to EPR and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, “funds from operations” as defined in accordance with resolutions adopted by the Board of Governors of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts as in effect on the Effective Date, and as amended from time to time (subject, however, to the provisions of Section 1.2(b) herein), plus , to the extent deducted from funds from operations, the sum of (a) non-cash impairment charges, (b) acquisition related expenses which are required to be deducted from net income under FASB ASC Topic 805 on Business Combinations, and (c) non cash provisions for loan losses.

Fitch ” means Fitch, Inc., and its successors.

Fixed Charges ” means the aggregate of Debt Service plus any preferred dividends.

Foreign Lender ” means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.

GAAP ” means principles that are (a) consistent with the principles promulgated or adopted by the Financial Accounting Standards Board and its predecessors, as in effect from time to time and (b) consistently applied with past financial statements of the Person adopting the same principles; provided that a certified public accountant would, insofar as the use of such accounting principles is pertinent, be in a position to deliver an unqualified opinion (other than a qualification regarding changes in generally accepted accounting principles) as to financial statements in which such principles have been properly applied.

Governmental Approvals ” means all authorizations, consents, approvals, licenses and exemptions of, registrations and filings with, and reports to, all Governmental Authorities.

 

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

Guaranteed Pension Plan ” means any employee pension benefit plan within the meaning of Section3(2) of ERISA maintained or contributed to by the Borrowers or any ERISA Affiliate the benefits of which are guaranteed on termination in full or in part by the PBGC pursuant to Title IV of ERISA, other than a Multiemployer Plan.

Guaranty ”, “ Guaranteed ”, “ Guarantying ” or to “ Guarantee ” as applied to any obligation means and includes: (a) a guaranty (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), directly or indirectly, in any manner, of any part or all of such obligation, or (b) an agreement, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, and whether or not constituting a guaranty, the practical effect of which is to assure the payment or performance (or payment of damages in the event of nonperformance) of any part or all of such obligation whether by: (i) the purchase of securities or obligations, (ii) the purchase, sale or lease (as lessee or lessor) of property or the purchase or sale of services primarily for the purpose of enabling the obligor with respect to such obligation to make any payment or performance (or payment of damages in the event of nonperformance) of or on account of any part or all of such obligation, or to assure the owner of such obligation against loss, (iii) the supplying of funds to or in any other manner investing in the obligor with respect to such obligation, (iv) repayment of amounts drawn down by beneficiaries of letters of credit, or (v) the supplying of funds to or investing in a Person on account of all or any part of such Person’s obligation under a Guaranty of any obligation or indemnifying or holding harmless, in any way, such Person against any part or all of such obligation.

Hazardous Materials ” means all or any of the following: (a) substances that are defined or listed in, or otherwise classified pursuant to, any applicable Environmental Laws as “hazardous substances”, “hazardous materials”, “hazardous wastes”, “toxic substances” or any other formulation intended to define, list or classify substances by reason of deleterious properties such as ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, carcinogenicity, reproductive toxicity, “TCLP” toxicity or “EP toxicity”; (b) oil, petroleum or petroleum derived substances, natural gas, natural gas liquids or synthetic gas and drilling fluids, produced waters and other wastes associated with the exploration, development or production of crude oil, natural gas or geothermal resources; (c) any flammable substances or explosives or any radioactive materials; (d) asbestos in any form; (e) toxic mold; and (f) electrical equipment which contains any oil or dielectric fluid containing levels of polychlorinated biphenyls in excess of fifty parts per million.

Impacted Lender ” means a Defaulting Lender or a Lender as to which (1) the Agent has a good faith belief that the Lender has defaulted in fulfilling its obligations under one or more other syndicated credit facilities, unless such default is being disputed in good faith by such Lender, or (2) the Lender or an entity that Controls the Lender has been deemed insolvent or become subject to a bankruptcy or other similar proceeding. “Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

 

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Increase Effective Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(d).

Increase Option ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(a).

Indebtedness ” means, at any date, without duplication, all obligations, contingent and otherwise, direct or indirect, in respect of (i) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (ii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (iii) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, except trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business, (iv) all Capitalized Lease Obligations, (v) all obligations of such Person to reimburse any bank or other Person in respect of amounts payable under a banker’s acceptance, (vi) all Redeemable Preferred Stock of such Person (in the event such Person is a corporation), (vii) all obligations of such Person to reimburse any bank or other Person in respect of amounts paid or to be paid under a letter of credit or similar instrument, (viii) all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person, (ix) all obligations of such Person with respect to interest rate protection agreements, foreign currency exchange agreements or other hedging arrangements (valued as the termination value thereof computed in accordance with a method approved by the International Swap Dealers Association and agreed to by such Person in the applicable hedging agreement, if any), and (x) all Indebtedness of others Guaranteed by such Person.

Index Debt ” means senior, unsecured, long-term indebtedness for borrowed money of EPR that is not guaranteed by any other Person (other than Subsidiaries of EPR) or subject to any other credit enhancement.

Intellectual Property ” has the meaning given that term in Section 6.1.(t).

Interest Period ” means with respect to any LIBOR Loan, each period commencing on the date such LIBOR Loan is made or the last day of the next preceding Interest Period for such Loan and ending 1, 2, 3 and 6 months thereafter (subject to availability on behalf of all the Lenders), as the Borrowers may select in a Notice of Borrowing, Notice of Continuation or Notice of Conversion, as the case may be, except that each Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month, or on a day for which there is no corresponding day in the appropriate subsequent calendar month, shall end on the last Business Day of the appropriate subsequent calendar month. Notwithstanding the foregoing: (i) if any Interest Period would otherwise end after the Termination Date, such Interest Period shall end on the Termination Date; and (ii) each Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day shall end on the immediately following Business Day (or, if such immediately following Business Day falls in the next calendar month, on the immediately preceding Business Day).

Internal Revenue Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Investment ” means, with respect to any Person, all shares of capital stock, evidences of Indebtedness and other securities issued by any other Person and owned by such Person, all loans, advances, or extensions of credit to, or contributions to the capital of, any other Person, all

 

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

Joinder Agreement ” means a Joinder Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit H.

KeyBank ” means KeyBank, National Association, together with its successors and assigns.

LC Commitment Amount ” equals $70,000,000.00.

LC Disbursement ” means a payment made by the Agent pursuant to a Letter of Credit.

LC Exposure ” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time plus (b) the aggregate amount of all LC Disbursements that have not yet been reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrowers at such time. The LC Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its applicable Commitment Percentage of the total LC Exposure at such time.

Lease ” means any leases, license and agreement relating to the use or occupation of space in any Building or of any Real Estate including without limitation any ground leases therefor (collectively, the “Leases”).

Lender ” means each financial institution from time to time party hereto as a “Lender”, together with its respective successors and permitted assigns.

Lending Office ” means, for each Lender and for each Type of Loan, the office of such Lender specified as such on its signature page hereto or in the applicable Assignment and Assumption Agreement, or such other office of such Lender of which such Lender may notify the Agent in writing from time to time.

Letter of Credit ” means any standby letter of credit issued by the Agent at the request of the Borrowers and for the account of EPR or one of its Subsidiaries in accordance with Section 2.2.

 

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Leverage Ratio ” means the percentage determined by dividing the Total Debt by the Total Asset Value.

LIBOR ” means, as applicable to any Interest Period for any LIBOR Loan, the rate per annum as determined on the basis of the offered rates for deposits in Dollars, for the period of time comparable to such Interest Period which appears on the Reuters Screen LIBOR Page as of 11:00 a.m. London time on the day that is two (2) Business Days preceding the first day of such Interest Period; provided, however, if the rate described above does not appear on such page on any applicable interest determination date, LIBOR shall be the rate for deposits in Dollars for a period substantially equal to the Interest Period on the Reuters Page “LIBO” (or such other page as may replace the LIBO Page on that service for the purpose of displaying such rates), as of 11:00 a.m. (London Time), on the day that is two (2) Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period. If the Reuters system is unavailable, then the rate for that date will be determined on the basis of the offered rates for deposits in Dollars for a period of time comparable to such Interest Period which are offered by four major banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m. London time, on the day that is two (2) Business Days preceding the first day of such Interest Period as selected by Agent. The principal London office of each of the four major London banks will be requested to provide a quotation of its U.S. dollar deposit offered rate. If at least two such quotations are provided, the rate for that date will be the arithmetic mean of the quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided, the rate for that date will be determined on the basis of the rates quoted for loans in Dollars to leading European banks for a period of time comparable to such Interest Period offered by major banks in New York City at approximately 11:00 a.m. (New York City time), on the day that is two (2) Business Days preceding the first day of such Interest Period. In the event that Agent is unable to obtain any such quotation as provided above, it will be deemed that LIBOR pursuant to a LIBOR Loan cannot be determined and the provisions of Section 4.2 shall apply.

LIBOR Loan ” means a Loan bearing interest at a rate based on LIBOR.

Lien ” as applied to the property of any Person means: (a) any security interest, encumbrance, mortgage, deed to secure debt, deed of trust, assignment of leases and rents, pledge, lien, charge or lease constituting a Capitalized Lease Obligation, conditional sale or other title retention agreement, or other security title or encumbrance of any kind in respect of any property of such Person, or upon the income, rents or profits therefrom; (b) any arrangement, express or implied, under which any property of such Person is transferred, sequestered or otherwise identified for the purpose of subjecting the same to the payment of Indebtedness or performance of any other obligation in priority to the payment of the general, unsecured creditors of such Person; (c) the filing of any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code or its equivalent in any jurisdiction, other than any precautionary filing not otherwise constituting or giving rise to a Lien, including a financing statement filed (i) in respect of a lease not constituting a Capitalized Lease Obligation pursuant to Section 9-505 (or a successor provision) of the Uniform Commercial Code or its equivalent as in effect in an applicable jurisdiction or (ii) in connection with a sale or other disposition of accounts or other assets not prohibited by this Agreement in a transaction not otherwise constituting or giving rise to a Lien; and (d) any agreement by such Person to grant, give or otherwise convey any of the foregoing.

 

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Loan ” means a loan made by a Lender to any Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1.(a), and “Loans” the aggregate of all such Loans outstanding from time to time.

Loan Document ” means this Agreement, each Note, and each other document or instrument now or hereafter executed and delivered by a Borrower in connection with, pursuant to or relating to this Agreement.

Material Adverse Effect ” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, properties, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of EPR and its Subsidiaries considered as a whole; (b) the ability of the Borrowers to perform any of their obligations under the Loan Documents; or (c) the validity or enforceability of any of the Loan Documents or the rights or remedies of Agent or the Lenders thereunder.

Material Contract ” means any contract or other arrangement (other than Loan Documents), whether written or oral, to which EPR or any of its Subsidiaries is a party as to which the breach, nonperformance, cancellation or failure to renew by any party thereto could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Megaplex Movie Theatre ” means a theater constructed or substantially remodeled subsequent to 1995 for the showing of first run motion pictures which theater contains at least ten screens, digital sound and enhanced seat design.

Minority Interest ” means as to any Person, an ownership or other equity investment in any other Person, which investment is not consolidated with the accounts of such Person in accordance with GAAP.

Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and its successors.

Multiemployer Plan ” means at any time a multiemployer plan within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which any member of the ERISA Group is then making or accruing an obligation to make contributions or has within the preceding five plan years made contributions, including for these purposes any Person which ceased to be a member of the ERISA Group during such five year period.

Net Equity Proceeds ” means the aggregate consideration received by EPR and/or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of any Equity Issuance, net of (a) direct costs (including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees and sales commissions) and (b) taxes paid or payable as a result thereof; it being understood, (i) that “Net Equity Proceeds” shall include, without limitation, any cash received upon the sale or other disposition of any non-cash consideration received by EPR and/or any of its Subsidiaries in any Equity Issuance, and (ii) that “Net Equity Proceeds” shall not include cash proceeds that are applied within thirty (30) days of the date of the related Equity Issuance to retire capital stock.

Net Income (or Loss) ” means with respect to any Person (or any asset of any Person) for any period, the net income (or loss) of such Person (or attributable to such asset), determined in accordance with GAAP. The net income (or loss) of a Person shall include, without duplication, the allocable share of the net income (or loss) of any other Person in which a Minority Interest is owned by such Person based on the ownership of such Person in such other Person.

 

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

Note ” means has the meaning given that term in Section 2.9(a).

Notice of Borrowing ” means a notice in the form of Exhibit B to be delivered to the Agent pursuant to Section 2.1.(b) evidencing the Borrowers’ request for a borrowing of Loans.

Notice of Continuation ” means a notice in the form of Exhibit C to be delivered to the Agent pursuant to Section 2.7 evidencing the Borrowers’ request for the Continuation of a LIBOR Loan.

Notice of Conversion ” means a notice in the form of Exhibit D to be delivered to the Agent pursuant to Section 2.8 evidencing the Borrowers’ request for the Conversion of a Loan from one Type to another Type.

Obligations ” means all indebtedness, obligations and liabilities of the Borrowers to any of the Lenders or the Agent, individually or collectively, under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or in respect of any of the Loans, the Notes, the Letters of Credit or other instruments at any time evidencing any of the foregoing, whether existing on the date of this Agreement or arising or incurred hereafter, direct or indirect, joint or several, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, arising by contract, operation of law or otherwise.

OFAC ” means U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control and any successor Governmental Authority.

Participant ” has the meaning given that term in Section 12.5.(c).

PBGC ” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and any successor agency.

Permitted Liens ” means, as to any Person: (a) Liens securing taxes, assessments and other charges or levies imposed by any Governmental Authority (excluding any Lien imposed pursuant to any of the provisions of ERISA or pursuant to any Environmental Laws if the imposition of such Lien could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect) or the claims of materialmen, mechanics, carriers, warehousemen or landlords for labor, materials, supplies or rentals incurred in the ordinary course of business, which are not at the time required to be paid or discharged under Section 7.6.; (b) Liens consisting of deposits or pledges made, in the ordinary course of business, in connection with, or to secure payment of, obligations under workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or similar Applicable Laws or in connection with performance of bids and trade contracts and leases where such Person is the tenant; (c) encumbrances on the Real Estate permitted under the applicable Lease or EPR Senior Property Loan Documents, or consisting of easements, rights of way, zoning restrictions,

 

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restrictions on the use of real property and defects and irregularities in the title thereto which do not materially detract from the value of such property for its intended business use or impair the intended business use thereof in the business of such Person; (d) the rights of tenants under leases or subleases not interfering with the ordinary conduct of business of such Person; (e) Liens in favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders; (f) intercompany Liens among EPR and its Subsidiaries securing intercompany obligations among such Persons that have been subordinated to the Obligations on terms satisfactory to the Agent; (g) Liens securing judgments for the payment of money (or appeal or other surety bonds relating to such judgments) not constituting an Event of Default under Section 10.1(k); (h) normal and customary rights of setoff against deposits in favor of banks and other depository institutions; (i) Liens of a collecting bank under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code, or similar law, on items in the course of collection; and (j) Liens on assets other than Unencumbered Property provided that such Liens secure Indebtedness or other obligations that may be incurred or maintained without violating Section 9.1 or Section 9.3 or any other provision of this Agreement, including, without limitation, Liens in existence as of the Agreement Date and set forth in Schedule 6.1.(f) and any renewals or refinancings thereof.

Person ” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, trust, unincorporated association, business, or other legal entity, and any government or any governmental agency or political subdivision thereof, including but not limited to the Borrower.

Plan ” means at any time an employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) which is covered by Title IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code and either (a) is maintained, or contributed to, by any member of the ERISA Group for employees of any member of the ERISA Group or (b) has at any time within the preceding five years been maintained, or contributed to, by any Person which was at such time a member of the ERISA Group for employees of any Person which was at such time a member of the ERISA Group.

Post-Default Rate ” means, in respect of any principal of any Loan or any other Obligation that is not paid when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration, by optional or mandatory prepayment or otherwise), a rate per annum equal to the rate that would otherwise be applicable at such time plus four percent (4.0%).

Potential Unencumbered Property ” means any property of a Borrower which is not at the time included in the Unencumbered Pool and which consists of (i) Eligible Real Estate, or (ii) Real Estate which is capable of becoming Eligible Real Estate through the approval of the Agent and the completion and delivery of Eligible Real Estate Qualification Documents.

Prime Rate ” means the rate of interest per annum announced publicly by the Lender then acting as the Agent as its prime rate from time to time. The Prime Rate is not necessarily the best or the lowest rate of interest offered by the Lender acting as the Agent or any other Lender.

Principal Office ” means the office of the Agent located at 225 Franklin Street, Boston, Massachusetts, or such other office of the Agent as the Agent may designate from time to time.

 

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Rating Agency ” means each of Moody’s, S&P and Fitch.

“Real Estate” means all real property in which EPR or any of its Subsidiaries has a fee, leasehold, mortgage or other interest, including, without limitation, the Unencumbered Properties.

Redeemable Preferred Stock ” means any preferred stock issued by a Person which is at any time prior to the Termination Date either (i) mandatorily redeemable (by sinking fund or similar payments or otherwise) or (ii) redeemable at the option of the holder thereof.

Register ” has the meaning given that term in Section 12.5.(e).

Regulatory Change ” means, with respect to any Lender, any change effective after the Agreement Date in Applicable Law (including without limitation, Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) or the adoption or making after such date of any interpretation, directive or request applying to a class of banks, including such Lender, of or under any Applicable Law (whether or not having the force of law and whether or not failure to comply therewith would be unlawful) by any Governmental Authority or monetary authority charged with the interpretation or administration thereof or compliance by any Lender with any request or directive regarding capital adequacy.

REIT ” means a Person qualifying for treatment as a “real estate investment trust” under the Internal Revenue Code.

REIT Status ” means with respect to EPR its status as a real estate investment trust as defined in Section 856(a) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Rent Roll ” means report prepared by the Borrowers showing for each Unencumbered Property owned or leased by a Subsidiary Borrower its occupancy, lease expiration dates, lease rent and other information in substantially the form presented to the Lenders prior to the date hereof or in such other form as may have been approved by the Agent.

Replacement Reserve ” means (i) With respect to any Real Estate owned or leased by Borrower, an amount equal to twenty cents ($.20) per annum multiplied by the Net Rentable Area of such Real Estate, and (ii) with respect to any Real Estate that is subject to an EPR Senior First Mortgage, an amount equal to twenty cents ($.20) per annum multiplied by Borrowers’ reasonable good faith estimate of what the Net Rentable Area of such Real Estate would have been had such Real Estate been subject to a Lease rather than an EPR Senior First Mortgage.

Required Lenders ” means, as of any date, Lenders having at least 66-2/3% of the aggregate amount of the Commitments (not held by Defaulting Lenders who are not entitled to vote), or, if the Commitments have been terminated or reduced to zero, Lenders holding at least 66-2/3% of the principal amount of the aggregate outstanding Loans (not held by Defaulting Lenders who are not entitled to vote). Commitments and Loans held by Defaulting Lenders shall be disregarded when determining the Required Lenders.

Responsible Officer ” means with respect to a Borrower or any other Subsidiary, the chief executive officer and the chief financial officer of such Borrower or such Subsidiary.

 

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Sanctioned Entity ” means (a) an agency of the government of, (b) an organization directly or indirectly controlled by, or (c) a Person resident in, in each case, a country that is subject to a sanctions program identified on the list maintained by the OFAC and published from time to time, as such program may be applicable to such agency, organization or Person.

Sanctioned Person ” means a Person named on the list of Specially Designated Nationals or Blocked Persons maintained by the OFAC as published from time to time.

Secured Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness secured (via a pledge or otherwise) by a Lien.

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

Solvent ” means, when used with respect to any Person, that (a) the fair value and the fair salable value of its assets (excluding any Indebtedness due from any affiliate of such Person) are each in excess of the fair valuation of its total liabilities (including all contingent liabilities computed at the amount which, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that could reasonably be expected to become an actual and matured liability); (b) such Person is able to pay its debts or other obligations in the ordinary course as they mature; and (c) such Person has capital not unreasonably small to carry on its business and all business in which it proposes to be engaged.

S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and its successors.

Stated Amount ” means the amount available to be drawn by a beneficiary under a Letter of Credit from time to time, as such amount may be increased or reduced from time to time in accordance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.

Subsidiary ” means, for any Person, any corporation, partnership or other entity of which at least a majority of the Equity Interests having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other individuals performing similar functions of such corporation, partnership or other entity (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person and whose accounts are consolidated with those of such Person pursuant to GAAP.

“Subsidiary Borrowers” means, initially, the entities described in Schedule 1.1(A) hereto, each of which is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of EPR, and, after the Effective Date, any other Wholly Owned Subsidiary of EPR organized under the laws of one of the States of the United States that becomes a Borrower hereunder in compliance with the provisions of Section 7.12.

Syndication Agents ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble hereto.

 

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Tangible Net Worth ” means the equity of any Person as determined in accordance with GAAP, less the total book value of all assets of such Person properly classified as intangible assets under generally accepted accounting principles, including such items as goodwill, the purchase price of acquired assets in excess of the fair market value thereof, trademarks, trade names, service marks, brand names, copyrights, patents and licenses, and rights with respect to the foregoing.

Taxes ” has the meaning given that term in Section 3.12.

TDS ” means the Toronto Dundas Square project, which is a theatre-anchored project in downtown Toronto, Ontario.

TDS Pro-Forma Value ” means the current quarter’s Dollar denominated NOI, multiplied by 4 and divided by 8%.

Tenant ” means a tenant of a Subsidiary Borrower which leases space in an Unencumbered Property pursuant to a Lease.

Termination Date ” means the earlier of (a) the date on which the Commitments are reduced to zero under Section 2.10 or (b) December 1, 2013.

Third Party Information ” means information provided by or in reliance on information provided by Tenants, EPR Mortgagors, or other independent sources acceptable to Agent, and upon which a Borrower relies and has no knowledge or reason to believe is false, inaccurate or misleading in any respects.

Titled Agents ” means each of the Syndication Agents and the Arrangers, and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

Total Asset Value ” means without duplication, the sum of: (1) unrestricted cash and marketable securities held by EPR and its Subsidiaries; plus (2) Total Real Estate Value; plus (3) non-income producing real estate at cost of EPR and its Subsidiaries, plus (4) Concord Value.

Total Debt ” means with respect to EPR and any of its Subsidiaries, without duplication, all Indebtedness, plus the face amount of any undrawn letters of credit, plus any Contingent Obligations.

Total Real Estate Value ” means EBITDA of EPR and its Subsidiaries for the most recent quarter, with pro forma adjustments for any assets acquired or sold during the relevant period, multiplied by four (4) (which is the annualization factor), and then divided by the applicable capitalization rate. Such capitalization rate shall be 9.00% for all Megaplex Movie Theatres and other Entertainment-Related Retail Improvements (including, without limitation, EPR Senior Property Loans secured by EPR Senior First Mortgages on Megaplex Movie Theatres or Entertainment-Related Retail Improvements), and 10% for assets that are not Megaplex Movie Theatres or other Entertainment-Related Retail Improvements.

Total Secured Debt ” means at any time, for EPR and its Subsidiaries, determined on a Consolidated basis, the sum of the following, but only if any Real Estate, or ownership interest of the owner thereof, is subject to a mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt or similar instrument encumbering such Real Estate, or with respect to an owner of such Real Estate, a

 

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pledge of any equity interests in such Person with respect thereto: (i) all Indebtedness plus any other amounts that may constitute indebtedness for borrowed money; (ii) the deferred purchase price of Real Estate (not including escrow deposits given in connection with any such purchase); (iii) all Capitalized Leases in which a Borrower is the tenant; (iv) all obligations to reimburse any bank or other Person in respect of amounts paid or to be paid under a letter of credit or similar instrument; and (v) all Guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by Persons other than for Indebtedness already accounted for in the foregoing clauses (i) – (iv) hereof, and other than the Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries.

Type ” with respect to any Loan, refers to whether such Loan is a LIBOR Loan or Base Rate Loan.

Unconsolidated Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person in whom such Person holds an Investment, which Investment is accounted for in the financial statements of such Person on an equity basis of accounting and whose financial results would not be consolidated under GAAP with the financial results of such Person on the consolidated financial statements of such Person.

Underwriteable Cash Flow ” means (1) with respect to Unencumbered Property that is a Megaplex Movie Theatre (whether subject to a Lease or an EPR Senior First Mortgage), determined individually, the lesser of (A) the Unencumbered Property NOI for the trailing 4 quarter period, or (B) the Exhibitor’s EBITDAR for such Unencumbered Property for the trailing 4 quarter period, divided by 1.25 (provided, however, that, if a given Megaplex Movie Theatre has not been in operation for one year, part B will not apply); and (2) with respect to each Unencumbered Property that is not a Megaplex Movie Theatre, the Unencumbered Property NOI for the most recently ended quarter and then annualized; provided, however, that the Underwriteable Cash Flow for TDS shall be valued at the TDS Pro Forma Value.

Unencumbered Asset Value ” means with respect to the Unencumbered Properties, the Aggregate Underwriteable Cash Flow as of the end of the most recent quarter, with pro forma adjustments for any assets acquired or sold during the relevant period, annualized, and then capitalized at the rate of (i) 9% for any Megaplex Movie Theatres and other Entertainment-Related Retail Improvements, and (ii) 10% for all Unencumbered Properties that are not Megaplex Movie Theatres or Entertainment-Related Retail Improvements; provided further that, to the extent not already reflected in Underwriteable Cash Flow, TDS shall be valued at the TDS Pro-Forma Value.

“Unencumbered Pool” means the Eligible Real Estate which have been approved for inclusion in the Unencumbered Pool.

Unencumbered Property or Unencumbered Properties ” means the Eligible Real Estate owned or leased by Subsidiary Borrower or subject to an EPR Senior First Mortgage, to be included in the calculation of the Unencumbered Pool, and which has been or is in the future approved by Agent in its reasonable discretion. Insofar as Unencumbered Property consists of Eligible Real Estate that is subject to an EPR Senior First Mortgage, the term “Unencumbered Property” shall be deemed to refer to such Eligible Real Estate or the related EPR Senior Property Loan, as the context may require. The initial Unencumbered Pool shall consist of the

 

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properties described in Schedule 1.1(B) (collectively, the “Initial Eligible Real Estate”). Subsequent to the Effective Date hereunder, the Borrowers may add other Eligible Real Estate or substitute other Eligible Real Estate for all or a portion of the Initial Eligible Real Estate subject to the compliance with the terms of this Agreement.

Unencumbered Property Net Operating Income (or Unencumbered Property NOI) ” means with respect to any Unencumbered Property, for any period, the aggregate of actual recurring “property revenues” earned and received by a Subsidiary Borrower in such period (provided however that any amounts accrued shall only include those amounts not more than 45 days delinquent in arrears) for the Unencumbered Property (including base rent and expense reimbursement, but excluding straight line and percentage rent), (or in the case of Unencumbered Properties subject to EPR Senior First Mortgages, the related mortgage loan interest income) and all as otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP together with recoveries from tenants as determined in accordance with GAAP, all such amounts shall be attributable to such period and accrued according to GAAP, less (i) all “property expenses” consisting solely of expenses incurred or accrued by a Subsidiary Borrower that are directly related to the operation and ownership of such Unencumbered Property, including any real estate taxes, sales taxes, common area maintenance charges, accounting and administration, security, utilities, maintenance, janitorial, premiums for casualty and liability insurance or ground lease payments (excluding from the foregoing expenses for depreciation, amortization, interest and leasing commissions with respect to such Unencumbered Property) actually paid by a Subsidiary Borrower, and (ii) an allowance for property management expenses calculated at the greater of (A) three percent (3.0%) of Base Rent or (B) actual property management expenses (the “Management Expense”), and (iii) the Replacement Reserve (provided that the deduction described in this clause (iii) shall not apply to Unencumbered Property consisting of land under development). If such period is less than a year, expenses described in clause (i) above that are payable less frequently than monthly during the course of a year (e.g., real estate taxes and insurance premiums) shall be adjusted by “straight lining” the amounts so that such expenses are accrued on a monthly basis over the course of a year and fairly stated for each period. In the event that information for the trailing four (4) quarters or for any other period as may be required hereunder, is not available for a Unencumbered Property, then, if such Unencumbered Property is a new theatre or a new Lease executed by a Tenant and a Subsidiary Borrower in connection with the acquisition of a Unencumbered Property, then for purposes of this calculation, “property revenues” shall mean the actual annual base rent on an effective triple net basis for the Unencumbered Property, as provided for in the applicable Lease less the Management Expense and less the Replacement Reserve (or, in the case of a Unencumbered Property encumbered by an EPR Senior First Mortgage, “property revenues” shall mean the actual interest income for the Unencumbered Property). Additionally, as the Unencumbered Property financial information becomes available (i.e. after the Unencumbered Property has been in operation for one quarter, two quarters, etc.) such actual information shall be used, as adjusted, by “annualizing” the amounts so that such amounts are received on a monthly basis over the course of a year and fairly stated for each period, and as further adjusted for “property expenses,” Management Expense and Replacement Reserves.

Unencumbered Property Replacement ” means any substitution, replacement or addition of Unencumbered Property hereunder, pursuant to Section 7.12 or Section 10.2.

 

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Wholly Owned Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of a Person in respect of which all of the equity securities or other ownership interests (other than, in the case of a corporation, directors’ qualifying shares) are at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such Person or one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person.

Section 1.2. General; References to Times.

(a) GAAP . Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time; provided that, if Borrowers notify Agent that Borrowers request an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if Agent notifies Borrowers that Agent requests an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith.

(b) FFO . If Borrowers notify Agent that the definition of FFO has been amended by the Board of Governors of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts after the date of this Agreement and that Borrowers request an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in FFO or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if Agent notifies Borrowers that Agent requests an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in FFO or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of FFO as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith.

(c) References in this Agreement to “Sections”, “§”, “Articles”, “Exhibits” and “Schedules” are to sections, articles, exhibits and schedules herein and hereto unless otherwise indicated. References in this Agreement to any document, instrument or agreement (a) shall include all exhibits, schedules and other attachments thereto, (b) shall include all documents, instruments or agreements issued or executed in replacement thereof, to the extent permitted hereby and (c) shall mean such document, instrument or agreement, or replacement or predecessor thereto, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified as of the date of this Agreement and from time to time thereafter to the extent not prohibited hereby and in effect at any given time. Wherever from the context it appears appropriate, each term stated in either the singular or plural shall include the singular and plural, and pronouns stated in the masculine, feminine or neuter gender shall include the masculine, the feminine and the neuter. Unless explicitly set forth to the contrary, a reference to “Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of EPR or a Subsidiary of such Subsidiary and a reference to an “Affiliate” means a reference to an Affiliate of EPR. Titles and captions of Articles, Sections, subsections and clauses in this Agreement are for convenience only, and neither limit nor amplify the provisions of this Agreement. Unless otherwise indicated, all references to time are references to New York, New York time.

 

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ARTICLE II. - CREDIT FACILITY

Section 2.1. Loans.

(a) Generally . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender agrees to make Loans to the Borrowers from time to time during the period from the Effective Date to the Termination Date in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in such Lender’s Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Commitment; provided however, that no Lender shall be obligated to make a Loan in excess of such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the difference between the Availability and the Aggregate Credit Exposure. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, during the period from the Effective Date to but excluding the Termination Date, the Borrowers may borrow, repay and reborrow Loans hereunder. The Aggregate Credit Exposure outstanding shall not at any time exceed the lesser of (i) the Facility Amount, (ii) the aggregate Commitments, or (iii) the Availability.

(b) Requesting Loans . The Borrowers shall give the Agent notice pursuant to a Notice of Borrowing or telephonic notice of each borrowing of Loans. Each Notice of Borrowing shall be delivered to the Agent before 11:00 a.m. (i) in the case of LIBOR Loans, on the date three Business Days prior to the proposed date of such borrowing and (ii) in the case of Base Rate Loans, on the date one Business Day prior to the proposed date of such borrowing. Any such telephonic notice shall include all information to be specified in a written Notice of Borrowing, including an updated Availability Certificate and Compliance Certificate, and shall be promptly confirmed in writing by the Borrowers pursuant to a Notice of Borrowing sent to the Agent by telecopy on the same day of the giving of such telephonic notice. The Agent will transmit by telecopy the Notice of Borrowing (or the information contained in such Notice of Borrowing) to each Lender promptly upon receipt by the Agent. Each Notice of Borrowing or telephonic notice of each borrowing shall be irrevocable once given and binding on the Borrowers.

(c) Disbursements of Loan Proceeds . No later than 1:00 p.m. on the date specified in the Notice of Borrowing, each Lender will make available for the account of its applicable Lending Office to the Agent at the Principal Office, in immediately available funds, the proceeds of the Loan to be made by such Lender. With respect to Loans to be made after the Effective Date, unless the Agent shall have been notified by any Lender prior to the specified date of borrowing that such Lender does not intend to make available to the Agent the Loan to be made by such Lender on such date, the Agent may assume that such Lender will make the proceeds of such Loan available to the Agent on the date of the requested borrowing as set forth in the Notice of Borrowing and the Agent may (but shall not be obligated to), in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrowers the amount of such Loan to be provided by such Lender. Subject to satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Article V. for such borrowing, the Agent will make the proceeds of such borrowing available to the Borrowers no later than 2:00 p.m. on the date and at the account specified by the Borrowers in such Notice of Borrowing.

 

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Section 2.2. Letters of Credit.

(a) Letters of Credit . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, agrees to issue for the account of EPR or one of its Subsidiaries during the period from and including the Effective Date to, but excluding, the date 30 days prior to the Termination Date one or more letters of credit (each a “Letter of Credit”) up to a maximum aggregate Stated Amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the LC Commitment Amount.

(b) Terms of Letters of Credit . At the time of issuance, the amount, form, terms and conditions of each Letter of Credit, and of any drafts or acceptances thereunder, shall be subject to the reasonable approval by the Agent and the Borrowers. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event may the expiration date of any Letter of Credit extend beyond the earlier of (i) the date one year from its date of issuance (or such longer period as the Agent may approve in its sole discretion) or (ii) the Termination Date; provided, however, a Letter of Credit may contain a provision providing for the automatic extension of the expiration date in the absence of a notice of non-renewal from the Agent but in no event shall any such provision permit the extension of the expiration date of such Letter of Credit beyond the Termination Date unless otherwise approved by the Agent and, in connection therewith, the Borrower agrees to pledge and deliver to the Agent cash collateral equal to the face amount of such Letter of Credit no later than thirty (30) days prior to the Termination Date.

(c) Requests for Issuance of Letters of Credit . The Borrowers shall give the Agent written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) at least 5 Business Days (or such shorter period of time as the Agent may approve in its sole discretion) prior to the requested date of issuance of a Letter of Credit, such notice to describe in reasonable detail the proposed terms of such Letter of Credit and the nature of the transactions or obligations proposed to be supported by such Letter of Credit, and in any event shall set forth with respect to such Letter of Credit the proposed (i) Stated Amount, (ii) beneficiary, and (iii) expiration date. The Borrowers shall also execute and deliver such customary letter of credit application forms as requested from time to time by the Agent. Provided the Borrowers have given the notice prescribed by the first sentence of this subsection and subject to the other terms and conditions of this Agreement, including the satisfaction of any applicable conditions precedent set forth in Article V., the Agent shall issue the requested Letter of Credit on the requested date of issuance for the benefit of the stipulated beneficiary. Upon the written request of the Borrowers, the Agent shall deliver to the Borrowers a copy of each issued Letter of Credit within a reasonable time after the date of issuance thereof. To the extent any term of a Letter of Credit Document is inconsistent with a term of any Loan Document, the term of such Loan Document shall control.

(d) Reimbursement Obligations . Upon receipt by the Agent from the beneficiary of a Letter of Credit of any demand for payment under such Letter of Credit, the Agent shall promptly notify the Borrowers of the amount to be paid by the Agent as a result of such demand and the date on which payment is to be made by the Agent to such beneficiary in respect of such demand; provided, however, the Agent’s failure to give, or delay in giving, such notice shall not discharge the Borrowers in any respect from the applicable Reimbursement Obligation. The Borrowers hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agree to pay and reimburse the Agent for the amount of each demand for payment under such Letter of Credit on or prior to the date on which

 

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payment is to be made by the Agent to the beneficiary thereunder, without presentment, demand, protest or other formalities of any kind (other than notice as provided in this subsection). Upon receipt by the Agent of any payment in respect of any Reimbursement Obligation, the Agent shall promptly pay to each Lender that has acquired a participation therein under the second sentence of Section 2.2.(i) such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of such payment.

(e) Manner of Reimbursement . Upon its receipt of a notice referred to in the immediately preceding subsection (d), the Borrowers shall advise the Agent whether or not the Borrowers intend to borrow hereunder to finance its obligation to reimburse the Agent for the amount of the related demand for payment and, if they do, the Borrowers shall submit a timely request for such borrowing as provided in the applicable provisions of this Agreement. If the Borrowers fail to so advise the Agent, or if the Borrowers fail to reimburse the Agent for a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit by the date of such payment, then (i) if the applicable conditions contained in Article V. would permit the making of Loans, the Borrowers shall be deemed to have requested a borrowing of Loans (which shall be Base Rate Loans) in an amount equal to the unpaid Reimbursement Obligation and the Agent shall give each Lender prompt notice of the amount of the Loan to be made available to the Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. and (ii) if such conditions would not permit the making of Loans, the provisions of subsection (j) of this Section shall apply. The limitations of Section 3.5.(a) shall not apply to any borrowing of Base Rate Loans under this subsection.

(f) Effect of Letters of Credit on Commitments . Upon the issuance by the Agent of any Letter of Credit and until such Letter of Credit shall have expired or been terminated, the Commitment of each Lender shall be deemed to be utilized for all purposes of this Agreement in an amount equal to the product of (i) such Lender’s Commitment Percentage and (ii) the sum of (A) the Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit plus (B) any related Reimbursement Obligations then outstanding.

(g) Agent’s Duties Regarding Letters of Credit; Unconditional Nature of Reimbursement Obligations . In examining documents presented in connection with drawings under Letters of Credit and making payments under Letters of Credit against such documents, the Agent shall only be required to use the same standard of care as it uses in connection with examining documents presented in connection with drawings under letters of credit in which it has not sold participations and making payments under such letters of credit. The Borrowers assume all risks of the acts and omissions of, or misuse of the Letters of Credit by, the respective beneficiaries of such Letters of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, neither the Agent nor any of the Lenders shall be responsible for, and the Borrowers’ obligations in respect of the Letters of Credit shall not be affected in any manner by, (i) the form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effects of any document submitted by any party in connection with the application for and issuance of or any drawing honored under any Letter of Credit even if it should in fact prove to be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient, inaccurate, fraudulent or forged; (ii) the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign any Letter of Credit, or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason; (iii) failure of the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit to comply fully with conditions required in order to draw upon such Letter of Credit; (iv) errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any messages, by mail, cable, telex, telecopy or otherwise,

 

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whether or not they be in cipher; (v) errors in interpretation of technical terms; (vi) any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under any Letter of Credit, or of the proceeds thereof; (vii) the misapplication by the beneficiary of the proceeds of any drawing under any Letter of Credit; or (viii) any consequences arising from causes beyond the control of the Agent or the Lenders. None of the above shall affect, impair or prevent the vesting of any of the Agent’s or any Lender’s rights or powers hereunder. Any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Agent under or in connection with any Letter of Credit, if taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment), shall not create against the Agent or any Lender any liability to the Borrowers or any Lender. In this regard, the obligation of the Borrowers to reimburse the Agent for any drawing made under any Letter of Credit, and to repay any Loan made pursuant to the second sentence of the immediately preceding subsection (e), shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and any other applicable Letter of Credit Document under all circumstances whatsoever, including without limitation, the following circumstances: (A) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit Document or any term or provisions therein; (B) any amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from all or any of the Letter of Credit Documents; (C) the existence of any claim, setoff, defense or other right which any Borrower may have at any time against the Agent, any Lender, any beneficiary of a Letter of Credit or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or in the Letter of Credit Documents or any unrelated transaction; (D) any breach of contract or dispute between any Borrower, the Agent, any Lender or any other Person; (E) any demand, statement or any other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein or made in connection therewith being untrue or inaccurate in any respect whatsoever; (F) any non-application or misapplication by the beneficiary of a Letter of Credit of the proceeds of any drawing under such Letter of Credit; (G) payment by the Agent under any Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate which does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; and (H) any other act, omission to act, delay or circumstance whatsoever that might, but for the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable defense to or discharge of the Borrowers’ Reimbursement Obligations; provided, however, that nothing in this sentence shall affect any rights or defenses the Borrowers may have with respect to any act or omission by the Agent or any Lender in connection with any Letter of Credit, including, without limitation, any drawing thereunder, to the extent such act or omission constitutes gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section or Section 12.9., but not in limitation of the Borrowers’ unconditional obligation to reimburse the Agent for any drawing made under a Letter of Credit as provided in this Section and to repay any Loan made pursuant to the second sentence of the immediately preceding subsection (e), the Borrowers shall have no obligation to indemnify the Agent or any Lender in respect of any liability incurred by the Agent or such Lender arising solely out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Agent or such Lender in respect of a Letter of Credit as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, nothing in this Section shall affect any rights the Borrowers may have with respect to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Agent or any Lender with respect to any Letter of Credit.

 

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(h) Amendments, Etc . The issuance by the Agent of any amendment, supplement or other modification to any Letter of Credit shall be subject to the same conditions applicable under this Agreement to the issuance of new Letters of Credit (including, without limitation, that the request therefor be made through the Agent), and no such amendment, supplement or other modification shall be issued unless either (i) the respective Letter of Credit affected thereby would have complied with such conditions had it originally been issued hereunder in such amended, supplemented or modified form or (ii) the Required Lenders (or all of the Lenders if required by Section 12.6.) shall have consented thereto. In connection with any such amendment, supplement or other modification, the Borrowers shall pay the Fees, if any, payable under the last sentence of Section 3.6.(b).

(i) Lenders’ Participation in Letters of Credit . Immediately upon the issuance by the Agent of any Letter of Credit each Lender shall be deemed to have irrevocably and unconditionally purchased and received from the Agent, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation to the extent of such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the liability of the Agent with respect to such Letter of Credit, and each Lender thereby shall absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably assume, as primary obligor and not as surety, and shall be unconditionally obligated to the Agent to pay and discharge when due, such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the Agent’s liability under such Letter of Credit. In addition, upon the making of each payment by a Lender to the Agent in respect of any Letter of Credit pursuant to the immediately following subsection (j), such Lender shall, automatically and without any further action on the part of the Agent or such Lender, acquire (i) a participation in an amount equal to such payment in the Reimbursement Obligation owing to the Agent by the Borrowers in respect of such Letter of Credit and (ii) a participation in a percentage equal to such Lender’s Commitment Percentage in any interest or other amounts payable by the Borrowers in respect of such Reimbursement Obligation (other than the Fees payable to the Agent pursuant to the third and last sentences of Section 3.6.(b)). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a default in any Lender’s obligations to fund under this Agreement exists or any Lender is at such time an Impacted Lender, the Agent shall have the right, but not the obligation, to refuse to issue any Letter of Credit unless the Agent has entered into satisfactory arrangements with the Borrowers and/or such Impacted Lender to eliminate the Agent’s risk with respect to such Impacted Lender

(j) Payment Obligation of Lenders . Each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Agent on demand in immediately available funds in Dollars the amount of such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of each drawing paid by the Agent under each Letter of Credit to the extent such amount is not reimbursed by the Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.2.(d); provided, however, that in respect of any drawing under any Letter of Credit, the maximum amount that any Lender shall be required to fund, whether as a Loan or as a participation, shall not exceed such Lender’s Commitment Percentage of such drawing. If the notice referenced in the second sentence of Section 2.2.(e) is received by a Lender not later than 11:00 a.m., then such Lender shall make such payment available to the Agent not later than 2:00 p.m. on the date of demand therefor; otherwise, such payment shall be made available to the Agent not later than 1:00 p.m. on the next succeeding Business Day. Each Lender’s obligation to make such payments to the Agent under this subsection, and the Agent’s right to receive the same, shall be absolute, irrevocable and unconditional and shall not be affected in any way by any circumstance whatsoever, including without limitation, (i) the failure of any other Lender to make its payment under this subsection, (ii) the financial condition of any Borrower, (iii) the existence of any Default or Event of Default, including any Event of Default described in Section 10.1(h), Section 10.1(i) or Section 10.1(j) or (iv) the termination of the Commitments. Each such payment to the Agent shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or deduction whatsoever.

 

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(k) Information to Lenders . The Agent shall periodically deliver to the Lenders information setting forth the Stated Amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit. Other than as set forth in this subsection, the Agent shall have no duty to notify the Lenders regarding the issuance or other matters regarding Letters of Credit issued hereunder. The failure of the Agent to perform its requirements under this subsection shall not relieve any Lender from its obligations under Section 2.2.(j).

Section 2.3. Rates and Payment of Interest on Loans.

(a) Rates . The Borrowers promise to pay to the Agent for the account of each Lender interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Loan made by such Lender for the period from and including the date of the making of such Loan to but excluding the date such Loan shall be paid in full, at the following per annum rates:

(i) during such periods as such Loan is a Base Rate Loan, at the Base Rate (as in effect from time to time) plus the Applicable Margin; and

(ii) during such periods as such Loan is a LIBOR Loan, at Adjusted LIBOR for such Loan for the Interest Period therefor plus the Applicable Margin.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Borrowers shall pay to the Agent for the account of each Lender interest at the Post-Default Rate on the outstanding principal amount of any Loan made by such Lender, on all Reimbursement Obligations and on any other amount payable by the Borrowers hereunder or under the Notes held by such Lender to or for the account of such Lender (including without limitation, accrued but unpaid interest to the extent permitted under Applicable Law).

(b) Payment of Interest . Accrued and unpaid interest on each Loan shall be payable on the third day of each calendar month, provided if such day is not a Business Day, interest shall be due on the next succeeding Business Day. Interest payable at the Post-Default Rate shall be payable from time to time on demand. Promptly after the determination of any interest rate provided for herein or any change therein, the Agent shall give notice thereof to the Lenders to which such interest is payable and to the Borrowers. All determinations by the Agent of an interest rate hereunder shall be conclusive and binding on the Lenders and the Borrowers for all purposes, absent manifest error.

Section 2.4. Number of Interest Periods.

There may be no more than six (6) different Interest Periods for LIBOR Loans outstanding at the same time.

 

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Section 2.5. Repayment of Loans.

The Borrowers shall repay the entire outstanding principal amount of, and all accrued but unpaid interest on, the Loans on the Termination Date.

Section 2.6. Prepayments.

(a) Optional . Subject to Section 4.4., the Borrowers may prepay any Loan at any time without premium or penalty. The Borrowers shall give the Agent at least one Business Day’s prior written notice of the prepayment of any Loan.

(b) Mandatory . If at any time the Aggregate Credit Exposure exceeds the aggregate amount of the Commitments in effect at such time, the Borrowers shall promptly (and in any event, within 2 Business Days after notice thereof from the Agent) pay to the Agent for the accounts of the Lenders the amount of such excess. Such payment shall be applied to pay all amounts of principal outstanding on the Loans and any Reimbursement Obligations pro rata in accordance with Section 3.2. and if any Letters of Credit are outstanding at such time the remainder, if any, shall be deposited into the Collateral Account for application to any Reimbursement Obligations. If the Borrowers are required to pay any outstanding LIBOR Loans by reason of this Section prior to the end of the applicable Interest Period therefor, the Borrowers shall pay all amounts due under Section 4.4.

Section 2.7. Continuation.

So long as no Event of Default shall exist, the Borrowers may on any Business Day, with respect to any LIBOR Loan, elect to maintain such LIBOR Loan or any portion thereof as a LIBOR Loan by selecting a new Interest Period for such LIBOR Loan. Each new Interest Period selected under this Section shall commence on the last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period. Each selection of a new Interest Period shall be made by the Borrowers giving to the Agent a Notice of Continuation not later than 11:00 a.m. on the third Business Day prior to the date of any such Continuation. Such notice by the Borrowers of a Continuation shall be by telephone or telecopy, confirmed immediately in writing if by telephone, in the form of a Notice of Continuation, specifying (a) the proposed date of such Continuation, (b) the LIBOR Loans and portions thereof subject to such Continuation and (c) the duration of the selected Interest Period, all of which shall be specified in such manner as is necessary to comply with all limitations on Loans outstanding hereunder. Each Notice of Continuation shall be irrevocable by and binding on the Borrowers once given. Promptly after receipt of a Notice of Continuation, the Agent shall notify each Lender by telecopy, or other similar form of transmission, of the proposed Continuation. If the Borrowers shall fail to select in a timely manner a new Interest Period for any LIBOR Loan in accordance with this Section, or if an Event of Default shall exist, such Loan will automatically, on the last day of the current Interest Period therefor, Convert into a Base Rate Loan notwithstanding the first sentence of Section 2.8. or the Borrowers’ failure to comply with any of the terms of such Section. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if a Default exists at the time of a Continuation of a Loan, the Interest Period for such continued Loan shall not exceed one month.

 

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Section 2.8. Conversion.

The Borrowers may on any Business Day, upon the Borrowers’ giving of a Notice of Conversion to the Agent, Convert all or a portion of a Loan of one Type into a Loan of another Type; provided, however, a Base Rate Loan may not be Converted to a LIBOR Loan if an Event of Default shall exist. Any Conversion of a LIBOR Loan into a Base Rate Loan shall be made on, and only on, the last day of an Interest Period for such LIBOR Loan and, upon Conversion of a Base Rate Loan into a LIBOR Loan, the Borrowers shall pay accrued interest to the date of Conversion on the principal amount so Converted (with such interest being payable at the time provided in Section 2.3(b)). Each such Notice of Conversion shall be given not later than 11:00 a.m. on the Business Day prior to the date of any proposed Conversion into Base Rate Loans and on the third Business Day prior to the date of any proposed Conversion into LIBOR Loans. Promptly after receipt of a Notice of Conversion, the Agent shall notify each Lender by telecopy, or other similar form of transmission, of the proposed Conversion. Subject to the restrictions specified above, each Notice of Conversion shall be by telephone (confirmed immediately in writing) or telecopy in the form of a Notice of Conversion specifying (a) the requested date of such Conversion, (b) the Type of Loan to be Converted, (c) the portion of such Type of Loan to be Converted, (d) the Type of Loan such Loan is to be Converted into and (e) if such Conversion is into a LIBOR Loan, the requested duration of the Interest Period of such Loan. Each Notice of Conversion shall be irrevocable by and binding on the Borrowers once given. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if a Default exists at the time of a Conversion of a Base Rate Loan to a Libor Loan, the Interest Period for such Libor Loan shall not exceed one month.

Section 2.9. Notes.

(a) Note . The Loans made by each Lender shall, in addition to this Agreement, if requested by such Lender, also be evidenced by a promissory note of the Borrowers substantially in the form of Exhibit E (each a “Note”), payable to the order of such Lender in a principal amount equal to the amount of its Commitment as originally in effect and otherwise duly completed.

(b) Records . The date, amount, interest rate, Type and duration of Interest Periods (if applicable) of each Loan made by each Lender to the Borrowers, and each payment made on account of the principal thereof, shall be recorded by such Lender on its books and such entries shall be binding on the Borrowers, absent manifest error; provided, however, that the failure of a Lender to make any such record shall not affect the obligations of the Borrowers under any of the Loan Documents.

(c) Lost, Stolen, Destroyed or Mutilated Notes . Upon receipt by the Borrowers of (i) written notice from a Lender that a Note of such Lender has been lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated, and (ii) (A) in the case of loss, theft or destruction, an unsecured agreement of indemnity from such Lender in form reasonably satisfactory to the Borrowers, or (B) in the case of mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of such Note, the Borrowers shall at their own expense execute and deliver to such Lender a new Note dated the date of such lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note.

 

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Section 2.10. Voluntary Reductions of the Commitment.

The Borrowers shall have the right to terminate or reduce the aggregate unused amount of the Commitments (for which purpose use of the Commitments shall be deemed to include the aggregate amount of LC Exposure) at any time and from time to time without penalty or premium upon not less than 5 Business Days prior written notice to the Agent of each such termination or reduction, which notice shall specify the effective date thereof and the amount of any such reduction and shall be irrevocable once given and effective only upon receipt by the Agent; provided, however, if the Borrowers seek to reduce the aggregate amount of the Commitments below $100,000,000, then the Commitments shall all automatically and permanently be reduced to zero. The Agent will promptly transmit such notice to each Lender. The Commitments, once terminated or reduced may not be increased or reinstated.

Section 2.11. Expiration or Maturity Date of Letters of Credit Past Termination Date.

If on the date the Commitments are terminated or reduced to zero (whether voluntarily, by reason of the occurrence of an Event of Default or otherwise), there are any Letters of Credit outstanding hereunder, the Borrowers shall, on such date, pay to the Agent an amount of money equal to the Stated Amount of such Letter(s) of Credit for deposit into the Collateral Account.

Section 2.12. Amount Limitations.

Notwithstanding any other term of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, no Lender shall be required to make a Loan, the Agent shall not be required to issue a Letter of Credit and no reduction of the Commitments pursuant to Section 2.10. shall take effect, if immediately after the making of such Loan, the issuance of such Letter of Credit or such reduction in the Commitments the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Loans, together with the aggregate amount of all LC Exposure, would exceed the aggregate amount of the Commitments at such time.

Section 2.13. Joint and Several Liability.

(a) The obligations of the Borrowers hereunder and under the other Loan Documents to which any Borrower is a party shall be joint and several, and accordingly, each Borrower confirms that it is liable for the full amount of the “Obligations,” regardless of whether incurred by such Borrower or any other Borrower, and all of the other obligations and liabilities of the other Borrowers hereunder and under the other Loan Documents.

(b) Each of the Borrowers represents and warrants to the Agent and the Lenders that the Borrowers, though separate legal entities, have a commonality of interests in their respective financing needs and have determined it to be in their mutual best interests to obtain financing from the Lenders through their collective efforts.

(c) None of the Lenders or the Agent shall be obligated or required before enforcing any Loan Document against a Borrower: (a) to pursue any right or remedy any of them may have against any other Borrower or any other Person or commence any suit or other proceeding against any other Borrower or any other Person in any court or other tribunal; (b) to make any claim in a liquidation or bankruptcy of any other Borrower or any other Person; or (c) to make demand of any other Borrower or any other Person or to enforce or seek to enforce or realize upon any collateral security held by the Lenders or the Agent which may secure any of the Obligations.

 

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(d) The Lenders and the Agent may, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of, or notice to, a Borrower, and without discharging such Borrower from its obligations hereunder, take any of the following actions: (i) amend, modify, alter or supplement the terms of any of the Obligations of any other Borrower, including, but not limited to, extending or shortening the time of payment of any such Obligations or changing the interest rate that may accrue on any of such Obligations, provided that such other Borrower or the Borrower Representative consents to such amendment, modification or the like; (ii) sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal with all, or any part, of any collateral securing any of the Obligations and in which any other Borrower has rights; (iii) release any other Borrower or any other Person liable in any manner for the payment or collection of the Obligations; (iv) exercise, or refrain from exercising, any rights against any other Borrower or any other Person; and (v) apply any sum, by whomsoever paid or however realized, to the Obligations in such order as the Lenders shall elect.

(e) It is the intent of each Borrower, the Agent and the Lenders that in any proceeding of the types described in Section 10.1(h), Section 10.1(i) or Section 10.1(j), a Borrower’s maximum obligation hereunder shall equal, but not exceed, the maximum amount which would not otherwise cause the obligations of such Borrower hereunder (or any other obligations of such Borrower to the Agent and the Lenders) to be avoidable or unenforceable against such Borrower in such proceeding as a result of Applicable Law, including without limitation, (i) Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code and (ii) any state fraudulent transfer or fraudulent conveyance act or statute applied in such proceeding, whether by virtue of Section 544 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise. The Applicable Laws under which the possible avoidance or unenforceability of the obligations of such Borrower hereunder (or any other obligations of such Borrower to the Agent and the Lenders) shall be determined in any such proceeding are referred to as the “Avoidance Provisions”. Accordingly, to the extent that the obligations of any Borrower hereunder would otherwise be subject to avoidance under the Avoidance Provisions, the maximum Obligations for which such Borrower shall be liable hereunder shall be reduced to that amount which, as of the time any of the Obligations are deemed to have been incurred under the Avoidance Provisions, would not cause the obligations of such Borrower hereunder (or any other obligations of such Borrower to the Agent and the Lenders), to be subject to avoidance under the Avoidance Provisions. This subsection is intended solely to preserve the rights of the Agent and the Lenders hereunder to the maximum extent that would not cause the obligations of any Borrower hereunder to be subject to avoidance under the Avoidance Provisions, and no Borrower or any other Person shall have any right or claim under this Section as against the Agent and the Lenders that would not otherwise be available to such Person under the Avoidance Provisions.

(f) Each Borrower assumes all responsibility for being and keeping itself informed of the financial condition of the other Borrowers, and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of any of the Obligations and the nature, scope and extent of the risks that such Borrower assumes and incurs hereunder, and agrees that none of the Agent or the Lenders shall have any duty whatsoever to advise any Borrower of information regarding such circumstances or risks.

 

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Section 2.14. The Increased Loan Amount.

(a) Request for Increase . During the term of the Facility, the Borrowers shall have the option to increase the Facility Amount by a maximum aggregate amount of up to $100,000,000.00 (the “ Increase Option ”). The Borrowers may exercise the Increase Option at any time and from time to time by providing notice to the Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders), provided however , (a) that at the time of the exercise of such option, there is no Default or Event of Default which shall have occurred and be continuing; (b) in no event shall the existence of this Increase Option be deemed a commitment on the part of the Lenders until such time as such Lender in writing increases its commitment or a new Lender issues a written commitment for any such amounts in excess of the existing $320,000,000.00 committed Facility Amount, and then in such event, such increase to the Facility Amount shall only be to the extent of the increased commitment or new commitment amounts; (c) at the time of sending such notice, the Borrowers (in consultation with the Agent) shall specify a reasonable time period within which each Lender is requested to respond as to whether such Lender agrees to increase the amount of its Commitment in accordance with Section 2.14(b); (d) any such increase shall be in a minimum amount of $10,000,000.00 with minimum increments of $5,000,000.00 above that amount, and a maximum aggregate increase of $100,000,000.00; and (e) any such increase shall be integrated into this Agreement and shall be subject to the same terms and conditions as this Agreement, except as otherwise provided in Section 2.14(e)(vi).

(b) Lender Elections to Increase . Each Lender shall notify the Agent within such time period specified in said notice, whether or not it agrees, in its sole discretion, to increase its Commitment and, if so, by what amount (which need not be its pro rata share thereof). Any Lender not responding within such time period shall be deemed to have declined to increase its Commitment.

(c) Notification by Agent; Additional Lenders . The Agent shall notify the Borrowers and each Lender of the Lenders’ responses to each request made hereunder. To achieve the full amount of a requested increase in the Facility Amount and subject to the approval of the Agent and the Agent (which approvals shall not be unreasonably withheld), the Borrowers may also invite additional Eligible Assignees to become Lenders pursuant to a joinder agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and its counsel.

(d) Effective Date and Allocations . If the aggregate Commitments (including due to new Commitments by additional Lenders) are increased in accordance with this Section 2.14, the Agent and the Borrowers shall determine the effective date (the “ Increase Effective Date ”) and the final allocation of such increase. The Agent shall promptly notify the Borrowers and the Lenders (including any additional Lenders) of the final allocation of such increase and the Increase Effective Date.

(e) Conditions to Effectiveness of Increase . Any increase in the Facility Amount pursuant to this Section 2.14 shall be subject to the following conditions:

(i) The Borrowers shall have paid to (A) the Agent, such fees as shall be due to Agent at such time under the Fee Letter, and (B) to each Lender, such fees, if any, as shall have been agreed upon by the Borrowers and the Agent.

 

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(ii) As of the Increase Effective Date, no Default or Event of Default then exists and is continuing or would result from such increase in the Facility Amount (including on a pro forma basis relative to financial covenant compliance).

(iii) The Borrowers shall have delivered to the Agent a certificate dated as of the Increase Effective Date (in sufficient copies for each Lender) (A) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by the Borrowers approving or consenting to such increase (which resolutions may be contained in the resolutions adopted by the Borrowers in connection with the initial Loan made under this Agreement or, in the case of a Person that becomes a Subsidiary Borrower after the Effective Date, in connection with the execution and delivery of a Joinder Agreement by such Person), and (B) certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (1) the representations and warranties of the Borrowers in this Agreement and in each other Loan Document are true and correct on and as of the Increase Effective Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case, to the knowledge of the Borrowers, they are true and correct as of such earlier date, and except to the extent of changes resulting from transactions contemplated and permitted by this Agreement and changes occurring in the ordinary course of business (in each case to the extent not constituting a Default or Event of Default), (2) no Default or Event of Default exists and is continuing or would result from such increase in the Facility Amount (including on a pro forma basis relative to financial covenant compliance), and (3) the incurrence of Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount equal to the full Facility Amount after giving effect to all Commitment increases and new Commitments would not result in a breach of, or a default under, any agreement to which any Borrower is a party.

(iv) The Borrowers shall prepay any Loans outstanding on the Increase Effective Date (and pay any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 4.4) to the extent necessary to keep the outstanding Loans ratable with any revised Commitment allocations arising from any nonratable increase in the Commitments under this Section 2.14. Notwithstanding any provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, the Borrowers may borrow from the Lenders providing such increase in the Commitments (on a non pro rata basis with Lenders not providing such increase) in order to fund such prepayment.

(v) The Borrowers will execute and deliver to each applicable Lender that requests one, a new Note in the appropriate stated amount, and will execute and deliver or otherwise provide to the Agent and the Lenders such other documents and instruments consistent with the terms of this Agreement, as the Agent or Lenders reasonably may require.

(vi) Any such increase shall be integrated into the Facility as either (A) an increase to the Facility, (B) a new revolving tranche having the same terms (excluding pricing, commitment fee amounts and the Termination Date) as the Facility or (C) any combination thereof satisfactory to Borrower, Agent and the Lenders providing the new commitments.

(f) The provisions of this Section 2.14 shall not constitute a “commitment” to lend, and the Commitments of the Lenders shall not be increased except in accordance with, and until satisfaction of the provisions of this Section 2.14 and actual increase of the Commitments as provided herein.

 

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Section 2.15. Borrower Representative.

Each of the Borrowers hereby appoints the Borrower Representative to act as its exclusive agent for all purposes under the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, with respect to all matters related to the borrowing and repayment of Loans as described in Articles II and III). Each of the Borrowers acknowledges and agrees that (a) the Borrower Representative may execute such documents on behalf of any of the Borrowers as the Borrower Representative deems appropriate in its sole discretion and each Borrower shall be bound by and obligated by all of the terms of any such document executed by the Borrower Representative on its behalf, (b) any notice or other communication delivered by the Agent or any Lender hereunder to the Borrower Representative shall be deemed to have been delivered to each of the Borrowers and (c) the Agent and each of the Lenders shall accept (and shall be permitted to rely on) any document or agreement executed by the Borrower Representative on behalf of the Borrowers (or any of them). The Borrowers must act through the Borrower Representative for all purposes under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, to the extent any provision in this Agreement requires any Borrower to interact in any manner with the Agent or the Lenders, such Borrower shall do so through the Borrower Representative.

ARTICLE III. - PAYMENTS, FEES AND OTHER GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 3.1. Payments.

Except to the extent otherwise provided herein, all payments of principal, interest and other amounts to be made by the Borrowers under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be made in Dollars, in immediately available funds, without deduction, set-off or counterclaim, to the Agent at its Principal Office, not later than 2:00 p.m. on the date on which such payment shall become due (each such payment made after such time on such due date to be deemed to have been made on the next succeeding Business Day). Subject to Section 10.4., the Borrowers may, at the time of making each payment under this Agreement or any Note, specify to the Agent the amounts payable by the Borrowers hereunder to which such payment is to be applied. Each payment received by the Agent for the account of a Lender under this Agreement or any Note shall be paid to such Lender at the applicable Lending Office of such Lender no later than 5:00 p.m. on the date of receipt. If the Agent fails to pay such amount to a Lender as provided in the previous sentence, the Agent shall pay interest on such amount until paid at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. If the due date of any payment under this Agreement or any other Loan Document would otherwise fall on a day which is not a Business Day such date shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and interest shall be payable for the period of such extension.

 

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Section 3.2. Pro Rata Treatment.

Except to the extent otherwise provided herein: (a) each borrowing from the Lenders under Section 2.1.(a) and 2.2.(e) shall be made from the Lenders, each payment of the Fees under Section 3.6.(a) and the first sentence of Section 3.6.(b) shall be made for the account of the Lenders, and each termination or reduction of the amount of the Commitments under Section 2.10. shall be applied to the respective Commitments of the Lenders, pro rata according to the amounts of their respective Commitments; (b) each payment or prepayment of principal of Loans by the Borrowers shall be made for the account of the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the respective unpaid principal amounts of the Loans held by them, provided that if immediately prior to giving effect to any such payment in respect of any Loans the outstanding principal amount of the Loans shall not be held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with their respective Commitments in effect at the time such Loans were made, then such payment shall be applied to the Loans in such manner as shall result, as nearly as is practicable, in the outstanding principal amount of the Loans being held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with their respective Commitments; (c) each payment of interest on Loans by the Borrowers shall be made for the account of the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the amounts of interest on such Loans then due and payable to the respective Lenders; (d) the making, Conversion and Continuation of Loans of a particular Type (other than Conversions provided for by Section 4.6.) shall be made pro rata among the Lenders according to the amounts of their respective Commitments (in the case of making of Loans) or their respective Loans (in the case of Conversions and Continuations of Loans) and the then current Interest Period for each Lender’s portion of each Loan of such Type shall be coterminous; and (e) the Lenders’ participation in, and payment obligations in respect of, Letters of Credit under Section 2.2., shall be pro rata in accordance with their respective Commitments.

Section 3.3. Sharing of Payments, Etc.

If a Lender shall obtain payment of any principal of, or interest on, any Loan made by it to the Borrowers under this Agreement, or shall obtain payment on any other Obligation owing by the Borrowers through the exercise of any right of set-off, banker’s lien or counterclaim or similar right or otherwise or through voluntary prepayments directly to a Lender or other payments made by the Borrowers to a Lender not in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and such payment should be distributed to the Lenders pro rata in accordance with Section 3.2. or Section 10.4., as applicable, such Lender shall promptly purchase from the other Lenders participations in (or, if and to the extent specified by such Lender, direct interests in) the Loans made by the other Lenders or other Obligations owed to such other Lenders in such amounts, and make such other adjustments from time to time as shall be equitable, to the end that all the Lenders shall share the benefit of such payment (net of any reasonable expenses which may be incurred by such Lender in obtaining or preserving such benefit) pro rata in accordance with Section 3.2. or Section 10.4., as applicable. To such end, all the Lenders shall make appropriate adjustments among themselves (by the resale of participations sold or otherwise) if such payment is rescinded or must otherwise be restored. The Borrowers agree that any Lender so purchasing a participation (or direct interest) in the Loans or other Obligations owed to such other Lenders may exercise all rights of set-off, banker’s lien, counterclaim or similar rights with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct holder of Loans in the amount of such participation. Nothing contained herein shall require any Lender to exercise any such right or shall affect the right of any Lender to exercise, and retain the benefits of exercising, any such right with respect to any other indebtedness or obligation of the Borrowers.

 

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Section 3.4. Several Obligations.

No Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make a Loan or to perform any other obligation to be made or performed by such other Lender hereunder, and the failure of any Lender to make a Loan or to perform any other obligation to be made or performed by it hereunder shall not relieve the obligation of any other Lender to make any Loan or to perform any other obligation to be made or performed by such other Lender.

Section 3.5. Minimum Amounts.

(a) Borrowings and Conversions . Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.2.(e), each borrowing of Base Rate Loans shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $1,000,000.00 and integral multiples of $100,000.000 in excess thereof. Each borrowing of, Conversion to and Continuation of LIBOR Loans shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $2,000,000 and integral multiples of $100,000.00 in excess of that amount.

(b) Prepayments . Each voluntary prepayment of Loans shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $1,000,000.00 and integral multiples of $100,000.00 in excess thereof (or, if less, the aggregate principal amount of Loans then outstanding).

(c) Reductions of Commitments . Each reduction of the Commitments under Section 2.10. shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $10,000,000.00 and integral multiples of $5,000,000.00 in excess thereof.

(d) Letters of Credit . The initial Stated Amount of each Letter of Credit shall be at least $100,000.00.

Section 3.6. Fees.

(a) Unused Fee . During the period from the Effective Date to but excluding the Termination Date, the Borrowers agree to pay to the Agent for the account of the Lenders an unused facility fee with respect to the difference between Facility Amount and the Aggregate Credit Exposure (the “Unused Amount”). Such fee shall be computed by multiplying the Unused Amount by the rate of (i) 40 basis points per annum to the extent the Unused Amount is less than fifty percent (50%) of the Facility Amount, and (b) 50 basis points per annum to the extent the Unused Amount is equal to or greater than fifty percent (50%) of the Facility Amount, calculated daily (based on the number of days elapsed in a 360-day year). Such fee shall be payable in arrears the last day of March, June, September and December in each year. Any such accrued and unpaid fee shall also be payable on the Termination Date or any earlier date of termination of the Commitments or reduction of the Commitments to zero.

(b) Letter of Credit Fees . The Borrowers agree to pay to the Agent for the account of each Lender a letter of credit fee at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin for LIBOR Loans times the daily average Stated Amount of each Letter of Credit for the period from and including the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit (x) through and including the date such Letter of Credit expires or is terminated or (y) to but excluding the date such Letter of Credit is drawn in full and is not subject to reinstatement, as the case may be. The fees provided for in the immediately preceding sentence shall be nonrefundable and payable in arrears on (i) the last day

 

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of March, June, September and December in each year, with the first payment being due on June 30, 2010, (ii) the Termination Date, (iii) the date the Commitments are terminated or reduced to zero and (iv) thereafter from time to time on demand of the Agent. In addition, the Borrowers shall pay to the Agent for its own account and not the account of any Lender, an issuance fee in respect of each Letter of Credit equal to the greater of (i) $1,000.00 or (ii) one eighth of one percent (0.125%) per annum on the initial Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit (A) for the period from and including the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit through and including the expiration date of such Letter of Credit and (B) if the expiration date of any Letter of Credit is extended (whether as a result of the operation of an automatic extension clause or otherwise), for the period from but excluding the previous expiration date to and including the extended expiration date. The fees provided for in the immediately preceding sentence shall be nonrefundable and payable upon issuance (or in the case of an extension of the expiration date, on the previous expiration date). The Borrowers shall pay directly to the Agent from time to time on demand all commissions, charges, costs and expenses in the amounts customarily charged by the Agent from time to time in like circumstances with respect to the issuance of each Letter of Credit, drawings, amendments and other transactions relating thereto.

(c) Administrative and Other Fees . The Borrowers agree to pay the administrative and other fees of the Agent as may be agreed to by the Borrowers and the Agent from time to time.

Section 3.7. Computations.

Unless otherwise expressly set forth herein, any accrued interest on any Loan, any Fees or any other Obligations due hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and the actual number of days elapsed.

Section 3.8. Usury.

In no event shall the amount of interest due or payable on the Loans or other Obligations exceed the maximum rate of interest allowed by Applicable Law and, if any such payment is paid by any Borrower or received by any Lender, then such excess sum shall be credited as a payment of principal, unless the Borrowers shall notify the respective Lender in writing that the Borrowers elect to have such excess sum returned to them forthwith. It is the express intent of the parties hereto that the Borrowers not pay and the Lenders not receive, directly or indirectly, in any manner whatsoever, interest in excess of that which may be lawfully paid by the Borrowers under Applicable Law.

Section 3.9. Agreement Regarding Interest and Charges.

The parties hereto hereby agree and stipulate that the only charge imposed upon the Borrowers for the use of money in connection with this Agreement is and shall be the interest specifically described in Sections 2.3.(a)(i) and 2.3(a)(ii), except as otherwise may be the case under Section 2.14(e)(vi). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties hereto further agree and stipulate that all agency fees, syndication fees, facility fees, closing fees, letter of credit fees, underwriting fees, default charges, late charges, funding or “breakage” charges, increased cost charges, attorneys’ fees and reimbursement for costs and expenses paid by the Agent or any

 

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Lender to third parties or for damages incurred by the Agent or any Lender, in each case in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, are charges made to compensate the Agent or any such Lender for underwriting or administrative services and costs or losses performed or incurred, and to be performed or incurred, by the Agent and the Lenders in connection with this Agreement and shall under no circumstances be deemed to be charges for the use of money. All charges other than charges for the use of money shall be fully earned and nonrefundable when due.

Section 3.10. Statements of Account.

The Agent will account to the Borrowers monthly with a statement of Loans, Letters of Credit, accrued interest and Fees, charges and payments made pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and such account rendered by the Agent shall be deemed conclusive upon the Borrowers absent manifest error unless the Borrowers provide written notice to the Agent, within 90 days after receipt of such statement, specifying in reasonable detail those portions of such statement as to which the Borrowers object and the grounds for such objection. The failure of the Agent to deliver such a statement of accounts shall not relieve or discharge the Borrowers from any of their obligations hereunder.

Section 3.11. Defaulting Lenders.

(a) Generally . If for any reason any Lender (a “Defaulting Lender”) shall fail or refuse to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to which it is a party within the time period specified for performance of such obligation or, if no time period is specified, if such failure or refusal continues for a period of two Business Days after notice from the Agent, then, in addition to the rights and remedies that may be available to the Agent or the Borrowers under this Agreement or Applicable Law, such Defaulting Lender’s right to participate in the administration of the Loans, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including without limitation, any right to vote in respect of, to consent to or to direct any action or inaction of the Agent or to be taken into account in the calculation of the Required Lenders, shall be suspended during the pendency of such failure or refusal, but such Defaulting Lender shall retain its approval rights with respect to any matters set forth in Sections 12.6(b)(i) and (iv) below. If a Lender is a Defaulting Lender because it has failed to make timely payment to the Agent of any amount required to be paid to the Agent hereunder (without giving effect to any notice or cure periods), in addition to other rights and remedies which the Agent or the Borrowers may have under the immediately preceding provisions or otherwise, the Agent shall be entitled (i) to collect interest from such Defaulting Lender on such delinquent payment for the period from the date on which the payment was due until the date on which the payment is made at the Federal Funds Rate, (ii) to withhold or setoff and to apply in satisfaction of the defaulted payment and any related interest, any amounts otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and (iii) to bring an action or suit against such Defaulting Lender in any state court located in the Borough of Manhattan, New York, New York or any federal court located in the Southern District of New York to recover the defaulted amount and any related interest. Any amounts received by the Agent in respect of a Defaulting Lender’s Loans shall not be paid to such Defaulting Lender and shall be held uninvested by the Agent and either applied against the purchase price of such Loans under the following subsection (b) or paid to such Defaulting Lender upon such Defaulting Lender’s curing of its default. A Defaulting Lender’s rights to fully participate in Lender decision-making and to fully participate in payments due from Borrower shall be restored only upon the payment by such Defaulting Lender of the amounts as to which it is delinquent.

 

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(b) Purchase or Cancellation of Defaulting Lender’s Commitment . Any Lender who is not a Defaulting Lender may, but shall not be obligated, in its sole discretion, to acquire all or a portion of a Defaulting Lender’s Commitment. Any Lender desiring to exercise such right shall give written notice thereof to the Agent and the Borrowers no sooner than 2 Business Days and not later than 5 Business Days after such Defaulting Lender became a Defaulting Lender. If more than one Lender exercises such right, each such Lender shall have the right to acquire an amount of such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment in proportion to the Commitments of the other Lenders exercising such right. If after such 5th Business Day, the Lenders have not elected to purchase all of the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender, then the Borrowers may, by giving written notice thereof to the Agent, such Defaulting Lender and the other Lenders, either (i) demand that such Defaulting Lender assign its Commitment to an Eligible Assignee subject to and in accordance with the provisions of Section 12.5.(d) for the purchase price provided for below or (ii) terminate the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender, whereupon such Defaulting Lender shall no longer be a party hereto or have any rights or obligations hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents. No party hereto shall have any obligation whatsoever to initiate any such replacement or to assist in finding an Eligible Assignee. Upon any such purchase or assignment, the Defaulting Lender’s interest in the Loans and its rights hereunder (but not its liability in respect thereof or under the Loan Documents or this Agreement to the extent the same relate to the period prior to the effective date of the purchase except to the extent assigned pursuant to such purchase) shall terminate on the date of purchase, and the Defaulting Lender shall promptly execute all documents reasonably requested to surrender and transfer such interest to the purchaser or assignee thereof, including an appropriate Assignment and Assumption Agreement and, notwithstanding Section 12.5.(d), shall pay to the Agent an assignment fee in the amount of $7,000. The purchase price for the Commitment of a Defaulting Lender shall be equal to the amount of the principal balance of the Loans outstanding and owed by the Borrowers to the Defaulting Lender. Prior to payment of such purchase price to a Defaulting Lender, the Agent shall apply against such purchase price any amounts retained by the Agent pursuant to the last sentence of the immediately preceding subsection (a). The Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive amounts owed to it by the Borrowers under the Loan Documents which accrued prior to the date of the default by the Defaulting Lender, to the extent the same are received by the Agent from or on behalf of the Borrowers. There shall be no recourse against any Lender or the Agent for the payment of such sums except to the extent of the receipt of payments from any other party or in respect of the Loans.

Section 3.12. Taxes.

(a) Taxes Generally . All payments by the Borrowers of principal of, and interest on, the Loans and all other Obligations shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any present or future excise, stamp or other taxes, fees, duties, levies, imposts, charges, deductions, withholdings or other charges of any nature whatsoever imposed by any taxing authority, but excluding (i) franchise taxes, (ii) any taxes imposed on or measured by the assets, net income, receipts or branch profits of any Lender or the Agent, (iii) any taxes (other than withholding taxes) with respect to the Agent or a Lender that would not be imposed but for a connection

 

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between the Agent or such Lender and the jurisdiction imposing such taxes (other than a connection arising solely by virtue of the activities of the Agent or such Lender pursuant to or in respect of this Agreement or any other Loan Document), and (iv) any taxes, fees, duties, levies, imposts, charges, deductions, withholdings or other charges to the extent imposed as a result of the failure of the Agent or a Lender, as applicable, to provide and keep current (to the extent legally able) any certificates, documents or other evidence required to qualify for an exemption from, or reduced rate of, any such taxes fees, duties, levies, imposts, charges, deductions, withholdings or other charges or required by the immediately following subsection (c) to be furnished by the Agent or such Lender, as applicable (such non-excluded items being collectively called “Taxes”). If any withholding or deduction from any payment to be made by the Borrowers hereunder is required in respect of any Taxes pursuant to any Applicable Law, then the Borrowers will:

(i) pay directly to the relevant Governmental Authority the full amount required to be so withheld or deducted;

(ii) promptly forward to the Agent an official receipt or other documentation satisfactory to the Agent evidencing such payment to such Governmental Authority; and

(iii) pay to the Agent for its account or the account of the applicable Lender, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as is necessary to ensure that the net amount actually received by the Agent or such Lender will equal the full amount that the Agent or such Lender would have received had no such withholding or deduction been required.

(b) Tax Indemnification . If the Borrowers fail to pay any Taxes when due to the appropriate Governmental Authority or fails to remit to the Agent, for its account or the account of the respective Lender, as the case may be, the required receipts or other required documentary evidence, the Borrowers shall indemnify the Agent and the Lenders for any incremental Taxes, interest or penalties that may become payable by the Agent or any Lender as a result of any such failure. For purposes of this Section, a distribution hereunder by the Agent or any Lender to or for the account of any Lender shall be deemed a payment by the Borrowers.

(c) Tax Forms . Prior to the date that any Foreign Lender becomes a party hereto, such Foreign Lender shall deliver to the Borrowers and the Agent such certificates, documents or other evidence, as required by the Internal Revenue Code or Treasury Regulations issued pursuant thereto (including Internal Revenue Service Forms W-8ECI and W-8BEN, as applicable, or appropriate successor forms), properly completed, currently effective and duly executed by such Foreign Lender establishing that payments to it hereunder and under the Notes are (i) not subject to United States Federal backup withholding tax and (ii) not subject to United States Federal withholding tax imposed under the Internal Revenue Code. Each such Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it may lawfully do so, (x) deliver further copies of such forms or other appropriate certifications on or before the date that any such forms expire or become obsolete and after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent form delivered to the Borrowers or the Agent and (y) obtain such extensions of the time for filing, and renew such forms and certifications thereof, as may be reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the Agent. The Borrowers shall not be required to pay any amount pursuant to the last sentence of

 

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subsection (a) above to any Foreign Lender or the Agent, if it is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside of the United States of America, if such Foreign Lender or the Agent, as applicable, fails to comply with the requirements of this subsection. If any such Foreign Lender, to the extent it may lawfully do so, fails to deliver the above forms or other documentation, then the Agent may withhold from any payments to be made to such Foreign Lender under any of the Loan Documents such amounts as are required by the Internal Revenue Code. If any Governmental Authority asserts that the Agent did not properly withhold or backup withhold, as the case may be, any tax or other amount from payments made to or for the account of any Lender, such Lender shall indemnify the Agent therefor, including all penalties and interest, any taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on the amounts payable to the Agent under this Section, and costs and expenses (including all reasonable fees and disbursements of any law firm or other external counsel and the allocated cost of internal legal services and all disbursements of internal counsel) of the Agent. The obligation of the Lenders under this Section shall survive the termination of the Commitments, repayment of all Obligations and the resignation or replacement of the Agent.

ARTICLE IV. - YIELD PROTECTION, ETC.

Section 4.1. Additional Costs; Capital Adequacy.

(a) Additional Costs . The Borrowers shall promptly pay to the Agent for the account of each affected Lender from time to time such amounts as such Lender may reasonably determine to be necessary to compensate such Lender for any costs incurred by such Lender that it reasonably determines are attributable to its making or maintaining of any LIBOR Loans or its obligation to make any LIBOR Loans hereunder, any reduction in any amount receivable by such Lender under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents in respect of any of such Loans or such obligation or the maintenance by such Lender of capital in respect of its LIBOR Loans or its Commitment (such increases in costs and reductions in amounts receivable being herein called “Additional Costs”), to the extent resulting from any Regulatory Change that: (i) changes the basis of taxation of any amounts payable to such Lender under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents in respect of any of such Loans or its Commitment (other than taxes, fees, duties, levies, imposts, charges, deductions, withholdings or other charges which are excluded from the definition of Taxes pursuant to the first sentence of Section 3.12.(a)); or (ii) imposes or modifies any reserve, special deposit or similar requirements (other than Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or other reserve requirement to the extent utilized in the determination of Adjusted LIBOR for such Loan) relating to any extensions of credit or other assets of, or any deposits with or other liabilities of, such Lender, or any commitment of such Lender (including, without limitation, the Commitment of such Lender hereunder); or (iii) has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on capital of such Lender to a level below that which such Lender could have achieved but for such Regulatory Change (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies with respect to capital adequacy).

(b) Lender’s Suspension of LIBOR Loans . Without limiting the effect of the provisions of the immediately preceding subsection (a), if, by reason of any Regulatory Change, any Lender either (i) incurs Additional Costs based on or measured by the excess above a specified level of the amount of a category of deposits or other liabilities of such Lender that

 

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includes deposits by reference to which the interest rate on LIBOR Loans is determined as provided in this Agreement or a category of extensions of credit or other assets of such Lender that includes LIBOR Loans or (ii) becomes subject to restrictions on the amount of such a category of liabilities or assets that it may hold, then, if such Lender so elects by notice to the Borrowers (with a copy to the Agent), the obligation of such Lender to make or Continue, or to Convert any other Type of Loans into, LIBOR Loans hereunder shall be suspended until such Regulatory Change ceases to be in effect (in which case the provisions of Section 4.6. shall apply).

(c) Additional Costs in Respect of Letters of Credit . Without limiting the obligations of the Borrowers under the preceding subsections of this Section (but without duplication), if as a result of any Regulatory Change or any risk-based capital guideline or other requirement heretofore or hereafter issued by any Governmental Authority there shall be imposed, modified or deemed applicable, in each case after the Agreement Date, any tax, reserve, special deposit, capital adequacy or similar requirement against or with respect to or measured by reference to Letters of Credit and the result shall be to increase the cost to the Agent of issuing (or any Lender of purchasing participations in) or maintaining its obligation hereunder to issue (or purchase participations in) any Letter of Credit or reduce any amount receivable by the Agent or any Lender hereunder in respect of any Letter of Credit, then, upon demand by the Agent or such Lender, the Borrowers shall pay promptly, and in any event within 3 Business Days of demand, to the Agent for its account or the account of such Lender, as applicable, from time to time as specified by the Agent or a Lender, such additional amounts as shall be sufficient to compensate the Agent or such Lender for such increased costs or reductions in amount.

(d) Notification and Determination of Additional Costs . Each of the Agent and each Lender agrees to notify the Borrowers of any event occurring after the Agreement Date entitling the Agent or such Lender to compensation under any of the preceding subsections of this Section as promptly as practicable; provided, however, except as otherwise provided below, the failure of the Agent or any Lender to give such notice shall not release the Borrowers from any of their obligations hereunder (and in the case of a Lender, to the Agent). The Agent or such Lender agrees to furnish to the Borrowers (and in the case of a Lender, to the Agent) a certificate setting forth in reasonable detail the basis and amount of each request by the Agent or such Lender for compensation under this Section, in each case within three months after the effective date of the Regulatory Change or other circumstance giving rise to such requested compensation (and, should such certificate not be furnished within such three-month period, the Borrowers shall not be liable for any Additional Costs or compensation related to such Regulatory Change or other circumstance). Absent manifest error, determinations by the Agent or any Lender of the effect of any Regulatory Change shall be conclusive, provided that such determinations are made on a reasonable basis and in good faith and otherwise in accordance with this Agreement.

Section 4.2. Suspension of LIBOR Loans.

Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, if, on or prior to the determination of Adjusted LIBOR for any Interest Period:

(a) the Agent reasonably determines (which determination shall be conclusive) that by reason of circumstances affecting the relevant market, adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining Adjusted LIBOR for such Interest Period, or

 

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(b) the Agent reasonably determines (which determination shall be deemed presumptively correct) that, due to changes not reasonably foreseeable on the Agreement Date, Adjusted LIBOR will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to the Lenders of making or maintaining LIBOR Loans for such Interest Period;

then the Agent shall give the Borrowers and each Lender prompt notice thereof and, so long as such condition remains in effect, the Lenders shall be under no obligation to, and shall not, make additional LIBOR Loans, Continue LIBOR Loans or Convert Loans into LIBOR Loans and the Borrowers shall, on the last day of each current Interest Period for each outstanding LIBOR Loan, either repay such Loan or Convert such Loan into a Base Rate Loan.

Section 4.3. Illegality.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any Lender shall reasonably determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding) that it has become unlawful for such Lender to honor its obligation to make or maintain LIBOR Loans hereunder, then such Lender shall promptly notify the Borrowers thereof (with a copy to the Agent) and such Lender’s obligation to make or Continue, or to Convert Loans of any other Type into, LIBOR Loans shall be suspended until such time as such Lender may again make and maintain LIBOR Loans (in which case the provisions of Section 4.6. shall be applicable).

Section 4.4. Compensation.

The Borrowers shall pay to the Agent for the account of each Lender, upon the request of such Lender through the Agent, such amount or amounts as shall be sufficient (in the reasonable opinion of such Lender) to compensate it for any loss, cost or expense that such Lender reasonably determines is attributable to:

(a) any payment or prepayment (whether mandatory or optional) of a LIBOR Loan, or Conversion of a LIBOR Loan, made by such Lender for any reason (including, without limitation, acceleration) on a date other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan; or

(b) any failure by the Borrowers for any reason (including, without limitation, the failure of any of the applicable conditions precedent specified in Article V. to be satisfied) to borrow a LIBOR Loan from such Lender on the requested date for such borrowing, or to Convert a Base Rate Loan into a LIBOR Loan or Continue a LIBOR Loan on the requested date of such Conversion or Continuation.

Upon the Borrowers’ request, any Lender requesting compensation under this Section shall provide the Borrowers with a statement setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for requesting such compensation and the method for determining the amount thereof. Absent manifest error, determinations by any Lender in any such statement shall be conclusive, provided that such determinations are made on a reasonable basis and in good faith.

 

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Section 4.5. Affected Lenders.

If (a) a Lender requests compensation pursuant to Section 3.12. or 4.1., and the Required Lenders are not also doing the same, or (b) the obligation of any Lender to make LIBOR Loans or to Continue, or to Convert Base Rate Loans into, LIBOR Loans shall be suspended pursuant to Section 4.1.(b) or 4.3. but the obligation of the Required Lenders shall not have been suspended under such Sections, then, so long as there does not then exist any Default or Event of Default, the Borrowers may demand that such Lender (the “Affected Lender”), and upon such demand the Affected Lender shall promptly, assign its Commitment to an Eligible Assignee subject to and in accordance with the provisions of Section 12.5.(d) for a purchase price equal to the aggregate principal balance of all Loans then owing to the Affected Lender plus any accrued but unpaid interest thereon and accrued but unpaid fees owing to the Affected Lender, or any other amount as may be mutually agreed upon by such Affected Lender and Eligible Assignee. Each of the Agent and the Affected Lender shall reasonably cooperate in effectuating the replacement of such Affected Lender under this Section, but at no time shall the Agent, such Affected Lender nor any other Lender be obligated in any way whatsoever to initiate any such replacement or to assist in finding an Eligible Assignee. The exercise by the Borrowers of their rights under this Section shall be at the Borrowers’ sole cost and expense and at no cost or expense to the Agent, the Affected Lender or any of the other Lenders. The terms of this Section shall not in any way limit the Borrowers’ obligation to pay to any Affected Lender compensation owing to such Affected Lender pursuant to Section 3.12. or 4.1. with respect to periods up to the date of replacement.

Section 4.6. Treatment of Affected Loans.

If the obligation of any Lender to make LIBOR Loans or to Continue, or to Convert Base Rate Loans into, LIBOR Loans shall be suspended pursuant to Section 4.1.(b) or 4.3., then such Lender’s LIBOR Loans shall be automatically Converted into Base Rate Loans on the last day(s) of the then current Interest Period(s) for LIBOR Loans (or, in the case of a Conversion required by Section 4.1.(b) or 4.3., on such earlier date as such Lender may specify to the Borrowers with a copy to the Agent) and, unless and until such Lender gives notice as provided below that the circumstances specified in Section 4.1. or 4.3. that gave rise to such Conversion no longer exist:

(a) to the extent that such Lender’s LIBOR Loans have been so Converted, all payments and prepayments of principal that would otherwise be applied to such Lender’s LIBOR Loans shall be applied instead to its Base Rate Loans; and

(b) all Loans that would otherwise be made or Continued by such Lender as LIBOR Loans shall be made or Continued instead as Base Rate Loans, and all Base Rate Loans of such Lender that would otherwise be Converted into LIBOR Loans shall remain as Base Rate Loans.

If such Lender gives notice to the Borrowers (with a copy to the Agent) that the circumstances specified in Section 4.1. or 4.3. that gave rise to the Conversion of such Lender’s LIBOR Loans pursuant to this Section no longer exist (which such Lender agrees to do promptly upon such circumstances ceasing to exist) at a time when LIBOR Loans made by other Lenders are outstanding, then such Lender’s Base Rate Loans shall be automatically Converted, on the first

 

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day(s) of the next succeeding Interest Period(s) for such outstanding LIBOR Loans, to the extent necessary so that, after giving effect thereto, all Loans held by the Lenders holding LIBOR Loans and by such Lender are held pro rata (as to principal amounts, Types and Interest Periods) in accordance with their respective Commitments.

Section 4.7. Change of Lending Office.

Each Lender agrees that it will use reasonable efforts to designate an alternate Lending Office with respect to any of its Loans affected by the matters or circumstances described in Section 3.12., 4.1. or 4.3. to reduce the liability of the Borrowers or avoid the results provided thereunder, so long as such designation is not disadvantageous to such Lender as determined by such Lender in its sole discretion, except that such Lender shall have no obligation to designate a Lending Office located in the United States of America.

Section 4.8. Assumptions Concerning Funding of LIBOR Loans.

Calculation of all amounts payable to a Lender under this Article IV. shall be made as though such Lender had actually funded LIBOR Loans through the purchase of deposits in the relevant market bearing interest at the rate applicable to such LIBOR Loans in an amount equal to the amount of the LIBOR Loans and having a maturity comparable to the relevant Interest Period; provided, however, that each Lender may fund each of its LIBOR Loans in any manner it sees fit and the foregoing assumption shall be used only for calculation of amounts payable under this Article IV.

ARTICLE V. - CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

Section 5.1. Initial Conditions Precedent.

The obligation of the Lenders to effect or permit the occurrence of the first Credit Event hereunder, whether as the making of a Loan or the issuance of a Letter of Credit, is subject to the following conditions precedent:

(a) The Agent shall have received each of the following, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent:

(i) Counterparts of this Agreement executed by each of the parties hereto;

(ii) Notes executed by the Borrowers, payable to each Lender (if requested by such Lender) and complying with the applicable provisions of Section 2.9;

(iii) An opinion of counsel to the Borrowers, addressed to the Agent and the Lenders, in form and substance acceptable to Agent’s counsel;

(iv) A copy, certified as of a recent date by the appropriate officer of each State in which each Borrower is organized, and a duly authorized officer or similar representative of such Borrower, as applicable, to be true and complete, of the corporate charter or other formation document of the such Borrower as in effect on such date of certification;

 

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(v) A certificate of good standing or certificate of similar meaning with respect to each Borrower issued as of a recent date by the Secretary of State of the state of formation of each such Borrower and certificates of qualification to transact business or other comparable certificates issued by each Secretary of State (and any state department of taxation, as applicable) of each state in which such Borrower is required to be so qualified and where the failure to be so qualified could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(vi) A certificate of incumbency signed by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary (or other individual performing similar functions) of each Borrower with respect to each of the officers of such Borrower authorized to execute and deliver the Loan Documents to which such Borrower is a party, and in the case of the Borrower Representative, each of the officers of such Person authorized to deliver Notices of Borrowing, Notices of Continuation and Notices of Conversion and to request the issuance of Letters of Credit;

(vii) Copies certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary (or other individual performing similar functions) of each Borrowers of (i) the by-laws of such Borrower, if a corporation, the operating agreement of such Borrower, if a limited liability company, the partnership agreement of such Borrower, if a limited or general partnership, or other comparable document in the case of any other form of legal entity and (ii) all corporate, partnership, member or other necessary action taken by such Borrower to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a party;

(viii) The Fees then due and payable under Section 3.6(c)., and any other Fees payable to the Agent, the Titled Agents and the Lenders on or prior to the Effective Date;

(ix) A Compliance Certificate and an Availability Certificate calculated as of the Effective Date (giving pro forma effect to the financing contemplated by this Agreement and the use of the proceeds of the Loans to be funded on the Effective Date);

(x) A letter from the agent under the Existing Credit Agreements, and from the lender under the existing loan secured by TDS, providing information regarding the payment in full of amounts outstanding thereunder and providing for the termination thereof (including the termination of all Liens securing such credit facilities);

(xi) The Eligible Real Estate Qualification Documents required by the Agent for each Unencumbered Property included in the Unencumbered Pool as of the Effective Date shall have been delivered to the Agent at the Borrowers’ expense and shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent;

(xii) Such due diligence with respect to the Unencumbered Pool as the Agent may reasonably require; and

(xiii) Such other documents, agreements and instruments as the Agent on behalf of the Lenders may reasonably request.

 

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(b) In the good faith judgment of the Agent and the Lenders:

(i) There shall not have occurred or become known to the Agent or any of the Lenders any event, condition, situation or status since the date of the information contained in the financial and business projections, budgets, pro forma data and forecasts concerning EPR and its Subsidiaries delivered to the Agent and the Lenders prior to the Agreement Date that has had or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

(ii) No litigation, action, suit, investigation or other arbitral, administrative or judicial proceeding shall be pending or threatened which could reasonably be expected to (1) result in a Material Adverse Effect (except as set forth in Schedule 6.1(i)), or (2) restrain or enjoin, impose materially burdensome conditions on, or otherwise materially and adversely affect the ability of any Borrower to fulfill its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party;

(iii) EPR and its Subsidiaries shall have received all approvals, consents and waivers, and shall have made or given all necessary filings and notices, as shall be required to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby without the occurrence of any default under, conflict with or violation of (1) any Applicable Law or (2) any agreement, document or instrument to which any Borrower is a party or by which any of its properties is bound, except for such approvals, consents, waivers, filings and notices the receipt, making or giving of which would not reasonably be likely to (A) have a Material Adverse Effect, or (B) restrain or enjoin, impose materially burdensome conditions on, or otherwise materially and adversely affect the ability of any Borrower to fulfill its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party; and

(iv) There shall not have occurred or exist any other material disruption of financial or capital markets that could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents.

Section 5.2. Conditions Precedent to All Loans and Letters of Credit.

The obligations of the Lenders to make any Loans and of the Agent to issue Letters of Credit are all subject to the further condition precedent that: (a) no Default or Event of Default shall exist as of the date of the making of such Loan or date of issuance of such Letter of Credit or would exist immediately after giving effect thereto; and (b) the representations and warranties made or deemed made by the Borrowers in the Loan Documents to which any of them is a party, shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of the making of such Loan or date of issuance of such Letter of Credit with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date) and except for changes in factual circumstances not prohibited under the Loan Documents. Each Credit Event shall constitute a certification by the Borrowers to the effect set forth in the preceding sentence (both as of the date of the giving of notice relating to such Credit Event and, unless the Borrowers otherwise notify the Agent prior to the date of such Credit Event, as of the date of the occurrence of such Credit Event). In addition, if such Credit Event is the making of a Loan or the issuance of a Letter of Credit, the Borrowers shall be deemed to have represented to the Agent and the Lenders at the time such Loan is made or Letter of Credit issued that all conditions to the occurrence of such Credit Event contained in this Article V. have been satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE VI. - REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Section 6.1. Representations and Warranties.

In order to induce the Agent and each Lender to enter into this Agreement and to make Loans and issue Letters of Credit, the Borrowers represent and warrant to the Agent and each Lender as follows:

(a) Organization; Power; Qualification . EPR and each of its Subsidiaries is a trust, corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other legal entity, duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, has the power and authority to own or lease its respective properties and to carry on its respective business as now being and hereafter proposed to be conducted and is duly qualified and is in good standing as a foreign corporation, partnership or other legal entity, and authorized to do business, in each jurisdiction in which the character of its properties or the nature of its business requires such qualification or authorization; except where the failure to have such power or authority or to be so qualified or authorized could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Ownership Structure . As of the Agreement Date, Schedule 6.1.(b) is a complete and correct list of all Subsidiaries of EPR setting forth for each such Subsidiary, (i) the jurisdiction of organization of such Subsidiary, (ii) the identity of EPR and each other Subsidiary of EPR holding any Equity Interests in such Subsidiary and, in the case of a Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary, to the Borrowers’ knowledge the identity of the holder(s) of the other Equity Interests in such Subsidiary, (iii) a summary description of the nature of the Equity Interests held by each such Person, and (iv) the percentage of ownership of such Subsidiary represented by such Equity Interests. Except as disclosed in such Schedule, as of the Agreement Date (i) each of EPR and its Subsidiaries owns, free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens), and has the unencumbered right to vote, all outstanding Equity Interests in each Person shown to be held by it on such Schedule, (ii) all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each such Person organized as a corporation is validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and (iii) with respect to each such Subsidiary Borrower, there are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, commitments, preemptive rights or agreements of any kind (including, without limitation, any stockholders’ or voting trust agreements) for the issuance, sale, registration or voting of, or outstanding securities convertible into, any additional shares of capital stock of any class, or partnership or other ownership interests of any type in, such Subsidiary. As of the Agreement Date, Schedule 6.1.(b) correctly sets forth all Unconsolidated Affiliates of EPR, including the correct legal name of such Person, the type of legal entity which each such Person is, and all Equity Interests in such Person held directly or indirectly by EPR.

 

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(c) Authorization of Agreement, Etc . Each Borrower has the right and power, and has taken all necessary action to authorize it, to borrow and obtain other extensions of credit hereunder. Each Borrower has the right and power, and has taken all necessary action, to execute, deliver and perform each of the Loan Documents to which it is a party in accordance with its terms and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The Loan Documents to which any Borrower is a party have been duly executed and delivered by the duly authorized officers of such Person and each is a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Person enforceable against such Person in accordance with its respective terms except as the same may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, and other similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and the availability of equitable remedies for the enforcement of certain obligations (other than the payment of principal) contained herein or therein and as may be limited by equitable principles generally.

(d) Compliance of Loan Documents with Laws, Etc . The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents to which any Borrower is a party in accordance with their respective terms and the borrowings and other extensions of credit hereunder do not and will not, by the passage of time, the giving of notice, or both: (i) require any Governmental Approval or violate any Applicable Law (including all Environmental Laws) relating to any Borrower; (ii) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute a default under the organizational documents of any Borrower, or any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which any Borrower is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound; or (iii) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or with respect to any property now owned or hereafter acquired by any Borrower.

(e) Compliance with Law; Governmental Approvals . EPR and each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance with each Governmental Approval applicable to it and in compliance with all other Applicable Laws (including, without limitation, Environmental Laws) relating to it except for noncompliances which, and Governmental Approvals the failure to possess which, could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to cause an Event of Default or have a Material Adverse Effect.

(f) Title to Properties; Liens . As of the Agreement Date, Schedule 6.1.(f) is a complete and correct listing of all real property owned or leased by EPR or its Subsidiaries or with respect to which EPR or one of its Subsidiaries holds an EPR Senior First Mortgage or similar mortgage. Each such Person has good, marketable and legal title to, or a valid leasehold interest in, or, in the case of real estate subject to an EPR Senior First Mortgage or similar mortgage, a valid mortgage lien on, its respective assets. As of the Agreement Date, there are no Liens against any assets of any Borrower except for Permitted Liens.

(g) Existing Indebtedness . Schedule 6.1.(g) is, as of the Agreement Date, a complete and correct listing of all Indebtedness of EPR and its Subsidiaries the outstanding principal amount of which exceeds $1,000,000, including without limitation, Guarantees of EPR and its Subsidiaries, and indicating whether such Indebtedness is Secured Indebtedness.

(h) Material Contracts . Schedule 6.1.(h) is, as of the Agreement Date, a true, correct and complete listing of all Material Contracts, other than, to the extent constituting Material Contracts, (i) any agreements or other contracts in the nature of loan agreements or other loan documents which evidence, secure or otherwise relate to any Indebtedness described in Schedule 6.1(g), or which evidence or otherwise relate to the Bonds, and (ii) any lease, mortgage or similar financing documents whereby EPR or one or more of its Subsidiaries is a lessor, mortgagee or

 

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the like (including, without limitation, any Leases and EPR Senior Property Loan Documents). No event or condition exists which, with the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, would permit any party to any such Material Contract to terminate such Material Contract (other than any termination right in favor of EPR or any of its Subsidiaries).

(i) Litigation . Except as set forth on Schedule 6.1.(i), there are no actions, suits, investigations or proceedings pending (nor, to the knowledge of the Borrowers, are there any actions, suits or proceedings threatened) against or in any other way relating adversely to or affecting EPR or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective property in any court or before any arbitrator of any kind or before or by any other Governmental Authority which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There are no strikes, slow downs, work stoppages or walkouts or other labor disputes in progress or threatened relating to EPR or any of its Subsidiaries which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(j) Taxes . All federal, state and other tax returns of EPR and each of its Subsidiaries required by Applicable Law to be filed have been duly filed, and all federal, state and other taxes, assessments and other governmental charges or levies upon any such Person and its properties, income, profits and assets which are due and payable have been paid, except any such nonpayment which is at the time permitted under Section 7.6. As of the Agreement Date, no Borrower has received notice of any United States income tax returns of EPR or any of its Subsidiaries being under an audit. All charges, accruals and reserves on the books of EPR and each of its Subsidiaries in respect of any taxes or other governmental charges are in accordance with GAAP.

(k) Financial Statements . EPR has furnished to each Lender copies of (i) the audited consolidated balance sheet of EPR and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2009, and the related audited consolidated statements of operations, cash flows and changes in shareholders’ equity for the fiscal year ending on such dates, with the opinion thereon of KPMG, and (ii) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of EPR and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2010, and the related unaudited consolidated statements of operations and cash flows of EPR and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the fiscal quarter ending on such date. Such financial statements (including in each case related schedules and notes) present fairly, in all material respects and in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods involved, the consolidated financial position of EPR and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at their respective dates and the results of operations and the cash flow for such periods (subject, as to interim statements, to changes resulting from normal year-end audit adjustments). Except as may be set forth in the Schedules to this Agreement or the financial statements described above, neither EPR nor any of its Subsidiaries has on the Agreement Date any contingent liabilities, liabilities, liabilities for taxes, unusual or long-term commitments or unrealized or forward anticipated losses from any unfavorable commitments, in each case, that is material and that would be required to be set forth in its financial statements or in the notes thereto.

(l) No Material Adverse Change; Solvency . Since March 31, 2010, there has been no material adverse change in the business, assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations or business prospects of EPR and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. Each of the Borrowers is Solvent.

 

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(m) ERISA . Each member of the ERISA Group is in compliance with its obligations under the minimum funding standards of ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code with respect to each Plan and is in compliance with the presently applicable provisions of ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code with respect to each Plan, except in each case for noncompliances which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. As of the Agreement Date, no member of the ERISA Group has (i) sought a waiver of the minimum funding standard under Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code in respect of any Plan, (ii) failed to make any contribution or payment to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan or in respect of any Benefit Arrangement, or made any amendment to any Plan or Benefit Arrangement, which failure or amendment has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in the imposition of a Lien or the posting of a bond or other security under ERISA or the Internal Revenue Code or (iii) incurred any liability under Title IV of ERISA other than a liability to the PBGC for premiums under Section 4007 of ERISA.

(n) Not Plan Assets; No Prohibited Transaction . No assets of any Borrower constitute “plan assets” within the meaning of ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code and the respective regulations promulgated thereunder. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and the borrowing and repayment of amounts hereunder, do not and will not constitute non-exempt “prohibited transactions” under ERISA or the Internal Revenue Code.

(o) Absence of Defaults . Neither EPR nor any of its Subsidiaries is in default under its articles of incorporation, bylaws, partnership agreement or other similar organizational documents, and no event has occurred, which has not been remedied, cured or waived, which, in any such case: (i) constitutes a Default or an Event of Default; or (ii) constitutes, or which with the passage of time, the giving of notice, or both, would constitute, a default or event of default by EPR or any of its Subsidiaries under any agreement (other than this Agreement) or judgment, decree or order to which EPR or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any such Persons or any of their respective properties may be bound where such default or event of default could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(p) Environmental Laws . EPR and each of its Subsidiaries has obtained all Governmental Approvals which are required under Environmental Laws and is in compliance with all terms and conditions of such Governmental Approvals which the failure to obtain or to comply with could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except for any of the following matters that could not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) EPR is not aware of, and has not received notice of, any past, present, or future events, conditions, circumstances, activities, practices, incidents, actions, or plans which, with respect to EPR or any of its Subsidiaries, may interfere with or prevent compliance or continued compliance with Environmental Laws, or may give rise to any common-law or legal liability, or otherwise form the basis of any claim, action, demand, suit, proceeding, hearing, or investigation, based on or related to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport, or handling or the emission, discharge, release or threatened release into the environment, of any Hazardous Material; and (ii) there is no civil, criminal, or administrative action, suit, demand, claim, hearing, notice, or demand letter, notice of violation, investigation, or proceeding pending or, to EPR’s knowledge, threatened, against EPR or any of its Subsidiaries relating to any Environmental Laws.

 

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(q) Investment Company; Public Utility Holding Company . Neither EPR nor any of its Subsidiaries is (i) an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or (ii) subject to any other Applicable Law which purports to regulate or restrict its ability to borrow money or to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or to perform its obligations under any Loan Document to which it is a party.

(r) Margin Stock . Neither EPR nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose, whether immediate, incidental or ultimate, of buying or carrying “margin stock” within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and not more than 25% of the value of the assets of the Borrower is comprised of margin stock.

(s) Affiliate Transactions . Except as is not prohibited by Section 9.11., neither EPR nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any transaction with an Affiliate.

(t) Intellectual Property . EPR and each of its Subsidiaries owns or has the right to use, under valid license agreements or otherwise, all material patents, licenses, franchises, trademarks, trademark rights, service marks, service mark rights, trade names, trade name rights, trade secrets and copyrights (collectively, “Intellectual Property”) necessary to the conduct of its businesses as now conducted and as contemplated by the Loan Documents, without known conflict with any patent, license, franchise, trademark, trademark right, service mark, service mark right, trade secret, trade name, copyright or other proprietary right of any other Person; except where any such failure to own or to have the right to use Intellectual Property, or existence of a conflict with the rights of others, could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect. EPR and each of its Subsidiaries have taken all such steps as they deem reasonably necessary to protect their respective rights under and with respect to such Intellectual Property. No material claim has been asserted by any Person with respect to the use of any such Intellectual Property by EPR or any of its Subsidiaries, or challenging or questioning the validity or effectiveness of any such Intellectual Property. The use of such Intellectual Property by EPR and its Subsidiaries does not infringe on the rights of any Person, subject to such claims and infringements as do not, in the aggregate, give rise to any liabilities on the part of EPR or any of its Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(u) Business . As of the Agreement Date, the Borrowers are engaged in the business of acquiring, owning, leasing, making mortgage loans against, financing, managing and otherwise dealing in real estate (including, without limitation, Eligible Real Estate) and related personal property, together with other business activities incidental thereto.

(v) Broker’s Fees . Neither EPR nor any of its Subsidiaries have entered into any agreement providing for the payment of any broker’s or finder’s fee, commission or similar compensation with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby or any ancillary transactions. The foregoing does not include any agency, syndication or other fees permitted to be paid pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.

 

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(w) Accuracy and Completeness of Information . No written information, report or other papers or data (excluding financial projections and other forward looking statements) furnished to the Agent or any Lender by, on behalf of, or at the direction of, EPR or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with, pursuant to or relating in any way to this Agreement, contained any untrue statement of a fact material to EPR and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make such statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. All financial statements (including in each case all related schedules and notes) furnished to the Agent or any Lender by, on behalf of, or at the direction of EPR or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with, pursuant to or relating in any way to this Agreement, present fairly, in all material respects and in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods involved, the financial position of the Persons involved as at the date thereof and the results of operations for such periods (subject, as to interim statements, to changes resulting from normal year-end audit adjustments). All financial projections and other forward looking statements prepared by or on behalf of EPR or any of its Subsidiaries that have been or may hereafter be made available to the Agent or any Lender were or will be prepared in good faith based on reasonable assumptions as of the date of such information; provided, however, the Agent and the Lenders recognize that such projections as to future events are not to be viewed as facts or guarantees of future performance and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such projections may differ from the projected results. As of the Effective Date, no fact is known to any Borrower which has had, or may in the future have (so far as such Borrower can reasonably foresee), a Material Adverse Effect which has not been set forth in the financial statements referred to in Section 6.1.(k) or in such information, reports or other papers or data or otherwise disclosed in writing to the Agent and the Lenders.

(x) REIT Status . EPR is a Maryland real estate investment trust duly organized pursuant to a Declaration of Trust filed with the Maryland Department of Assessments and Taxation, and is in good standing under the laws of Maryland. EPR conducts its business in a manner which enables it to qualify as a real estate investment trust under, and to be entitled to the benefits of, Section 856 of the Internal Revenue Code, and has elected to be treated as and is entitled to the benefits of a real estate investment trust thereunder. EPR (i) has all requisite power to own its property and conduct its business as now conducted and as presently contemplated, and (ii) is in good standing and duly authorized to do business in the jurisdictions where the Unencumbered Properties directly owned or leased by it are located and in each other jurisdiction where a failure to be so qualified in such other jurisdiction could have a materially adverse effect on the business, assets or financial condition of EPR. EPR has not taken any action that would prevent it from maintaining its qualification as a REIT for its tax year ending December 31, 2009, or as of the date of this Agreement, from maintaining such qualification at all times during the term of the Loan.

(y) SEC Filings . EPR has made all filings with and obtained all consents of the Securities and Exchange Commission as required, if any, under the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by EPR of each of the Obligations incurred in connection with the Loan Documents.

 

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(z) Foreign Assets Control . To the knowledge of EPR and the Borrowers after due inquiry, none of the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate of the Borrower: (i) is a Sanctioned Person, (ii) has any of its assets in Sanctioned Entities, or (iii) derives any of its operating income from investments in, or transactions with, Sanctioned Persons or Sanctioned Entities.

Section 6.2. Survival of Representations and Warranties, Etc.

All statements contained in any certificate, financial statement or other instrument delivered by or on behalf of EPR or any of its Subsidiares to the Agent or any Lender pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents (including, but not limited to, any such statement made in or in connection with any amendment hereto or thereto or any such statement contained in any certificate, financial statement or other instrument delivered by or on behalf of EPR or any of its Subsidiares prior to the Agreement Date and delivered to the Agent or any Lender in connection with the underwriting or closing of the transactions contemplated hereby) shall constitute representations and warranties made by the Borrowers in favor of the Agent or any of the Lenders under this Agreement. All representations and warranties made under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be deemed to be made at and as of the Agreement Date, the Effective Date, and the date of the occurrence of any Credit Event, except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date) and except for changes in factual circumstances not prohibited under the Loan Documents. All such representations and warranties shall survive the effectiveness of this Agreement, the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of the Loans and the issuance of the Letters of Credit.

Section 6.3. Applicability of Representations and Warranties to City Center Project.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the representations, warranties and other provisions contained in this Article VI shall not apply to LC White Plains Recreation, LLC or LC White Plains Retail, LLC so long as such entities (if deemed Subsidiaries) have an ownership, ground lease or similar interest in the City Center Project. However, such representations, warranties and other provisions shall apply if EPR or a Subsidiary Borrower becomes obligated for the City Center Debt or a refinancing thereof.

ARTICLE VII. - AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

For so long as this Agreement is in effect, unless the Required Lenders (or, if required pursuant to Section 12.6., all of the Lenders) shall otherwise consent in the manner provided for in Section 12.6., the Borrowers shall comply with the following covenants:

Section 7.1. Preservation of Existence and Similar Matters.

Except as otherwise permitted under Section 9.7., EPR shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, preserve and maintain its respective existence, rights, franchises, licenses and privileges in the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation and qualify and remain qualified and authorized to do business in each jurisdiction in which the character of its properties or the nature of its business requires such qualification and authorization and where the failure to be so authorized and qualified could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Section 7.2. Compliance with Applicable Law and Material Contracts.

EPR shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with (a) all Applicable Laws, including the obtaining of all Governmental Approvals, the failure with which to comply could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (b) all terms and conditions of all Material Contracts to which it is a party.

Section 7.3. Maintenance of Property.

In addition to the requirements of any of the other Loan Documents, EPR shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, (a) protect and preserve all of its respective material properties, including, but not limited to, material Intellectual Property, and maintain in good repair, working order and condition all material tangible properties, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and (b) make or cause to be made all needed and appropriate repairs, renewals, replacements and additions to such properties, so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 7.3 shall impose any duty on EPR or any of its Subsidiaries to the extent that, pursuant to the terms of the applicable Leases or EPR Senior Property Loan Documents or other applicable lease or mortgage documents, the tenant or mortgagor, as applicable, with respect to the relevant property is obligated to perform such duties or whereby, pursuant to the terms of such documents, EPR or any of its Subsidiaries does not have the right to access such property or is otherwise prohibited from performing such duties.

Section 7.4. Conduct of Business.

The Borrowers shall carry on their respective businesses as described in Section 6.1.(u).

Section 7.5. Insurance.

EPR shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain insurance on its real property assets with financially sound and reputable insurance companies against such risks and in such amounts as is customarily maintained by Persons engaged in similar businesses or as may be required by Applicable Law; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 7.5 shall impose any duty on EPR or any of its Subsidiaries to maintain any such insurance to the extent that, pursuant to the terms of the applicable Leases or EPR Senior Property Loan Documents or other applicable lease or mortgage documents, the tenant or mortgagor, as applicable, is obligated to provide any such insurance or whereby such risks, or portions thereof, may be covered by self-insurance. EPR shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, deliver to the Agent, upon its request from time to time, a detailed list, together with copies of all policies of the insurance then in effect, stating the names of the insurance companies, the amounts and rates of the insurance, the dates of the expiration thereof and the properties and risks covered thereby.

Section 7.6. Payment of Taxes and Claims.

EPR shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, pay and discharge when due (a) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon its income or profits or upon any properties belonging to it, and (b) all lawful claims of materialmen, mechanics, carriers, warehousemen and landlords for labor, materials, supplies and rentals

 

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which, if unpaid, might become a Lien on any properties of such Person; provided, however, that this Section shall not require the payment or discharge of any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings which operate to suspend the collection thereof and for which adequate reserves have been established on the books of the applicable Borrower, or Subsidiary, in accordance with GAAP.

Section 7.7. Visits and Inspections.

EPR shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, permit representatives or agents of any Lender or the Agent, from time to time after reasonable prior notice if no Event of Default shall be in existence, and as often as may be reasonably requested, but only during normal business hours, to: (a) visit and inspect all properties of EPR and its Subsidiaries to the extent any such right to visit or inspect is within the control of such Person; (b) inspect and make extracts from their respective books and records, including but not limited to management letters prepared by independent accountants; and (c) discuss with its officers and employees, and its independent accountants, its business, properties, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations and performance. If requested by the Agent, EPR shall execute an authorization letter addressed to its accountants authorizing the Agent or any Lender to discuss the financial affairs of EPR or any of its Subsidiaries with its accountants. The exercise by the Agent or a Lender of its rights under this Section shall be at the expense of the Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, unless an Event of Default shall exist in which case it shall be at the expense of the Borrowers.

Section 7.8. Use of Proceeds; Letters of Credit.

The Borrowers shall use the proceeds of the Loans and the Letters of Credit for general corporate purposes, including the repayment of the Indebtedness under the Existing Agreements, repayment of the Indebtedness secured by TDS, payment of closing costs and fees, the acquisition, renovation and improvement of real property, the making of mortgage loans against real property, and for other purposes consistent with the business activities described in Section 6.1(u). No part of the proceeds of any Loan or Letter of Credit will be used (a) for the purpose of buying or carrying “margin stock” within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any such margin stock or (b) to finance any operations in, finance investments or activities in, or make any payments to, a Sanctioned Person or Sanctioned Entity.

Section 7.9. Environmental Matters.

EPR shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all Environmental Laws the failure with which to comply could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. If EPR or any of its Subsidiaries: (a) receives notice that any violation of any Environmental Law may have been committed or is about to be committed by such Person, (b) receives notice that any administrative or judicial complaint or order has been filed or is about to be filed against EPR or any of its Subsidiaries alleging violations of any Environmental Law or requiring EPR or any of its Subsidiaries to take any action in connection with the release of Hazardous Materials or (c) receives any notice from a Governmental Authority or private party alleging that EPR or any of its Subsidiaries may be liable or responsible for costs

 

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associated with a response to or cleanup of a release of Hazardous Materials or any damages caused thereby, and the matters referred to in such notices, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Borrowers shall provide the Agent with a copy of such notice promptly, and in any event within 10 Business Days, after the receipt thereof by EPR or any of its Subsidiaries. EPR shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, take promptly all actions necessary to prevent the imposition of any Liens on any of their respective properties arising out of or related to any Environmental Laws (other than any such Liens that constitute Permitted Liens).

Section 7.10. Books and Records.

EPR shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain books and records pertaining to its respective business operations in such detail, form and scope as is consistent with good business practice and in accordance with GAAP. Each Borrower will maintain its chief executive office at 30 West Pershing Road, Suite 201, Kansas City, MO 64108, or at such other place in the United States of America as the Borrowers shall designate prior to any such change in location by written notice to the Agent, where notices, presentations and demands to or upon the Borrowers in respect of the Loan Documents may be given or made.

Section 7.11. Further Assurances.

The Borrowers shall, at the Borrowers’ cost and expense and upon request of the Agent, execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered, to the Agent such further instruments, documents and certificates, and do and cause to be done such further acts that may be reasonably necessary or advisable in the reasonable opinion of the Agent to carry out more effectively the provisions and purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

Section 7.12. Replacement or Addition of Unencumbered Properties.

(a) After the Effective Date, the Borrowers shall have the right, subject to the consent of the Agent, not to be unreasonably withheld, and the satisfaction by the Borrowers of the other conditions set forth in this Section 7.12, to add Potential Unencumbered Property to the Unencumbered Pool (including, without limitation, Potential Encumbered Property owned by a Subsidiary that, prior to such addition, was not a Subsidiary Borrower) or to replace any Unencumbered Property with a Potential Unencumbered Property. The addition or replacement of Potential Unencumbered Property to or for the then existing Unencumbered Property shall be referred to as “ Unencumbered Property Replacement ”. In the event the Borrowers desires to effect an Unencumbered Property Replacement as aforesaid, the Borrowers shall provide written notice to the Agent of such request (which the Agent shall promptly furnish to the Lenders), together with all other Eligible Real Estate Qualification Documents. No Potential Unencumbered Property shall be included as Unencumbered Property unless and until the Agent determines that the following conditions precedent shall have been satisfied:

(i) such Potential Unencumbered Property shall be Eligible Real Estate;

 

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(ii) the Borrowers shall have executed and/or delivered to the Agent all Eligible Real Estate Qualification Documents, all of which instruments, documents or agreements shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent in its reasonable discretion including, in the case of a Subsidiary that is not already a party to this Agreement as a Subsidiary Borrower, a Joinder Agreement executed by such Subsidiary, together with such organizational documents, directors’ or comparable resolutions, secretary’s, incumbency and like certificates, opinions of counsel and other documents as the Agent may reasonably request; and

(iii) after giving effect to the inclusion of such Potential Unencumbered Property, each of the representations and warranties made by or on behalf of the Borrowers contained in this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or in any document or instrument delivered pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement shall be true in all material respects both as of the date as of which it was made and shall also be true as of the time of the replacement or addition of Unencumbered Properties, with the same effect as if made at and as of that time (it being understood and agreed that any representation or warranty which by its terms is made as of a specified date shall be required to be true and correct only as of such specified date), and no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and the Agent shall have received a certificate of the Borrowers to such effect.

(iv) without limiting any of the foregoing, upon the occurrence of a Unencumbered Property Replacement, Borrowers must provide to Agent an Availability Certificate reflective of the contemplated transaction evidencing that the Aggregate Credit Exposure does not exceed the Availability.

(v) Borrowers shall pay any and all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and costs, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by Agent in connection with review and/or closing of the Potential Unencumbered Property.

The decision of the Agent to grant or withhold its consent to the acceptance of Potential Unencumbered Property under this Section 7.12 shall be based on the factors set forth in this Section 7.12 and any other provisions of this Agreement relating to Eligible Real Estate and Unencumbered Properties.

Section 7.13. Removal of Unencumbered Property.

Provided no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred hereunder and be continuing (or would exist immediately after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by this Section 7.13), subject to the consent of the Agent in its reasonable discretion, the Borrowers shall be permitted to remove an Unencumbered Property from the Unencumbered Pool upon the request of the Borrowers and subject to and upon the following terms and conditions:

(a) the Borrowers shall deliver to the Agent written notice of their desire to remove such property not later than three (3) Business Days prior to the date on which such removal is to be effected;

(b) the Borrowers shall submit to the Agent with such request, an Availability Certificate reflective of the contemplated transaction evidencing that the Aggregate Credit Exposure does not exceed the Availability;

 

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(c) the Borrowers shall pay all reasonable costs and expenses of the Agent in connection with such removal, including without limitation, reasonable attorney’s fees;

(d) the Borrowers shall pay to the Agent for the account of the Lenders, such amount as is necessary to provide that the Aggregate Credit Exposure does not exceed the Availability after giving effect to such removal; said removal price shall be applied to reduce the outstanding principal balance of the Loans as provided in Section 3.1.

If a Subsidiary Borrower complies with the provisions of this Section 7.13 and, after giving effect to the removal of its Unencumbered Property from the Unencumbered Pool, such Subsidiary Borrower does not own or otherwise have an interest in any other property in the Unencumbered Pool, the Agent, if so requested by such Subsidiary Borrower and at the Borrowers’ expense, shall release such Subsidiary Borrower from the provisions of this Agreement, the Notes and the other Loan Documents all as if such Subsidiary Borrower was never a party hereto or thereto; provided, however, that (i) in no event shall the Agent be obligated to effectuate any such release if a Default or Event of Default then exists, and (ii) no such release shall relieve such Subsidiary Borrower from any indemnification or other obligations that are to survive the termination of this Agreement as provided in Section 12.10.

Section 7.14. REIT Status.

EPR shall at all times maintain its status as a REIT.

Section 7.15. Exchange Listing.

EPR shall maintain at least one class of common shares of EPR having trading privileges on the New York Stock Exchange or the American Stock Exchange or which is the subject of price quotations in the over-the-counter market as reported by the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System.

Section 7.16. Distributions of Income to EPR.

EPR shall cause its Subsidiaries to promptly distribute to EPR (but not less frequently than once each fiscal quarter of EPR, unless otherwise approved by the Agent), whether in the form of dividends, distributions or otherwise, all profits, proceeds or other income relating to or arising from its Subsidiaries’ use, operation, financing, refinancing, sale or other disposition of their respective assets and properties after (a) the payment by each Subsidiary of its debt service and operating expenses for such quarter and (b) the establishment of reasonable reserves for the payment of operating expenses not paid on at least a quarterly basis and capital improvements to be made to such Subsidiary’s assets and properties approved by such Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business consistent with its past practices, or reserves required under applicable loan covenants; provided however, that in the event that (i) an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and the maturity of the Obligations has been accelerated, or (ii) there shall have occurred and be continuing, an Event of Default under any of Sections 10.1(a), 10.1(b), 10.1(h), 10.1(i), or 10.1(j), then no Subsidiary Borrower shall make any Distributions, either directly or indirectly, to EPR.

 

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Section 7.17. Failure of Certain Unencumbered Assets Representations and Warranties.

If at any time any Borrower shall become aware that any representation set forth in this Agreement is no longer true and correct with respect to any Unencumbered Property in the Unencumbered Pool, the Borrowers shall promptly notify the Agent in writing of such event, together with a detailed description of the factual circumstances giving rise thereto. In such event, the Agent may require that the Real Estate no longer be considered an Unencumbered Property for purposes hereof and require that such asset be removed from the Unencumbered Pool. Upon the determination that an asset shall no longer be considered an Unencumbered Property for purposes hereof, the provisions of Section 2.6(b) shall apply.

Section 7.18. Property.

(a) All of the Unencumbered Properties are in good condition and working order subject to ordinary wear and tear and casualty and condemnation permitted in the Loan Documents. All of the other Real Estate of EPR and its Subsidiaries is in good condition and working order subject to ordinary wear and tear and casualty and condemnation permitted in the Loan Documents, except for such portion of such Real Estate which is not occupied by any tenant and where such failure would not have a Material Adverse Effect. Such Real Estate (including any property encumbered by an EPR Senior First Mortgage), and the use and operation thereof, is in material compliance with all applicable zoning, building codes and other applicable governmental regulations. There are no unpaid or outstanding real estate or other taxes or assessments on or against any of the Unencumbered Properties which are payable by a Subsidiary Borrower or any mortgagor under any EPR Senior First Mortgage (except only real estate or other taxes or assessments, that are not yet delinquent or are being protested as permitted by this Agreement or the applicable Leases). There are no unpaid or outstanding real estate or other taxes or assessments on or against any other property of EPR or any of its Subsidiaries or on any property encumbered by an EPR Senior First Mortgage which are payable by any of such Persons in any material amount (except only real estate or other taxes or assessments, that are not yet delinquent or are being protested as permitted by this Agreement). There are no pending eminent domain proceedings against any property of EPR or any its Subsidiaries or any of the property encumbered by an EPR Senior First Mortgage or any part thereof, and, to the knowledge of the Borrowers, no such proceedings are presently threatened by any taking authority which may individually or in the aggregate have any Material Adverse Effect. None of the property of EPR or its Subsidiaries or any of the property encumbered by an EPR Senior First Mortgage is now damaged as a result of any fire, explosion, accident, flood or other casualty in any manner which individually or in the aggregate would have any Material Adverse Effect;

(b) If the Unencumbered Property and improvements are located in a special flood hazard area designated as such by the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, such Unencumbered Property and improvements are and will continue to be covered by special flood insurance under the National Flood Insurance Program;

(c) None of the Subsidiary Borrower, EPR or any other Subsidiary is the mortgagor under any mortgage, deed of trust, or similar instrument encumbering the Unencumbered Property;

 

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(d) Except with respect to that encumbered by an EPR Senior First Mortgage, the Unencumbered Property has not been sold, mortgaged or underwritten to obtain financing (whether or not such financing constitutes Indebtedness) under any financing arrangement other than the financing evidenced by the Facility or, in the case of underwriting only, other financing permitted under this Agreement;

(e) All necessary certificates of occupancy have been obtained and shall be maintained with respect to the Unencumbered Property;

(f) The Unencumbered Property is a Real Estate asset for which the Borrowers have conducted their customary due diligence and review, including inspection of the Real Estate, and such customary due diligence and review have not revealed facts that would adversely affect the value of the Real Estate;

(g) Except with respect to that encumbered by an EPR Senior First Mortgage, a Subsidiary Borrower holds good and marketable fee simple title to or a valid and subsisting leasehold interest in each parcel of Unencumbered Property, and has obtained a Title Policy with respect thereto, subject only to the Permitted Liens, a copy of which such Title Policy, Borrower shall make available to Agent upon request therefor;

(h) The Borrowers have complied with all other applicable conditions set forth in this Agreement with respect to inclusion and retention of the Real Estate as an Unencumbered Property; and

(i) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, so long as no Event of Default exists a Subsidiary Borrower may sell or otherwise dispose of, or permit the sale or other disposition of, portions of Unencumbered Property that consist of undeveloped land or other property which is non-income producing (including, in the case of an EPR Senior Property Loan, releasing the Subsidiary Borrower’s mortgage lien on such undeveloped land or other non-income-producing property) in each case provided that the Borrowers are in compliance with the provisions of Section 9.1(a) at the time of, and after giving effect to, such sale or other disposition.

Section 7.19. Applicability of Affirmative Covenants to City Center Project.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the covenants and other provisions contained in this Article VII shall not apply to LC White Plains Recreation, LLC or LC White Plains Retail, LLC so long as such entities (if deemed Subsidiaries) have an ownership, ground lease or similar interest in the City Center Project. However, such covenants and other provisions shall apply if EPR or a Subsidiary Borrower becomes obligated for the City Center Debt or a refinancing thereof. Nothing in this Section 7.20 shall be construed to impair any obligation of a Borrower, except to the extent such Borrower has an obligation to “cause” LC White Plains Recreation, LLC or LC White Plains Retail, LLC to perform or observe an obligation or otherwise undertake or refrain from undertaking certain actions.

 

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ARTICLE VIII. - INFORMATION

Borrowers will deliver or cause to be delivered to the Agent with sufficient copies for each of the Lenders which will be delivered by Agent to Lenders:

Section 8.1. Financial Statements, Certificates and Information.

(a) as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of EPR, commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010, the audited Consolidated balance sheet of EPR and its Consolidated Subsidiaries at the end of such year, and the related audited Consolidated statements of income, changes in capital and cash flows for such year, each setting forth in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year and all such statements to be in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP, and accompanied by an auditor’s report prepared without qualification as to the scope of the audit by a “Big Four” accounting firm or another nationally recognized firm acceptable to the Agent (the foregoing with respect to EPR and its Consolidated Subsidiaries may be satisfied by delivery of the Form 10-K of EPR filed with the SEC, provided, however, that in no event shall any reference to any prior 10-Ks or Proxy Statements which may be incorporated by reference within the filings then being delivered to Agent be deemed delivered to Agent nor shall any such information contained in any such prior filings be deemed delivered to Agent), and any other information the Agent may reasonably request to complete a financial analysis of EPR and its Subsidiaries;

(b) as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than forty-five (45) days after the end of each fiscal quarter (including the fourth quarter) of EPR, copies of the unaudited Consolidated balance sheet of EPR and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter, and the related unaudited Consolidated statements of income and cash flows for the portion of EPR’s fiscal year then elapsed, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP (the foregoing with respect to EPR and its Subsidiaries for the first three quarters of any fiscal year may be satisfied by delivery of the Form 10-Q of EPR filed with the SEC provided, however, that in no event shall any reference to any prior 10-Qs or Proxy Statements which may be incorporated by reference within the filings then being delivered to Lender be deemed delivered to Lender nor shall any such information contained in any such prior filings be deemed delivered to Lender), together with a certification by the chief financial officer or accounting officer of EPR that the information contained in such financial statements fairly presents the financial position of EPR and its Subsidiaries on the date thereof (subject to year-end adjustments);

(c) simultaneously with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in subsections (a) and (b) above, a statement (a “ Compliance Certificate ”) certified by the chief financial officer or other financial officer of the Borrowers in the form of Exhibit F hereto (or in such other form as the Agent may approve from time to time) setting forth in reasonable detail computations evidencing compliance or non-compliance (as the case may be) with the covenants contained in Section 9.1 and the other covenants described in such certificate and (if applicable) setting forth reconciliations to reflect changes in GAAP since the Effective Date. Borrowers shall submit with the Compliance Certificate an Availability Certificate in the form of Exhibit G attached hereto pursuant to which the Borrowers shall calculate the amount of the Availability as of the end of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter of EPR. All income, expense and value

 

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associated with Real Estate or other Investments disposed of during any quarter will be eliminated from calculations, where applicable. The Compliance Certificate shall be accompanied by copies of the statements of the Unencumbered Property Net Operating Income for such fiscal quarter and on a trailing four-quarter basis for each of the Unencumbered Properties, prepared on a basis consistent with the statements furnished to the Lenders prior to the date hereof and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, together with a certification by the chief financial officer or other financial officer of the Borrowers that the information contained in such statement fairly presents the Unencumbered Property Net Operating Income of the Unencumbered Properties for such periods;

(d) contemporaneously with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in clause (a) above, the statement of all contingent liabilities involving amounts of $1,000,000.00 or more of EPR and its Subsidiaries which are not reflected in such financial statements or referred to in the notes thereto (including, without limitation, all guaranties, endorsements and other contingent obligations in respect of the indebtedness of others, and obligations to reimburse the issuer in respect of any letters of credit);

(e) upon reasonable request by the Agent on behalf of any Lender, as soon as practicable but in any event not later than forty-five (45) days after the end of the most recent fiscal quarter of EPR (including the fourth fiscal quarter in each year), a Consolidated operating statement for the Unencumbered Properties and as requested by Agent or any Lender, a Rent Roll for each of the Unencumbered Properties and a copy of each Lease or amendment entered into with respect to a Unencumbered Property during such quarter;

(f) contemporaneously with the filing or mailing thereof, copies of all material of a financial nature, reports or proxy statements sent to the shareholders of EPR;

(g) promptly after a Rating Agency shall have announced a change in the rating established or deemed to have been established for the Index Debt, written notice of such rating change;

(h) promptly upon the filing hereof, copies of all registration statements (other than the exhibits thereto and any registration statements on Form S-8 or its equivalent);

(i) evidence reasonably satisfactory to Agent of the timely payment of all real estate taxes for the Unencumbered Properties;

(j) not later than November 15 of each year, the Consolidated cash flow projections of EPR and its Subsidiaries for the next three years;

(k) from time to time such other financial data and information in the possession of EPR or its Subsidiaries (including without limitation auditors’ management letters, status of litigation or investigations against any Borrower and any settlement discussions relating thereto, property inspection and environmental reports and information as to zoning and other legal and regulatory changes affecting any Borrower) as the Agent may reasonably request. Information concerning such litigation or settlement discussions shall not include attorney-client privileged communications, but shall otherwise include information which may be confidential or subject to a work-product privilege so that the Agent and the Lenders receive the same level of disclosure from the Borrowers with respect to such matters as has been made prior to the Effective Date.

 

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(l) promptly upon their becoming available, copies of all registration statements and regular periodic reports, if any, that Borrowers shall have filed with the Commission (or any Governmental Authority substituted therefor) or any national securities exchange, including each Form 8-K, Form 10-K and Form 10-Q filed with the Commission.

(m) as soon as is reasonably practicable, but in any event not later than forty-five (45) days after the end of each fiscal quarter (including the fourth quarter), statements of Exhibitor’s EBITDAR for the prior quarter and for the trailing four quarters.

Section 8.2. Other Information.

(a) ERISA . If and when any member of the ERISA Group (i) gives or is required to give notice to the PBGC of any “reportable event” (as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA) with respect to any Plan which might constitute grounds for a termination of such Plan under Title IV of ERISA, or knows that the plan administrator of any Plan has given or is required to give notice of any such reportable event, a copy of the notice of such reportable event given or required to be given to the PBGC; (ii) receives notice of complete or partial withdrawal liability under Title IV of ERISA or notice that any Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization, is insolvent or has been terminated, a copy of such notice; (iii) receives notice from the PBGC under Title IV of ERISA of an intent to terminate, impose liability (other than for premiums under Section 4007 of ERISA) in respect of, or appoint a trustee to administer any Plan, a copy of such notice; (iv) applies for a waiver of the minimum funding standard under Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code, a copy of such application; (v) gives notice of intent to terminate any Plan under Section 4041(c) of ERISA, a copy of such notice and other information filed with the PBGC; (vi) gives notice of withdrawal from any Plan pursuant to Section 4063 of ERISA, a copy of such notice; or (vii) fails to make any payment or contribution to any Plan or Multiemployer Plan or in respect of any Benefit Arrangement or makes any amendment to any Plan or Benefit Arrangement, and such failure or amendment has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in the imposition of a Lien or the posting of a bond or other security, a certificate of a duly authorized executive of EPR setting forth details as to such occurrence and the action, if any, which EPR or applicable member of the ERISA Group is required or proposes to take;

(b) Litigation . To the extent EPR or any of its Subsidiaries is aware of the same, prompt notice of the commencement of any proceeding or investigation by or before any Governmental Authority and any action or proceeding in any court or other tribunal or before any arbitrator against or in any other way relating adversely to, or adversely affecting, EPR or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, assets or businesses which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and prompt notice of the receipt of notice that any United States income tax returns of EPR or any of its Subsidiaries are being audited;

(c) Change of Management or Financial Condition . Prompt notice of any change in the chief executive officer or chief financial officer of EPR and any change in the business, assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations or business prospects of EPR or any of its Subsidiaries which has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

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(d) Default . Notice of the occurrence of any of the following promptly upon a Responsible Officer of EPR obtaining knowledge thereof: (i) any Default or Event of Default or (ii) any event which constitutes or which with the passage of time, the giving of notice, or otherwise, would constitute a default or event of default by EPR or any of its Subsidiaries under any Material Contract to which any such Person is a party or by which any such Person or any of its properties may be bound;

(e) Judgments . Prompt notice of any order, judgment or decree in excess of $5,000,000 having been entered against EPR or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets;

(f) Asset Sales . Prompt notice of the sale, transfer or other disposition of any Unencumbered Properties by a Subsidiary Borrower to any Person other than another Subsidiary Borrower.

(g) Patriot Act Information . From time to time and promptly upon each request, information identifying any Borrower as a Lender may request in order to comply with the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)); and

(h) Other Information . From time to time and promptly upon each request, such data, certificates, reports, statements, documents or further information regarding the business, assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations or business prospects of EPR or any of its Subsidiaries as the Agent or the Required Lenders may reasonably request.

ARTICLE IX. - NEGATIVE COVENANTS

At all times, the Borrowers covenant and agree that, so long as any Obligations, Loan, Note, or Letter of Credit is outstanding or any Lender has any obligation to make any Loans or issue any Letters of Credit, they shall at all times be in compliance with the following financial covenants. Section 9.1(b) through Section 9.1(d), Section 9.1(f) and Section 9.1(i) through Section 9.1(k) shall be tested as of the end of each quarter, based upon the results for that particular quarter then ended. Section 9.1(a) and Section 9.1(g) shall be tested as of the end of each quarter, based upon the results for the trailing four quarters then ended and Section 9.1(a) shall also be tested on and as of the date of each new Loan and/or issuance of a Letter of Credit hereunder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Section 9.1(d) shall be tested as of the end of each quarter, based upon the results for that particular quarter then ended, but shall incorporate adjustments for proceeds from dividend reinvestment programs at the end of each calendar year, only, to the extent that such proceeds do not exceed $1,000,000.00:

Section 9.1. Financial Covenants.

(a) Availability . The Aggregate Credit Exposure shall at all times not be greater than and shall at all times be in compliance with the Availability; additionally, at no time shall the Aggregate Credit Exposure exceed the Facility Amount.

 

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(b) Total Debt to Total Asset Value . Calculated on a Consolidated basis with respect to EPR, the ratio of Total Debt to Total Asset Value shall not exceed 55%.

(c) Maximum Permitted Investments . Calculated on a Consolidated basis with respect to EPR, at any time, the ratio of: (i) Investments in the aggregate sum of: (A) Investments in unimproved real estate (including cost of land under development), which such Investment is in the form of a fee, leasehold or mortgage interest; (B) Investments in construction (total budgeted cost, excluding cost of land); and (C) Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries, to (ii) Total Asset Value, shall not at any time exceed 25%.

(d) Tangible Net Worth . The Consolidated Tangible Net Worth will not at any time be less than the sum of (a) $1,263,602,000.00 plus (b) seventy-five percent (75%) of the aggregate Net Equity Proceeds received by EPR and its Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis subsequent to the Effective Date.

(e) Minimum Debt Yield . The Aggregate Underwriteable Cash Flow divided by all unsecured Indebtedness of EPR (calculated on a Consolidated basis) shall not be less than 13.0%.

(f) Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio . Calculated on a Consolidated basis with respect to EPR, the Adjusted EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Incurred shall not be less than 2.00 to 1.00.

(g) Maximum Distributions . The ratio of Distributions of FFO to FFO before preferred dividends shall not exceed ninety percent (90%), measured on a rolling four-quarter basis, provided however, that (i) as long as there is no Default or Event of Default and none of the Loans has been accelerated, EPR shall not be prohibited from making Distributions that are necessary to maintain REIT Status (measured on a rolling four quarter basis), as evidenced by a certificate of the chief financial officer of EPR containing calculations in reasonable detail reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Agent, and (ii) EPR may make additional Distributions to the extent permitted under Section 9.2 hereof.

(h) INTENTIONALLY OMITTED

(i) Maximum Secured Debt to Total Asset Value . Calculated on a Consolidated basis with respect to EPR, the ratio of Secured Indebtedness of EPR to Total Asset Value shall not exceed 45%, reducing to 35% as of December 31, 2012.

(j) Minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio . Calculated on a Consolidated basis with respect to EPR, at any time, the ratio of Adjusted EBITDA to Fixed Charges shall not be less than 1.60 to 1.00.

(k) Maximum Secured Recourse Debt . Secured Indebtedness that is recourse to EPR shall not exceed $75,000,000.00, excluding the Secured Indebtedness existing as of the date hereof as set forth on Schedule 9.1(k) and any renewals or refinancings of such Secured Indebtedness that do not increase the amount thereof.

 

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The City Center Project (and all value, income, City Center Debt and other financial impact resulting therefrom) shall be excluded from the calculation of the financial covenants set forth in this Section 9.1 until such time as EPR or a Subsidiary Borrower has become obligated for such City Center Debt (or any refinancing thereof).

Section 9.2. Distributions.

EPR will not make any Distributions which would violate any of the following covenants:

(a) EPR will not make any Distributions in violation of Section 9.1(g) hereof, except as otherwise provided below. Notwithstanding the foregoing, EPR may, subject to the limitations set forth in this Agreement (including specifically, but without limitation, those contained in Section 9.2(b) and 9.2(c)) make Distributions (which shall not be included in the ninety percent (90%) FFO test set forth in Section 9.1(g) hereof) in order to enable EPR to repurchase common shares of EPR and the right to redeem any then outstanding preferred shares in accordance with their terms so long as (i) any such repurchase or redemption is made in EPR’s prudent business judgment, (ii) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of any such repurchase or redemption and (iii) no Event of Default shall occur as a result of any such repurchase or redemption;

(b) In the event that an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, EPR shall not make any Distributions other than the minimum Distributions required under the Internal Revenue Code to maintain the REIT Status of EPR, as evidenced by a certification of the chief financial officer of EPR containing calculations in reasonable detail reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Agent; provided, however, that EPR shall not be entitled to make any Distribution in connection with the repurchase of common stock of any Borrower at any time after an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

(c) In the event that an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the maturity of the Obligations has been accelerated, EPR shall not make any Distributions whatsoever, either directly or indirectly.

Section 9.3. Indebtedness.

(a) No Subsidiary Borrower will create, incur, assume, guarantee or be or remain liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to any Indebtedness (whether secured or unsecured, recourse or non-recourse), without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders, other than:

(i) Indebtedness to the Lenders and the Agent arising under any of the Loan Documents;

(ii) Current liabilities of a Subsidiary Borrower incurred in the ordinary course of business but not incurred through (i) the borrowing of money, or (ii) the obtaining of credit except for credit on an open account basis customarily extended and in fact extended in connection with normal purchases of goods and services;

 

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(iii) Indebtedness in respect of taxes, assessments, governmental charges or levies and claims for labor, materials and supplies to the extent that payment therefor shall not at the time be required to be made in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.6;

(iv) Indebtedness in respect of judgments only to the extent, for the period and for an amount not resulting in a Default;

(v) Endorsements for collection, deposit or negotiation and warranties of products or services, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(vi) Intercompany Indebtedness owing to another Borrower that has been subordinated to the Obligations on terms satisfactory to the Agent;

(vii) Indebtedness in the nature of interest rate swaps or similar interest rate hedging transactions relating to all or any portion of the Obligations provided that the amount and terms of such interest rate swaps and similar hedging transactions are reasonably satisfactory to the Agent;

(viii) Indebtedness under the Bonds (to the extent issued) and under any bonds issued after the Effective Date, including any Guarantees of the foregoing; provided, however, that, in the case of any such bonds issued after the Effective Date, (1) the incurrence of such Indebtedness does not violate, and would not violate on a pro-forma basis, any financial covenants set forth in Section 9.1, and (2) no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom; and

(ix) Indebtedness, other than Indebtedness described in clauses (i) through (viii) above, provided that such Indebtedness is unsecured and the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness at any time does not exceed $2,000,000 with respect to any particular Subsidiary Borrower or $10,000,000 with respect to all Subsidiaries Borrowers and provided that the incurrence of such Indebtedness does not violate, and would not violate on a pro forma basis, any financial covenant set forth in Section 9.1.

(b) EPR shall not, without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders, create, incur, assume, guarantee or be or remain liable, contingently or otherwise with respect to any Indebtedness on a recourse basis, except: (a) the limited secured recourse Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 9.1(k) (including the Secured Indebtedness described in Schedule 9.1(k), together with any renewals or refinancing thereof which do not increase the amount of such Secured Indebtedness); (b) Indebtedness under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any other unsecured Indebtedness to the extent the same would not result in a violation of Section 9.1(a); (c) Indebtedness under the Bonds (to the extent issued) and any other Indebtedness of the type described in clauses (ii) through (viii), inclusive, of Section 9.3(a) immediately above; and (d) Indebtedness whose recourse is solely for so-called “bad-boy” acts, including without limitation, (i) failure to account for a tenant’s security deposits, if any, for rent or any other payment collected by a Subsidiary from a tenant under the lease, all in accordance with the provisions of any applicable loan or lease documents, (ii) fraud or a material

 

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misrepresentation made by a Subsidiary, or the holders of beneficial or ownership interests in such Subsidiary, in connection with the financing evidenced by the applicable loan or lease documents; (iii) any attempt by a Subsidiary to divert or otherwise cause to be diverted any amounts payable to the applicable tenant or mortgagee in accordance with the applicable lease or loan documents; (iv) the misappropriation or misapplication of any insurance proceeds or condemnation awards relating to any leased real estate; (v) voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy by a Subsidiary; and (vi) any environmental matter(s) affecting any leased or mortgaged property which is introduced or caused by a Subsidiary or any holder of a beneficial or ownership interest in a Subsidiary.

Section 9.4. Permitted Investments.

No Borrower will make or permit to exist or to remain outstanding any Investment except Investments in:

(a) marketable direct or guaranteed obligations of the United States of America that mature within one (1) year from the date of purchase by the Borrower or any such Subsidiary;

(b) marketable direct obligations of any of the following: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Student Loan Marketing Association, Federal Home Loan Banks, Federal National Mortgage Association, Government National Mortgage Association, Bank for Cooperatives, Federal Intermediate Credit Banks, Federal Financing Banks, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Federal Land Banks, or any other agency or bank of the United States of America;

(c) demand deposits, certificates of deposit, bankers acceptances and time deposits of any of the Lenders or any United States banks having total assets in excess of $100,000,000; provided , however , that the aggregate amount at any time so invested with any single bank having total assets of less than $1,000,000,000 will not exceed $1,000,000;

(d) securities commonly known as “commercial paper” issued by any Lender, or by a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any State which at the time of purchase are rated by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or by Standard & Poor’s Corporation at not less than “P 1” if then rated by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and not less than “A 1”, if then rated by Standard & Poor’s Corporation;

(e) mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by the Government National Mortgage Association, the Federal National Mortgage Association or the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation and other mortgage-backed bonds which at the time of purchase are rated by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or by Standard & Poor’s Corporation at not less than “AA” if then rated by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and not less than “AA” if then rated by Standard & Poor’s Corporation;

(f) repurchase agreements having a term not greater than 180 days and fully secured by securities described in the foregoing subsections (a), (b) or (e) with the Lenders, banks described in the foregoing subsection (c) or financial institutions or other corporations having total assets in excess of $500,000,000;

 

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(g) shares of so-called “money market funds” registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Company Act of 1940 which maintain a level per-share value, invest principally in investments described in the foregoing subsections (a) through (f) and have total assets in excess of $50,000,000;

(h) to the extent not already described above, Cash Equivalents;

(i) intercompany obligations owing to such Borrower, provided, that, if the obligor in respect thereof is another Borrower, such intercompany obligations have been subordinated to the Obligations on terms satisfactory to the Agent;

(j) to the extent constituting Investments, loans or advances in the ordinary course of a Borrower’s business to directors, officers, employees or agents of a Borrower or another Subsidiary for travel, entertainment, relocation and like expenses;

(k) to the extent constituting Investments, non-cash consideration received in connection with an asset sale permitted under this Agreement;

(l) Investments in the nature of accounts receivable, notes receivable, lease receivables or similar receivables arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of a Borrower’s business, and Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors, lessees or similar obligors to the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent or limit loss;

(m) The following Investments: (i) Investments in Real Estate (including, without limitation, fee and leasehold interests in real property and improvements thereon and interests in mortgage loans and other financing secured by any interest in real property or improvements thereon); (ii) Investments in property (whether constituting real or personal property) in the nature of options, licenses, easements and other rights relating to real property; (iii) Investments in equipment and other personal property in connection with Investments described in clauses (i) or (ii) immediately above, including, without limitation, Investments in equipment leased to tenants or mortgagors or sold to tenants or mortgagors pursuant to purchase-money loans or similar financing arrangements; and (iv) Investments in corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, trusts and other entities which are or will be engaged primarily in making Investments of a type described in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) immediately above; provided that nothing in this Section 9.3(l) shall permit any Investment that is prohibited by Section 9.1(c);

(n) subject to the terms of this Agreement, Investments in Subsidiaries of EPR existing as of the date hereof, and Investments in new Subsidiaries of EPR created after the date of this Agreement;

(o) deposits required by government agencies or public utilities, and other deposits or pledges which constitute Permitted Liens; and

(p) Investments, other than Investments described in clauses (a) through (o) above, provided that (i) the amount of all Investments made pursuant to this clause (p) does not exceed $50,000,000 measured at the time when made, (ii) the making or maintenance of any such Investment would not violate Section 9.1(c), and (iii) no Default or Event of Default exists at the time any such Investment is made.

 

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Section 9.5. ERISA Exemptions.

No Borrower shall permit any of its assets to become or be deemed to be “plan assets” within the meaning of ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code and the respective regulations promulgated thereunder.

Section 9.6. Liens.

Neither EPR nor any of its Subsidiaries shall create or incur or suffer to be created or incurred or to exist any Lien except for Permitted Liens.

Section 9.7. Merger, Consolidation, Sales of Assets and Other Arrangements.

(a) No Subsidiary Borrower will become a party to any dissolution, liquidation or disposition of all or substantially all of such Subsidiary Borrower’s assets or business, a merger, reorganization, consolidation or other business combination or agree to effect any asset acquisition, stock acquisition or other acquisition individually or in a series of transactions which may have a similar effect as any of the foregoing, in each case without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders, except for (i) the merger or consolidation of a Subsidiary Borrower with another Subsidiary Borrower, and (ii) the merger or consolidation of a Subsidiary Borrower where the Subsidiary Borrower is the sole surviving entity;

(b) EPR will not become a party to any dissolution, liquidation or disposition of all or substantially all of EPR’s assets or business, a merger, reorganization, consolidation or other business combination or agree to effect any asset acquisition, stock acquisition or other acquisition individually or in a series of transactions which may have a similar effect as any of the foregoing, in each case without the prior written consent of Required Lenders, except for (i) the merger or consolidation of EPR with one of its Subsidiaries, provided that such Subsidiary is not a Subsidiary Borrower; (ii) the merger or consolidation of EPR where EPR is the sole surviving entity provided however that any such merger or consolidation does not violate EPR’s status as a REIT; (iii) any acquisitions or investments; or (iv) any merger where EPR is the surviving entity such that a majority of the seats of the Board of Directors of the newly constituted entity are held by trustees of EPR serving as such prior to the time of such merger, or EPR otherwise maintains a controlling interest therein, provided further that such exceptions do not otherwise create any Default or Event of Default hereunder;

Section 9.8. Fiscal Year.

EPR shall not change its fiscal year from that in effect as of the Agreement Date without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld so long as no Default or Event of Default exists.

 

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Section 9.9. Modifications to Material Contracts.

EPR shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any amendment or modification to any Material Contract which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 9.10. Modifications of Organizational Documents.

EPR shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, amend, supplement, restate or otherwise modify its articles or certificate of incorporation, by-laws, operating agreement, declaration of trust, partnership agreement or other applicable organizational document if such amendment, supplement, restatement or other modification could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 9.11. Transactions with Affiliates.

EPR shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, permit to exist or enter into, any transaction (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with any Affiliate (other than EPR or one or more of its Subsidiaries), except transactions in the ordinary course of and pursuant to the reasonable requirements of the business of EPR or such Subsidiary and upon fair and reasonable terms which are no less favorable to EPR or such Subsidiary than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate.

Section 9.12. Applicability of Negative Covenants to City Center Project.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the covenants and other provisions contained in Sections 9.2 through 9.11 above shall not apply to LC White Plains Recreation, LLC or LC White Plains Retail, LLC so long as such entities (if deemed Subsidiaries) have an ownership, ground lease or similar interest in the City Center Project. However, such covenants and other provisions shall apply if EPR or a Subsidiary Borrower becomes obligated for the City Center Debt or a refinancing thereof. Nothing in this Section 9.12 shall be construed to permit a Borrower to enter into any transaction that, but for the provisions of this Section 9.12, would be prohibited by any of Sections 9.2 through 9.11.

ARTICLE X. - DEFAULT

Section 10.1. Events of Default.

Each of the following shall constitute an Event of Default, whatever the reason for such event and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of Applicable Law or pursuant to any judgment or order of any Governmental Authority:

(a) the Borrowers shall fail to pay any principal of the Loans when the same shall become due and payable, whether at the stated date of maturity or any accelerated date of maturity or at any other date fixed for payment;

 

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(b) the Borrowers shall fail to pay any interest on the Loans, any reimbursement obligations with respect to the Letters of Credit or any other sums due hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents (excluding payments due under Section 10.1(a) above) within five (5) days after the same shall become due and payable, on any fixed date for payment or otherwise, provided however that such grace period shall not be applicable where any interest payment is due at the stated date of maturity or any accelerated date of maturity;

(c) the Borrowers shall fail to comply with the covenants contained in Section 8.2(d) or 9.1(a) and, with respect to Section 9.1(a), such failure shall continue to exist after written notice thereof shall have been given to the Borrowers by the Agent and the cure period provided in Section 10.2 shall have ended;

(d) the Borrowers shall fail to comply with any covenant contained in Section 9.1.(b) through 9.1 (k) and such failure shall continue for thirty (30) days after written notice thereof shall have been given to the Borrowers by the Agent;

(e) the Borrowers shall fail to perform any other term, covenant or agreement contained herein or in any of the other Loan Documents which they are required to perform (other than those specified in the other subclauses of this Section 10 or in the other Loan Documents) and shall fail to remedy such failure within thirty (30) days after written notice thereof shall have been given to the Borrowers by the Agent;

(f) any representation or warranty made by or on behalf of EPR or any of its Subsidiaries in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any report, certificate, financial statement, request for a Loan, Letter of Credit or in any other document or instrument delivered pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement, any advance of a Loan, the issuance of any Letter of Credit or any of the other Loan Documents, other than constituting or based upon Third Party Information on which EPR or any of its Subsidiaries relied and had no knowledge or reason to believe was untrue in any material respect, shall prove to have been false in any material respect upon the date when made or deemed to have been made or repeated; notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this provision, the Borrowers shall have a period of thirty (30) days to cure any unintentional inaccuracy or misrepresentation;

(g) EPR or any of its Subsidiaries (i) shall fail to pay at maturity, or within any applicable period of grace, any obligation for borrowed money or credit received or other Indebtedness, or (ii) shall fail to observe or perform any term, covenant or agreement contained in any agreement by which it is bound, evidencing or securing any obligation for borrowed money or credit received or other Indebtedness for such period of time as would permit (assuming the giving of appropriate notice if required) the holder or holders thereof or of any obligations issued thereunder to accelerate the maturity thereof; provided that the events described in this Section 10.1(g) shall not constitute an Event of Default unless such failure to perform, together with other failures to perform as described in this Section 10.1(g), involve singly or in the aggregate obligations for borrowed money or credit received totaling in excess of $25,000,000.00;

 

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(h) EPR or any of its Subsidiaries, (i) shall make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or admit in writing its general inability to pay or generally fail to pay its debts as they mature or become due, or shall petition or apply for the appointment of a trustee or other custodian, liquidator or receiver for it or any substantial part of its assets, (ii) shall commence any case or other proceeding relating to it under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, readjustment of debt, dissolution or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction, now or hereafter in effect, or (iii) shall take any action to authorize or in furtherance of any of the foregoing;

(i) a petition or application shall be filed for the appointment of a trustee or other custodian, liquidator or receiver of EPR or any of its Subsidiaries or any substantial part of their respective assets, or a case or other proceeding shall be commenced against any such Person under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, readjustment of debt, dissolution or liquidation or similar law of any jurisdiction, now or hereafter in effect, and any such Person shall indicate its written approval thereof, written consent thereto or written acquiescence therein or such petition, application, case or proceeding shall not have been dismissed within sixty (60) days following the filing or commencement thereof;

(j) a decree or order is entered appointing a trustee, custodian, liquidator or receiver for EPR or any of its Subsidiaries or adjudicating any such Person, bankrupt or insolvent, or approving a petition in any such case or other proceeding, or a decree or order for relief is entered in respect of any such Person in an involuntary case under federal bankruptcy laws as now or hereafter constituted;

(k) there shall remain in force, undischarged, unsatisfied and unstayed, for more than sixty (60) days, whether or not consecutive, one or more uninsured or unbonded final judgments against EPR or any of its Subsidiaries that, either individually or in the aggregate, exceed $10,000,000.00;

(l) any of the Loan Documents shall be canceled, terminated, revoked or rescinded otherwise than in accordance with the terms thereof or the express prior written agreement, consent or approval of the Required Lenders (or all Lenders if so required by Section 12.6), or any action at law, suit in equity or other legal proceeding to cancel, revoke or rescind any of the Loan Documents shall be commenced by or on behalf of any of the Borrower, or any court or any other governmental or regulatory authority or agency of competent jurisdiction shall make a determination, or issue a judgment, order, decree or ruling, to the effect that any one or more of the Loan Documents is illegal, invalid or unenforceable in accordance with the terms thereof;

(m) any dissolution, termination, liquidation of all or substantially all of the assets, merger or consolidation of any Borrower shall occur unless a Borrower is the surviving entity, or any sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets, measured either by value or quantity, of any Borrower shall occur, in each case other than as permitted under the terms of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents;

 

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(n) with respect to any Guaranteed Pension Plan, an ERISA Reportable Event shall have occurred and the Required Lenders shall have determined in their reasonable discretion that such event reasonably could be expected to result in liability of EPR or any of its Subsidiaries to the PBGC or such Guaranteed Pension Plan in an aggregate amount exceeding $2,000,000.00 and such event in the circumstances occurring reasonably could constitute grounds for the termination of such Guaranteed Pension Plan by the PBGC or for the appointment by the appropriate United States District Court of a trustee to administer such Guaranteed Pension Plan; or a trustee shall have been appointed by the United States District Court to administer such Plan; or the PBGC shall have instituted proceedings to terminate such Guaranteed Pension Plan;

(o) EPR shall cease at any time to qualify as a real estate investment trust under the Internal Revenue Code;

(p) EPR or any of its Subsidiaries or any directors, officers or employees thereof shall be indicted for a federal crime, a punishment for which could include the forfeiture of (i) any assets of EPR or any of its Subsidiaries which in the good faith judgment of the Required Lenders could have a Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) the Unencumbered Properties;

(q) any Change in Control shall occur with respect to any Borrower; or

(r) an event of default, however defined, under any of the other Loan Documents shall occur (but subject to the expiration of any applicable grace, cure or notice periods with respect to such event of default);

provided, however, that, for purposes of Sections 10.1(g) through (k) only, the term “Subsidiaries” shall not include LC White Plains Recreation, LLC or LC White Plains Retail, LLC so long as such entities (if deemed Subsidiaries) have an ownership, ground lease or similar interest in the City Center Project; but shall include such entities if EPR or a Subsidiary Borrower becomes obligated for the City Center Debt or a refinancing thereof (and, similarly, the occurrence of any event described in Sections 10.1(g) or Section 10.1(k) related to the City Center Debt or the Center City Project shall not give rise to a Default or Event of Default unless EPR or a Subsidiary Borrower becomes obligated for the City Center Debt or a refinancing thereof).

So long as an Event of Default exists, the Agent may, and upon the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice in writing to the Borrowers terminate the Facility and/or declare all amounts owing with respect to this Agreement, the Notes, the Letters of Credit and the other Loan Documents (including prepayment penalties or yield maintenance fees) to be, and they shall thereupon forthwith become, immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrowers; provided that in the event of any Event of Default specified in Section 10.1(h), Section 10.1(i) or Section 10.1(j), all such amounts shall become immediately due and payable automatically and without any requirement of presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind from any of the Lenders or the Agent. Upon demand by Agent or the Required Lenders in their absolute and sole discretion after the occurrence of an Event of Default, and regardless of whether the conditions precedent in this Agreement for a Loan have been satisfied, the Lenders will cause a Loan to be made in the undrawn amount of all Letters of Credit. The proceeds of any such Loan will be pledged to and held by Agent in the Collateral Account as security for any amounts that

 

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become payable under the Letters of Credit and all other Obligations. In the alternative, if demanded by Agent in its absolute and sole discretion after the occurrence of an Event of Default, Borrowers will deposit with and pledge to Agent cash in an amount equal to the amount of all undrawn Letters of Credit. Such amounts will be pledged to and held by Agent in the Collateral Account for the benefit of the Lenders as security for any amounts that become payable under the Letters of Credit and all other Obligations. Upon any draws under Letters of Credit, at Agent’s sole discretion, Agent may apply any such amounts to the repayment of amounts drawn thereunder and upon the expiration of the Letters of Credit any remaining amounts will be applied to the payment of all other Obligations or if there are no outstanding Obligations and Lenders have no further obligation to make Loans or issue Letters of Credit or if such excess no longer exists, such proceeds deposited by Borrowers will be released to a Borrower. If at any time the aggregate amount of funds pledged to Agent as collateral for such Letters of Credit shall exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the aggregate face amount of all amounts available to be drawn under such Letters of Credit (including any amounts that may be reinstated thereunder), Agent shall release the amount of such excess deposited by the Borrowers to a Borrower.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the occurrence of any one of the aforementioned terms or conditions in this Section 10.1, shall be, prior to the giving of any applicable notice or grace period, and until the same is cured as permitted by this Agreement, a “ Default .”

Section 10.2. Limitation of Cure Periods.

Upon the occurrence of a Default the following provisions shall apply:

(a) In the event that there shall occur any Default under Section 10.1(c), then within five (5) Business Days after receipt of notice of such Default from the Agent or the Required Lenders, the Borrowers may elect to cure such Default by providing additional Unencumbered Property consisting of Potential Unencumbered Property, and/or to reduce the outstanding Loans to it, in which event such actions shall be completed within such five (5) Business Day period (or within thirty (30) days following the expiration of the initial five (5) Business Day period in the event that the Borrowers intend to provide additional Unencumbered Property). The Borrowers’ notice of their election pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be delivered to the Agent within the period of five (5) Business Days provided above, and if not so delivered Borrowers’ cure period shall immediately terminate and such Default shall become an Event of Default. In the event that Borrowers elect to add additional Unencumbered Property and fail within the time provided herein, the cure period shall terminate and such Default immediately shall constitute an Event of Default. In the event that the Borrowers shall elect under Section 10.2(a) to provide additional Unencumbered Property consisting of Potential Unencumbered Property, the Real Estate to be added to the Unencumbered Property shall be Eligible Real Estate and on or prior to the expiration of the thirty (30) day period referred to above each of the Eligible Real Estate Qualification Documents shall have been completed at the Borrowers’ expense and provided to the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders and all other conditions to the acceptance of such Real Estate as a Unencumbered Property shall have been satisfied.

 

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(b) In the event that there shall occur any Default that affects only certain Unencumbered Property or the owner(s) thereof (including, without limitation, the imposition of a Lien not permitted under this Agreement), or if any Default shall occur in any covenant contained in Section 9.1(b) through 9.1(k), then within five (5) Business Days after receipt of notice of such Default from the Agent or the Required Lenders, the Borrowers may elect to cure such Default by electing to remove such Unencumbered Property from the Unencumbered Pool and reduce the outstanding Loans or by substituting for such Unencumbered Property additional Unencumbered Property consisting of Potential Unencumbered Property for the Unencumbered Property to which such Default relates ( provided that the value of such Unencumbered Property Replacement is such that after acceptance thereof, the Borrowers are in compliance with the Unencumbered Property requirements), in which event such actions shall be completed within five (5) Business Days following the expiration of the initial five (5) Business Day period (or within thirty (30) days following the expiration of the initial five (5) Business Day period in the event that the Borrowers intend to provide additional or substitute Unencumbered Property). The Borrowers’ notice of their election pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be delivered to the Agent within the period of five (5) Business Days provided above, and if not so delivered Borrowers’ cure period shall immediately terminate and such Default shall become an Event of Default. In the event that Borrowers elect to add additional or substitute Unencumbered Property and fail within the time provided herein, the cure period shall terminate and such Default immediately shall constitute an Event of Default. In the event that the Borrowers shall elect to cure any Default in any covenant contained in Section 9.1(b) through 9.1(k), by providing additional Unencumbered Property consisting of Potential Unencumbered Property, the Real Estate to be added to the Unencumbered Property shall be Eligible Real Estate and on or prior to the expiration of the thirty (30) day period referred to above, each of the Eligible Real Estate Qualification Documents shall have been completed at the Borrowers’ expense and provided to the Agent for the benefit of the Lenders and all other conditions in this Agreement to the acceptance of such Real Estate as an Unencumbered Property shall have been satisfied.

Section 10.3. Remedies Upon Default.

If any one or more Events of Default specified in Section 10.1(h), Section 10.1(i) or Section 10.1(j) shall occur, then immediately and without any action on the part of the Agent or any Lender any unused portion of the credit hereunder shall terminate and the Lenders shall be relieved of all obligations to make Loans or issue Letters of Credit to the Borrowers. If any other Event of Default shall exist, the Agent may, and upon the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrowers terminate the obligation to make Loans to the Borrowers or issue any Letters of Credit. No termination under this Section 10.3 shall relieve the Borrowers of their obligations to the Lenders arising under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents. The Required Lenders may direct the Agent to, and the Agent if and only if so directed shall, exercise any and all of its rights under any and all of the other Loan Documents. Similarly, the Required Lenders may direct the Agent to, and the Agent if and only if so directed shall, exercise all other rights and remedies it may have under any Applicable Law. To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to the appointment of a receiver for the assets and properties of EPR and its Subsidiaries, without notice of any kind whatsoever and without regard to the adequacy of any security for the Obligations or the solvency of any party bound for its payment, to take possession of all or any portion of the business operations of EPR and its Subsidiaries and to exercise such power as the court shall confer upon such receiver

 

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Section 10.4. Allocation of Proceeds.

If an Event of Default shall exist and maturity of any of the Obligations has been accelerated, all payments received by the Agent under any of the Loan Documents, in respect of any principal of or interest on the Obligations or any other amounts payable by the Borrowers hereunder or thereunder, shall be applied in the following order and priority:

(a) amounts due the Agent in respect of fees and expenses due under Section 12.2.;

(b) amounts due the Lenders in respect of fees and expenses due under Section 12.2., pro rata in the amount then due each Lender;

(c) payments of interest on all other Loans and Reimbursement Obligations, to be applied for the ratable benefit of the Lenders;

(d) payments of principal of all other Loans, Reimbursement Obligations and other LC Exposure, to be applied for the ratable benefit of the Lenders; provided, however, to the extent that any amounts available for distribution pursuant to this subsection are attributable to the issued but undrawn amount of an outstanding Letters of Credit, such amounts shall be paid to the Agent for deposit into the Collateral Account;

(e) amounts due the Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Sections 11.7. and 12.9.;

(f) payment of all other Obligations and other amounts due and owing by the Borrowers under any of the Loan Documents, if any, to be applied for the ratable benefit of the Lenders; and

(g) any amount remaining after application as provided above, shall be paid to the Borrowers or whomever else may be legally entitled thereto.

Section 10.5. Collateral Account.

(a) As collateral security for the prompt payment in full when due of all LC Exposure and the other Obligations, the Borrowers hereby pledge and grant to the Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Agent and the Lenders as provided herein, a security interest in all of their respective right, title and interest in and to the Collateral Account and the balances from time to time in the Collateral Account (including the investments and reinvestments therein provided for below). The balances from time to time in the Collateral Account shall not constitute payment of any LC Exposure until applied by the Agent as provided herein. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, funds held in the Collateral Account shall be subject to withdrawal only as provided in this Section.

(b) Amounts on deposit in the Collateral Account shall be invested and reinvested by the Agent in such Cash Equivalents as the Agent shall determine in its sole discretion. All such investments and reinvestments shall be held in the name of and be under the sole dominion and control of the Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders. The Agent shall exercise reasonable

 

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care in the custody and preservation of any funds held in the Collateral Account and shall be deemed to have exercised such care if such funds are accorded treatment substantially equivalent to that which the Agent accords other funds deposited with the Agent, it being understood that the Agent shall not have any responsibility for taking any necessary steps to preserve rights against any parties with respect to any funds held in the Collateral Account.

(c) If a drawing pursuant to any Letter of Credit occurs on or prior to the expiration date of such Letter of Credit, the Borrowers and the Lenders authorize the Agent to use the monies deposited in the Collateral Account and proceeds thereof to make payment to the beneficiary with respect to such drawing or the payee with respect to such presentment.

(d) If an Event of Default exists, the Required Lenders may, in their discretion, at any time and from time to time, instruct the Agent to liquidate any such investments and reinvestments and apply proceeds thereof to the Obligations in accordance with Section 10.4.

(e) So long as no Default or Event of Default exists, and to the extent amounts on deposit in or credited to the Collateral Account exceed the aggregate amount of the LC Exposure then due and owing, the Agent shall, from time to time, at the request of the Borrowers, deliver to the Borrowers within two Business Days after the Agent’s receipt of such request from the Borrowers, against receipt but without any recourse, warranty or representation whatsoever, such amount of the credit balances in the Collateral Account as exceeds the aggregate amount of the LC Exposure at such time.

(f) The Borrowers shall pay to the Agent from time to time such fees as the Agent normally charges for similar services in connection with the Agent’s administration of the Collateral Account and investments and reinvestments of funds therein.

Section 10.6. Performance by Agent.

If any Borrower shall fail to perform any covenant, duty or agreement contained in any of the Loan Documents, the Agent may, after notice to the Borrowers, perform or attempt to perform such covenant, duty or agreement on behalf of such Borrower after the expiration of any cure or grace periods set forth herein. In such event, the Borrowers shall, at the request of the Agent, promptly pay any amount reasonably expended by the Agent in such performance or attempted performance to the Agent, together with interest thereon at the applicable Post-Default Rate if not paid within five days after the Agent makes demand upon the Borrowers for the same. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Agent nor any Lender shall have any liability or responsibility whatsoever for the performance of any obligation of any Borrower under this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

Section 10.7. Rights Cumulative.

The rights and remedies of the Agent and the Lenders under this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies which any of them may otherwise have under Applicable Law. In exercising their respective rights and remedies the Agent and the Lenders may be selective and no failure or delay by the Agent or any of the Lenders in exercising any right shall operate as a waiver of it, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any power or right preclude its other or further exercise or the exercise of any other power or right.

 

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ARTICLE XI. - THE AGENT

Section 11.1. Authorization and Action.

Each Lender hereby appoints and authorizes the Agent to take such action as contractual representative on such Lender’s behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as are specifically delegated to the Agent by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Not in limitation of the foregoing, each Lender authorizes and directs the Agent to enter into the Loan Documents for the benefit of the Lenders. Each Lender hereby agrees that, except as otherwise set forth herein, any action taken by the Required Lenders in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or the Loan Documents, and the exercise by the Required Lenders of the powers set forth herein or therein, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, shall be authorized and binding upon all of the Lenders. Nothing herein shall be construed to deem the Agent a trustee or fiduciary for any Lender or to impose on the Agent duties or obligations other than those expressly provided for herein. At the request of a Lender, the Agent will forward to such Lender copies or, where appropriate, originals of the documents delivered to the Agent pursuant to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents. The Agent will also furnish to any Lender, upon the request of such Lender, a copy of any certificate or notice furnished to the Agent by any Borrower, or any Affiliate of any Borrower, pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document not already delivered to such Lender pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any such other Loan Document. As to any matters not expressly provided for by the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, enforcement or collection of any of the Obligations), the Agent shall not be required to exercise any discretion or take any action, but shall be required to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be fully protected in so acting or refraining from acting) upon the instructions of the Required Lenders (or all of the Lenders if explicitly required under any other provision of this Agreement), and such instructions shall be binding upon all Lenders and all holders of any of the Obligations; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Agent shall not be required to take any action which exposes the Agent to personal liability or which is contrary to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or Applicable Law. Not in limitation of the foregoing, the Agent shall not exercise any right or remedy it or the Lenders may have under any Loan Document upon the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default unless the Required Lenders (or all of the Lenders if explicitly required under any provision of this Agreement) have so directed the Agent to exercise such right or remedy.

Section 11.2. Agent’s Reliance, Etc.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, neither the Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents, employees or counsel shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, except for its or their own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Agent: (a) may treat the payee of

 

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any Note as the holder thereof until the Agent receives written notice of the assignment or transfer thereof signed by such payee and in form satisfactory to the Agent; (b) may consult with legal counsel (including its own counsel or counsel for the Borrowers), independent public accountants and other experts selected by it and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants or experts; (c) makes no warranty or representation to any Lender or any other Person and shall not be responsible to any Lender or any other Person for any statements, warranties or representations made by any Person in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (d) shall not have any duty to ascertain or to inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of any of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the satisfaction of any conditions precedent under this Agreement or any Loan Document on the part of the Borrowers or other Persons (except for the delivery to it of any certificate or document specifically required to be delivered to it pursuant to Section 5.1.) or inspect the property, books or records of the Borrowers or any other Person; (e) shall not be responsible to any Lender for the due execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto or any collateral covered thereby or the perfection or priority of any Lien in favor of the Agent on behalf of the Lenders in any such collateral; and (f) shall incur no liability under or in respect of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by acting upon any notice, consent, certificate or other instrument or writing (which may be by telephone or telecopy) believed by it to be genuine and signed, sent or given by the proper party or parties. Unless set forth in writing to the contrary, the making of its initial Loan by a Lender shall constitute a certification by such Lender to the Agent and the other Lenders that the Borrowers have satisfied the conditions precedent for initial Loans set forth in Sections 5.1. and 5.2. that have not previously been waived by the Required Lenders.

Section 11.3. Notice of Defaults.

The Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default unless the Agent has received notice from a Lender or the Borrowers referring to this Agreement, describing with reasonable specificity such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” If any Lender (excluding the Lender which is also serving as the Agent) becomes aware of any Default or Event of Default, it shall promptly send to the Agent such a “notice of default.” Further, if the Agent receives such a “notice of default”, the Agent shall give prompt notice thereof to the Lenders.

Section 11.4. KeyBank as Lender.

KeyBank, as a Lender, shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and any other Loan Document as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Agent; and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated, include KeyBank in each case in its individual capacity. KeyBank and its affiliates may each accept deposits from, maintain deposits or credit balances for, invest in, lend money to, act as trustee under indentures of, serve as financial advisor to, and generally engage in any kind of business with, any Borrower or any of its affiliates as if it were any other bank and without any duty to account therefor to the other Lenders. Further, the Agent and any affiliate may accept fees and other consideration from any Borrower for services in connection with this Agreement

 

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and otherwise without having to account for the same to the other Lenders. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, KeyBank or its affiliates may receive information regarding EPR and its Subsidiaries and their respective Affiliates (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Person) and acknowledge that the Agent shall be under no obligation to provide such information to them.

Section 11.5. Approvals of Lenders.

All communications from the Agent to any Lender requesting such Lender’s determination, consent, approval or disapproval (a) shall be given in the form of a written notice to such Lender, (b) shall be accompanied by a description of the matter or issue as to which such determination, approval, consent or disapproval is requested, or shall advise such Lender where information, if any, regarding such matter or issue may be inspected, or shall otherwise describe the matter or issue to be resolved, (c) shall include, if reasonably requested by such Lender and to the extent not previously provided to such Lender, written materials and a summary of all oral information provided to the Agent by the Borrowers in respect of the matter or issue to be resolved, and (d) shall include the Agent’s recommended course of action or determination in respect thereof. Each Lender shall reply promptly, but in any event within 10 Business Days (or such lesser or greater period as may be specifically required under the Loan Documents) of receipt of such communication. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, unless a Lender shall give written notice to the Agent that it specifically objects to the recommendation or determination of the Agent (together with a written explanation of the reasons behind such objection) within the applicable time period for reply, such Lender shall be deemed to have conclusively approved of or consented to such recommendation or determination.

Section 11.6. Lender Credit Decision, Etc.

Each Lender expressly acknowledges and agrees that neither the Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, counsel, attorneys-in-fact or other affiliates has made any representations or warranties as to the financial condition, operations, creditworthiness, solvency or other information concerning the business or affairs of EPR or any of its Subsidiaries or any other Person to such Lender and that no act by the Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of EPR or any of its Subsidiaries, shall be deemed to constitute any such representation or warranty by the Agent to any Lender. Each Lender acknowledges that it has made its own credit and legal analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, independently and without reliance upon the Agent, any other Lender or counsel to the Agent, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents, and based on the financial statements of EPR, the Subsidiaries or any other Affiliate thereof, and inquiries of such Persons, its independent due diligence of the business and affairs of EPR, the Subsidiaries and other Persons, its review of the Loan Documents, the legal opinions required to be delivered to it hereunder, the advice of its own counsel and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agent, any other Lender or counsel to the Agent or any of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents, and based on such review, advice, documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents. Except for notices, reports and other documents and information expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders

 

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by the Agent under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, the Agent shall have no duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of any EPR or any of its Subsidiaries or any their respective Affiliates thereof which may come into possession of the Agent, or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or other affiliates. Each Lender acknowledges that the Agent’s legal counsel in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is only acting as counsel to the Agent and is not acting as counsel to such Lender.

Section 11.7. Indemnification of Agent.

Each Lender agrees to indemnify the Agent (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrowers and without limiting the obligation of the Borrowers to do so) pro rata in accordance with such Lender’s respective Commitment Percentage, from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses, or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may at any time be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against the Agent (in its capacity as Agent but not as a Lender) in any way relating to or arising out of the Loan Documents, any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by the Agent under the Loan Documents (collectively, “Indemnifiable Amounts”); provided, however, that no Lender shall be liable for any portion of such Indemnifiable Amounts to the extent resulting from the Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment or if the Agent fails to follow the written direction of the Required Lenders (or all of the Lenders if expressly required hereunder) unless such failure results from the Agent following the advice of counsel to the Agent of which advice the Lenders have received notice. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing but subject to the preceding proviso, each Lender agrees to reimburse the Agent (to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrowers and without limiting the obligation of the Borrowers to do so), promptly upon demand for its ratable share of any out-of-pocket expenses (including counsel fees of the counsel(s) of the Agent’s own choosing) incurred by the Agent in connection with the preparation, negotiation, execution, or enforcement of, or legal advice with respect to the rights or responsibilities of the parties under, the Loan Documents, any suit or action brought by the Agent to enforce the terms of the Loan Documents and/or collect any Obligations, any “lender liability” suit or claim brought against the Agent and/or the Lenders, and any claim or suit brought against the Agent, and/or the Lenders arising under any Environmental Laws. Such out-of-pocket expenses (including counsel fees) shall be advanced by the Lenders on the request of the Agent notwithstanding any claim or assertion that the Agent is not entitled to indemnification hereunder upon receipt of an undertaking by the Agent that the Agent will reimburse the Lenders if it is actually and finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that the Agent is not so entitled to indemnification. The agreements in this Section shall survive the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder or under the other Loan Documents and the termination of this Agreement. If the Borrowers shall reimburse the Agent for any Indemnifiable Amount following payment by any Lender to the Agent in respect of such Indemnifiable Amount pursuant to this Section, the Agent shall share such reimbursement on a ratable basis with each Lender making any such payment.

 

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Section 11.8. Successor Agent.

The Agent may resign at any time as Agent under the Loan Documents by giving written notice thereof to the Lenders and the Borrowers. The Agent may be removed as Agent under the Loan Documents for good cause by all of the Lenders (other than the Lender then acting as Agent) upon 30-days’ prior written notice to the Agent. Upon any such resignation or removal, the Required Lenders (other than the Lender then acting as Agent, in the case of the removal of the Agent under the immediately preceding sentence) shall have the right to appoint a successor Agent which appointment shall, provided no Default or Event of Default exists, be subject to the Borrowers’ approval, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed (except that the Borrowers shall, in all events, be deemed to have approved each Lender and its affiliates as a successor Agent). If no successor Agent shall have been so appointed in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence, and shall have accepted such appointment, within 30 days after the resigning Agent’s giving of notice of resignation or the Lenders’ removal of the resigning Agent, then the resigning or removed Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent, which shall be a Lender, if any Lender shall be willing to serve, and otherwise shall be a commercial bank having total combined assets of at least $50,000,000,000. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor Agent, such successor Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Agent, and the retiring or removed Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under the Loan Documents. Such successor Agent shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or shall make other arrangements satisfactory to the current Agent, in either case, to assume effectively the obligations of the current Agent with respect to such Letters of Credit. After any Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder as Agent, the provisions of this Article XI. shall continue to inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent under the Loan Documents.

Section 11.9. Titled Agents.

Each of the Titled Agents in each such respective capacity, assumes no responsibility or obligation hereunder, including, without limitation, for servicing, enforcement or collection of any of the Loans, or for any duties as an agent hereunder for the Lenders. The titles of “Arranger” and “Syndication Agent” and are solely honorific and imply no fiduciary responsibility on the part of the Titled Agents to the Agent, the Borrowers or any Lender and the use of such titles does not impose on the Titled Agents any duties or obligations greater than those of any other Lender or entitle the Titled Agents to any rights other than those to which any other Lender is entitled.

 

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ARTICLE XII. - MISCELLANEOUS

Section 12.1. Notices.

Unless otherwise provided herein, communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed, telecopied or delivered as follows:

If to a Borrower:

Entertainment Properties Trust

30 West Pershing Road, Suite 201

Kansas City, MO 64108

Attn: Gregory K. Silvers, Esq.

Vice President and General Counsel

Telecopy: 816-472-5794

with a copy to:

Entertainment Properties Trust

30 West Pershing Road, Suite 201

Kansas City, MO 64108

Attn: Mark A. Peterson

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Telecopy: 816-472-5794

If to the Agent:

KeyBank, National Association

225 Franklin Street, 18 th Floor

Boston, MA 02110

Attn: Jeffry M. Morrison

Telephone: (617) 385-6216

Telecopy:   (617) 385-6293

If to a Lender:

To such Lender’s address or telecopy number, as applicable, set forth on its signature page hereto or in the applicable Assignment and Assumption Agreement;

or, as to each party at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other parties delivered in compliance with this Agreement. All such notices and other communications shall be effective (i) if mailed, when received; (ii) if telecopied, when transmitted at or before 4:00 PM on a given day; or (iii) if hand delivered or sent by overnight courier, when delivered. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, (a) all notices or communications sent by telecopy to the Agent or any Lender under Article II shall be effective only when actually received by the intended addressee, and (b) all notices sent to a Borrower relating to the occurrence or existence of a Default or Event of Default or the exercise of any rights or remedies in respect of a Default or Event of Default shall be effective only when delivered in accordance with the provisions of clause (i) or clause (iii) above. Neither the Agent nor any Lender shall incur any liability to the Borrowers (nor shall the Agent incur any liability to the Lenders) for acting upon any telephonic notice referred to in this Agreement which the Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, believes in good faith to have been given by a Person authorized to deliver such notice or for otherwise acting in good faith hereunder. Failure of a Person designated to get a copy of a notice to receive such copy shall not affect the validity of notice properly given to any other Person.

 

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Section 12.2. Expenses.

The Borrowers agree (a) to pay or reimburse the Agent for all of its reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses actually incurred in connection with the preparation, negotiation and execution of, and any amendment, supplement or modification to, any of the Loan Documents (including due diligence expenses and travel expenses relating to closing), and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Agent and costs and expenses in connection with the use of IntraLinks, Inc. or other similar information transmission systems in connection with the Loan Documents, (b) to pay or reimburse the Agent and the Lenders for all their reasonable costs and expenses actually incurred in connection with the enforcement or preservation of any rights under the Loan Documents, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of their respective counsel and any payments in indemnification or otherwise payable by the Lenders to the Agent pursuant to the Loan Documents, (c) to pay, and indemnify and hold harmless the Agent and the Lenders from, any and all recording and filing fees and any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any failure to pay or delay in paying, documentary, stamp, excise and other similar taxes, if any, which may be payable or determined to be payable in connection with the execution and delivery of any of the Loan Documents, or consummation of any amendment, supplement or modification of, or any waiver or consent under or in respect of, any Loan Document and (d) to the extent not already covered by any of the preceding subsections, to pay or reimburse the Agent and the Lenders for all their costs and expenses incurred in connection with any bankruptcy or other proceeding of the type described in Section 10.1(h), Section 10.1(i) or Section 10.1(j), including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Agent and any Lender, whether such fees and expenses are incurred prior to, during or after the commencement of such proceeding or the confirmation or conclusion of any such proceeding. If the Borrowers shall fail to pay any amounts required to be paid by them pursuant to this Section, the Agent and/or the Lenders may pay such amounts on behalf of the Borrowers and either deem the same to be Loans outstanding hereunder or otherwise Obligations owing hereunder. Upon the Borrowers’ request, the Agent or any Lender requesting payment of any amounts under this Section shall provide the Borrowers with a statement setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for requesting such amounts.

Section 12.3. Setoff.

Subject to Section 3.3. and in addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under Applicable Law and not by way of limitation of any such rights, the Agent, each Lender and each Participant is hereby authorized by each Borrower, at any time or from time to time during the continuance of an Event of Default, without prior notice to any Borrower or to any other Person, any such notice being hereby expressly waived, but in the case of a Lender or Participant subject to receipt of the prior written consent of the Agent exercised in its sole discretion, to set off and to appropriate and to apply any and all deposits (general or special, including, but not limited to, indebtedness evidenced by certificates of deposit, whether matured or unmatured) and any other indebtedness at any time held or owing by the Agent, such Lender or any affiliate of the Agent or such Lender, to or for the credit or the account of any Borrower against and on

 

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account of any of the Obligations, irrespective of whether or not any or all of the Loans and all other Obligations have been declared to be, or have otherwise become, due and payable as permitted by Section 10.2., and although such obligations shall be contingent or unmatured.

Section 12.4. Litigation; Jurisdiction; Other Matters; Waivers.

(a) EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES THAT ANY DISPUTE OR CONTROVERSY BETWEEN OR AMONG THE BORROWERS, THE AGENT OR ANY OF THE LENDERS WOULD BE BASED ON DIFFICULT AND COMPLEX ISSUES OF LAW AND FACT AND WOULD RESULT IN DELAY AND EXPENSE TO THE PARTIES. ACCORDINGLY, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH OF THE LENDERS, THE AGENT AND THE BORROWERS HEREBY WAIVES ITS RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING OF ANY KIND OR NATURE IN ANY COURT OR TRIBUNAL IN WHICH AN ACTION MAY BE COMMENCED BY OR AGAINST ANY PARTY HERETO ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE NOTES, OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR BY REASON OF ANY OTHER SUIT, CAUSE OF ACTION OR DISPUTE WHATSOEVER BETWEEN OR AMONG THE BORROWERS, THE AGENT OR ANY OF THE LENDERS OF ANY KIND OR NATURE RELATING TO ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS.

(b) EACH OF THE BORROWERS, THE AGENT AND EACH LENDER HEREBY AGREES THAT THE FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK AND ANY STATE COURT LOCATED IN BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, SHALL HAVE JURISDICTION TO HEAR AND DETERMINE ANY CLAIMS OR DISPUTES BETWEEN OR AMONG THE BORROWERS, THE AGENT OR ANY OF THE LENDERS, PERTAINING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT, THE NOTES OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR TO ANY MATTER ARISING HEREFROM OR THEREFROM. THE BORROWERS AND EACH OF THE LENDERS EXPRESSLY SUBMIT AND CONSENT IN ADVANCE TO SUCH JURISDICTION IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING COMMENCED IN SUCH COURTS WITH RESPECT TO SUCH CLAIMS OR DISPUTES. EACH PARTY FURTHER WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING WAS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM, AND EACH AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM THE SAME. THE CHOICE OF FORUM SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO PRECLUDE THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION BY THE AGENT OR ANY LENDER OR THE ENFORCEMENT BY THE AGENT OR ANY LENDER OF ANY JUDGMENT OBTAINED IN SUCH FORUM IN ANY OTHER APPROPRIATE JURISDICTION.

(c) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED BY EACH PARTY WITH THE ADVICE OF COUNSEL AND WITH A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF THE LEGAL CONSEQUENCES THEREOF, AND SHALL SURVIVE THE PAYMENT OF THE LOANS AND ALL OTHER AMOUNTS PAYABLE HEREUNDER OR UNDER THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, THE TERMINATION OR EXPIRATION OF ALL LETTERS OF CREDIT AND THE TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT.

 

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Section 12.5. Successors and Assigns.

(a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns, except that no Borrower may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of all Lenders and any such assignment or other transfer to which all of the Lenders have not so consented shall be null and void.

(b) Any Lender may make, carry or transfer Loans at, to or for the account of any of its branch offices or the office of an affiliate of such Lender except to the extent such transfer would result in increased costs to the Borrowers.

(c) Any Lender may at any time grant to one or more banks or other financial institutions (each a “Participant”) participating interests in its Commitment or the Obligations owing to such Lender; provided, however, after giving effect to any such participation by a Lender, the amount of its Commitment, or if the Commitments have been terminated, the aggregate outstanding principal balance of Loans held by it, in which it has not granted any participating interests must be equal to at least $10,000,000. Except as otherwise provided in Section 12.3., no Participant shall have any rights or benefits under this Agreement or any other Loan Document. A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.12. than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrowers’ prior written consent. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 3.12. unless the Borrowers are notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant agrees, for the benefit of the Borrowers and the Agent, to comply with Section 3.12.(c) as though it were a Lender. In the event of any such grant by a Lender of a participating interest to a Participant, such Lender shall remain responsible for the performance of its obligations hereunder, and the Borrowers and the Agent shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement pursuant to which any Lender may grant such a participating interest shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right and responsibility to enforce the obligations of the Borrowers hereunder including, without limitation, the right to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided, however, such Lender may agree with the Participant that it will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to (i) increase, or extend the term or extend the time or waive any requirement for the reduction or termination of, such Lender’s Commitment, (ii) extend the date fixed for the payment of principal of or interest on the Loans or portions thereof owing to such Lender, (iii) reduce the amount of any such payment of principal, (iv) reduce the rate at which interest is payable thereon or (v) release any Borrower (except as expressly permitted under Section 7.12 or any other provision of this Agreement). An assignment or other transfer which is not permitted by subsection (d) or (e) below shall be given effect for purposes of this Agreement only to the extent of a participating interest granted in accordance with this subsection (c).

 

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(d) Any Lender may with the prior written consent of the Agent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, assign to one or more Eligible Assignees (each an “Assignee”) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the Notes (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans owing to such Lender); provided, however, (i) unless the Borrowers and the Agent otherwise agree, after giving effect to any partial assignment by a Lender, the Assignee shall hold, and the assigning Lender shall retain, a Commitment, or if the Commitments have been terminated, Loans having an outstanding principal balance, of at least $10,000,000 and integral multiples of $5,000,000 in excess thereof; (ii) if an Event of Default has been in existence for more than sixty (60) days, any such assignment may be to any Person (other than a Borrower or an Affiliate thereof), and (iii) each such assignment shall be effected by means of an Assignment and Assumption Agreement. Upon execution and delivery of such instrument and payment by such Assignee to such transferor Lender of an amount equal to the purchase price agreed between such transferor Lender and such Assignee, such Assignee shall be a Lender party to this Agreement with respect to the assigned interest as of the effective date of the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and shall have all the rights and obligations of a Lender with respect to the assigned interest as set forth in such Assignment and Assumption Agreement, and the transferor Lender shall be released from its obligations hereunder with respect to the assigned interest to a corresponding extent, and no further consent or action by any party shall be required. Upon the consummation of any assignment pursuant to this subsection, the transferor Lender, the Agent and the Borrowers shall make appropriate arrangements so that new Notes are issued to the Assignee and such transferor Lender, as appropriate. In connection with any such assignment, the transferor Lender shall pay to the Agent an administrative fee for processing such assignment in the amount of $5,000.00.

(e) The Agent shall maintain at the Principal Office a copy of each Assignment and Assumption Agreement delivered to and accepted by it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders and the Commitment of each Lender from time to time (the “Register”). The Agent shall give each Lender and the Borrowers notice of the assignment by any Lender of its rights as contemplated by this Section. The Borrowers, the Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement. The Register and copies of each Assignment and Assumption Agreement shall be available for inspection by the Borrowers or any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice to the Agent. Upon its receipt of an Assignment and Assumption Agreement executed by an assigning Lender, together with each Note subject to such assignment, the Agent shall, if such Assignment and Assumption Agreement has been completed and if the Agent receives the processing and recording fee described in subsection (d) above, (i) accept such Assignment and Assumption Agreement, (ii) record the information contained therein in the Register and (iii) give prompt notice thereof to the Borrowers.

(f) In addition to the assignments and participations permitted under the foregoing provisions of this Section, any Lender may assign and pledge all or any portion of its Loans and its Notes to any Federal Reserve Bank as collateral security pursuant to Regulation A and any Operating Circular issued by such Federal Reserve Bank, and such Loans and Notes shall be fully transferable as provided therein. No such assignment shall release the assigning Lender from its obligations hereunder.

 

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(g) A Lender may furnish any information concerning EPR or any of its Subsidiaries in the possession of such Lender from time to time to Assignees and Participants (including prospective Assignees and Participants) subject to compliance with Section 12.8 or other confidentiality restrictions at least as restrictive as Section 12.8.

(h) Anything in this Section to the contrary notwithstanding, no Lender may assign or participate any interest in any Loan held by it hereunder to EPR or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates.

(i) Each Lender agrees that, without the prior written consent of the Borrowers and the Agent, it will not knowingly make any assignment hereunder in any manner or under any circumstances that would require registration or qualification of, or filings in respect of, any Loan or Note under the Securities Act or any other securities laws of the United States of America or of any other jurisdiction.

Section 12.6. Amendments.

(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, any consent or approval required or permitted by this Agreement or any other Loan Document to be given by the Lenders may be given, and any term of this Agreement or of any other Loan Document may be amended, and the performance or observance by EPR or any of its Subsidiaries of any terms of this Agreement or such other Loan Document or the continuance of any Default or Event of Default may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively) with, but only with, the written consent of the Required Lenders (and, in the case of an amendment to any Loan Document, the written consent of each Borrower party thereto).

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the prior written consent of each Lender adversely affected thereby, no amendment, waiver or consent shall do any of the following:

(i) increase the Commitments of the Lenders (except for any increase in the Commitments effectuated pursuant to Section 2.14.) or subject the Lenders to any additional obligations;

(ii) reduce the principal of, the method of application of any mandatory prepayment of, or interest rates that have accrued or that will be charged on the outstanding principal amount of, any Loans or other Obligations;

(iii) reduce the amount of any Fees payable hereunder or postpone any date fixed for payment thereof;

(iv) extend the Termination Date or otherwise postpone any date fixed for any payment of any principal of, or interest on, any Loans or any other Obligations (including the waiver of any Default or Event of Default as a result of the nonpayment of any such Obligations as and when due), or extend the expiration date of any Letter of Credit beyond the Termination Date;

(v) amend or otherwise modify the provisions of Section 3.2.;

 

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(vi) modify the definition of the term “Required Lenders” or otherwise modify in any other manner the number or percentage of the Lenders required to make any determinations or waive any rights hereunder or to modify any provision hereof, including without limitation, any modification of this Section 12.6. if such modification would have such effect;

(vii) amend the provisions of Section 12.5(c) or (d) so as to impose more restrictions of a Lender’s ability to grant assignments or participations hereunder; or

(viii) amend or otherwise modify the provisions of Section 2.12.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the prior written consent of all Lenders, no amendment, waiver or consent shall do any of the following:

(i) modify the definition of the term “Required Lenders” or otherwise modify in any other manner the number or percentage of the Lenders required to make any determinations or waive any rights hereunder or to modify any provision hereof, including without limitation, any modification of this Section 12.6; or

(ii) release any Borrower from its obligations hereunder, except as otherwise permitted in connection with the removal or replacement of an Unencumbered Property under Sections 7.12, Section 7.13 or Section 10.2.

(d) No amendment, waiver or consent, unless in writing and signed by the Agent, in such capacity, in addition to the Lenders required hereinabove to take such action, shall affect the rights or duties of the Agent under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.

(e) No waiver shall extend to or affect any obligation not expressly waived or impair any right consequent thereon and any amendment, waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose set forth therein. Except as otherwise provided in Section 11.5., no course of dealing or delay or omission on the part of the Agent or any Lender in exercising any right shall operate as a waiver thereof or otherwise be prejudicial thereto. Any Event of Default occurring hereunder shall continue to exist until such time as such Event of Default is waived in writing in accordance with the terms of this Section, notwithstanding any attempted cure or other action by EPR or any of its Subsidiaries or any other Person subsequent to the occurrence of such Event of Default. Except as otherwise explicitly provided for herein or in any other Loan Document, no notice to or demand upon the Borrowers shall entitle the Borrowers to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.

(f) If, in connection with any proposed change, waiver, discharge, termination or other action under the provisions of this Agreement that requires approval of all Lenders or the Required Lenders, and the consent of one or more of such other Lenders whose consent is required is not obtained, then the Agent (in its capacity as a Lender and/or on behalf of, with their consent, one or more of the other non-consenting Lenders or Eligible Assignees) shall have the right (but not the obligation) to purchase the Commitment of such non-consenting Lender or Lenders upon payment to such non-consenting Lender(s) in full of the principal of and interest accrued on each Loan made, or Letter of Credit issued, by it and all other amounts owing to it or accrued for its account under this Agreement. Upon any such purchase or assignment, the

 

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non-consenting Lender’s interest in the Loans or Letters of Credit and its rights hereunder (but not its liability in respect thereof or under the Loan Documents or this Agreement to the extent the same relate to the period prior to the effective date of the purchase except to the extent assigned pursuant to such purchase) shall terminate on the date of purchase, and the non-consenting Lender shall promptly execute all documents reasonably requested to surrender and transfer such interest to the purchaser or assignee thereof, including an appropriate Assignment and Assumption Agreement.

Section 12.7. Nonliability of Agent and Lenders.

The relationship between the Borrowers, on the one hand, and the Lenders and the Agent, on the other hand, shall be solely that of borrower and lender. Neither the Agent nor any Lender shall have any fiduciary responsibilities to the Borrowers and no provision in this Agreement or in any of the other Loan Documents, and no course of dealing between or among any of the parties hereto, shall be deemed to create any fiduciary duty owing by the Agent or any Lender to any Lender or to EPR or any of its Subsidiaries. Neither the Agent nor any Lender undertakes any responsibility to the Borrowers to review or inform the Borrowers of any matter in connection with any phase of the Borrowers’ business or operations.

Section 12.8. Confidentiality.

The Agent and each Lender shall use reasonable efforts to assure that information about EPR and its Subsidiaries and their respective Minority Interests, and their respective properties, operations, affairs and financial condition, not generally disclosed to the public, which is furnished to the Agent or any Lender pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, is used only for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and shall not be divulged to any Person other than the Agent, the Lenders, and their respective agents who are actively and directly participating in the evaluation, administration or enforcement of the Loan Documents and other transactions between the Agent or such Lender, as applicable, and the Borrowers, but in any event the Agent and the Lenders may make disclosure: (a) to any of their respective affiliates (provided they shall agree to keep such information confidential in accordance with the terms of this Section or other confidentiality restrictions at least as restrictive as this Section); (b) as reasonably requested by any potential or actual Assignee, Participant or other transferee in connection with the contemplated transfer of any Commitment or participations therein as permitted hereunder (provided they shall agree to keep such information confidential in accordance with the terms of this Section); (c) as required or requested by any Governmental Authority or representative thereof or pursuant to legal process or in connection with any legal proceedings or as otherwise required by Applicable Law; (d) to the Agent’s or such Lender’s independent auditors and other professional advisors (provided they shall be notified of the confidential nature of the information); (e) after the happening and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to any other Person, in connection with the exercise by the Agent or the Lenders of rights hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents; (f) to any actual or potential contractual counter-parties to any Derivatives Contract or to any rating agency; and (g) to the extent such information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section actually known to such Lender to be such a breach or (y) becomes available to the Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than any Borrower or any Affiliate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Agent and

 

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each Lender may disclose any such confidential information, without notice to any Borrower, to Governmental Authorities in connection with any regulatory examination of the Agent or such Lender or in accordance with the regulatory compliance policy of the Agent or such Lender.

Section 12.9. Indemnification.

(a) The Borrowers shall and hereby agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Agent, each of the Lenders, any affiliate of the Agent or any Lender, and their respective directors, officers, shareholders, agents, employees and counsel (each referred to herein as an “Indemnified Party”) from and against any and all of the following (collectively, the “Indemnified Costs”): losses, costs, claims, damages, liabilities, deficiencies, judgments or reasonable expenses of every kind and nature (including, without limitation, amounts paid in settlement, court costs and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel incurred in connection with any litigation, investigation, claim or proceeding or any advice rendered in connection therewith, but excluding losses, costs, claims, damages, liabilities, deficiencies, judgments or expenses indemnification in respect of which is specifically covered by Section 3.12. or 4.1. or expressly excluded from the coverage of such Section 3.12. or 4.1.) incurred by an Indemnified Party in connection with, arising out of, or by reason of, any suit, cause of action, claim, arbitration, investigation or settlement, consent decree or other proceeding (the foregoing referred to herein as an “Indemnity Proceeding”) brought by any Borrower or third party which is in any way related directly or indirectly to: (i) this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated thereby; (ii) the making of any Loans or issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder; (iii) any actual or proposed use by any Borrower of the proceeds of the Loans or Letters of Credit; (iv) the Agent’s or any Lender’s entering into this Agreement; (v) the fact that the Agent and the Lenders have established the credit facility evidenced hereby in favor of the Borrowers; (vi) the fact that the Agent and the Lenders are creditors of the Borrowers and have or are alleged to have information regarding the financial condition, strategic plans or business operations of EPR and the Subsidiaries; (vii) the fact that the Agent and the Lenders are material creditors of the Borrowers and are alleged to influence directly or indirectly the business decisions or affairs of the Borrowers and the other Subsidiaries or their financial condition; (viii) the exercise of any right or remedy the Agent or the Lenders may have under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents; (ix) any civil penalty or fine assessed by the OFAC against, and all reasonable costs and expenses (including counsel fees and disbursements) incurred in connection with defense thereof by, the Agent or any Lender as a result of conduct of EPR or any of its Subsidiaries that violates a sanction enforced by the OFAC; or (x) any violation or non-compliance by any Borrower or any Subsidiary of any Applicable Law (including any Environmental Law) including, but not limited to, any Indemnity Proceeding commenced by (A) the Internal Revenue Service or state taxing authority or (B) any Governmental Authority or other Person under any Environmental Law, including any Indemnity Proceeding commenced by a Governmental Authority or other Person seeking remedial or other action to cause EPR or its Subsidiaries (or its respective properties) (or the Agent and/or the Lenders as successors to any Borrower) to be in compliance with such Environmental Laws; provided, however, that the Borrowers shall not be obligated to indemnify any Indemnified Party for any acts or omissions of such Indemnified Party in connection with matters described in this subsection to the extent arising from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Party, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment.

 

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(b) The Borrowers’ indemnification obligations under this Section 12.9. shall apply to all Indemnity Proceedings arising out of, or related to, the foregoing whether or not an Indemnified Party is a named party in such Indemnity Proceeding. In this regard, this indemnification shall cover all Indemnified Costs of any Indemnified Party in connection with any deposition of any Indemnified Party or compliance with any subpoena (including any subpoena requesting the production of documents). This indemnification shall, among other things, apply to any Indemnity Proceeding commenced by other creditors of any Borrower or any Subsidiary, any shareholder of any Borrower or any Subsidiary (whether such shareholder(s) are prosecuting such Indemnity Proceeding in their individual capacity or derivatively on behalf of any Borrower), any account debtor of any Borrower or any Subsidiary or by any Governmental Authority. If indemnification is to be sought hereunder by an Indemnified Party, then such Indemnified Party shall notify the Borrowers of the commencement of any Indemnity Proceeding; provided, however, that the failure to so notify the Borrowers shall not relieve the Borrowers from any liability that they may have to such Indemnified Party pursuant to this Section 12.9.

(c) This indemnification shall apply to any Indemnity Proceeding arising during the pendency of any bankruptcy proceeding filed by or against any Borrower and/or any Subsidiary.

(d) All reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses of, and all reasonable amounts paid to third-persons by, an Indemnified Party shall be advanced by the Borrowers at the request of such Indemnified Party notwithstanding any claim or assertion by the Borrowers that such Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnification hereunder, upon receipt of an undertaking by such Indemnified Party that such Indemnified Party will reimburse the Borrowers if it is actually and finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that such Indemnified Party is not so entitled to indemnification hereunder.

(e) An Indemnified Party may conduct its own investigation and defense of, and may formulate its own strategy with respect to, any Indemnity Proceeding covered by this Section and, as provided above, all Indemnified Costs incurred by such Indemnified Party shall be reimbursed by the Borrowers. No action taken by legal counsel chosen by an Indemnified Party in investigating or defending against any such Indemnity Proceeding shall vitiate or in any way impair the obligations and duties of the Borrowers hereunder to indemnify and hold harmless each such Indemnified Party; provided, however, that if (i) the Borrowers are required to indemnify an Indemnified Party pursuant hereto and (ii) the Borrowers have provided evidence reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party that the Borrowers have the financial wherewithal to reimburse such Indemnified Party for any amount paid by such Indemnified Party with respect to such Indemnity Proceeding, such Indemnified Party shall not settle or compromise any such Indemnity Proceeding without the prior written consent of the Borrowers (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Indemnified Party may settle or compromise any such Indemnity Proceeding without the prior written consent of the Borrowers where (x) no monetary relief is sought against such Indemnified Party in such Indemnity Proceeding or (y) there is an allegation of a violation of law by such Indemnified Party.

 

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(f) If and to the extent that the obligations of the Borrowers under this Section are unenforceable for any reason, the Borrowers hereby agree to make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of such obligations which is permissible under Applicable Law.

(g) The Borrowers’ obligations under this Section shall survive any termination of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the payment in full in cash of the Obligations, and are in addition to, and not in substitution of, any other of their obligations set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to which it is a party.

Section 12.10. Termination; Survival.

At such time as (a) all of the Commitments have been terminated, (b) all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit the expiration dates of which extend beyond the Termination Date as permitted under Section 2.2.(b) and in respect of which the Borrowers have satisfied the requirements of such Section) have terminated, (c) none of the Lenders is obligated any longer under this Agreement to make any Loans and (d) all Obligations (other than obligations which survive as provided in the following two sentences) have been paid and satisfied in full, this Agreement shall terminate. The indemnities to which the Agent and the Lenders are entitled under the provisions of Sections 3.12., 4.1., 4.4., 11.7., 12.2. and 12.9. and any other provision of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and the provisions of Section 12.4., shall continue in full force and effect and shall protect the Agent and the Lenders (i) notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, or of the other Loan Documents, against events arising after such termination as well as before and (ii) at all times after any such party ceases to be a party to this Agreement with respect to all matters and events existing on or prior to the date such party ceased to be a party to this Agreement.

Section 12.11. Severability of Provisions.

Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

Section 12.12. GOVERNING LAW.

THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS EXECUTED, AND TO BE FULLY PERFORMED, IN SUCH STATE.

Section 12.13. Patriot Act.

The Lenders and the Agent each hereby notifies the Borrowers that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrowers, which information includes the name and address of the Borrowers and other information that will allow such Lender or the Agent, as applicable, to identify the Borrowers in accordance with such Act.

 

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Section 12.14. Counterparts.

This Agreement and any amendments, waivers, consents or supplements may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all of which counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

Section 12.15. Obligations with Respect to Borrowers.

The obligations of a Borrower to direct or prohibit the taking of certain actions by other Borrowers as specified herein shall be absolute and not subject to any defense such Borrower may have that such Borrower does not control such other Borrower.

Section 12.16. Limitation of Liability.

Neither the Agent nor any Lender, nor any affiliate, officer, director, employee, attorney, or agent of the Agent or any Lender shall have any liability with respect to, and the Borrowers hereby waive, release, and agree not to sue any of them upon, any claim for any special, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages suffered or incurred by any Borrower in connection with, arising out of, or in any way related to, this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents. The Borrowers hereby waive, release, and agree not to sue the Agent or any Lender or any of the Agent’s or any Lender’s affiliates, officers, directors, employees, attorneys, or agents for punitive damages in respect of any claim in connection with, arising out of, or in any way related to, this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or financed hereby.

Section 12.17. Entire Agreement.

This Agreement and the other Loan Documents referred to herein embody the final, entire agreement among the parties hereto and supersede any and all prior commitments, agreements, representations, and understandings, whether written or oral, relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof and may not be contradicted or varied by evidence of prior, contemporaneous, or subsequent oral agreements or discussions of the parties hereto. There are no oral agreements among the parties hereto.

Section 12.18. Construction.

The Agent, each Borrower and each Lender acknowledge that each of them has had the benefit of legal counsel of its own choice and has been afforded an opportunity to review this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with its legal counsel and that this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be construed as if jointly drafted by the Agent, the Borrowers and the Lenders.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Credit Agreement to be executed by their authorized officers all as of the day and year first above written.

BORROWERS:

 

ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST
By:   /s/ Mark Peterson
  Name: Mark Peterson
  Title: Vice President
30 WEST PERSHING, LLC
By:   /s/ Mark Peterson
  Name: Mark Peterson
  Title: Vice President
EPT DOWNREIT II, Inc.
By:   /s/ Mark Peterson
  Name: Mark Peterson
  Title: Vice President
EPT HUNTSVILLE, INC.
By:   /s/ Mark Peterson
  Name: Mark Peterson
  Title: Vice President
MEGAPLEX FOUR, INC.
By:   /s/ Mark Peterson
  Name: Mark Peterson
  Title: Vice President
WESTCOL CENTER, LLC
By:   /s/ Mark Peterson
  Name: Mark Peterson
  Title: Vice President

 

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EPT MELBOURNE, INC.
By:   /s/ Mark Peterson
  Name: Mark Peterson
  Title: Vice President
CROTCHED MOUNTAIN PROPERTIES, LLC
By:   /s/ Mark Peterson
  Name: Mark Peterson
  Title: Vice President
EDUCATION CAPITAL SOLUTIONS, LLC
By:   /s/ Mark Peterson
  Name: Mark Peterson
  Title: Vice President
EPR HIALEAH, INC.
By:   /s/ Mark Peterson
  Name: Mark Peterson
  Title: Vice President
EPT 909, INC.
By:   /s/ Mark Peterson
  Name Mark Peterson
  Title: Vice President
EPT CROTCHED MOUNTAIN, INC.
By:   /s/ Mark Peterson
  Name: Mark Peterson
  Title: Vice President

 

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EPT KALAMAZOO, INC.
By:   /s/ Mark Peterson
  Name: Mark Peterson
  Title: Vice President
EPT MAD RIVER, INC.
By:   /s/ Mark Peterson
  Name: Mark Peterson
  Title: Vice President
EPT MOUNT ATTITASH, INC.
By:   /s/ Mark Peterson
  Name: Mark Peterson
  Title: Vice President
EPT MOUNT SNOW, INC.
By:   /s/ Mark Peterson
  Name: Mark Peterson
  Title: Vice President
EPT NINETEEN, INC.
By:   /s/ Mark Peterson
  Name: Mark Peterson
  Title: Vice President
EPT SKI PROPERTIES, INC.
By:   /s/ Mark Peterson
  Name: Mark Peterson
  Title: Vice President

 

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EPT WATERPARKS, INC.
By:   /s/ Mark Peterson
  Name Mark Peterson
  Title: Vice President
MEGAPLEX NINE, INC.
By:   /s/ Mark Peterson
  Name: Mark Peterson
  Title: Vice President
EPR METROPOLIS TRUST
By:   /s/ Mark Peterson
  Name: Mark Peterson
  Title: Signatory Trustee
YONGEDUNDAS SIGNAGE TRUST
By:   /s/ Mark Peterson
  Name: Mark Peterson
  Title: Signatory Trustee

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[Signature Page to Credit Agreement dated as of

June 30, 2010 with Entertainment Properties Trust, et al.]

 

KEYBANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Agent, and as a Lender

By:   /s/ Jane E. McGrath
  Jane E. McGrath
  Vice President
Commitment Amount:
$60,000,000.00
Lending Office (all Types of Loans):

KEYBANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

225 Franklin Street, 18 th Floor

Boston, Massachusetts 02110

Telephone:     (617) 385 6216

Telecopy:       (617) 385-6293

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[Signature Page to Credit Agreement dated as of

June 30, 2010 with Entertainment Properties Trust, et al.]

 

JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Lender
By:   /s/ Mohammad S. Hasan
 

Mohammad S. Hasan

Associate

Commitment Amount:
$60,000,000.00
Lending Office (all Types of Loans):

JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.

383 Madison Avenue, 24 th Floor

New York, New York 10179

Telephone:     (212) 622-8174

Telecopy:       (646) 534-0574

 

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[Signature Page to Credit Agreement dated as of

June 30, 2010 with Entertainment Properties Trust, et al.]

 

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as Lender
By:   /s/ Dan LePage
  Name:   Dan LePage
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
Commitment Amount:
$60,000,000.00
Lending Office (all Types of Loans):

One Liberty Plaza, 3 rd Floor

165 Broadway

New York, New York 10006-1404

Attention: GLA Administrator

Telephone:    1-877-332-7455
Telecopy:      1-212-428-2372

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[Signature Page to Credit Agreement dated as of

June 30, 2010 with Entertainment Properties Trust, et al.]

 

UMB BANK, N.A., as Lender
By:   /s/ Robert P. Elbert
 

Robert P. Elbert

Senior Vice President

Commitment Amount:
$25,000,000.00
Lending Office (all Types of Loans):

UMB Bank, N.A.

1010 Grand Boulevard

Kansas City, MO 64106

Telephone:     (816) 860-7116

Telecopy:       (816) 860-7143

 

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[Signature Page to Credit Agreement dated as of

June 30, 2010 with Entertainment Properties Trust, et al.]

 

GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, as Lender
By:   /s/ Mark Walton
 

Mark Walton

  Title:    Authorized Signatory
Commitment Amount:
$20,000,000.00
Lending Office (all Types of Loans):

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

c/o Goldman, Sachs & Co.

30 Hudson Street, 36 th Floor

Jersey City, NJ 07302

Telephone:     (212) 934-3921

Telecopy:       (917) 977-3966

 

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[Signature Page to Credit Agreement dated as of

June 30, 2010 with Entertainment Properties Trust, et al.]

 

CITIBANK N.A., as Lender
By:   /s/ John Rowland
 

John Rowland

Director

Commitment Amount:
$40,000,000.00
Lending Office (all Types of Loans):

Citibank N.A.

388 Greenwich Street, 23 rd Floor

New York, NY 10022

Telephone:     (212) 723-5931

Telecopy:       (646) 291-1630

 

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[Signature Page to Credit Agreement dated as of

June 30, 2010 with Entertainment Properties Trust, et al.]

 

BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as Lender
By:   /s/ Allison D’Eugenio
  Name:   Allison D’Eugenio
  Title:   Assistant Vice President
Commitment Amount:
$40,000,000.00
Lending Office (all Types of Loans):

Barclays Bank PLC

745 7 th Avenue

New York, NY 10019

Telephone:     (212) 723-5931

Telecopy:       (646) 291-1630

 

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[Signature Page to Credit Agreement dated as of

June 30, 2010 with Entertainment Properties Trust, et al.]

 

BANK OF THE WEST, as Lender
By:   /s/ Tim Kyndesen
 

Tim Kyndesen

Senior Vice President

Commitment Amount:
$15,000,000.00
Lending Office (all Types of Loans):

Bank of the West

7101 College Boulevard, Suite 1660

Overland Park, KS 66210

Telephone:     (913) 663-8101

Telecopy:       (913) 317-8006

 

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EXHIBIT A

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT

THIS ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT dated as of                      , 20      (the “Agreement”) by and among                                               (the “Assignor”),                                                               (the “Assignee”), and KEYBANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Agent (the “Agent”).

WHEREAS, the Assignor is a Lender under that certain Credit Agreement dated as of June      , 2010 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among Entertainment Properties Trust and the Subsidiary Borrowers referred to therein (collectively, the “Borrowers”), the financial institutions party thereto and their assignees under Section 12.5. thereof (the “Lenders”), the Agent, and the other parties thereto;

WHEREAS, the Assignor desires to assign to the Assignee, among other things, all or a portion of the Assignor’s Commitment under the Credit Agreement, all on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and

WHEREAS, the Agent consents to such assignment on the terms and conditions set forth herein;

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which hereby are acknowledged by the parties hereto, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

Section 1. Assignment .

(a)    Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and in consideration of the payment to be made by the Assignee to the Assignor pursuant to Section 2 of this Agreement, effective as of                      , 20      (the “Assignment Date”), the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells, transfers and assigns to the Assignee, without recourse, a $                      interest (such interest being the “Assigned Commitment”) in and to the Assignor’s Commitment and all of the other rights and obligations of the Assignor under the Credit Agreement, the Assignor’s Note and the other Loan Documents (representing              % in respect of the aggregate amount of all Lenders’ Commitments), including without limitation, a principal amount of outstanding Loans equal to $                      and all voting rights of the Assignor associated with the Assigned Commitment, all rights to receive interest on such amount of Loans and all facility and other Fees with respect to the Assigned Commitment and other rights of the Assignor under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents with respect to the Assigned Commitment. The Assignee, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, hereby assumes all obligations of the Assignor as a Lender with respect to the Assigned Commitment, which obligations shall include, but shall not be limited to, the obligation to make Loans to the Borrowers with respect to the Assigned Commitment, the obligation to pay the Agent amounts due in respect of draws under Letters of Credit as required under Section 2.2.(i) of the Credit Agreement and the obligation to indemnify the Agent as provided in the Credit Agreement (the foregoing enumerated obligations, together with all other similar obligations more particularly set forth in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, collectively, the “Assigned Obligations”). The Assignor shall have no further duties or obligations with respect to, and shall have no further interest in, the Assigned Obligations or the Assigned Commitment from and after the Assignment Date.

 

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(b)    The assignment by the Assignor to the Assignee hereunder is without recourse to the Assignor. The Assignee makes and confirms to the Agent, the Assignor, and the other Lenders all of the representations, warranties and covenants of a Lender under Article XI. of the Credit Agreement. Not in limitation of the foregoing, the Assignee acknowledges and agrees that, except as set forth in Section 4 below, the Assignor is making no representations or warranties with respect to, and the Assignee hereby releases and discharges the Assignor for any responsibility or liability for: (i) the present or future solvency or financial condition of EPR or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) any representations, warranties, statements or information made or furnished by EPR or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the Credit Agreement or otherwise, (iii) the validity, efficacy, sufficiency, or enforceability of the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other document or instrument executed in connection therewith, or the collectibility of the Assigned Obligations, (iv) the perfection, priority or validity of any Lien with respect to any collateral at any time securing the Obligations or the Assigned Obligations under the Notes or the Credit Agreement and (v) the performance or failure to perform by EPR or any of its Subsidiaries of any obligation under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document to which it is a party. Further, the Assignee acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agent, or any affiliate or subsidiary thereof, the Assignor or any other Lender and based on the financial statements supplied by the Borrowers and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit and legal analysis and decision to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement. The Assignee also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Documents or pursuant to any other obligation. Except as expressly provided in the Credit Agreement, the Agent shall have no duty or responsibility whatsoever, either initially or on a continuing basis, to provide the Assignee with any credit or other information with respect to any Borrower or to notify the Assignee of any Default or Event of Default. The Assignee has not relied on the Agent as to any legal or factual matter in connection therewith or in connection with the transactions contemplated thereunder.

Section 2. Payment by Assignee . In consideration of the assignment made pursuant to Section 1 of this Agreement, the Assignee agrees to pay to the Assignor on the Assignment Date, such amount as they may agree.

Section 3. Payments by Assignor . The Assignor agrees to pay to the Agent on the Assignment Date the administration fee, if any, payable under the applicable provisions of the Credit Agreement.

Section 4. Representations and Warranties of Assignor . The Assignor hereby represents and warrants to the Assignee that (a) as of the Assignment Date (i) the Assignor is a Lender under the Credit Agreement having a Commitment under the Credit Agreement (without reduction by any assignments thereof which have not yet become effective), equal to $                      [and $                      , respectively], and that the Assignor is not in default of its obligations under the Credit Agreement; and (ii) the outstanding balance of Loans owing to the

 

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Assignor (without reduction by any assignments thereof which have not yet become effective) is $                      ; and (b) it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Assigned Commitment which is free and clear of any adverse claim created by the Assignor.

Section 5. Representations, Warranties and Agreements of Assignee . The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that it is (i) legally authorized to enter into this Agreement, (ii) an “accredited investor” (as such term is used in Regulation D of the Securities Act) and (iii) an Eligible Assignee; (b) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered in connection therewith or pursuant thereto and such other documents and information (including without limitation the Loan Documents) as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement; (c) appoints and authorizes the Agent to take such action as contractual representative on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Loan Documents as are delegated to the Agent by the terms thereof together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (d) agrees that, if not already a Lender and to the extent of the Assigned Commitment, it will become a party to and shall be bound by the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which the other Lenders are a party on the Assignment Date and will perform in accordance therewith all of the obligations which are required to be performed by it as a Lender with respect to the Assigned Commitment.

Section 6. Recording and Acknowledgment by the Agent . Following the execution of this Agreement, the Assignor will deliver to the Agent (a) a duly executed copy of this Agreement for acknowledgment and recording by the Agent and (b) the Assignor’s Note. Upon such acknowledgment and recording, from and after the Assignment Date, the Agent shall make all payments in respect of the interest assigned hereby (including payments of principal, interest, Fees and other amounts) to the Assignee. The Assignor and Assignee shall make all appropriate adjustments in payments under the Credit Agreement for periods prior to the Assignment Date directly between themselves.

Section 7. Addresses . The Assignee specifies as its address for notices and its Lending Office for all Loans, the offices set forth on Schedule 1 attached hereto.

Section 8. Payment Instructions . All payments to be made to the Assignee under this Agreement by the Assignor, and all payments to be made to the Assignee under the Credit Agreement, shall be made as provided in the Credit Agreement in accordance with the instructions set forth on Schedule 1 attached hereto or as the Assignee may otherwise notify the Agent.

Section 9. Effectiveness of Assignment . This Agreement, and the assignment and assumption contemplated herein, shall not be effective until (a) this Agreement is executed and delivered by each of the Assignor, the Assignee, the Agent, and if required under Section 12.5.(d) of the Credit Agreement, the Borrowers, and (b) the payment to the Assignor of the amounts, if any, owing by the Assignee pursuant to Section 2 hereof and (c) the payment to the Agent of the amounts, if any, owing by the Assignor pursuant to Section 3 hereof. Upon recording and acknowledgment of this Agreement by the Agent, from and after the Assignment Date, (i) the Assignee shall be a party to the Credit Agreement with respect to the Assigned Commitment and have the rights and obligations of a Lender thereunder to the extent of the

 

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Assigned Commitment and (ii) the Assignor shall relinquish its rights (except as otherwise provided in Section 12.10. of the Credit Agreement) and be released from its obligations under the Credit Agreement with respect to the Assigned Commitment; provided, however, that if the Assignor does not assign its entire interest under the Loan Documents, it shall remain a Lender entitled to all of the benefits and subject to all of the obligations thereunder with respect to its retained Commitment.

Section 10. Governing Law . THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS EXECUTED, AND TO BE FULLY PERFORMED, IN SUCH STATE.

Section 11. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts each of which, when taken together, shall constitute one and the same agreement.

Section 12. Headings . Section headings have been inserted herein for convenience only and shall not be construed to be a part hereof.

Section 13. Amendments; Waivers . This Agreement may not be amended, changed, waived or modified except by a writing executed by the Assignee and the Assignor; provided, however, any amendment, waiver or consent which shall affect the rights or duties of the Agent under this Agreement shall not be effective unless signed by the Agent.

Section 14. Entire Agreement . This Agreement embodies the entire agreement between the Assignor and the Assignee with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all other prior arrangements and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof.

Section 15. Binding Effect . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

Section 16. Definitions . Terms not otherwise defined herein are used herein with the respective meanings given them in the Credit Agreement.

[Signatures on Following Pages]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Assignment and Assumption Agreement as of the date and year first written above.

 

ASSIGNOR:

[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]

By:

   
 

Name:

   
 

Title:

   

ASSIGNEE:

[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]

By:

   
 

Name:

   
 

Title:

   

 

Accepted as of the date first written above.

AGENT:

KEYBANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Agent

By:

   
 

Name:

   
 

Title:

   

[Signatures Continued on Following Page]

 

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SCHEDULE 1

Information Concerning the Assignee

 

Notice Address:

  

 

  

 

  

 

   Telephone No.:   

 

   Telecopy No.:   

 

Lending Office:

  

 

  

 

  

 

   Telephone No.:   

 

   Telecopy No.:   

 

Payment Instructions:

  

 

  

 

 

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EXHIBIT B

FORM OF NOTICE OF BORROWING

                     , 201     

KEYBANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Agent

225 Franklin Street, 18 th Floor

Boston, Massachusetts 02110

Attention: Jeffry M. Morrison

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of June      , 2010 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST and the Subsidiary Borrowers referred to therein (collectively, the “Borrowers”), the financial institutions party thereto and their assignees under Section 12.5. thereof (the “Lenders”), KEYBANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Agent (the “Agent”), and the other parties thereto. Capitalized terms used herein, and not otherwise defined herein, have their respective meanings given them in the Credit Agreement.

 

  1. Pursuant to Section 2.1.(b) of the Credit Agreement, the Borrowers hereby request that the Lenders make Loans to the Borrowers in an aggregate principal amount equal to $                      .

 

  2. The Borrowers request that such Loans be made available to the Borrowers on                      , 201      .

 

  3. The Borrowers hereby request that the requested Loans all be of the following Type:

[Check one box only]

¨   Base Rate Loans

¨   LIBOR Loans, each with an initial Interest Period for a duration of:

 

[Check one box only]   ¨    1 month
  ¨    2 months
  ¨    3 months
  ¨    6 months

 

  4. The Borrowers request that the proceeds of this borrowing of Loans be made available to the Borrowers by                                                           .

 

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Attached hereto is an Availability Certificate in the form of Exhibit G and a Compliance Certificate in the form of Exhibit F annexed to the Credit Agreement.

The Borrowers hereby certify to the Agent and the Lenders that as of the date hereof and as of the date of the making of the requested Loans and after giving effect thereto, (a) no Default or Event of Default exists or will exist immediately after giving effect to the requested Loans, and (b) the representations and warranties made or deemed made by the Borrowers in the Loan Documents to which any of them is a party are and shall be true and correct in all material respects, except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date) and except for changes in factual circumstances not prohibited under the Loan Documents. In addition, the Borrowers certify to the Agent and the Lenders that all conditions to the making of the requested Loans contained in Article V. of the Credit Agreement will have been satisfied (or waived in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Loan Documents) at the time such Loans are made.

If notice of the requested borrowing of Loans was previously given by telephone, this notice is to be considered the written confirmation of such telephone notice required by Section 2.1.(b) of the Credit Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed and delivered this Notice of Borrowing as of the date first written above.

 

ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST, as Borrower Representative on its own behalf and on behalf of the other Borrowers

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT C

FORM OF NOTICE OF CONTINUATION

                     , 201     

KEYBANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Agent

225 Franklin Street, 18 th Floor

Boston, Massachusetts 02110

Attention: Jeffry M. Morrison

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of June      , 2010 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST and the Subsidiary Borrowers referred to therein (collectively, the “Borrowers”), the financial institutions party thereto and their assignees under Section 12.5. thereof (the “Lenders”), KEYBANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Agent (the “Agent”), and the other parties thereto. Capitalized terms used herein, and not otherwise defined herein, have their respective meanings given them in the Credit Agreement.

Pursuant to Section 2.7. of the Credit Agreement, the Borrowers hereby request a Continuation of a borrowing of Loans under the Credit Agreement, and in that connection sets forth below the information relating to such Continuation as required by such Section of the Credit Agreement:

 

  1. The proposed date of such Continuation is                      , 201      .

 

  2. The aggregate principal amount of Loans subject to the requested Continuation is $                                  and was originally borrowed by the Borrowers on                      , 201      .

 

  3. The portion of such principal amount subject to such Continuation is $                      .

 

  4. The current Interest Period for each of the Loans subject to such Continuation ends on                      , 201      .

 

  5. The duration of the new Interest Period for each of such Loans or portion thereof subject to such Continuation is:

 

[Check one box only]   ¨    1 month
  ¨    2 months
  ¨    3 months
  ¨    6 months

 

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The Borrowers hereby certify to the Agent and the Lenders that as of the date hereof, as of the proposed date of the requested Continuation, and after giving effect to such Continuation, no Default or Event of Default exists or will exist.

If notice of the requested Continuation was given previously by telephone, this notice is to be considered the written confirmation of such telephone notice required by Section 2.7. of the Credit Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed and delivered this Notice of Continuation as of the date first written above.

 

ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST, as Borrower Representative on its own behalf and on behalf of the other Borrowers

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT D

FORM OF NOTICE OF CONVERSION

                     , 201     

KEYBANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Agent

225 Franklin Street, 18 th Floor

Boston, Massachusetts 021108

Attention: Jeffry M. Morrison

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of June      , 2010 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST and the Subsidiary Borrowers referred to therein (collectively, the “Borrowers”), the financial institutions party thereto and their assignees under Section 12.5. thereof (the “Lenders”), KEYBANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Agent (the “Agent”), and the other parties thereto. Capitalized terms used herein, and not otherwise defined herein, have their respective meanings given them in the Credit Agreement.

Pursuant to Section 2.8. of the Credit Agreement, the Borrowers hereby request a Conversion of a borrowing of Loans of one Type into Loans of another Type under the Credit Agreement, and in that connection sets forth below the information relating to such Conversion as required by such Section of the Credit Agreement:

 

  1. The proposed date of such Conversion is                      , 201      .

 

  2. The Loans to be Converted pursuant hereto are currently:

 

[Check one box only]

  ¨   Base Rate Loans
  ¨   LIBOR Loans

 

  3. The aggregate principal amount of Loans subject to the requested Conversion is $                                  and was originally borrowed by the Borrowers on                      , 201      .

 

  4. The portion of such principal amount subject to such Conversion is $                      .

 

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  5. The amount of such Loans to be so Converted is to be converted into Loans of the following Type:

 

       [Check one box only]

 

¨   Base Rate Loans
¨   LIBOR Loans, each with an initial Interest Period for a duration of:

 

[Check one box only]

   ¨    1 month
   ¨    2 months
   ¨    3 months
   ¨    6 months

The Borrowers hereby certify to the Agent and the Lenders that as of the date hereof and as of the date of the requested Conversion and after giving effect thereto, (a) no Default or Event of Default exists or will exist (provided the certification under this clause (a) shall not be made in connection with the Conversion of a Loan into a Base Rate Loan), and (b) the representations and warranties made or deemed made by the Borrowers in the Loan Documents to which any of them is a party are and shall be true and correct in all material respects, except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date) and except for changes in factual circumstances not prohibited under the Loan Documents.

If notice of the requested Conversion was given previously by telephone, this notice is to be considered the written confirmation of such telephone notice required by Section 2.8. of the Credit Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has duly executed and delivered this Notice of Conversion as of the date first written above.

 

ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST, as Borrower Representative on its own behalf and on behalf of the other Borrowers

By:

   
 

Name:

   
 

Title:

   

 

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EXHIBIT E

FORM OF NOTE

$                                                                                                                                                                                                                , 201     

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, each of the undersigned, ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST and the other Subsidiary Borrowers that are signatories hereto (each, a “ Borrower ” and, collectively, the “ Borrowers ”, hereby jointly and severally promises to pay to the order of                                  (the “Lender”), in care of KEYBANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Agent (the “Agent”) at KEYBANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 225 Franklin Street, 18th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02110, or at such other address as may be specified in writing by the Agent to the Borrowers, the principal sum of                                  AND              /100 DOLLARS ($                      ) (or such lesser amount as shall equal the aggregate unpaid principal amount of Loans made by the Lender to the Borrowers under the Credit Agreement (as herein defined)), on the dates and in the principal amounts provided in the Credit Agreement, and to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount owing hereunder, at the rates and on the dates provided in the Credit Agreement.

The date and amount of each Loan made by the Lender to the Borrowers, and each payment made on account of the principal thereof, shall be recorded by the Lender on its books, provided that the failure of the Lender to make any such recordation shall not affect the obligations of the Borrowers to make a payment when due of any amount owing under the Credit Agreement or hereunder.

This Note is one of the Notes referred to in the Credit Agreement dated as of June      , 2010 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among the Borrowers, the financial institutions party thereto and their assignees under Section 12.5. thereof (the “Lenders”), the Agent, and the other parties thereto. Capitalized terms used herein, and not otherwise defined herein, have their respective meanings given them in the Credit Agreement.

The Credit Agreement provides for the acceleration of the maturity of this Note upon the occurrence of certain events and for prepayments of Loans upon the terms and conditions specified therein.

Except as permitted by Section 12.5.(d) of the Credit Agreement, this Note may not be assigned by the Lender to any Person.

THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS EXECUTED, AND TO BE FULLY PERFORMED, IN SUCH STATE.

The Borrowers hereby waive presentment for payment, demand, notice of demand, notice of non-payment, protest, notice of protest and all other similar notices.

 

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Time is of the essence for this Note.

THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE BORROWERS UNDER THIS NOTE SHALL BE JOINT AND SEVERAL, AND ACCORDINGLY, EACH BORROWER CONFIRMS THAT IT IS LIABLE FOR THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE OBLIGATIONS OF EACH OF THE OTHER BORROWERS HEREUNDER.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed and delivered this Note under seal as of the date first written above.

 

ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST

By:

   
 

Name:

 
 

Title:

 

 

30 WEST PERSHING, LLC

By:

   
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

EPT DOWNREIT II, Inc.

By:

   
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

EPT HUNTSVILLE, INC.

By:

   
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

MEGAPLEX FOUR, INC.

By:

   
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

WESTCOL CENTER, LLC

By:

   
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

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EPT MELBOURNE, INC.

By:

   
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

CROTCHED MOUNTAIN PROPERTIES, LLC

By:

   
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

EDUCATION CAPITAL SOLUTIONS, LLC

By:

   
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

EPR HIALEAH, INC.

By:

   
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

EPT 909, INC.

By:

   
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

EPT CROTCHED MOUNTAIN, INC.

By:

   
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

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EPT KALAMAZOO, INC.

By:

   
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

EPT MAD RIVER, INC.

By:

   
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

EPT MOUNT ATTITASH, INC.

By:

   
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

EPT MOUNT SNOW, INC.

By:

   
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

EPT NINETEEN, INC.

By:

   
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

EPT SKI PROPERTIES, INC.

By:

   
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

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EPT WATERPARKS, INC.

By:

   
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

MEGAPLEX NINE, INC.

By:

   
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

EPR METROPOLIS TRUST

By:

   
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

YONGEDUNDAS SIGNAGE TRUST

By:

   
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

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EXHIBIT F

FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

                          , 2010

KEYBANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Agent

225 Franklin Street, 18 th Floor

Boston, Massachusetts 02110

Attention: Jeffry M. Morrison

Each of the Lenders Party to the Credit

    Agreement referred to below

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of June      , 2010 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST and the Subsidiary Borrowers referred to therein (collectively, the “Borrowers”), the financial institutions party thereto and their assignees under Section 12.5. thereof (the “Lenders”), KEYBANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Agent (the “Agent”) and the other parties thereto. Capitalized terms used herein, and not otherwise defined herein, have their respective meanings given them in the Credit Agreement.

Pursuant to Section 8.1(c) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies to the Agent and the Lenders as follows:

(1)    The undersigned is the                                          of EPR.

(2)    The undersigned has examined the books and records of EPR and has conducted such other examinations and investigations as are reasonably necessary to provide this Compliance Certificate.

(3)    To the best of the undersigned’s knowledge, information and belief after due inquiry, no Default or Event of Default exists [if such is not the case, specify such Default or Event of Default and its nature, when it occurred and whether it is continuing and the steps being taken by the Borrowers with respect to such event, condition or failure] .

(4)    The representations and warranties made or deemed made by the Borrowers in the Loan Documents to which any is a party, are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date) and except for changes in factual circumstances not prohibited under the Loan Documents.

 

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(5) Attached hereto as Schedule 1 are reasonably detailed calculations establishing whether or not EPR and its Subsidiaries were in compliance with the covenants contained in Sections 9.1. of the Credit Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this certificate as of the date first above written.

 

ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST, as Borrower Representative on its own behalf and on behalf of the other Borrowers

By:

   
 

Name:

   
 

Title:

   

 

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Schedule 1

[Calculations to be Attached]

 

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EXHIBIT G

FORM OF AVAILABILITY CERTIFICATE

                     , 2010

KEYBANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Agent

225 Franklin Street, 18 th Floor

Boston, Massachusetts 02110

Attention: Jeffry M. Morrison

 

Each of the Lenders Party to the Credit
Agreement referred to below

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of June      , 2010 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST and the Subsidiary Borrowers referred to therein (collectively, the “Borrowers”), the financial institutions party thereto and their assignees under Section 12.5. thereof (the “Lenders”), KEYBANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Agent (the “Agent”) and the other parties thereto. Capitalized terms used herein, and not otherwise defined herein, have their respective meanings given them in the Credit Agreement.

Pursuant to Section 8.1(c) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies to the Agent and the Lenders as follows:

(1)    The undersigned is the                                          of EPR.

(2)    The undersigned has examined the books and records of EPR and has conducted such other examinations and investigations as are reasonably necessary to provide this Compliance Certificate.

(3)    To the best of the undersigned’s knowledge, information and belief after due inquiry, no Default or Event of Default exists [if such is not the case, specify such Default or Event of Default and its nature, when it occurred and whether it is continuing and the steps being taken by the Borrowers with respect to such event, condition or failure] .

(4)    The representations and warranties made or deemed made by the Borrowers in the Loan Documents to which any is a party, are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date) and except for changes in factual circumstances not prohibited under the Loan Documents.

 

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(5)    Attached hereto as Schedule 1 are reasonably detailed calculations establishing the current Availability under the Credit Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this certificate as of the date first above written.

 

ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST, as Borrower Representative on its own behalf and on behalf of the other Borrowers

By:

 

 

  Name:  

 

  Title:  

 

 

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Schedule 1

[Calculations to be Attached]

 

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EXHIBIT I

FORM OF

FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT

THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT dated as of                      , 201      , executed and delivered by                                          , a                      (the “New Borrower”), in favor of (a) KEYBANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, in its capacity as Agent (the “Agent”) for the Lenders under that certain Credit Agreement dated as of June      , 2010 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST and the Subsidiary Borrowers referred to therein (collectively, the “Borrowers”), the financial institutions party thereto and their assignees under Section 12.5. thereof (the “Lenders”), the Agent, and the other parties thereto, and (b) the Lenders.

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Agent and the Lenders have agreed to make available to the Borrowers certain financial accommodations on the terms and conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement;

WHEREAS, the Borrowers and the New Borrower, though separate legal entities, have a commonality of interests in their respective financing needs and have determined it to be in their mutual best interests to obtain financing from the Agent and the Lenders through their collective efforts;

WHEREAS, the New Borrower acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the Agent and the Lenders making such financial accommodations available to the Borrowers under the Credit Agreement and, accordingly, the New Borrower is willing to join in and guarantee the Borrowers’ obligations to the Agent and the Lenders on the terms and conditions contained herein; and

WHEREAS, the New Borrower’s execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the Agent and the Lenders continuing to make such financial accommodations to the Borrowers.

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by the New Borrower, the New Borrower agrees as follows:

Section 1. Accession to Loan Documents . The New Borrower hereby agrees that it is a “Subsidiary Borrower” under each Note and the Credit Agreement and assumes all obligations of a “Subsidiary Borrower” thereunder and agrees to be bound thereby, all as if the New Borrower had been an original signatory to each Note and the Credit Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the New Borrower hereby:

(a)     irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees the due and punctual payment and performance when due, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, of all Obligations (as defined in the Credit Agreement);

 

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(b)    makes to the Agent and the Lenders as of the date hereof each of the representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement made by the Borrowers and agrees to be bound by each of the covenants of the Borrowers contained in the Credit Agreement; and

(c)    consents and agrees to each provision set forth in each Note and the Credit Agreement.

SECTION 2.     GOVERNING LAW . THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS EXECUTED, AND TO BE FULLY PERFORMED, IN SUCH STATE.

Section 3.     Definitions . Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have their respective defined meanings given them in the Credit Agreement.

[Signatures on Next Page]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Borrower has caused this Joinder Agreement to be duly executed and delivered under seal by its duly authorized officers as of the date first written above.

 

[NEW BORROWER]

By:

   
 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

Address for Notices:

c/o

 

 

 

 

Attention:

 

 

Telephone:

 

 

Telecopy:

 

 

Accepted:

 

KEYBANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Agent

By:

   
  Name:  

 

  Title:  

 

 

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SCHEDULE 1.1(A)

INITIAL SUBSIDIARY BORROWERS

 

    

Entity:

  

Jurisdiction of Organization:

1.

   30 West Pershing, LLC    MO

2.

   EPT DownREIT II, Inc.    MO

3.

   EPT Huntsville, Inc.    DE

4.

   Megaplex Four, Inc.    MO

5.

   Westcol Center, LLC    DE

6.

   EPT Melbourne, Inc.    MO

7.

   Crotched Mountain Properties, LLC    NH

8.

   Education Capital Solutions, LLC    DE

9.

   EPR Hialeah, Inc.    MO

10.

   EPT 909, Inc.    DE

11.

   EPT Crotched Mountain, Inc.    MO

12.

   EPT Kalamazoo, Inc.    MO

13.

   EPT Mad River, Inc.    MO

14.

   EPT Mount Attitash, Inc.    DE

15.

   EPT Mount Snow, Inc.    DE

16.

   EPT Nineteen, Inc.    DE

17.

   EPT Ski Properties, Inc.    DE

18.

   EPT Waterparks, Inc.    DE

19.

   Megaplex Nine, Inc.    MO

20.

   EPR Metropolis Trust    DE

21.

   YongeDundas Signage Trust    DE

 

Schedule 1.1(A) - 1


SCHEDULE 1.1(B)

INITIAL ELIGIBLE REAL ESTATE

 

Subsidiary Borrower

  

Unencumbered Properties

  

Location

30 West Pershing, LLC

     
   Columbia Mall 14    Columbia, MD
   Conroe Grand 14    Conroe, TX
   Glendora 12    Glendora, CA
   Peoria 18    Peoria, IL
   Greensboro Grand 18    Greensboro, NC
   Kalispell 14    Kalispell, MT
   Panama City Beach Grand 16    Panama City, FL
   Southfield    Southfield, MI
   White Oak 14    Garner, NC
   Winston Salem Grand 18    Winston-Salem, NC
   Harbour View Grand 16    Suffolk, VA

Crotched Mountain Properties, LLC

     
   Crotched Mountain (Property)    Bennington, NH

Education Capital Solutions, LLC

     
   100 Academy of Excellence    Las Vegas, NV
   Academy of Academic Success    St. Louis, MO
   Academy of Careers (Elementary)    St. Louis, MO
   Academy of Careers (Middle)    St. Louis, MO
   Academy of Columbus    Columbus, OH
   Academy of Environmental Science & Math    St. Louis, MO
   Desert West    Phoenix, AZ
   East Mesa    Mesa, AZ
   Groveport Community School    Grovesport, OH
   Groveport Prep    Grovesport, OH
   Harvard Avenue CS    Cleveland, OH
   Hope Community    Washington, DC
   ILSA-E    Indianapolis, IN
   ILSA-W    Indianapolis, IN
   Imagine College Prep    St. Louis, MO
   InternationalAcademy of Mableton    Mableton, GA
   Marietta Charter School    Marietta, GA
   MASTer Academy    Ft. Wayne, IN
   Renaissance Academy    Mt. Pleasant, MI
   Renaissance Academy (Kensington)    Kansas City, MO

 

Schedule 1.1(B) - 1


   Renaissance Academy (Wallace)    Kansas City, MO
   Romig Road Community School    Akron, OH
   Rosefield    Surprise, AZ
   South Lake    Clermont, FL
   South Vero    Vero Beach, FL
   Wesley International Academy    Atlanta, GA
   West Melbourne    West Melbourne, FL
EPR Hialeah, Inc.    Hialeah 18    Hialeah, FL
EPR Metropolis Trust    Toronto Dundas Square    Toronto, ON, CA
YongeDundas SignageTrust    Toronto Dundas Square    Toronto, ON, CA
EPT 909, Inc.    Tinseltown USA    Colorado Springs, CO
   Tinseltown USA    El Paso, TX
   Movies 17    Grand Prairie, TX
   Tinseltown USA    Houston, TX
   Movies 14    McKinney, TX
   Movies 10    Mishawaka, IN
   Hollywood USA    Pasadena, TX
   Tinseltown USA    Pflugerville, TX
   Movies 10    Plano, TX
   Movies 14    Redding, CA
   Tinseltown USA    Pueblo, CO
EPT Crotched Mountain, Inc.      
   Crotched Mountain (Mortgage)    Bennington, NH
EPT DownREIT II, Inc.      
   Grand 24    Dallas, TX
   Houston Studio 30    Houston, TX
   Huebner Oaks 24    San Antonio, TX
   Lennox 24    Columbus, OH
   Mission Valley 20    San Diego, CA
   Ontario Mills30    Ontario, CA
   Promenade 16    Woodland Hills, CA
   West Olive 16    Creve Coeur, MO
EPT Huntsville, Inc.      
   Valley Bend 18    Huntsville, AL
EPT Kalamazoo, Inc.      
   Cityplace 14    Kalamazoo, MI
EPT Mad River, Inc.      
   Mad River Mountain    Zanesville, OH

 

Schedule 1.1(B) - 2


1EPT Melbourne, Inc.      
   Avenue 16    Melbourne, FL
EPT Mount Attitash, Inc.      
   Mount Attitash (Mortgage)    Bartlett, NH
EPT Mount Snow, Inc.      
   Mount Snow (Mortgage)    West Dover, VT
   Mount Snow II (Mortgage)    West Dover, VT
EPT Nineteen, Inc.      
   Ann Arbor    Ypsilanti, MI
   Buckland Hills    Manchester, CT
   Centreville    Centerville, VA
   Davenport    Davenport, IA
   Fairfax Corner    Fairfax, VA
   Flint West    Flint, MI
   Hazlet    Hazlet, NJ
   Huber Heights    Huber Heights, OH
   North Haven    North Haven, CT
   Preston Crossings    Okolona, KY
   Ritz Center    Voorhees, NJ
   Stonybrook    Louisville, KY
   The Greene    Beaver Creek, OH
   West Springfield    West Springfield, MA
   Western Hills    Cincinnati, OH
EPT Ski Properties, Inc.      
   Boston Mills/Brandywine (Mortgage)    Peninsula, OH
   Hidden Valley (Mortgage)    Wildwood, MO
   Jack Frost/Big Boulder (Mortgage)    Blakeslee, PA
   Paoli Peaks (Mortgage)    Paoli, IN
   Snow Creek (Mortgage)    Weston, MO
EPT Waterparks, Inc.      
   Schlitterbahn Vacation Village (Mortgage)    Kansas City, KS
Megaplex Four, Inc.      
   Cantera Retail    Warrensville, IL
   Gulf Pointe Retail    Houston, TX
   Mesquite Retail    Dallas, TX
   Powder Springs Retail (Ground Lease)    Austell, GA
Megaplex Nine, Inc.      
   Hampton Town Center 24    Hampton, VA
Westcol Center, LLC      
   Westminister Prominade - Retail    Westminster, CO

 

Schedule 1.1(B) - 3


SCHEDULE 2

ELIGIBLE REAL ESTATE QUALIFICATION DOCUMENTS

Such agreements, documents, certificates, reports or assurances as the Agent may reasonably require, including, without limitation the following:

 

1. Lease Summaries . Detailed Lease Summaries of all Leases relating to such Real Estate, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.

 

2. Rent Roll . Current Rent Roll for such Real Estate certified by the Borrowers as accurate and complete as of a recent date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, including without limitation, Tenant identification, term of lease, current rent, square footage, etc.

 

3. Certificate Regarding Condition . A certification from the chief executive or chief financial officer of the Borrowers that such Real Estate complies with the terms of Section 7.18.

 

4. Budget . An operating and capital expenditure budget for such Real Estate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent. The capital expenditure budget for the Real Estate must show adequate reserves or cash flow to cover capital expenditure needs of the Real Estate.

 

5. Operating Statements . Operating statements for such Real Estate in the form of such statements delivered to the Lenders under Section 8.1(c) covering each of the four fiscal quarters ending immediately prior to the addition of such Real Estate to the Unencumbered Property, to the extent available. Such operating statements shall be subject to the approval of the Agent.

 

6. EPR Senior Property Loan Summaries . Detailed summaries of all EPR Senior Property Loans and related EPR Senior First Mortgages, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.

 

Schedule 2 - 1


SCHEDULE 6.1(b)

OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE

EPR AND ITS CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES

AND UNCONSOLIDATED AFFILIATES 1

 

Entity

  

Jurisdiction of
Organization

Entertainment Properties Trust   

MD

3 Theatres, Inc.

   MO

30 West Pershing, LLC

   MO

Asia Entertainment and Leisure Opportunities Partners Ltd.

   Cayman

Asia Entertainment and Leisure Holdings Ltd.

   Cayman

Atlantic - EPR I 2

   DE

Atlantic - EPR II 3

   DE

Burbank Village, Inc.

   DE

Burbank Village, L.P.

   DE

Cantera 30 Theatre, L.P. 4

   DE

Cantera 30, Inc.

   DE

CCC VinREIT, LLC

   DE

Crotched Mountain Properties, LLC

   NH

Domus Communities, LLC 5

   DE

 

1 All entities are wholly owned, directly or indirectly, by EPR except as otherwise noted below. EPR itself is publicly traded.
2 80% owned by Atlantic US-Fund I, L.P.
3 80% owned by Atlantic US-Fund II, L.P.
4 Cantera 30, Inc. owns all general partner interests. Atlantic – EPR I owns all limited partnership interests.
5 50% owned by Petrus Capital, LLC.

 

Schedule 6.1(b) - 1


DPRB VinREIT, LLC

   DE

Education Capital Solutions, LLC

   DE

EPR Canada, Inc.

   MO

EPR Global Opportunities Management Ltd.

   Cayman

EPR Hialeah, Inc.

   MO

EPR Metropolis Trust

   DE

EPR North Trust

   DE

EPR TRS Holdings, Inc.

   MO

EPR TRS I, Inc.

   MO

EPR TRS II, Inc.

   MO

EPR TRS III, Inc.

   MO

EPT 301, LLC

   MO

EPT 909, Inc.

   DE

EPT 909B, Inc.

   DE

EPT Aliso Viejo, Inc.

   DE

EPT Arroyo, Inc.

   DE

EPT Auburn, Inc.

   DE

EPT Biloxi, Inc.

   DE

EPT Boise, Inc.

   DE

EPT Charlotte, Inc.

   DE

EPT Chattanooga, Inc.

   DE

EPT Columbiana, Inc.

   DE

EPT Concord, LLC

   DE

 

Schedule 6.1(b) - 2


EPT Crotched Mountain, Inc.

   MO

EPT Davie, Inc.

   DE

EPT Deer Valley, Inc.

   DE

EPT DownREIT, Inc.

   MO

EPT DownREIT II, Inc.

   MO

EPT East, Inc.

   DE

EPT Firewheel, Inc.

   DE

EPT First Colony, Inc.

   DE

EPT Fresno, Inc.

   DE

EPT GCC, LLC

   DE

EPT Glendora, Inc.

   DE

EPT Gulf Pointe, Inc.

   DE

EPT Hamilton, Inc.

   DE

EPT Hattiesburg, Inc.

   DE

EPT Hoffman Estates, Inc.

   DE

EPT Huntsville, Inc.

   DE

EPT Hurst, Inc.

   DE

EPT Indianapolis, Inc.

   DE

EPT Kalamazoo, Inc.

   MO

EPT Lafayette, Inc.

   DE

EPT Lawrence, Inc.

   DE

EPT Leawood, Inc.

   DE

EPT Little Rock, Inc.

   DE

 

Schedule 6.1(b) - 3


EPT Macon, Inc.

   DE

EPT Mad River, Inc.

   MO

EPT Manchester, Inc.

   DE

EPT Melbourne, Inc.

   MO

EPT Mesa, Inc.

   DE

EPT Mesquite, Inc.

   DE

EPT Modesto, Inc.

   DE

EPT Mount Attitash, Inc.

   DE

EPT Mount Snow, Inc.

   DE

EPT New Roc GP, Inc.

   DE

EPT New Roc, LLC

   DE

EPT Nineteen, Inc.

   DE

EPT Oakview, Inc.

   DE

EPT Pensacola, Inc.

   MO

EPT Pompano, Inc.

   DE

EPT Raleigh Theatres, Inc.

   DE

EPT Schoolhouse, Inc.

   DE

EPT Ski Properties, Inc.

   DE

EPT Slidell, Inc.

   DE

EPT South Barrington, Inc.

   DE

EPT Waterparks, Inc.

   DE

EPT White Plains, LLC

   DE

EPT Wilmington, Inc.

   DE

 

Schedule 6.1(b) - 4


Exit 108 Entertainment, LLC 6

   AL

Flik Depositor, Inc.

   DE

Flik, Inc.

   DE

GFS VinREIT, LLC

   DE

Havens VinREIT, LLC

   MO

HGP VinREIT, LLC

   DE

Kanata Entertainment Holdings, Inc.

   Canada

LCPV VinREIT, Inc.

   DE

Megaplex Four, Inc.

   MO

Megaplex Nine, Inc.

   MO

Metropolis Entertainment Holdings, Inc.

   Canada

Mississauga Entertainment Holdings, Inc.

   Canada

New Roc Associates, L.P.

   NY

Oakville Entertainment Holdings, Inc.

   Canada

Paso Robles VinREIT, LLC

   MO

PGCC, LLC 7

   DE

SBV VinREIT, LLC

   DE

Suffolk Retail, LLC 8

   DE

Sunny VinREIT, LLC

   DE

Tampa Veterans 24, Inc.

   DE

Tampa Veterans 24, L.P. 9

   DE

 

6 50% owned by Exit 108 Theatre, LLC.
7 50% owned by SGCC, Inc.
8 50% owned by Hemisphere Property Group, Inc.
9 Tampa Veterans 24, Inc. owns all general partnership interests. Atlantic - EPR II owns all limited partnership interests.

 

Schedule 6.1(b) - 5


Theatre Sub, Inc.

   MO

VinREIT, LLC 10

   DE

WestCol Center, LLC

   DE

WestCol Corp.

   DE

WestCol Holdings, LLC

   DE

WestCol Theatre, LLC

   DE

Westminster Promenade Owner’s Association, LLC

   CO

Whitby Entertainment Holdings, Inc.

   Canada

YongeDundas Signage Trust

   DE

 

10 4% owned by Global Wine Partners (U.S.) LLC.

 

Schedule 6.1(b) - 6


SCHEDULE 6.1(f)

TITLE TO PROPERTIES; LIENS

 

1. EPR’s headquarters, which is leased to EPR, located at 301 West Pershing, Kansas City, MO 64108.

 

2. The property described in the attached spreadsheet.

 

Schedule 6.1(f) - 1


ENTITY

  

Name

  

Location

  

Operator/Tenant

  

Secured Indebtedness -
Original Lender

30 West Pershing, LLC

   Columbia 14    Columbia, MD    AMC    No

30 West Pershing, LLC

   Glendora 12    Glendora, CA    AMC    No

30 West Pershing, LLC

   Star Southfield Center    Southfield, MI    AMC & other retail    No

30 West Pershing, LLC

   Grand Prairie 18    Peoria, IL    Rave Review Cinemas, LLC    No

30 West Pershing, LLC

   Harbour View Market Place    Suffolk, VA    Regal & other retail    No

30 West Pershing, LLC

   White Oak 14    Garner, N    Regal    No

30 West Pershing, LLC

   Kalispell 14    Kalispell, MT    Signature    No

30 West Pershing, LLC

   Conroe Grand 14    Conroe, TX    Southern    No

30 West Pershing, LLC

   Greensboro Grand 18    Greensboro, NC    Southern    No

30 West Pershing, LLC

   Panama City Beach Grand 16    Panama City, FL    Southern    No

30 West Pershing, LLC

   Winston Salem Grand 18    Winston-Salem, NC    Southern    No

Burbank Village, LP

   Burbank Village    Burbank, CA    AMC & other retail    Archon Financial

CCC VinREIT, LLC

   Carneros Custom Crush    Sonoma, CA    Carneros Custum Crush    No

DPRB VinREIT, LLC

   Rack & Riddle Custom Crush    Hopland, CA    Rb Wine    Bank of the West

Education Capital Solutions, LLC

   100 Academy of Excellence    Las Vegas, NV    Imagine    No

Education Capital Solutions, LLC

   Academy of Academic Success    St. Louis, MO    Imagine    No

Education Capital Solutions, LLC

   Academy of Careers (Elementary)    St. Louis, MO    Imagine    No

Education Capital Solutions, LLC

   Academy of Careers (Middle)    St. Louis, MO    Imagine    No

Education Capital Solutions, LLC

   Academy of Columbus    Columbus, OH    Imagine    No

Education Capital Solutions, LLC

   Academy of Environmental Science & Math    St. Louis, MO    Imagine    No

Education Capital Solutions, LLC

   Desert West    Phoenix, AZ    Imagine    No

Education Capital Solutions, LLC

   East Mesa    Mesa, AZ    Imagine    No

Education Capital Solutions, LLC

   Groveport Community School    Groveport, OH    Imagine    No

Education Capital Solutions, LLC

   Groveport Prep    Groveport, OH    Imagine    No

Education Capital Solutions, LLC

   Harvard Avenue CS    Cleveland, OH    Imagine    No

Education Capital Solutions, LLC

   Hope Community    Washington, DC    Imagine    No

Education Capital Solutions, LLC

   ILSA-E    Indianapolis, IN    Imagine    No

Education Capital Solutions, LLC

   ILSA-W    Indianapolis, IN    Imagine    No

Education Capital Solutions, LLC

   Imagine College Prep    St. Louis, MO    Imagine    No

Education Capital Solutions, LLC

   InternationalAcademy of Mableton    Mableton, GA    Imagine    No

Education Capital Solutions, LLC

   Marietta Charter School    Marrietta, GA    Imagine    No

Education Capital Solutions, LLC

   MASTer Academy    Ft. Wayne, IN    Imagine    No

Education Capital Solutions, LLC

   Renaissance Academy    Mt. Pleasant, MI    Imagine    No

 

Schedule 6.1(f) - 2


Education Capital Solutions, LLC

   Renaissance Academy (Kensington)    Kansas City, MO    Imagine    No

Education Capital Solutions, LLC

   Renaissance Academy (Wallace)    Kansas City, MO    Imagine    No

Education Capital Solutions, LLC

   Romig Road Community School    Akron, OH    Imagine    No

Education Capital Solutions, LLC

   Rosefield    Surprise, AZ    Imagine    No

Education Capital Solutions, LLC

   South Lake    Clermont, FL    Imagine    No

Education Capital Solutions, LLC

   South Vero    Vero Beach, FI    Imagine    No

Education Capital Solutions, LLC

   Wesley Internation Academy    Atlanta, GA    Imagine    No

Education Capital Solutions, LLC

   West Melbourne    West Melbourne, FL    Imagine    No

EPR Hialeah, Inc.

   Hialeah 18    Hialeah, FL    Cobb    No

EPR Metropolis Trust

   Toronto Dundas Square    Toronto, ON    AMC    No

EPR North Trust

   Mississauga Centrum    Mississauga, ON    AMC    GMAC

EPR North Trust

   Kanata Centrum    Kanata, ON    AMC    GMAC

EPR North Trust

   Whitby Centrum    Whitby, ON    AMC    GMAC

EPR North Trust

   Oakville Centrum    Oakville, ON    AMC    GMAC

EPT Aliso Viejo, Inc.

   Aliso Viejo 20    Aliso Viejo, CA    Regal    Goldman Sachs

EPT Arroyo, Inc.

   Arroyo Grande Stadium 10    Arroyo Grande, CA    Regal    Goldman Sachs

EPT Auburn, Inc.

   Auburn Stadium 10    Auburn, CA    Regal    Bear Stearns

EPT Biloxi, Inc.

   The Grand 18    D’lberville, MS    SOUTHERN    Bear Stearns

EPT Boise, Inc.

   Bosie Stadium 21    Boise, ID    Regal    Archon Financial

EPT Chattanooga, Inc.

   East Ridge 18    Chattanooga, TN    Rave Cinemas, LLC    Bear Stearns

EPT Columbiana, Inc.

   Columbiana Grande 14    Columbia, SC    Regal    Bear Stearns

EPT Concord, LLC

   Concord Resort    Newburgh, NY    TBD    CIBC

EPT Crotched Mountain, Inc. /Crotched Mountain

   Crotched Mountain    Bennington, NH    Peak Resorts    No

EPT Davie, Inc.

   Paradise 24    Davie, FL    Cinemark    Goldman Sachs

EPT Deer Valley, Inc.

   Deer Valley 30    Phoenix, AZ    AMC    Archon Financial

EPT DownREIT II, Inc.

   Grand 24    Dallas, TX    AMC    Archon Financial

EPT DownREIT II, Inc.

   Studio 30    Houston, TX    AMC    Archon Financial

EPT DownREIT II, Inc.

   Huebner Oaks 24    San Antonio, TX    AMC    Archon Financial

EPT DownREIT II, Inc.

   Lennox 24    Columbus, OH    AMC    Archon Financial

EPT DownREIT II, Inc.

   Mission Valley 20    San Diego, CA    AMC    Archon Financial

EPT DownREIT II, Inc.

   Ontario Mills 30    Ontario, CA    AMC    Archon Financial

EPT DownREIT II, Inc.

   Promenade 16    Woodland Hills, CA    AMC    Archon Financial

EPT DownREIT II, Inc.

   West Olive 16    Creve Coeur, MO    AMC    Archon Financial

EPT Firewheel, Inc.

   Firewheel 18    Garland, TX    AMC    Bear Stearns

 

Schedule 6.1(f) - 3


EPT First Colony, Inc.

   First Colony 24    Sugar Land, TX    AMC    Bear Stearns

EPT Fresno, Inc. / EPT Manchester, Inc.

   Manchester Stadium 16    Fresno, CA    Regal    Goldman Sachs

EPT Gulf Pointe, Inc.

   Gulf Pointe 30    Houston, TX    AMC    Bear Stearns

EPT Hamilton, Inc.

   Hamilton 24    Hamilton, NJ    AMC    Archon Financial

EPT Hattiesburg, Inc.

   The Grand 18    Hattiesburg, MS    SOUTHERN    Key Bank

EPT Huntsville, Inc.

   Valley Bend 18    Huntsville, AL    Rave Review Cinemas, LLC    No

EPT Hurst, Inc.

   North East Mall 18    Hurst, TX    Rave Cinemas, LLC    Bear Stearns

EPT Indianapolis, Inc.

   Washington Square 12    Indianapolis, IN    Kerasotes    Key Bank

EPT Kalamazoo, Inc.

   Cityplace 14    Kalamazoo, MI    Rave Review Cinemas, LLC    No

EPT Lafayette, Inc.

   Lafayette Grand 16    Lafayette, LA    Southern    Goldman Sachs

EPT Lawrence, Inc.

   Southwind 12    Lawrence, KS    Hollywood    Key Bank

EPT Leawood, Inc.

   Leawood Town Center 20    Leawood, KS    AMC    Bear Stearns

EPT Little Rock, Inc.

   Colonel Glenn 18    Little Rock, AR    Rave SL Tenant, LLC    Archon Financial

EPT Macon, Inc.

   Macon Cinema 16    Macon, GA    Southern    Goldman Sachs

EPT Mad River, Inc.

   Mad River Mountain    Zanesville, OH    Peak Resorts    No

EPT Melbourne, Inc.

   Avenue 16    Melbourne, FL    Rave Review Cinemas, LLC    No

EPT Mesa, Inc.

   Valley Bend 18    Mesa, AZ    AMC    Bear Stearns

EPT Mesquite, Inc.

   Mesquite 30    Mesquite, TX    AMC    Bear Stearns

EPT Modesto, Inc.

   Modesto Stadium 10    Modesto, CA    Regal    Bear Stearns

EPT Mount Attitash, Inc.

   Mount Attitash    Bartlett, NH    Peak Resorts    No

EPT Mount Snow, Inc.

   Mount Snow    West Dover, VT    Peak Resorts    No

EPT Nineteen, Inc.

   Ann Arbor    Ypsilanti, MI    Rave SL Tenant, LLC    No

EPT Nineteen, Inc.

   Buckland Hills    Manchester, CT    Rave SL Tenant, LLC    No

EPT Nineteen, Inc.

   Centreville 12    Centreville, VA    Rave SL Tenant, LLC    No

EPT Nineteen, Inc.

   Davenport 18    Davenport, IA    Rave SL Tenant, LLC    No

EPT Nineteen, Inc.

   Fairfax Corner    Fairfax, VA    Rave SL Tenant, LLC    No

EPT Nineteen, Inc.

   Flint West 14    Flint, MI    Rave SL Tenant, LLC    No

EPT Nineteen, Inc.

   Hazlet 12    Hazlet, NJ    Rave SL Tenant, LLC    No

EPT Nineteen, Inc.

   Huber Heights 16    Huber Heights, OH    Rave SL Tenant, LLC    No

EPT Nineteen, Inc.

   North Haven 12    North Haven, CT    Rave SL Tenant, LLC    No

EPT Nineteen, Inc.

   Preston Crossings 16    Okolona, KY    Rave SL Tenant, LLC    No

EPT Nineteen, Inc.

   Ritz Center 16    Voorhees, NJ    Rave SL Tenant, LLC    No

EPT Nineteen, Inc.

   Stonybrook 20    Louisville, KY    Rave SL Tenant, LLC    No

EPT Nineteen, Inc.

   The Greene 14    Beaver Creek, OH    Rave SL Tenant, LLC    No

 

Schedule 6.1(f) - 4


EPT Nineteen, Inc.

   West Springfield 15    West Springfield, MA    Rave SL Tenant, LLC    No

EPT Nineteen, Inc.

   Western Hills 14    Cincinnati, OH    Rave SL Tenant, LLC    No

EPT Oakview, Inc.

   Oakview 24    Omaha, NE    AMC    Building, Bear Stearns

EPT Pensacola, Inc.

   Bayou 15    Pensacola, FL    Rave Review Cinemas, LLC    No

EPT Pompano, Inc.

   Pompano 18    Pompano Beach, FL    Muvico    Archon Financial

EPT Raleigh Theatres, Inc.

   Raleigh 16    Raleigh, NC    Carolina Cinemas    Archon Financial

EPT Ski Properties, Inc.

   Boston Mills/Brandywine    Peninsula, OH    Peak Resorts    No

EPT Ski Properties, Inc.

   Hidden Valley    Wildwood, MO    Peak Resorts    No

EPT Ski Properties, Inc.

   Jack Frost/Big Boulder    Blakeslee, PA    Peak Resorts    No

EPT Ski Properties, Inc.

   Paoli Peaks    Paoli, IN    Peak Resorts    No

EPT Ski Properties, Inc.

   Snow Creek    Weston, MO    Peak Resorts    No

EPT Slidell, Inc.

   Slidell Grand 16    Slidell, LA    Southern    GO Zone Bond

EPT South Barrington, Inc.

   South Barrington    Barrington, IL    AMC    Bear Stearns

EPT Waterparks, Inc.

   Schlitterbahn Vacation Village    Kansas City, MO    Schlitterbahn    No

EPT Wilmington, Inc.

   Mayfaire 16    Wilmington, NC    Regal    Bear Stearns

Flik, Inc.

   Clearview    Metairie, LA    AMC    Secore Financial

Flik, Inc.

   Elmwood    Harahan, LA    AMC    Secore Financial

Flik, Inc.

   Forum    Sterling Heights, MI    AMC    Secore Financial

Flik, Inc.

   Hammond    Hammond, LA    AMC    Secore Financial

Flik, Inc.

   Hoffman    Alexandria, VA    AMC    Secore Financial

Flik, Inc.

   Houma    Houma, LA    AMC    Secore Financial

Flik, Inc.

   Livonia    Livonia, MI    AMC    Secore Financial

Flik, Inc.

   Olathe Studio    Olathe, KS    AMC    Secore Financial

Flik, Inc.

   Palm Promenade    San Diego, CA    AMC    Secore Financial

Flik, Inc.

   Westbank    Harvey, LA    AMC    Secore Financial

Flik, Inc.

   Woodridge    Woodridge, IL    AMC    Secore Financial

Flik, Inc.

   Oakview Land    Omaha, NE    AMC    Secore Financial

Flik, Inc.

   Cherrydale Retail    Greenville, NC    MISC    Secore Financial

Flik, Inc.

   Starlight 20    Tampa, FL    MUVICO    Secore Financial

Flik, Inc.

   Cherrydale 16    Greenville, SC    Regal    Secore Financial

Flik, Inc.

   Crossroads 20    Cary, NC    Regal    Secore Financial

GFS VinREIT, LLC

   Gary Farrell Winery    Healdsburg, CA    Ascentia    Bank of the West

Havens VinREIT, LLC

   Havens    Yountville, CA    TBD    Bank of the West

HGP VinREIT, LLC

   Geyser Peak Winery    Geyserville, CA    Ascentia    Bank of the West

 

Schedule 6.1(f) - 5


LCPV VinREIT, LLC

   Clements Vineyard & Winery    Linden, CA    TBD    No

LCPV VinREIT, LLC

   Lockeford Vineyard & Winery    Lockeford, CA    TBD    No

LCPV VinREIT, LLC

   Pope Valley Vineyard & Winery    St. Helena, CA    TBD    No

Megaplex Four, Inc.

   Cantera Retail    Warrenville, IL    Other Retail    No

Megaplex Four, Inc.

   Gulf Pointe Retail    Houston, TX    Other Retail    No

Megaplex Four, Inc.

   Mesquite Retail    Dallas, TX    Other Retail    No

Megaplex Four, Inc.

   Powder Springs Retail    Austell, GA    Other Retail    No

Megaplex Nine, Inc.

   Hampton    Hampton, VA    AMC    No

New Roc Associates, LP

   New Roc    New Rochelle, NY    Regal    Archon Financial & ESDC

Paso Robles VinREIT, LLC

   EOS Estate Vineyard & Winery    Paso Robles, CA    EOS    No

SBV VinREIT, LLC

   Buena Vista Vineyard & Winery    Sonoma, CA    Ascentia    Bank of the West

Sunny VinREIT, LLC

   Covey Run Winery    Sunnyside, WA    Ascentia    Bank of the West

Westcol Center, LLC

   Westcol Retail    Westminster, CO    AMC    No

Westcol Theatre, LLC

   Westminster    Westminster, CO    AMC    Wells Fargo Bank

YongeDundas Signage Trust

   Toronto Dundas Square    Toronto, ON       No

 

Schedule 6.1(f) - 6


SCHEDULE 6.1(g)

INDEBTEDNESS AND GUARANTEES

 

1. Indebtedness under this Agreement, which is unsecured Indebtedness.

 

2. Indebtedness under the Bonds, which shall be unsecured Indebtedness.

 

3. Indebtedness identified as Secured Indebtedness in Schedule 6.1(f).

 

Schedule 6.1(g) - 1


SCHEDULE 6.1(h)

MATERIAL CONTRACTS

None.

 

Schedule 6.1(h) - 1


SCHEDULE 6.1(i)

LITIGATION

None.

 

Schedule 6.1(i) - 1


SCHEDULE 9.1(k)

SECURED RECOURSE INDEBTEDNESS

 

1. VinREIT . Indebtedness under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of October 26, 2008, among VinREIT, LLC, certain of its subsidiaries, Bank of the West, as agent, and the lenders party thereto, as amended, and the other Loan Documents referred to therein.

 

Schedule 9.1(k) - 1

Exhibit 99.1

ENTERTAINMENT PROPERTIES TRUST ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF FINANCING TRANSACTIONS,

SIGNIFICANTLY ENHANCING ITS CAPITAL STRUCTURE

Kansas City, MO. July 1, 2010 – Entertainment Properties Trust (NYSE:EPR) (the “Company”) announced today that it completed two financing transactions on June 30, 2010 which refinance a significant portion of its outstanding debt and significantly enhance its capital structure.

The Company closed its offering of $250 million in aggregate principal amount of 7.750% senior notes due 2020 (the “notes”) to qualified institutional buyers in the United States pursuant to Rule 144A and outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The issue price was 98.290% of the notes’ principal amount. The notes are guaranteed by certain of the Company’s subsidiaries.

The Company also closed a new $320 million unsecured revolving credit facility simultaneously with the note offering replacing its former $215 million secured revolving credit facility. The new unsecured revolving credit facility contains an “accordion” feature, whereby the total amount of the facility may be increased to $420 million subject to lender approval. The new unsecured credit facility matures on December 1, 2013, and carries an interest rate dependent on credit ratings which was 300 basis points over LIBOR upon closing, a 50 basis point reduction in the spread from the former facility. In addition, the new credit facility does not contain the 2% LIBOR floor that existed in the previous credit facility.

David Brain, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer commented, “We have significantly enhanced the flexibility of our capital structure by becoming a rated credit and accessing the unsecured debt markets, and have dramatically reduced our reliance on the secured debt market, particularly CMBS. We believe that over time, we will see a drop in our cost of capital which should translate into enhanced returns for our shareholders.”

The Company used the net proceeds from the transactions to repay the entire outstanding balance of its existing secured revolving credit facility, its existing term loan credit facility, its Toronto Dundas Square credit facility, and to pay fees and expenses associated with the early repayment of such facilities.

The combined transactions have allowed the Company to improve its debt maturity profile. The next debt maturity is not until 2012 when $65 million is due and, excluding the new revolving credit facility, there is only one year through 2019 with debt maturities over $100 million ($128 million in 2014). In addition, the Company now has an unencumbered asset base of approximately $1.5 billion and an unencumbered real estate to unsecured debt ratio of 3.6 times.

The notes were offered only to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A under the Securities Act and to non-U.S. persons outside the United States under Regulation S under the Securities Act. The notes and related guarantees have not been registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and, unless so registered, may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable securities laws of any such jurisdiction. This announcement shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the notes nor shall there be any sale of the notes in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

About Entertainment Properties Trust

Entertainment Properties Trust (NYSE:EPR) is a real estate investment trust (REIT) that develops, owns, leases, and finances properties for consumer-preferred, high-quality businesses. EPR’s investments are guided by a focus on inflection opportunities that are associated with or support enduring uses, excellent executions, attractive economics, and an advantageous market position. The Company’s total assets exceed $2.8 billion and include megaplex movie theatres and entertainment retail centers, as well as other destination recreational and specialty investments. Further information is available at www.eprkc.com or from Jon Weis at

888-EPR-REIT or info@eprkc.com.

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT CONCERNING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

With the exception of historical information, certain statements contained or incorporated by reference herein constitute forward-looking statements as such term is defined in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). The forward-looking statements may refer to our financial condition, results of operations, plans, objectives, acquisition or disposition of properties, future expenditures for development projects, capital resources, future financial performance and business. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance. They involve numerous risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Our future results, financial condition and business may differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements. You can find many of these statements by looking for words such as “will be,” “continue,” “hope,” “goal,” “forecast,” “approximates,” “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “intends,” “plans” “would,” “may” or other similar expressions contained or incorporated by reference herein. In addition, references to our budgeted amounts are forward looking statements. These forward-looking statements represent our intentions, plans, expectations and beliefs and are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties. Many of the factors that will determine these items are beyond our ability to control or predict. For further discussion of these factors see “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and, to the extent applicable, our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.

For these statements, we claim the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof or the date of any document incorporated by reference herein. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or any person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this section. We do not undertake any obligation to release publicly any revisions to our forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof.