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): February 3, 2015

 

 

XENIA HOTELS & RESORTS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Maryland   001-36594   20-0141677
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)

200 S. Orange Avenue, Suite 1200

Orlando, Florida 32801

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(407) 317-6950

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

 


Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On February 3, 2015 (the “Distribution Date”), Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc. (“Inland American”) completed the previously announced spin-off of Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (the “Company”) through a taxable pro-rata distribution by Inland American of 95% of the outstanding common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Company owned by it to holders of record of Inland American’s common stock as of the close of business on January 20, 2015 (the “Record Date”). Each holder of record of Inland American’s common stock received one share of Common Stock for every eight shares of Inland American’s common stock held at the close of business on the Record Date (the “Distribution”). In lieu of fractional shares, stockholders of Inland American will receive cash. On February 4, 2015, the Common Stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the ticker symbol “XHR.”

In connection with the Distribution, the Company entered into certain agreements that, among other things, provide a framework for the Company’s relationship with Inland American after the Distribution, including a Transition Services Agreement, an Employee Matters Agreement and First Amendment to Indemnity Agreement, and entered into a new credit facility. Descriptions of each of these agreements are included below.

Transition Services Agreement

On February 3, 2015, the Company and Inland American entered into a Transition Services Agreement (the “Transition Services Agreement”), pursuant to which Inland American and its subsidiaries will provide to the Company, on an interim, transitional basis, certain legal, information technology, and financial reporting services and other assistance that is consistent with the services provided by Inland American to the Company before the separation or that is designed to provide temporary assistance while the Company develops its own stand-alone systems and processes and transitions historical information and processes from Inland American to the Company. A description of the Transition Services Agreement can be found in the information statement (the “Information Statement”) filed as Exhibit 99.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on January 23, 2015 under the section entitled “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions – Agreements with Inland American – Transition Services Agreement.” Such summary is incorporated herein by reference. The description set forth in this Item 1.01 under the heading “Transition Services Agreement” is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Transition Services Agreement, which is also attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Employee Matters Agreement

On February 3, 2015, the Company and Inland American entered into an Employee Matters Agreement (the “Employee Matters Agreement”) for the purpose of allocating between them certain assets, liabilities and responsibilities with respect to employee-related matters. A description of the Employee Matters Agreement can be found in the Information Statement under the section entitled “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions – Agreements with Inland American – Employee Matters Agreement.” Such summary is incorporated herein by reference. The description set forth in this Item 1.01 under the heading “Employee Matters Agreement” is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Employee Matters Agreement, which is also attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2 and incorporated herein by reference.

First Amendment to Indemnity Agreement

On February 3, 2015, the Company and Inland American entered into a First Amendment to the Indemnity Agreement (the “First Amendment”), which modified the terms of that certain Indemnity Agreement, dated as of August 8, 2014 (the “Indemnity Agreement”) entered into between the Company and Inland American. The First Amendment amends the Indemnity Agreement to provide, subject to the terms thereof, for the advancement of expenses by Inland American to any indemnitee under the Indemnity Agreement in the event that such indemnitee is conducting the defense of a third party claim. The description set forth in this Item 1.01 under the heading “First Amendment to Indemnity Agreement” is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the First Amendment to Indemnity Agreement, which is also attached hereto as Exhibit 10.3 and incorporated herein by reference. A description of the Indemnity Agreement can be found in the Information Statement under the section entitled “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions – Agreements with Inland American – Indemnification Agreement.” Such summary is incorporated herein by reference.


Credit Agreement

On February 3, 2015, the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, XHR LP (the “Borrower”), entered into a $400 million unsecured revolving credit facility with a syndicate of bank lenders, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, and KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and KeyBank National Association, as co-syndication agents, and Bank of America, N.A. and Citibank, N.A., as documentation agents, (the “Credit Agreement”). A description of the Credit Agreement can be found in the Information Statement under the section entitled “Description of Indebtedness – Our New Revolving Credit Facility.” Such summary is incorporated herein by reference. There are currently no borrowings outstanding under the Credit Agreement.

The Company has entered into a guaranty (the “Parent Guaranty”) pursuant to which the Company has absolutely, irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, for the benefit of the lenders party to the Credit Agreement, the payment and performance of the obligations of the Borrower under the Credit Agreement as and when due and payable.

The description set forth in this Item 1.01 under the heading “Credit Agreement” is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Credit Agreement, which is also attached hereto as Exhibit 10.4 and the Parent Guaranty, which is also attached hereto as Exhibit 10.5, each of which is 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 regarding the Credit Agreement and the Parent Guaranty included in Item 1.01 is incorporated herein by reference into this Item 2.03.

 

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Election of Directors

On February 3, 2015, effective upon payment of the Distribution, the sole member of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”) increased the size of the Board from one member to eight members, and appointed each of Jeffrey H. Donahue, the Chairman of the Board, John H. Alschuler, Jr., Keith E. Bass, Thomas M. Gartland, Beverly K. Goulet, Mary E. McCormick and Dennis D. Oklak to fill the vacancies created by the increase in the size of the Board. Marcel Verbaas, who had been elected to the Board effective August 6, 2014, will continue to serve as a director of the Company following the Distribution.

Set forth below are the directors who were appointed as members of each committee of the Board on February 3, 2015:

 

    Audit Committee: Mr. Oklak, Ms. Goulet and Mr. Donahue

 

    Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee: Ms. McCormick, Ms. Goulet and Mr. Alschuler

 

    Compensation Committee: Mr. Gartland, Mr. Alschuler and Mr. Bass

The Information Statement under the section entitled “Management” and “Compensation of Directors” contains the biographical information about the newly appointed directors and information about director compensation. Such information is incorporated herein by reference.

The Board has determined that (i) each of Mr. Donahue, Mr. Alschuler, Mr. Bass, Mr. Gartland, Ms. Goulet, Ms. Cormick and Mr. Oklak qualifies as an independent director under the director independence standards set forth in the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and the applicable listing standards of the NYSE, (ii) Mr. Oklak, Ms. Goulet and Mr. Donahue satisfy the financial literacy and other requirements to be considered an audit committee financial expert under the rules and regulations of the SEC and the applicable listing standards of the NYSE as well as the heightened independence standards for Audit Committee members set forth in the rules and regulations of the SEC and applicable listing standards of the NYSE, and (iii) Mr. Gartland, Mr. Alschuler and Mr. Bass satisfy the heightened independence standards for Compensation Committee members set forth in the rules and regulations of the SEC and the applicable listing standards of the NYSE.

Indemnification Agreements

On February 3, 2015, the Company entered into indemnification agreements with Marcel Verbaas, its President and Chief Executive Officer, Barry A.N. Bloom, its Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Andrew J. Welch, its Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, and Philip A. Wade, its Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, each in substantially the form filed as Exhibit 10.15 to Amendment No. 3 to the Registration Statement on Form 10 (the “Registration Statement”) as filed on January 9, 2015 (the “Form Indemnification Agreement”). The Company also intends to enter into indemnification agreements with the non-employee directors substantially in the form of the Form Indemnification Agreement.


The Information Statement provides a description of the terms of the Form Indemnification Agreement under the section entitled “Management – Indemnification” which summary is incorporated herein by reference. Such summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Form Indemnification Agreement filed as Exhibit 10.15 to the Registration Statement.

Director Stock Awards

On February 4, 2015, pursuant to the terms of the Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. Director Compensation Program, the Company granted to each of the Company’s non-employee directors, including Messrs. Jeffrey Donahue, John Alschuler, Jr., Keith Bass, Thomas Gartland and Dennis Oklak and Mses. Beverly Goulet and Mary McCormick (the “Directors”), 3,650 fully-vested shares of Common Stock. The number of shares granted to each Director was determined by dividing (x) $75,000, by (y) the closing trading price of a share of Common Stock on the date of grant.

Executive Stock Awards

On February 4, 2015, in order to satisfy certain state liquor license requirements relating the Company’s properties, the Company granted 146 fully-vested shares of Common Stock to each of Marcel Verbaas, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Barry A.N. Bloom, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, and Andrew J. Welch, the Company’s Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (the “Executives”). The number of shares granted to each Executive was determined by dividing (x) $3,000, by (y) the closing trading price of a share of Common Stock on the date of grant.

The foregoing awards of fully-vested shares of Common Stock to the Directors and the Executives were granted pursuant to the terms of the Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc., XHR Holding, Inc. and XHR LP 2015 Incentive Award Plan and the form of Stock Payment Award Grant Notice and Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit 10.6.

 

Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

On February 3, 2015, the Company amended and restated its bylaws (the “Amended and Restated Bylaws”), effective as of the payment of the Distribution. The Information Statement provides a description of the terms of the Amended and Restated Bylaws under the sections entitled “Description of Capital Stock” and “Certain Provisions of Maryland Law and our Charter and Bylaws”, which summary is incorporated herein by reference. The description set forth in this Item 5.03 is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amended and Restated Bylaws, which is also attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On February 4, 2015, the Company issued a press release announcing the completion of the Distribution, the commencement of trading of the Common Stock on the NYSE and the launch of a modified “Dutch Auction” self-tender offer (the “Tender Offer”) to purchase for cash up to $125 million in value of shares of the Company’s Common Stock, in accordance with the terms of an offer to purchase, letter of transmittal and other related materials. In accordance with such terms, Xenia will select the lowest price, not greater than $21.00 nor less than $19.00 per share, net to the seller in cash, less any applicable withholding of taxes and without interest, that will enable Xenia to purchase the maximum number of shares of Common Stock having an aggregate purchase price not exceeding $125 million. Xenia expects to fund the Tender Offer with cash received pursuant to the Distribution and cash on hand.

A copy of the Company’s press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.


Important Information

This communication is for informational purposes only and is not an offer to buy or the solicitation of an offer to sell any securities of the Company. The Tender Offer has been made only pursuant to the offer to purchase, letter of transmittal and related materials that the Company is distributing to its stockholders and has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The full details of the Tender Offer, including complete instructions on how to tender shares of the Company’s common stock, is included in the offer to purchase, the letter of transmittal and other related materials, which the Company is distributing to stockholders and has filed with the SEC. Stockholders are urged to carefully read the offer to purchase, the letter of transmittal and other related materials because they contain important information, including the terms and conditions of the Tender Offer. Stockholders may obtain free copies of the offer to purchase, the letter of transmittal and other related materials that the Company files with the SEC at the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov or by calling the information agent for the contemplated Tender Offer, who is identified in the materials filed with the SEC at the commencement of the Tender Offer.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

  (d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

  3.1    Amended and Restated Bylaws of Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
10.1    Transition Services Agreement by and between Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc. and Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc., dated as of February 3, 2015.
10.2    Employee Matters Agreement by and between Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc. and Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc., dated as of February 3, 2015.
10.3    First Amendment to Indemnity Agreement by and between Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc. and Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc., dated as of February 3, 2015.
10.4    Revolving Credit Agreement by and among XHR LP, a syndicate of bank lenders, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, and KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and KeyBank National Association, as co-syndication agents, and Bank of America, N.A. and Citibank, N.A., as documentation agents, dated as of February 3, 2015.
10.5    Parent Guaranty by Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. for the benefit of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, dated as of February 3, 2015.
10.6    Form of Stock Payment Award Grant Notice and Agreement.
99.1    Press Release of Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc., dated as of February 4, 2015.


SIGNATURE

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

 

XENIA HOTELS & RESORTS, INC.
Date:    February 9, 2015 By:

/s/ Marcel Verbaas

Name:  Marcel Verbaas
Title President and Chief Executive Officer


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

  

Description

  3.1    Amended and Restated Bylaws of Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
10.1    Transition Services Agreement by and between Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc. and Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc., dated as of February 3, 2015.
10.2    Employee Matters Agreement by and between Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc. and Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc., dated as of February 3, 2015.
10.3    First Amendment to Indemnity Agreement by and between Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc. and Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc., dated as of February 3, 2015.
10.4    Revolving Credit Agreement by and among XHR LP, a syndicate of bank lenders, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, and KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and KeyBank National Association, as co-syndication agents, and Bank of America, N.A. and Citibank, N.A., as documentation agents, dated as of February 3, 2015.
10.5    Parent Guaranty by Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. for the benefit of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, dated as of February 3, 2015.
10.6    Form of Stock Payment Award Grant Notice and Agreement.
99.1    Press Release of Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc., dated as of February 4, 2015.

Exhibit 3.1

XENIA HOTELS & RESORTS, INC.

BYLAWS

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

Section 1. PRINCIPAL OFFICE . The principal office of the Corporation in the State of Maryland shall be located at such place as the Board of Directors may designate.

Section 2. ADDITIONAL OFFICES . The Corporation may have additional offices, including a principal executive office, at such places as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

Section 1. PLACE . All meetings of stockholders shall be held at the principal executive office of the Corporation or at such other place as shall be set in accordance with these Bylaws and stated in the notice of the meeting.

Section 2. ANNUAL MEETING . An annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors and the transaction of any business within the powers of the Corporation shall be held on the date and at the time and place set by the Board of Directors.

Section 3. SPECIAL MEETINGS .

(a) General . Each of the chairman of the board, chief executive officer, president and Board of Directors may call a special meeting of stockholders. Except as provided in subsection (b)(4) of this Section 3, a special meeting of stockholders shall be held on the date and at the time and place set by the chairman of the board, chief executive officer, president or Board of Directors, whoever has called the meeting. Subject to subsection (b) of this Section 3, a special meeting of stockholders shall also be called by the secretary of the Corporation to act on any matter that may properly be considered at a meeting of stockholders upon the written request of stockholders entitled to cast not less than a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast on such matter at such meeting.

(b) Stockholder-Requested Special Meetings . (1) Any stockholder of record seeking to have stockholders request a special meeting shall, by sending written notice to the secretary (the “Record Date Request Notice”) by registered mail, return receipt requested, request the Board of Directors to fix a record date to determine the stockholders entitled to request a special meeting (the “Request Record Date”). The Record Date Request Notice shall set forth the purpose of the meeting and the matters proposed to be acted on at it, shall be signed by one or more stockholders of record as of the date of signature (or their agents duly authorized in a writing accompanying the Record Date Request Notice), shall bear the date of signature of each such stockholder (or such agent) and shall set forth all information relating to each such stockholder and each matter proposed

 

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to be acted on at the meeting that would be required to be disclosed in connection with the solicitation of proxies for the election of directors in an election contest (even if an election contest is not involved), or would otherwise be required in connection with such a solicitation, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A (or any successor provision) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Exchange Act”). Upon receiving the Record Date Request Notice, the Board of Directors may fix a Request Record Date. The Request Record Date shall not precede and shall not be more than ten days after the close of business on the date on which the resolution fixing the Request Record Date is adopted by the Board of Directors. If the Board of Directors, within ten days after the date on which a valid Record Date Request Notice is received, fails to adopt a resolution fixing the Request Record Date, the Request Record Date shall be the close of business on the tenth day after the first date on which a Record Date Request Notice is received by the secretary.

(2) In order for any stockholder to request a special meeting to act on any matter that may properly be considered at a meeting of stockholders, one or more written requests for a special meeting (collectively, the “Special Meeting Request”) signed by stockholders of record (or their agents duly authorized in a writing accompanying the request) as of the Request Record Date entitled to cast not less than a majority of all of the votes entitled to be cast on such matter at such meeting (the “Special Meeting Percentage”) shall be delivered to the secretary. In addition, the Special Meeting Request shall (a) set forth the purpose of the meeting and the matters proposed to be acted on at it (which shall be limited to those lawful matters set forth in the Record Date Request Notice received by the secretary), (b) bear the date of signature of each such stockholder (or such agent) signing the Special Meeting Request, (c) set forth (i) the name and address, as they appear in the Corporation’s books, of each stockholder signing such request (or on whose behalf the Special Meeting Request is signed), (ii) the class, series and number of all shares of stock of the Corporation which are owned (beneficially or of record) by each such stockholder and (iii) the nominee holder for, and number of, shares of stock of the Corporation owned beneficially but not of record by such stockholder, (d) be sent to the secretary by registered mail, return receipt requested, and (e) be received by the secretary within 60 days after the Request Record Date. Any requesting stockholder (or agent duly authorized in a writing accompanying the revocation of the Special Meeting Request) may revoke his, her or its request for a special meeting at any time by written revocation delivered to the secretary.

(3) The secretary shall inform the requesting stockholders of the reasonably estimated cost of preparing and mailing or delivering the notice of the meeting (including the Corporation’s proxy materials). The secretary shall not be required to call a special meeting upon stockholder request and such meeting shall not be held unless, in addition to the Special Meeting Request required by paragraph (2) of this Section 3(b), the secretary receives payment of such reasonably estimated cost prior to the preparation and mailing or delivery of such notice of the meeting.

(4) In the case of any special meeting called by the secretary upon the request of stockholders (a “Stockholder-Requested Meeting”), such meeting shall be held at such place, date and time as may be designated by the Board of Directors; provided , however, that the date of any Stockholder-Requested Meeting shall be not more than 90 days after the record date for such

 

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meeting (the “Meeting Record Date”); and provided further that if the Board of Directors fails to designate, within ten days after the date that a valid Special Meeting Request is actually received by the secretary (the “Delivery Date”), a date and time for a Stockholder-Requested Meeting, then such meeting shall be held at 2:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the 90 th day after the Meeting Record Date or, if such 90 th day is not a Business Day (as defined below), on the first preceding Business Day; and provided further that in the event that the Board of Directors fails to designate a place for a Stockholder-Requested Meeting within ten days after the Delivery Date, then such meeting shall be held at the principal executive office of the Corporation. In fixing a date for a Stockholder-Requested Meeting, the Board of Directors may consider such factors as it deems relevant, including, without limitation, the nature of the matters to be considered, the facts and circumstances surrounding any request for the meeting and any plan of the Board of Directors to call an annual meeting or a special meeting. In the case of any Stockholder-Requested Meeting, if the Board of Directors fails to fix a Meeting Record Date that is a date within 30 days after the Delivery Date, then the close of business on the 30 th day after the Delivery Date shall be the Meeting Record Date. The Board of Directors may revoke the notice for any Stockholder-Requested Meeting in the event that the requesting stockholders fail to comply with the provisions of paragraph (3) of this Section 3(b).

(5) If written revocations of the Special Meeting Request have been delivered to the secretary and the result is that stockholders of record (or their agents duly authorized in writing), as of the Request Record Date, entitled to cast less than the Special Meeting Percentage have delivered, and not revoked, requests for a special meeting on the matter to the secretary: (i) if the notice of meeting has not already been delivered, the secretary shall refrain from delivering the notice of the meeting and send to all requesting stockholders who have not revoked such requests written notice of any revocation of a request for a special meeting on the matter, or (ii) if the notice of meeting has been delivered and if the secretary first sends to all requesting stockholders who have not revoked requests for a special meeting on the matter written notice of any revocation of a request for the special meeting and written notice of the Corporation’s intention to revoke the notice of the meeting or for the chairman of the meeting to adjourn the meeting without action on the matter, (A) the secretary may revoke the notice of the meeting at any time before ten days before the commencement of the meeting or (B) the chairman of the meeting may call the meeting to order and adjourn the meeting without acting on the matter. Any request for a special meeting received after a revocation by the secretary of a notice of a meeting shall be considered a request for a new special meeting.

(6) The chairman of the board, chief executive officer, president or Board of Directors may appoint regionally or nationally recognized independent inspectors of elections to act as the agent of the Corporation for the purpose of promptly performing a ministerial review of the validity of any purported Special Meeting Request received by the secretary. For the purpose of permitting the inspectors to perform such review, no such purported Special Meeting Request shall be deemed to have been received by the secretary until the earlier of (i) five Business Days after actual receipt by the secretary of such purported request and (ii) such date as the independent inspectors certify to the Corporation that the valid requests received by the secretary represent, as of the Request Record Date, stockholders of record entitled to cast not less than the Special Meeting Percentage. Nothing contained in this paragraph (6) shall in any way be construed to suggest or imply that the Corporation or any stockholder shall not be entitled to contest the validity of any request, whether

 

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during or after such five Business Day period, or to take any other action (including, without limitation, the commencement, prosecution or defense of any litigation with respect thereto, and the seeking of injunctive relief in such litigation).

(7) For purposes of these Bylaws, “Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the State of Florida are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

Section 4. NOTICE . Not less than ten nor more than 90 days before each meeting of stockholders, the secretary shall give to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting and to each stockholder not entitled to vote who is entitled to notice of the meeting notice in writing or by electronic transmission stating the time and place of the meeting and, in the case of a special meeting or as otherwise may be required by any statute, the purpose for which the meeting is called, by mail, by presenting it to such stockholder personally, by leaving it at the stockholder’s residence or usual place of business, by electronic transmission or by any other means permitted by Maryland law. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail addressed to the stockholder at the stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid. If transmitted electronically, such notice shall be deemed to be given when transmitted to the stockholder by an electronic transmission to any address or number of the stockholder at which the stockholder receives electronic transmissions. The Corporation may give a single notice to all stockholders who share an address, which single notice shall be effective as to any stockholder at such address, unless such stockholder objects to receiving such single notice or revokes a prior consent to receiving such single notice. Failure to give notice of any meeting to one or more stockholders, or any irregularity in such notice, shall not affect the validity of any meeting fixed in accordance with this Article II or the validity of any proceedings at any such meeting.

Subject to Section 11(a) of this Article II, any business of the Corporation may be transacted at an annual meeting of stockholders without being specifically designated in the notice, except such business as is required by any statute to be stated in such notice. No business shall be transacted at a special meeting of stockholders except as specifically designated in the notice. The Corporation may postpone or cancel a meeting of stockholders by making a public announcement (as defined in Section 11(c)(3) of this Article II) of such postponement or cancellation prior to the meeting. Notice of the date, time and place to which the meeting is postponed shall be given not less than ten days prior to such date and otherwise in the manner set forth in this section.

Section 5. ORGANIZATION AND CONDUCT . Unless the Board of Directors appoints another individual to be chairman of the meeting and such individual is present at such meeting, every meeting of stockholders shall be conducted by the chairman of the board or, in the case of a vacancy in the office or absence of the chairman of the board, by one of the following officers present at the meeting in the following order: the vice chairman of the board, if there is one, the chief executive officer, the president, the vice presidents in their order of rank and seniority, the secretary or, in the absence of such officers, a chairman chosen by the stockholders by the vote of a majority of the votes cast by stockholders present in person or by proxy. The secretary, or in the secretary’s absence, an assistant secretary, or in the absence of both the secretary and all assistant secretaries, an individual appointed by the Board of Directors or in the absence of such appointment, an individual appointed by the chairman of the meeting shall act as secretary. In the event that the

 

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secretary presides at a meeting of stockholders, an assistant secretary, or in the absence of all assistant secretaries, an individual appointed by the Board of Directors or the chairman of the meeting shall record the minutes of the meeting. The order of business and all other matters of procedure at any meeting of stockholders shall be determined by the chairman of the meeting. The chairman of the meeting may prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and take such action as, in the discretion of the chairman and without any action by the stockholders, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting, including, without limitation, (a) restricting admission to the time set for the commencement of the meeting; (b) limiting attendance at the meeting to stockholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized proxies and such other individuals as the chairman of the meeting may determine; (c) limiting participation at the meeting on any matter to stockholders of record of the Corporation entitled to vote on such matter, their duly authorized proxies and other such individuals as the chairman of the meeting may determine; (d) limiting the time allotted to questions or comments; (e) determining when and for how long the polls should be opened and when the polls should be closed; (f) maintaining order and security at the meeting; (g) removing any stockholder or any other individual who refuses to comply with meeting procedures, rules or guidelines as set forth by the chairman of the meeting; (h) concluding a meeting or recessing or adjourning the meeting, whether or not a quorum is present, to a later date and time and at a place announced at the meeting; and (i) complying with any state and local laws and regulations concerning safety and security. Unless otherwise determined by the chairman of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.

Section 6. QUORUM . At any meeting of stockholders, the presence in person or by proxy of stockholders entitled to cast a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast at such meeting on any matter shall constitute a quorum; but this section shall not affect any requirement under any statute or the charter of the Corporation (the “Charter”) for the vote necessary for the approval of any matter. If such quorum is not established at any meeting of the stockholders, the chairman of the meeting may adjourn the meeting sine die or from time to time to a date not more than 120 days after the original record date without notice other than announcement at the meeting. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified.

The stockholders present either in person or by proxy, at a meeting which has been duly called and at which a quorum has been established, may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal from the meeting of enough stockholders to leave fewer than would be required to establish a quorum.

Section 7. VOTING . A plurality of all the votes cast at a meeting of stockholders duly called and at which a quorum is present shall be sufficient to elect a director. Each share entitles the holder thereof to vote for as many individuals as there are directors to be elected and for whose election the holder is entitled to vote. A majority of the votes cast at a meeting of stockholders duly called and at which a quorum is present shall be sufficient to approve any other matter which may properly come before the meeting, unless more than a majority of the votes cast is required by statute or by the Charter. Unless otherwise provided by statute or by the Charter, each outstanding share, regardless of class, entitles the holder thereof to cast one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of stockholders. Voting on any question or in any election may be viva voce unless the chairman of the meeting shall order that voting be by ballot or otherwise.

 

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Section 8. PROXIES . A holder of record of shares of stock of the Corporation may cast votes in person or by proxy executed by the stockholder or by the stockholder’s duly authorized agent in any manner permitted by law. Such proxy or evidence of authorization of such proxy shall be filed with the secretary of the Corporation before or at the meeting. No proxy shall be valid more than eleven months after its date unless otherwise provided in the proxy.

Section 9. VOTING OF STOCK BY CERTAIN HOLDERS . Stock of the Corporation registered in the name of a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust or other entity, if entitled to be voted, may be voted by the president or a vice president, managing member, manager, general partner or trustee thereof, as the case may be, or a proxy appointed by any of the foregoing individuals, unless some other person who has been appointed to vote such stock pursuant to a bylaw or a resolution of the governing body of such corporation or other entity or agreement of the partners of a partnership presents a certified copy of such bylaw, resolution or agreement, in which case such person may vote such stock. Any trustee or fiduciary, in such capacity, may vote stock registered in such trustee’s or fiduciary’s name, either in person or by proxy.

Shares of stock of the Corporation directly or indirectly owned by it shall not be voted at any meeting and shall not be counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares entitled to be voted at any given time, unless they are held by it in a fiduciary capacity, in which case they may be voted and shall be counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares at any given time.

The Board of Directors may adopt by resolution a procedure by which a stockholder may certify in writing to the Corporation that any shares of stock registered in the name of the stockholder are held for the account of a specified person other than the stockholder. The resolution shall set forth the class of stockholders who may make the certification, the purpose for which the certification may be made, the form of certification and the information to be contained in it; if the certification is with respect to a record date, the time after the record date within which the certification must be received by the Corporation; and any other provisions with respect to the procedure which the Board of Directors considers necessary or desirable. On receipt by the Corporation of such certification, the person specified in the certification shall be regarded as, for the purposes set forth in the certification, the holder of record of the specified stock in place of the stockholder who makes the certification.

Section 10. INSPECTORS . The Board of Directors or the chairman of the meeting may appoint, before or at the meeting, one or more inspectors for the meeting and any successor to the inspector. Except as otherwise provided by the chairman of the meeting, the inspectors, if any, shall (i) determine the number of shares of stock represented at the meeting, in person or by proxy, and the validity and effect of proxies, (ii) receive and tabulate all votes, ballots or consents, (iii) report such tabulation to the chairman of the meeting, (iv) hear and determine all challenges and questions arising in connection with the right to vote, and (v) do such acts as are proper to fairly conduct the election or vote. Each such report shall be in writing and signed by the inspector or by a

 

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majority of them if there is more than one inspector acting at such meeting. If there is more than one inspector, the report of a majority shall be the report of the inspectors. The report of the inspector or inspectors on the number of shares represented at the meeting and the results of the voting shall be prima facie evidence thereof.

Section 11. ADVANCE NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDER NOMINEES FOR DIRECTOR AND OTHER STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS .

(a) Annual Meetings of Stockholders . (1) Nominations of individuals for election to the Board of Directors and the proposal of other business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders (i) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting, (ii) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (iii) by any stockholder of the Corporation who was a stockholder of record both at the time of giving of notice by the stockholder as provided for in this Section 11(a) and at the time of the annual meeting, who is entitled to vote at the meeting in the election of each individual so nominated or on any such other business and who has complied with this Section 11(a).

(2) For any nomination or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (iii) of paragraph (a)(1) of this Section 11, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the secretary of the Corporation and any such other business must otherwise be a proper matter for action by the stockholders. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall set forth all information required under this Section 11 and shall be delivered to the secretary at the principal executive office of the Corporation not earlier than the 150 th day nor later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the 120 th day prior to the first anniversary of the date of the proxy statement (as defined in Section 11(c)(3) of this Article II) for the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in connection with the Corporation’s first annual meeting or in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced or delayed by more than 30 days from the first anniversary of the date of the preceding year’s annual meeting, in order for notice by the stockholder to be timely, such notice must be so delivered not earlier than the 150 th day prior to the date of such annual meeting and not later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the later of the 120 th day prior to the date of such annual meeting, as originally convened, or the tenth day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made. The public announcement of a postponement or adjournment of an annual meeting shall not commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

(3) Such stockholder’s notice shall set forth:

(i) as to each individual whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director (each, a “Proposed Nominee”), all information relating to the Proposed Nominee that would be required to be disclosed in connection with the solicitation of proxies for the election of the Proposed Nominee as a director in an election contest (even if an election contest is not involved), or would otherwise be required in connection with such solicitation, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A (or any successor provision) under the Exchange Act;

 

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(ii) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a description of such business, the stockholder’s reasons for proposing such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person (as defined below), individually or in the aggregate, including any anticipated benefit to the stockholder or the Stockholder Associated Person therefrom;

(iii) as to the stockholder giving the notice, any Proposed Nominee and any Stockholder Associated Person,

(A) the class, series and number of all shares of stock or other securities of the Corporation or any affiliate thereof (collectively, the “Company Securities”), if any, which are owned (beneficially or of record) by such stockholder, Proposed Nominee or Stockholder Associated Person, the date on which each such Company Security was acquired and the investment intent of such acquisition, and any short interest (including any opportunity to profit or share in any benefit from any decrease in the price of such stock or other security) in any Company Securities of any such person,

(B) the nominee holder for, and number of, any Company Securities owned beneficially but not of record by such stockholder, Proposed Nominee or Stockholder Associated Person,

(C) whether and the extent to which such stockholder, Proposed Nominee or Stockholder Associated Person, directly or indirectly (through brokers, nominees or otherwise), is subject to or during the last six months has engaged in any hedging, derivative or other transaction or series of transactions or entered into any other agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short interest, any borrowing or lending of securities or any proxy or voting agreement), the effect or intent of which is to (I) manage risk or benefit of changes in the price of (x) Company Securities or (y) any security of any entity that was listed in the Peer Group in the Stock Performance Graph in the most recent annual report to security holders of the Corporation (a “Peer Group Company”) for such stockholder, Proposed Nominee or Stockholder Associated Person or (II) increase or decrease the voting power of such stockholder, Proposed Nominee or Stockholder Associated Person in the Corporation or any affiliate thereof (or, as applicable, in any Peer Group Company) disproportionately to such person’s economic interest in the Company Securities (or, as applicable, in any Peer Group Company); and

(D) any substantial interest, direct or indirect (including, without limitation, any existing or prospective commercial, business or contractual relationship with the Corporation), by security holdings or otherwise, of such stockholder, Proposed Nominee or Stockholder Associated Person, in the Corporation or any affiliate thereof, other than an interest arising from the ownership of Company Securities where such stockholder, Proposed Nominee or Stockholder Associated Person receives no extra or special benefit not shared on a pro rata basis by all other holders of the same class or series;

(iv) as to the stockholder giving the notice, any Stockholder Associated Person with an interest or ownership referred to in clauses (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph (3) of this Section 11(a) and any Proposed Nominee,

 

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(A) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation’s stock ledger, and the current name and business address, if different, of each such Stockholder Associated Person and any Proposed Nominee and

(B) the investment strategy or objective, if any, of such stockholder and each such Stockholder Associated Person who is not an individual and a copy of the prospectus, offering memorandum or similar document, if any, provided to investors or potential investors in such stockholder and each such Stockholder Associated Person;

(v) the name and address of any person who contacted or was contacted by the stockholder giving the notice or any Stockholder Associated Person about the Proposed Nominee or other business proposal prior to the date of such stockholder’s notice; and

(vi) to the extent known by the stockholder giving the notice, the name and address of any other stockholder supporting the nominee for election or reelection as a director or the proposal of other business on the date of such stockholder’s notice.

(4) Such stockholder’s notice shall, with respect to any Proposed Nominee, be accompanied by a certificate executed by the Proposed Nominee (i) certifying that such Proposed Nominee (a) is not, and will not become, a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Corporation in connection with service or action as a director that has not been disclosed to the Corporation and (b) will serve as a director of the Corporation if elected; and (ii) attaching a completed Proposed Nominee questionnaire (which questionnaire shall be provided by the Corporation, upon request, to the stockholder providing the notice and shall include all information relating to the Proposed Nominee that would be required to be disclosed in connection with the solicitation of proxies for the election of the Proposed Nominee as a director in an election contest (even if an election contest is not involved), or would otherwise be required in connection with such solicitation, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A (or any successor provision) under the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder, or would be required pursuant to the rules of any national securities exchange on which any securities of the Corporation are listed or over-the-counter market on which any securities of the Corporation are traded).

(5) Notwithstanding anything in this subsection (a) of this Section 11 to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors is increased, and there is no public announcement of such action at least 130 days prior to the first anniversary of the date of the proxy statement (as defined in Section 11(c)(3) of this Article II) for the preceding year’s annual meeting, a stockholder’s notice required by this Section 11(a) shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to the secretary at the principal executive office of the Corporation not later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the tenth day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.

(6) For purposes of this Section 11, “Stockholder Associated Person” of any stockholder shall mean (i) any person acting in concert with such stockholder, (ii) any beneficial owner of shares of stock of the Corporation owned of record or beneficially by such stockholder (other than a stockholder that is a depositary) and (iii) any person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such stockholder or such Stockholder Associated Person.

 

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(b) Special Meetings of Stockholders . Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting. Nominations of individuals for election to the Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected only (i) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (ii) provided that the special meeting has been called in accordance with Section 3(a) of this Article II for the purpose of electing directors, by any stockholder of the Corporation who is a stockholder of record both at the time of giving of notice provided for in this Section 11 and at the time of the special meeting, who is entitled to vote at the meeting in the election of each individual so nominated and who has complied with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 11. In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more individuals to the Board of Directors, any stockholder may nominate an individual or individuals (as the case may be) for election as a director as specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting, if the stockholder’s notice, containing the information required by paragraphs (a)(3) and (4) of this Section 11, is delivered to the secretary at the principal executive office of the Corporation not earlier than the 120 th day prior to such special meeting and not later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the later of the 90 th day prior to such special meeting or the tenth day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting. The public announcement of a postponement or adjournment of a special meeting shall not commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

(c) General . (1) If information submitted pursuant to this Section 11 by any stockholder proposing a nominee for election as a director or any proposal for other business at a meeting of stockholders shall be inaccurate in any material respect, such information may be deemed not to have been provided in accordance with this Section 11. Any such stockholder shall notify the Corporation of any inaccuracy or change (within two Business Days of becoming aware of such inaccuracy or change) in any such information. Upon written request by the secretary or the Board of Directors, any such stockholder shall provide, within five Business Days of delivery of such request (or such other period as may be specified in such request), (A) written verification, satisfactory, in the discretion of the Board of Directors or any authorized officer of the Corporation, to demonstrate the accuracy of any information submitted by the stockholder pursuant to this Section 11, and (B) a written update of any information (including, if requested by the Corporation, written confirmation by such stockholder that it continues to intend to bring such nomination or other business proposal before the meeting) submitted by the stockholder pursuant to this Section 11 as of an earlier date. If a stockholder fails to provide such written verification or written update within such period, the information as to which written verification or a written update was requested may be deemed not to have been provided in accordance with this Section 11.

(2) Only such individuals who are nominated in accordance with this Section 11 shall be eligible for election by stockholders as directors, and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with this Section 11. The chairman of the meeting shall have the power to determine whether a nomination or any other business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as the case may be, in accordance with this Section 11.

 

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(3) For purposes of this Section 11, “the date of the proxy statement” shall have the same meaning as “the date of the company’s proxy statement released to shareholders” as used in Rule 14a-8(e) promulgated under the Exchange Act, as interpreted by the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time. “Public announcement” shall mean disclosure (A) in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press, Business Wire, PR Newswire or other widely circulated news or wire service or (B) in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act.

(4) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 11, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of state law and of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 11. Nothing in this Section 11 shall be deemed to affect any right of a stockholder to request inclusion of a proposal in, or the right of the Corporation to omit a proposal from, any proxy statement filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 14a-8 (or any successor provision) under the Exchange Act. Nothing in this Section 11 shall require disclosure of revocable proxies received by the stockholder or Stockholder Associated Person pursuant to a solicitation of proxies after the filing of an effective Schedule 14A by such stockholder or Stockholder Associated Person under Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act.

Section 12. CONTROL SHARE ACQUISITION ACT . Notwithstanding any other provision of the Charter or these Bylaws, Title 3, Subtitle 7 of the Maryland General Corporation Law, or any successor statute (the “MGCL”), shall not apply to any acquisition by any person of shares of stock of the Corporation. This section may be repealed, in whole or in part, at any time, whether before or after an acquisition of control shares and, upon such repeal, may, to the extent provided by any successor bylaw, apply to any prior or subsequent control share acquisition.

Section 13. STOCKHOLDERS’ CONSENT IN LIEU OF MEETING . Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of stockholders may be taken without a meeting if a unanimous consent setting forth the action is given in writing or by electronic transmission by each stockholder entitled to vote on the matter and filed with the minutes of proceedings of the stockholders.

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

Section 1. GENERAL POWERS . The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed under the direction of the Board of Directors.

Section 2. NUMBER, TENURE AND RESIGNATION . At any regular meeting or at any special meeting called for that purpose, a majority of the entire Board of Directors may establish, increase or decrease the number of directors, provided that the number thereof shall never be less than the minimum number required by the MGCL, nor more than 15, and further provided

 

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that the tenure of office of a director shall not be affected by any decrease in the number of directors. Any director of the Corporation may resign at any time by delivering his or her resignation to the Board of Directors, the chairman of the board or the secretary. Any resignation shall take effect immediately upon its receipt or at such later time specified in the resignation. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective unless otherwise stated in the resignation.

Section 3. ANNUAL AND REGULAR MEETINGS . An annual meeting of the Board of Directors shall be held immediately after and at the same place as the annual meeting of stockholders, no notice other than this Bylaw being necessary. In the event such meeting is not so held, the meeting may be held at such time and place as shall be specified in a notice given as hereinafter provided for special meetings of the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may provide, by resolution, the time and place of regular meetings of the Board of Directors without other notice than such resolution.

Section 4. SPECIAL MEETINGS . Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by or at the request of the chairman of the board, the chief executive officer, the president or a majority of the directors then in office. The person or persons authorized to call special meetings of the Board of Directors may fix the time and place of any special meeting of the Board of Directors called by them. The Board of Directors may provide, by resolution, the time and place of special meetings of the Board of Directors without other notice than such resolution.

Section 5. NOTICE . Notice of any special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be delivered personally or by telephone, electronic mail, facsimile transmission, courier or United States mail to each director at his or her business or residence address. Notice by personal delivery, telephone, electronic mail or facsimile transmission shall be given at least 24 hours prior to the meeting. Notice by United States mail shall be given at least three days prior to the meeting. Notice by courier shall be given at least two days prior to the meeting. Telephone notice shall be deemed to be given when the director or his or her agent is personally given such notice in a telephone call to which the director or his or her agent is a party. Electronic mail notice shall be deemed to be given upon transmission of the message to the electronic mail address given to the Corporation by the director. Facsimile transmission notice shall be deemed to be given upon completion of the transmission of the message to the number given to the Corporation by the director and receipt of a completed answer-back indicating receipt. Notice by United States mail shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail properly addressed, with postage thereon prepaid. Notice by courier shall be deemed to be given when deposited with or delivered to a courier properly addressed. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any annual, regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors need be stated in the notice, unless specifically required by statute or these Bylaws.

Section 6. QUORUM . A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for transaction of business at any meeting of the Board of Directors, provided that, if less than a majority of such directors is present at such meeting, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice, and provided further that if, pursuant to applicable law, the Charter or these Bylaws, the vote of a majority or other percentage of a particular group of directors is required for action, a quorum must also include a majority or such other percentage of such group.

 

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The directors present at a meeting which has been duly called and at which a quorum has been established may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal from the meeting of enough directors to leave fewer than required to establish a quorum.

Section 7. VOTING . The action of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the action of the Board of Directors, unless the concurrence of a greater proportion is required for such action by applicable law, the Charter or these Bylaws. If enough directors have withdrawn from a meeting to leave fewer than required to establish a quorum, but the meeting is not adjourned, the action of the majority of that number of directors necessary to constitute a quorum at such meeting shall be the action of the Board of Directors, unless the concurrence of a greater proportion is required for such action by applicable law, the Charter or these Bylaws.

Section 8. ORGANIZATION . At each meeting of the Board of Directors, the chairman of the board or, in the absence of the chairman, the vice chairman of the board, if any, shall act as chairman of the meeting. In the absence of both the chairman and vice chairman of the board, the chief executive officer or, in the absence of the chief executive officer, the president or, in the absence of the president, a director chosen by a majority of the directors present shall act as chairman of the meeting. The secretary or, in his or her absence, an assistant secretary of the Corporation or, in the absence of the secretary and all assistant secretaries, an individual appointed by the chairman of the meeting shall act as secretary of the meeting.

Section 9. TELEPHONE MEETINGS . Directors may participate in a meeting by means of a conference telephone or other communications equipment if all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other at the same time. Participation in a meeting by these means shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

Section 10. CONSENT BY DIRECTORS WITHOUT A MEETING . Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting, if a consent in writing or by electronic transmission to such action is given by each director and is filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors.

Section 11. VACANCIES . If for any reason any or all the directors cease to be directors, such event shall not terminate the Corporation or affect these Bylaws or the powers of the remaining directors hereunder. Except as may be provided by the Board of Directors in setting the terms of any class or series of preferred stock, any vacancy on the Board of Directors may be filled only by a majority of the remaining directors, even if the remaining directors do not constitute a quorum. Any director elected to fill a vacancy shall serve for the remainder of the full term of the class in which the vacancy occurred and until a successor is duly elected and qualifies.

Section 12. COMPENSATION . Directors shall not receive any stated salary for their services as directors but, by resolution of the Board of Directors, may receive compensation per year and/or per meeting and/or per visit to real property or other facilities owned or leased by the Corporation and for any service or activity they performed or engaged in as directors. Directors may be reimbursed for expenses of attendance, if any, at each annual, regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors or of any committee thereof and for their expenses, if any, in connection with each

 

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property visit and any other service or activity they perform or engage in as directors; but nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any directors from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

Section 13. RELIANCE . Each director and officer of the Corporation shall, in the performance of his or her duties with respect to the Corporation, be entitled to rely on any information, opinion, report or statement, including any financial statement or other financial data, prepared or presented by an officer or employee of the Corporation whom the director or officer reasonably believes to be reliable and competent in the matters presented, by a lawyer, certified public accountant or other person, as to a matter which the director or officer reasonably believes to be within the person’s professional or expert competence, or, with respect to a director, by a committee of the Board of Directors on which the director does not serve, as to a matter within its designated authority, if the director reasonably believes the committee to merit confidence.

Section 14. RATIFICATION . The Board of Directors or the stockholders may ratify any action or inaction by the Corporation or its officers to the extent that the Board of Directors or the stockholders could have originally authorized the matter, and if so ratified, shall have the same force and effect as if originally duly authorized, and such ratification shall be binding upon the Corporation and its stockholders. Any action or inaction questioned in any stockholders’ derivative proceeding or any other proceeding on the ground of lack of authority, defective or irregular execution, adverse interest of a director, officer or stockholder, non-disclosure, miscomputation, the application of improper principles or practices of accounting or otherwise, may be ratified, before or after judgment, by the Board of Directors or by the stockholders, and such ratification shall constitute a bar to any claim or execution of any judgment in respect of such questioned action or inaction.

Section 15. CERTAIN RIGHTS OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS . Any director or officer, in his or her personal capacity or in a capacity as an affiliate, employee or agent of any other person, or otherwise, may have business interests and engage in business activities similar to, in addition to or in competition with those of or relating to the Corporation.

Section 16. EMERGENCY PROVISIONS . Notwithstanding any other provision in the Charter or these Bylaws, this Section 16 shall apply during the existence of any catastrophe, or other similar emergency condition, as a result of which a quorum of the Board of Directors under Article III of these Bylaws cannot readily be obtained (an “Emergency”). During any Emergency, unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, (i) a meeting of the Board of Directors or a committee thereof may be called by any director or officer by any means feasible under the circumstances; (ii) notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors during such an Emergency may be given less than 24 hours prior to the meeting to as many directors and by such means as may be feasible at the time, including publication, television or radio; and (iii) the number of directors necessary to constitute a quorum shall be one-third of the entire Board of Directors.

 

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ARTICLE IV

COMMITTEES

Section 1. NUMBER, TENURE AND QUALIFICATIONS . The Board of Directors may appoint from among its members an Executive Committee, an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee, a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and other committees, composed of one or more directors, to serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors. In the absence of any member of any such committee, the members thereof present at any meeting, whether or not they constitute a quorum, may appoint another director to act in the place of such absent member.

Section 2. POWERS . The Board of Directors may delegate to committees appointed under Section 1 of this Article IV any of the powers of the Board of Directors, except as prohibited by law. Except as may be otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, any committee may delegate some or all of its power and authority to one or more subcommittees, composed of one or more directors, as the committee deems appropriate in its sole and absolute discretion.

Section 3. MEETINGS . Notice of committee meetings shall be given in the same manner as notice for special meetings of the Board of Directors. A majority of the members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the committee. The act of a majority of the committee members present at a meeting shall be the act of such committee. The Board of Directors or the members of any committee, by the vote of a majority of the membership of such committee, may designate a chairman of any committee, and such chairman or, in the absence of a chairman, any two members of any committee (if there are at least two members of the committee) may fix the time and place of its meeting unless the Board shall otherwise provide.

Section 4. TELEPHONE MEETINGS . Members of a committee of the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting by means of a conference telephone or other communications equipment if all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other at the same time. Participation in a meeting by these means shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

Section 5. CONSENT BY COMMITTEES WITHOUT A MEETING . Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of a committee of the Board of Directors may be taken without a meeting, if a consent in writing or by electronic transmission to such action is given by each member of the committee and is filed with the minutes of proceedings of such committee.

Section 6. VACANCIES . Subject to the provisions hereof, the Board of Directors shall have the power at any time to change the membership of any committee, to fill any vacancy, to designate an alternate member to replace any absent or disqualified member or to dissolve any such committee.

 

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ARTICLE V

OFFICERS

Section 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS . The officers of the Corporation shall include a president, a secretary and a treasurer and may include a chairman of the board, a vice chairman of the board, a chief executive officer, one or more vice presidents, a chief operating officer, a chief financial officer, one or more assistant secretaries and one or more assistant treasurers. In addition, the Board of Directors may from time to time elect such other officers with such powers and duties as it shall deem necessary or desirable. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors, except that the chief executive officer or president may from time to time appoint one or more vice presidents, assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers or other officers. Each officer shall serve until his or her successor is elected and qualifies or until his or her death, or his or her resignation or removal in the manner hereinafter provided. Any two or more offices except president and vice president may be held by the same person. Election of an officer or agent shall not of itself create contract rights between the Corporation and such officer or agent.

Section 2. REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION . Any officer or agent of the Corporation may be removed, with or without cause, by the Board of Directors if in its judgment the best interests of the Corporation would be served thereby, but such removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the person so removed. Any officer of the Corporation may resign at any time by delivering his or her resignation to the Board of Directors, the chairman of the board, the chief executive officer, the president or the secretary. Any resignation shall take effect immediately upon its receipt or at such later time specified in the resignation. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective unless otherwise stated in the resignation. Such resignation shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the Corporation.

Section 3. VACANCIES . A vacancy in any office may be filled by the Board of Directors for the balance of the term.

Section 4. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD . The Board of Directors may designate from among its members a chairman of the board, who shall not, solely by reason of these Bylaws, be an officer of the Corporation. The Board of Directors may designate the chairman of the board as an executive or non-executive chairman. The chairman of the board shall preside over the meetings of the Board of Directors. The chairman of the board shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him or her by these Bylaws or the Board of Directors.

Section 5. CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER . The Board of Directors may designate a chief executive officer. In the absence of such designation, the chairman of the board shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation. The chief executive officer shall have general responsibility for implementation of the policies of the Corporation, as determined by the Board of Directors, and for the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation. He or she may execute any deed, mortgage, bond, contract or other instrument, except in cases where the execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors or by these Bylaws to some other officer or agent of the Corporation or shall be required by law to be otherwise executed; and in general shall perform all duties incident to the office of chief executive officer and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors from time to time.

 

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Section 6. CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER . The Board of Directors may designate a chief operating officer. The chief operating officer shall have the responsibilities and duties as determined by the Board of Directors or the chief executive officer.

Section 7. CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER . The Board of Directors may designate a chief financial officer. The chief financial officer shall have the responsibilities and duties as determined by the Board of Directors or the chief executive officer.

Section 8. PRESIDENT . In the absence of a chief executive officer, the president shall in general supervise and control all of the business and affairs of the Corporation. In the absence of a designation of a chief operating officer by the Board of Directors, the president shall be the chief operating officer. He or she may execute any deed, mortgage, bond, contract or other instrument, except in cases where the execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board of Directors or by these Bylaws to some other officer or agent of the Corporation or shall be required by law to be otherwise executed; and in general shall perform all duties incident to the office of president and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors from time to time.

Section 9. VICE PRESIDENTS . In the absence of the president or in the event of a vacancy in such office, the vice president (or in the event there be more than one vice president, the vice presidents in the order designated at the time of their election or, in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their election) shall perform the duties of the president and when so acting shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the president; and shall perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to such vice president by the chief executive officer, the president or the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors may designate one or more vice presidents as executive vice president, senior vice president or vice president for particular areas of responsibility.

Section 10. SECRETARY . The secretary shall (a) keep the minutes of the proceedings of the stockholders, the Board of Directors and committees of the Board of Directors in one or more books provided for that purpose; (b) see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws or as required by law; (c) be custodian of the corporate records and of the seal of the Corporation; (d) keep a register of the post office address of each stockholder which shall be furnished to the secretary by such stockholder; (e) have general charge of the stock transfer books of the Corporation; and (f) in general perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the chief executive officer, the president or the Board of Directors.

Section 11. TREASURER . The treasurer shall have the custody of the funds and securities of the Corporation, shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Corporation, shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositories as may be designated by the Board of Directors and in general perform such other duties as from time to time may be assigned to him or her by the chief executive officer, the president or the Board of Directors. In the absence of a designation of a chief financial officer by the Board of Directors, the treasurer shall be the chief financial officer of the Corporation.

 

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The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Corporation as may be ordered by the Board of Directors, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the president and Board of Directors, at the regular meetings of the Board of Directors or whenever it may so require, an account of all his or her transactions as treasurer and of the financial condition of the Corporation.

Section 12. ASSISTANT SECRETARIES AND ASSISTANT TREASURERS . The assistant secretaries and assistant treasurers, in general, shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them by the secretary or treasurer, respectively, or by the chief executive officer, the president or the Board of Directors.

Section 13. COMPENSATION . The compensation of the officers shall be fixed from time to time by or under the authority of the Board of Directors and no officer shall be prevented from receiving such compensation by reason of the fact that he or she is also a director.

ARTICLE VI

CONTRACTS, CHECKS AND DEPOSITS

Section 1. CONTRACTS . The Board of Directors may authorize any officer or agent to enter into any contract or to execute and deliver any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances. Any agreement, deed, mortgage, lease or other document shall be valid and binding upon the Corporation when duly authorized or ratified by action of the Board of Directors and executed by an authorized person.

Section 2. CHECKS AND DRAFTS . All checks, drafts or other orders for the payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued in the name of the Corporation shall be signed by such officer or agent of the Corporation in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors.

Section 3. DEPOSITS . All funds of the Corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited or invested from time to time to the credit of the Corporation as the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer, the president, the chief financial officer or any other officer designated by the Board of Directors may determine.

ARTICLE VII

STOCK

Section 1. CERTIFICATES . Except as may be otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, stockholders of the Corporation are not entitled to certificates representing the shares of stock held by them. In the event that the Corporation issues shares of stock represented by

 

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certificates, such certificates shall be in such form as prescribed by the Board of Directors or a duly authorized officer, shall contain the statements and information required by the MGCL and shall be signed by the officers of the Corporation in any manner permitted by the MGCL. In the event that the Corporation issues shares of stock without certificates, to the extent then required by the MGCL, the Corporation shall provide to the record holders of such shares a written statement of the information required by the MGCL to be included on stock certificates. There shall be no differences in the rights and obligations of stockholders based on whether or not their shares are represented by certificates.

Section 2. TRANSFERS . All transfers of shares of stock shall be made on the books of the Corporation, by the holder of the shares, in person or by his or her attorney, in such manner as the Board of Directors or any officer of the Corporation may prescribe and, if such shares are certificated, upon surrender of certificates duly endorsed. The issuance of a new certificate upon the transfer of certificated shares is subject to the determination of the Board of Directors that such shares shall no longer be represented by certificates. Upon the transfer of any uncertificated shares, the Corporation shall provide to the record holders of such shares, to the extent then required by the MGCL, a written statement of the information required by the MGCL to be included on stock certificates.

The Corporation shall be entitled to treat the holder of record of any share of stock as the holder in fact thereof and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise expressly provided by the laws of the State of Maryland.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, transfers of shares of any class or series of stock will be subject in all respects to the Charter and all of the terms and conditions contained therein.

Section 3. REPLACEMENT CERTIFICATE . Any officer of the Corporation may direct a new certificate or certificates to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost, destroyed, stolen or mutilated, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming the certificate to be lost, destroyed, stolen or mutilated; provided, however, if such shares have ceased to be certificated, no new certificate shall be issued unless requested in writing by such stockholder and the Board of Directors has determined that such certificates may be issued. Unless otherwise determined by an officer of the Corporation, the owner of such lost, destroyed, stolen or mutilated certificate or certificates, or his or her legal representative, shall be required, as a condition precedent to the issuance of a new certificate or certificates, to give the Corporation a bond in such sums as it may direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against the Corporation.

Section 4. FIXING OF RECORD DATE . The Board of Directors may set, in advance, a record date for the purpose of determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or determining stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or the allotment of any other rights, or in order to make a determination of stockholders for any other proper purpose. Such date, in any case, shall not be prior to the close of business on the day the record date is fixed and shall be not more than 90 days and, in the case of a meeting of stockholders, not less than ten days, before the date on which the meeting or particular action requiring such determination of stockholders of record is to be held or taken.

 

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When a record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at any meeting of stockholders has been set as provided in this section, such record date shall continue to apply to the meeting if adjourned or postponed, except if the meeting is adjourned or postponed to a date more than 120 days after the record date originally fixed for the meeting, in which case a new record date for such meeting shall be determined as set forth herein.

Section 5. STOCK LEDGER . The Corporation shall maintain at its principal office or at the office of its counsel, accountants or transfer agent, an original or duplicate stock ledger containing the name and address of each stockholder and the number of shares of each class held by such stockholder.

Section 6. FRACTIONAL STOCK; ISSUANCE OF UNITS . The Board of Directors may authorize the Corporation to issue fractional shares of stock or authorize the issuance of scrip, all on such terms and under such conditions as it may determine. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Charter or these Bylaws, the Board of Directors may authorize the issuance of units consisting of different securities of the Corporation. Any security issued in a unit shall have the same characteristics as any identical securities issued by the Corporation, except that the Board of Directors may provide that for a specified period securities of the Corporation issued in such unit may be transferred on the books of the Corporation only in such unit.

ARTICLE VIII

ACCOUNTING YEAR

The Board of Directors shall have the power, from time to time, to fix the fiscal year of the Corporation by a duly adopted resolution.

ARTICLE IX

DISTRIBUTIONS

Section 1. AUTHORIZATION . Dividends and other distributions upon the stock of the Corporation may be authorized by the Board of Directors, subject to the provisions of law and the Charter. Dividends and other distributions may be paid in cash, property or stock of the Corporation, subject to the provisions of law and the Charter.

Section 2. CONTINGENCIES . Before payment of any dividends or other distributions, there may be set aside out of any assets of the Corporation available for dividends or other distributions such sum or sums as the Board of Directors may from time to time, in its absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund for contingencies, for equalizing dividends or other distributions, for repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation or for such other purpose as the Board of Directors shall determine, and the Board of Directors may modify or abolish any such reserve.

 

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ARTICLE X

INVESTMENT POLICY

Subject to the provisions of the Charter, the Board of Directors may from time to time adopt, amend, revise or terminate any policy or policies with respect to investments by the Corporation as it shall deem appropriate in its sole discretion.

ARTICLE XI

SEAL

Section 1. SEAL . The Board of Directors may authorize the adoption of a seal by the Corporation. The seal shall contain the name of the Corporation and the year of its incorporation and the words “Incorporated Maryland.” The Board of Directors may authorize one or more duplicate seals and provide for the custody thereof.

Section 2. AFFIXING SEAL . Whenever the Corporation is permitted or required to affix its seal to a document, it shall be sufficient to meet the requirements of any law, rule or regulation relating to a seal to place the word “(SEAL)” adjacent to the signature of the person authorized to execute the document on behalf of the Corporation.

ARTICLE XII

INDEMNIFICATION AND ADVANCE OF EXPENSES

To the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law in effect from time to time, the Corporation shall indemnify and, without requiring a preliminary determination of the ultimate entitlement to indemnification, shall pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding to (a) any individual who is a present or former director or officer of the Corporation and who is made or threatened to be made a party to, or witness in, the proceeding by reason of his or her service in that capacity or (b) any individual who, while a director or officer of the Corporation and at the request of the Corporation, serves or has served as a director, officer, partner, member, manager or trustee of another corporation, real estate investment trust, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or any other enterprise and who is made or threatened to be made a party to, or witness in, the proceeding by reason of his or her service in that capacity. The rights to indemnification and advance of expenses provided by the Charter and these Bylaws shall vest immediately upon election of a director or officer. The Corporation may, with the approval of the Board of Directors, provide such indemnification and advance for expenses to an individual who served a predecessor of the Corporation in any of the capacities described in (a) or (b) above and to any employee or agent of the Corporation or a predecessor of the Corporation. The indemnification and payment or reimbursement of expenses provided in these Bylaws shall not be deemed exclusive of or limit in any way other rights to which any person seeking indemnification or payment or reimbursement of expenses may be or may become entitled under any bylaw, resolution, insurance, agreement or otherwise.

 

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Neither the amendment nor repeal of this Article XII, nor the adoption or amendment of any other provision of the Charter or these Bylaws inconsistent with this Article XII, shall apply to or affect in any respect the applicability of the preceding paragraph of this Article XII with respect to any act or failure to act which occurred prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption.

ARTICLE XIII

WAIVER OF NOTICE

Whenever any notice of a meeting is required to be given pursuant to the Charter or these Bylaws or pursuant to applicable law, a waiver thereof in writing or by electronic transmission, given by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Neither the business to be transacted at nor the purpose of any meeting need be set forth in the waiver of notice of such meeting, unless specifically required by statute. The attendance of any person at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where such person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting has not been lawfully called or convened.

ARTICLE XIV

EXCLUSIVE FORUM FOR CERTAIN LITIGATION

Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, Maryland, or, if that Court does not have jurisdiction, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, Baltimore Division, shall be the sole and exclusive forum for (a) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (b) any action asserting a claim of breach of any duty owed by any director or officer or other employee of the Corporation to the Corporation or to the stockholders of the Corporation, (c) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation or any director or officer or other employee of the Corporation arising pursuant to any provision of the MGCL, the Charter or these Bylaws, or (d) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation or any director or officer or other employee of the Corporation that is governed by the internal affairs doctrine.

ARTICLE XV

AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS

The Board of Directors shall have the exclusive power to adopt, alter or repeal any provision of these Bylaws and to make new Bylaws.

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

 

 

 

 

TRANSITION SERVICES AGREEMENT

BY AND BETWEEN

INLAND AMERICAN REAL ESTATE TRUST, INC.

AND

XENIA HOTELS & RESORTS, INC.

DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 3, 2015

 

 

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

             Page  

ARTICLE I SERVICES

     1   
  Section 1.01   General      1   
  Section 1.02   Quality of Services      1   
  Section 1.03   Duration of Services      2   
  Section 1.04   Third Party Services      2   
  Section 1.05   Responsible Personnel      2   
  Section 1.06   Changes to Services      3   
  Section 1.07   Amendments to Schedule A      3   

ARTICLE II COMPENSATION; BILLING

     3   
  Section 2.01   Service Fees      3   
  Section 2.02   Expenses      3   
  Section 2.03   Taxes      3   
  Section 2.04   Payment      3   
  Section 2.05   Payment of Expenses      4   
  Section 2.06   Payment Delay; Finance Charges      4   
  Section 2.07   No Right to Set-Off      4   

ARTICLE III COOPERATION AND CONSENTS

     4   
  Section 3.01   General      4   
  Section 3.02   Transition      4   
  Section 3.03   Consents      5   

ARTICLE IV CONFIDENTIALITY

     5   
  Section 4.01   Recipient Confidential Information      5   
  Section 4.02   Provider Confidential Information      6   
  Section 4.03   Required Disclosure      7   
  Section 4.04   Return or Destruction of Confidential Information      7   

ARTICLE V INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

     7   
  Section 5.01   Recipient Intellectual Property      7   
  Section 5.02   Provider Intellectual Property      8   

ARTICLE VI LIMITED LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION

     8   
  Section 6.01   Consequential and Other Damages      8   
  Section 6.02   Limitation of Liability      8   
  Section 6.03   Obligation To Reperform; Liabilities      8   
  Section 6.04   Release and Recipient Indemnity      8   
  Section 6.05   Provider Indemnity      9   
  Section 6.06   Indemnification Procedures      9   
  Section 6.07   Liability for Payment Obligations      9   


  Section 6.08   Exclusion of Other Remedies      9   

ARTICLE VII INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR

     9   

ARTICLE VIII COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS

     9   

ARTICLE IX TERM AND TERMINATION

     9   
  Section 9.01   Term      9   
  Section 9.02   Termination of this Agreement      10   
  Section 9.03   Effect      11   

ARTICLE X DISPUTE RESOLUTION

     11   
  Section 10.01   Dispute Resolution      11   
  Section 10.02   Waiver of Jury Trial.      12   

ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS

     12   
  Section 11.01   Further Assurances      12   
  Section 11.02   Amendments and Waivers      12   
  Section 11.03   Entire Agreement      12   
  Section 11.04   Third Party Beneficiaries      12   
  Section 11.05   Notices      13   
  Section 11.06   Counterparts; Electronic Delivery      13   
  Section 11.07   Severability      13   
  Section 11.08   Assignability      14   
  Section 11.09   Governing Law      14   
  Section 11.10   Disclaimer of Representations and Warranties      14   
  Section 11.11   Force Majeure      15   
  Section 11.12   Construction and Interpretation      16   
  Section 11.13   Titles and Headings      16   
  Section 11.14   Schedules      16   
  Section 11.15   Specific Performance      16   
  Section 11.16   Limited Liability      17   

SCHEDULE A

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TRANSITION SERVICES AGREEMENT

This Transition Services Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is entered into and effective as of February 3, 2015 (the “ Effective Date ”), by and between Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (“ Provider ”), and Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc., a Maryland corporation (“ Recipient ”). Provider and Recipient may each be referred to herein as a “ Party ,” and are collectively referred to as the “ Parties .” Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given them in the Separation Agreement (defined below).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, Provider, through Recipient, has previously been engaged in the business of investing in premium full service, lifestyle and urban upscale hotels;

WHEREAS, the board of directors of Provider has determined that it is advisable and in the best interests of Provider to establish Recipient as an independent publicly traded company, and in furtherance thereof, to distribute to the stockholders of Provider, on a pro rata basis, 95% of the outstanding shares of common stock of Recipient (the “ Separation ”);

WHEREAS, Provider and Recipient have entered into that certain Separation and Distribution Agreement, dated as of January 20, 2015 (the “ Separation Agreement ”), to carry out, effect, and consummate the Separation; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Separation Agreement, the Parties have agreed that Provider shall provide (or cause to be provided) to Recipient and its Subsidiaries, and Recipient and its Subsidiaries shall receive, certain services and other assistance on a transitional basis following the Separation and in accordance with the terms of, and subject to, the conditions set forth in this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and mutual promises, covenants, agreements, representations and warranties contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

SERVICES

Section 1.01 General . In accordance with the provisions hereof, Provider shall provide (or cause to be provided) to Recipient and its Subsidiaries, and Recipient and its Subsidiaries shall receive, the services described on Schedule A attached hereto (each such service, a “ Service ” and, collectively, the “ Services ”). Schedule A may be amended from time to time by written agreement of the Parties.

Section 1.02 Quality of Services . Provider shall perform (or cause to be performed) the Services (i) in a workmanlike and professional manner, (ii) with the same degree of care as it exercises in performing its own functions of a like or similar nature, and, where applicable, in a manner substantially consistent with the quantity and scope of the Services provided by Provider


to Recipient and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course prior to the Effective Time (except to the extent otherwise provided herein), (iii) where applicable, utilizing persons set forth on Schedule A (each, a “ Specified Person ”), subject to the limitations set forth herein, and (iv) in a timely manner in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and consistent with historical practice (except to the extent otherwise provided herein), it being understood that nothing in this Agreement will require Provider to favor Recipient and its Subsidiaries over the other business operations of Provider and its Subsidiaries.

Section 1.03 Duration of Services . Subject to the terms of this Agreement, Provider will provide (or cause to be provided) the Services to Recipient and its Subsidiaries until the Termination Date (as defined below) or earlier termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 9.02 , or if earlier, with respect to each Service, the earlier of (i) the expiration date for such Service set forth on Schedule A , or (ii) the date upon which such Service is terminated under Section 9.01(b) ; provided , however , that to the extent that Provider’s ability to provide a Service is dependent on the continuation of a related Service (and such dependence has been made known to the other Party), then Provider’s obligation to provide such dependent Service shall terminate automatically with the termination of such related Service.

Section 1.04 Third Party Services . Each Party acknowledges and agrees that certain Services provided on Schedule A-3 will be provided by third parties, and that such Services shall be provided by the third parties designated by Provider. If (a) Provider elects to engage a different third party to provide such Services than the third party previously engaged by Provider in connection with such Services or (b) such third party previously engaged by Provider in connection with such Services is unable or unwilling to provide any such Services, Provider shall promptly notify Recipient in writing, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to determine the manner in which such Services can best be provided, and, if there is any change to the Services provided as a result, including the level or cost thereof, Provider and Recipient shall negotiate in good faith to amend Schedule A as appropriate.

Section 1.05 Responsible Personnel .

(a) Provider shall designate a point of contact for each Service listed on Schedule A who will be directly responsible for coordinating and managing the delivery of such Service and have authority to act on behalf of Provider with respect to matters relating to such Service.

(b) If a Specified Person has been designated on Schedule A with respect to a Service, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Parties, Provider will cause such Specified Person to provide such Service. If such Specified Person ceases to be employed by Provider or one of its Subsidiaries or goes on a leave of absence (i) Provider or Recipient may terminate such Service in accordance with Section 9.01(b) , or (ii) the Parties may mutually agree to amend Schedule A to designate a replacement for such Specified Person.

(c) Except as set forth in subsection (b), Provider will have the right, in its reasonable discretion, to (i) designate which of its personnel will be involved in providing Services to Recipient, and (ii) remove and replace any such personnel, so long as there is no resulting increase in costs, or decrease in the level of service for Recipient; provided , however , that Provider will use its commercially reasonable efforts to limit disruption of the provision of Services to Recipient in the transition of the Services to different personnel.

 

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(d) In the event that the provision of any Service by Provider requires the cooperation and services of applicable personnel of Recipient, Recipient will make available to Provider such personnel as may be necessary for Provider to provide such Service. Recipient will have the right, in its reasonable discretion, to (i) designate which of its personnel it will make available to Provider in connection with the receipt of such Service, and (ii) remove and replace any such personnel, so long as there is no resulting increase in costs to Provider in providing such Service or adverse effect on Provider’s ability to provide such Service; provided , however , that Recipient will use its commercially reasonable efforts to limit disruption of the provision of services by Provider in the transition of such personnel.

Section 1.06 Changes to Services . It is understood and agreed that Provider may from time to time modify, change or enhance the manner, nature and quality of any Service provided to Recipient to the extent Provider is making a similar change in the performance of such Services for Provider and its Subsidiaries; provided , however , that, except as set forth in Section 1.05(b) , any such modification, change or enhancement will not reasonably be expected to materially negatively affect such Services. Provider shall furnish to Recipient substantially the same notice (in content and timing), if any, as Provider furnishes to its own organization with respect to such modifications, changes or enhancements.

Section 1.07 Amendments to Schedule A . Each amendment to Schedule A , as agreed to in writing by the Parties, shall be deemed part of this Agreement and any changes to the Services or other amendments set forth therein shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

ARTICLE II

COMPENSATION; BILLING

Section 2.01 Service Fees . In consideration for providing the Services, Provider will charge Recipient the fees indicated for each Service listed on Schedule A (each, a “ Service Fee ” and collectively, the “ Service Fees ”).

Section 2.02 Expenses . Except to the extent provided otherwise on Schedule A , in addition to the Service Fee, Provider shall also be entitled to charge Recipient for any reasonable, documented, out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by Provider in providing the Services (“ Expenses ”).

Section 2.03 Taxes . In addition to any amounts otherwise payable by Recipient pursuant to this Agreement, Recipient shall pay, be responsible, and promptly reimburse Provider, for any sales, use, value added, goods and services, excise, transfer, recording or similar taxes, including any interest, penalties or additional amounts imposed with respect thereto, imposed with respect to, or in connection with, the provision of Services or payment of any Service Fees hereunder.

Section 2.04 Payment of Fees . No later than the first day of each calendar month, Recipient shall pay to Provider the Service Fees due for the upcoming month in accordance with Schedule A . Payments shall be made by check or wire transfer of immediately available funds to one or more accounts specified in writing by Provider.

 

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Section 2.05 Payment of Expenses . Within thirty (30) days after the end of each calendar month, Provider shall send Recipient an invoice that includes in reasonable detail the Expenses due in connection with the Services provided to Recipient. Payments of invoices shall be made by check or wire transfer of immediately available funds to one or more accounts specified in writing by Provider. Payment shall be made within thirty (30) days after the date of receipt of Provider’s invoice.

Section 2.06 Payment Delay; Finance Charges .

(a) If Recipient fails to make any material payment within thirty (30) days of the date such payment was due to Provider, Provider shall have the right, at its sole option, upon ten (10) days’ prior written notice (such notice, a “ Suspension Notice ”), to suspend performance of any Services until payment has been received.

(b) If Recipient fails to make any payment within sixty (60) days of the date such payment was due to Provider, a finance charge of two percent (2%) per month, payable from the date of the invoice to the date such payment is received and levied upon the balance of any such payment, shall be due and payable to Provider. In addition, Recipient shall indemnify Provider for its costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements, incurred to collect any unpaid amount.

(c) Recipient shall not be liable for the payment of any finance charges pursuant to this Section 2.06 , and Provider shall not be authorized to suspend performance pursuant to this Section 2.06 , to the extent, but only to the extent, that Recipient is in good faith disputing Service Fees or Expenses incurred under Sections 2.01 and 2.02 .

Section 2.07 No Right to Set-Off . Recipient shall pay the full amount of all Service Fees and Expenses and shall not set off, counterclaim or otherwise withhold any amount owed to Provider under this Agreement on account of any obligation owed by Provider to Recipient.

ARTICLE III

COOPERATION AND CONSENTS

Section 3.01 General . Each Party shall reasonably cooperate with and provide assistance to the other Party in carrying out the provisions of this Agreement. Such cooperation shall include, but not be limited to, exchanging information, responding to inquiries, making adjustments and, subject to Section 3.03 , obtaining all consents, licenses, sublicenses or approvals necessary to permit each Party to perform its obligations hereunder; provided , however , that neither Party shall be required to disclose privileged information to the other Party.

Section 3.02 Transition . At the request of Recipient in contemplation of the termination of any Services hereunder, in whole or in part, Provider shall cooperate with Recipient, at Recipient’s expense, in transitioning such Services to Recipient or to any third party service provider designated by Recipient.

 

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Section 3.03 Consents . Provider will take commercially reasonable efforts to obtain, and to keep and maintain in effect, any third party licenses and consents necessary to provide the Services (the “ Consents ”). The costs relating to obtaining any such licenses or Consents obtained solely for the benefit of Recipient shall be borne by Recipient; provided , however , that Provider shall not incur any such costs that are not contemplated by Schedule A or consistent with historical practice of the Parties without the prior written consent of Recipient. If any such Consent is not obtained or maintained despite using commercially reasonable efforts to do so, Provider shall promptly notify Recipient in writing, and (i) Provider shall not be obligated under this Agreement to provide Recipient access to or use of any third party software or services requiring such Consents or to provide any Services dependent upon such Consents until such Consents are obtained or maintained, and (ii) the Parties will reasonably cooperate with one another to achieve a reasonable alternative arrangement with respect thereto as necessary.

ARTICLE IV

CONFIDENTIALITY

Section 4.01 Recipient Confidential Information . From and after the Effective Date, subject to Section 4.03 , and except as contemplated by or otherwise provided for under this Agreement or the Separation Agreement, Provider shall not, and shall cause its Affiliates and its own and its Affiliates’ officers, directors, employees, and other agents and representatives, including attorneys, agents, customers, suppliers, contractors, consultants and other representatives or third parties providing Services pursuant to this Agreement (collectively, “ Representatives ”), to not, directly or indirectly, disclose, reveal, divulge or communicate to any Person, other than to Recipient and its Affiliates (collectively, the “ Recipient Group ”) and their respective Representatives, and to Provider and its Affiliates (collectively, the “ Provider Group ”) and their respective Representatives who reasonably need to know such information in connection with the provision of Services under this Agreement and who are informed of their obligation to hold such information confidential to the same extent as is applicable to the Parties and in respect of whose failure to comply with such obligations, Recipient will be responsible, or use or otherwise exploit for its own benefit or for the benefit of any third party (other than members of the Recipient Group), any Recipient Confidential Information (as defined below).

For the purposes of this Agreement, “ Group ” shall mean the Provider Group or the Recipient Group, as the context requires. If any disclosures are made by members of the Recipient Group to members of the Provider Group in connection with the provision of Services under this Agreement, then the Recipient Confidential Information so disclosed shall be used by the Provider Group only as required to perform the Services or, if applicable, to the extent permitted by the Separation Agreement. Provider shall use the same degree of care to prevent and restrain the unauthorized use or disclosure of the Recipient Confidential Information by any member of the Provider Group or its Representatives as it uses for its own confidential information of a like nature, but in no event less than a reasonable standard of care. For purposes of this Agreement, any information, material or documents relating to the businesses currently or formerly conducted, or proposed to be conducted, by the Recipient Group that is furnished to, or in possession of, any member of the Provider Group, in each case in connection with the Services provided under this Agreement and irrespective of the form of communication, and all notes, analyses, compilations, forecasts, data, translations, studies, memoranda or other documents prepared by members of the Provider Group, that contain, or otherwise reflect, such

 

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information, material or documents is hereinafter referred to as “ Recipient Confidential Information .” Recipient Confidential Information does not include, and there shall be no obligation hereunder, with respect to information that (i) is or becomes generally available to the public, other than as a result of a disclosure by a member of the Provider Group or its Representatives not otherwise permissible hereunder, (ii) Provider can demonstrate was or became available to the Provider Group from a source other than the Recipient Group or its Representatives, or (iii) is developed independently by the Provider Group without reference to the Recipient Confidential Information; provided , however , that, in the case of clause (ii), the source of such information was not known by Provider to be bound by a confidentiality or non-disclosure agreement with, or other contractual, legal or fiduciary obligation of confidentiality to, any member of the Recipient Group with respect to such information.

Section 4.02 Provider Confidential Information . From and after the Effective Date, subject to Section 4.03 , and except as contemplated by or otherwise provided for under this Agreement or the Separation Agreement, Recipient shall not, and shall cause the members of the Recipient Group and their respective Representatives to not, directly or indirectly, disclose, reveal, divulge or communicate to any Person other than members of the Provider Group and its Representatives, or members of the Recipient Group and its Representatives, who reasonably need to know such information in connection with the receipt of Services under this Agreement and who are informed of their obligation to hold such information confidential to the same extent as is applicable to the Parties and in respect of whose failure to comply with such obligations, Provider will be responsible, or use or otherwise exploit for its own benefit or for the benefit of any third party (other than members of the Provider Group), any Provider Confidential Information (as defined below). If any disclosures are made by members of the Provider Group to members of the Recipient Group in connection with the provision of Services under this Agreement, then the Provider Confidential Information (as defined below) so disclosed shall be used by the Recipient Group only as required to receive the Services or, if applicable, to the extent permitted by the Separation Agreement. Recipient shall use the same degree of care to prevent and restrain the unauthorized use or disclosure of the Provider Confidential Information by any member of the Recipient Group or its Representatives as it uses for its own confidential information of a like nature, but in no event less than a reasonable standard of care.

For purposes of this Agreement, any information, material or documents relating to the businesses currently or formerly conducted, or proposed to be conducted, by the Provider Group that is furnished to, or in possession of, any member of the Recipient Group, in each case in connection with the Services provided under this Agreement and irrespective of the form of communication, and all notes, analyses, compilations, forecasts, data, translations, studies, memoranda or other documents prepared by members of the Recipient Group, that contain, or otherwise reflect, such information, material or documents, is hereinafter referred to as “ Provider Confidential Information ,” and, together with the Recipient Confidential Information, “ Confidential Information .” Provider Confidential Information does not include, and there shall be no obligation hereunder with respect to, information that (i) is or becomes generally available to the public, other than as a result of a disclosure by any member of the Recipient Group or its Representatives not otherwise permissible hereunder, (ii) Recipient can demonstrate was or became available to the Recipient Group from a source other than the Provider Group or its Representatives, or (iii) is developed independently by the Recipient Group without reference to the Provider Confidential Information; provided , however , that, in the case of clause (ii), the

 

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source of such information was not known by Recipient to be bound by a confidentiality or non-disclosure agreement with, or other contractual, legal or fiduciary obligation of confidentiality to, any member of the Provider Group with respect to such information.

Section 4.03 Required Disclosure . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Sections 4.01 and 4.02 , in the event that any demand or request for disclosure of Confidential Information is made by judicial or administrative process or by other requirements of Law, the Party requested to disclose Confidential Information concerning a member of the other Group shall (to the extent not prohibited by judicial or administrative process or by other requirements of Law) promptly notify such member of the other Group of the existence of such request or demand and, to the extent commercially practicable, shall provide such member of the other Group thirty (30) days (or such lesser period as is commercially practicable) to seek an appropriate protective order or other remedy, which the Parties will, at the expense of the requesting Party, cooperate in obtaining. In the event that such appropriate protective order or other remedy is not obtained, the Party that is required to disclose Confidential Information about a member of the Group shall furnish, or cause to be furnished, only that portion of the Confidential Information that is legally required to be disclosed and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that confidential treatment is accorded such information.

Section 4.04 Return or Destruction of Confidential Information . Upon the written request of a Party or a member of its Group, except as contemplated by or otherwise provided for under the Separation Agreement, the other Party shall take, and shall cause the applicable members of its Group to take, reasonable steps to promptly (a) deliver to the requesting Person all original copies of Confidential Information (whether written or electronic) concerning the requesting Person or any member of its Group that is in the possession of the other Party or any member of its Group and (b) if specifically requested by the requesting Person, destroy any copies of such Confidential Information (including any extracts therefrom), unless such delivery or destruction would violate any Law; provided , however , that if Recipient requests that Provider return or destroy Confidential Information concerning Recipient or any member of the Recipient Group, then Provider shall not be required to continue providing any Services to the extent Provider’s ability to provide such Services is negatively impacted by its failure to no longer have possession of such Confidential Information. Upon the written request of the requesting Person, the other Party shall, or shall cause another member of its Group to cause, its duly authorized officers to certify in writing to the requesting party that the requirements of the preceding sentence have been satisfied in full.

ARTICLE V

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Section 5.01 Recipient Intellectual Property . Except as otherwise agreed by the Parties, all data, software, or other property or assets owned or created by Recipient, including, without limitation, derivative works thereof, and new data or software created by Recipient at Recipient’s expense, in connection with its receipt of Services and all intellectual property rights therein (the “ Recipient Property ”), shall remain the sole and exclusive property and responsibility of Recipient. Provider shall not acquire any rights in any Recipient Property pursuant to this Agreement.

 

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Section 5.02 Provider Intellectual Property . Except as otherwise agreed by the Parties, all data, software or other property or assets owned or created by Provider, including, without limitation, derivative works thereof, and new data or software created by Provider at Provider’s expense, in connection with the provision of Services and all intellectual property rights therein (the “ Provider Property ”), shall be the sole and exclusive property and responsibility of Provider. Recipient shall not acquire any rights in any Provider Property pursuant to this Agreement.

ARTICLE VI

LIMITED LIABILITY AND INDEMNIFICATION

Section 6.01 Consequential and Other Damages . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Separation Agreement or this Agreement, no member of either Group or their Representatives shall be liable to any member of the other Group or its Representatives, whether in contract, tort (including negligence and strict liability) or otherwise, at law or equity, for any special, indirect, incidental, punitive or consequential damages whatsoever (including lost profits or damages calculated on multiples of earnings approaches), which in any way arise out of, relate to or are a consequence of, the performance or nonperformance of any Services under this Agreement, including with respect to business interruptions or claims of customers.

Section 6.02 Limitation of Liability . Subject to any obligations to reperform any Services as set forth in Section 6.03 , the maximum amount of the Losses of each member of the Provider Group and its Representatives, collectively, under this Agreement for any act or failure to act in connection herewith (including the performance or breach of this Agreement), or from the sale, delivery, provision or use of any Services provided under or contemplated by this Agreement, whether in contract, tort (including negligence and strict liability) or otherwise, shall not exceed the total aggregate Service Fees (excluding any Expenses or other third-party costs) actually paid to Provider by Recipient pursuant to this Agreement.

Section 6.03 Obligation To Reperform; Liabilities . In the event of any breach of this Agreement by any member of the Provider Group (or any third parties providing Services under this Agreement) with respect to the provision of any Services (with respect to which the Provider can reasonably be expected to reperform in a commercially reasonable manner), the Provider shall (a) promptly correct or cause to be corrected in all material respects such error, defect or breach or reperform in all material respects such Services at the request of Recipient and at the sole cost and expense of the Provider and (b) subject to the limitations set forth in Sections 6.01 and 6.02 , reimburse Recipient for Liabilities attributable to such breach by such member of the Provider Group (or any third parties providing Services under this Agreement). The remedy set forth in this Section 6.03 shall be the sole and exclusive remedy of Recipient for any such breach of this Agreement. Any request for reperformance in accordance with this Section 6.03 by Recipient must be in writing and specify in reasonable detail the particular breach, and such request must be made no more than one (1) month from the date such breach occurred.

Section 6.04 Release and Recipient Indemnity . Subject to Section 6.01 , Recipient, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates, Representatives or other Persons using such Services, hereby releases each member of the Provider Group and its Representatives (each, a “ Provider Indemnified Party ”), and Recipient hereby agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless each such Provider Indemnified Party from and against any and all Losses arising from, relating to or

 

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in connection with the use of any Services by Recipient or any of its Affiliates, Representatives or other Persons using such Services, except to the extent such Losses arise out of, relate to or are a consequence of Provider’s recklessness or willful misconduct.

Section 6.05 Provider Indemnity . Subject to Section 6.01 , Provider hereby agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless each member of the Recipient Group and its Representatives (each a “ Recipient Indemnified Party ”), from and against any and all Losses arising from, relating to or in connection with the sale, delivery, provision or use of any Services provided under or contemplated by this Agreement to the extent that such Losses arise out of, relate to or are a consequence of Provider’s recklessness or willful misconduct.

Section 6.06 Indemnification Procedures . The provisions of Section 9.4 of the Separation Agreement shall govern claims for indemnification under this Agreement.

Section 6.07 Liability for Payment Obligations . Nothing in this Article VI shall be deemed to eliminate or limit, in any respect, Recipient’s express obligation to pay the Service Fees, Expenses and other amounts in accordance with this Agreement.

Section 6.08 Exclusion of Other Remedies . Except for the provisions of Section 2.06(b) , Sections 6.03 , 6.04 , 6.05 and 6.06 of this Agreement shall be the sole and exclusive remedies of the Provider Indemnified Parties and the Recipient Indemnified Parties, as applicable, for any Losses arising pursuant to this Agreement.

ARTICLE VII

INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR

In performing the Services hereunder, each Group shall operate as, and have the status of, an independent contractor. No Party’s employees shall be considered employees or agents of the other Party, nor shall the employees of either Party be eligible or entitled to any benefits, perquisites, or privileges given or extended to any of the other Party’s employees. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed or construed to create a joint venture or partnership between the Parties. No Party shall have any power or authority to bind or commit any other Party.

ARTICLE VIII

COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS

In the performance of its duties and obligations under this Agreement, each Party shall comply with all applicable laws. The Parties shall cooperate fully in obtaining and maintaining in effect all permits and licenses that may be required for the performance of the Services.

ARTICLE IX

TERM AND TERMINATION

Section 9.01 Term .

 

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(a) The term of this Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and end on March 31, 2016 (the “ Termination Date ”), or such earlier date, if any, upon which this Agreement is terminated in accordance with Section 9.02 .

(b) Except as may be otherwise set forth on Schedule A , and subject to the last proviso of Section 1.03 , Recipient may terminate any Service prior to the scheduled expiration date by giving Provider not less than thirty (30) days’ prior written notice, or such less time as may be agreed upon by the Parties. Recipient or Provider may terminate any Service for which a Specified Person is listed on Schedule A at any time after such Specified Person ceases to be employed by Provider or one its Subsidiaries or goes on a leave of absence; provided , however , that if during the term that the applicable Service is being provided pursuant to this Agreement, Provider receives advance notice that a Specified Person will cease to be employed by Provider or one of its Subsidiaries or will be going on a leave of absence, Provider will promptly provide such notice thereof to Recipient. Except as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, Services can only be terminated at month-end. To the extent there are any break-up costs (including commitments made to, or in respect of, personnel or third parties due to the requirement to provide the Services, prepaid expenses related to the Services or costs related to terminating such commitments) reasonably incurred by Provider as a result of any early termination of a Service by Recipient, Provider shall use its reasonable best efforts to mitigate such costs, and Recipient shall bear such costs and reimburse Provider in full for the same.

Section 9.02 Termination of this Agreement . This Agreement may be terminated:

(a) by the written agreement of the Parties;

(b) by Provider in the event that it delivers a Suspension Notice to Recipient and suspends delivery of a Service in accordance with Section 2.06(a) , and such Suspension Notice is not satisfied within thirty (30) days of the date of delivery of such Suspension Notice;

(c) by either Party upon a material breach (other than non-payment of Service Fees or Expenses) by the other Party that is not cured (or reperformed in accordance with Section 6.03 ) within thirty (30) days after delivery of written notice of such breach from the non-breaching Party;

(d) by either Party in the event that the other Party shall (i) file a petition in bankruptcy, (ii) become or be declared insolvent, or become the subject of any proceedings (not dismissed within sixty (60) calendar days) related to its liquidation, insolvency or the appointment of a receiver, (iii) make an assignment on behalf of all or substantially all of its creditors, (iv) take any corporate action for its winding up or dissolution;

(e) by either Party, upon a Change in Control (as defined below) of the other Party. For the purposes of this Agreement, “ Change in Control ” shall mean, with respect to a Party, the occurrence after the Effective Time of any of the following: (i) the sale, conveyance or disposition, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of such Party and its Group (taken as a whole) to a third party that is not a member of such Party’s Group prior to such transaction or the first of such related transactions; (ii) the consolidation,

 

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merger or other business combination of a Party with or into any other Person, immediately following which the then-current shareholders of the Party, as such, fail to own, in the aggregate, at least majority voting power of the surviving Party in such consolidation, merger or business combination, or of its ultimate publicly traded parent; (iii) a transaction or series of transactions in which any Person or “group” (as the term “group” is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, together with the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) acquires majority voting power of such Party (other than a reincorporation or similar corporate transaction in which each of such Party’s shareholders owns, immediately thereafter, interests in the new parent company in substantially the same percentage as such shareholder owned in such Party immediately prior to such transaction); or (iv) a majority of the board of directors of such Party ceases to consist of individuals who have become directors as a result of being nominated or elected by a majority of such Party’s directors; or

(f) by either Party if all of the Services have been terminated early in accordance with Section 9.01(b) .

Section 9.03 Effect . In the event of termination of this Agreement in its entirety pursuant to this Article IX , or upon the Termination Date, this Agreement shall cease to have further force or effect, and neither Party shall have any liability to the other Party with respect to this Agreement; provided that:

(a) termination or expiration of this Agreement for any reason shall not release a Party from any liability or obligation, including the requirement to pay Service Fees or Expenses, that already has accrued as of the effective date of such termination or expiration, and shall not constitute a waiver or release of, or otherwise be deemed to adversely affect, any rights, remedies or claims which a Party may have hereunder at law, equity or otherwise or which may arise out of or in connection with such termination or expiration;

(b) as promptly as practicable, following termination of this Agreement in its entirety or with respect to any Service to the extent applicable, and the payment by Recipient of all amounts owing hereunder, Provider shall return all reasonably available material, inventory and other property of Recipient held by Provider, and shall deliver copies of all of Recipient’s records maintained by Provider with regard to the Services in Provider’s standard format and media. Provider shall deliver such property and records to such location or locations, as reasonably requested by Recipient. Arrangements for shipping, including the cost of freight and insurance, and the reasonable cost of packing incurred by Provider shall be borne by Recipient; and

(c) Articles IV , V , VI , VII , X and XI , and this Section 9.03 , shall survive any termination or expiration of this Agreement and remain in full force and effect.

ARTICLE X

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Section 10.01 Dispute Resolution . The provisions of Sections 10.1 – 10.3 of the Separation Agreement shall apply , mutatis mutandis , to all disputes, controversies or claims (whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise) that may arise out of or relate to, or arise under or in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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Section 10.02 Waiver of Jury Trial . EACH PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND ABSOLUTELY WAIVES THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT BY A PARTY TO COMPEL THE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEDURES PROVIDED IN THIS ARTICLE X AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF ANY AWARDS OR DECISION OBTAINED FROM SUCH ARBITRATION PROCEEDING, AND AGREES TO TAKE ANY AND ALL ACTION NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE TO EFFECT SUCH WAIVER.

ARTICLE XI

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 11.01 Further Assurances . From time to time, each Party agrees to execute and deliver such additional documents, and will provide such additional information and assistance as either Party may reasonably require to carry out the terms of this Agreement.

Section 11.02 Amendments and Waivers .

(a) No provision of this Agreement, including Schedule A , may be amended except by an agreement in writing signed by both Parties.

(b) Any term or provision of this Agreement may be waived, or the time for its performance may be extended, by the Party or the Parties entitled to the benefit thereof. Any such waiver shall be validly and sufficiently given for the purposes of this Agreement if, as to any Party, it is executed by a writing signed by an authorized representative of such Party. Waiver by any Party of any default by the other Party of any provision of this Agreement shall not be construed to be a waiver by the waiving Party of any subsequent or other default, nor shall it in any way affect the validity of this Agreement or prejudice the rights of the other Party, thereafter, to enforce each and every such provision. No failure or delay by any Party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof, or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies hereunder are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies that either Party would otherwise have.

Section 11.03 Entire Agreement . This Agreement and Schedule A hereto, as well as any other agreements and documents referred to herein (including the Separation Agreement and the agreements contemplated thereby, to the extent applicable), constitute the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersede all previous agreements, negotiations, discussions, understandings, writings, commitments and conversations between the Parties with respect to such subject matter. No agreements or understandings exist between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof other than those set forth or referred to herein.

Section 11.04 Third Party Beneficiaries . Except for the indemnification provisions in Article VI , this Agreement is for the sole benefit of the Parties and their successors and assigns, and nothing herein, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person or entity any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever, under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

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Section 11.05 Notices . All notices, demands and other communications required to be given to a Party hereunder shall be in writing and shall be personally delivered, sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier, or mailed by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to such Party at the relevant street address set forth below (or at such other street address as such Party may designate from time to time by written notice in accordance with this provision):

If to Provider, to:

Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc.

2809 Butterfield Road

Oak Brook, Illinois 60523

Attention: President and Chief Executive Officer

If to Recipient, to:

Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

200 S. Orange Avenue, Suite 1200

Orlando, Florida 32801

Attention: President and Chief Executive Officer

Notice by courier or certified or registered mail shall be effective on the date it is officially recorded as delivered to the intended recipient by return receipt or similar acknowledgment. All notices and communications delivered in person shall be deemed to have been delivered to and received by the addressee, and shall be effective, on the date of personal delivery.

Section 11.06 Counterparts; Electronic Delivery . This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which, when so executed and delivered or transmitted by facsimile, e-mail or other electronic means, shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which taken together shall constitute but one and the same instrument. Execution and delivery of this Agreement or any other documents pursuant to this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic means shall be deemed to be, and shall have the same legal effect as, execution by an original signature and delivery in person.

Section 11.07 Severability . If any term or other provision of this Agreement or the Schedules attached hereto or thereto is determined by a nonappealable decision by a court, administrative agency or arbitrator to be invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of law or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to either Party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the court, administrative agency or arbitrator shall interpret this Agreement so as to affect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner to the

 

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end that the transactions contemplated hereby are fulfilled to the fullest extent possible. If any sentence in this Agreement is so broad as to be unenforceable, the provision shall be interpreted to be only as broad as is enforceable.

Section 11.08 Assignability . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties, and their respective successors and permitted assigns; provided , however , that, except as provided in Section 1.04 and other provisions herein allowing Provider to delegate its obligations hereunder to third parties, no Party may assign, delegate or transfer (by operation of law or otherwise) its respective rights, or delegate its respective obligations, under this Agreement without the express prior written consent of the other Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, either Party may assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement to (i) any member of such Party’s Group; provided , however , that each Party shall at all times remain liable for the performance of its obligations under this Agreement by any such Group member, or (ii), subject to Provider’s right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 9.01(e) hereof, any successor by merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, acquisition or person acquiring all or substantially all of the assets of such Party pursuant to a Change of Control, provided , however , that such successor shall assume all obligations of such under this Agreement. Any attempted assignment or delegation in violation of this Section 11.08 shall be null and void.

Section 11.09 Governing Law . This Agreement, and the legal relations between the Parties hereto, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the conflict of laws rules thereof, to the extent such rules would require the application of the law of another jurisdiction.

Section 11.10 Disclaimer of Representations and Warranties .

(a) It is understood and agreed that the employees of Provider and the other members of the Provider Group performing the Services are not professional providers to third parties of the types of services included in the Services and that some or all of the Provider Group employees performing Services may have other responsibilities and may not be dedicated full-time to performing Services hereunder. EXCEPT FOR THE REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS EXPRESSLY MADE IN THIS AGREEMENT, PROVIDER HAS NOT MADE, AND DOES NOT HEREBY MAKE, ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES OR COVENANTS, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, OF ANY NATURE, INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, NON-INFRINGEMENT, QUALITY, QUANTITY, SUITABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. ALL OTHER REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES, AND COVENANTS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY, COMMON LAW OR OTHERWISE, OF ANY NATURE, INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, QUALITY, QUANTITY, SUITABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED.

(b) Without limiting the generality of any other provision hereof, it is not the intent of any member of the Provider Group (or their Affiliates) to render professional advice or opinions, whether with regard to tax, legal, treasury, finance, intellectual property, employment or other matters; Recipient shall not rely on any Service provided by (or caused to be provided

 

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by) Provider for such professional advice or opinions; and notwithstanding Recipient’s receipt of any proposal, recommendation or suggestion in any way relating to tax, legal, treasury, finance, intellectual property, employment or any other subject matter, Recipient shall seek all third-party professional advice and opinions as it may desire or need; and, with respect to any software or documentation provided in connection with the Services, Recipient shall use such software and documentation internally and for their intended purpose only, shall not distribute, publish, transfer, sublicense or in any manner make such software or documentation available to other organizations or persons, and shall not act as a service bureau or consultant in connection with such software.

(c) A material inducement to the provision of Services is the limitation of liability, damages and recourse set forth herein and the release and indemnity provided by Recipient.

Section 11.11 Force Majeure .

(a) Neither Party (nor any Person acting on its behalf) shall have any liability or responsibility for failure to fulfill any obligation (other than a payment obligation) under this Agreement so long as, and to the extent to which, the fulfillment of such obligation is prevented, frustrated, hindered or delayed as a consequence of circumstances of Force Majeure; provided that (i) such Party (or such Person) shall have exercised commercially reasonable efforts to minimize the effect of Force Majeure on its obligations, and (ii) the nature, quality and standard of care that Provider shall provide in delivering a Service after a Force Majeure shall again comply with Section 1.02 . In the event of an occurrence of a Force Majeure, the Party whose performance is affected thereby shall give notice of suspension as soon as reasonably practicable to the other stating the date and extent of such suspension and the cause thereof, and such Party shall resume the performance of such obligations as soon as reasonably practicable after the removal of such cause.

(b) During the period of a Force Majeure impacting Provider, Recipient shall be entitled to seek an alternative service provider with respect to such Service(s) (and shall be relieved of the obligation to pay Service Fees for such Service(s) throughout the duration of such Force Majeure) and shall be entitled to permanently terminate such Service(s) if a Force Majeure shall continue to exist for more than sixty (60) consecutive days, it being understood that Recipient shall provide advance notice of such termination to Provider.

(c) For purposes of this Agreement “ Force Majeure ” means with respect to a Party, an event beyond the control of such Party (or any Person acting on its behalf), which by its nature could not have been reasonably foreseen by such Party (or such Person), or, if it could have been reasonably foreseen, was unavoidable, and includes acts of God, storms, floods, riots, fires, sabotage, civil commotion or civil unrest, interference by civil or military authorities, acts of war (declared or undeclared) or armed hostilities or other national or international calamity or one or more acts of terrorism or failure of energy sources or distribution facilities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the receipt by a Party of an unsolicited takeover offer or other acquisition proposal, even if unforeseen or unavoidable, and such Party’s response thereto shall not be deemed an event of Force Majeure.

 

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Section 11.12 Construction and Interpretation .

(a) This Agreement shall be construed as if jointly drafted by the Parties and no rule of construction strict interpretation shall be applied against either Party. The Parties represent that this Agreement is entered into with full consideration of any and all rights which the Parties may have. The Parties have relied upon their own knowledge and judgment. The Parties have conducted such investigations they thought appropriate, and have consulted with such advisors as they deemed appropriate regarding this Agreement and their rights and asserted rights in connection therewith. The Parties are not relying upon any representations or statements made by the other Party, or such other Party’s employees, agents, representatives or attorneys, regarding this Agreement, except to the extent such representations are expressly set forth or incorporated in this Agreement. The Parties are not relying upon a legal duty, if one exists, on the part of the other Party (or such other Party’s employees, agents, representatives or attorneys) to disclose any information in connection with the execution of this Agreement or their preparation, it being expressly understood that neither Party shall ever assert any failure to disclose information on the part of the other Party as a ground for challenging this Agreement.

(b) If there is any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the Separation Agreement, the provisions of this Agreement shall control (but only with respect to the subject matter hereof) unless explicitly stated otherwise herein. If there is any conflict between the provisions of the main body of this Agreement and any Schedule to this Agreement, the provisions of the main body of this Agreement shall control unless explicitly stated otherwise herein.

(c) References in this Agreement to any gender include references to all genders, and references to the singular include references to the plural and vice versa. Unless the context otherwise requires, the words “include,” “includes” and “including” when used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” Unless the context otherwise requires, references in this Agreement to Articles, Sections and Exhibits shall be deemed references to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits to, this Agreement. Unless the context otherwise requires, the words “hereof,” “hereby” and “herein” and words of similar meaning when used in this Agreement refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular Article, Section or provision of this Agreement.

Section 11.13 Titles and Headings . Titles and headings to Sections and Articles are inserted for the convenience of reference only and are not intended to be a part of or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement

Section 11.14 Schedules . The Schedules attached hereto are incorporated herein by reference and shall be construed with and as an integral part of this Agreement to the same extent as if the same had been set forth verbatim herein.

Section 11.15 Specific Performance . Subject to the provisions of Article X , from and after the Distribution, in the event of any actual or threatened default in, or breach of, any of the terms, conditions and provisions of this Agreement, the Parties agree that the Party to this Agreement who is or is to be thereby aggrieved shall have the right to seek specific performance and injunctive or other equitable relief of its rights under this Agreement, in addition to any and

 

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all other rights and remedies at Law or in equity, and all such rights and remedies shall be cumulative. The Parties agree that, from and after the Distribution, the remedies at Law for any breach or threatened breach of this Agreement, including monetary damages, may be inadequate compensation for any loss, that any defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at Law would be adequate is hereby waived, and that any requirements for the securing or posting of any bond with such remedy are hereby waived.

Section 11.16 Limited Liability . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Specified Person, person designated as the coordinator of Services pursuant to Section 1.05(a) or other individual who is a shareholder, director, employee, officer, agent or representative of Provider or Recipient, in such individual’s capacity as such, shall have any liability in respect of or relating to the covenants or obligations of Provider or Recipient, as applicable, under this Agreement or in respect of any certificate delivered with respect hereto or thereto and, to the fullest extent legally permissible, each of Provider or Recipient, for itself and its respective Subsidiaries and its and their respective shareholders, directors, employees and officers, waives and agrees not to seek to assert or enforce any such liability that any such Person otherwise might have pursuant to applicable law.

[SIGNATURES APPEAR ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized officers or representatives as of the date first written above.

 

INLAND AMERICAN REAL ESTATE TRUST, INC.

By:  

/s/ Thomas P. McGuinness

Name: Thomas P. McGuinness
Title:   President

XENIA HOTELS & RESORTS, INC.

By:

/s/ Marcel Verbaas

Name: Marcel Verbaas
Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit 10.2

 

EMPLOYEE MATTERS AGREEMENT

BY AND BETWEEN

INLAND AMERICAN REAL ESTATE TRUST, INC.

AND

XENIA HOTELS & RESORTS, INC.

DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 3, 2015

 

 


EMPLOYEE MATTERS AGREEMENT

This Employee Matters Agreement (the “ Agreement ”) is entered into as of February 3, 2015, by and between Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (“ Inland American ”), and Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc., a Maryland corporation (“ Xenia ”), each a “Party” and together, the “Parties.”

RECITALS:

WHEREAS, Xenia is and prior to the Distribution will be a wholly owned subsidiary of Inland American;

WHEREAS, the board of directors of Inland American has determined that it is advisable and in the best interests of Inland American to establish Xenia as an independent publicly traded company;

WHEREAS, to effect this separation, the Parties have entered into that certain Separation and Distribution Agreement dated as of January 20, 2015 (as amended or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Separation Agreement ”); and

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Separation Agreement, Inland American and Xenia are entering into this Agreement for the purpose of allocating between and among them certain assets, Liabilities and responsibilities with respect to certain (i) employees, (ii) compensation and benefit plans, programs and arrangements and (iii) other employee-related matters.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises, the mutual promises and covenants hereinafter set forth, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

Section 1.1 Definitions . The following capitalized terms shall have the meanings set forth below when used in this Agreement:

Accrued PTO ” means, with respect to an Inland American Employee or a Xenia Employee, such individual’s accrued vacation, paid-time-off and sick time, if any.

Affiliate ” shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the specified Person. For this purpose “ control ” of a 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 ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. Unless explicitly provided herein to the contrary, for purposes of this Agreement, Inland American shall be deemed not to be an Affiliate of Xenia or any of its Subsidiaries, and Xenia shall be deemed not to be an Affiliate of Inland American or any of its Subsidiaries (other than Xenia and the Xenia Subsidiaries).

 

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Agreement ” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement and includes all Exhibits attached hereto or delivered pursuant hereto.

Ancillary Agreements ” shall have the meaning provided in the Separation Agreement.

Benefit Plan ” shall mean any compensation and/or benefit plan, program, arrangement, agreement or other commitment that is sponsored, maintained, entered into or contributed to by an entity or with respect to which such entity otherwise has any liability or obligation, whether fixed or contingent, including each such (i) employment, consulting, noncompetition, nondisclosure, nonsolicitation, severance, termination, pension, retirement, supplemental retirement, excess benefit, profit sharing, bonus, incentive, sales incentive, commission, deferred compensation, retention, transaction, change in control and similar plan, program, arrangement, agreement or other commitment, (ii) stock option, restricted stock, restricted stock unit, share unit, performance stock, stock appreciation, stock purchase, deferred stock or other compensatory equity or equity-based plan, program, arrangement, agreement or other commitment, (iii) savings, life, health, disability, accident, medical, dental, vision, cafeteria, insurance, flexible spending, adoption/dependent/employee assistance, tuition, vacation, relocation, paid-time-off, other fringe benefit and other employee compensation plan, program, arrangement, agreement or other commitment, including in each case, each “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA and any trust, escrow, funding, insurance or other agreement related to any of the foregoing.

COBRA ” shall mean the continuation coverage requirements for “group health plans” under Title X of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended, and as codified in Code Section 4980B and Sections 601 through 608 of ERISA, together with all regulations promulgated thereunder.

Code ” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Distribution ” shall have the meaning provided in the Separation Agreement.

Distribution Date ” shall mean the date on which the Distribution occurs, such date to be determined by, or under the authority of, the board of directors of Inland American, in its sole and absolute discretion.

DOL ” shall mean the U.S. Department of Labor.

Effective Time ” shall have the meaning provided in the Separation Agreement.

ERISA ” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

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

Force Majeure ” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.19 .

Former Inland American Employee ” shall mean any employee, consultant, director or other service provider who provides or provided services primarily for the benefit of any Inland American Entity and who (A) terminates or has terminated his or her employment or other service

 

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relationship with any Inland American Entity at any time, including any such individual who terminated employment or service prior to the Effective Time, and (B) the Parties determine to be a Former Inland American Employee. For the avoidance of doubt, any transfer of employment or other service relationship between the Inland American Entities and/or the Xenia Entities for purposes of effectuating the Distribution shall not constitute a termination of employment or other service relationship for purposes of this definition. To the extent such designation is not readily made, the Parties agree to negotiate in good faith to agree upon a designation as a Former Inland American Employee or a Former Xenia Employee.

Former Xenia Employee ” shall mean any employee, consultant, director or other service provider who provides or provided services primarily for the benefit of any Xenia Entity and who (A) terminates or has terminated his or her employment or other service relationship with any Xenia Entity at any time, including any such individual who terminated employment or service prior to the Effective Time, and (B) whom the Parties determine to be a Former Xenia Employee. For the avoidance of doubt, any transfer of employment or other service relationship between Inland American Entities and/or Xenia Entities for purposes of effectuating the Distribution shall not constitute a termination of employment or other service relationship for purposes of this definition. To the extent such designation is not readily made, the Parties agree to negotiate in good faith to agree upon a designation as a Former Inland American Employee or a Former Xenia Employee.

Governmental Authority ” shall mean any U.S. federal, state, local or non-U.S. court, government, department, commission, board, bureau, agency, official or other regulatory, administrative or governmental authority.

HIPAA ” shall mean the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended.

Inland American ” shall have the meaning provided in the preamble to this Agreement.

Inland American 401(k) Plan ” shall mean the Inland Group, Inc. Savings Plan.

Inland American Benefit Plan ” shall mean each Benefit Plan sponsored, maintained entered into or contributed to by any Inland American Entity, in any case, under which more than one service provider is eligible to receive compensation and/or benefits.

Inland American Cash Incentive Plans ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 6.1 .

Inland American Cafeteria Plan ” shall mean a “cafeteria plan” (within the meaning of Section 125 of the Code), including any health flexible spending account or dependent care plan, maintained by Inland American.

Inland American Employee ” shall mean each employee, consultant, director and other service provider who provides services primarily for the benefit of any Inland American Entity and who, following the Effective Time, remains employed by or in service with any Inland American Entity, including any such active employees and any such employees on approved leaves of absence.

 

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Inland American Entities ” means Inland American and the Subsidiaries of Inland American other than Xenia and the Xenia Subsidiaries (each, an “ Inland American Entity ”).

Inland American Equity Plans ” shall mean the Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc. 2014 Share Unit Plan, the Inland American Communities Group, Inc. 2014 Share Unit Plan, the Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc. Amended and Restated Independent Director Stock Option Plan and any other stock option or equity incentive compensation plan or arrangement maintained by any Inland American Entity on or prior to the Distribution Date for the benefit of employees, consultants, directors and/or other service providers of any Inland American Entity. For the avoidance of doubt, neither the Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. 2014 Share Unit Plan nor the Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc., XHR Holding, Inc. and XHR LP 2015 Incentive Award Plan shall be deemed to be an Inland American Equity Plan.

Inland American Health and Welfare Plans ” shall mean, collectively, the plans listed on Exhibit A hereto.

Inland American Individual Agreement ” shall mean each Benefit Plan sponsored, maintained entered into or contributed to by any Inland American Entity, in any case, under which no more than one service provider is eligible to receive compensation and/or benefits.

Inland American Participant ” shall mean any individual who, (i) prior to the Distribution Date, is eligible to participate in one or more Inland American Benefit Plans and has not become a Xenia Participant, and (ii) following the Distribution Date, is (A) an Inland American Employee who is eligible to participate in one or more Inland American Benefit Plans, (B) a Former Inland American Employee who remains entitled to payments, benefits and/or participation under any Inland American Benefit Plan, (C) a Former Xenia Employee who terminated employment or other service on or prior to the Distribution Date, to the extent such individual remains entitled to payments, benefits and/or participation under any Inland American Benefit Plan, or (D) a beneficiary, dependent or alternate payee of any of the foregoing. For the avoidance of doubt, “Inland American Participant” shall not include any individual who becomes a Xenia Participant (or any beneficiary, dependent or alternate payee thereof) once such individual becomes a Xenia Participant.

IRS ” shall mean the Internal Revenue Service.

Law ” shall mean any law, statute, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, order, writ, proclamation, judgment, injunction or decree of any Governmental Authority.

Liability ” and “ Liabilities ” shall have such meanings as provided in the Separation Agreement.

Participating Company ” shall mean, with respect to an Inland American Benefit Plan, any Inland American Entity and, prior to the Distribution, each Xenia Entity, in each case, that is a participating employer in such Inland American Benefit Plan.

Party ” or “ Parties ” shall have the meaning provided in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

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Person ” shall mean an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, a union, an unincorporated organization or a governmental entity or any department, agency or political subdivision thereof.

Separation Agreement ” shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this Agreement.

Subsidiary ” shall mean, with respect to any specified Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or other organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated, of which at least a majority of the securities or interests having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect at least a majority of the board of directors or others performing similar functions with respect to such corporation or other organization is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such specified Person or by any one or more of its subsidiaries, or by such specified Person and one or more of its subsidiaries.

Transaction Bonus Awards ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.1 .

Transactions ” shall have such meaning as provided in the Separation Agreement.

Workers’ Comp Liabilities ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.6 .

Xenia ” shall have the meaning provided in the preamble to this Agreement.

Xenia 401(k) Plan ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.1 .

Xenia Benefit Plan ” shall mean each Benefit Plan (i) that is not an Inland American Benefit Plan, (ii) which is sponsored, maintained, entered into or contributed to by any Xenia Entity, and (iii) under which more than one service provider is eligible to receive compensation and/or benefits, including the Xenia 401(k) Plan, each Xenia Equity Plan, the Xenia Cafeteria Plan and the Xenia Health and Welfare Plans.

Xenia Cafeteria Plan ” shall mean a “cafeteria plan” (within the meaning of Section 125 of the Code), including any health flexible spending account or dependent care plan, maintained by any Xenia Entity.

Xenia Employee ” shall mean each employee, consultant, director and other service provider who provides services primarily for the benefit of any Xenia Entity and who, following the Effective Time, remains employed by or in service with any Xenia Entity, including any such active employees and any such employees on approved leaves of absence.

Xenia Entities ” means Xenia and each Xenia Subsidiary (each, a “ Xenia Entity ”).

Xenia Equity Plan ” shall mean the Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. 2014 Share Unit Plan, the Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc., XHR Holding, Inc. and XHR LP 2015 Incentive Award Plan and any other stock option or equity incentive compensation plan or arrangement maintained by any Xenia Entity on or prior to the Distribution Date for the benefit of employees, consultants, directors and/or other service providers of any Xenia Entity.

Xenia Health and Welfare Plans ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.1 .

 

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Xenia Individual Agreement ” shall mean each Benefit Plan sponsored, maintained entered into or contributed to by any Xenia Entity, in any case, under which no more than one service provider is eligible to receive compensation and/or benefits.

Xenia Participant ” shall mean any individual who is or becomes (i) a Xenia Employee who is eligible to participate in one or more Xenia Benefit Plans, (ii) a Former Xenia Employee who remains entitled to payments, benefits and/or participation under any Xenia Benefit Plan, or (iii) a beneficiary, dependent or alternate payee of any of the foregoing, in each case, beginning on the first date that such individual qualifies as a Xenia Participant in accordance with any of the foregoing.

Xenia Subsidiaries ” shall have such meaning as provided in the Separation Agreement.

Section 1.2 References; Interpretation . References in this Agreement to any gender include references to all genders, and references to the singular include references to the plural and vice versa. Unless the context otherwise requires, the words “include,” “includes” and “including” when used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” Unless the context otherwise requires, references in this Agreement to Articles, Sections and Exhibits shall be deemed references to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits to, this Agreement. Unless the context otherwise requires, the words “hereof,” “hereby” and “herein” and words of similar meaning when used in this Agreement refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular Article, Section or provision of this Agreement.

ARTICLE II

GENERAL PRINCIPLES

Section 2.1 Post-Distribution Employment . Immediately after the Effective Time, by virtue of this Agreement and without further action by any Person, (a) each Inland American Employee shall continue to be employed or engaged at Inland American or such other Inland American Entity as employs or engages such Inland American Employee as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, and (b) each Xenia Employee shall continue to be employed or engaged at Xenia or such other Xenia Entity as employs or engages such Xenia Employee as of immediately prior to the Effective Time. The Parties shall cooperate to effectuate any transfers of employment contemplated by this Agreement, including transfers necessary to ensure that all Inland American Employees are employed or engaged at an Inland American Entity and all Xenia Employees are employed or engaged at a Xenia Entity, in each case, as of immediately prior to the Effective Time.

Section 2.2 No Termination/Severance; No Change in Control . No Inland American Employee or Xenia Employee shall (a) terminate employment or service or be deemed to terminate employment or service solely by virtue of the consummation of the Distribution, any transfer of employment or other service relationship contemplated hereby, or any related transactions or events contemplated by the Separation Agreement, this Agreement or any other Ancillary Agreement, or (b) become entitled to any severance, termination, separation or similar rights, payments or benefits, whether under any Benefit Plan or otherwise, in connection with any of the foregoing. Other than with respect to awards granted under the Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc. 2014 Share Unit Plan or the Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. 2014 Share Unit Plan or as otherwise expressly provided in an Inland American Benefit Plan or Xenia Benefit Plan, neither the

 

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Distribution nor any other transaction(s) contemplated by the Separation Agreement, this Agreement or any other Ancillary Agreement shall constitute or be deemed to constitute a “change in/of control” or any similar corporate transaction impacting the vesting or payment of any amounts or benefits for purposes of any Inland American Benefit Plan or Xenia Benefit Plan. Awards granted under the Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc. 2014 Share Unit Plan or the Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. 2014 Share Unit Plan shall be treated according to the terms of the applicable plan and any award agreement thereunder.

Section 2.3 Termination of Xenia Participation in Inland American Benefit Plans; Liability for Benefit Plans and Individual Agreements .

(a) Except as otherwise expressly provided for in this Agreement (including with respect to participation in any Inland American Equity Plan) or as otherwise expressly agreed to in writing between the Parties, effective as of the Effective Time, (i) Xenia and each other Xenia Entity shall cease to be a Participating Company in each Inland American Benefit Plan (to the extent any such Xenia Entity was such a Participating Company as of immediately prior to the Distribution), and (ii) each Xenia Participant shall cease to participate in, be covered by, accrue benefits under or be eligible to contribute to any Inland American Benefit Plan (to the extent any such Xenia Participant so participated in any Inland American Benefit Plan as of immediately prior to the Distribution), and, in each case, Inland American and Xenia shall take all necessary action prior to the Effective Time to effectuate each such cessation.

(b) Effective as of the Effective Time, (A) Inland American and/or the other Inland American Entities shall be solely liable for, and no Xenia Entity shall have any obligation or Liability under, any Inland American Benefit Plan or Inland American Individual Agreement, and (B) except to the extent provided in Section 3.1 below, Xenia and/or the other Xenia Entities shall be solely liable for, and no Inland American Entity shall have any obligation or Liability under, any Xenia Benefit Plan or any Xenia Individual Agreement.

Section 2.4 Employment Law Liabilities .

(a) Separate Employers . Subject to the provisions of ERISA and the Code, on and after the Distribution Date, each Inland American Entity shall be a separate and independent employer from each Xenia Entity.

(b) Employment Litigation . Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, (i) Xenia and/or the other Xenia Entities shall be solely liable for, and no Inland American Entity shall have any obligation or Liability with respect to, any employment-related claims and Liabilities regarding Xenia Employees, prospective Xenia Employees and/or Former Xenia Employees relating to, arising out of, or resulting from the prospective employment or service, actual employment or service and/or termination of employment or service, in any case, of such individual(s) with any Inland American Entity or Xenia Entity, whether the basis for such claims arose before, as of, or after the Effective Time, and (ii) Inland American and/or the other Inland American Entities shall be solely liable for, and no Xenia Entity shall have any obligation or Liability with respect to, any employment-related claims and Liabilities regarding Inland American Employees, prospective Inland American Employees and/or Former Inland American Employees relating to, arising out of, or resulting from the prospective employment or service,

 

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actual employment or service and/or termination of employment or service, in any case, of such individual(s) with any Inland American Entity or Xenia Entity, whether the basis for such claims arose before, as of, or after the Effective Time.

Section 2.5 Service Recognition .

(a) Pre-Distribution Service Credit . With respect to Xenia Participants, each Xenia Benefit Plan shall provide that all service, all compensation and all other benefit-affecting determinations (including with respect to vesting) that, as of immediately prior to the Effective Time, were recognized under a corresponding Inland American Benefit Plan (or would have been recognized under a corresponding Inland American Benefit Plan in which such Xenia Participant was eligible to participate immediately prior to the Effective Time, had such Xenia Participant actually participated in such corresponding Inland American Benefit Plan) shall, as of immediately after the Effective Time or any subsequent effective date for such Xenia Benefit Plan, receive full recognition, credit and validity and be taken into account under such Xenia Benefit Plan to the same extent as credit was (or would have been) recognized under such Inland American Benefit Plan, except (i) to the extent that duplication of benefits would result or (ii) for benefit accrual under any defined benefit pension plan.

(b) Post-Distribution Service Credit . Except to the extent required by applicable Law, (i) no Inland American Entity shall be obligated to recognize any service of a Xenia Employee after the Effective Time for any purpose under any Inland American Benefit Plan, and (ii) no Xenia Entity shall be obligated to recognize any service of an Inland American Employee after the Effective Time for any purpose under any Xenia Benefit Plan; provided , however , that nothing herein shall prohibit any Inland American Entity or any Xenia Entity from recognizing such service.

ARTICLE III

EQUITY PLANS

Section 3.1 Inland American Equity Plans; Xenia Equity Plans . Following the Effective Time, except as set forth in the following sentence, Xenia (acting directly or through any Xenia Entity) shall be responsible for any and all Liabilities and other obligations with respect to the Xenia Equity Plans and all awards granted thereunder, and Inland American (acting directly or through any Inland American Entity) shall be responsible for any and all Liabilities and other obligations with respect to the Inland American Equity Plans and all awards granted thereunder. Notwithstanding the forgoing, Inland American shall be responsible for any and all Liabilities and with respect to any awards granted to Inland American Employees prior to the Effective Time under the Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. 2014 Share Unit Plan (the “ Transaction Bonus Awards ”). To the extent that any Xenia Entity actually incurs any Liability with respect the Transaction Bonus Awards, Inland American shall reimburse Xenia for any such amounts.

ARTICLE IV

TAX-QUALIFIED DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLAN

Section 4.1 Inland American 401(k) Plan; Xenia 401(k) Plan . The Parties acknowledge and agree that, as of the Distribution Date, Xenia or another Xenia Entity has established a defined

 

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contribution plan and trust solely for the benefit of eligible Xenia Participants (the “ Xenia 401(k) Plan ”). Xenia shall be responsible for taking all necessary, reasonable and appropriate action to maintain and administer the Xenia 401(k) Plan so that it is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code and the related trust thereunder is exempt under Section 501(a) of the Code. Following the Effective Time, Xenia (acting directly or through any Xenia Entity) shall be responsible for any and all Liabilities and other obligations with respect to the Xenia 401(k) Plan, and Inland American (acting directly or through any Inland American Entity) shall be responsible for any and all Liabilities and other obligations with respect to the Inland American 401(k) Plan.

Section 4.2 Transfer of Xenia 401(k) Plan Assets . As soon as practicable following the Distribution Date (or such later time as mutually agreed by the Parties), Inland American shall cause the accounts (including any promissory notes related to outstanding participant loans) in the Inland American 401(k) Plan attributable to eligible Xenia Participants and their beneficiaries and alternate payees and any Inland American Participants who are Former Xenia Employees and their beneficiaries and alternate payees, if any, and all of the assets in the Inland American 401(k) Plan related thereto to be transferred to the Xenia 401(k) Plan, and Xenia shall cause the Xenia 401(k) Plan to accept such transfer of accounts, promissory notes and underlying assets and, effective as of the date of such transfer, to assume and to fully perform, pay and discharge, all obligations relating to the accounts of Xenia Participants (to the extent the assets related to those accounts are actually transferred from the Inland American 401(k) Plan to the Xenia 401(k) Plan).

Section 4.3 No Distributions . No distribution of account balances shall be made to any Xenia Participant solely on account of the transfers from the Inland American 401(k) Plan described in Section 4.2 above.

Section 4.4 Regulatory Filings . In connection with the transfer of assets and Liabilities from the Inland American 401(k) Plan to the Xenia 401(k) Plan contemplated in this Article IV , Inland American and Xenia (each acting directly or through any Inland American Entity or the Xenia Entity, as applicable) shall cooperate in making any and all appropriate filings required by the IRS, or required under the Code, ERISA or any applicable regulations, and shall take all such action as may be necessary and appropriate to cause such plan-to-plan transfer to take place as soon as practicable after the effectiveness of the Xenia 401(k) Plan; provided , however , that Xenia shall be solely responsible for complying with any requirements and applying for any IRS determination letters with respect to the Xenia 401(k) Plan.

ARTICLE V

HEALTH AND WELFARE PLANS; WORKERS’ COMPENSATION

Section 5.1 Xenia Health and Welfare Plans . As of the Distribution Date, Xenia or one or more Xenia Subsidiaries maintains each of the health and welfare plans set forth on Exhibit B hereto (the “ Xenia Health and Welfare Plans ”) for the benefit of eligible employees of the Xenia Entities and their dependents and beneficiaries, each of which shall remain in effect immediately following the Distribution. In addition, as of the Distribution Date, Inland American or one or more of the Inland American Entities maintains each of the health and welfare plans set forth on Exhibit A hereto (the “ Inland American Health and Welfare Plans ”).

 

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Section 5.2 Cafeteria Plan . As the Distribution Date, Xenia or one or more Xenia Subsidiaries maintains the Xenia Cafeteria Plan for the benefit of eligible employees of the Xenia Entities. Following the Effective Time, Xenia (acting directly or through any Xenia Entity) shall be responsible for any and all Liabilities and other obligations with respect to the Xenia Cafeteria Plan, and Inland American (acting directly or through any Inland American Entity) shall be responsible for any and all Liabilities and other obligations with respect to the Inland American Cafeteria Plan. Notwithstanding the forgoing, Inland American shall continue to administer the Inland American Cafeteria Plan with respect to the plan year ending December 31, 2014, including with respect to Xenia Employees and Former Xenia Employees who participated in the Inland American Cafeteria Plan during such plan year.

Section 5.3 COBRA and HIPAA .

(a) Xenia (acting directly or through any other Xenia Entity) and the Xenia Health and Welfare Plans shall be solely responsible for compliance with the health care continuation coverage requirements of COBRA with respect to all Xenia Participants (and their respective dependents and beneficiaries), in each case, who experience a COBRA qualifying event on or after the first date on which such individual qualifies as a Xenia Participant. Inland American (acting directly or through any other Inland American Entity) and the Inland American Health and Welfare Plans shall be solely responsible for compliance with the health care continuation coverage requirements of COBRA with respect to each individual who is an Inland American Participant (or a dependent or beneficiary thereof) at the time such individual experiences a COBRA qualifying event, provided that Xenia shall reimburse Inland American to the extent of any Liability actually incurred by an Inland American Entity with respect thereto relating to an Inland American Participant who is a Former Xenia Employee. Neither the consummation of the Distribution, any transfer of employment contemplated hereby, or any related transactions or events contemplated by the Separation Agreement, this Agreement or any other Ancillary Agreement shall constitute a COBRA qualifying event for purposes of COBRA with respect to any Inland American Participant or any Xenia Participant (or any dependent or beneficiary thereof).

(b) Xenia (acting directly or through any other Xenia Entity) shall be responsible for compliance with any certificate of creditable coverage or other applicable requirements of HIPAA or Medicare applicable to the Xenia Health and Welfare Plans with respect to Xenia Participants. Inland American (acting directly or through any other Inland American Entity) shall be responsible for compliance with any certificate of creditable coverage or other applicable requirements of HIPAA or Medicare applicable to the Inland American Health and Welfare Plans with respect to Inland American Participants.

Section 5.4 Inland American to Provide Information . To the extent permitted by Law, Inland American or the relevant Inland American Health and Welfare Plan shall provide to Xenia or the relevant Xenia Health and Welfare Plan (to the extent that relevant information is in Inland American’s possession) such data as may be necessary for Xenia to comply with its obligations hereunder, which may include the names of Xenia Participants who were participants in or otherwise entitled to benefits under the Inland American Health and Welfare Plans prior to the Distribution, together with each such individual’s service credit under such plans, information concerning each such individual’s current plan-year expenses incurred towards deductibles,

 

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out-of-pocket limits and co-payments, maximum benefit payments, and any benefit usage towards plan limits thereunder. Inland American shall, as soon as practicable after requested, provide Xenia with such additional information that is in Inland American’s possession (and not already in the possession of a Xenia Entity) as may be reasonably requested by Xenia and necessary to administer effectively any Xenia Health and Welfare Plan. Inland American and each Xenia Entity shall enter into such other agreements as are necessary to comply with this Section 5.4 , including, but not limited to, any agreements required by HIPAA.

Section 5.5 Liabilities .

(a) Insured Benefits . With respect to employee welfare and fringe benefits that are provided through the purchase of insurance, Inland American shall, with respect to Xenia Participants who participated in such Inland American Health and Welfare Plans, cause the Inland American Health and Welfare Plans to, through such insurance policies, pay and discharge all eligible claims of Xenia Participants that are incurred prior to the termination of such Xenia Participants’ participation in the applicable Inland American Health and Welfare Plan, and Xenia shall cause the Xenia Health and Welfare Plans to, through such insurance policies, pay and discharge all eligible claims of Xenia Participants that are incurred on or after enrollment of such Xenia Participants in the Xenia Health and Welfare Plans (it being understood that neither Inland American Health and Welfare Plans nor Xenia Health and Welfare Plans shall be responsible for any claims that arise following the claimant’s termination of participation in the applicable Inland American Health and Welfare Plan if the claimant does not validly enroll in an applicable Xenia Health and Welfare Plan).

(b) Short-Term and Long-Term Disability Benefits . For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any Xenia Employee who becomes entitled to receive long-term or short-term disability benefits prior to the Effective Time, such Xenia Employee shall be transferred to, and shall receive any long-term or short-term disability benefits to which such Xenia Employee is entitled under, the Xenia Health and Welfare Plans as of the Effective Time in accordance with the terms of such plans.

(c) Incurred Claim Definition . For purposes of this Article V , a claim or Liability shall generally be deemed to be incurred (i) with respect to medical, dental, vision, and/or prescription drug benefits, on the date that the health services giving rise to such claim or Liability are rendered or performed and not when such claim is made; provided , however that with respect to a period of continuous hospitalization, a claim is incurred upon the first date of such hospitalization and not on the date that such services are performed and (ii) with respect to life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment and business travel accident insurance, upon the occurrence of the event giving rise to such claim or Liability.

(d) Accrued Paid-Time-Off . Following the Effective Time, (i) Xenia shall (directly or through another Xenia Entity) recognize and honor the Accrued PTO credited to each Xenia Employee by such individual’s employer immediately prior to the Effective Time and (ii) Inland American shall (directly or through another Inland American Entity) recognize and honor the Accrued PTO credited to each Inland American Employee by such individual’s employer immediately prior to the Effective Time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) all Accrued PTO shall be used in accordance with the terms and conditions of the post-Distribution employer’s applicable

 

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policies and programs, to the extent permissible by law, and (y) any paid-time-off accruals in respect of post-Distribution services (if any) shall be made in accordance with the terms and conditions of the post-Distribution employer’s applicable policies and programs (except to the extent otherwise provided in an applicable Inland American Individual Agreement or Xenia Individual Agreement).

Section 5.6 Workers’ Compensation Liabilities . All workers’ compensation Liabilities relating to, arising out of, or resulting from any claim by an Inland American Employee or Former Inland American Employee that results from an accident occurring, or from an occupational disease which becomes manifest (collectively, “ Workers’ Comp Liabilities ”) before, as of or after the Effective Time, shall be retained by and be obligations of Inland American or its insurers. All Workers’ Comp Liabilities relating to, arising out of, or resulting from any claim by a Xenia Employee or Former Xenia Employee that arises or manifests prior to the date on which such Xenia Employee or Former Xenia Employee was covered by an applicable workers’ compensation insurance program maintained by a Xenia Entity shall be obligations of Inland American and its insurers, provided that Xenia shall reimburse Inland American to the extent of any such Workers’ Comp Liability actually incurred by an Inland American Entity. All Workers’ Comp Liabilities relating to, arising out of, or resulting from any claim by a Xenia Employee or Former Xenia Employee that arises or manifests on or after the date on which such Xenia Employee or Former Xenia Employee was covered under a workers’ compensation insurance program maintained by a Xenia Entity shall be obligations of Xenia and its insurers. For purposes of this Agreement, a compensable injury giving rise to a Workers’ Comp Liability shall be deemed to be sustained upon the occurrence of the event giving rise to eligibility for workers’ compensation benefits or at the time that an occupational disease becomes manifest, as the case may be. Each Inland American Entity and each Xenia Entity shall cooperate with respect to any notification to appropriate Governmental Authorities of the effective time and the issuance of new, or the transfer of existing, workers’ compensation insurance policies and claims handling contracts.

ARTICLE VI

INCENTIVE COMPENSATION

Section 6.1 Xenia Cash Incentive Plans and Liabilities . Following the Effective Time, Xenia shall assume or retain, as applicable, responsibility for any and all payments, obligations and other Liabilities relating to any amounts that any Xenia Employee has either earned (if not payable by its terms prior to the Effective Time) or become eligible to earn, in either case, as of the Effective Time under any cash incentive, annual performance bonus, commission and similar cash plan or program maintained by Inland American in which one or more Xenia Employees is eligible to participate as of immediately prior to the Effective Time (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any such plans maintained by a Xenia Entity that are not Inland American Benefit Plans) (the “ Inland American Cash Incentive Plans ”), and shall fully perform, pay and discharge the foregoing if and when such payments, obligations and/or other Liabilities become due. Inland American shall have no Liability for any payments, obligations or other Liabilities relating to any Xenia Employee with respect to any Inland American Cash Incentive Plan after the Effective Time. Following the Effective Time, the Xenia Entities shall be solely responsible for, and no Inland American Entities shall have any obligation or Liability with respect to, any and all payments, obligations and other Liabilities under any cash incentive, annual performance bonus, commission and similar cash plan or program maintained by Xenia, and shall fully perform, pay and discharge the forgoing if and when such payments, obligations and/or other Liabilities become due.

 

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Section 6.2 Inland American Retention of Cash Incentive Liabilities . Following the Effective Time, the Inland American Entities shall be solely liable for, and no Xenia Entity shall have any obligation or Liability with respect to, any and all payments, obligations and other Liabilities relating to any awards that any Inland American Employee has earned or is eligible to earn under the Inland American Cash Incentive Plans and shall fully perform, pay and discharge the foregoing if and when such payments, obligations and/or other Liabilities become due.

ARTICLE VII

PAYROLL REPORTING AND WITHHOLDING

Section 7.1 Form W-2 Reporting . Inland American and Xenia shall, and shall cause the other Inland American Entities and the other Xenia Entities to, respectively, take such action as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate in order to minimize Liabilities related to payroll taxes after the Effective Time. Inland American and Xenia shall, and shall cause the other Inland American Entities and the other Xenia Entities to, respectively, each bear its responsibility for payroll tax obligations and for the proper reporting to the appropriate governmental authorities of compensation earned by their respective employees after the Effective Time.

Section 7.2 Garnishments, Tax Levies, Child Support Orders, and Wage Assignments . With respect to garnishments, tax levies, child support orders, and wage assignments in effect with Inland American (or any other Inland American Entity) as of the Distribution Date for any Xenia Employee or Former Xenia Employee, Xenia (and any other employing Xenia Entity), as appropriate, shall honor such payroll deduction authorizations and shall continue to make payroll deductions and payments to the authorized payee, as specified by the court or governmental order which was on file with Inland American as of immediately prior to the Distribution Date. Inland American shall, as soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, provide Xenia (and any other employing Xenia Entity), as appropriate, with such information in Inland American’s possession (and not already in the possession of a Xenia Entity) as may be reasonably requested by the Xenia Entities and necessary for the Xenia Entities to make the payroll deductions and payments to the authorized payee as required by this Section 7.2 .

Section 7.3 Authorizations for Payroll Deductions . Unless otherwise prohibited by a Benefit Plan or by this Agreement or another Ancillary Agreement or by applicable Law, Xenia and the other Xenia Entities, as appropriate, shall honor payroll deduction authorizations attributable to any Xenia Employee that are in effect with any Inland American Entity on the Distribution Date relating to such Xenia Employee, and shall not require that such Xenia Employee submit a new authorization to the extent that the type of deduction by Xenia or any other Xenia Entity, as appropriate, does not differ from that made by the Inland American Entity. Such deduction types include: pre-tax (in accordance with Section 125 of the Code) contributions to any Xenia Benefit Plan, including any voluntary benefit plan; scheduled loan repayments to any Xenia Benefit Plan; and direct deposit of payroll, employee relocation loans, and other types of authorized company receivables usually collectible through payroll deductions. Each Party shall, as soon as practicable after the Distribution Date, provide the other Party with such information in its possession as may be reasonably requested by the other Party and as necessary for that Party to honor the payroll deduction authorizations contemplated by this Section 7.3 .

 

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ARTICLE VIII

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 8.1 General Indemnification . The indemnification rights and obligations of the Parties under this Agreement shall be governed by, and be subject to, the provisions of Article IX of the Separation Agreement, which provisions are hereby incorporated by reference into this Agreement.

ARTICLE IX

GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE

Section 9.1 Business Associate Agreements . The Parties hereby agree to enter into any business associate agreements that may be required for the sharing of any information pursuant to this Agreement to comply with the requirements of HIPAA.

Section 9.2 Reasonable Efforts/Cooperation . Each Party shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to promptly take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Laws to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including adopting Benefit Plans and/or Benefit Plan amendments. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of the Parties shall reasonably cooperate in all respects with regard to all matters relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement for which the other Party seeks a determination letter or private letter ruling from the IRS, an advisory opinion from the DOL or any other filing, consent or approval with respect to or by a Governmental Authority.

Section 9.3 Employer Rights . Except as expressly provided for in Article V , nothing in this Agreement shall (a) prohibit any Xenia Entity from amending, modifying or terminating any Xenia Benefit Plan or Xenia Individual Agreement at any time, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, or (b) prohibit any Inland American Entity from amending, modifying or terminating any Inland American Benefit Plan or any Inland American Individual Agreement at any time, subject to the terms and conditions thereof. In addition, nothing in this Agreement shall be interpreted as an amendment or other modification of any Benefit Plan.

Section 9.4 Effect on Employment . Without limiting any other provision of this Agreement, none of the Distribution or any actions taken in furtherance of the Distribution, whether under the Separation Agreement, this Agreement, any other Ancillary Agreement or otherwise, in any case, shall in and of itself cause any employee to be deemed to have incurred a termination of employment or service or, except as expressly provided in this Agreement, to entitle such individual to any payments or benefits under any Benefit Plan or otherwise. Furthermore, nothing in this Agreement is intended to or shall confer upon any Inland American Employee, Former Inland American Employee, Xenia Employee or Former Xenia Employee any right to continued employment or service, or any recall or similar rights to an individual on layoff or any type of approved leave.

 

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Section 9.5 Consent Of Third Parties . If any provision of this Agreement is dependent on the consent or action of any third party, the Parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such consent or cause such action. If such consent is withheld or such action is not taken, the Parties hereto shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to implement the applicable provisions of this Agreement to the fullest extent practicable. If any provision of this Agreement cannot be implemented due to the failure of such third party to consent or take action, the Parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to implement the provision in a mutually satisfactory alternative manner.

Section 9.6 Beneficiary Designation/Release Of Information/Right To Reimbursement . Without limiting any other provision hereof, to the extent permitted by applicable Law and except as otherwise provided for in this Agreement, all beneficiary designations, authorizations for the release of information and rights to reimbursement made by or relating to Xenia Participants under Inland American Benefit Plans and in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be transferred to and be in full force and effect under the corresponding Xenia Benefit Plans until such beneficiary designations, authorizations or rights are replaced or revoked by, or no longer apply to, the relevant Xenia Participant.

Section 9.7 Compliance . As of the Distribution Date, Xenia (acting directly or through any Xenia Entity) shall be solely responsible for compliance under ERISA with respect to each Xenia Benefit Plan.

ARTICLE X

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 10.1 Non-Occurrence of Distribution . Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if the Separation Agreement is terminated prior to the Effective Time, all actions and events that are, under this Agreement, to be taken or occur effective prior to, as of or following the Effective Time, or otherwise in connection with the Separation, shall not be taken or occur, except to the extent otherwise determined by Inland American.

Section 10.2 Section 409A . Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, with respect to any compensation or benefits that may be subject to Section 409A of the Code and related Department of Treasury guidance thereunder, the Parties agree to negotiate in good faith regarding any treatment different from that otherwise provided herein to the extent necessary or appropriate to (a) exempt such compensation and benefits from Section 409A of the Code, (b) comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, and/or (c) otherwise avoid the imposition of tax under Section 409A of the Code; provided , however , that this Section 10.2 does not create an obligation on the part of either Party to adopt any amendment, policy or procedure, to take any other action or to indemnify any Person for any failure to do any of the foregoing.

Section 10.3 Entire Agreement . This Agreement and the Exhibits referenced herein and attached hereto, as well as the Separation Agreement and any other agreements and documents referred to herein or therein, constitute the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersede all previous agreements, negotiations, discussions, understandings, writings, commitments and conversations between the Parties with respect to such subject matter. No agreements or understandings exist between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof other than those set forth or referred to herein.

 

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Section 10.4 Counterparts; Electronic Delivery . This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which, when so executed and delivered or transmitted by facsimile, e-mail or other electronic means, shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which taken together shall constitute but one and the same instrument. Execution and delivery of this Agreement or any other documents pursuant to this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic means shall be deemed to be, and shall have the same legal effect as, execution by an original signature and delivery in person.

Section 10.5 Survival of Agreements . Except as otherwise expressly contemplated by this Agreement, all covenants and agreements of the Parties contained in this Agreement shall survive the Effective Time and remain in full force and effect in accordance with their applicable terms.

Section 10.6 Notices . All notices, demands and other communications required to be given to a Party hereunder shall be in writing and shall be personally delivered, sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier, or mailed by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to such Party at the relevant street address set forth below (or at such other street address as such Party may designate from time to time by written notice in accordance with this provision):

To Inland American:

Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc.

2809 Butterfield Road

Oak Brook, Illinois 60523

Attention: President and Chief Executive Officer

To Xenia:

Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

200 S. Orange Avenue, Suite 1200

Orlando, Florida 32801

Attention: President and Chief Executive Officer

Notice by courier or certified or registered mail shall be effective on the date it is officially recorded as delivered to the intended recipient by return receipt or similar acknowledgment. All notices and communications delivered in person shall be deemed to have been delivered to and received by the addressee, and shall be effective, on the date of personal delivery.

(a) Waivers . Any term or provision of this Agreement may be waived, or the time for its performance may be extended, by the Party or the Parties entitled to the benefit thereof. Any such waiver shall be validly and sufficiently given for the purposes of this Agreement if, as to any Party, it is executed by a writing signed by an authorized representative of such Party. Waiver by any Party of any default by the other Party of any provision of this Agreement shall not be construed to be a waiver by the waiving Party of any subsequent or other default, nor shall it in any

 

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way affect the validity of this Agreement or prejudice the rights of the other Party, thereafter, to enforce each and every such provision. No failure or delay by any Party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof, or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies hereunder are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies that either Party would otherwise have.

Section 10.7 Amendments . Subject to the terms of Sections 10.9 , this Agreement may not be amended except by an agreement in writing signed by both Parties.

Section 10.8 Assignment; Binding Effect . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties and their successors and permitted assigns; provided , however , that the rights and obligations of each Party under this Agreement shall not be assignable, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, whether by operation of law or otherwise, by such Party without the prior written consent of the other Party and any attempt to assign any rights or obligations under this Agreement without such consent shall be null and void. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no consent shall be required for the assignment of a Party’s rights and obligations under this Agreement in whole in connection with a change of control of a Party so long as the resulting, surviving or transferee Person assumes all of the obligations of the relevant Party thereto by operation of Law or pursuant to an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the other Party.

Section 10.9 Termination . Upon written notice, this Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Effective Time by and in the sole discretion of Inland American without the approval of any other Party. In the event of such termination, neither Party shall have any Liability any kind to the other Party.

Section 10.10 Performance . Each of Inland American with respect to the Inland American Entities and Xenia with respect to the Xenia Entities shall cause to be performed, and hereby guarantees the performance of, and all actions, agreements and obligations set forth in this Agreement by such Persons.

Section 10.11 No Third-Party Beneficiaries . Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, this Agreement is for the sole benefit of the Parties and their successors and assigns, and nothing herein, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person or entity any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever, under or by reason of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in no event shall any Inland American Employee, Former Inland American Employee, Inland American Participant, Xenia Employee, Former Xenia Employee or Xenia Participant (or any dependent, beneficiary or alternate payee of any of the foregoing) have any third-party rights under this Agreement.

Section 10.12 Title and Headings . Titles and headings to Sections and Articles are inserted for the convenience of reference only and are not intended to be a part of or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

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Section 10.13 Exhibits . The Exhibits attached hereto are incorporated herein by reference and shall be construed with and as an integral part of this Agreement to the same extent as if the same had been set forth verbatim herein.

Section 10.14 Governing Law . This Agreement, and the legal relations between the Parties hereto, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the conflict of laws rules thereof, to the extent such rules would require the application of the law of another jurisdiction.

Section 10.15 Dispute Resolution . The provisions of Sections 10.1 10.3 of the Separation Agreement shall apply , mutatis mutandis , to all disputes, controversies or claims (whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise) that may arise out of or relate to, or arise under or in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

Section 10.16 Waiver of Jury Trial . EACH PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND ABSOLUTELY WAIVES THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT BY A PARTY TO COMPEL THE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEDURES PROVIDED IN SECTION 10.15 OF THIS AGREEMENT AND ARTICLE X OF THE SEPARATION AGREEMENT AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF ANY AWARDS OR DECISION OBTAINED FROM SUCH ARBITRATION PROCEEDING, AND AGREES TO TAKE ANY AND ALL ACTION NECESSARY OR APPROPRIATE TO EFFECT SUCH WAIVER.

Section 10.17 Specific Performance . Subject to the provisions of Sections 10.1 10.3 of the Separation Agreement, from and after the Distribution, in the event of any actual or threatened default in, or breach of, any of the terms, conditions and provisions of this Agreement, the Parties agree that the Party to this Agreement who is or is to be thereby aggrieved shall have the right to seek specific performance and injunctive or other equitable relief of its rights under this Agreement, in addition to any and all other rights and remedies at Law or in equity, and all such rights and remedies shall be cumulative. The Parties agree that, from and after the Distribution, the remedies at Law for any breach or threatened breach of this Agreement, including monetary damages, may be inadequate compensation for any loss, that any defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at Law would be adequate is hereby waived, and that any requirements for the securing or posting of any bond with such remedy are hereby waived.

Section 10.18 Severability . If any term or other provision of this Agreement or the Exhibits attached hereto or thereto is determined by a nonappealable decision by a court, administrative agency or arbitrator to be invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule of law or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the Transactions is not affected in any manner materially adverse to either Party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the court, administrative agency or arbitrator shall interpret this Agreement so as to affect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner to the end that the Transactions are fulfilled to the fullest extent possible. If any sentence in this Agreement is so broad as to be unenforceable, the provision shall be interpreted to be only as broad as is enforceable.

 

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Section 10.19 Force Majeure . Neither Party (nor any Person acting on its behalf) shall have any liability or responsibility for failure to fulfill any obligation (other than a payment obligation) under this Agreement so long as, and to the extent to which, the fulfillment of such obligation is prevented, frustrated, hindered or delayed as a consequence of circumstances of Force Majeure; provided that such Party (or such Person) shall have exercised commercially reasonable efforts to minimize the effect of Force Majeure on its obligations. In the event of an occurrence of a Force Majeure, the Party whose performance is affected thereby shall give notice of suspension as soon as reasonably practicable to the other stating the date and extent of such suspension and the cause thereof, and such Party shall resume the performance of such obligations as soon as reasonably practicable after the removal of such cause. For purposes of this Agreement “ Force Majeure ” means with respect to a Party, an event beyond the control of such Party (or any Person acting on its behalf), which by its nature could not have been reasonably foreseen by such Party (or such Person), or, if it could have been reasonably foreseen, was unavoidable, and includes acts of God, storms, floods, riots, fires, sabotage, civil commotion or civil unrest, interference by civil or military authorities, acts of war (declared or undeclared) or armed hostilities or other national or international calamity or one or more acts of terrorism or failure of energy sources or distribution facilities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the receipt by a Party of an unsolicited takeover offer or other acquisition proposal, even if unforeseen or unavoidable, and such Party’s response thereto shall not be deemed an event of Force Majeure.

Section 10.20 Construction . This Agreement shall be construed as if jointly drafted by the Parties and no rule of construction strict interpretation shall be applied against either Party. The Parties represent that this Agreement is entered into with full consideration of any and all rights which the Parties may have. The Parties have conducted such investigations they thought appropriate, and have consulted with such advisors as they deemed appropriate regarding this Agreement and their rights and asserted rights in connection therewith. The Parties are not relying upon any representations or statements made by the other Party, or such other Party’s employees, agents, representatives or attorneys, regarding this Agreement, except to the extent such representations are expressly set forth or incorporated in this Agreement. The Parties are not relying upon a legal duty, if one exists, on the part of the other Party (or such other Party’s employees, agents, representatives or attorneys) to disclose any information in connection with the execution of this Agreement or their preparation, it being expressly understood that neither Party shall ever assert any failure to disclose information on the part of the other Party as a ground for challenging this Agreement.

Section 10.21 Limited Liability . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no individual who is a shareholder, director, employee, officer, agent or representative of Inland American or Xenia, in such individual’s capacity as such, shall have any liability in respect of or relating to the covenants or obligations of Inland American or Xenia, as applicable, under this Agreement and, to the fullest extent legally permissible, each of Inland American, for itself and the Inland American Entities, and Xenia for itself and the Xenia Entities, and in each case, for their respective shareholders, directors, employees and officers, waives and agrees not to seek to assert or enforce any such liability that any such Person otherwise might have pursuant to applicable law.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers as of the date first set forth above.

 

INLAND AMERICAN REAL ESTATE TRUST, INC.
By:

/s/ Thomas P. McGuinness

Name: Thomas P. McGuinness
Title: President

 

XENIA HOTELS & RESORTS, INC.
By:

/s/ Marcel Verbaas

Name: Marcel Verbaas
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

 

Exhibit 10.3

EXECUTION VERSION

FIRST AMENDMENT TO INDEMNITY AGREEMENT

This FIRST AMENDMENT TO INDEMNITY AGREEMENT (this “ Amendment ”), dated as of February 3, 2015, is made by and between INLAND AMERICAN REAL ESTATE TRUST, INC., a Maryland corporation (“ Inland American ”), and XENIA HOTELS & RESORTS, INC., a Maryland corporation (formerly known as IA Lodging Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Inland American Lodging Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation) (“ Xenia ”). Inland American and Xenia are sometimes referred to herein individually as a “ Party ,” and collectively as the “ Parties .”

RECITALS

A. WHEREAS , the Parties entered into that certain Indemnity Agreement, dated as of August 8, 2014 (the “ Indemnity Agreement ”); and

B. WHEREAS, the Parties wish to amend the Indemnity Agreement as more specifically provided herein.

NOW, THEREFORE , for and in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt, adequacy and legal sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties do hereby agree as follows:

1. Capitalized Terms . Unless otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms used in this Amendment shall have the meanings set forth in the Indemnity Agreement.

2. Modification of Terms . For purposes of this Amendment and the Indemnity Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, the term “ Agreement ” shall refer to the Indemnity Agreement as amended hereby and from time to time.

3. Amendments to the Indemnity Agreement .

(a) Section 3(c) of the Indemnity Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

“Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3 , in the event that (i) Inland American elects not to assume the defense of a Third-Party Claim, (ii) there exists a conflict of interest or potential conflict of interest between Inland American and the Indemnitee, (iii) any Third-Party Claim seeks an order, injunction or other equitable relief or relief for other than money damages against the Indemnitee, or (iv) the Person making such Third-Party Claim is a Governmental Authority with regulatory authority over the Indemnitee or any of its material Assets, such Indemnitee shall be entitled to control the defense of such Third-Party Claim, at Inland American’s expense with counsel of Indemnitee’s choosing, unless such Third-Party Claim (x) is not reasonably likely to result in such Indemnitee being named as a party in any Action arising out of such Third-Party Claim or (y) only involves a request or requirement to provide documents, testimony or other information with respect to such Third-Party Claim (it being agreed that Inland shall control all such Third-Party Claims pursuant to Section 3(b) and such Indemnitee may only employ separate counsel at its own cost and expense in accordance


with Section 3(b) ). If the Indemnitee is conducting the defense against any such Third-Party Claim, Inland American shall reasonably cooperate with the Indemnitee in such defense and make available to the Indemnitee all witnesses and information in Inland American’s possession or under Inland American’s control relating thereto as are reasonably required by the Indemnitee; provided , however , that such access shall not require Inland American to disclose any information the disclosure of which would, in the good faith judgment of Inland American, result in the loss of any existing privilege with respect to such information or violate any applicable Law.”

(b) The following is hereby added as a new Section 3(k) of the Indemnity Agreement:

“With respect to any Third-Party Claim, Inland American shall, without requiring a preliminary determination of the Indemnitee’s ultimate entitlement to indemnification hereunder, advance all expenses that would be payable by Inland American hereunder (including the costs and expenses of any and all Actions and demands, assessments, judgments, settlements and compromises relating thereto and attorneys’, accountants’, consultants’ and other professionals’ fees and expenses incurred in the investigation or defense thereof or the enforcement of rights hereunder, but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the costs and expenses of any separate counsel employed by the Indemnitee under Sections 3(b) and 3(c) as to which the Indemnitee is responsible for the payment of such costs and expenses) incurred by or on behalf of the Indemnitee in connection with such Third-Party Claim. Inland American shall make such advance within ten days after the receipt by Inland American of a statement or statements requesting such advance from time to time, whether prior to or after final disposition of such Third-Party Claim and may be in the form of, in the reasonable discretion of the Indemnitee (but without duplication): (1) payment of such expenses directly to third parties on behalf of the Indemnitee, (2) advance of funds to the Indemnitee in an amount sufficient to pay such expenses or (3) reimbursement to the Indemnitee for the Indemnitee’s payment of such expenses. Such statement or statements shall reasonably evidence the expenses incurred by the Indemnitee. If it is established that the Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification hereunder with respect to such Third-Party Claim, the Indemnitee shall promptly reimburse the portion of such expenses relating to such Third-Party Claim. To the extent that expenses advanced to the Indemnitee do not relate to a specific claim, issue or matter in such Third-Party Claim, such expenses shall be allocated on a reasonable and proportionate basis. The undertaking required by this Section 3(k) shall be an unlimited general obligation by or on behalf of the Indemnitee and shall be accepted without reference to the Indemnitee’s financial ability to repay such advanced expenses and without any requirement to post security therefor.”

4. No Other Amendments . Except as specifically amended hereby, the Indemnity Agreement shall continue in full force and effect as written.

5. Incorporation by Reference . The provisions of Sections 8, 9 and 11 – 21 of the Indemnity Agreement are hereby incorporated herein mutatis mutandis .

 

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6. Counterparts . This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and both of which taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. To evidence its execution of an original counterpart of this Amendment, a Party may send a copy of its original signature on the execution page hereof to the other Party by facsimile, e-mail in pdf format or by other electronic transmission and such transmission shall constitute delivery of an executed copy of this Amendment to the receiving Party.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , Inland American and Xenia have executed and delivered this Indemnity Agreement as of the date and year first above written.

 

INLAND AMERICAN REAL ESTATE TRUST, INC.

By:    

/s/ Scott W. Wilton

Scott W. Wilton

Executive Vice President — General Counsel

and Secretary

XENIA HOTELS & RESORTS, INC.

By:

/s/ Marcel Verbaas

Marcel Verbaas
President and Chief Executive Officer

[Signature Page to First Amendment to Indemnity Agreement]

Exhibit 10.4

Execution Version

 

LOGO

REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT

dated as of

February 3, 2015

among

XHR LP

The Lenders Party Hereto

and

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. and KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Co-Syndication Agents

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. and CITIBANK, N.A.,

as Documentation Agents

 

 

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC,

WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC, and

KEYBANC CAPITAL MARKETS INC.,

as Joint Bookrunners and Joint Lead Arrangers

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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ARTICLE I          Definitions

     1   

SECTION 1.01.

   Defined Terms      1   

SECTION 1.02.

   Classification of Loans and Borrowings      29   

SECTION 1.03.

   Terms Generally      30   

SECTION 1.04.

   Accounting Terms; GAAP; Pro Forma Calculations      30   

ARTICLE II         The Credits

     31   

SECTION 2.01.

   Commitments      31   

SECTION 2.02.

   Loans and Borrowings      31   

SECTION 2.03.

   Requests for Revolving Borrowings      32   

SECTION 2.04.

   Incremental Facilities      32   

SECTION 2.05.

   Swingline Loans      36   

SECTION 2.06.

   Letters of Credit      37   

SECTION 2.07.

   Funding of Borrowings      42   

SECTION 2.08.

   Interest Elections      42   

SECTION 2.09.

   Termination and Reduction of Commitments      43   

SECTION 2.10.

   Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt      44   

SECTION 2.11.

   Prepayment of Loans      45   

SECTION 2.12.

   Fees      45   

SECTION 2.13.

   Interest      47   

SECTION 2.14.

   Alternate Rate of Interest      47   

SECTION 2.15.

   Increased Costs      48   

SECTION 2.16.

   Break Funding Payments      49   

SECTION 2.17.

   Taxes      49   

SECTION 2.18.

   Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs      53   

SECTION 2.19.

   Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders      55   

SECTION 2.20.

   Defaulting Lenders      56   

SECTION 2.21.

   Extension of Revolving Maturity Date      58   

ARTICLE III        Representations and Warranties

     58   

SECTION 3.01.

   Organization; Powers      58   

SECTION 3.02.

   Authorization; Enforceability      58   

 

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SECTION 3.03.

   Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts      59   

SECTION 3.04.

   Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Effect      59   

SECTION 3.05.

   Properties      59   

SECTION 3.06.

   Litigation and Environmental Matters      60   

SECTION 3.07.

   Compliance with Laws and Agreements      60   

SECTION 3.08.

   Investment Company Status      60   

SECTION 3.09.

   Taxes      60   

SECTION 3.10.

   ERISA      60   

SECTION 3.11.

   Disclosure      61   

SECTION 3.12.

   Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions      61   

SECTION 3.13.

   Federal Reserve Board Regulations      61   

SECTION 3.14.

   Subsidiaries      62   

SECTION 3.15.

   Solvency      62   

SECTION 3.16.

   REIT Status      62   

SECTION 3.17.

   Insurance      62   

ARTICLE IV        Conditions

     62   

SECTION 4.01.

   Effective Date      62   

SECTION 4.02.

   First Credit Event      64   

SECTION 4.03.

   Each Credit Event      64   

ARTICLE V         Affirmative Covenants

     65   

SECTION 5.01.

   Financial Statements; Ratings Change and Other Information      65   

SECTION 5.02.

   Notices of Material Events      66   

SECTION 5.03.

   Existence; Conduct of Business; REIT Status; Stock Listing      66   

SECTION 5.04.

   Payment of Obligations      67   

SECTION 5.05.

   Maintenance of Properties; Insurance      67   

SECTION 5.06.

   Books and Records; Inspection Rights      67   

SECTION 5.07.

   Compliance with Laws      67   

SECTION 5.08.

   Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit      68   

SECTION 5.09.

   Accuracy Of Information      68   

 

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SECTION 5.10.

   Notices of Asset Sales, Encumbrances or Dispositions      68   

SECTION 5.11.

   Additional Guarantors; Additional Unencumbered Properties      69   

SECTION 5.12.

   Releases of Guaranties      69   

ARTICLE VI         Negative Covenants

     70   

SECTION 6.01.

   Indebtedness      70   

SECTION 6.02.

   Liens      70   

SECTION 6.03.

   Fundamental Changes; Changes in Business; Asset Sales      70   

SECTION 6.04.

   [Reserved]      71   

SECTION 6.05.

   Swap Agreements      71   

SECTION 6.06.

   Restricted Payments      71   

SECTION 6.07.

   Transactions with Affiliates      72   

SECTION 6.08.

   Restrictive Agreements      72   

SECTION 6.09.

   Sale and Leaseback      72   

SECTION 6.10.

   Changes in Fiscal Periods      73   

SECTION 6.11.

   Payments and Modifications of Subordinate Debt      73   

SECTION 6.12.

   Financial Covenants      73   

ARTICLE VII         Events of Default

     74   

ARTICLE VIII       The Administrative Agent

     77   

ARTICLE IX          Miscellaneous

     79   

SECTION 9.01.

   Notices      79   

SECTION 9.02.

   Waivers; Amendments      81   

SECTION 9.03.

   Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver      82   

SECTION 9.04.

   Successors and Assigns      84   

SECTION 9.05.

   Survival      88   

SECTION 9.06.

   Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution      89   

SECTION 9.07.

   Severability      89   

SECTION 9.08.

   Right of Setoff      89   

SECTION 9.09.

   Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process      90   

SECTION 9.10.

   WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL      90   

 

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SECTION 9.11.

   Headings      91   

SECTION 9.12.

   Confidentiality      91   

SECTION 9.13.

   Material Non-Public Information      91   

SECTION 9.14.

   Authorization to Distribute Certain Materials to Public-Siders      92   

SECTION 9.15.

   Interest Rate Limitation      92   

SECTION 9.16.

   USA PATRIOT Act      93   

SECTION 9.17.

   No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility      93   

 

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SCHEDULES:

 

Schedule EGL — Eligible Ground Leases
Schedule ES — Excluded Subsidiaries
Schedule 2.01 — Lenders; Commitments
Schedule 3.05 — Unencumbered Properties
Schedule 3.06 — Disclosed Matters
Schedule 3.14 — Subsidiaries
Schedule 6.08 — Existing Restrictions

EXHIBITS:

 

Exhibit A — Form of Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit B — Form of Borrowing Request
Exhibit C-1 — Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Lenders That Are Not Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Exhibit C-2 — Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Lenders That Are Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Exhibit C-3 — Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Participants That Are Not Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Exhibit C-4 — Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate (For Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Exhibit D-1 — Form of Revolving Loan Note
Exhibit D-2 — Form of Swingline Loan Note
Exhibit E — Form of Compliance Certificate

 

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REVOLVING CREDIT AGREEMENT (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “ Agreement ”) dated as of February 3, 2015, among XHR LP, a Delaware limited partnership, the LENDERS party hereto, and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent.

The parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

Definitions

SECTION 1.01. Defined Terms . As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:

ABR ”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate.

Adjusted LIBO Rate ” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to (a) the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period multiplied by (b) the Statutory Reserve Rate.

Adjusted Net Operating Income ” means, for any fiscal period for any Real Estate Asset, (a) the Net Operating Income (or proportionate share of Net Operating Income from a Real Estate Asset owned jointly by an Investment Affiliate) from such Real Estate Asset minus (b) a reserve for capital expenditures and replacements equal to four percent (4%) of the annual gross revenues for such Real Estate Asset (or proportionate share of such reserve for a Real Estate Asset owned by an Investment Affiliate).

Administrative Agent ” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder, and any successor thereto appointed pursuant to Article VIII.

Administrative Questionnaire ” means an administrative questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

Affiliate ” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.

Agent Party ” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.01(d).

Agreement ” has the meaning assigned to it in the recitals.

Alternate 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 Effective Rate in effect on such day plus  1 2 of 1% and (c) the Adjusted LIBO Rate if a Eurodollar Borrowing with a one month

 

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Interest Period was being made on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1%, provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Adjusted LIBO Rate for any day shall be based on the LIBO Screen Rate at approximately 11:00 a.m. London time on such day. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate, respectively.

Anti-Corruption Laws ” means all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Company, the Borrower or any of its Affiliates from time to time concerning or relating to money laundering, bribery or corruption.

Applicable Credit Rating ” means a rating assigned to the Company’s Index Debt by Moody’s, S&P or Fitch.

Applicable Rate ” means, for any day, with respect to any ABR Loan or Eurodollar Loan, or with respect to the facility fees payable hereunder, as the case may be, the applicable rate per annum determined as set forth below.

(a) From and after the Effective Date and until the Debt Rating Pricing Election Date, the “Eurodollar — Applicable Rate” or the “ABR — Applicable Rate”, as the case may be, shall be determined by the range into which the Leverage Ratio falls in the table below:

 

RATIO LEVEL

  

LEVERAGE RATIO

  

EURODOLLAR —
APPLICABLE

RATE

  

ABR —

APPLICABLE

RATE

Level I

   < 3.5 to 1.0    1.50%    0.50%

Level II

  

> 3.5 to 1.0 and

< 4.0 to 1.0

   1.60%    0.60%

Level III

   > 4.0 to 1.0 and
< 5.0 to 1.0
   1.75%    0.75%

Level IV

   > 5.0 to 1.0 and
< 5.5 to 1.0
   1.95%    0.95%

Level V

   > 5.5 to 1.0 and
< 6.0 to 1.0
   2.15%    1.15%

Level VI

   > 6.0 to 1.0    2.45%    1.45%

For purposes of this clause (a), any increase or decrease in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date a compliance certificate is delivered in accordance with Section 5.01(d); provided , however , that if such compliance certificate is not delivered in accordance with Section 5.01(d) and has not been delivered within thirty (30) days after notice from the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders to the Borrower notifying the Borrower of the failure to deliver such compliance certificate on the date when due in accordance with Section 5.01(d), then the Applicable Rate shall be the percentage that would apply to the Level VI Ratio and it shall apply as of the first Business Day after the date on which such

 

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compliance certificate was required to have been delivered and shall remain in effect until such compliance certificate is delivered. The Applicable Rate from the Effective Date until the delivery of the compliance certificate for the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2015 shall be based on Level III.

If at any time the financial statements upon which the Applicable Rate was determined were incorrect (whether based on a restatement, fraud or otherwise), the Borrower shall be required to retroactively pay any additional amount that the Borrower would have been required to pay if such financial statements had been accurate at the time they were delivered.

(b) From and after the Debt Rating Pricing Election Date, the “Eurodollar — Applicable Rate”, the “ABR — Applicable Rate” or the “Facility Fee Rate”, as the case may be, shall be determined solely by the Applicable Credit Ratings in the table below:

 

RATINGS LEVEL

   MOODY’S/
S&P/FITCH
APPLICABLE CREDIT
RATING
   EURODOLLAR —
APPLICABLE

RATE
    ABR —
APPLICABLE
RATE
    FACILITY FEE RATE  

Level I Rating

   A3/A- or higher      0.875     0     0.125

Level II Rating

   Baa1/BBB+      0.95     0     0.15

Level III Rating

   Baa2/BBB      1.05     0.05     0.20

Level IV Rating

   Baa3/BBB-      1.20     0.20     0.30

Level V Rating

   Below Baa3/BBB- or
unrated
     1.50     0.50     0.35

For purposes of this clause (b), if at any time the Company has two (2) Applicable Credit Ratings, the Applicable Rate and Facility Fee Rate shall be the rate per annum applicable to the highest Applicable Credit Rating; provided that if the highest Applicable Credit Rating and the lowest Applicable Credit Rating are more than one ratings category apart, the Applicable Rate and Facility Fee Rate shall be the rate per annum applicable to Applicable Credit Rating that is one ratings category below the highest Applicable Credit Rating. If at any time the Company has three (3) Applicable Credit Ratings, and such Applicable Credit Ratings are split, then: (A) if the difference between the highest and the lowest such Applicable Credit Ratings is one ratings category (e.g. Baa2 by Moody’s and BBB- by S&P or Fitch), the Applicable Rate and Facility Fee Rate shall be the rate per annum that would be applicable if the highest of the Applicable Credit Ratings were used; and (B) if the difference between such Applicable Credit Ratings is two ratings categories (e.g. Baa1 by Moody’s and BBB- by S&P or Fitch) or more, the Applicable Rate and Facility Fee Rate shall be the rate per annum that would be applicable if the average of the two (2) highest Applicable Credit Ratings were used, provided that if such average is not a recognized rating category, then the Applicable Rate and Facility Fee Rate shall be the rate per annum that would be applicable if the second highest Applicable Credit Rating of

 

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the three were used. If at any time the Company has only one Applicable Credit Rating (and such Credit Rating is from Moody’s or S&P), the Applicable Rate and Facility Fee Rate shall be the rate per annum applicable to such Applicable Credit Rating. If the Company neither has an Applicable Credit Rating from Moody’s nor S&P, the Applicable Rate and Facility Fee Rate shall be the rate per annum applicable to an Applicable Credit Rating of “below BBB-/Baa3 or unrated” in the tables above.

Each change in the Applicable Rate and Facility Fee Rate 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 Moody’s, S&P or Fitch shall change, or if such rating agency shall cease to be in the business of rating corporate debt obligations, the Borrower and the 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 Rate and Facility Fee Rate shall be determined by reference to the rating most recently in effect prior to such change or cessation.

Any adjustment in the Applicable Rate shall be applicable to all existing Loans.

Approved Fund ” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

Assignment and Assumption ” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 9.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

Authorized Officer ” means any of the Chief Executive Officer, President, Financial Officer or General Counsel of any of (i) the Company, (ii) the Borrower or (iii) the general partner of the Borrower.

Availability Period ” means the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the earlier of the Revolving Maturity Date and the date of termination of the Revolving Commitments.

Available Revolving Commitment ” means, as to any Revolving Lender at any time, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) such Lender’s Revolving Commitment then in effect over (b) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure then outstanding; provided , that in calculating any Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure for the purpose of determining such Lender’s Available Revolving Commitment pursuant to Section 2.12(a) , the aggregate principal amount of Swingline Loans then outstanding shall be deemed to be zero.

Bankruptcy Event ” means, with respect to any Person, such Person becomes the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee,

 

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administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business appointed for it, or, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent, has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment, provided that a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of any ownership interest, or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Person by a Governmental Authority or instrumentality thereof, unless such ownership interest results in or provides such Person with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permits such Person (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Person.

Board ” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.

Borrower ” means XHR LP, a Delaware limited partnership.

Borrowing ” means (a) Loans of the same Type and Class, made, converted or continued on the same date and, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, as to which a single Interest Period is in effect or (b) a Swingline Loan.

Borrowing Request ” means a request in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto by the Borrower for a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03.

Business Day ” means 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; provided that, when used in connection with a Eurodollar Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits in the London interbank market.

Capital Lease Obligations ” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.

Capitalized Loan Fees ” means, with respect to any Person, and with respect to any period, any upfront, closing or similar fees paid by in connection with the incurrence or refinancing of Indebtedness during such period that are capitalized on the balance sheet of such Person.

 

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Cash Equivalents ” means:

(a) direct obligations of, or obligations the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States of America (or by any agency thereof to the extent such obligations are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America), in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;

(b) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof, in each case maturing within one year after the date of issuance and having, at the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A1 from S&P or at least P1 from Moody’s;

(c) investments in commercial paper maturing within 365 days from the date of acquisition thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, the highest credit rating obtainable from S&P or from Moody’s;

(d) investments in certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances and time deposits maturing within 365 days from the date of acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, any Lender or any domestic office of any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof which has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000;

(e) fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 30 days for securities described in clause (a) above and entered into with a financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (c) above; and

(f) money market funds that (i) comply with the criteria set forth in Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, (ii) are rated AAA by S&P and Aaa by Moody’s and (iii) have portfolio assets of at least $5,000,000,000.

Change in Control ” means: (a) for any reason whatsoever any “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder as in effect on the Effective Date) shall beneficially own a percentage of the then outstanding Equity Interests of the Company having the power, directly or indirectly, to vote for the election of directors (or their equivalent) of the Company (“ Voting Equity Interests ”) that is more than 35% of the outstanding Voting Equity Interests of the Company; or any “person” or “group” otherwise acquires the power to direct, directly or indirectly, the management or policies of the Company; or (b) during any period of 12 consecutive months, individuals who at the beginning of any such 12-month period constituted the Board of Directors of Company (together with any new directors whose election by such Board or whose nomination for election by the shareholders of Company was approved by a vote of a majority of the directors then still in office who were either directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company then in office; (c) the Company or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company shall cease to be the sole general partner of the Borrower; or (d) the Company shall cease to directly or indirectly own at least 70% of the limited partnership interests in the Borrower.

 

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Change in Law ” means the occurrence after the date of this Agreement (or, with respect to any Lender, such later date on which such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement) of (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) compliance by any Lender or the Issuing Bank (or, for purposes of Section 2.15(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the date such Lender or Issuing Bank became a party to this Agreement; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall be deemed to be a “Change in Law” regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

Class ”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans.

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Commitment ” means, with respect to each Lender, unless the context otherwise requires, its Revolving Commitment.

Commitment Fee Rate ” means, to the extent in effect as calculated on a daily basis, for any calendar quarter (a) 0.30% per annum, if the average daily Revolving Commitment Utilization Percentage for such quarter is less than 50%, and (b) 0.20% per annum, if the average daily Revolving Commitment Utilization Percentage for such quarter is greater than or equal to 50%.

Communications ” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.01(d).

Company ” means Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc., a Maryland corporation.

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

Consolidated EBITDA ” means for any period, without duplication, an amount equal to the net income or loss of the Company, the Borrower and their subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP (excluding losses attributable to the sale or other disposition of assets and the adjustment for so-called “straight-line rent accounting”) for such period plus (x) the following to the extent deducted in computing such consolidated net income or loss for such period: (i) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period, (ii) the provision for Federal, state, local and foreign income taxes payable, (iii) depreciation and amortization for

 

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such period, (iv) other non-cash charges for such period and non-recurring cash charges for such period, (v) acquisition costs of the Borrower and its subsidiaries for such period in an aggregate amount of up to $5,000,000 in any fiscal year of the Borrower and (vi) all losses attributable to the sale or other disposition of assets in such period, and minus (y) to the extent included in computing such consolidated net income or loss for such period, all gains attributable to the sale or other disposition of assets or debt restructurings in such period, all of the foregoing as adjusted to include the pro rata share of the Company, the Borrower and their subsidiaries on a consolidated basis of the net income or loss of all Investment Affiliates for such period, determined and adjusted in the same manner as provided above in this definition with respect to the net income or loss of the Company, the Borrower and their subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Consolidated EBITDA for the quarterly periods ending on or about the following dates shall be deemed to be the following amounts: (i) quarter ending June 30, 2014 $68,613,000 and (ii) quarter ending September 30, 2014 $63,621,000.

Consolidated Fixed Charges ” means, for any period, without duplication, the sum of (a) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period, plus (b) the aggregate amount of scheduled principal payments attributable to Total Indebtedness (excluding optional prepayments and scheduled principal payments due on maturity of any such Indebtedness) required to be made during such period by the Company, the Borrower or any of their consolidated subsidiaries, plus (c) a percentage of all such scheduled principal payments required to be made during such period by any Investment Affiliate on Indebtedness taken into account in calculating Consolidated Interest Expense equal to the greater of (x) the percentage of the principal amount of such Indebtedness for which the Company, the Borrower or any of their subsidiaries is liable and (y) the pro rata share of the Company, the Borrower and such subsidiaries on a consolidated basis of such Investment Affiliate, plus (d) dividends on the Company’s preferred stock required to be made during such period pursuant to the Company’s organizational documents, plus (e) all rental payments due and payable with respect to such period under ground leases of any properties at which the Company, the Borrower and/or any of such subsidiaries are tenants. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Consolidated Fixed Charges for the quarterly periods ending on or about the following dates shall be deemed to be the following amounts: (i) quarter ending June 30, 2014 $16,470,000 and (ii) quarter ending September 30, 2014 $17,438,000.

Consolidated Interest Expense ” means, for any period for the Company, the Borrower and their subsidiaries, the sum (without duplication) for such period of: (i) total interest expense, whether paid or accrued, of the Company, the Borrower and such subsidiaries, including, to the extent not capitalized, fees payable in connection with this Agreement and other Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement, charges in respect of letters of credit and the portion of any Capital Lease Obligations allocable to interest expense, including the Company’s, the Borrower’s and such subsidiaries’ share of interest expenses in Joint Ventures but excluding amortization or write-off of debt discount and expense, (ii) amortization of costs related to interest rate protection contracts and rate buydowns, (iii) capitalized interest, (iv) amortization of Capitalized Loan Fees of the Company, the Borrower and such subsidiaries, (v) interest incurred on any liability or obligation that constitutes a Contingent Obligation of the Company and such subsidiaries and (vi) to the extent not include in clauses (i) , (ii) , (iii) , (iv) and (v) each of the Company’s, the Borrower’s and such subsidiaries’ pro rata share of all interest expense and other amounts of the type referred to in such clauses of any Investment Affiliate. Notwithstanding the

 

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foregoing, Consolidated Interest Expense for the quarterly periods ending on or about the following dates shall be deemed to be the following amounts: (i) quarter ending June 30, 2014 $11,663,000 and (ii) quarter ending September 30, 2014 $13,169,000.

Consolidated Tangible Net Worth ” means, at any date of determination, (i) Total Asset Value minus (ii) Total Indebtedness.

Contingent Obligations ” means, as to any Person, without duplication, (a) any contingent obligation of such Person required to be included in such Person’s balance sheet in accordance with GAAP, and (b) any obligation required to be included in the disclosure contained in the footnotes to such Person’s financial statements in accordance with GAAP, guaranteeing partially or in whole any Nonrecourse Indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation, exclusive of (i) contractual indemnities (including, without limitation, any indemnity or price-adjustment provision relating to the purchase or sale of securities or other assets) and (ii) guarantees of non-monetary obligations (other than guarantees of completion), in each case under clauses (i)  and (ii)  which have not yet been called on or monetized, of such Person or of any other Person. The amount of any Contingent Obligation described in clause (b)  above in this definition shall be deemed to be (A) with respect to a guaranty of interest, interest and principal, or operating income, the sum of all payments required to be made thereunder (which in the case of an operating income guaranty shall be deemed to be equal to the debt service for the note secured thereby), calculated at the interest rate applicable to such Indebtedness, through (x) in the case of an interest or interest and principal guaranty, the stated date of maturity of the obligation (and commencing on the date interest could first be payable thereunder), or (y) in the case of an operating income guaranty, the date through which such guaranty will remain in effect, and (B) with respect to all guarantees not covered by the preceding clause (A) , an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such guaranty is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as recorded on the balance sheet and in the footnotes to the most recent financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 5.01(a) and 5.01(b) . Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, guarantees of completion or other performance shall not be deemed to be Contingent Obligations unless and until a claim for payment has been made thereunder, at which time any such guaranty of completion or other performance shall be deemed to be a Contingent Obligation in an amount equal to the maximum reasonable anticipated liability in respect of any such claim. Subject to the preceding sentence, (1) in the case of a joint and several guaranty given by such Person and another Person (but only to the extent such guaranty is Recourse Indebtedness, directly or indirectly to such Person or any of its Subsidiaries), the amount of such guaranty shall be deemed to be 100% thereof unless and only to the extent that (i) such other Person has delivered cash or Cash Equivalents to secure all or any part of such Person’s obligations under such joint and several guaranty (in which case the amount of such guaranty shall be reduced by the amount of such cash or Cash Equivalents) or (ii) such other Person holds an Investment Grade Rating from any of Fitch, Moody’s or S&P, or has creditworthiness otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (in which case the amount of such guaranty shall be zero), and (2) in the case of a guaranty (whether or not joint and several) of an obligation otherwise constituting Indebtedness of such Person, the amount of such guaranty shall be deemed to be only that amount in excess of the amount of the obligation constituting Indebtedness of such Person. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, “Contingent Obligations” shall not be deemed to include guarantees of loan commitments or of construction loans to the extent the same have not been drawn.

 

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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.

Credit Party ” means the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender or any other Lender.

Debt Rating Pricing Election Date ” means the date on which (a) the Company has received an Investment Grade Rating from Moody’s or S&P and such Investment Grade Rating continues to exist on the date that the Borrower gives its election notice described below and (b) the Borrower has delivered written notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify each of the Lenders) of its election (which shall be irrevocable) to have the Applicable Rates determined by reference to the Applicable Credit Ratings instead of the Leverage Ratio.

Default ” means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both as specified in Article VII would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.

Defaulting Lender ” means any Lender that (a) has failed, within two Business Days of the date required to be funded or paid, to (i) fund any portion of its Loans, (ii) fund any portion of its participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans or (iii) pay over to any Credit Party any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in the case of clause (i) above, such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified the Borrower or any Credit Party in writing, or has made a public statement to the effect, that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such writing or public statement indicates that such position is based on such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) to funding a loan under this Agreement cannot be satisfied) or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three Business Days after request by a Credit Party, acting in good faith, to provide a certification in writing from an authorized officer of such Lender that it will comply with its obligations (and is financially able to meet such obligations) to fund prospective Loans and participations in then outstanding Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans under this Agreement, provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon such Credit Party’s receipt of such certification in form and substance satisfactory to it and the Administrative Agent, or (d) has become the subject of a Bankruptcy Event.

Development Property ” means a Real Estate Asset owned by the Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries on which the construction or redevelopment of an hotel or other hospitality property has commenced, other than any Real Estate Asset with respect to which any interruption of construction or redevelopment has lasted for more than one hundred and twenty (120)

 

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consecutive days and is then continuing. Such Real Estate Asset shall be treated as a Development Property until construction is completed and a certificate of occupancy (or its equivalent in the applicable jurisdiction) has been issued.

Disclosed Matters ” means the actions, suits and proceedings and the environmental matters disclosed in Schedule 3.06 .

Disqualified Equity Interests ” means, with respect to any Person, any Equity Interests of such Person which, by its terms, or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is putable or exchangeable, or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Equity Interests which are not Disqualified Equity Interests) pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (in each case, other than solely as a result of, a change of control or asset sale), in whole or in part, in each case prior to the date that is 91 days after the latest Maturity Date; provided , however , that if such Equity Interests are issued to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Company or its direct or indirect subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Equity Interests shall not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests solely because it may be required to be repurchased in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations.

Disqualified Institution ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Ineligible Institution”.

Distressed Mortgage Note ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Total Asset Value”.

DQ List ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(e)(iv).

dollars ” or “ $ ” refers to lawful money of the United States of America.

Effective Date ” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02), which is February 3, 2015.

Electronic Signature ” means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a person with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record.

Electronic System ” means any electronic system, including e-mail, e-fax, Intralinks ®, ClearPar ® , Debt Domain, Syndtrak and any other Internet or extranet-based site, whether such electronic system is owned, operated or hosted by the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank and any of their respective Related Persons or any other Person, providing for access to data protected by passcodes or other security systems.

Eligible Assignee ” means (i) a Lender (other than a Defaulting Lender) or any Affiliate or Approved Fund thereof; (ii) a commercial bank having total assets in excess of $2,500,000,000; (iii) the central bank of any country which is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; or (iv) a finance company or other financial institution reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, which is regularly engaged in making,

 

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purchasing or investing in loans and having total assets in excess of $300,000,000 or is otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent. For the avoidance of doubt, no Ineligible Institution is an Eligible Assignee and any Disqualified Institution is subject to Section 9.04(e).

Eligible Ground Lease ” means each ground lease that would constitute a financeable ground lease on customary terms to a prudent institutional lender in the business of making commercial real estate loans and having a remaining term, including any optional extension terms exercisable unilaterally by the tenant, of no less than 35 years from the Effective Date (or, in the case of a shorter term, the leasehold interest of the lessee reverts to a fee interest of such lessee at the end of such term). The Eligible Ground Leases as of the Effective Date are listed on Schedule EGL .

Environmental Laws ” means all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions, notices or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the management, release or threatened release of any Hazardous Material or to health and safety matters.

Environmental Liability ” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Borrower or any Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

Equity Interests” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any such equity interest.

ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.

ERISA Affiliate ” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with the Borrower, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

ERISA Event ” means (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30 day notice period is waived); (b) the existence with respect to any Multiemployer Plan of an “ accumulated funding deficiency ” (as defined in Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived; (c) the failure to meet the minimum funding standards of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, or the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of such minimum funding

 

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standards, with respect to any Plan; (d) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan; (e) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan; (f) the incurrence by the Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the receipt by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, in critical or endangered status, or insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, (h) the imposition of a Lien under the Code or ERISA on the assets of the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or the notification to the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate that such a Lien will be imposed on account of any Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (i) the failure by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate to make a required contribution to any Multiemployer Plan.

Eurodollar ”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether such Loan, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate.

Event of Default ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.

Excluded Subsidiaries ” means the Subsidiaries of the Borrower listed on Schedule ES attached hereto, as such Schedule ES may be updated by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower to include (a) any Subsidiary acquired pursuant to an acquisition permitted hereunder which is financed with Secured Indebtedness that is permitted by this Agreement and each Subsidiary thereof that guarantees such Secured Indebtedness (in each case to the extent that guaranteeing the Obligations is prohibited by such Secured Indebtedness), (b) any Subsidiary of an Excluded Subsidiary, (c) any Subsidiary that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower, and is either acquired pursuant to an acquisition permitted hereunder or formed in a manner not expressly prohibited hereunder, and is prohibited by its organizational documents from giving a guaranty of the Obligations and (d) any Subsidiary of the Borrower organized in a jurisdiction other than the United States or any state thereof; provided that each such Subsidiary shall cease to be an Excluded Subsidiary hereunder if such Secured Indebtedness is repaid or becomes unsecured or if such Subsidiary ceases to guarantee such secured Indebtedness or if such Subsidiary ceases to be prohibited from giving a guaranty, as applicable.

Excluded Taxes ” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. Federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan, Letter of Credit or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in such Loan, Letter of Credit or Commitment (other than pursuant

 

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to an assignment requested by the Borrower under Section 2.19(b)) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.17, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender acquired the applicable interest in a Loan, Letter of Credit or Commitment or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 2.17(f) and (d) any U.S. Federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.

Facility Fee Rate ” means that rate determined pursuant to paragraph (b) of the definition of “Applicable Rate”.

Facility Increase ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.04.

FATCA ” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, and, to the extent substantively comparable with Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such Sections of the Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to such intergovernmental agreement.

Federal Funds Effective Rate ” means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it; provided that if the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.

Financial Officer ” means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of any of (i) the Company, (ii) the Borrower or (iii) the general partner of the Borrower.

Financial Statements ” means the financial statements to be furnished pursuant to Sections 5.01(a) and (b).

Fitch ” means Fitch, Inc.

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

 

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GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.

Governmental Authority ” means the government of the United States of America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.

Guaranties ” means the Parent Guaranty and the Subsidiary Guaranty.

Guarantors ” means the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors.

Hazardous Materials ” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.

Impacted Interest Period ” has the meaning assigned to it in the definition of “LIBO Rate”.

Increased Amount Date ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.04.

Incremental Commitments ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.04.

Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any Person at any date, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade payables and accrued expenses incurred by such Person in the ordinary course of business) and only to the extent such obligations constitute indebtedness for purposes of GAAP, (c) all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments, (d) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (e) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (f) all obligations of such Person, contingent or otherwise, as an account party or applicant under acceptance, or with respect to commercial letter of credit or similar facilities, and all obligations of such Person owed as an account party or applicant on any standby letters of credit, (g) all obligations of such Person, contingent or otherwise, to purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire for value any Disqualified Equity Interests of such Person (other than (i) obligations existing on the Effective Date that any direct or indirect parent of such Person has the right (subject to satisfaction of applicable securities law requirements, including the filing of registration statements) to satisfy by delivery of its Equity Interests, (ii) obligations that any direct or indirect parent of such Person is given the right to satisfy by delivery of its Equity Interests and (iii) obligations with respect to preferred stock of the Company), (h) all Contingent Obligations of such Person in respect of Indebtedness of other Persons of the types described in the foregoing clauses (a)  through (g) , (i) all obligations of the kind referred to in clause (a)  through (h)  above secured by any Lien on property (including, without limitation, accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, whether or not such

 

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Person has assumed or become liable for the payment of such obligation, and (j) the net obligations of such Person in respect of Swap Agreements. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness expressly provide that such Person is not liable therefor. The amount of any Indebtedness under clause (d)  or clause (i)  above shall be limited to the lesser of the amount of such Indebtedness that is Nonrecourse Indebtedness or the fair market value of the assets securing such Indebtedness that is Nonrecourse Indebtedness, as reasonably determined by the Borrower. The amount of Indebtedness of any Person shall be calculated at the outstanding principal amount based on the contract and not reflecting purchase accounting or other adjustments pursuant to GAAP.

Indemnified Taxes ” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in (a) hereof, Other Taxes.

Index Debt ” means senior, unsecured, long-term indebtedness for borrowed money of the Company that is not guaranteed by any other Person or subject to any other credit enhancement.

Ineligible Institution ” means (a) a natural person, (b) a Defaulting Lender, (c) the Borrower or any of its Affiliates, (d) a company, partnership, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of, a natural person or relative(s) thereof or (e) a Person (i) which (A) is a competitor of the Company or the Borrower in the business of owning and/or operating hotel and hospitality properties or (B) invests, as one of its primary lines of business, in hotel and hospitality real estate assets similar to the Real Estate Assets and (ii) which as of any date of determination has been designated by the Borrower as a “Disqualified Institution” by written notice to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (including by posting such notice to the Electronic System) not less than ten (10) Business Days prior to such date; provided that “Disqualified Institutions” shall exclude any Person that the Borrower has designated as no longer being a “Disqualified Institution” by written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent from time to time.

Information Memorandum ” means the Confidential Information Memorandum dated November 2014 relating to the Borrower and the Transactions.

Interest Election Request ” means a request by the Borrower to convert or continue a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.08.

Interest Payment Date ” means (a) with respect to any ABR Loan (other than a Swingline Loan), the last day of each March, June, September and December, (b) with respect to any Eurodollar Loan, the last day of the Interest Period applicable to the Borrowing of which such Loan is a part and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing with an Interest Period of more than three months’ duration, each day prior to the last day of such Interest Period that occurs at intervals of three months’ duration after the first day of such Interest Period, and (c) with respect to any Swingline Loan, the day that such Loan is required to be repaid.

 

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Interest Period ” means with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the calendar month that is one, two, three or six months thereafter, as the Borrower may elect; provided , that (i) if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, (ii) any Interest Period that commences on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the last calendar month of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the last calendar month of such Interest Period and (iii) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the then applicable Revolving Maturity Date. For purposes hereof, the date of a Borrowing initially shall be the date on which such Borrowing is made and, in the case of a Revolving Borrowing, thereafter shall be the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Borrowing.

Interpolated Rate ” means, at any time, for any Interest Period, the rate per annum (rounded to the same number of decimal places as the LIBO Screen Rate) determined by the Administrative Agent (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) to be equal to the rate that results from interpolating on a linear basis between: (a) the LIBO Screen Rate for the longest period for which the LIBO Screen Rate is available that is shorter than the Impacted Interest Period; and (b) the LIBO Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which that Screen Rate is available) that exceeds the Impacted Interest Period, in each case, at such time.

Investment Affiliate ” means any unconsolidated subsidiary or Joint Venture of the Company, the Borrower and their consolidated subsidiaries.

Investment Grade Rating ” means an Applicable Credit Rating of Baa3 or better from Moody’s, BBB- or better from S&P, or BBB- or better from Fitch.

IRS ” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

Issuing Bank ” means each of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, and KeyBank National Association in its capacity as the issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Section 2.06(i). Each Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of such Issuing Bank (or another Lender, with the consent of such Lender and the Borrower), in which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate (or such Lender) with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate (or such Lender). Each reference herein to the “Issuing Bank” shall mean all of the Issuing Banks, each Issuing Bank, any Issuing Bank or the applicable Issuing Bank, as the context may require.

Joint Venture ” means a joint venture, partnership or other similar arrangement, whether in corporate, partnership or other legal form; provided , in no event shall any corporate subsidiary of any Person be considered to be a Joint Venture to which such Person is a party.

 

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LC Disbursement ” means a payment made by the Issuing Bank 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 Borrower at such time. The LC Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be its Revolving Percentage of the total LC Exposure at such time.

Lender Parent ” means, with respect to any Lender, any Person as to which such Lender is, directly or indirectly, a subsidiary.

Lenders ” means the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01 and any other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to Section 2.04 or an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption. Unless the context otherwise requires, the term “Lenders” includes the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Bank.

Letter of Credit ” means any letter of credit issued pursuant to this Agreement.

Leverage Ratio ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.12(a).

LIBO Rate ” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Borrowing for any Interest Period, the London interbank offered rate as administered by ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate) for U.S. Dollars for a period equal in length to such Interest Period as displayed on page LIBOR01 of the Reuters screen that displays such rate (or, in the event such rate does not appear on a Reuters page or screen, on any successor or substitute page on such screen that displays such rate, or on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion; in each case the “ LIBO Screen Rate ”) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period; provided that, if the LIBO Screen Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement and provided, further, if the LIBO Screen Rate shall not be available at such time for such Interest Period (an “ Impacted Interest Period ”) then the LIBO Rate shall be the Interpolated Rate, provided, that, if any Interpolated Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.

LIBO Screen Rate ” has the meaning assigned to it in the definition of “LIBO Rate.”

Lien ” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities.

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herewith or therewith by the Borrower or any other Loan Party with or in favor of the Administrative Agent and/or the Lenders, including any amendments, modifications or supplements hereto or thereto or waivers hereof or thereof.

Loan Parties ” means the Borrower and each Guarantor.

Loans ” means the loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement.

Major Acquisition ” means (a) a single transaction for the purpose of or resulting, directly or indirectly, in the acquisition (including, without limitation, a merger or consolidation or any other combination with another Person) by one or more of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries of properties or assets of a Person for a gross purchase price equal to or in excess of 10% of Total Asset Value (without giving effect to such acquisition) or (b) one or more transactions for the purpose of or resulting, directly or indirectly, in the acquisition (including, without limitation, a merger or consolidation or any other combination with another Person) by one or more of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries of properties or assets of a Person in any two consecutive fiscal quarters for an aggregate gross purchase price equal to or in excess of 10% of Total Asset Value (without giving effect to such acquisitions).

Major Renovation ” means, with respect to any Real Estate Asset, any construction or renovation project that during any 90 consecutive day period renders more than 20% of the same rooms in such Real Estate Asset out of service during such period.

Material Adverse Effect ” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, financial condition or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Company or the Borrower to perform any of its payment obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or (c) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the rights of or remedies available to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders under this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

Material Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness (other than the Loans and Letters of Credit) of any one or more of the Company, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount exceeding (x) $75,000,000, in the case of Recourse Indebtedness, and (y) $150,000,000, in the case of Nonrecourse Indebtedness.

Material Subsidiary ” means (a) each Subsidiary of the Borrower that directly or indirectly owns or leases a property that is to be treated as an Unencumbered Property for purposes of this Agreement and (b) each other Subsidiary of the Borrower that has assets that constitute more than five percent (5%) of Total Asset Value, in each case, other than an Excluded Subsidiary.

Maturity Date ” means, unless the context otherwise requires, the Revolving Maturity Date.

Maximum Increase Amount ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.04.

 

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Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

Mortgage Note ” means a note receivable held by the Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries that is secured by a first mortgage Lien on real property.

Multiemployer Plan ” means a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is obligated to make contributions or with respect to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate has any liability, actual or contingent.

Negative Pledge ” means a provision of any document, instrument or agreement (including any charter, by-laws or other organizational documents), other than this Agreement or any other Loan Document, that prohibits, restricts or limits, or purports to prohibit, restrict or limit, the creation or assumption of any Lien on any assets of a Person as security for the Obligations (or a guaranty of the Obligations), or entitles another Person to obtain or claim the benefit of a Lien on any assets of such Person; provided , however , that an agreement that conditions a Person’s ability to encumber its assets upon the maintenance of one or more specified ratios that limit such Person’s ability to encumber its assets but that do not generally prohibit the encumbrance of its assets, or the encumbrance of specific assets, shall not constitute a Negative Pledge.

Net Operating Income ” means, with respect to any Real Estate Asset for any period, rental and other operating income attributable to such Real Estate Asset minus all expenses and other proper charges incurred in connection with the operation of such Real Estate Asset (including, without limitation, real estate taxes, management fees (in the amount of the actual management fees for such Real Estate), franchise fees, payments as lessee under ground leases and bad debt expenses (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall exclude any write-offs of accounts receivable in the ordinary course of business)) during such period; but, in any case, calculated before (i.e. without regard to) payment of or provision for debt service charges for such period, income taxes for such period, capital expenses for such period, and depreciation, amortization, and other non-cash expenses for such period, all as determined in accordance with GAAP.

New Revolving Commitments ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.04.

New Revolving Lender ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.04.

New Revolving Loan ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.04.

New Term Loan Commitments ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.04.

New Term Loan ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.04.

New Term Loan Lender ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.04.

Nonrecourse Indebtedness ” means, with respect to a Person, Indebtedness (or the portion thereof) in respect of which recourse for payment (except for customary exceptions for fraud, intentional misrepresentation, gross negligence, willful misconduct, misapplication of funds, environmental indemnities, violation of “special purpose entity” covenants, bankruptcy,

 

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insolvency, receivership or other similar events and other similar exceptions to nonrecourse liability) is contractually limited to specific assets of such Person encumbered by a Lien securing such Indebtedness (or, in the case of a Person which is a “special purpose entity”, all of its assets).

Non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of a Person which is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of such Person.

Note ” means any promissory note delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.10(e).

Obligations ” means the unpaid principal of and interest on (including interest accruing after the maturity of the Loans and LC Disbursements and interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) the Loans and all other obligations and liabilities of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or to any Lender, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, the Letters of Credit, or any other document made, delivered or given in connection herewith or therewith, whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses (including all fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent or to any Lender that are required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant hereto) or otherwise.

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

Other Taxes ” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 2.19).

Parent Guaranty ” means the Guaranty dated as of the date hereof from the Company in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders.

Participant ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c).

Participant Register ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(c).

Patriot Act ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.16.

 

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PBGC ” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.

Permitted Encumbrances ” means:

(a) Liens imposed by law for Taxes that are not overdue by more than 30 days or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.04;

(b) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s and other like Liens, arising in the ordinary course of business and securing obligations that are not overdue by more than 30 days or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.04;

(c) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations;

(d) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

(e) judgment liens in respect of judgments that do not constitute an Event of Default under clause (k) of Article VII;

(f) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not secure any monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value of the affected property or interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Borrower or any Subsidiary; and

(g) any interest or title of a licensor, lessor or sublicensor or sublessor, or a licensee, lessee or sublicensee or sublessee, in the property or rights subject to any lease, license or sublicense or concession agreement in the ordinary course of business;

(h) Liens arising from repurchase agreements described in clause (e) of the definition of the term “Cash Equivalents”;

(i) banker’s liens, rights of setoff or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with depository institutions and securities accounts and other financial assets maintained with a securities intermediary;

(j) Liens of a collecting bank arising in the ordinary course of business under Section 4-210 (or the applicable corresponding section) of the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the relevant jurisdiction covering only the items being collected upon;

(k) Liens that are contractual or statutory rights of set-off;

(l) Liens in favor of a banking institution arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits (including the right of set-off) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry;

 

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(m) Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes; and

(n) Liens securing Indebtedness and other obligations in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $5,000,000 at any one time;

provided that the term “Permitted Encumbrances” shall not include any Lien securing Indebtedness, other than Liens referred to in clause (d) or (n) above.

Person ” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

Plan ” means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan), within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA, subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

Prime Rate ” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as its prime rate in effect at its office located at 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York; each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective.

Pro Forma Basis ” means, with respect to any calculation required to be made on a “Pro Forma Basis” under this Agreement, that such calculation shall give pro forma effect to all acquisitions (and all issuances, incurrences or assumptions of Indebtedness in connection therewith, with any such Indebtedness being deemed to be amortized over the applicable testing period in accordance with its terms) and all sales, transfers or other dispositions (and all repayments, retirements or defeasances of Indebtedness in connection therewith) that have occurred during (or, if such calculation is being made for the purpose of determining whether any Facility Increase may be made, since the beginning of) the four consecutive fiscal quarter period of the Company most recently ended on or prior to such date as if they occurred on the first day of such four consecutive fiscal quarter period (including expected cost savings (without duplication of actual cost savings) to the extent (a) such cost savings would be permitted to be reflected in pro forma financial information complying with the requirements of Article 11 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act as interpreted by the Staff of the SEC, and as certified by a Financial Officer or (b) in the case of an acquisition, such cost savings are factually supportable and have been realized or are reasonably expected to be realized within 24 months following such acquisition; provided if any cost savings included in any pro forma calculations based on the expectation that such cost savings will be realized within 24 months following such acquisition shall at any time cease to be reasonably expected to be so realized within such period, then on and after such time pro forma calculations required to be made hereunder shall not reflect such cost savings). If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of determination had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Swap Agreement applicable to such Indebtedness).

 

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Public-Sider ” means a Lender or any representative of such Lender that has notified the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing that it does not want to receive material non-public information within the meaning of the federal and state securities laws.

Real Estate Asset ” means, at any time of determination, any fee or leasehold interest then directly owned in whole or in part by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or Investment Affiliates in any property or any integrated properties.

Recipient ” means (a) the Administrative Agent, (b) any Lender or (c) any Issuing Bank, as applicable.

Recourse Indebtedness ” means any Indebtedness (or the portion thereof) that is not Nonrecourse Indebtedness.

Recourse Secured Indebtedness ” means the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Secured Indebtedness that is Recourse Indebtedness.

Register ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(b).

REIT ” means a real estate investment trust under the provisions of §856 of the Code that meets the requirements of §857(a) of the Code.

Related Parties ” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and their respective directors, officers, partners, members, trustees, employees, agents and advisors.

Required Lenders ” means, at any time, Lenders having Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments at such time; provided that, in the event any of the Lenders shall be a Defaulting Lender, then for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender, “Required Lenders” means Lenders (excluding all Defaulting Lenders) having Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments of such Lenders (excluding all Defaulting Lenders) at such time.

Restricted Payment ” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests in the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interests in the Borrower or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity Interests in the Borrower.

Revolving Borrowing ” means a Borrowing of Revolving Loans.

Revolving Commitment ” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Revolving Loans and to acquire participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans hereunder, expressed as an amount representing the maximum aggregate amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from

 

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time to time pursuant to Section 2.09, (b) increased from time to time pursuant to Section 2.04, and (c) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04. The initial amount of each Lender’s Revolving Commitment is set forth on Schedule 2.01 , in the joinder agreement described in Section 2.04(b)(iv), or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Revolving Commitment, as applicable. The initial aggregate amount of the Lenders’ Revolving Commitments is $400,000,000.

Revolving Commitment Utilization Percentage ” means, on any date, the percentage equal to a fraction (a) the numerator of which is the total Revolving Credit Exposures and (b) the denominator of which is the total Revolving Commitments; provided that in calculating the total Revolving Credit Exposures for purposes of Section 2.12(a), the aggregate principal amount of Swingline Loans then outstanding shall be deemed to be zero.

Revolving Credit Exposure ” means, with respect to any Revolving Lender at any time, the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loans and its LC Exposure and its Swingline Exposure at such time.

Revolving Lender ” means a Lender with a Revolving Commitment or Revolving Credit Exposure.

Revolving Loan ” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.01 and Section 2.03.

Revolving Maturity Date ” means February 3, 2019, subject to extension as provided in Section 2.21.

Revolving Percentage ” means, with respect to any Revolving Lender, the percentage of the total Revolving Commitments represented by such Lender’s Revolving Commitment. If the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, the Revolving Percentages shall be determined based upon the Revolving Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments.

S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s.

Sanctioned Country means at any time, a country or territory which is the subject or target of any Sanctions (at the time of this Agreement, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria).

Sanctioned Person ” means, at any time, (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of State or the United Nations Security Council, (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person owned or controlled by any such Person or Persons described in the foregoing clauses (a) or (b).

Sanctions ” means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State, or (b) the United Nations Security Council.

 

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SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States of America.

Secured Indebtedness ” means the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Total Indebtedness which is secured by a Lien on any properties or assets (other than assets consisting of equipment and other non-Real Estate Assets that are subject to leases and/or purchase-money Liens).

Series ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.04(c)(ii).

Solvent ” when used with respect to the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, means that, as of any date of determination, (a) the fair saleable value of their assets is in excess of the total amount of their liabilities (including, without limitation, contingent liabilities); (b) the present fair saleable value of their assets is greater than the probable liability on their existing debts as such debts become absolute and matured; (c) they are then able and expect to be able to pay their debts (including, without limitation, contingent debts and other commitments) as they mature; and (d) they have capital sufficient to carry on their business as conducted and as proposed to be conducted.

Statutory Reserve Rate ” means a fraction (expressed as a decimal), the numerator of which is the number one and the denominator of which is the number one minus the aggregate of the maximum reserve percentage (including any marginal, special, emergency or supplemental reserves) expressed as a decimal established by the Board to which the Person serving as the Administrative Agent is subject with respect to the Adjusted LIBO Rate, for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board). Such reserve percentage shall include those imposed pursuant to such Regulation D. Eurodollar Loans shall be deemed to constitute eurocurrency funding and to be subject to such reserve requirements without benefit of or credit for proration, exemptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to any Lender under such Regulation D or any comparable regulation. The Statutory Reserve Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in any reserve percentage.

subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person (the “ parent ”) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements if such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP as of such date, as well as any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.

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Subsidiary Guarantor ” means each Material Subsidiary of the Borrower that is party to the Subsidiary Guaranty, subject to Section 5.12.

Subsidiary Guaranty ” means the Guaranty dated as of the date hereof from the Subsidiary Guarantors in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders.

Swap Agreement ” means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries shall be a Swap Agreement.

Swingline Exposure ” means, at any time, the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans outstanding at such time. The Swingline Exposure of any Lender at any time shall be the sum of (a) its Revolving Percentage of the total Swingline Exposure at such time related to Swingline Loans other than any Swingline Loans made by such Lender in its capacity as a Swingline Lender and (b), if such Lender shall be a Swingline Lender, the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans made by such Lender outstanding at such time (to the extent that the other Lenders shall not have funded their participations in such Swingline Loans).

Swingline Lender ” means JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., in its capacity as lender of Swingline Loans hereunder.

Swingline Loan ” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.05.

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

Total Asset Value ” means the sum of the following, without duplication: (a) the undepreciated book value, after any impairments, of all Real Estate Assets (or the Borrower’s pro-rata share thereof, for any Real Estate Assets that are not wholly-owned by the Borrower or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower), determined in accordance with GAAP; plus (b) the book value, after any impairments, of Mortgage Notes receivable held by the Borrower and its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries so long as (1) such Mortgage Note is not more than 120 days past due or otherwise in payment default after giving effect to applicable cure periods or (2) such Mortgage Note was acquired by the Borrower or such Wholly-Owned Subsidiary and was in default at the time of such acquisition (a “ Distressed Mortgage Note ”);

provided , that (i) not more than 30% of the aggregate Total Asset Value may be attributable to assets consisting of investments in Investment Affiliates, income-producing Real Estate Assets other than hotels or similar hospitality properties, Development Properties, Unimproved Land, Real Estate Assets undergoing Major Renovations, and Mortgage Notes receivable, (ii) not more than 5% of the Total Asset Value may be attributable to Distressed Mortgage Notes, (iii) not more than 20% of Total Asset Value may be attributable to investments in Investment Affiliates, (iv) not more than 15% of Total Asset Value may be attributable to Development Properties, and (v) not more than 5% of Total Asset Value may be attributable to Unimproved Land.

 

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Total Indebtedness ” means the sum of (a) the outstanding principal amount of all Indebtedness of the Company, the Borrower and their consolidated subsidiaries and the Company’s, the Borrower’s and such consolidated subsidiaries’ pro rata share of all Indebtedness of Investment Affiliates minus (b) solely for purposes of calculating the financial covenants in Section 6.12(a), Section 6.12(b), Section 6.12(c) and Section 6.12(e), unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents of the Borrower and its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries (other than unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents that are on hand on the Effective Date and held for tender to shareholders or the buy-back of shares) in excess of $10,000,000.

Transactions ” means the execution, delivery and performance by the Loan Parties of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the borrowing of Loans, the use of the proceeds thereof and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder.

Type ”, when used in reference to any Loan or Borrowing, refers to whether the rate of interest on such Loan, or on the Loans comprising such Borrowing, is determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the Alternate Base Rate.

Unencumbered Adjusted Net Operating Income ” means, for any fiscal period, the total Adjusted Net Operating Income attributable to all Unencumbered Properties for such period.

Unencumbered Asset Value ” means the aggregate undepreciated book value, after any impairments, of all Unencumbered Properties, determined in accordance with GAAP.

Unencumbered Property ” means a Real Estate Asset that meets each of the following criteria (with each such Real Estate Asset that meets such criteria being an Unencumbered Property):

 

  1. The Real Estate Asset is 100% fee owned or ground leased under an Eligible Ground Lease by the Borrower or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a Subsidiary Guarantor (subject to release as provided in Section 5.12).

 

  2. The owner or ground lessee of such Real Estate Asset is not subject to any Bankruptcy Event.

 

  3. The Real Estate Asset is improved with one or more completed hotel properties for which a certificate of occupancy (or its equivalent in the applicable jurisdiction) has been issued.

 

  4. The Real Estate Asset is not, and if such Real Estate Asset is owned or leased by a Subsidiary, the Borrower’s direct or indirect ownership interests in such Subsidiary are not, otherwise directly or indirectly subject to any Lien (other than Permitted Encumbrances) or any Negative Pledge or other agreement that prohibits the creation of a Lien to secure the Obligations (or a guaranty thereof) or prohibits the transfer of any owned Real Estate Asset (or such ownership interests) or entitles another Person to the benefit of a Lien on such Real Estate Asset (or such ownership interests) pursuant to an “equal and ratable” clause or similar arrangement.

 

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  5. The Real Estate Asset is not subject to any Environmental Liability or otherwise in violation of Environmental Laws, in each case, that would materially impair the value of such Real Estate Asset.

 

  6. The Real Estate Asset is free of any structural defects that would materially impair the value of such Real Estate Asset, unless such defect is covered by insurance.

 

  7. The Real Estate Asset is located in the United States or Canada.

Notwithstanding that a Real Estate Asset meets all of the foregoing criteria, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower shall have the option at any time by notice to the Administrative Agent to designate any such Real Estate Asset as not constituting an “Unencumbered Property” for purposes of this Agreement. Thereafter, at any time by notice to the Administrative Agent, the Borrower may re-designate any such Real Estate Asset as an Unencumbered Property so long as at the time of such designation, such Real Estate Asset meets each of the foregoing criteria.

Unimproved Land ” means land on which no development (other than Improvements that are not material and are temporary in nature) has occurred and on which no development is scheduled in the next eighteen (18) months.

Unsecured Indebtedness ” means the outstanding principal amount of Total Indebtedness that is not secured by a Lien on any property, Equity Interests or other assets.

Unsecured Interest Expense ” means for any fiscal period, the amount of Consolidated Interest Expense on all Unsecured Indebtedness. Unsecured Interest Expense shall be equal to the greater of (i) the actual Consolidated Interest Expense on all Unsecured Indebtedness, and (ii) the Consolidated Interest Expense that would be payable on all Unsecured Indebtedness using an assumed interest rate of 6.5% per annum.

U.S. Person ” means a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.17(f)(ii)(B)(3).

Wholly-Owned Subsidiary ” of a Person means any subsidiary of which all of the outstanding voting Equity Interests shall at the time be owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person, or by such Person and one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

Withdrawal Liability ” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.

Withholding Agent ” means any Loan Party and the Administrative Agent.

SECTION 1.02. Classification of Loans and Borrowings . For purposes of this Agreement, Loans may be classified and referred to by Class ( e . g ., a “ Revolving Loan ”) or by

 

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Type ( e . g ., a “ Eurodollar Loan ”) or by Class and Type ( e . g ., a “ Eurodollar Revolving Loan ”). Borrowings also may be classified and referred to by Class ( e . g ., a “ Revolving Borrowing ”) or by Type ( e . g ., a “ Eurodollar Borrowing ”) or by Class and Type ( e . g ., a “ Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing ”).

SECTION 1.03. Terms Generally . The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (e) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

SECTION 1.04. Accounting Terms; GAAP; Pro Forma Calculations . 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 the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests 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 the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request 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. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without giving effect to any election under Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification 825 (or any other Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of the Company, the Borrower or any Subsidiary at “fair value”, as defined therein. If one or more of the Borrower, its Subsidiaries or any Investment Affiliate (i) acquires (including, without limitation, by merger or consolidation or another combination with any Person) any Real Estate Asset having a fair market value in excess of $25,000,000 or (ii) sells, transfers or disposes of any Real Estate Asset having a fair market value equal or greater than $25,000,000 (including as a result of the sale of the Equity Interests of any such Person or a division or line of business of such Person), then for purposes of calculating compliance with the covenants contained in Section 6.12, and otherwise for purposes of calculating or determining the Leverage Ratio, Secured

 

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Indebtedness, Total Asset Value, Recourse Secured Indebtedness, Consolidated Fixed Charges, Consolidated Tangible Net Worth, Unencumbered Adjusted Net Operating Income, Unsecured Interest Expense, Unencumbered Properties and Unencumbered Asset Value, such calculations and determinations shall be made on a Pro Forma Basis.

ARTICLE II

The Credits

SECTION 2.01. Commitments . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees to make Revolving Loans to the Borrower from time to time in U.S. Dollars during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result (after giving effect to any application of proceeds of such Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.10) in (a) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding such Lender’s Revolving Commitment or (b) the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the total Revolving Commitments. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Revolving Loans.

SECTION 2.02. Loans and Borrowings . (a) Each Revolving Loan shall be made as part of a Borrowing consisting of Revolving Loans made by the Lenders ratably in accordance with their respective Revolving Commitments. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required.

(b) Subject to Section 2.14, each Revolving Borrowing shall be comprised entirely of ABR Loans or Eurodollar Loans as the Borrower may request in accordance herewith. Each Swingline Loan shall be an ABR Loan. Each Lender at its option may make any Eurodollar Loan by causing any domestic or foreign branch or Affiliate of such Lender to make such Loan; provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay such Loan in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(c) At the commencement of each Interest Period for any Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $500,000 and not less than $1,000,000. At the time that each ABR Revolving Borrowing is made, such Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $500,000 and not less than $1,000,000; provided that an ABR Revolving Borrowing may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the total Revolving Commitments or that is required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.06(e). Each Swingline Loan shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $250,000 and not less than $500,000. Borrowings of more than one Type and Class may be outstanding at the same time; provided that there shall not at any time be more than a total of eight (8) Eurodollar Revolving Borrowings outstanding.

(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Borrower shall not be entitled to request, or to elect to convert or continue, any Borrowing if the Interest Period requested with respect thereto would end after the Revolving Maturity Date.

 

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SECTION 2.03. Requests for Revolving Borrowings . To request a Revolving Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (a) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing or (b) in the case of an ABR Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, one Business Day before the date of the proposed Borrowing; provided that any such notice of an ABR Revolving Borrowing to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.06(e) may be given not later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date of the proposed Borrowing, and any notice of a Swingline Loan Borrowing shall be made in accordance with Section 2.05(b). Each such telephonic Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Borrowing Request and signed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower. Each such telephonic and written Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

(i) the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing;

(ii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day;

(iii) whether such Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing;

(iv) in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, the initial Interest Period to be applicable thereto, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “Interest Period”; and

(v) the location and account number to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.07.

If no election as to the Type of Revolving Borrowing is specified, then the requested Revolving Borrowing shall be an ABR Borrowing. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration. Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.

SECTION 2.04. Incremental Facilities .

(a) Incremental Facility Request . The Borrower may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent on one or more occasions on or after the Effective Date, elect to request (A) an increase to the existing Revolving Commitments (any such increase, the “ New Revolving Commitments ”) and/or (B) the establishment of one or more new term loan commitments (the “ New Term Loan Commitments ”, and together with the New Revolving Commitments, the “ Incremental Commitments ”), by an aggregate amount of $350,000,000 that would result in the sum of all Revolving Commitments (both existing Revolving Commitments and New Revolving Commitments) plus all New Term Loan Commitments, if any, not exceeding $750,000,000 in the aggregate (each such amount in addition to the Revolving Commitments as of the Effective Date, a “ Facility Increase ” and the maximum aggregate increase, the “ Maximum Increase Amount ”) and not less than $25,000,000 per request (or such lesser amount which shall be

 

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approved by Administrative Agent or such lesser amount that shall constitute the difference between the Maximum Increase Amount and the sum of all such New Revolving Commitments plus New Term Loan Commitments obtained prior to such date), and integral multiples of $5,000,000 in excess of that amount. Each such notice shall specify (A) the date (each, an “ Increased Amount Date ”) on which the Borrower proposes that the New Revolving Commitments or New Term Loan Commitments, as applicable, shall be effective, which shall be a date not less than 10 Business Days, nor more than 30 Business Days after the date on which such notice is delivered to the Administrative Agent and (B) the identity of each Lender or other Person that is an Eligible Assignee (each Lender or other Eligible Assignee who agrees to provide all or a portion of the New Revolving Commitments being referred to herein as a “ New Revolving Lender ” and each Lender or other Eligible Assignee who agrees to provide all or portion of the New Term Loan Commitments being referred to herein as a “ New Term Loan Lender ”, as applicable) to whom the Borrower proposes any portion of such New Revolving Commitments or New Term Loan Commitments, as applicable, be allocated and the amounts of such allocations; provided that any Lender or other Eligible Assignee approached to provide all or a portion of the New Revolving Commitments or New Term Loan Commitments, as applicable, may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to provide a New Revolving Commitment or New Term Loan Commitment, as applicable.

(b) Conditions to Effectiveness of Facility Increase . Such New Revolving Commitments or New Term Loan Commitments, as applicable, shall become effective as of such Increased Amount Date, subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions precedent, as determined by the Administrative Agent in its good faith judgment:

(i) no Default or Event of Default shall exist on such Increased Amount Date before or after giving effect to such Facility Increase;

(ii) the representations and warranties made or deemed made by the Borrower in any Loan Document shall be true and correct in all material respects (other than any representation or warranty qualified as to “materiality”, “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language, which shall be true and correct in all respects) on the effective date of such Incremental Commitments, 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 (other than any representation or warranty qualified as to “materiality”, “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language, which shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of such earlier date);

(iii) the New Revolving Commitments and/or New Term Loan Commitments, as applicable, shall be effected pursuant to one or more joinder agreements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and executed and delivered by, the Borrower, the New Revolving Lender and/or the New Term Loan Lender, as applicable, and the Administrative Agent, each of which shall be recorded in the Register, and each New Revolving Lender and New Term Loan Lender, as applicable, shall be subject to the requirements set forth in Section 2.17, and any New Revolving Lender and/or New Term Loan Lender who is not already a Lender shall become a Lender hereunder;

 

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(iv) the Borrower shall make any payments required pursuant to Section 2.16 in connection with the New Revolving Commitments;

(v) the Borrower shall deliver or cause to be delivered any promissory notes, certificates, legal opinions, resolutions or other documents reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in connection with any such transaction, consistent with those delivered on the Effective Date under Section 4.01;

(vi) as requested by the Administrative Agent, the Loan Parties shall have acknowledged and ratified that their obligations under the applicable Loan Documents remain in full force and effect, and continue to guaranty the Obligations under the Loan Documents, as modified by the applicable Facility Increase and the implementation thereof; and

(vii) the Borrower shall have paid, pursuant to separate agreements between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the arranger for the Facility Increase, the New Revolving Lenders and/or the New Term Loan Lenders, (A) all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with the applicable Facility Increase and (B) any fees that the Borrower has agreed to pay to the arranger for the Facility Increase, the New Revolving Lenders and/or the New Term Loan Lenders in connection with such Facility Increase.

(c) Additional Facility Increase Matters .

(i) On any Increased Amount Date on which New Revolving Commitments are effected, subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing terms and conditions, (a) each of the Revolving Lenders shall assign to each of the New Revolving Lenders, and each of the New Revolving Lenders shall purchase from each of the Revolving Lenders, at the principal amount thereof (together with accrued interest), such interests in the Revolving Loans outstanding on such Increased Amount Date as shall be necessary in order that, after giving effect to all such assignments and purchases, such Revolving Loans will be held by existing Revolving Lenders and New Revolving Lenders ratably in accordance with their Revolving Commitments after giving effect to the addition of such New Revolving Commitments to the Revolving Commitments, (b) each Revolving Lender shall automatically and without further act be deemed to have assigned to each of the New Revolving Lenders, and each such New Revolving Lender will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assumed, a portion of such Revolving Lender’s participations hereunder in outstanding Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans such that, after giving effect to each such deemed assignment and assumption of participations, the aggregate outstanding (i) participations hereunder in Letters of Credit and (ii) participations hereunder in Swingline Loans will be held by existing Revolving Lenders and New Revolving Lenders ratably in accordance with their Revolving Commitments after giving effect to the addition of such New Revolving Commitments to the Revolving Commitments, (c) each New Revolving Commitment shall be deemed for all purposes a Revolving Commitment and each loan made thereunder (a “ New

 

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Revolving Loan ”) shall be deemed, for all purposes, a Revolving Loan and (d) each New Revolving Lender shall become a Revolving Lender with respect to the New Revolving Commitment and all matters relating thereto. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby agree that the minimum borrowing, pro rata borrowing and pro rata payment requirements contained elsewhere in this Agreement shall not apply to any of the transactions effected pursuant to this Section 2.04.

(ii) On any Increased Amount Date on which any New Term Loan Commitments of any Series are effective, subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing terms and conditions, (i) each New Term Loan Lender of any Series shall make a Loan to Borrower (a “ New Term Loan ”) in an amount equal to its New Term Loan Commitment of such Series, and (ii) each New Term Loan Lender of any Series shall become a Lender hereunder with respect to the New Term Loan Commitments of such Series and the New Term Loans of such Series made pursuant thereto. Any New Term Loans made on an Increased Amount Date shall be designated a separate series (a “ Series ”) of New Term Loans for all purposes of this Agreement.

(iii) The Administrative Agent shall notify Lenders promptly upon receipt of the Borrower’s notice of each Increased Amount Date and in respect thereof (y) the New Revolving Commitments or the Series of New Term Loan Commitments, as applicable, and (z) in the case of each notice to any Lender with a Commitment, the respective interests in such Lender’s Loans, in each case subject to the assignments contemplated by this Section 2.04.

(iv) The terms and provisions of the New Revolving Loans shall be identical to the existing Revolving Loans. Furthermore, (a) the terms of any such New Term Loans of any Series shall not provide for any amortization payments on or prior to the Revolving Maturity Date of the existing Revolving Loans, but may permit voluntary prepayment, (b) the applicable New Term Loan maturity date of each Series shall be no earlier than the latest Revolving Maturity Date of the existing Revolving Loans, and (c) any guarantees provided in respect of the New Term Loans shall also guarantee the other Obligations.

(v) Each joinder agreement executed in connection with a Facility Increase may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the good faith judgment of Administrative Agent, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.04, subject to approval by the Borrower; provided however, that any amendments that adversely affect a Lender shall be subject to Section 9.02. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement (including the first proviso to Section 9.02(b)), such permitted amendments shall include (A) amendments to the definition of “Required Lenders” to provide that “Required Lenders” shall be those Lenders having Revolving Credit Exposures, unused Commitments and outstanding New Term Loans in representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures, unused Commitments and

 

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outstanding New Term Loans and (B) amendments to Section 2.18(b) and (c) and the last paragraph of Article VII to provide for the pro rata sharing amount the Revolving Loans and the New Term Loans based on the respective total amount of such Loans. All such amendments and joinder agreements entered into with the applicable Loan Parties by the Administrative Agent which comply with the provisions of this Section 2.04 shall be binding and conclusive on all Lenders.

SECTION 2.05. Swingline Loans . (a) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swingline Lender agrees to make Swingline Loans to the Borrower from time to time during the Availability Period, in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding that will not result in (i) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Swingline Loans exceeding $60,000,000, (ii) the Swingline Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure exceeding its Revolving Commitment or (iii) the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures exceeding the total Revolving Commitments; provided that the Swingline Lender shall not make a Swingline Loan to refinance an outstanding Swingline Loan. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow, prepay and reborrow Swingline Loans.

(b) To request a Swingline Loan, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by telephone (confirmed by telecopy), not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the day of a proposed Swingline Loan. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the requested date (which shall be a Business Day) and amount of the requested Swingline Loan. The Administrative Agent will promptly advise the Swingline Lender of any such notice received from the Borrower. The Swingline Lender shall make each Swingline Loan available to the Borrower by means of a credit to the general deposit account of the Borrower with the Swingline Lender (or, in the case of a Swingline Loan made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.06(e), by remittance to the Issuing Bank) by 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on the requested date of such Swingline Loan.

(c) The Swingline Lender may by written notice given to the Administrative Agent require the Revolving Lenders to acquire participations in all or a portion of the Swingline Loans outstanding. Such notice shall specify the aggregate amount of Swingline Loans in which Revolving Lenders will participate. Promptly upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent will give notice thereof to each Revolving Lender, specifying in such notice such Lender’s Revolving Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans. Each Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees, promptly upon receipt of such notice from the Administrative Agent (and in any event, if such notice is received by 12:00 noon, New York City time, on a Business Day no later than 5:00 p.m. New York City time on such Business Day, and if received after 12:00 noon, New York City time, on a Business Day shall mean no later than 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the immediately succeeding Business Day), to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Swingline Lender, such Lender’s Revolving Percentage of such Swingline Loan or Loans. Each Revolving Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations in Swingline Loans pursuant to this paragraph is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Revolving Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. Each Revolving Lender shall comply with its obligation

 

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under this paragraph by wire transfer of immediately available funds, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.07 with respect to Revolving Loans made by such Revolving Lender (and Section 2.07 shall apply, mutatis mutandis , to the payment obligations of the Revolving Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Swingline Lender the amounts so received by it from the Revolving Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower of any participations in any Swingline Loan acquired pursuant to this paragraph, and thereafter payments in respect of such Swingline Loan shall be made to the Administrative Agent and not to the Swingline Lender. Any amounts received by the Swingline Lender from the Borrower (or other party on behalf of the Borrower) in respect of a Swingline Loan after receipt by the Swingline Lender of the proceeds of a sale of participations therein shall be promptly remitted to the Administrative Agent; any such amounts received by the Administrative Agent shall be promptly remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Revolving Lenders that shall have made their payments pursuant to this paragraph and to the Swingline Lender, as their interests may appear; provided that any such payment so remitted shall be repaid to the Swingline Lender or to the Administrative Agent, as applicable, if and to the extent such payment is required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason. The purchase of participations in a Swingline Loan pursuant to this paragraph shall not relieve the Borrower of any default in the payment thereof.

SECTION 2.06. Letters of Credit . (a)  General . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may request the issuance of Letters of Credit as the applicant thereof for the support of its or its Subsidiaries’ obligations, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Bank, at any time and from time to time during the Availability Period, and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, such Issuing Bank agrees to issue such requested Letters of Credit. In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any form of letter of credit application or other agreement submitted by the Borrower to, or entered into by the Borrower with, the Issuing Bank relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control and to the extent that any such letter of credit application or other agreement contains a grant of a security interest by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or purports to create any such Lien, such grant shall be ineffective, null and void, and no such security interest or Lien shall be created pursuant thereto. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Issuing Bank shall have no obligation hereunder to issue, and shall not issue, any Letter of Credit the proceeds of which would be made available to any Person (i) to fund any activity or business of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any country or territory, that at the time of such funding is the subject of any Sanctions or (ii) in any manner that would result in a violation of any Sanctions by any party to this Agreement.

(b) Notice of Issuance, Amendment, Renewal, Extension; Certain Conditions . To request the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or the amendment, renewal or extension of an outstanding Letter of Credit), the Borrower shall hand deliver or telecopy (or transmit by electronic communication, if arrangements for doing so have been approved by the Issuing Bank) to the Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (reasonably in advance of the requested date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension, but in any event no less than three Business Days) a notice requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit, or identifying the Letter of Credit to be amended, renewed or extended, and specifying the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (which shall be a Business Day), the identity of the Issuing Bank to issue such Letter of Credit (it being agreed that the Letters of Credit shall be issued on a proportionate basis by

 

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each Issuing Bank to the greatest extent practicable), the date on which such Letter of Credit is to expire (which shall comply with paragraph (c) of this Section), the amount of such Letter of Credit, the name and address of the beneficiary thereof and such other information as shall be necessary to prepare, amend, renew or extend such Letter of Credit. If requested by the Issuing Bank, the Borrower also shall submit a letter of credit application on the Issuing Bank’s standard form in connection with any request for a Letter of Credit. A Letter of Credit shall be issued, amended, renewed or extended only if (and upon issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of each Letter of Credit the Borrower shall be deemed to represent and warrant that), after giving effect to such issuance, amendment, renewal or extension (i) the LC Exposure shall not exceed $60,000,000, (ii) the aggregate amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit issued by any Issuing Bank shall not exceed $20,000,000, (iii) no Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure shall exceed its Revolving Commitments and (iv) the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures shall not exceed the total Revolving Commitments.

(c) Expiration Date . Each Letter of Credit shall expire (or be subject to termination by notice from the Issuing Bank to the beneficiary thereof) at or prior to the close of business on the earlier of (i) the date one year after the date of the issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of any renewal or extension thereof, one year after such renewal or extension) and (ii) the date that is five Business Days prior to the Revolving Maturity Date; provided that any Letter of Credit with a one-year term may provide for the automatic renewal thereof for additional one-year periods (which shall in no event extend beyond the date referred to in clause (ii) above) so long as such Letter of Credit permits the Issuing Bank to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the “ Non-Extension Notice Date ”) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Once an automatic renewal Letter of Credit has been issued, the Revolving Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized the Issuing Bank to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the date referred to in clause (ii) above; provided , however, that the Issuing Bank shall not permit any such extension if it has received written notice on or before the day that is seven Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date from any Lender or the Administrative Agent that a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing directing the Issuing Bank not to permit such extension. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Letter of Credit may have an expiration date that is not more than twelve (12) months after the Revolving Maturity Date so long as (x) the Borrower shall provide cash collateral to the Administrative Agent pursuant to and in accordance with Section 2.06(j) on or prior to sixty (60) days before the Revolving Maturity Date in an amount equal to 102% of the LC Exposure with respect to all such Letters of Credit with expiry dates after the Revolving Maturity Date, (y) the obligations of the Borrower under this Section 2.06 in respect of such Letters of Credit shall survive the Revolving Maturity Date and shall remain in effect until no such Letters of Credit remain outstanding and (z) each Lender shall remain obligated hereunder, to the extent any such cash collateral, the application thereof or reimbursement in respect thereof is required to be returned to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent after the Revolving Maturity Date until no such Letters of Credit remain outstanding.

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Revolving Lender hereby acquires from the Issuing Bank, a participation in such Letter of Credit equal to such Lender’s Revolving Percentage of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing, each Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Issuing Bank, such Lender’s Revolving Percentage of each LC Disbursement made by the Issuing Bank and not reimbursed by the Borrower on the date due as provided in paragraph (e) of this Section, or of any reimbursement payment required to be refunded to the Borrower for any reason. Each Revolving Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or reduction or termination of the Revolving Commitments, and that each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.

(e) Reimbursement . If the Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement in respect of a Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement by paying to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to such LC Disbursement not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date that such LC Disbursement is made, if the Borrower shall have received notice of such LC Disbursement prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date, or, if such notice has not been received by the Borrower prior to such time on such date, then not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the Business Day immediately following the day that the Borrower receives such notice, if such notice is not received prior to such time on the day of receipt; provided that the Borrower may, subject to the conditions to borrowing set forth herein, request in accordance with Section 2.03 or 2.05 that such payment be financed with an ABR Revolving Borrowing or Swingline Loan in an equivalent amount and, to the extent so financed, the Borrower’s obligation to make such payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting ABR Revolving Borrowing or Swingline Loan. If the Borrower fails to make such payment when due, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Revolving Lender of the applicable LC Disbursement, the payment then due from the Borrower in respect thereof and such Lender’s Revolving Percentage thereof. Promptly following receipt of such notice, each Revolving Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent its Revolving Percentage of the payment then due from the Borrower, in the same manner as provided in Section 2.07 with respect to Revolving Loans made by such Lender (and Section 2.07 shall apply, mutatis mutandis , to the payment obligations of the Revolving Lenders), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the Revolving Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from the Borrower pursuant to this paragraph, the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the Issuing Bank or, to the extent that Revolving Lenders have made payments pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank, then to such Revolving Lenders and the Issuing Bank as their interests may appear. Any payment made by a Revolving Lender pursuant to this paragraph to reimburse the Issuing Bank for any LC Disbursement (other than the funding of ABR Revolving Loans or a Swingline Loan as contemplated above) shall not constitute a Loan and shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such LC Disbursement.

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circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, or any term or provision therein, (ii) any draft or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, (iii) payment by the Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, or (iv) any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, the Borrower’s obligations hereunder. Neither the Administrative Agent, the Lenders nor the Issuing Bank, nor any of their Related Parties, shall have any liability or responsibility by reason of or in connection with the issuance or transfer of any Letter of Credit or any payment or failure to make any payment thereunder (irrespective of any of the circumstances referred to in the preceding sentence), or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in transmission or delivery of any draft, notice or other communication under or relating to any Letter of Credit (including any document required to make a drawing thereunder), any error in interpretation of technical terms or any consequence arising from causes beyond the control of the Issuing Bank; provided that the foregoing shall not be construed to excuse the Issuing Bank from liability to the Borrower to the extent of any direct damages (as opposed to special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law) suffered by the Borrower that are caused by the Issuing Bank’s failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof. The parties hereto expressly agree that, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Issuing Bank (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction), the Issuing Bank shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents presented which appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Bank may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.

(g) Disbursement Procedures . The Issuing Bank shall, promptly following its receipt thereof, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit. The Issuing Bank shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of such demand for payment and whether the Issuing Bank has made or will make an LC Disbursement thereunder; provided that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Borrower of its obligation to reimburse the Issuing Bank and the Revolving Lenders with respect to any such LC Disbursement.

(h) Interim Interest . If the Issuing Bank shall make any LC Disbursement, then, unless the Borrower shall reimburse such LC Disbursement in full on the date such LC Disbursement is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such LC Disbursement is made to but excluding the date that the reimbursement is due and payable, at the rate per annum then applicable to ABR Revolving Loans and such interest shall be due and payable on the date when such reimbursement is payable; provided that, if the Borrower fails to reimburse such LC Disbursement when due pursuant to paragraph (e) of this

 

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Section, then Section 2.13(c) shall apply. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account of the Issuing Bank, except that interest accrued on and after the date of payment by any Revolving Lender pursuant to paragraph (e) of this Section to reimburse the Issuing Bank shall be for the account of such Revolving Lender to the extent of such payment.

(i) Replacement of the Issuing Bank . The Issuing Bank may be replaced at any time by written agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the replaced Issuing Bank and the successor Issuing Bank. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of any such replacement of the Issuing Bank. At the time any such replacement shall become effective, the Borrower shall pay all unpaid fees accrued for the account of the replaced Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 2.12(c). From and after the effective date of any such replacement, (i) the successor Issuing Bank shall have all the rights and obligations of the Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit to be issued thereafter and (ii) references herein to the term “Issuing Bank” shall be deemed to refer to such successor or to any previous Issuing Bank, or to such successor and all previous Issuing Banks, as the context shall require. After the replacement of an Issuing Bank hereunder, the replaced Issuing Bank shall remain a party hereto and shall continue to have all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank under this Agreement with respect to Letters of Credit issued by it prior to such replacement, but shall not be required to issue additional Letters of Credit.

(j) Cash Collateralization . If (A) any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, on the Business Day that the Borrower receives notice from the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Required Lenders (or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated, Lenders with LC Exposures representing greater than 50% of the total LC Exposure) demanding the deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph or (B) required by Section 2.06(c), the Borrower shall deposit in an account with the Administrative Agent, in the name of the Administrative Agent and for the benefit of the Issuing Bank and the Revolving Lenders, an amount in cash equal to 102% of the LC Exposure as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided that the obligation to deposit such cash collateral shall become effective immediately, and such deposit shall become immediately due and payable, without demand or other notice of any kind, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of Article VII. Such deposit shall be held by the Administrative Agent as collateral for the payment and performance of the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account. Other than any interest earned on the investment of such deposits, which investments shall be made at the option and sole discretion of the Administrative Agent and at the Borrower’s risk and expense, such deposits shall not bear interest. Interest or profits, if any, on such investments shall accumulate in such account. Moneys in such account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to reimburse the Issuing Bank for LC Disbursements for which it has not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Borrower for the LC Exposure at such time or, if the maturity of the Loans has been accelerated (but subject to the consent of Lenders with LC Exposure representing greater than 50% of the total LC Exposure), be applied to satisfy other obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement, with any remaining balance returned to the Borrower. If the Borrower is required to provide an amount of cash collateral hereunder as a result of the occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount (including all interest or profits, if any, on the investment thereof) (to the extent not applied as aforesaid) shall be returned to the Borrower within three Business Days after all Events of Default have been cured or waived.

 

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SECTION 2.07. Funding of Borrowings . (a) Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 12:00 noon, New York City time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purpose by notice to the Lenders; provided that Swingline Loans shall be made as provided in Section 2.05. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account of the Borrower maintained with the Administrative Agent in New York City or such other account as is designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request; provided that ABR Revolving Loans made to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as provided in Section 2.06(e) shall be remitted by the Administrative Agent to the Issuing Bank.

(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation or (ii) in the case of the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to ABR Loans. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing as of the date of such Borrowing.

SECTION 2.08. Interest Elections . (a) Each Borrowing initially shall be of the Type specified in the applicable Borrowing Request and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, shall have an initial Interest Period as specified in such Borrowing Request. Thereafter, the Borrower may elect to convert such Borrowing to a different Type or to continue such Borrowing and, in the case of a Eurodollar Borrowing, may elect Interest Periods therefor, all as provided in this Section. The Borrower may elect different options with respect to different portions of the affected Borrowing, in which case each such portion shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders holding the Loans comprising such Borrowing, and the Loans comprising each such portion shall be considered a separate Borrowing. This Section shall not apply to Swingline Borrowings, which may not be converted or continued.

(b) To make an election pursuant to this Section, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such election by telephone by the time that a Borrowing Request would be required under Section 2.03 if the Borrower were requesting a Borrowing of the Type resulting from such election to be made on the effective date of such election. Each such telephonic Interest Election Request shall be irrevocable and shall be confirmed promptly by

 

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hand delivery or telecopy to the Administrative Agent of a written Interest Election Request in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower.

(c) Each telephonic and written Interest Election Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

(i) the Borrowing to which such Interest Election Request applies and, if different options are being elected with respect to different portions thereof, the portions thereof to be allocated to each resulting Borrowing (in which case the information to be specified pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) below shall be specified for each resulting Borrowing);

(ii) the effective date of the election made pursuant to such Interest Election Request, which shall be a Business Day;

(iii) whether the resulting Borrowing is to be an ABR Borrowing or a Eurodollar Borrowing; and

(iv) if the resulting Borrowing is a Eurodollar Borrowing, the Interest Period to be applicable thereto after giving effect to such election, which shall be a period contemplated by the definition of the term “ Interest Period ”.

If any such Interest Election Request requests a Eurodollar Borrowing but does not specify an Interest Period, then the Borrower shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month’s duration.

(d) Promptly following receipt of an Interest Election Request, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of such Lender’s portion of each resulting Borrowing.

(e) If the Borrower fails to deliver a timely Interest Election Request with respect to a Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing prior to the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto, then, unless such Borrowing is repaid as provided herein and subject to the next sentence, at the end of such Interest Period such Borrowing shall be continued as an Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing with a one month Interest Period. Notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, at the request of the Required Lenders, so notifies the Borrower, then, so long as an Event of Default is continuing (i) no outstanding Revolving Borrowing may be converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Borrowing and (ii) unless repaid, each Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing shall be converted to an ABR Borrowing at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto.

SECTION 2.09. Termination and Reduction of Commitments . (a) Unless previously terminated, the Revolving Commitments shall terminate on the Revolving Maturity Date.

(b) The Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Revolving Commitments; provided that (i) each reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $5,000,000 and (ii) the

 

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Borrower shall not terminate or reduce the Revolving Commitments if, after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of the Loans in accordance with Section 2.11, the sum of the Revolving Credit Exposures would exceed the total Revolving Commitments.

(c) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce the Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section at least three Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination of the Revolving Commitments delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon one or more events specified in such notice, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied. Any termination or reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall be permanent. Each reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall be made ratably among the Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Commitments.

SECTION 2.10. Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt . (a) The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender, the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan on the Revolving Maturity Date and (ii) to the Swingline Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Swingline Loan on the earlier of the Revolving Maturity Date and the fifth Business Day after such Swingline Loan is made; provided that on each date that a Revolving Borrowing is made, the Borrower shall repay all Swingline Loans then outstanding and the proceeds of any such Revolving Borrowing shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to repay any Swingline Loans outstanding.

(b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan made by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.

(c) The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Class and Type thereof and the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.

(d) Subject to the terms of the Register, which shall be controlling, the entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of this Section shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

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(e) Any Lender may request that Loans made by it be evidenced by one or more promissory notes in substantially the forms of Exhibit D-1 or Exhibit D-2 hereto, as applicable. In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender one or more promissory notes payable to such Lender (or, if requested by such Lender, to such Lender and its registered assigns). Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note(s) and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 9.04), unless such assignee elects not to receive a Note be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to the payee named therein (or, if such promissory note is a registered note, to such payee and its registered assigns).

SECTION 2.11. Prepayment of Loans . (a) The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part, without premium or penalty, subject to prior notice in accordance with paragraph (b) of this Section.

(b) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent (and, in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender) by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of any prepayment hereunder (i) in the case of prepayment of a Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, three Business Days before the date of prepayment, (ii) in the case of prepayment of an ABR Revolving Borrowing, not later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, one Business Day before the date of prepayment or (iii) in the case of prepayment of a Swingline Loan, not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of each Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid; provided that, if a notice of prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of the Revolving Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.09, then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.09. Promptly following receipt of any such notice relating to a Revolving Borrowing, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each partial prepayment of any Revolving Borrowing shall be in an amount that would be permitted in the case of an advance of a Revolving Borrowing of the same Type as provided in Section 2.02. Each prepayment of a Revolving Borrowing shall be applied ratably to the Loans included in the prepaid Borrowing. Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.13 and all amounts, if any, payable pursuant to Section 2.16.

SECTION 2.12. Fees . (a) From the Effective Date until (but excluding) the earlier of the Debt Rating Pricing Election Date and the last day of the Availability Period, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the pro rata account of each Revolving Lender, a commitment fee, computed at the Commitment Fee Rate on the average daily amount of the Available Revolving Commitment of such Revolving Lender during the period for which payment is made, payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of each March, June, September and December of each year and on the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Effective Date. All commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).

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accrue at the Facility Fee Rate (as set forth in the definition of Applicable Rate) on the daily amount of the Revolving Commitment of such Lender (whether used or unused) during the period from and including the Debt Rating Pricing Election Date to but excluding the date on which such Commitment terminates; provided that, if such Revolving Lender continues to have any Revolving Credit Exposure after its Revolving Commitment terminates, then such facility fee shall continue to accrue on the daily amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Exposure from and including the date on which its Revolving Commitment terminates to but excluding the date on which such Lender ceases to have any Revolving Credit Exposure. Accrued facility fees shall be payable in arrears on the last day of March, June, September and December of each year and on the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate, commencing on the first such date to occur after the date hereof; provided that any facility fees accruing after the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand. All facility fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).

(c) The Borrower agrees to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender a participation fee with respect to its participations in Letters of Credit, which shall accrue at the same Applicable Rate used to determine the interest rate applicable to Eurodollar Revolving Loans on the average daily amount of such Revolving Lender’s LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date on which such Lender’s Revolving Commitment terminates and the date on which such Lender ceases to have any LC Exposure, and (ii) to the Issuing Bank a fronting fee, which shall accrue at the rate of 0.125%  per annum on the average daily amount of the LC Exposure (excluding any portion thereof attributable to unreimbursed LC Disbursements) during the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the later of the date of termination of the Revolving Commitments and the date on which there ceases to be any LC Exposure, as well as the Issuing Bank’s standard fees with respect to the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or processing of drawings thereunder. Participation fees and fronting fees accrued through and including the last day of March, June, September and December of each year shall be payable on the third Business Day following such last day, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Effective Date; provided that all such fees shall be payable on the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate and any such fees accruing after the date on which the Revolving Commitments terminate shall be payable on demand. Any other fees payable to the Issuing Bank pursuant to this paragraph shall be payable within ten (10) days after demand. All participation fees and fronting fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day).

(d) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

(e) All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent (or to the Issuing Bank, in the case of fees payable to it) for distribution, in the case of facility fees and participation fees, to the Lenders. Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances.

 

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SECTION 2.13. Interest . (a) The Loans comprising each ABR Borrowing (including each Swingline Loan) shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.

(b) The Loans comprising each Eurodollar Borrowing shall bear interest at the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect for such Borrowing plus the Applicable Rate.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any fee or other amount payable by the Borrower hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to (i) in the case of overdue principal of any Loan, 2% plus the rate otherwise applicable to such Loan as provided in the preceding paragraphs of this Section or (ii) in the case of any other amount, 2% plus the rate applicable to ABR Revolving Loans as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section.

(d) Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan and, in the case of Revolving Loans, upon termination of the Revolving Commitments; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable on demand, (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan (other than a prepayment of an ABR Revolving Loan prior to the end of the Availability Period), accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment and (iii) in the event of any conversion of any Eurodollar Revolving Loan prior to the end of the current Interest Period therefor, accrued interest on such Loan shall be payable on the effective date of such conversion.

(e) All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days, except that interest computed by reference to the Alternate Base Rate at times when the Alternate Base Rate is based on the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be computed on the basis of a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year), and in each case shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). The applicable Alternate Base Rate, Adjusted LIBO Rate or LIBO Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

SECTION 2.14. Alternate Rate of Interest . If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Borrowing:

(a) the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period; or

(b) the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Adjusted LIBO Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining their Loans included in such Borrowing for such Interest Period;

then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders by telephone or telecopy as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (i) any Interest Election Request that requests the conversion of any Revolving Borrowing

 

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to, or continuation of any Revolving Borrowing as, a Eurodollar Borrowing shall be ineffective and (ii) if any Borrowing Request requests a Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be made as an ABR Borrowing; provided that if the circumstances giving rise to such notice affect only one Type of Borrowings, then the other Type of Borrowings shall be permitted.

SECTION 2.15. Increased Costs . (a) If any Change in Law shall:

(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, liquidity or similar requirement (including any compulsory loan requirement, insurance charge or other assessment) against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender (except any such reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted LIBO Rate) or the Issuing Bank;

(ii) impose on any Lender or the Issuing Bank or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein; or

(iii) subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto;

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender or such other Recipient of making, continuing, converting or maintaining any Eurodollar Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan) or to increase the cost to such Lender, the Issuing Bank or such other Recipient of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender, the Issuing Bank or such other Recipient hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then the Borrower will pay to such Lender, the Issuing Bank or such other Recipient, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender, the Issuing Bank or such other Recipient, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

(b) If any Lender or the Issuing Bank determines that any Change in Law regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Bank, to a level below that which such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

 

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(c) A certificate of a Lender or the Issuing Bank setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or the Issuing Bank or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.

(d) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the Issuing Bank to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or the Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.

SECTION 2.16. Break Funding Payments . In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the conversion of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, (c) the failure to borrow, convert into, continue or prepay any Eurodollar Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice may be revoked under Section 2.11(b) and is revoked in accordance therewith), or (d) the assignment of any Eurodollar Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of (x) the operation of Section 2.04 or (y) a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.19, then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. In the case of a Eurodollar Loan, such loss, cost or expense to any Lender shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest which would have accrued on the principal amount of such Loan had such event not occurred, at the Adjusted LIBO Rate that would have been applicable to such Loan, for the period from the date of such event to the last day of the then current Interest Period therefor (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, for the period that would have been the Interest Period for such Loan), over (ii) the amount of interest which would accrue on such principal amount for such period at the interest rate which such Lender would bid were it to bid, at the commencement of such period, for dollar deposits of a comparable amount and period from other banks in the eurodollar market. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.

SECTION 2.17. Taxes . (a)  Payments Free of Taxes . Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable law. If any applicable law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the

 

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applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.17) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.

(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower . The Loan Parties shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for, Other Taxes.

(c) Evidence of Payments . As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 2.17, such Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(d) Indemnification by the Borrower . Without duplication of Section 2.17(a) or (b) above, the Loan Parties shall indemnify each Recipient, within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Administrative Agent shall reasonably cooperate, at no cost to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, with efforts by Borrower to recover any Taxes or Other Taxes which the Borrower reasonably believes were incorrectly or illegally imposed.

(e) Indemnification by the Lenders . Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within 10 days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that any Loan Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 9.04(c) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this paragraph (e).

 

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(f) Status of Lenders . (i) The Administrative Agent or any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, the Administrative Agent or any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Recipient is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 2.17(f)(ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the applicable Recipient’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Recipient to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.

(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the Borrower is a U.S. Person,

(A) the Administrative Agent and any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which the Administrative Agent becomes the Administrative Agent or such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed originals of IRS Form W-9 certifying that the Administrative Agent or such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax;

(B) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:

(1) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. Federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;

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(3) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “ U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate ”) and (y) executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E; or

(4) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed originals of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C-2 or Exhibit C-3 , IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;

(C) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. Federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and

(D) if a payment made to a Recipient under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. Federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Recipient were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Recipient shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Recipient has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.

 

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(g) Treatment of Certain Refunds . If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 2.17 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 2.17), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 2.17 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (g) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (g), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (g) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to, or apply for or seek any refund of any Taxes for or on behalf of, the indemnifying party or any other Person.

(h) Survival . Each party’s obligations under this Section 2.17 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.

(i) Defined Terms . For purposes of this Section 2.17, the term “ Lender ” includes any Issuing Bank and the term “ applicable law ” includes FATCA.

SECTION 2.18. Payments Generally; Pro Rata Treatment; Sharing of Set-offs . (a) The Borrower shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest, fees or reimbursement of LC Disbursements, or of amounts payable under Section 2.15, 2.16 or 2.17, or otherwise) prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without set off or counterclaim. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent at its offices at 10 S. Dearborn, Floor L2, Chicago, Illinois 60603-2300, except payments to be made directly to the Issuing Bank or Swingline Lender as expressly provided herein and except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof. If any payment hereunder shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. All payments hereunder shall be made in dollars.

 

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(b) If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, unreimbursed LC Disbursements, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, towards payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, towards payment of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and unreimbursed LC Disbursements then due to such parties.

(c) If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set off or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Revolving Loans or participations in LC Disbursements or Swingline Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate amount of its Revolving Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Revolving Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans of other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Revolving Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment made by the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or participations in LC Disbursements to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply). The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.

(d) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the Issuing Bank hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or Issuing Bank with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

 

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(e) If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.05(c) [ funding swingline participations ], Section 2.06(d) [ funding letter of credit participations ], Section 2.06(e) [ funding ABR loan to reimburse letter of credit disbursement ], Section 2.07(b) [ agent loan pre-funding ], Section 2.18(d) [ agent pre-funding of borrower repayments ] or Section 9.03(c) [ lender indemnity ], then the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion and notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, (i) apply any amounts thereafter received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender to satisfy such Lender’s obligations under such Sections until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid, and/or (ii) hold such amounts in a segregated account over which the Administrative Agent shall have exclusive control as cash collateral for, and application to, any future funding obligations of such Lender under any such Section, in the case of each of clause (i) and (ii) above, in any order as determined by the Administrative Agent in its discretion.

SECTION 2.19. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders . (a) If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or if the Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, then such Lender shall (at the request of the Borrower) use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Sections 2.15 or 2.17, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

(b) If (w) any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.15, or (x) the Borrower is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.17, or (y) any Lender becomes Defaulting Lender, or (z) any Lender has refused to consent to any proposed amendment, modification, waiver, termination or consent with respect to any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document that, pursuant to Section 9.02, requires the consent of all Lenders or each Lender affected thereby and with respect to which Lenders constituting the Required Lenders have consented to such proposed amendment, modification, waiver, termination or consent, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Sections 2.15 or 2.17) and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (i) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (and if a Revolving Commitment is being assigned, the Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender), which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and participations in LC Disbursements and Swingline Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts), (iii) in the case of any such assignment

 

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resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.15 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.17, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments, and (iv) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a Lender’s refusal to consent to a proposed amendment, modification, waiver, termination or consent, the assignee shall approve the proposed amendment, modification, waiver, termination or consent. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.

SECTION 2.20. Defaulting Lenders .

Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:

(a) commitment fees shall cease to accrue on the unfunded portion of the Revolving Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.12(a) and facility fees shall cease to accrue on the Revolving Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.12(b);

(b) the Commitment and Revolving Credit Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether the Required Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment, waiver or other modification pursuant to Section 9.02); provided, that this clause (b) shall not apply to the vote of a Defaulting Lender in the case of an amendment, waiver or other modification requiring the consent of such Lender or each Lender affected thereby;

(c) if any Swingline Exposure or LC Exposure exists at the time such Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender then:

(i) all or any part of the Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure of such Defaulting Lender (other than the portion of such Swingline Exposure referred to in clause (b) of the definition of such term) shall be reallocated among the non-Defaulting Lenders that are Revolving Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Percentages but only to the extent that the sum of all non-Defaulting Lenders’ Revolving Credit Exposures plus such Defaulting Lender’s Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure does not exceed the total of all non-Defaulting Lenders’ Revolving Commitments;

(ii) if the reallocation described in clause (i) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrower shall within one Business Day following notice by the Administrative Agent (x) first, prepay such Swingline Exposure and (y) second, cash collateralize for the benefit of the Issuing Bank only the Borrower’s obligations corresponding to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure (after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (i) above) in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.06(j) for so long as such LC Exposure is outstanding;

(iii) if the Borrower cash collateralizes any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure pursuant to clause (ii) above, the Borrower shall not be required to pay any fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.12(c) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure during the period such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure is cash collateralized;

 

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(iv) if the LC Exposure of the non-Defaulting Lenders is reallocated pursuant to clause (i) above, then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.12(a) and Section 2.12(c) shall be adjusted in accordance with such non-Defaulting Lenders’ Revolving Percentages; and

(v) if all or any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure is neither reallocated nor cash collateralized pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above, then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of the Issuing Bank or any other Lender hereunder, all facility fees payable pursuant to Section 2.12(b) that otherwise would have been payable to such Defaulting Lender (solely with respect to the portion of such Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Commitment that was utilized by such LC Exposure) and letter of credit fees payable under Section 2.12(c) with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s LC Exposure not so reallocated or cash collateralized shall be payable to the Issuing Bank until and to the extent that such LC Exposure is reallocated and/or cash collateralized; and

(d) so long as such Revolving Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Swingline Lender shall not be required to fund any Swingline Loan and the Issuing Bank shall not be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless it is satisfied that the related exposure and the Defaulting Lender’s then outstanding LC Exposure will be 100% covered by the Revolving Commitments of the non-Defaulting Lenders and/or cash collateral will be provided by the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.20(c), and Swingline Exposure related to any newly made Swingline Loan or L/C Exposure related to any newly issued or increased Letter of Credit shall be allocated among non-Defaulting Lenders in a manner consistent with Section 2.20(c)(i) (and such Defaulting Lender shall not participate therein).

If (i) a Bankruptcy Event with respect to a Lender Parent shall occur following the date hereof and for so long as such event shall continue or (ii) the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Bank has a good faith belief that any Revolving Lender has defaulted in fulfilling its obligations under one or more other agreements in which such Lender commits to extend credit, the Swingline Lender shall not be required to fund any Swingline Loan and the Issuing Bank shall not be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, shall have entered into arrangements with the Borrower or such Lender, satisfactory to the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Bank, as the case may be, to defease any risk to it in respect of such Lender hereunder.

In the event that the Administrative Agent, the Borrower, the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Bank each agrees that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then the Swingline Exposure and LC Exposure of the Lenders shall be readjusted to reflect the inclusion of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment and on such date such Lender shall purchase at par such of the Loans of the other Lenders (other than Swingline Loans) as the Administrative Agent shall determine may be necessary in order for such Lender to hold such Loans in accordance with its Revolving Percentage.

 

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SECTION 2.21. Extension of Revolving Maturity Date . The Borrower shall have two (2) options (which shall be binding on the Revolving Lenders), exercisable by written notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify each of the Lenders) given no more than 180 days nor less than 30 days prior to the then Revolving Maturity Date (the date of such written notice, the “ Notice Date ”), to extend the Revolving Maturity Date for a period of six (6) months per extension. Upon delivery of such notice, the Revolving Maturity Date shall be extended for six (6) months per extension so long as the following conditions are satisfied: (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing as of the Notice Date; (ii) the representations and warranties made or deemed made by the Borrower in any Loan Document shall be true and correct in all material respects (other than any representation or warranty qualified as to “materiality”, “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language, which shall be true and correct in all respects) as of the Notice 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 (iii) the Borrower shall have paid an extension fee equal to 0.075% of the aggregate outstanding amount of the Revolving Commitments (to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Revolving Lenders) for each extension, determined and payable as of the Notice Date.

ARTICLE III

Representations and Warranties

The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that:

SECTION 3.01. Organization; Powers . (i) Each of the Company and the Borrower is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, and has all requisite power and authority to own or lease its properties and to carry on its business as now conducted and, (ii) except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (A) each Subsidiary is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has all requisite power and authority to own or lease its properties and to carry on its business as now conducted and (B) each of the Company, the Borrower and each Subsidiary is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is required.

SECTION 3.02. Authorization; Enforceability . The Transactions are within each Loan Party’s corporate, partnership, limited liability company or other organizational powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership, limited liability company or other organizational action. Each of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which a Loan Party is a party has been duly executed and delivered by such Loan Party and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

 

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SECTION 3.03. Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts . The Transactions (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (b) will not violate any applicable law or regulation or the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of the Company, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any order judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority, in each case to the extent such violation of applicable law or regulation or such violation of the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of a Subsidiary could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (c) will not violate or result in a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon the Company, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or its assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by the Company, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case to the extent that such violation or default could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (d) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Company, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than Liens arising under the Loan Documents).

SECTION 3.04. Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Effect . (a) The Borrower has heretofore furnished to the Lenders the consolidated balance sheet and statements of income, stockholders equity and cash flows of the Company and its subsidiaries (i) as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, reported on by KPMG LLP, independent public accountants, and (ii) as of and for the fiscal quarter and the portion of the fiscal year ended September 30, 2014, certified by its chief financial officer. Such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of such dates and for such periods in accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes in the case of the statements referred to in clause (ii) above.

(b) Since September 30, 2014, no event, development or circumstance has occurred which has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.05. Properties . (a) Each of the Company, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has good title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all its real and personal property material to its business, except for Permitted Encumbrances, Liens permitted by Section 6.02, or minor defects in title that do not interfere with its ability to conduct its business as currently conducted or to utilize such properties for their intended purposes. Each of the Real Estate Assets included as Unencumbered Properties for purposes of this Agreement satisfies the requirements for an Unencumbered Property set forth in the definition thereof. As of the Effective Date, Schedule 3.05 sets forth a list of each Unencumbered Property and whether such Unencumbered Property is subject to an Eligible Ground Lease.

(b) Each of the Company, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed to use, all trademarks, tradenames, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property material to its business, and the use thereof by the Company, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries does not infringe upon the rights of any other Person, except for any such infringements that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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SECTION 3.06. Litigation and Environmental Matters . (a) There are no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in writing against the Company, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (i) that individually or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect (other than the Disclosed Matters) or (ii) that involve this Agreement or the Transactions. As of the date of this Agreement, the Company, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have no material Contingent Obligations that are not disclosed in the financial statements referred to in Section 3.04 or listed as a Disclosed Matter.

(b) Except for the Disclosed Matters and except with respect to any other matters that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, none of the Company, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (i) has failed to comply with any applicable Environmental Law or to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any applicable Environmental Law, (ii) has become subject to any Environmental Liability, (iii) has received written notice of any claim with respect to any Environmental Liability or (iv) knows of any basis for any Environmental Liability.

(c) Since the date of this Agreement to the knowledge of the Borrower, there has been no change in the status of the Disclosed Matters that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.07. Compliance with Laws and Agreements . Each of the Company, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with all laws, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property and all indentures, agreements and other instruments binding upon it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

SECTION 3.08. Investment Company Status . None of the Company, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is an “investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940.

SECTION 3.09. Taxes . Each of the Company, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has timely filed or caused to be filed all Tax returns and reports required to have been filed and has paid or caused to be paid all Taxes required to have been paid by it, except (a) Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which the Company, the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as applicable, has set aside on its books adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP or (b) to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.10. ERISA . As of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates (i) maintains, contributes to or has any obligation with respect to, or during the preceding five plan years has maintained, contributed to or had any obligation with respect to, any Plan or (ii) has any liability to the PBGC, the Internal Revenue Service or any trust established under Title IV of ERISA. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events for which liability is reasonably expected to occur, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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SECTION 3.11. Disclosure . As of the Effective Date, the Borrower has disclosed to the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, and all other matters known to it, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Information Memorandum nor any of the other written reports, financial statements, certificates or other written information furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder (as modified or supplemented by other written information so furnished) when so furnished or delivered contained any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading in any material respect; provided that, with respect to projected financial information and forward looking statements, the Borrower represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time, it being understood that projections as to future events and forward looking statements are not viewed as facts and that the actual results may vary from such projections or forward looking statements and such variances may be material.

SECTION 3.12. Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions . The Borrower has implemented and maintains in effect policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Company, the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions, and the Company, the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees and to the knowledge of the Borrower its directors and agents, are in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions in all material respects. None of (a) the Company, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Borrower, any of their respective directors, officers or employees, or (b) to the knowledge of the Borrower, any agent of the Company, the Borrower or any Subsidiary that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the credit facilities established hereby, is a Sanctioned Person. No Borrowing or Letter of Credit, use of proceeds or other Transaction will violate any Anti-Corruption Law or applicable Sanctions. Neither the making of the Loans nor the use of the proceeds thereof will violate the Patriot Act, the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, or any of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 C.F.R., Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) or any enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto or successor statute thereto. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with the Patriot Act.

SECTION 3.13. Federal Reserve Board Regulations . None of the Loan Parties is engaged or will engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purposes of “purchasing” or “carrying” any “Margin Stock” within the respective meanings of such terms under Regulations U, T and X of the Board. No part of the proceeds of the Loans will be used for “purchasing” or “carrying” “Margin Stock” as so defined for any purpose which violates, or which would be inconsistent with, the provisions of, any applicable laws or regulations of any Governmental Authority (including, without limitation, the Regulations of the Board).

 

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SECTION 3.14. Subsidiaries . As of the Effective Date, (a)  Schedule 3.14 sets forth the name and jurisdiction of incorporation of each Subsidiary (other than Excluded Subsidiaries) and material Investment Affiliate of the Borrower and (b) except as disclosed on Schedule 3.14 , there are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, rights or other agreements or commitments of any nature relating to any Equity Interests owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in any Subsidiary or Investment Affiliate.

SECTION 3.15. Solvency . The Loan Parties, taken as a whole, are, and after giving effect to the incurrence of all Loans and Obligations being incurred in connection herewith will be, Solvent.

SECTION 3.16. REIT Status . The Company will be organized, will be eligible to qualify, and will operate in a manner that will enable it to qualify, as a REIT commencing with its first taxable year ending after the Effective Date. The Company intends to elect to be taxed as a REIT commencing with such taxable year.

SECTION 3.17. Insurance . The Company, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries maintain (either directly or indirectly by causing its tenants to maintain) insurance on their material real estate assets with financially sound and reputable insurance companies (or through self-insurance provisions), in such amounts, with such deductibles and covering such properties and risks as is prudent in the reasonable business judgment of the Borrower.

ARTICLE IV

Conditions

SECTION 4.01. Effective Date . The obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of the Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit hereunder shall not become effective until the date on which each of the following conditions is satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02):

(a) The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received from each party thereto either (i) a counterpart of this Agreement and each other Loan Document signed on behalf of such party or (ii) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement or such Loan Document) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement or such Loan Document.

(b) The Administrative Agent shall have received a favorable written opinion (addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated the Effective Date) of Latham & Watkins LLP, counsel for the Borrower and the other Loan Parties and Venable LLP, special Maryland counsel to the Borrower, in each case, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and covering such other matters relating to the Borrower, this Agreement or the Transactions as the Required Lenders shall reasonably request. The Borrower hereby requests such counsel to deliver such opinion.

 

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(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received the following items from the Borrower:

(i) Certificates of good standing for each Loan Party from the states of organization of such Loan Party, certified by the appropriate governmental officer and dated not more than thirty (30) days prior to the Effective Date;

(ii) Copies of the formation documents of each Loan Party certified by an officer of such Loan Party, together with all amendments thereto;

(iii) Incumbency certificates, executed by officers of each Loan Party, which shall identify by name and title and bear the signature of the Persons authorized to sign the Loan Documents on behalf of such Loan Party (and to make borrowings and request other extensions of credit hereunder on behalf of the Borrower, in the case of the Borrower), upon which certificate the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely until informed of any change in writing by the Borrower;

(iv) Copies, certified by a Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each Loan Party of the resolutions (and resolutions of other bodies, if any are reasonably deemed necessary by counsel for the Administrative Agent) authorizing the Transactions, with respect to the Borrower, and the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to be executed and delivered by the other Loan Parties;

(v) The most recent annual audited and quarterly unaudited financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries;

(vi) UCC financing statement, judgment, and tax lien searches with respect to each Loan Party from its state of organization;

(vii) If a Borrowing is to be made on the Effective Date, written money transfer instructions in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, addressed to the Administrative Agent and signed by an officer of the Borrower, together with such other related money transfer authorizations as the Administrative Agent may have reasonably requested;

(viii) Compliance certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E , executed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower, demonstrating compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 6.12 on a pro-forma basis as of the Effective Date based on the financial statements for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2014 and after giving effect to the Transactions (assuming a borrowing of all amounts intended to be borrowed on the Effective Date and the application of proceeds of such borrowings to the repayment of Indebtedness intended to be repaid therefrom); and

(ix) A certificate, dated the Effective Date and signed by the President, a Vice President or a Financial Officer of the Borrower, confirming compliance with the conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 4.03.

(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received all fees and other amounts due and payable on or prior to the Effective Date, including, to the extent invoiced on or before the date hereof, reimbursement or payment of all out of pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder.

 

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(e) The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have received all documentation and other information about the Loan Parties as shall have been reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or such Lender at least five (5) Business Days prior to the date of this Agreement that it shall have reasonably determined is required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation, the Patriot Act.

(f) The partial distribution of common stock of Inland American Real Estate Trust Inc.’s lodging subsidiary (which owns 46 hotels) to its shareholders shall have occurred (or shall occur substantially concurrently on such date).

The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the Effective Date, and such notice shall be conclusive and binding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans and of the Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit hereunder shall not become effective unless each of the foregoing conditions is satisfied (or waived pursuant to Section 9.02) at or prior to 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on February 20, 2015 (and, in the event such conditions are not so satisfied or waived, the Commitments shall terminate at such time).

SECTION 4.02. First Credit Event . The obligation of each Lender to make the initial Loan and of the Issuing Bank to issue, amend, renew or extend the initial Letter of Credit, is further subject to the satisfaction of the condition that the Borrower shall have caused the common Equity Interests of the Company to be listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange or another nationally-recognized stock exchange.

SECTION 4.03. Each Credit Event . The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing, and of the Issuing Bank to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit, is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:

(a) The representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (other than any representation or warranty qualified as to “materiality”, “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language, which shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the date of such Borrowing or the date of issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty expressly relates to an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct as of such earlier date).

(b) At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing or the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of such Letter of Credit, as applicable, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

Each Borrowing and each issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section.

 

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ARTICLE V

Affirmative Covenants

Until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees and other Obligations payable hereunder shall have been paid in full (other than indemnities and other contingent obligations not then due and payable and as to which no claim has been made) and all Letters of Credit shall have expired or terminated or been cancelled, in each case, without any pending draw, and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:

SECTION 5.01. Financial Statements; Ratings Change and Other Information . The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent (who shall make the same available to the Lenders promptly following receipt):

(a) within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, its audited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures as of the end of and for the previous fiscal year, all reported on by KPMG LLP or other independent public accountants of recognized national standing (without a “going concern” or like qualification, commentary or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied;

(b) within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Company, its unaudited consolidated balance sheet and related unaudited statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year (if applicable), all certified by one of its Financial Officers as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;

(c) Subject to Section 9.14, the Company further agrees to clearly label the financial statements described in clauses (a) and (b) (collectively, “ Financial Statements ”) with a notice stating: “ Confidential Financial Statements to be Provided to All Lenders, Including Public-Siders ” before delivering them to the Administrative Agent.

(d) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, a compliance certificate in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E signed by a Financial Officer of the Borrower (i) certifying as to whether a Default has occurred and, if a Default has occurred, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (ii) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with Section 6.12, together with any updates to Schedules EGL, ES and 3.05 and financial reporting to support the financial covenant calculations and (iii) stating whether any change in GAAP or in the

 

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application thereof has occurred since the date of the audited financial statements referred to in Section 3.04 and, if any such change has occurred, specifying the effect of such change on the financial statements accompanying such certificate;

(e) promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all of the functions of said Commission, or with any national securities exchange, as the case may be; provided , that any statements, reports, notices, press releases or other information referred to in this Section 5.01(e) that are either (x) filed with any securities exchange or with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any governmental or private regulatory authority and publicly available or (y) available to the public on the Company’s web site shall be deemed delivered to the Administrative Agent hereunder.

(f) promptly after Moody’s, S&P or Fitch 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; and

(g) promptly following any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of the Company, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of this Agreement, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may reasonably request.

SECTION 5.02. Notices of Material Events . The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender prompt written notice of the following:

(a) the occurrence of any Default;

(b) the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

(c) the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding $10,000,000; and

(d) any other development that results in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect.

Each notice delivered under this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Financial Officer or other executive officer of the Borrower setting forth the details of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.

SECTION 5.03. Existence; Conduct of Business; REIT Status; Stock Listing . The Borrower will, and will cause the Company and each of its Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence

 

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and the rights, licenses, permits, privileges and franchises except in cases (other than the maintenance of the legal existence of any Loan Party) where failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution permitted under Section 6.03. The Borrower shall cause the Company to maintain its REIT status under the Code. From and after the date that is five (5) Business Days after the Effective Date, the Borrower shall cause the common Equity Interests of the Company to at all times be listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange or another nationally-recognized stock exchange. The Borrower shall cause the Company to own substantially all of its properties and assets and conduct substantially all of its business activities through the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.

SECTION 5.04. Payment of Obligations . The Borrower will, and will cause the Company and each of its Subsidiaries to, pay its obligations (other than its obligations with respect to Indebtedness), including Tax liabilities, that, if not paid, could result in a Material Adverse Effect before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except where (a) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) the Borrower, the Company or such Subsidiary has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP and (c) the failure to make payment pending such contest could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5.05. Maintenance of Properties; Insurance . The Borrower will, and will cause the Company and each of its Subsidiaries to, (a) keep and maintain all property material to the conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (b) maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance (including through self-insurance) in such amounts and against such risks as are customarily maintained by companies engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations.

SECTION 5.06. Books and Records; Inspection Rights . The Borrower will, and will cause the Company and each of its Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries in all material respects are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities. The Borrower will, and will cause the Company and each of its Subsidiaries to, permit any representatives designated by the Administrative Agent or any Lender (which shall make such request through, coordinate any such visit with, and be accompanied by, the Administrative Agent) to visit and inspect its properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and records, and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its officers and independent accountants (provided that the Borrower or its representatives shall be afforded the opportunity to participate in any discussions with its executive officers and independent accountants) all at such reasonable times during normal business hours and upon reasonable prior notice and, in the case of the Administrative Agent (and any Lender in accordance with Section 9.03 if an Event of Default exists), at the expense of the Borrower, but absent an Event of Default, not more frequently than twice each calendar year.

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except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Borrower will maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions.

SECTION 5.08. Use of Proceeds and Letters of Credit . The proceeds of the Loans will be used only for, and the Letters of Credit will be issued only to support, working capital needs and other general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation of any of the Regulations of the Board, including Regulations T, U and X. The Borrower will not request any Borrowing or Letter of Credit, and the Borrower shall not use, and shall procure that its Subsidiaries and its or their respective directors, officers, employees and agents shall not use, the proceeds of any Borrowing or Letter of Credit (A) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws, (B) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country, or (C) in any manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto.

SECTION 5.09. Accuracy Of Information . The Borrower will ensure that any information, including financial statements or other documents, furnished to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders in connection with this Agreement or any amendment or modification hereof or waiver hereunder contains no material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading in any material respect, and the furnishing of such information shall be deemed to be representation and warranty by the Borrower on the date thereof as to the matters specified in this Section 5.09.

SECTION 5.10. Notices of Asset Sales, Encumbrances or Dispositions . The Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders written notice not less than ten (10) Business Days after (x) an encumbrance with a Lien on any Unencumbered Property to secure Indebtedness in excess of $25,000,000 or (y) the sale or other transfer of any Unencumbered Property or any other Real Estate Asset, in each case for consideration in excess of $25,000,000. In addition, simultaneously with delivery of any such notice, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent (A) a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower certifying that both at the time of and immediately after giving effect to any such encumbrance, sale or transfer, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (B) an updated schedule of all Unencumbered Properties.

To the extent such proposed transaction would result in a Default or an Event of Default, the Borrower shall apply the proceeds of such transaction (together with such additional amounts as may be required), to prepay the Obligations in an amount, as determined by the Administrative Agent, equal to that which would be required to reduce the Obligations so that no Default or Event of Default would exist.

 

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If such proposed transaction is permitted hereunder, upon request of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall, at the Borrower’s expense, take all such action reasonably requested by the Borrower to release the guarantee obligations under the Subsidiary Guaranty of any Subsidiary that owns or ground-leases the Real Estate Asset being sold, encumbered or transferred.

SECTION 5.11. Additional Guarantors; Additional Unencumbered Properties . (a) Unless such Subsidiary is not required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to Section 5.12, with respect to any new Material Subsidiary created or acquired after the Effective Date (which, for the purposes of this paragraph (a), shall include any existing Material Subsidiary that ceases to be an Excluded Subsidiary), within the time period required by Section 5.11(c) below, cause such new Material Subsidiary (A) to become a party to the Subsidiary Guaranty and (B) to deliver to the Administrative Agent those items that were delivered by each Subsidiary Guarantor on the Effective Date pursuant to Section 4.01.

(b) Upon the addition of any new Real Estate Asset as an Unencumbered Property after the Effective Date, within the time period required by Section 5.11(c) below, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Borrower certifying that such Real Estate Asset satisfies the eligibility criteria set forth in the definition of “Unencumbered Property”.

(c) The Borrower shall deliver the items described in and required by clauses (a) and (b) above on or before the fifteenth (15th) day of the month following the month in which such Subsidiary Guarantor or Unencumbered Property was created, acquired or added (or such later date to which the Administrative Agent may agree). Thereafter, the Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, cooperate with the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and execute such further instruments and documents as the Lenders or the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request to carry out the Transactions.

SECTION 5.12. Releases of Guaranties . (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the Administrative Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized by each Lender (without requirement of notice to or consent of any Lender except as expressly required by Section 9.02 ) to take any action requested by the Borrower having the effect of releasing any guarantee obligations (i) to the extent necessary to permit consummation of any transaction not prohibited by any Loan Document or that has been consented to in accordance with Section 9.02 or (ii) under the circumstances described in paragraphs (b) and (c) below.

(b) At such time as the Loans and the other Obligations shall have been paid in full, the Commitments have been terminated and no Letters of Credit shall be outstanding, the Guarantors shall be released from their obligations under the Guaranties (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination), all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any Person.

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to provide a Subsidiary Guaranty, except that any Material Subsidiary that is liable for any Recourse Indebtedness (whether secured or unsecured, and including any guarantee obligations in respect of indentures or otherwise) shall nonetheless be required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor and to provide a Subsidiary Guaranty for any Real Estate Asset of such Subsidiary Guarantor to be treated as an Unencumbered Property for purposes of this Agreement. In addition, if any Subsidiary Guarantor no longer meets the definition of “Material Subsidiary” (including as a result of the designation of any Unencumbered Property as no longer constituting Unencumbered Property), upon the request of the Borrower and so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, such Subsidiary shall be released from its obligations under the Subsidiary Guaranty (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination).

ARTICLE VI

Negative Covenants

Until the Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees and other Obligations payable hereunder have been paid in full (other than indemnities and other contingent obligations not then due and payable and as to which no claim has been made) and all Letters of Credit shall have expired or terminated or been cancelled, in each case, without any pending draw, and all LC Disbursements shall have been reimbursed, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:

SECTION 6.01. Indebtedness . The Borrower will not, and will not permit the Company or any Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness that will cause a breach of the financial covenants set forth in Section 6.12.

SECTION 6.02. Liens . The Borrower will not, and will not permit the Company or any Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property or asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it, except:

(a) Permitted Encumbrances;

(b) Liens securing Secured Indebtedness, the incurrence of which will not cause a breach of the financial covenants set forth in Section 6.12; and

(c) other Liens on a property which is not an Unencumbered Property, so long as such Liens would not constitute or result in a Default or an Event of Default under this Agreement.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.02, the failure of any Unencumbered Property to comply with the requirements set forth in the definition of “Unencumbered Property” shall result in such Unencumbered Property’s no longer qualifying as Unencumbered Property under this Agreement, but such disqualification shall not by itself constitute a Default or Event of Default, unless such non-qualification otherwise constitutes or results in a Default or Event of Default.

SECTION 6.03. Fundamental Changes; Changes in Business; Asset Sales . (a) The Borrower will not, and will not permit the Company or any Subsidiary to, merge into or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with

 

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it, or sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets, (including all or substantially all of the Equity Interests in any of its Subsidiaries) (in each case, whether now owned or hereafter acquired), or liquidate or dissolve, except that, if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Default shall have occurred and be continuing (and subject to compliance with Section 5.11(a) as applicable) (i) any Person may merge into the Company or the Borrower in a transaction in which the Company or the Borrower is the surviving entity, (ii) any Person may merge into any Subsidiary in a transaction in which the surviving entity is a Subsidiary, (iii) any Subsidiary may sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of its assets to the Borrower or to another Subsidiary, (iv) any Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve or merge into, or sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of its assets to another Person and (v) the Borrower and/or the Company may sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of the Equity Interests in any of its Subsidiaries if (x) the Borrower determines in good faith that such sale, transfer, liquidation, dissolution, merger or disposition is in the best interests of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders and (y) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or would occur after giving effect thereto.

(b) The Borrower will not, and will not permit the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to, engage to any material extent in any business other than businesses of the type conducted by the Company, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the date of execution of this Agreement and businesses reasonably related thereto.

(c) The Borrower will not, and will not permit the Company or any Subsidiary to, sell, encumber, transfer or otherwise dispose of any asset unless the Borrower complies with Section 5.10 to the extent applicable, and after giving effect thereto the Borrower is in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 6.12 and no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom.

SECTION 6.04. [Reserved] .

SECTION 6.05. Swap Agreements . The Borrower will not, and will not permit the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any Swap Agreement, except (a) Swap Agreements entered into to hedge or mitigate risks to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary has actual exposure (other than those in respect of Equity Interests of the Company, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries), and (b) Swap Agreements entered into in order to effectively cap, collar or exchange interest rates (from floating to fixed rates, from fixed to floating rates, from one floating rate to another floating rate or otherwise) with respect to any interest-bearing liability or investment of the Borrower or any Subsidiary.

SECTION 6.06. Restricted Payments . If a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower will not declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, except the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to its partners pursuant to the terms of the Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Borrower which result in distributions to the Company for any fiscal year in an amount equal to the amount required to be distributed by the Company to its shareholders with respect to such fiscal year or pursuant to Section 858 or 860 of the Code in order to maintain REIT status of the Company and avoid the payment of federal income or excise tax.

 

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SECTION 6.07. Transactions with Affiliates . The Borrower will not, and will not permit the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any property or assets to, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions with, any of its Affiliates, except (a) in the ordinary course of business at prices and on terms and conditions not less favorable to the Company, the Borrower or such Subsidiary than could be obtained on an arm’s-length basis from unrelated third parties, (b) transactions between or among the Borrower, the Company and their respective Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries not involving any other Affiliate, (c) payment of compensation and benefits arising out of employment and consulting relationships in the ordinary course of business (including, without limitation, conversions of such compensation and benefits to equity under the terms of any long term incentive plan) and (d) any Restricted Payment permitted by Section 6.06.

SECTION 6.08. Restrictive Agreements . The Borrower will not, and will not permit the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into, incur or permit to exist any agreement or other arrangement that (a) contains a Negative Pledge or (b) prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition upon the ability of any Subsidiary to pay dividends or other distributions with respect to any shares of its capital stock or to make or repay loans or advances to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary or to guarantee the Obligations; provided that (i) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions imposed by law or by this Agreement, (ii) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions existing on the date hereof identified on Schedule 6.08 (but shall apply to any amendment or modification expanding the scope of any such restriction or condition), (iii) the foregoing shall not apply to customary restrictions and conditions contained in agreements relating to the sale of a Subsidiary or assets pending such sale, provided such restrictions and conditions apply only to the Subsidiary or assets that are to be sold and such sale is permitted hereunder, (iv) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions or conditions imposed by any agreement relating to Secured Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement if such restrictions or conditions apply only to the property or assets securing such Indebtedness and the Persons obligated with respect thereto, (v) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not apply to customary provisions in leases and other contracts restricting the assignment or transfer thereof, (vi) clause (a) of the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions contained in any document or instrument governing a Lien of the type described in clauses (c), (d), (h), (m) and (n) of the definition of “Permitted Encumbrance”, provided that any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets subject to such Permitted Encumbrance, (vii) the foregoing shall not apply to customary provisions in joint venture agreements or organizational documents with respect to a Joint Venture or any unconsolidated non-wholly owned Subsidiary restricting the transfer or encumbrance of Equity Interests in such Joint Venture or non-wholly owned Subsidiary or the assets owned by such Joint Venture and (viii) the foregoing shall not apply to restrictions and conditions imposed by any agreement relating to Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that does not own any Unencumbered Property or non-wholly owned Subsidiary in existence at the time such Subsidiary became a Subsidiary if such restrictions and conditions apply only to such Subsidiary and its subsidiaries.

SECTION 6.09. Sale and Leaseback . The Borrower will not, and will not permit the Company or any Subsidiary to, enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, whereby the Company, the Borrower or such Subsidiary shall sell or transfer any property owned by it in order then or thereafter to lease such property or lease other property that the Company, the

 

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Borrower or such Subsidiary intends to use for substantially the same purpose as the property being sold or transferred, except to the extent that such sale is otherwise permitted by this Agreement and the obligations under such lease, if treated as Indebtedness, would not result in the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default.

SECTION 6.10. Changes in Fiscal Periods . Unless required by law, regulation or order of Governmental Authority, the Borrower will not (i) permit the fiscal years of the Company, and the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to end on a day other than December 31 or (ii) change the Company’s, the Borrower’s or its Subsidiaries’ method of determining fiscal quarters; provided that if such change is required by such law, regulation or order, the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent prior written notice of such change.

SECTION 6.11. Payments and Modifications of Subordinate Debt . The Borrower will not, and will not permit the Company or any Subsidiary to, make or offer to make any payment, prepayment, repurchase or redemption of or otherwise optionally or voluntarily defease or segregate funds (whether scheduled or voluntary) with respect to principal or interest on any Indebtedness which is subordinate to the Obligations if such action would violate the subordination terms applicable to such Indebtedness.

SECTION 6.12. Financial Covenants . As of the end of any fiscal quarter of the Borrower (or at all times, in the case of Section 6.12(g)(i) below), the Borrower will not permit:

(a) Leverage Ratio . The ratio of Total Indebtedness as of such date to Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four (4) consecutive quarters then ended (the “ Leverage Ratio ”) to exceed 6.0 to 1.0; provided that (x) such ratio may exceed 6.0 to 1.0 following a Major Acquisition so long as (i) such ratio does not exceed 6.0 to 1.0 as of the end of more than two (2) consecutive fiscal quarters following such Major Acquisition and (ii) such ratio does not exceed 6.5 to 1.0 as of any such date of determination and (y) for purposes of calculating such ratio, not more than 25% of the aggregate Consolidated EBITDA may be attributable to assets consisting of investments in Investment Affiliates, income-producing Real Estate Assets other than hotels or similar hospitality properties, Development Properties, Unimproved Land, Real Estate Assets undergoing Major Renovations, and Mortgage Notes receivable.

(b) Secured Leverage Ratio . The ratio of the aggregate amount of all Secured Indebtedness to Total Asset Value to exceed 45%.

(c) Recourse Secured Leverage Ratio . The ratio of the aggregate amount of all Recourse Secured Indebtedness to Total Asset Value to exceed 10%.

(d) Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio . For any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower then ended, the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA for such period to Consolidated Fixed Charges for such period to be less than 1.50 to 1.0.

(e) Consolidated Tangible Net Worth . Consolidated Tangible Net Worth to be less than the sum of (i) $1,430,459,250 plus (ii) 75% of net cash proceeds from issuances of Equity Interests by the Company, the Borrower and their Subsidiaries to third parties after the Effective Date.

 

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(f) Unsecured Interest Coverage Ratio . The ratio of Unencumbered Adjusted Net Operating Income for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company then ended to Unsecured Interest Expense for such period to be less than 2.0 to 1.0.

(g) Minimum Number of Unencumbered Assets and Minimum Unencumbered Asset Value . (i)At any time, there to be fewer than five (5) Unencumbered Properties; and (ii) as of the end of any fiscal quarter, Unencumbered Asset Value to be less than $250,000,000.

ARTICLE VII

Events of Default

If any of the following events (“ Events of Default ”) shall occur:

(a) the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan or any reimbursement obligation in respect of any LC Disbursement when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise;

(b) the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in clause (a) of this Article) payable under this Agreement, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of five (5) days;

(c) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Company, the Borrower or any Subsidiary in or in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendment or modification hereof or thereof or waiver hereunder or thereunder, or in any report, certificate, financial statement or other document furnished pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or any amendment or modification hereof or waiver hereunder, shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made;

(d) the Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Section 5.02(a), Section 5.03 (with respect to the Borrower’s existence) or Section 5.08 or in Article VI;

(e) the Company, the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than those specified in clause (a), (b) or (d) of this Article), and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower (which notice will be given at the request of any Lender); provided , however , that if any such default (other than a failure to comply with Section 5.01(a), (b) or (d)) is capable of being cured but cannot by its nature be cured within such thirty (30) day grace period and so long as the Borrower shall have commenced cure within such thirty (30) day grace period and shall, at all times thereafter, diligently prosecute such cure to completion, the Borrower shall have an additional period, not to exceed an additional thirty (30) days, to cure such default; in no event, however, is the foregoing intended to effect an extension of the Maturity Date;

 

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(f) the Company, the Borrower or any Subsidiary shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal or interest and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Indebtedness, when and as the same shall become due and payable (after the expiration of the applicable grace period, if any, specified in the agreement or instrument relating to such Indebtedness);

(g) any event or condition occurs that results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits the holder or holders of any Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause any Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity; provided that this clause (g) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness or a voluntary refinancing of such Indebtedness;

(h) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of the Company, the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Company, the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;

(i) the Company, the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any proceeding or petition described in clause (h) of this Article, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Company, the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary or for a substantial part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;

(j) the Company, the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary shall become unable, admit in writing its inability or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;

(k) one or more judgments for the payment of money (to the extent not covered by insurance as to which the insurer has been notified of such judgment or order and has not issued a notice denying coverage thereof or to the extent not indemnified by Inland American Real Estate Trust Inc. after Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc. has been notified of such judgment or order) in an aggregate amount in excess of $75,000,000 shall be rendered against the Company, the Borrower, any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower or any combination thereof and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of the Company, the Borrower or any such Subsidiary to enforce any such judgment, which action is not stayed or bonded pending appeal;

 

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(l) an ERISA Event shall have occurred that, when taken together with all other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Company, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding $75,000,000; or

(m) the Borrower or any other Loan Party shall disavow, revoke or terminate (or attempt to terminate) any Loan Document to which it is a party or shall otherwise challenge or contest in any action, suit or proceeding in any court or before any Governmental Authority the validity or enforceability of this Agreement, a Guaranty or any other Loan Document; or this Agreement, a Guaranty or any other Loan Document shall cease to be in full force and effect (except as a result of the express terms thereof);

(n) a Change in Control shall occur;

then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower, take either or both of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, and (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower; and in case of any event with respect to the Borrower described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower.

In the event that following the occurrence or during the continuance of any Event of Default, the Administrative Agent or any Lender, as the case may be, receives any monies in connection with the enforcement of any the Loan Documents, such monies shall be distributed for application as follows:

(a) First , to the payment of, or (as the case may be) the reimbursement of the Administrative Agent for or in respect of, all reasonable costs, expenses, disbursements and losses which shall have been incurred or sustained by the Administrative Agent in connection with the collection of such monies by the Administrative Agent, for the exercise, protection or enforcement by the Administrative Agent of all or any of the rights, remedies, powers and privileges of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or in support of any provision of adequate indemnity to the Administrative Agent against any taxes or liens which by law shall have, or may have, priority over the rights of the Administrative Agent to such monies;

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(c) Third , to pay interest then due and payable on the Loans and unreimbursed LC Disbursements ratably;

(d) Fourth , to prepay principal on the Loans and unreimbursed LC Disbursements ratably;

(e) Fifth , to pay an amount to the Administrative Agent equal to one hundred two percent (102%) of the aggregate undrawn face amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit and the aggregate amount of any unreimbursed LC Disbursements, to be held as cash collateral for such Obligations;

(f) Sixth , to payment of any amounts owing with respect to indemnification provisions of the Loan Documents;

(g) Seventh , to the payment of any other Obligation due to the Administrative Agent or any Lender; and

(h) Eighth , to the Borrower or whoever may be legally entitled thereto.

ARTICLE VIII

The Administrative Agent

Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.

The bank serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and such bank and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder.

The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing as directed by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in Section 9.02), and (c) except as expressly set forth herein, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided in

 

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Section 9.02) or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or in connection herewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.

The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

The Administrative Agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.

Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Administrative Agent as provided in this paragraph, (a) the Administrative Agent may resign at any time by notifying the Lenders, the Issuing Bank and the Borrower, and (b) if the Person serving as Administrative Agent is a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (d) of the definition thereof, the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, by notice in writing to the Borrower and such Person remove such Person as Administrative Agent. Upon any such resignation or removal, the Required Lenders shall have the right, with the consent of the Borrower so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing (not to be unreasonably withheld), to appoint a successor. If no successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation or receives notice of removal, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Bank, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged

 

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from its duties and obligations hereunder. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while it was acting as Administrative Agent.

Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that the extensions of credit made hereunder are commercial loans and letters of credit and not investments in a business enterprise or securities. Each Lender further represents that it is engaged in making, acquiring or holding commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business and has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement as a Lender, and to make, acquire or hold Loans hereunder. Each Lender shall, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information (which may contain material, non-public information within the meaning of the United States securities laws concerning the Borrower and its Affiliates) as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder and in deciding whether or to the extent to which it will continue as a Lender or assign or otherwise transfer its rights, interests and obligations hereunder.

The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible or have any liability for, or have any duty to ascertain, inquire into, monitor or enforce, compliance with the provisions hereof relating to Disqualified Institutions. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall not (x) be obligated to ascertain, monitor or inquire as to whether any Lender or Participant or prospective Lender or Participant is a Disqualified Institution or (y) have any liability with respect to or arising out of any assignment or participation of Loans, or disclosure of confidential information, to any Disqualified Institution.

ARTICLE IX

Miscellaneous

SECTION 9.01. Notices . (a) Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and subject to paragraph (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy, as follows:

(i) if to the Borrower or any other Loan Party, to it at c/o Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc., 200 South Orange Avenue, Suite 1200, Orlando, Florida 32801, Attention of Lisa Ramey (Email: lramey@xeniareit.com ), with a copy to Xenia General Counsel;

 

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(ii) if to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank, and/or the Swingline Lender, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 10 S. Dearborn, Floor L2, Chicago, IL 60603, Fax: 312-385-7101, Email: cls.reb.chicago@jpmorgan.com , Attention of Kevin Barry, with a copy to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 270 Park Avenue, 45th Floor, New York 10017, Attention of Rita Lai (Telecopy No. 646-534-6301; Email: rita.lai@jpmorgan.com ); and

(iii) if to any other Lender, to it at its address (or telecopy number) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.

Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by facsimile shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient). Notices delivered through Electronic Systems, to the extent provided in paragraph (b) below, shall be effective as provided in said paragraph (b).

(b) Notices and other communications to the Lenders and the Issuing Bank hereunder may be delivered or furnished by using Electronic Systems pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Article II if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower in writing that such notices may not be delivered using the Electronic System. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.

Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient, at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i), of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor; provided that, for both clauses (i) and (ii) above, if such notice, email or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient.

(c) Any party hereto may change its address or telecopy number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.

(d) Electronic Systems .

(i) Each Loan Party agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make Communications (as defined below) available to the Issuing Banks and the other Lenders by posting the Communications on Debt Domain, Intralinks, Syndtrak, ClearPar or a substantially similar Electronic System.

 

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(ii) Any Electronic System used by the Administrative Agent is provided “as is” and “as available.” The Agent Parties (as defined below) do not warrant the adequacy of such Electronic Systems and expressly disclaim liability for errors or omissions in the Communications. No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including, without limitation, any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third-party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects, is made by any Agent Party in connection with the Communications or any Electronic System. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “ Agent Parties ”) have any liability to the Borrower or the other Loan Parties, any Lender, the Issuing Bank or any other Person or entity for damages of any kind, including, without limitation, direct or indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the any Loan Party’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of communications through an Electronic System, except to the extent of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent. “ Communications ” means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material provided by or on behalf of any Loan Party pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein which is distributed by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank by means of electronic communications pursuant to this Section, including through an Electronic System.

SECTION 9.02. Waivers; Amendments . (a) No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by the Borrower therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan or issuance of a Letter of Credit shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Bank may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.

(b) Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Required Lenders or by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with the written consent of the Required Lenders; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, no such agreement shall (i) increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of such Lender, (ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby (other than in each case, additional interest accruing pursuant to Section 2.13(c)), (iii) except as provided in Section 2.21, postpone the Revolving Maturity Date or any other scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any Loan or LC Disbursement, or any interest thereon, or any fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled date of expiration of any Commitment, without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby, (iv) except as expressly provided in Section

 

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2.04(c)(v), change Section 2.18(b) or (c) or the last paragraph of Article VII in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, without the written consent of each Lender, (v) except as expressly provided in (and subject to the terms of) Section 2.04(c)(v), change any of the provisions of this Section or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender, or (vi) release the Company from its obligations under the Guaranty without the written consent of each Lender; provided further that (x) no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be and (y) no such agreement shall amend or modify Section 2.20 without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender and the Issuing Bank.

SECTION 9.03. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver . (a) The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable out of pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers listed on the cover page hereof and their Affiliates, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of one counsel for the Administrative Agent, in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all reasonable out of pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of one primary counsel for the Administrative Agent, in connection with the preparation and administration of this Agreement or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (iii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Issuing Bank in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iv) all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement, including its rights under this Section, or in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such out-of pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit; provided that the Borrower shall not be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate law firm (which shall be selected by the Administrative Agent and reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders) at any one time for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as a whole (and, if necessary, one firm of local and regulatory counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction and regulatory field, as applicable, at any one time for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as a whole); provided , further, that in the case of a conflict of interest where the Lenders affected by such conflict inform the Borrower of such conflict, the Borrower shall also be responsible for the reasonable fees and expenses of such additional counsel (which shall be reasonably acceptable to each such Lender and shall include, if necessary, local and regulatory counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction and regulatory field) as is necessary to eliminate such conflict.

(b) The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and each Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “ Indemnitee ”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims,

 

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damages, liabilities and related expenses, including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by the Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether or not such claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding is brought by the Borrower, its Affiliates, its creditors or any other third Person and whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (x) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or (y) result from a claim brought by the Borrower or any other Loan Party against an Indemnitee for material breach in bad faith of such Indemnitee’s obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, if the Borrower or such Loan Party has obtained a final and nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. This Section 9.03(b) shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims or damages arising from any non-Tax claim.

(c) To the extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, as the case may be, such Lender’s Revolving Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender in its capacity as such.

(d) To the extent permitted by applicable law, no party hereto shall assert, and each such party hereby waives, any claim against any other party hereto on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the Transactions, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof; provided that, nothing in this clause (d) shall relieve the Borrower of any obligation it may have to indemnify an Indemnitee against special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages asserted against such Indemnitee by a third party. No Indemnitee referred to in paragraph (b) above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the

 

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other Loan Documents or the Transactions, except to the extent such damages are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee.

(e) All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than ten (10) days after written demand therefor.

SECTION 9.04. Successors and Assigns . (a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of the Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), except that (i) the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of the Issuing Bank that issues any Letter of Credit), Participants (to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this Section) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

(b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more Eligible Assignees (other than an Ineligible Institution) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment, participations in Letters of Credit and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of:

(A) the Borrower, provided that, the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to an assignment unless it shall have objected thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within five (5) Business Days after having received notice thereof; provided further that no consent of the Borrower shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund or, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any other assignee;

(B) the Administrative Agent, provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of any Revolving Commitment to an assignee that is a Revolving Lender (other than a Defaulting Lender) immediately prior to giving effect to such assignment;

(C) the Issuing Bank; and

(D) the Swingline Lender.

(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment or Loans of any Class, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender

 

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subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000 unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent, provided that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

(B) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, provided that this clause shall not be construed to prohibit the assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of only one Class of Commitments or Loans;

(C) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500; and

(D) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire in which the assignee designates one or more credit contacts at such assignee to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain material non-public information about the Loan Parties and their related parties or their respective securities) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with the assignee’s compliance procedures and applicable laws, including Federal and state securities laws.

(iii) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 9.04 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section.

(iv) The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitment of, and principal amount (and stated interest) of the Loans and LC Disbursements owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “ Register ”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the

 

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terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, the Issuing Bank and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

(v) Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register; provided that if either the assigning Lender or the assignee shall have failed to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Section 2.05(c), Section 2.06(d), Section 2.06(e), Section 2.07(b), Section 2.18(d) or Section 9.03(c), the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information therein in the Register unless and until such payment shall have been made in full, together with all accrued interest thereon. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.

(c) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a “ Participant ”), other than an Ineligible Institution, in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans owing to it); provided that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged; (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations; and (C) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in the first proviso to Section 9.02(b) that affects such Participant. The Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.15, 2.16 and 2.17 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section 2.17(f), it being understood that the documentation required under Section 2.17(f) shall be delivered to the participating Lender) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section; provided that such Participant (A) agrees to be subject to the provisions of Section 2.19 as if it were an assignee under paragraph (b) of this Section; and (B) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.15 or 2.17, with respect to any participation, than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation. Each Lender that sells a participation agrees, at the Borrower’s request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower to effectuate the provisions of Section 2.19(b) with respect to any Participant. To the extent permitted by law,

 

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each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.08 as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.18(c) as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “ Participant Register ”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Commitments, Loans, Letters of Credit or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Commitment, Loan, Letter of Credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

(d) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign, or grant a security interest in, all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including without limitation any pledge or assignment, or grant of a security interest, to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment, or grant of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment, or grant of a security interest, shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee or grantee for such Lender as a party hereto.

(e) Disqualified Institutions . (i) No assignment or participation shall be made to any Person that was a Disqualified Institution as of the date (the “ Trade Date ”) on which the assigning Lender entered into a binding agreement to sell and assign or grant a participation in all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to such Person (unless the Borrower has consented to such assignment or participation in writing in its sole and absolute discretion, in which case such Person will not be considered a Disqualified Institution for the purpose of such assignment or participation). For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any assignee or Participant that becomes a Disqualified Institution after the applicable Trade Date (including as a result of the delivery of a notice pursuant to, and/or the expiration of the notice period referred to in, the definition of “Disqualified Institution”), (x) such assignee or Participant shall not retroactively be disqualified from becoming a Lender or Participant and (y) the execution by the Borrower of an Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignee will not by itself result in such assignee no longer being considered a Disqualified Institution. Any assignment or participation in violation of this clause (e)(i) shall not be void, but the other provisions of this clause (e) shall apply.

(ii) If any assignment or participation is made to any Disqualified Institution without the Borrower’s prior written consent in violation of clause (i) above, at its own expense, the assigning or participating lender shall promptly use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such assignment or participation to be cancelled and unwound and any such Disqualified Institution shall fully cooperate with the Borrower and such

 

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lender and take all such action as either of them shall request to promptly cancel and unwind such assignment or participation. If such assignment or participation is not unwound or cancelled or if any Person becomes a Disqualified Institution after the applicable Trade Date, the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to the applicable Disqualified Institution and the Administrative Agent, (A) terminate any Revolving Commitment of such Disqualified Institution and repay all obligations of the Borrower owing to such Disqualified Institution in connection with such Revolving Commitment plus accrued interest, accrued fees and all other amounts (other than principal amounts) payable to it hereunder and/or (B) require such Disqualified Institution to assign, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in this Section 9.04), all of its interest, rights and obligations under this Agreement to one or more Eligible Assignees at the lesser of (x) the principal amount thereof and (y) the amount that such Disqualified Institution paid to acquire such interests, rights and obligations in each case plus accrued interest, accrued fees and all other amounts (other than principal amounts) payable to it hereunder.

(iii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Disqualified Institutions to whom an assignment or participation is made in violation of clause (i) above (A) will not (x) have the right to receive information, reports or other materials provided to Lenders by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, (y) attend or participate in meetings attended by the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, or (z) access any electronic site established for the Lenders or confidential communications from counsel to or financial advisors of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders and (B) for purposes of any consent to any amendment, waiver or modification of, or any action under, and for the purpose of any direction to the Administrative Agent or any Lender to undertake any action (or refrain from taking any action) under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, each Disqualified Institution will be deemed to have consented in the same proportion as the Lenders that are not Disqualified Institutions consented to such matter.

(iv) The Administrative Agent shall have the right, and the Borrower hereby expressly authorizes the Administrative Agent, to (A) post the list of Disqualified Institutions provided by the Borrower and any updates thereto from time to time (collectively, the “ DQ List ”) on the Electronic System, including that portion of the Electronic System that is designated for “public side” Lenders and/or (B) provide the DQ List to each Lender requesting the same.

SECTION 9.05. Survival . All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Borrower herein and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of any Loans and issuance of any Letters of Credit, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement is outstanding and unpaid or any Letter of Credit is

 

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outstanding and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated. The provisions of Sections 2.15, 2.16, 2.17 and 9.03 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of the Loans, the expiration or termination of the Letters of Credit and the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any provision hereof.

SECTION 9.06. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution . (a) This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

(b) Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy, emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of the actual executed signature page shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

SECTION 9.07. Severability . Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.

SECTION 9.08. Right of Setoff . If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other obligations at any time owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower against any of and all the obligations of the Borrower now or hereafter existing under this Agreement held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement and although such obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each Lender under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Lender may have.

 

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SECTION 9.09. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process . (a) This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.

(b) The Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County, Borough of Manhattan, and of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement against the Borrower or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.

(c) The Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

(d) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

SECTION 9.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

 

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SECTION 9.11. Headings . Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

SECTION 9.12. Confidentiality . Each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors, in each case on a need to know basis (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential in accordance with the terms of this Section), (b) to the extent requested by any Governmental Authority purporting to have jurisdiction over such Person or its Related Parties (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process (in which case such Person agrees to inform the Borrower promptly thereof to the extent not prohibited by law), (d) to any other party to this Agreement, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the enforcement of rights hereunder, (f) to the extent necessary or desirable to establish, enforce or assert any claims or defenses in connection with any legal proceeding by or against the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender, (g) (i) to any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower and its obligations, in each case subject to the other confidentiality provisions set forth in this Section (it being understood that the DQ List may be disclosed to any assignee or Participant, or prospective assignee or Participant, in reliance on this clause (g) so long as such Person is not listed on such DQ List), (h) with the consent of the Borrower or (i) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company, the Borrower, or any of their Subsidiaries or Related Parties or (iii) is independently developed by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender without use of or reference to the Information. In addition, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may disclose the existence of this Agreement and information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar service providers to the lending industry and service providers to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with the administration of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and the Commitments.

For the purposes of this Section, “ Information ” means all information received from the Company, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any of their respective Related Parties relating to the Company, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Bank or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to such disclosure; provided that, in the case of information received from the Company, the Borrower, any Subsidiary or such Related Party after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential.

SECTION 9.13. Material Non-Public Information .

 

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(a) EACH LENDER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT INFORMATION (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 9.12(a)) FURNISHED TO IT PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY INCLUDE MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION CONCERNING THE BORROWER AND ITS RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES, AND CONFIRMS THAT IT HAS DEVELOPED COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES REGARDING THE USE OF MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION AND THAT IT WILL HANDLE SUCH MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW, INCLUDING FEDERAL AND STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

(b) ALL INFORMATION, INCLUDING REQUESTS FOR WAIVERS AND AMENDMENTS, FURNISHED BY THE BORROWER OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT PURSUANT TO, OR IN THE COURSE OF ADMINISTERING, THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE SYNDICATE-LEVEL INFORMATION, WHICH MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE LOAN PARTIES AND THEIR RELATED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE SECURITIES. ACCORDINGLY, EACH LENDER REPRESENTS TO THE BORROWER AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT THAT IT HAS IDENTIFIED IN ITS ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTIONNAIRE A CREDIT CONTACT WHO MAY RECEIVE INFORMATION THAT MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL NON-PUBLIC INFORMATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES AND APPLICABLE LAW.

SECTION 9.14. Authorization to Distribute Certain Materials to Public-Siders .

(a) If the Borrower does not file this Agreement with the SEC, then the Borrower hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to distribute the execution version of this Agreement and the Loan Documents to all Lenders, including their Public-Siders. The Borrower acknowledges its understanding that Public-Siders and their firms may be trading in any of the Loan Parties’ respective securities while in possession of the Loan Documents.

(b) The Borrower represents and warrants that none of the information in the Loan Documents constitutes or contains material non-public information within the meaning of the federal and state securities laws. To the extent that any of the executed Loan Documents constitutes at any time a material non-public information within the meaning of the federal and state securities laws after the date hereof, the Company agrees that it will promptly make such information publicly available by press release or public filing with the SEC.

SECTION 9.15. Interest Rate Limitation . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan, together with all fees, charges and other amounts which are treated as interest on such Loan under applicable law (collectively the “ Charges ”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “ Maximum Rate ”) which may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender holding such Loan in accordance with applicable law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan hereunder, together with all Charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate and, to the extent lawful, the interest and Charges that would have been payable in respect of such Loan but were not payable as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and Charges payable to such Lender in respect of other Loans or periods shall be

 

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increased (but not above the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender.

SECTION 9.16. USA PATRIOT Act . Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “ Patriot Act ”) hereby notifies the Borrower and the Guarantors that pursuant to the requirements of the Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower and the Guarantors, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and the Guarantors and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower and the Guarantors in accordance with the Patriot Act. The Borrower shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, provide such information and take such actions as are reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to assist the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in maintaining compliance with the Patriot Act.

SECTION 9.17. No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility . In connection with all aspects of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), the Borrower acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates’ understanding, that: (i) (A) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Administrative Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers, and the Lenders are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Borrower and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers, and the Lenders, on the other hand, (B) the Borrower has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (C) the Borrower is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (ii) (A) the Administrative Agent, each Joint Lead Arranger and each Lender is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for the Borrower or any of its Affiliates, or any other Person and (B) neither the Administrative Agent, any Joint Lead Arranger nor any Lender has any obligation to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (iii) the Administrative Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers and the Lenders and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrower and its Affiliates, and neither the Administrative Agent, any Joint Lead Arranger, nor any Lender has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Borrower or its Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Borrower hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent, any Joint Lead Arranger or any Lender with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

XHR LP

By:    

XHR GP, Inc.,

its general partner

By:

/s/ Marcel Verbaas

Name:

Marcel Verbaas

Title:

Director and President

[Signature Page to Xenia Revolving Credit Agreement]


JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Issuing Bank, Swingline Lender, and Lender
By:  

/s/ Rita Lai

  Name:   Rita Lai
  Title:   Authorized Signer

 

[XHR LP - Signature Page to Revolving Credit Agreement]


WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Issuing Bank and Lender
By:  

/s/ Anand J. Jobanputra

  Name:   Anand J. Jobanputra
  Title:   Vice President

 

[XHR LP - Signature Page to Revolving Credit Agreement]


KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Issuing Bank and Lender

By:  

/s/ KRISTIN CENTRACCHIO

  Name:   KRISTIN CENTRACCHIO
  Title:   VICE PRESIDENT

 

[XHR LP - Signature Page to Revolving Credit Agreement]


BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
By:  

/s/ Patty Gardenhire

  Name:   Patty Gardenhire
  Title:   Vice President

 

[XHR LP - Signature Page to Revolving Credit Agreement]


CITIBANK, N.A.
By:  

/s/ John Rowland

  Name:   John Rowland
  Title:   Vice President

 

[XHR LP - Signature Page to Revolving Credit Agreement]


CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK
By:  

/s/ Adam Jenner

  Name:   Adam Jenner
  Title:   Vice President
By:  

/s/ Steven Jonassen

  Name:   Steven Jonassen
  Title:   Managing Director

 

[XHR LP - Signature Page to Revolving Credit Agreement]


FIFTH THIRD BANK, an Ohio banking corporation
By:  

/s/ MICHAEL GLANDT

  Name:   MICHAEL GLANDT
  Title:   Vice President

 

[XHR LP - Signature Page to Revolving Credit Agreement]


GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA
By:  

/s/ Rebecca Kratz

  Name:   Rebecca Kratz
  Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

[XHR LP - Signature Page to Revolving Credit Agreement]


MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A.
By:  

/s/ Michael King

  Name:   Michael King
  Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

[XHR LP - Signature Page to Revolving Credit Agreement]


RAYMOND JAMES BANK, N.A.
By:  

/s/ James M. Armstrong

  Name:   James M. Armstrong
  Title:   Senior Vice President

 

[XHR LP - Signature Page to Revolving Credit Agreement]


U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:  

/s/ Lori Y. Jensen

  Name:   Lori Y. Jensen
  Title:   Senior Vice President

 

[XHR LP - Signature Page to Revolving Credit Agreement]


Schedule EGL

Eligible Ground Leases

Ground Lease: Entire Property

 

  1. Aston Waikiki Beach Hotel

 

  2. Hyatt Regency Santa Clara

 

  3. Marriott Charleston Town Center

 

  4. Hilton University of Florida Conference Center Gainesville

 

  5. Marriott Atlanta Century Center / Emory Area

Ground Lease: Partial

 

  1. Convention Center at Marriott Woodlands Waterway Hotel & Convention Center


Schedule ES

Excluded Subsidiaries

 

  1. IA Kessler Mountain Brook, L.L.C.

 

  2. IA Kessler Mountain Brook TRS, L.L.C.

 

  3. IA Kessler Charleston Meeting, L.L.C.

 

  4. IA Kessler Charleston Meeting TRS, L.L.C.


SCHEDULE 2.01

LENDERS; COMMITMENTS

Revolving Commitments

 

Lender Name    Commitment Amount  

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

   $ 44,000,000   

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

   $ 44,000,000   

KeyBank National Association

   $ 44,000,000   

Bank of America, N.A.

   $ 44,000,000   

Citibank, N.A.

   $ 44,000,000   

Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank

   $ 30,000,000   

Fifth Third Bank

   $ 30,000,000   

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

   $ 30,000,000   

Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A.

   $ 30,000,000   

Raymond James Bank, N.A.

   $ 30,000,000   

U.S. Bank National Association

   $ 30,000,000   

TOTAL:

   $ 400,000,000   

 

Sch. 2.01 - 1


Schedule 3.05

Unencumbered Properties

 

  1. Aston Waikiki Beach Resort

2570 Kalakaua Avenue

Honolulu, HI

 

  2. Hotel Monaco Salt Lake City

15 W. 200 South

Salt Lake City, UT

 

  3. Doubletree Washington DC

1515 Rhode Island Avenue, NW

Washington, DC

 

  4. Hilton St. Louis Downtown

400 Olive Street

St. Louis, MO

 

  5. Hyatt Key West Resort

601 Front Street

Key West, FL

 

  6. Marriott Chicago @ Medical District

625 S Ashland Avenue

Chicago, IL

 

  7. Lorien Hotel & Spa

1600 King Street

Alexandria, VA


Schedule 3.06

Disclosed Matters

None.


Schedule 3.14

Subsidiaries

 

Entity    Jurisdiction of Incorporation
or Formation

131 East Redwood (Landlord) L.L.C.

   Maryland

131 East Redwood (Tenant), L.L.C.

   Maryland

Brookhollow Beverage Corporation

   Texas

Evanston Hotel Associates, L.L.C.

   Delaware

Evanston Lessee, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Gainesville TRS L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Alexandria King TRS, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Alexandria King, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Atlanta Waverly L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Atlanta Waverly TRS, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Austin Arboretum GP, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Austin Arboretum LP

   Illinois

IA Lodging Austin Arboretum LP, LLC

   Delaware

IA Lodging Austin Arboretum TRS GP, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Austin Arboretum TRS LP

   Illinois

IA Lodging Austin Arboretum TRS LP, LLC

   Delaware

IA Lodging Burlingame L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Burlingame TRS L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Celebration L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Celebration TRS L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Charleston Lee L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Charleston Lee TRS L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Chicago Wabash TRS, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Chicago Wabash, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Dallas Akard Beverage Corporation

   Texas

IA Lodging Dallas Akard GP, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Dallas Akard LP

   Illinois

IA Lodging Dallas Akard LP, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Dallas Akard TRS GP, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Dallas Akard TRS LP

   Illinois

IA Lodging Dallas Akard TRS LP, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Dallas Pearl GP, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Dallas Pearl LP

   Illinois

IA Lodging Dallas Pearl LP, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Dallas Pearl TRS Member, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Dallas Pearl TRS, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Denver Champa TRS, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Denver Champa, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Denver City Center TRS, L.L.C.

   Delaware


Entity    Jurisdiction of Incorporation
or Formation

IA Lodging Denver City Center, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Gainesville L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Garden Grove Harbor L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Garden Grove Harbor TRS L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Houston Galleria GP, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Houston Galleria LP, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Houston Galleria TRS GP, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Houston Galleria TRS LP, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Houston Galleria TRS, L.P.

   Illinois

IA Lodging Houston Galleria, L.P.

   Illinois

IA Lodging Houston Oaks GP, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Houston Oaks LP, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Houston Oaks TRS GP, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Houston Oaks TRS LP, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Houston Oaks TRS, L.P.

   Illinois

IA Lodging Houston Oaks, L.P.

   Illinois

IA Lodging Key West TRS, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Key West, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Lexington Newtown L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Lexington Newtown TRS L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Napa First TRS, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Napa First, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Napa Solano L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Napa Solano TRS L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging New Orleans TRS, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging New Orleans, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Orlando Downtown L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Orlando Downtown TRS L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Pittsburgh Penn DST

   Delaware

IA Lodging Pittsburgh Penn TRS DST

   Delaware

IA Lodging Salt Lake City TRS, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Salt Lake City, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging San Diego TRS, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging San Diego, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Santa Clara TRS, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Santa Clara, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Savannah Barnard TRS, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Savannah Barnard, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Savannah L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Savannah TRS L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging St. Louis TRS, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging St. Louis, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Waikiki Beach TRS, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Waikiki Beach, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging West Des Moines TRS, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging West Des Moines, L.L.C.

   Delaware


Entity    Jurisdiction of Incorporation
or Formation

IA Lodging Woodlands GP, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Woodlands LP

   Illinois

IA Lodging Woodlands LP, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Woodlands TRS GP, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Lodging Woodlands TRS LP

   Illinois

IA Lodging Woodlands TRS LP, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Urban Baltimore Hotel Associates I, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Urban Hotels Atlanta Century TRS, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Urban Hotels Atlanta Century, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Urban Hotels Baltimore TRS, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Urban Hotels Baltimore, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Urban Hotels Birmingham TRS, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Urban Hotels Birmingham, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Urban Hotels Cambridge TRS, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Urban Hotels Cambridge, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Urban Hotels Chicago TRS, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Urban Hotels Chicago, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Urban Hotels Denver TRS, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Urban Hotels Denver, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Urban Hotels Fort Worth GP, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Urban Hotels Fort Worth Limited Partnership

   Delaware

IA Urban Hotels Fort Worth LP, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Urban Hotels Fort Worth TRS GP, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Urban Hotels Fort Worth TRS Limited Partnership

   Delaware

IA Urban Hotels Fort Worth TRS LP, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Urban Hotels Houston GP, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Urban Hotels Houston Limited Partnership

   Delaware

IA Urban Hotels Houston LP, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Urban Hotels Houston TRS GP, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Urban Hotels Houston TRS Limited Partnership

   Delaware

IA Urban Hotels Houston TRS LP, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Urban Hotels Hunt Valley TRS, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Urban Hotels Hunt Valley, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Urban Hotels Phoenix TRS, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Urban Hotels Phoenix, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Urban Hotels Washington DC Franklin TRS, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Urban Hotels Washington DC Franklin, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Urban Hotels Washington DC Terrace TRS, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Urban Hotels Washington DC Terrace, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Winston Hotels Chelsea TRS, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Winston Hotels Kansas City TRS, L.L.C.

   Delaware

IA Winston Hotels Kansas City, L.L.C.

   Delaware

XHR Acquisitions, L.L.C.

   Delaware

XHR Bottling Court, LLC

   Delaware

XHR GP, Inc.

   Delaware

XHR Holding, Inc.

   Delaware


Entity    Jurisdiction of Incorporation
or Formation

XHR LP

   Delaware

XHR Management, L.L.C.

   Delaware

XHR Payment Manager, L.L.C.

   Delaware


Schedule 6.08

Existing Restrictions

None.


EXHIBIT A

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

This Assignment and Assumption (the “ Assignment and Assumption ”) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [ Insert name of Assignor ] (the “ Assignor ”) and [ Insert name of Assignee ] (the “ Assignee ”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement identified below (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein in full.

For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below, (i) all of the Assignor’s rights and obligations in its capacity as a Lender under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of the Assignor under the respective facilities identified below (including any letters of credit, guarantees, and swingline loans included in such facilities) and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as the “ Assigned Interest ”). Such sale and assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Assumption, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.

 

1.    Assignor:   

 

2.    Assignee:   

 

   [and is [a Lender] [an Affiliate/Approved Fund of [ identify Lender ] 1 ]]
3.    Borrower:    XHR LP
4.    Administrative Agent:    JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement
5.     Credit Agreement:    The Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of February 3, 2015 among XHR LP, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent for the Lenders

  

 

1   Select as applicable.


6.     Assigned Interest:

 

Facility Assigned 2

   Aggregate Amount of
Commitment/Loans
for all Lenders
     Amount of
Commitment/Loans
Assigned
     Percentage Assigned
of
Commitment/Loans 3
 
   $                    $                          
   $         $               
   $         $               

Effective Date:                              , 20     [TO BE INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]

The Assignee, if not already a Lender, agrees to deliver to the Administrative Agent a completed Administrative Questionnaire in which the Assignee designates one or more credit contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain material non-public information about the Borrower, the Loan Parties and their Related Parties or their respective securities) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with the Assignee’s compliance procedures and applicable laws, including Federal and state securities laws.

The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:

 

ASSIGNOR
[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]
  By:  

 

   

  Title:

ASSIGNEE
[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]
  By:  

 

   

  Title:

 

2   Fill in the appropriate terminology for the types of facilities under the Credit Agreement that are being assigned under this Assignment (e.g., “Revolving Commitment,” etc.)
3   Set forth, to at least 9 decimals, as a percentage of the applicable Commitment/Loans of all Lenders thereunder.


[Consented to and] 4 Accepted:
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
[Consented to:] 5
XHR LP, as Borrower
By:   XHR GP, Inc., its general partner

By:

 

             

Name:
Title:
[Consented to:] 6
[                    ], as Issuing Bank
By:  

             

Name:
Title:
[Consented to:] 7
[                    ], as Swingline Lender

By:

 

 

Name:
Title:

 

4   To be added only if the consent of the Administrative Agent is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement.
5   To be added only if the consent of the Borrower is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement.
6   To be added only if the consent of the Issuing Bank is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement.
7   To be added only if the consent of the Swingline Lender is required by the terms of the Credit Agreement.


ANNEX 1

STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

1. Representations and Warranties .

1.1 Assignor . The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim created by the Assignor, (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and (iv) it is not a Defaulting Lender; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Credit Agreement or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Company, the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of the Credit Agreement or (iv) the performance or observance by the Company, the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under the Credit Agreement.

1.2. Assignee . The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it satisfies the requirements, if any, specified in the Credit Agreement that are required to be satisfied by it in order to acquire the Assigned Interest and become a Lender (including that it is not an Ineligible Institution), (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements referred to in Section 3.04 thereof or delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase the Assigned Interest on the basis of which it has made such analysis and decision independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender, and (v) attached to the Assignment and Assumption is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by the Assignee; and (b) agrees that it will (i) independently and without reliance on the Administrative 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 Agreement, and (ii) perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

2. Payments . From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date.


3. General Provisions . This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns. This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Acceptance and adoption of the terms of this Assignment and Assumption by the Assignee and the Assignor by Electronic Signature or delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Assumption by telecopy, emailed .pdf or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of the actual executed signature page shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption. This Assignment and Assumption shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.


EXHIBIT B

FORM OF BORROWING REQUEST

Date:                     , 201    

To:    JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to that certain Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of February 3, 2015 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ;” the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among XHR LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “ Borrower ”), the Lenders from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent for the Lenders (the “ Administrative Agent ”).

 

The undersigned hereby requests (select one):
¨       A Borrowing of Revolving Loans
  1.       On [                    ], 201     (the “ Borrowing Date ”) 1 .
  2.       In the principal amount of $            . 2
  3.       Comprised of [Eurodollar Borrowing][ABR Borrowing].
  4.       For Eurodollar Borrowings: with an Interest Period of      months.
  5.       To be wired to the following account in accordance with Section 2.07 of the Credit Agreement: [Location] [Name]     [Account Number].
¨       A Borrowing of Swingline Loans
  1.       On [                    ], 201     (the “ Borrowing Date ”) 3 .
  2.       In the amount of $            . 4
¨       The [issuance][amendment][renewal][extension] of a Letter of Credit

 

1   The Borrowing Date must be a Business Day.
2   Subject to the exceptions set forth in Section 2.02(c) of the Credit Agreement, (1) any Borrowing of Eurodollar Loans must be in a minimum principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess of that amount and (2) any Borrowing of ABR Loans must be in a principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess of that amount or an amount equal to the entire unused balance of the total Revolving Commitments or that is required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.06(e) of the Credit Agreement.
3   The Borrowing Date must be a Business Day.
4   Any Borrowing of Swingline Loans must be in a minimum principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $250,000 in excess of that amount or an amount required to finance the reimbursement of an LC Disbursement as contemplated by Section 2.06(e) of the Credit Agreement.


1.      On [                    ], 201     (the “ Issuance Date ”) 5 .

2.      With an expiration date of [                    ].

3.      In the amount of $            .

4.      The name of the Issuing Bank is: [                     ].

5.      The name and address of the beneficiary is: [                     ].

[6.    The identification number of the Letter of Credit is [                    ].] 6

The Borrower hereby certifies to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that as of the [Borrowing Date][Issuance Date] and after giving effect to the requested [Borrowing][issuance, amendment, renewal or extension]:

(a) The representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in the Credit Agreement are true and correct in all material respects (other than any representation or warranty qualified as to “materiality”, “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language, which shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the [Borrowing Date][Issuance Date] (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty expressly relates to an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty is true and correct as of such earlier date); and

(b) No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

This notice is to be considered the written confirmation of the telephone notice required by Section 2.03 of the Credit Agreement.

[REMAINDER OF PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK; SIGNATURE PAGE TO FOLLOW]

 

5   The Issuance Date must be a Business Day.
6   Line 6 to be included only for an amendment to, or a renewal or extension of, an issued and outstanding Letter of Credit.


Borrower  
XHR LP  

By:

  XHR GP, Inc., its general partner

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

Title:


EXHIBIT C-1

FORM OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

(For Foreign Lenders That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

Reference is made to that certain Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of February 3, 2015 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among XHR LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Borrower”), the Lenders from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent for the Lenders (the “Administrative Agent”).

Pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.17(f)(ii)(B)(3) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and (iv) it is not a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.

The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with a certificate of its non-U.S. Person status on IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

 

[NAME OF LENDER]

By:

 

 

  Name:
  Title:

Date:                     , 201[    ]


EXHIBIT C-2

FORM OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

(For Foreign Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

Reference is made to that certain Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of February 3, 2015 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among XHR LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Borrower”), the Lenders from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent for the Lenders (the “Administrative Agent”).

Pursuant to the provisions of 2.17(f)(ii)(B)(4) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its direct or indirect partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)), (iii) with respect to the extension of credit pursuant to this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, neither the undersigned nor any of its direct or indirect partners/members is a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iv) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and (v) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.

The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its partners/members that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i) an IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E or (ii) an IRS Form W-8ECI from each of such partner’s/member’s beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

 

[NAME OF LENDER]

By:

 

 

  Name:
  Title:

Date:                     , 201[    ]


EXHIBIT C-3

FORM OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

(For Foreign Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

Reference is made to that certain Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of February 3, 2015 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among XHR LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Borrower”), the Lenders from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent for the Lenders (the “Administrative Agent”).

Pursuant to the provisions of 2.17(f)(ii)(B)(4) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, and (iv) it is not a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.

The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with a certificate of its non-U.S. Person status on IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender in writing, and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

 

[NAME OF PARTICIPANT]

By:

 

 

  Name:
  Title:

Date:                     , 201[    ]


EXHIBIT C-4

FORM OF U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

(For Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

Reference is made to that certain Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of February 3, 2015 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among XHR LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Borrower”), the Lenders from time to time party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent for the Lenders (the “Administrative Agent”).

Pursuant to the provisions of 2.17(f)(ii)(B)(4) of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its direct or indirect partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such participation, (iii) with respect such participation, neither the undersigned nor any of its direct or indirect partners/members is a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iv) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and (v) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.

The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its partners/members that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i) an IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E or (ii) an IRS Form W-8ECI from each of such partner’s/member’s beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.

Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.

 

  [NAME OF PARTICIPANT]
  By:     

 

     Name:
     Title:

Date:                 , 201[    ]


EXHIBIT D-1

FORM OF REVOLVING LOAN NOTE

 

$[            ]    [Date]

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, XHR LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “ Borrower ”), promises to pay, without offset or counterclaim, to [            ] (hereinafter, together with its successors in title and permitted assigns, the “ Lender ”) in care of the Administrative Agent to the Administrative Agent’s address at 10 South Dearborn, Chicago, Illinois 60603, or at such other address as may be specified in writing by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, the principal sum of [            ] Dollars ($[        ]) or, if less, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Revolving Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of February 3, 2015, among the Lender, the Borrower, the other lending institutions named therein and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (the “ Administrative Agent ”) (as amended, restated, replaced, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement. Unless otherwise provided herein, the rules of interpretation set forth in Article I of the Credit Agreement shall be applicable to this Note.

The Borrower also promises to pay (a) principal at the times provided in the Credit Agreement and (b) interest from the date hereof on the principal amount unpaid at the rates and times set forth in the Credit Agreement and in all cases in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement. Late charges and other charges and default rate interest shall be paid by Borrower in accordance with, and subject to, the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement. The entire outstanding principal amount of this Note, together with all accrued but unpaid interest thereon, shall be due and payable in full on the Maturity Date. The Lender may endorse the record relating to this Note with appropriate notations evidencing advances and payments of principal hereunder as contemplated by the Credit Agreement. Such notations shall, to the extent not inconsistent with the notations made by the Administrative Agent in the Register, be conclusive and binding on the Borrower in the absence of manifest error; provided, however, that the failure of any Lender to make any such notations shall not limit or otherwise affect any Obligations of the Borrower.

Payments of both principal and interest are to be made in the currency in which such Revolving Loan was made and as specified in the Credit Agreement in immediately available funds to the account designated by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Credit Agreement.

This Note is issued pursuant to, is entitled to the benefits of, and is subject to the provisions of, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The principal of this Note is subject to prepayment in whole or in part without premium or penalty (subject to the provisions of Section 2.16 of the Credit Agreement) in the manner and to the extent specified in the Credit Agreement.


In case an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note and all of the unpaid interest accrued thereon may become or be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Credit Agreement.

The Borrower and all the parties hereto, whether as makers, endorsers, or otherwise, hereby waive presentment for payment, demand protest and notice of any kind in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance and enforcement of this Note (except for notices expressly required by the Credit Agreement), and also hereby assent to extensions of time of payment or forbearance or other indulgences without notice.

THIS NOTE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

This Note is exempt from State of Florida documentary stamp tax because it is not secured by a mortgage on Florida real property and was executed by Borrower, and delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lender, outside of the State of Florida. See Rule 12B-4,053(34) Fla. Admin. Code.

[ Signature Page to Follow ]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower has caused this Note to be duly executed in its name as of the date first above written.

 

XHR LP
By:       XHR GP, Inc., its general partner
By:     
Name:  
Title:  


REVOLVING LOANS AND PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS

 

Date

  

Amount of

Loan Made

   Interest
Period
(If Applicable)
   Amount of
Principal Repaid
   Unpaid
Principal Balance
   Total    Notation
Made By
  

ABR

   Eurodollar
Rate
      ABR    Eurodollar
Rate
   ABR    Eurodollar
Rate
     
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          
                          


EXHIBIT D-2

FORM OF SWINGLINE LOAN NOTE

 

$60,000,000    February 3, 2015

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, XHR LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “ Borrower ”), promises to pay, without offset or counterclaim, to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (hereinafter, together with its successors in title and permitted assigns, the “ Lender ”) in care of the Administrative Agent to the Administrative Agent’s address at 10 South Dearborn, Chicago, Illinois 60603, or at such other address as may be specified in writing by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, the principal sum of SIXTY MILLION DOLLARS ($60,000,000) or, if less, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Swingline Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of February 3, 2015, among the Lender, the Borrower, the other lending institutions named therein and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (the “ Administrative Agent ”) (as amended, restated, replaced, extended, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Credit Agreement. Unless otherwise provided herein, the rules of interpretation set forth in Article I of the Credit Agreement shall be applicable to this Note.

The Borrower also promises to pay (a) principal at the times provided in the Credit Agreement and (b) interest on the principal amount unpaid at the rates and times set forth in the Credit Agreement and in all cases in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement. Late charges and other charges and default rate interest shall be paid by Borrower in accordance with, and subject to, the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement. The entire outstanding principal amount of this Note, together with all accrued but unpaid interest thereon, shall be due and payable in full on the Maturity Date. The Lender may endorse the record relating to this Note with appropriate notations evidencing advances and payments of principal hereunder as contemplated by the Credit Agreement. Such notations shall, to the extent not inconsistent with the notations made by the Administrative Agent in the Register, be conclusive and binding on the Borrower in the absence of manifest error; provided, however, that the failure of any Lender to make any such notations shall not limit or otherwise affect any Obligations of the Borrower.

Payments of both principal and interest are to be made in the currency in which such Swingline Loan was made and as specified in the Credit Agreement in immediately available funds to the account designated by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Credit Agreement.

This Note is issued pursuant to, is entitled to the benefits of, and is subject to the provisions of, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The principal of this Note is subject to prepayment in whole or in part without premium or penalty in the manner and to the extent specified in the Credit Agreement.


In case an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the entire unpaid principal amount of this Note and all of the unpaid interest accrued thereon may become or be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Credit Agreement.

The Borrower and all the parties hereto, whether as makers, endorsers, or otherwise, hereby waive presentment for payment, demand protest and notice of any kind in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance and enforcement of this Note (except for notices expressly required by the Credit Agreement), and also hereby assent to extensions of time of payment or forbearance or other indulgences without notice.

THIS NOTE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

This Note is exempt from State of Florida documentary stamp tax because it is not secured by a mortgage on Florida real property and was executed by Borrower, and delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lender, outside of the State of Florida. See Rule 12B-4,053(34) Fla. Admin. Code.

[Signature Page to Follow]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrower has caused this Note to be duly executed in its name as of the date first above written.

 

XHR LP

By:    

  XHR GP, Inc., its general partner
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  


SWINGLINE LOANS AND PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS

 

Date

  

Amount

of Loan

  

Amount of

Principal Paid

or Prepaid

  

Balance of

Principal

Unpaid

  

Notation

Made By:

           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           


EXHIBIT E

FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

For the Fiscal [Quarter][Year] ended                     ,     

To:    JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to that certain Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of February 3, 2015 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “ Agreement ”; the terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), among XHR LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “ Borrower ”), each lender from time to time party thereto (collectively, the “ Lenders ” and individually, a “ Lender ”), and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as the Administrative Agent.

The undersigned Financial Officer hereby certifies, solely in [his][her] capacity as an officer duly authorized on behalf of the Borrower, as of the date hereof that [he][she] is the             of the Borrower, and that, as such, [he][she] is authorized to execute and deliver this Compliance Certificate (this “ Certificate ”) to the Administrative Agent on the behalf of the Borrower, and that:

[Use the following paragraph 1 for fiscal year-end financial statements]

1. The Borrower has delivered the year-end audited financial statements required by Section 5.01(a) of the Agreement for the fiscal year of the Company ended as of the above date, together with the report of an independent certified public accountant required by such section.

[Use the following paragraph 1 for fiscal quarter-end financial statements]

1. The Borrower has delivered the unaudited financial statements required by Section 5.01(b) of the Agreement for the fiscal quarter of the Company ended as of the above date. Such financial statements fairly present in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP as of such date and for such period, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.

2. [To the knowledge of the undersigned, no Default has occurred and is continuing.] [To the knowledge of the undersigned, the following is a list of each Default that has occurred and is continuing and the actions taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto:]

3. The Borrower is in compliance with the financial covenants in Section 6.12 of the Agreement as of the last day of the [fiscal quarter][fiscal year] ended as of the above date. The financial covenant analyses and information set forth on the schedules attached hereto are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of this Compliance Certificate.

4. [No change in GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred since the date of the audited financial statements referred to in Section 3.04 of the Agreement.] [The following is a list of each change in GAAP or in the application thereof that has occurred since the date of the audited financial statements referred to in Section 3.04 of the Agreement and the effect of such change on the financial statements referred to in paragraph (1):]


5. [Attached hereto as Exhibit A are updates to Schedule(s) [EGL], [ES] and [3.05]] 14

[Signature on the following page.]

 

14   Include to the extent applicable.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Compliance Certificate as of                     ,         .

 

 

    Name:
    Title:


[Attach Schedule of

Financial Covenant Compliance]

Exhibit 10.5

Execution Version

PARENT GUARANTY

THIS PARENT GUARANTY (“ Guaranty ”) is executed as of February 3, 2015, by XENIA HOTELS & RESORTS, INC., a Maryland corporation (the “ Guarantor ”), for the benefit of JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (“ Administrative Agent ”), in its capacity as the administrative agent for the Lenders under the Credit Agreement defined below, for the benefit of itself and such Lenders. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement defined below.

RECITALS

A. XHR LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“ Borrower ”), Administrative Agent and the Lenders have entered into that certain Revolving Credit Agreement of even date herewith (the “ Credit Agreement ”), pursuant to which the Lenders have agreed to make available to Borrower Loans and certain other financial accommodations on the terms and conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement;

B. The Lenders are not willing to make the Loans, or otherwise extend credit, to Borrower unless the Guarantor unconditionally guarantees payment and performance to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, of the Obligations; and

C. The Guarantor is the owner of a direct equity interest in Borrower, and the Guarantor will directly benefit from the Lenders’ making the Loans and other financial accommodations to Borrower.

AGREEMENT

NOW, THEREFORE, as an inducement to the Lenders to make the Loans and other financial accommodations to Borrower, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and legal sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Guarantor agrees with Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, as follows:

Section 1. Guaranty of Obligations . The Guarantor hereby absolutely, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, the payment and performance of the Obligations as and when the same shall be due and payable, whether by lapse of time, by acceleration of maturity or otherwise. The Guarantor hereby absolutely, irrevocably and unconditionally covenants and agrees that it is liable, jointly and severally, for the Obligations as a primary obligor, and that the Guarantor shall fully perform each and every term and provision hereof. This Guaranty is a guaranty of payment and not of collection only. Neither Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall be required to exhaust any right or remedy or take any action against Borrower or any other person or entity. The Guarantor agrees that, as between Guarantor and Administrative Agent and the Lenders, the Obligations may be declared to be due and payable for the purposes of this Guaranty notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition which may prevent, delay or vitiate any declaration as regards Borrower and cuthat in the event of a declaration or attempted declaration, the Obligations shall immediately become due and payable by the Guarantor for the purposes of this Guaranty.


Section 2. Guaranty Absolute . The Guarantor guarantees that the Obligations shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents. The liability of the Guarantor under this Guaranty is absolute, irrevocable and unconditional irrespective of: (a) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from any of the terms of any Loan Document, including any increase or decrease in the rate of interest thereon; (b) any release or amendment or waiver of, or consent to departure from, or failure to act by Administrative Agent or the Lenders with respect to, any other guaranty or support document, or any exchange, release or non-perfection of, or failure to act by Administrative Agent or the Lenders with respect to, or any impairment of any Lien on, any collateral, for all or any of the Obligations; (c) any present or future law, regulation or order of any jurisdiction (whether of right or in fact) or of any agency thereof purporting to reduce, amend, restructure or otherwise affect any term of the Obligations or any Loan Document; (d) any change in the corporate existence, structure, or ownership of Borrower; (e) without being limited by the foregoing, any lack of validity or enforceability of any Loan Document; and (f) any other setoff, recoupment, defense or counterclaim whatsoever (in any case, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory) with respect to the Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby which might constitute a legal or equitable defense available to, or discharge of, Borrower or a guarantor, other than the payment in full of the Obligations (other than indemnities and other contingent obligations not then due and payable and as to which no claim has been made).

Section 3. Guaranty Irrevocable . This Guaranty is a continuing guaranty of the payment of all Obligations now or hereafter existing and shall remain in full force and effect until payment in full of all Obligations (other than indemnities and other contingent obligations not then due and payable and as to which no claim has been made) and other amounts payable under this Guaranty and all Commitments are terminated.

Section 4. Waiver of Certain Rights and Notices . To the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law, except as specifically provided herein, the Guarantor hereby waives and agrees not to assert or take advantage of (a) any right to require Administrative Agent or any Lender to proceed against or exhaust its recourse against Borrower, any other guarantor or endorser, or any security or collateral held by Administrative Agent (for the benefit of Lenders) at any time or to pursue any other remedy in its power before proceeding against the Guarantor hereunder; (b) the defense of the statute of limitations in any action hereunder; (c) any defense that may arise by reason of (i) the incapacity, lack of authority, death or disability of Borrower, the Guarantor or any other or others, (ii) the revocation or repudiation hereof by the Guarantor or the revocation or repudiation of any of the Loan Documents by Borrower or any other or others, (iii) the failure of Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Lenders) to file or enforce a claim against the estate (either in administration, bankruptcy or any other proceeding) of Borrower or any other or others, (iv) the unenforceability in whole or in part of any Loan Document, (v) Administrative Agent’s election (on behalf of the Lenders), in any proceeding instituted under the federal Bankruptcy Code, of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the federal Bankruptcy Code, or (vi) any borrowing or grant of a security interest under Section 364 of the federal Bankruptcy Code; (d) presentment, demand for payment, protest, notice of discharge, notice of acceptance of this Guaranty, and indulgences and notices of any other kind whatsoever; (e) any defense based upon an election of remedies by Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Lenders) which destroys or otherwise impairs the subrogation rights of the Guarantor or the right of the

 

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Guarantor to proceed against Borrower for reimbursement, or both; (f) any defense based upon any taking, modification or release of any collateral or other guarantees, or any failure to perfect, or any impairment of, any Lien on, or the taking of or failure to take any other action with respect to, any collateral securing payment or performance of the Obligations; (g) any right to require marshaling of assets and liabilities, sale in inverse order of alienation, notice of acceptance of this Guaranty and of any obligations to which it applies or may apply; and (h) any rights or defenses based upon an offset by the Guarantor against any obligation now or hereafter owed to the Guarantor by Borrower; provided, however, that this Section 4 shall not constitute a waiver on the part of the Guarantor of any defense of payment. The Guarantor shall remain liable hereunder to the extent set forth herein, notwithstanding any act, omission or thing which might otherwise operate as a legal or equitable discharge of the Guarantor, until the termination of this Guaranty under Section 3.

Section 5. Reinstatement . This Guaranty shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment of any of the Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by the Lenders on the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of Borrower or otherwise, all as though the payment had not been made, whether or not Administrative Agent is in possession of the Guaranty.

Section 6. Subrogation . The Guarantor shall not exercise any rights which it may acquire by way of subrogation, by any payment made under this Guaranty or otherwise, until all the Obligations have been paid in full (other than indemnities and other contingent obligations not then due and payable and as to which no claim has been made) and the Commitments shall have expired or terminated. If any amount is paid to the Guarantor on account of subrogation rights under this Guaranty at any time when all the Obligations have not been paid in full, the amount shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Lenders and shall be promptly paid to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, to be credited and applied to the Obligations, whether matured or unmatured or absolute or contingent, in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents. If the Guarantor makes payment to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, of all or any part of the Obligations and all the Obligations are paid in full and the Commitments shall have expired or terminated, Administrative Agent shall, at the Guarantor’s request and expense, execute and deliver to the Guarantor appropriate documents, without recourse and without representation or warranty, necessary to evidence the transfer by subrogation to the Guarantor of the interest in the Obligations resulting from such payment.

Section 7. Subordination . Without limiting Administrative Agent’s rights under any other agreement, any liabilities owed by Borrower to the Guarantor in connection with any extension of credit or financial accommodation by the Guarantor to or for the account of Borrower, including but not limited to interest accruing at the agreed contract rate after the commencement of a bankruptcy or similar proceeding, are hereby subordinated to the Obligations, and such liabilities of Borrower to the Guarantor, if Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders so requests after the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, shall be collected, enforced and received by the Guarantor as trustee for the Lenders and shall be paid over to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, on account of the Obligations but without reducing or affecting in any manner the liability of the Guarantor under the other provisions of this Guaranty.

 

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Section 8. Certain Taxe s. The Guarantor further agrees that all payments to be made hereunder shall be made without setoff or counterclaim and free and clear of, and without deduction for, any taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions, withholdings or restrictions or conditions of any nature whatsoever now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any country or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein as provided in Section 2.17 of the Credit Agreement.

Section 9. Representations and Warranties . The Guarantor represents and warrants that:

(a) (i) the Guarantor is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, has all requisite power and authority to own or lease its properties and to carry on its business as now conducted and, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is required, (ii) the execution, delivery and performance of this Guaranty are within the Guarantor’s corporate powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, (iii) this Guaranty has been duly executed and delivered by the Guarantor and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Guarantor, enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law, and (iv) the execution, delivery and performance of this Guaranty by the Guarantor (A) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, except such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (B) will not violate any applicable law or regulation or the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of the Guarantor or any order, decree or judgment of any Governmental Authority, except for any violation of any applicable law or regulation that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (C) will not violate or result in a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon the Guarantor or its assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by the Guarantor, in each case, except for any violation or default that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (D) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Guarantor (other than Liens arising under the Loan Documents);

(b) in executing and delivering this Guaranty, the Guarantor has (i) without reliance on Administrative Agent or any Lender or any information received from Administrative Agent or any Lender and based upon such documents and information it deems appropriate, made an independent investigation of the transactions contemplated hereby and Borrower, Borrower’s business, assets, operations, prospects and condition, financial or otherwise, and any circumstances which may bear upon such transactions, Borrower or the obligations and risks undertaken herein with respect to the Obligations; (ii) adequate means to obtain from Borrower on a continuing basis information concerning Borrower; (iii) full and complete access to the Loan Documents and any other documents executed in connection with the Loan Documents; and (iv) not relied and will not rely upon any representations or warranties of Administrative Agent or any Lender not embodied herein or any acts heretofore or hereafter taken by

 

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Administrative Agent or any Lender (including but not limited to any review by Administrative Agent or any Lender of the affairs of Borrower); and

(c) each representation and warranty in the Credit Agreement relating to the Guarantor is true and correct.

Section 10. Covenants . The Guarantor will perform and comply with all covenants applicable to the Guarantor, or which Borrower is required to cause the Guarantor to comply with, under the terms of the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents as if the same were more fully set forth herein.

Section 11. Remedies Generally . The remedies provided in this Guaranty are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.

Section 12. Setoff. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender and each of its Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, and to the extent permitted under Section 9.08 of the Credit Agreement, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other obligations at any time owing by such Lender or Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Guarantor against any of and all the obligations of the Guarantor now or hereafter existing under this Guaranty held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Guaranty and although such obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each Lender under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Lender may have.

Section 13. Formalities . [Reserved].

Section 14. Amendments and Waivers . No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Guaranty, or consent to any departure by the Guarantor therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless it is in writing entered into by the Guarantor and the Administrative Agent (acting with the requisite consent of the Lenders as provided in the Credit Agreement), and then the waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given. No failure on the part of Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right under this Guaranty shall operate as a waiver or preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right.

Section 15. Expenses . The Guarantor shall reimburse Administrative Agent and the Lenders on demand for all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with the performance or enforcement of this Guaranty, subject, in each case, to the terms and limitations set forth in Section 9.03 of the Credit Agreement. The obligations of the Guarantor under this Section shall survive the termination of this Guaranty.

Section 16. Assignment . The provisions of this Guaranty shall be binding upon, and shall inure to the benefit of the Guarantor, Administrative Agent, the Lenders and their respective permitted successors and assigns; provided that the Guarantor may not assign or transfer its rights or obligations under this Guaranty without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender (and any attempted such assignment or transfer by the Guarantor without such consent shall be null and void). Without limiting the generality of the

 

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foregoing, Administrative Agent and each Lender may assign, sell participations in or otherwise transfer its rights under the Loan Documents to any other person or entity in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement, and the other person or entity shall then become vested with all the rights granted to Administrative Agent or such Lender, as applicable, in this Guaranty or otherwise.

Section 17. Headings . The headings and captions in this Guaranty are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Guaranty and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Guaranty.

Section 18. Notices . All notices or other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy or email, as follows:

(a) if to the Guarantor, to it at Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc., 200 South Orange Avenue, Suite 1200, Orlando, Florida 32801, Attention of Lisa Ramey (Email: lramey@xeniareit.com), with a copy to [Xenia General Counsel]; and

(b) if to Administrative Agent, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 10 S. Dearborn, Floor L2, Chicago, IL 60603, Fax: 312-385-7101, Email: cls.reb.chicago@jpmorgan.com, Attention of Kevin Barry, with a copy to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 270 Park Avenue, 45th Floor, New York, New York 10017, Attention of Rita Lai (Telecopy No. 646-534-6301; Email: rita.lai@jpmorgan.com).

The Guarantor and Administrative Agent may change its address or telecopy number or email address for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other party. Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by facsimile shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient). Notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement).

Section 19. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process .

(a) This Guaranty shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.

(b) The Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County, Borough of Manhattan, and of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Guaranty, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto

 

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agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Guaranty shall affect any right that Administrative Agent or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Guaranty against the Guarantor or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.

(c) The Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Guaranty in any court referred to in subsection (b) above. Each of the parties hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

(d) The Guarantor irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices herein. Nothing in this Guaranty will affect the right of the Administrative Agent to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

Section 20. Severability . Any provision of this Guaranty held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.

Section 21. ENTIRETY . THIS GUARANTY AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS EXECUTED BY THE GUARANTOR EMBODY THE FINAL, ENTIRE AGREEMENT OF THE GUARANTOR, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS WITH RESPECT TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF AND THEREOF AND SUPERSEDES ANY AND ALL PRIOR COMMITMENTS, AGREEMENTS, REPRESENTATIONS, AND UNDERSTANDINGS, WHETHER WRITTEN OR ORAL, RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF AND THEREOF. THIS GUARANTY AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS EXECUTED BY THE GUARANTOR ARE INTENDED BY THE GUARANTOR, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS AS A FINAL AND COMPLETE EXPRESSION OF THE TERMS HEREOF AND THEREOF, AND NO COURSE OF DEALING AMONG THE GUARANTOR, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS, NO COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, NO TRADE PRACTICES, AND NO EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OR DISCUSSIONS OR OTHER EXTRINSIC EVIDENCE OF ANY NATURE SHALL BE USED TO CONTRADICT, VARY, SUPPLEMENT OR MODIFY ANY TERM OF THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT EXECUTED BY GUARANTOR. THERE ARE NO ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE GUARANTOR, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS.

Section 22. WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY . THE GUARANTOR AND, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ON BEHALF OF THE LENDERS, EACH HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT

 

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OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). THE GUARANTOR AND, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ON BEHALF OF THE LENDERS, EACH (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF THE OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND SUCH OTHER PARTY HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO EXECUTE OR ACCEPT THIS GUARANTY BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

Section 23. Limitation of Liability . To the extent permitted by applicable law, no party hereto shall assert, and each party hereto waives, any claim against any other party hereto on any theory of liability for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Guaranty or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the Transactions, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof.

Section 24. ECP RULES . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, the Guarantor hereunder shall not be deemed to be a guarantor of any Obligations with respect to Swap Agreements if the Guarantor is not an “Eligible Contract Participant” as defined in § 1(a)(18) of the Commodity Exchange Act and the applicable rules issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and/or the Securities and Exchange Commission (collectively, and as now or hereafter in effect, “the ECP Rules ”) to the extent that the providing of such guaranty by the Guarantor would violate the ECP Rules or any other applicable law or regulation.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the Guarantor has caused this Guaranty to be duly executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date first above written.

 

XENIA HOTELS & RESORTS, INC., as Guarantor
By: /s/ Marcel Verbaas

Name: Marcel Verbaas

Title: Director and President and CEO

 

 

 

 

(Signature Page to Parent Guaranty)


Accepted and Agreed:

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent

By: /s/ Rita Lai

Name: Rita Lai

Title: Authorized Signer

 

 

 

 

(Signature Page to Parent Guaranty)

Exhibit 10.6

XENIA HOTELS & RESORTS, INC. XHR HOLDING, INC. AND XHR LP

2015 INCENTIVE AWARD PLAN

STOCK PAYMENT AWARD GRANT NOTICE

Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc., a Maryland corporation, (the “ Company ”), pursuant to the Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc., XHR Holding, Inc. and XHR LP 2015 Incentive Award Plan, as amended from time to time (the “ Plan ”), hereby grants to the individual listed below (the “ Participant ”), in consideration of the mutual agreements set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the number of shares of the Company’s Common Stock set forth below (the “ Shares ”). This Stock Payment award is subject to all of the terms and conditions as set forth herein and in the Stock Payment Award Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “ Stock Payment Agreement ”) and the Plan, each of which is incorporated herein by reference. Unless otherwise defined herein, the terms defined in the Plan shall have the same defined meanings in this Stock Payment Award Grant Notice (the “ Grant Notice ”) and the Stock Payment Agreement.

 

Participant:
Grant Date:
Total Number of Shares of Common Stock:

By his or her signature and the Company’s signature below, the Participant agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Stock Payment Agreement and this Grant Notice. The Participant has reviewed the Stock Payment Agreement, the Plan and this Grant Notice in their entirety, has had an opportunity to obtain the advice of counsel prior to executing this Grant Notice and fully understands all provisions of this Grant Notice, the Stock Payment Agreement and the Plan. The Participant hereby agrees to accept as binding, conclusive and final all decisions or interpretations of the Administrator of the Plan upon any questions arising under the Plan, this Grant Notice and/or the Stock Payment Agreement. In addition, by signing below, the Participant also agrees that the Company or any Affiliate, in its sole discretion, may satisfy any withholding obligations in accordance with Section 2.2 of the Stock Payment Agreement by (i) withholding shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable to the Participant, (ii) instructing a broker on the Participant’s behalf to sell shares of Common Stock otherwise issuable to the Participant and remit the proceeds of such sale to the Company, or (iii) using any other method permitted by Section 2.2 of the Stock Payment Agreement or the Plan.

 

XENIA HOTELS & RESORTS, INC.: PARTICIPANT:
By:

 

By:

 

Print Name:

 

Print Name:

 

Title:

 

Address:

200 S. Orange Avenue

Address:

 

Suite 1200

 

Orlando, Florida 32801

 

 

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EXHIBIT A

TO STOCK PAYMENT AWARD GRANT NOTICE

STOCK PAYMENT AWARD AGREEMENT

Pursuant to the Stock Payment Award Grant Notice (the “ Grant Notice ”) to which this Stock Payment Award Agreement (the “ Agreement ”) is attached, Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “ Company ”) has granted to the Participant the number of shares of Common Stock (the “ Shares ”) under the Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc., XHR Holding, Inc. and XHR LP 2015 Incentive Award Plan, as amended from time to time (the “ Plan ”), as set forth in the Grant Notice. Capitalized terms not specifically defined herein shall have the meanings specified in the Plan and the Grant Notice.

ARTICLE I.

GENERAL

1.1 Incorporation of Terms of Plan . The Award (as defined below) is subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, which are incorporated herein by reference. In the event of any inconsistency between the Plan and this Agreement, the terms of the Plan shall control.

ARTICLE II.

AWARD OF COMMON STOCK

2.1 Award of Common Stock .

(a) Award . Pursuant to the Grant Notice and upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan and this Agreement, effective as of the Grant Date set forth in the Grant Notice, the Company has granted to the Participant an award of Common Stock (the “ Award ”) under the Plan in consideration of the Participant’s past and/or continued employment with or service to the Company or its Affiliates, and/or for other good and valuable consideration which the Administrator has determined exceeds the aggregate par value of the Common Stock subject to the Award as of the Grant Date. The number of Shares subject to the Award is set forth in the Grant Notice. The Participant is an Employee, Non-Employee Director or Consultant of the Company or one of its Affiliates.

(b) Book Entry Form; Certificates . At the sole discretion of the Administrator, the Shares will be issued in either (i) uncertificated form, with the Shares recorded in the name of the Participant in the books and records of the Company’s transfer agent; or (ii) certificated form.

2.2 Tax Withholding . The Company or its Affiliates shall be entitled to require a cash payment (or to elect, or permit the Participant to elect, such other form of payment determined in accordance with Section 10.2 of the Plan) by or on behalf of the Participant and/or to deduct from other compensation payable to the Participant any sums required by federal, state or local tax law to be withheld with respect to the grant of the Award. In satisfaction of the foregoing requirement with respect to the grant of the Award, unless otherwise determined by the Company, the Company or its Affiliates shall withhold Shares otherwise issuable under the Award having a fair market value equal to the sums required to be withheld by federal, state and/or local tax law. The number of Shares which shall be so withheld in order to satisfy such federal, state and/or local withholding tax liabilities shall be limited to the number of shares which have a fair market value on the date of withholding equal to the aggregate amount of such liabilities based on the minimum statutory withholding rates for federal, state and/or local tax purposes that are applicable to such supplemental taxable income. Notwithstanding any other

 

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provision of this Agreement (including without limitation Section 2.1(b) hereof), the Company shall not be obligated to deliver any new certificate representing Shares to the Participant or the Participant’s legal representative or to enter any such Shares in book entry form unless and until the Participant or the Participant’s legal representative, as applicable, shall have paid or otherwise satisfied in full the amount of all federal, state and local taxes applicable to the taxable income of the Participant resulting from the grant or vesting of the Award or the issuance of Shares hereunder.

2.3 Conditions to Delivery of Shares . Subject to Section 2.1 above, the Shares deliverable under this Award may be either previously authorized but unissued Shares or Shares purchased on the open market. Such Shares shall be fully paid and nonassessable. The Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any Shares under this Award prior to fulfillment of the conditions set forth in Section 10.4 of the Plan.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the issuance of such Shares shall not be delayed if and to the extent that such delay would result in a violation of Section 409A of the Code. In the event that the Company delays the issuance of such Shares because it reasonably determines that the issuance of such Shares will violate Applicable Law, such issuance shall be made at the earliest date at which the Company reasonably determines that issuing such Shares will not cause such violation, as required by Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-2(b)(7)(ii).

2.4 Ownership Limits . To ensure compliance with the Stock Ownership Limit (as defined in the Company’s charter, as amended from time to time), any other provision of Section 7.2.1(a) of the Company’s charter, and/or Applicable Law and for other proper purposes, the Company may issue appropriate “stop transfer” and other instructions to its transfer agent with respect to the Shares.

2.5 Consideration to the Company . In consideration of the grant of the Award pursuant hereto, the Participant agrees to render faithful and efficient services to the Company or any Affiliate.

ARTICLE III.

OTHER PROVISIONS

3.1 Rights as Stockholder . Except as otherwise provided herein, upon the Grant Date, the Participant shall have all the rights of a stockholder of the Company with respect to the Shares, subject to Sections 2.2 and 2.3 above, including, without limitation, voting rights and rights to receive any cash or stock dividends, in respect of the Shares subject to the Award and deliverable hereunder.

3.2 Not a Contract of Service Relationship . Nothing in this Agreement or in the Plan shall confer upon the Participant any right to continue to serve as an Employee, Director or other service provider of the Company or any of its Affiliates or shall interfere with or restrict in any way the rights of the Company and its Affiliates, which rights are hereby expressly reserved, to discharge or terminate the services of the Participant at any time for any reason whatsoever, with or without cause, except to the extent expressly provided otherwise in a written agreement between the Company or an Affiliate and the Participant.

3.3 Governing Law . The laws of the State of Maryland shall govern the interpretation, validity, administration, enforcement and performance of the terms of this Agreement regardless of the law that might be applied under principles of conflicts of laws.

3.4 Conformity to Securities Laws . The Participant acknowledges that the Plan and this Agreement are intended to conform to the extent necessary with all provisions of the Securities Act and

 

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the Exchange Act, and any and all Applicable Law. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Plan shall be administered, and the Award is granted, only in such a manner as to conform to such laws, rules and regulations. To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Plan and this Agreement shall be deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such laws, rules and regulations.

3.5 Amendment, Suspension and Termination . To the extent permitted by the Plan, this Agreement may be wholly or partially amended or otherwise modified, suspended or terminated at any time or from time to time by the Administrator or the Board; provided, however , that, except as may otherwise be provided by the Plan, no amendment, modification, suspension or termination of this Agreement shall adversely affect the Award in any material way without the prior written consent of the Participant.

3.6 Notices . Any notice to be given under the terms of this Agreement shall be addressed to the Company in care of the Secretary of the Company at the Company’s principal office, and any notice to be given to the Participant shall be addressed to the Participant at the Participant’s last address reflected on the Company’s records. Any notice shall be deemed duly given when sent via email or when sent by reputable overnight courier or by certified mail (return receipt requested) through the United States Postal Service.

3.7 Successors and Assigns . The Company or any Affiliate may assign any of its rights under this Agreement to single or multiple assignees, and this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Company and its Affiliates. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Participant and his or her heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns.

3.8 Limitations Applicable to Section 16 Persons . Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or this Agreement, if the Participant is subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, then the Plan, the Award and this Agreement shall be subject to any additional limitations set forth in any applicable exemptive rule under Section 16 of the Exchange Act (including any amendment to Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act) that are requirements for the application of such exemptive rule. To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, this Agreement shall be deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such applicable exemptive rule.

3.9 Entire Agreement . The Plan, the Grant Notice and this Agreement (including all Exhibits thereto, if any) constitute the entire agreement of the parties and supersede in their entirety all prior undertakings and agreements of the Company and its Affiliates and the Participant with respect to the subject matter hereof.

3.10 Limitation on the Participant’s Rights . Participation in the Plan confers no rights or interests other than as herein provided. This Agreement creates only a contractual obligation on the part of the Company as to amounts payable and shall not be construed as creating a trust. The Plan, in and of itself, has no assets. The Participant shall have only the rights of a general unsecured creditor of the Company and its Affiliates with respect to amounts credited and benefits payable, if any, with respect to the Shares issuable hereunder.

 

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Exhibit 99.1

 

LOGO NEWS RELEASE

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DATE: February 4, 2015

XENIA HOTELS & RESORTS ANNOUNCES LISTING OF ITS COMMON STOCK ON THE

NYSE AND RINGING OF THE OPENING BELL

COMMENCES TENDER OFFER TO PURCHASE UP TO $125 MILLION IN VALUE OF ITS

SHARES OF COMMON STOCK

Orlando, FL February 4, 2015 — Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (NYSE: XHR) (“Xenia” or the “Company”) today announced the successful completion of its spin-off from Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc. Starting today, Xenia common stock will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the symbol “XHR”. In connection with the listing of its shares of common stock on the NYSE, members of Xenia’s management team will ring The Opening Bell at 9:30 a.m. EST today at the NYSE to celebrate the first day of trading.

“Today, the board of directors, the executive management team and our employees celebrate the start of a new independent real estate investment trust that invests in premium hotels, with a focus on the top 25 lodging markets and key leisure destinations in the United States,” said Marcel Verbaas, President and Chief Executive Officer of Xenia.

In connection with the spin-off and listing, Xenia today commenced a modified “Dutch Auction” self-tender offer (the “Tender Offer”) to purchase for cash up to $125 million in value of shares of the Company’s common stock. In accordance with the terms of the offer to purchase and letter of transmittal, Xenia will select the lowest price, not greater than $21.00 nor less than $19.00 per share, net to seller in cash, less any applicable withholding taxes and without interest, that will enable Xenia to purchase the maximum number of shares of common stock having an aggregate purchase price not exceeding $125 million. Xenia expects to fund the tender offer with cash on hand.

The Tender Offer will expire at 5:00 P.M., New York City Time, on March 5, 2015, unless the Tender Offer is extended or withdrawn. Upon expiration, payment for the shares of common stock accepted for purchase under the Tender Offer will occur as promptly as practicable in accordance with applicable law. Any questions or requests for assistance may be directed to Xenia Investor Services by telephone toll free at (844) 248-2205.

 

200 S. ORANGE AVENUE, SUITE 1200               ORLANDO, FL 32801-3426                TEL 407.317.6950                FAX 866.748.7101                XENIAREIT.COM


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The Company has posted a copy of a presentation that it has made to the investment community and 2015 financial information guidance on its new Investor Relations page at www.xeniareit.com. Xenia’s recorded presentation, when available, will also be posted to the Investor Relations page.

About Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. is a self-advised and self-administered REIT that invests primarily in premium full service, lifestyle and urban upscale hotels, with a focus on the top 25 U.S. lodging markets as well as key leisure destinations in the United States. As of September 30, 2014, we owned 46 hotels, comprising 12,636 rooms, across 19 states and the District of Columbia, and had a majority interest in two hotels under development. Our hotels are primarily operated by industry leaders such as Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, Starwood, Kimpton, Aston, Fairmont and Loews, as well as leading independent management companies, under various nationally recognized brands. For more information on our business, refer to the company website at www.xeniareit.com.

Important Notice

This press release is a summary provided for informational purposes only and is not an offer to buy or the solicitation of an offer to sell any securities of the Company. The full details of the modified “Dutch Auction” tender offer, including complete instructions on how to tender shares, will be included in the offer to purchase, the letter of transmittal and other related materials, which the Company will publish, send or give to stockholders, and file such materials with the SEC. Stockholders are urged to read carefully the offer to purchase, the letter of transmittal and other related materials when they become available because they contain important information, including the terms and conditions of the Tender Offer. Stockholders may obtain free copies of the offer to purchase, the letter of transmittal and other related materials after they are filed by the Company with the SEC at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

Forward-Looking Statements Disclaimer

Certain statements in this letter constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical, including statements regarding management’s intentions, beliefs, expectations, representations, plans or predictions of the future, and are typically identified by words such as “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” “continue,” “likely,” “plan,” “seek,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “would” and “could.” These forward-looking statements are not historical facts but are the intent, belief or current expectations of the Company’s management based on their knowledge and understanding of the business and industry, the economy and other future conditions. These statements are not guarantees of future performance, and stockholders should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or forecasted in the forward-looking statements due to a variety of risks, uncertainties and other factors, including but not limited to the factors listed and described under “Risk Factors” in the Company’s most recent registration statement on Form 10, as filed with the SEC. The Company intends that such forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors created by Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except as

 

200 S. ORANGE AVENUE, SUITE 1200               ORLANDO, FL 32801-3426                TEL 407.317.6950                FAX 866.748.7101                XENIAREIT.COM


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may be required by applicable law. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events or changes to future operating results, except as may be required by applicable law. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities.

Contact:

Lisa Ramey, Vice President Finance, Xenia Hotels & Resorts, (407) 317-6950

For additional information or to receive press releases via email, please visit our website at

www.xeniareit.com

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200 S. ORANGE AVENUE, SUITE 1200               ORLANDO, FL 32801-3426                TEL 407.317.6950                FAX 866.748.7101                XENIAREIT.COM