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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 10-Q

 

 

 

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

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 2016

OR

 

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

COMMISSION FILE NUMBER: 001-31817

 

 

CEDAR REALTY TRUST, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Maryland   42-1241468
(State or other jurisdiction of   (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)   Identification No.)

44 South Bayles Avenue, Port Washington, New York 11050-3765

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(516) 767-6492

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes   x     No   ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer   ¨    Accelerated filer   x
Non-accelerated filer   ¨   (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company   ¨

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

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date: At May 2, 2016, there were 85,342,077 shares of Common Stock, $0.06 par value, outstanding.

 

 

 


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CEDAR REALTY TRUST, INC.

INDEX

 

Forward-Looking Statements

     3   

Part I. Financial Information

  

Item 1.

 

Financial Statements (unaudited)

  
 

Consolidated Balance Sheets – March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015

     4   
 

Consolidated Statements of Operations– Three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015

     5   
 

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income – Three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015

     6   
 

Consolidated Statement of Equity– Three months ended March 31, 2016

     7   
 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows– Three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015

     8   
 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – March 31, 2016

     9-20   

Item 2.

 

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

     21-30   

Item 3.

 

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

     30-31   

Item 4.

 

Controls and Procedures

     31   

Part II. Other Information

  

Item 1.

 

Legal Proceedings

     32   

Item 1A.

 

Risk Factors

     32   

Item 2.

 

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

     32   

Item 3.

 

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

     32   

Item 4.

 

Mine Safety Disclosures

     32   

Item 5.

 

Other Information

     32   

Item 6.

 

Exhibits

     32   

Signatures

     33   

 

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Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements made in this Form 10-Q or incorporated by reference herein are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and, as such, may involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements, which are based on certain assumptions and describe the Company’s future plans, strategies and expectations, are generally identifiable by use of the words “may”, “will”, “should”, “estimates”, “projects”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “expects”, “intends”, “future”, and words of similar import, or the negative thereof. Factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, but are not limited to: adverse general economic conditions in the United States and uncertainty in the credit and retail markets; financing risks, such as the inability to obtain new financing or refinancing on favorable terms as the result of market volatility or instability; risks related to the market for retail space generally, including reductions in consumer spending, variability in retailer demand for leased space, tenant bankruptcies, adverse impact of internet sales demand, ongoing consolidation in the retail sector and changes in economic conditions and consumer confidence; risks endemic to real estate and the real estate industry generally; the impact of the Company’s level of indebtedness on operating performance; inability of tenants to meet their rent and other lease obligations; adverse impact of new technology and e-commerce developments on the Company’s tenants; competitive risk; risks related to the geographic concentration of the Company’s properties in the Washington D.C. to Boston corridor; the effects of natural and other disasters; and the inability of the Company to realize anticipated returns from its redevelopment activities; and the risk factors discussed under Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015.

Except for ongoing obligations to disclose material information as required by the federal securities laws, the Company undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. All of the above factors are difficult to predict, contain uncertainties that may materially affect the Company’s actual results and may be beyond the Company’s control. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for the Company’s management to predict all such factors or to assess the effect of each factor on the Company’s business. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that the Company’s current expectations will be realized.

 

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CEDAR REALTY TRUST, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(unaudited)

 

    March 31,     December 31,  
    2016     2015  

ASSETS

   

Real estate:

   

Land

  $ 326,164,000      $ 323,859,000   

Buildings and improvements

    1,247,199,000        1,226,168,000   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
    1,573,363,000        1,550,027,000   

Less accumulated depreciation

    (309,692,000     (300,832,000
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Real estate, net

    1,263,671,000        1,249,195,000   

Real estate held for sale

    —          14,402,000   

Cash and cash equivalents

    1,757,000        2,083,000   

Restricted cash

    5,956,000        5,592,000   

Receivables

    19,364,000        17,912,000   

Other assets and deferred charges, net

    29,139,000        29,196,000   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

  $ 1,319,887,000      $ 1,318,380,000   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

   

Mortgage loans payable

  $ 304,190,000      $ 298,089,000   

Unsecured revolving credit facility

    79,000,000        78,000,000   

Unsecured term loans

    297,867,000        297,731,000   

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

    30,076,000        23,831,000   

Unamortized intangible lease liabilities

    22,533,000        23,187,000   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    733,666,000        720,838,000   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies

    —          —     

Equity:

   

Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. shareholders’ equity:

   

Preferred stock ($.01 par value, 12,500,000 shares authorized):

   

Series B ($25.00 per share liquidation value, 10,000,000 shares authorized, 7,950,000 issued and outstanding)

    190,661,000        190,661,000   

Common stock ($.06 par value, 150,000,000 shares authorized, 85,344,000 and 85,049,000 shares, issued and outstanding, respectively)

    5,121,000        5,103,000   

Treasury stock (3,279,000 and 3,182,000 shares, respectively, at cost)

    (18,297,000     (17,284,000

Additional paid-in capital

    826,918,000        825,979,000   

Cumulative distributions in excess of net income

    (410,538,000     (404,350,000

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

    (9,008,000     (4,059,000
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. shareholders’ equity

    584,857,000        596,050,000   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Noncontrolling interests:

   

Minority interests in consolidated joint ventures

    (1,050,000     (970,000

Limited partners’ OP Units

    2,414,000        2,462,000   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total noncontrolling interests

    1,364,000        1,492,000   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total equity

    586,221,000        597,542,000   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

  $ 1,319,887,000      $ 1,318,380,000   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements

 

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CEDAR REALTY TRUST, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(unaudited)

 

    Three months ended March 31,  
    2016     2015  

REVENUES

   

Rents

  $ 29,130,000      $ 28,962,000   

Expense recoveries

    8,958,000        9,621,000   

Other

    163,000        52,000   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenues

    38,251,000        38,635,000   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

EXPENSES

   

Operating, maintenance and management

    7,155,000        8,344,000   

Real estate and other property-related taxes

    4,880,000        4,687,000   

General and administrative

    5,347,000        3,919,000   

Acquisition costs

    2,597,000        499,000   

Depreciation and amortization

    9,661,000        9,508,000   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

    29,640,000        26,957,000   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

OTHER

   

Gain on sale

    59,000        —     

Impairment charges

    —          (1,109,000
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other

    59,000        (1,109,000
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

OPERATING INCOME

    8,670,000        10,569,000   

NON-OPERATING INCOME AND EXPENSES

   

Interest expense

    (7,005,000     (7,278,000

Early extinguishment of debt costs

    (89,000     (57,000
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total non-operating income and expenses

    (7,094,000     (7,335,000
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

INCOME FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS

    1,576,000        3,234,000   

DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

   

Income from operations

    —          12,000   

Impairment reversals

    —          153,000   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total income from discontinued operations

    —          165,000   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCOME

    1,576,000        3,399,000   

Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests:

   

Minority interests in consolidated joint ventures

    80,000        78,000   

Limited partners’ interest in Operating Partnership

    7,000        2,000   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests

    87,000        80,000   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE TO CEDAR REALTY TRUST, INC.

    1,663,000        3,479,000   

Preferred stock dividends

    (3,602,000     (3,602,000
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET LOSS ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS

  $ (1,939,000   $ (123,000
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET (LOSS) INCOME PER COMMON SHARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS (BASIC AND DILUTED)

   

Continuing operations

  $ (0.03   $ (0.01

Discontinued operations

    0.00        0.01   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $ (0.03   $ (0.00
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Weighted average number of common shares - basic and diluted

    81,656,000        80,719,000   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements

 

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CEDAR REALTY TRUST, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME

(unaudited)

 

     Three months ended March 31,  
     2016     2015  

Net income

   $ 1,576,000      $ 3,399,000   

Other comprehensive income - unrealized loss on change in fair value of cash flow hedges:

     (4,970,000     (2,016,000
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive (loss) income

     (3,394,000     1,383,000   

Comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interests

     108,000        88,000   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive (loss) income attributable to Cedar Realty Trust, Inc.

   $ (3,286,000   $ 1,471,000   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements

 

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CEDAR REALTY TRUST, INC.

Consolidated Statement of Equity

Three months ended March 31, 2016

(unaudited)

 

    Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. Shareholders  
    Preferred stock     Common stock                 Cumulative     Accumulated        
        Treasury     Additional     distributions     other        
        stock,     paid-in     in excess of     comprehensive        
    Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     at cost     capital     net income     (loss)     Total  

Balance, December 31, 2015

    7,950,000      $ 190,661,000        85,049,000      $ 5,103,000      $ (17,284,000   $ 825,979,000      $ (404,350,000   $ (4,059,000   $ 596,050,000   

Net income (loss)

    —          —          —          —          —          —          1,663,000        —          1,663,000   

Unrealized loss on change in fair value of cash flow hedges

    —          —          —          —          —          —          —          (4,949,000     (4,949,000

Share-based compensation, net

    —          —          293,000        18,000        (1,013,000     928,000        —          —          (67,000

Common stock sales and issuance expenses, net

    —          —          2,000        —          —          9,000        —          —          9,000   

Preferred stock dividends

    —          —          —          —          —          —          (3,602,000     —          (3,602,000

Distributions to common shareholders/ noncontrolling interests

    —          —          —          —          —          —          (4,249,000     —          (4,249,000

Reallocation adjustment of limited partners’ interest

    —          —          —          —          —          2,000        —          —          2,000   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance, March 31, 2016

    7,950,000      $ 190,661,000        85,344,000      $ 5,121,000      $ (18,297,000   $ 826,918,000      $ (410,538,000   $ (9,008,000   $ 584,857,000   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    Noncontrolling Interests              
          Limited                
    Minority     partners’                
    interests in     interest in                
    consolidated     Operating           Total    
    joint ventures     Partnership     Total     equity    

Balance, December 31, 2015

  $ (970,000   $ 2,462,000      $ 1,492,000      $ 597,542,000     

 

Net income (loss)

 

 

 

 

(80,000

 

 

 

 

 

(7,000

 

 

 

 

 

(87,000

 

 

 

 

 

1,576,000

 

  

 

Unrealized loss on change in fair value of cash flow hedges

    —          (21,000     (21,000     (4,970,000  

Share-based compensation, net

    —          —          —          (67,000  

Common stock sales and issuance expenses, net

    —          —          —          9,000     

Preferred stock dividends

    —          —          —          (3,602,000  

Distributions to common shareholders/ noncontrolling interests

    —          (18,000     (18,000     (4,267,000  

Reallocation adjustment of limited partners’ interest

    —          (2,000     (2,000     —       
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

Balance, March 31, 2016

  $ (1,050,000   $ 2,414,000      $ 1,364,000      $ 586,221,000     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements

 

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CEDAR REALTY TRUST, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(unaudited)

 

    Three months ended March 31,  
    2016     2015  

OPERATING ACTIVITIES

   

Net income

  $ 1,576,000      $ 3,399,000   

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

   

Impairment charges

    —          956,000   

Gain on sales

    (59,000     —     

Straight-line rents

    317,000        (196,000

Provision for doubtful accounts

    221,000        309,000   

Depreciation and amortization

    9,661,000        9,508,000   

Amortization of intangible lease liabilities

    (685,000     (830,000

Expense relating to share-based compensation, net

    510,000        804,000   

Amortization (including accelerated write-off) of deferred financing costs

    397,000        424,000   

Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions and dispositions:

   

Rents and other receivables, net

    (2,463,000     (3,775,000

Prepaid expenses and other

    (814,000     (483,000

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

    1,331,000        (361,000
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

    9,992,000        9,755,000   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

INVESTING ACTIVITIES

   

Acquisition of real estate

    (12,090,000     (24,449,000

Expenditures for real estate improvements

    (2,128,000     (1,083,000

Net proceeds from sales of real estate

    14,494,000        2,100,000   

Construction escrows and other

    (257,000     (55,000
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

    19,000        (23,487,000
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

FINANCING ACTIVITIES

   

Repayments under revolving credit facility

    (18,000,000     (93,000,000

Advances under revolving credit facility

    19,000,000        69,000,000   

Advances under term loans

    —          50,000,000   

Mortgage repayments

    (2,399,000     (32,121,000

Payments of debt financing costs

    (1,078,000     (2,599,000

Noncontrolling interests:

   

Purchase of joint venture minority interests share

    —          (11,219,000

Distributions to limited partners

    (18,000     (20,000

Common stock sales less issuance expenses, net

    9,000        41,811,000   

Preferred stock dividends

    (3,602,000     (3,602,000

Distributions to common shareholders

    (4,249,000     (4,246,000
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

    (10,337,000     14,004,000   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents

    (326,000     272,000   

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

    2,083,000        3,499,000   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

  $ 1,757,000      $ 3,771,000   
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements

 

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Cedar Realty Trust, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2016

(unaudited)

Note 1. Business and Organization

Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) is a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) that focuses primarily on ownership and operation of grocery-anchored shopping centers straddling the Washington, D.C. to Boston corridor. At March 31, 2016, the Company owned and managed a portfolio of 61 operating properties.

Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”) is the entity through which the Company conducts substantially all of its business and owns (either directly or through subsidiaries) substantially all of its assets. At March 31, 2016, the Company owned a 99.6% economic interest in, and was the sole general partner of, the Operating Partnership. The limited partners’ interest in the Operating Partnership (0.4% at March 31, 2016) is represented by Operating Partnership Units (“OP Units”). The carrying amount of such interest is adjusted at the end of each reporting period to an amount equal to the limited partners’ ownership percentage of the Operating Partnership’s net equity. The 352,000 OP Units outstanding at March 31, 2016 are economically equivalent to the Company’s common stock. The holders of OP Units have the right to exchange their OP Units for the same number of shares of the Company’s common stock or, at the Company’s option, for cash.

As used herein, the “Company” refers to Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, including the Operating Partnership or, where the context so requires, Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. only.

Note 2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Principles of Consolidation/Basis of Preparation

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and include all of the information and disclosures required by U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) for interim reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all of the disclosures required by GAAP for complete financial statement disclosures. In the opinion of management, all adjustments necessary for fair presentation (including normal recurring accruals) have been included. The financial statements are prepared on the accrual basis in accordance with GAAP, which requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities, the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the periods covered by the financial statements. Actual results could differ from these estimates. The prior period financial statements reflect certain reclassifications, such as the reclassification of unamortized debt issuance costs for mortgage loans payable and term loans, which had no impact on previously-reported net income attributable to common shareholders or earnings per share. The unaudited consolidated financial statements in

 

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Cedar Realty Trust, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2016

(unaudited)

 

this Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015.

The unaudited consolidated financial statements include the accounts and operations of the Company, the Operating Partnership, its subsidiaries, and certain joint venture partnerships in which it participates. The Company consolidates all variable interest entities for which it is the primary beneficiary.

In February 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued guidance which amends the consolidation requirements, including introducing a separate consolidation analysis specific to limited partnerships and other similar entities. Under the analysis, limited partnerships and other similar entities will be considered a variable interest entity unless the limited partners hold substantive kick-out rights or participating rights. The guidance was adopted on January 1, 2016. The Company evaluated its existing joint venture property at San Souci Plaza based on the new guidance, determined the entity is now deemed to be a variable interest entity, and will continue to consolidate the entity.

Supplemental Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows Information

 

    Three months ended March 31,  
    2016     2015  

Supplemental disclosure of cash activities:

   

Cash paid for interest

  $ 6,879,000      $ 7,242,000   

Supplemental disclosure of non-cash activities:

   

Capitalization of interest and financing costs

    171,000        163,000   

Mortgage loan payable assumed upon acquisition

    8,501,000        —     

Recently-Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the FASB issued guidance which amends the accounting for revenue recognition. Under the amended guidance, a company will recognize revenue when it transfers promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The guidance would be effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, with early adoption not permitted. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact the adoption of the guidance will have on its consolidated financial statements.

In August 2014, the FASB issued guidance which requires management to evaluate whether there are conditions and events that raise substantial doubt about an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern, and to provide disclosures when it is probable that the entity will be unable to meet its obligations as they become due within one year after the date that the financial statements are issued. The guidance was adopted on January 1, 2016 and did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

 

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Cedar Realty Trust, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2016

(unaudited)

 

In February 2016, the FASB issued guidance which amends the existing accounting standards for lease accounting, including requiring lessees to recognize most leases on their balance sheets and making targeted changes to lessor accounting, The new leases guidance requires a modified retrospective transition approach for all leases existing at, or entered into after, the date of initial application, with an option to use certain transition relief. The guidance would be effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption being permitted. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact the adoption of the guidance will have on its consolidated financial statements.

In March 2016, the FASB issued guidance which amends the accounting for share-based payment transactions, including the income tax consequences, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities, and classification on the statement of cash flows. The guidance would be effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, with early adoption being permitted. The Company is currently in the process of evaluating the impact the adoption of the guidance will have on its consolidated financial statements.

Note 3. Real Estate

Acquisitions

On February 25, 2016, the Company acquired Shoppes at Arts District, located in Hyattsville, Maryland. The purchase price for the property was $20.5 million, of which $8.5 million was funded from the assumption of a mortgage loan payable bearing interest at the rate of 5.2% per annum and maturing in April 2022. In addition, the purchase price has been preliminarily allocated to real estate assets acquired and liabilities assumed, as applicable, in accordance with accounting policies for business combinations, with such valuations to be finalized when valuation studies are completed.

On May 4, 2016, the Company acquired Glenwood Village, located in Bloomfield, New Jersey. The purchase price for the property, which was unencumbered, was $19.5 million.

Disposition

On February 11, 2016, the Company sold Liberty Marketplace, located in Dubois, Pennsylvania, for $15.0 million.

 

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Cedar Realty Trust, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2016

(unaudited)

 

Real Estate Held For Sale

The Company conducts a continuing review of the values for all properties “held for sale” based on final sales prices and sales contracts entered into. Impairment charges/reversals, if applicable, are based on a comparison of the carrying values of the properties with either (1) actual sales prices less costs to sell for properties sold, or contract amounts for properties in the process of being sold, (2) estimated sales prices based on discounted cash flow analyses, if no contract amounts were as yet being negotiated (see Note 4 — “Fair Value Measurements”), or (3) with respect to land parcels, estimated sales prices, less cost to sell, based on comparable sales completed in the selected market areas. Prior to the Company’s determination to dispose of properties, which are subsequently reclassified to “held for sale”, the Company performs recoverability analyses based on the estimated undiscounted cash flows that were expected to result from the real estate investments’ use and eventual disposal. The projected undiscounted cash flows of each property reflects that the carrying value of each real estate investment would be recovered. However, as a result of the properties’ meeting the “held for sale” criteria, such properties were written down to the lower of their carrying value or estimated fair values less costs to sell.

Discontinued Operations

The following is a summary of the components of income from discontinued operations for the three months ended March 31, 2015:

 

Revenues

   $ 39,000   

Expenses

     27,000   
  

 

 

 

Income from operations

     12,000   

Impairment reversals

     153,000   
  

 

 

 

Total income from discontinued operations

   $ 165,000   
  

 

 

 

Note 4. Fair Value Measurements

The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, rents and other receivables, certain other assets, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, and variable-rate debt approximate their fair value due to their terms and/or short-term nature. The fair value of the Company’s investments and liabilities related to share-based compensation were determined to be Level 1 within the valuation hierarchy, and were based on independent values provided by financial institutions.

The fair value of the Company’s fixed rate mortgage loans were estimated using available market information and discounted cash flow analyses based on borrowing rates the Company believes it could obtain with similar terms and maturities. As of March 31, 2016 and December 31,

 

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Cedar Realty Trust, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2016

(unaudited)

 

2015, the aggregate fair values of the Company’s fixed rate mortgage loans payable, which were determined to be Level 3 within the valuation hierarchy, were $313.8 million and $308.1 million, respectively; the carrying values of such loans were $304.2 million and $298.1 million, respectively. As of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively, the aggregate fair values of the Company’s unsecured revolving credit facility and term loans approximated the carrying values.

The valuation of the liabilities for the Company’s interest rate swaps, which are measured on a recurring basis, were determined to be Level 2 within the valuation hierarchy, and were based on independent values provided by financial institutions. Such valuations were determined using widely accepted valuation techniques, including discounted cash flow analyses, on the expected cash flows of each derivative. The analyses reflect the contractual terms of the swaps, including the period to maturity, and user-observable market-based inputs, including interest rate curves (“significant other observable inputs”). The fair value calculation also includes an amount for risk of non-performance using “significant unobservable inputs” such as estimates of current credit spreads to evaluate the likelihood of default. The Company has concluded that, as of March 31, 2016, the fair value associated with the “significant unobservable inputs” relating to the Company’s risk of non-performance was insignificant to the overall fair value of the interest rate swap agreements and, as a result, that the relevant inputs for purposes of calculating the fair value of the interest rate swap agreements, in their entirety, were based upon “significant other observable inputs”.

Nonfinancial assets and liabilities measured at fair value in the consolidated financial statements consist of real estate held for sale, which, if applicable, are measured on a nonrecurring basis, have been determined to be (1) Level 2 within the valuation hierarchy, where applicable, based on the respective contracts of sale, adjusted for closing costs and expenses, or (2) Level 3 within the valuation hierarchy, where applicable, based on estimated sales prices, adjusted for closing costs and expenses, determined by discounted cash flow analyses, direct capitalization analyses or a sales comparison approach if no contracts had been concluded. The discounted cash flow and direct capitalization analyses include all estimated cash inflows and outflows over a specific holding period and, where applicable, any estimated debt premiums. These cash flows were comprised of unobservable inputs which included forecasted rental revenues and expenses based upon existing in-place leases, market conditions and expectations for growth. Capitalization rates and discount rates utilized in these analyses were based upon observable rates that the Company believed to be within a reasonable range of current market rates for the respective properties. The sales comparison approach was utilized for certain land values and include comparable sales that were completed in the selected market areas. The comparable sales utilized in these analyses were based upon observable per acre rates that the Company believes to be within a reasonable range of current market rates for the respective properties.

 

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Cedar Realty Trust, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2016

(unaudited)

 

Valuations were prepared using internally-developed valuation models. These valuations are reviewed and approved, during each reporting period, by a diverse group of management, as deemed necessary, including personnel from the acquisition, accounting, finance, operations, development and leasing departments, and the valuations are updated as appropriate. In addition, the Company may engage third party valuation experts to assist with the preparation of certain of its valuations.

The following tables show the hierarchy for those assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively:

 

     March 31, 2016  

Description

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments related to deferred compensation liabilities (a)

   $ 576,000       $ —         $ —         $ 576,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Deferred compensation liabilities (b)

   $ 576,000       $ —         $ —         $ 576,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Interest rate swaps liability (b)

   $ —         $ 8,970,000       $ —         $ 8,970,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     December 31, 2015  

Description

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Investments related to deferred compensation liabilities (a)

   $ 539,000       $ —         $ —         $ 539,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Deferred compensation liabilities (b)

   $ 529,000       $ —         $ —         $ 529,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Interest rate swaps liability (b)

   $ —         $ 3,945,000       $ —         $ 3,945,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) Included in other assets and deferred charges, net in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.
(b) Included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets.

There were no assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis as of March 31, 2016. The following table show the hierarchy for those assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis as of December 31, 2015:

 

     December 31, 2015  

Description

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Real estate held for sale

   $ —         $ 14,402,000       $ —         $ 14,402,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Cedar Realty Trust, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2016

(unaudited)

 

Note 5. Mortgage Loans Payable and Credit Facility

In April 2015, the FASB issued guidance which amends the balance sheet presentation for debt issuance costs. Under the amended guidance, the Company presents the balance of unamortized debt issuance costs for mortgage loans payable and term loans as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability. The guidance was adopted on January 1, 2016 and has been applied on a retrospective basis.

Mortgage Loans Payable

During the three months ended March 31, 2016, the Company repaid the following mortgage loan payable:

 

Property

  

Repayment date

   Principal payoff
amount
 

Gold Star Plaza

  

March 10, 2016

   $ 953,000  

On May 3, 2016, the Company refinanced its existing $40.3 million mortgage loan payable secured by Franklin Village Plaza with a new $50.0 million mortgage loan payable, bearing interest at the rate of 3.9% per annum and maturing in June 2026.

Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility and Term Loans

The Company has a $310 million unsecured credit facility which consists of (1) a $260 million revolving credit facility, and (2) a $50 million term loan. Under an accordion feature, the facility can be increased to $750 million, subject to customary conditions and lending commitments. As of March 31, 2016, the Company had $181 million available for additional borrowings under the revolving credit facility.

The Company’s unsecured credit facility and term loans contain financial covenants including, but not limited to, maximum debt leverage, maximum secured debt, minimum fixed charge coverage, and minimum net worth. In addition, the facility contains restrictions including, but not limited to, limits on indebtedness, certain investments and distributions. Although the credit facility is unsecured, borrowing availability is based on unencumbered property adjusted net operating income, as defined in the agreements. The Company’s failure to comply with the covenants or the occurrence of an event of default under the facilities could result in the acceleration of the related debt. As of March 31, 2016 the Company is in compliance with all financial covenants. Interest on borrowings under the unsecured credit facility and terms loans are based on the Company’s leverage ratio.

 

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Cedar Realty Trust, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2016

(unaudited)

 

On April 26, 2016, the Company closed a new $100 million unsecured term loan maturing April 26, 2023 (none of which was borrowed at closing). Proceeds from the term loan can be drawn at any time from closing until October 26, 2016. Interest on borrowings under the term loan can range from LIBOR plus 165 to 225 bps (165 bps on April 26, 2016), based on the Company’s leverage ratio. Additionally, the Company entered into a forward interest rate swap agreement which will convert the LIBOR rate to a fixed rate for the term loan beginning November 1, 2016 through its maturity. As a result, the effective fixed interest rate will be 3.2%, based on the Company’s leverage ratio at March 31, 2016.

Derivative Financial Instruments

At March 31, 2016, the Company had $9.0 million included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet relating to the fair value of the interest rate swaps applicable to the unsecured term loans discussed above. Charges and/or credits relating to the changes in the fair value of the interest rate swaps are made to accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), noncontrolling interests (minority interests in consolidated joint ventures and limited partners’ interest), or operations (included in interest expense), as applicable. Over time, the unrealized gains and losses recorded in accumulated other comprehensive loss will be reclassified into earnings as an increase or reduction to interest expense in the same periods in which the hedged interest payments affect earnings. The Company estimates that approximately $3.4 million of accumulated other comprehensive loss will be reclassified as a charge to earnings within the next twelve months.

The following is a summary of the derivative financial instruments held by the Company at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015:

 

March 31, 2016

Designation/           Notional     Fair     Maturity   Balance sheet

Cash flow

 

Derivative

  Count   value     value    

dates

 

location

Qualifying

  Interest rate swaps   4   $ 250,000,000      $ 8,970,000      2019 - 2022   Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
     

 

 

   

 

 

     

December 31, 2015

Designation/           Notional     Fair     Maturity   Balance sheet

Cash flow

 

Derivative

  Count   value     value    

dates

 

location

Qualifying

  Interest rate swaps   4   $ 250,000,000      $ 3,945,000      2019 - 2022   Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
     

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

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Cedar Realty Trust, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2016

(unaudited)

 

The following presents the effect of the Company’s derivative financial instruments on the consolidated statements of operations and the consolidated statements of equity for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively:

 

            Loss recognized in other  
            comprehensive income  
            (effective portion)  
Designation/           Three months ended March 31,  

Cash flow

  

Derivative

     2016        2015  

Qualifying

   Interest rate swaps      $ (5,892,000      $ (2,747,000
       (Gain) loss recognized in other  
       comprehensive income  
       reclassified into earnings (effective portion)  
       Three months ended March 31,  

Classification

     2016        2015  
Continuing Operations      $ 922,000         $ 731,000   

As of March 31, 2016 the Company believes it has no significant risk associated with non-performance of the financial institutions which are the counterparties to its derivative contracts. Additionally, based on the rates in effect as of March 31, 2016, if a counterparty were to default, the Company would receive a net interest benefit.

Note 6. Commitments and Contingencies

The Company is a party to certain legal actions arising in the normal course of business. Management does not expect there to be adverse consequences from these actions that would be material to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

Note 7. Shareholders’ Equity

The following table provides a summary of dividends declared and paid per share:

 

     Three months ended March 31,  
     2016      2015  

Common stock

   $ 0.050       $ 0.050   

7.250% Series B Preferred Stock

   $ 0.453       $ 0.453   

 

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Cedar Realty Trust, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2016

(unaudited)

 

On April 19, 2016, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.05 per share with respect to its common stock. At the same time, the Board declared a dividend of $0.453125 per share with respect to the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock. The distributions are payable on May 20, 2016 to shareholders of record on May 10, 2016.

Note 8. Revenues

Rental revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively, are comprised of the following:

 

     Three months ended March 31,  
     2016      2015  

Base rents

   $ 28,685,000       $ 27,792,000   

Percentage rent

     77,000         144,000   

Straight-line rents

     (317,000      196,000   

Amortization of intangible lease liabilities, net

     685,000         830,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total rents

   $ 29,130,000       $ 28,962,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Note 9. Share-Based Compensation

The following tables set forth certain share-based compensation information for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively:

 

     Three months ended March 31,  
     2016     2015  

Expense relating to share grants

   $ 567,000 (a)    $ 823,000   

Amounts capitalized

     (57,000     (19,000
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total charged to operations

   $ 510,000      $ 804,000   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) Net of an expense reduction of $267,000 relating to a forfeiture of restricted shares in connection with an employment termination.

The Company’s 2012 Stock Incentive Plan (the “2012 Plan”) establishes the procedures for the granting of, among other things, restricted stock awards. During the three months ended March 31, 2016, there were 491,000 restricted shares issued, with a weighted average grant date fair value of $6.87 per share. At March 31, 2016, 1.1 million shares remained available for grants pursuant to the 2012 Plan.

 

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Cedar Realty Trust, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2016

(unaudited)

 

Note 10. Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per share (“EPS”) is calculated by dividing net income (loss) attributable to the Company’s common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period including participating securities (restricted shares issued pursuant to the Company’s share-based compensation program are considered participating securities, as such shares have non-forfeitable rights to receive dividends). Unvested restricted shares are not allocated net losses and/or any excess of dividends declared over net income, as such amounts are allocated entirely to the common shareholders. For the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, the Company had 3.6 million and 3.6 million, respectively, of weighted average unvested restricted shares outstanding The following table provides a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator of the EPS calculations for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively:

 

     Three months ended March 31,  
     2016      2015  

Numerator

     

Income from continuing operations

   $ 1,576,000       $ 3,234,000   

Preferred stock dividends

     (3,602,000      (3,602,000

Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests

     87,000         81,000   

Net earnings allocated to unvested shares

     (167,000      (177,000
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations attributable to vested common shares

     (2,106,000      (464,000

Income from discontinued operations, net of noncontrolling interests, attributable to vested common shares

     —           164,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to vested common shares outstanding

   $ (2,106,000    $ (300,000
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Denominator

     

Weighted average number of vested common shares outstanding

     81,656,000         80,719,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Earnings per vested common share, basic and diluted

     

Continuing operations

   $ (0.03    $ (0.01

Discontinued operations

   $ 0.00       $ 0.01   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ (0.03    $ (0.00
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Cedar Realty Trust, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

March 31, 2016

(unaudited)

 

Fully-diluted EPS reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted into shares of common stock. The net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests of the Operating Partnership has been excluded from the numerator and the related OP Units have been excluded from the denominator for the purpose of calculating diluted EPS as there would have been no effect had such amounts been included. The weighted average number of OP Units outstanding were 352,000 and 393,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

Note 11. Subsequent Events

In determining subsequent events, management reviewed all activity from April 1, 2016 through the date of filing this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 

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

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the Company’s consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto included elsewhere in this report.

Executive Summary

The Company is a fully-integrated real estate investment trust that focuses primarily on ownership and operation of grocery-anchored shopping centers straddling the Washington D.C. to Boston corridor. At March 31, 2016, the Company owned and managed a portfolio of 61 operating properties totaling 9.5 million square feet of gross leasable area (“GLA”). The portfolio was 91.6% leased and 90.7% occupied at March 31, 2016.

The Company derives substantially all of its revenues from rents and operating expense reimbursements received pursuant to long-term leases. The Company’s operating results therefore depend on the ability of its tenants to make the payments required by the terms of their leases. The Company focuses its investment activities on grocery-anchored shopping centers. The Company believes that, because of the need of consumers to purchase food and other staple goods and services generally available at such centers, its type of “necessities-based” properties should provide relatively stable revenue flows even during difficult economic times.

2016 Significant Transactions

Acquisitions

On February 25, 2016, the Company acquired Shoppes at Arts District, located in Hyattsville, Maryland. The purchase price for the property was $20.5 million, of which $8.5 million was funded from the assumption of a mortgage loan payable bearing interest at the rate of 5.2% per annum and maturing in April 2022.

On May 4, 2016, the Company acquired Glenwood Village, located in Bloomfield, New Jersey. The purchase price for the property, which was unencumbered, was $19.5 million.

Disposition

During the three months ended March 31, 2016, the Company sold the following property:

 

                       Date      Sales  

Property

    

Location

     GLA        Sold      Price  

Liberty Marketplace

    

Dubois, PA

       68,200         2/11/2016      $ 15,000,000   

 

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Debt

During the three months ended March 31, 2016, the Company repaid the following mortgage loan payable:

 

Property

  

Repayment date

   Principal payoff
amount
 

Gold Star Plaza

  

March 10, 2016

   $ 953,000  

On April 26, 2016, the Company closed a new $100 million unsecured term loan maturing April 26, 2023 (none of which was borrowed at closing). Proceeds from the term loan can be drawn at any time from closing until October 26, 2016. Interest on borrowings under the term loan can range from LIBOR plus 165 to 225 bps (165 bps on April 26, 2016), based on the Company’s leverage ratio. Additionally, the Company entered into a forward interest rate swap agreement which will convert the LIBOR rate to a fixed rate for the term loan beginning November 1, 2016 through its maturity. As a result, the effective fixed interest rate will be 3.2%, based on the Company’s leverage ratio at March 31, 2016.

On May 3, 2016, the Company refinanced its existing $40.3 million mortgage loan payable secured by Franklin Village Plaza with a new $50.0 million mortgage loan payable, bearing interest at the rate of 3.9% per annum and maturing in June 2026.

Results of Operations

Comparison of three months ended March 31, 2016 to 2015

 

                   Change
     2016      2015      Dollars      Percent

Revenues

   $ 38,251,000       $ 38,635,000       $ (384,000    -1.0%

Property operating expenses

     (12,035,000      (13,031,000      996,000       -7.6%
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

Property operating income

     26,216,000         25,604,000         612,000      

General and administrative

     (5,347,000      (3,919,000      (1,428,000    36.4%

Acquisition costs

     (2,597,000      (499,000      (2,098,000    n/a

Depreciation and amortization

     (9,661,000      (9,508,000      (153,000    1.6%

Gain on sales

     59,000         —           59,000       n/a

Impairment charges

     —           (1,109,000      1,109,000       n/a

Interest expense

     (7,005,000      (7,278,000      273,000       -3.8%

Early extinguishment of debt costs

     (89,000      (57,000      (32,000    n/a
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

Income from continuing operations

     1,576,000         3,234,000         (1,658,000   

Discontinued operations

     —           165,000         (165,000    n/a
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

Net income

     1,576,000         3,399,000         (1,823,000   

Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests

     87,000         80,000         7,000      
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

Net income attributable to Cedar Realty Trust, Inc.

   $ 1,663,000       $ 3,479,000       $ (1,816,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

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Revenues were lower primarily as a result of (1) a decrease in expense recoveries, as a result of lower recoverable operating expenses, of $0.8 million attributable to the Company’s same-center properties, (2) a decrease of $0.5 million in rental revenues and expense recoveries attributable to properties that were sold in 2016 and 2015, (3) a decrease of $0.5 million in straight-line revenue and amortization of intangible lease liabilities revenue attributable to the Company’s same-center properties, and (4) a decrease of $0.2 million in rental revenues and expense recoveries attributable to the Company’s redevelopment properties, partially offset by an increase of $1.5 million in rental revenues and expense recoveries attributable to properties acquired in the first quarter of 2016 and 2015.

Property operating expenses were lower primarily as a result of (1) a decrease in snow removal costs of $1.2 million and (2) a decrease of $0.2 million in property operating expenses attributable to properties that were sold in 2016 and 2015, partially offset by an increase of $0.5 million in property operating expenses attributable to properties acquired in the first quarter of 2016 and 2015.

General and administrative costs were higher primarily as a result of the signing bonus and relocation expenses associated with the hiring of the new Chief Operating Officer and estimated expenses relating to the termination of the prior Chief Operating Officer.

Acquisition costs in 2016 relate to (1) $1.7 million of transfer taxes relating to the buyout of a ground lease and acquisition of the fee interest in a currently owned property, (2) $0.5 million for the purchase of the Shoppes at Arts District, located in Hyattsville, Maryland, and (3) $0.4 million for additional real estate transfer taxes assessed on a property which was purchased in 2014. Acquisition costs in 2015 relate to the purchase of Lawndale Plaza, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Depreciation and amortization expenses were higher primarily as a result of an increase of $0.2 million in depreciation and amortization expenses attributable to properties acquired in the first quarter of 2016 and 2015, partially offset by a decrease of $0.1 million in depreciation and amortization expenses attributable to the Company’s same-center properties.

Gain on sales in 2016 relates to the sales of Liberty Marketplace, located in Dubois, Pennsylvania.

Impairment charges in 2015 relate to the impairments attributable to properties that were initially classified as held for sale in 2015.

Interest expense was lower by $0.4 million, primarily as a result of a decrease in the overall weighted average interest rate, partially offset by $0.2 million as a result of an increase in the overall outstanding principal balance of debt.

Discontinued operations in 2015 include the results of operations and impairment reversals attributable to a property that qualified for treatment as discontinued operations.

 

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Same-Property Net Operating Income

Same-property net operating income (“same-property NOI”) is a widely-used non-GAAP financial measure for REITs that the Company believes, when considered with financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP, is useful to investors as it provides an indication of the recurring cash generated by the Company’s properties by excluding certain non-cash revenues and expenses, as well as other infrequent items such as lease termination income which tends to fluctuate more than rents from year to year. Properties are included in same-property NOI if they are owned and operated for the entirety of both periods being compared, except for properties undergoing significant redevelopment and expansion until such properties have stabilized, and properties classified as held for sale. Consistent with the capital treatment of such costs under GAAP, tenant improvements, leasing commissions and other direct leasing costs are excluded from same-property NOI.

The most directly comparable GAAP financial measure is consolidated operating income. Same-property NOI should not be considered as an alternative to consolidated operating income prepared in accordance with GAAP or as a measure of liquidity. Further, same-property NOI is a measure for which there is no standard industry definition and, as such, it is not consistently defined or reported on among the Company’s peers, and thus may not provide an adequate basis for comparison between REITs. The following table reconciles same-property NOI to the Company’s consolidated operating income:

 

     Three months ended March 31,  
     2016     2015  

Consolidated operating income

   $ 8,670,000      $ 10,569,000   

Add (deduct):

    

General and administrative

     5,347,000        3,919,000   

Acquisition costs

     2,597,000        499,000   

Gain on sales

     (59,000     —     

Impairment charges

     —          1,109,000   

Depreciation and amortization

     9,661,000        9,508,000   

Corporate costs included in property expenses charges to all properties

     1,119,000        1,150,000   

Straight-line rents

     317,000        (196,000

Amortization of intangible lease liabilities

     (685,000     (830,000

Internal management fees charged to same center properties

     (1,032,000     (974,000

Other adjustments

     27,000        71,000   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Consolidated NOI

     25,962,000        24,825,000   

Less NOI related to properties not defined as same-property

     (2,569,000     (1,729,000
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Same-property NOI

   $ 23,393,000      $ 23,096,000   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Number of same properties

     55        55   

Same-property occupancy, end of period

     91.5     92.7

Same-property leased, end of period

     92.0     93.5

Same-property average base rent, end of period

   $ 13.29      $ 13.04   

 

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Same-property NOI for the comparative three month periods increased by 1.3%. The results reflect an increase in average base rent of $0.25 per square foot, which was partially offset by a decrease in occupancy of 120 bps.

Leasing Activity

The following is a summary of the Company’s retail leasing activity during the three months ended March 31, 2016:

 

                                       Tenant  
     Leases             New rent      Prior rent      Cash basis     improvements  
     signed      GLA      per sq.ft. ($)      per sq.ft. ($)      % change     per sq.ft. ($) (a)  

Renewals

     53         298,900         13.47         12.30         9.5     0.00   

New Leases - Comparable

     7         20,500         14.24         14.40         -1.1     22.28   

New Leases - Non-Comparable

     4         26,500         14.03         n/a         n/a        3.95   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total (b)

     64         345,900         13.56         n/a         n/a        1.62   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) Includes both tenant allowance and landlord work. Excludes first generation space.
(b) Legal fees and leasing commissions averaged a combined total of $1.94 per square foot.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

The Company funds operating expenses and other short-term liquidity requirements, including debt service, tenant improvements, leasing commissions, preferred and common dividend distributions and distributions to minority interest partners, if made, primarily from its operations. The Company may also use its revolving credit facility for these purposes. The Company expects to fund long-term liquidity requirements for property acquisitions, redevelopment costs, capital improvements, and maturing debt initially with its revolving credit facility, and ultimately through a combination of issuing and/or assuming additional debt, the sale of equity securities, the issuance of additional OP Units, and/or the sale of properties. Although the Company believes it has access to secured and unsecured financing, there can be no assurance that the Company will have the availability of financing on completed development projects, additional construction financing, or proceeds from the refinancing of existing debt.

The Company has a $310 million unsecured credit facility which consists of (1) a $260 million revolving credit facility, and (2) a $50 million term loan. Under an accordion feature, the facility can be increased to $750 million, subject to customary conditions and lending commitments. As of March 31, 2016, the Company had $181.0 million available for additional borrowings under the revolving credit facility.

On April 26, 2016, the Company closed a new $100 million unsecured term loan maturing April 26, 2023 (none of which was borrowed at closing). Proceeds from the term loan can be drawn at any time from closing until October 26, 2016.

 

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As of March 31, 2016, the Company has $3.4 million of scheduled debt principal amortization payments and $124.2 million of scheduled balloon payments remaining for 2016. On May 3, 2016, the Company refinanced its existing $40.3 million mortgage loan payable secured by Franklin Village Plaza with a new $50.0 million mortgage loan payable. In addition, all remaining 2016 debt requirements will be repaid from the proceeds of the $100 million unsecured term loan which closed on April 26, 2016 (see above).

The Company’s unsecured credit facility and term loans contain financial covenants including, but not limited to, maximum debt leverage, maximum secured debt, minimum fixed charge coverage, and minimum net worth. In addition, the facilities contain restrictions including, but not limited to, limits on indebtedness, certain investments and distributions. Although the credit facilities are unsecured, borrowing availability is based on unencumbered property adjusted net operating income, as defined in the agreements. The Company’s failure to comply with the covenants or the occurrence of an event of default under the facilities could result in the acceleration of the related debt. As of March 31, 2016 the Company is in compliance with all financial covenants. Interest on borrowings under the unsecured credit facility and terms loans are based on the Company’s leverage ratio.

Debt is comprised of the following at March 31, 2016:

 

            Contractual
            interest rates
     Balance      Weighted -      

Description

   outstanding      average     Range

Fixed-rate mortgages

   $ 304,992,000         5.3   3.9% - 7.5%

Unsecured credit facilities:

       

Variable-rate:

       

Revolving credit facility

     79,000,000         1.8  

Term loan

     50,000,000         1.8  

Fixed-rate (a):

       

Term loan

     75,000,000         2.9  

Term loan

     50,000,000         2.8  

Term loan

     75,000,000         4.0  

Term loan

     50,000,000         3.3  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   
     683,992,000         3.9  
     

 

 

   

Unamortized premium

     909,000        

Unamortized debt issuance costs

     (3,844,000     
  

 

 

      
   $ 681,057,000        
  

 

 

      

 

(a) The interest rates on these term loans consist of LIBOR plus a credit spread based on the Company’s leverage ratio, for which the Company has interest rate swap agreements which convert the LIBOR rates to fixed rates. Accordingly, these term loans are presented as fixed-rate debt. See “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” below.

 

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Property-specific mortgage loans payable mature at various dates through 2029. The terms of several of the Company’s mortgage loans payable require the Company to deposit certain replacement and other reserves with its lenders. Such “restricted cash” is generally available only for property-level requirements for which the reserves have been established, and is not available to fund other property-level or Company-level obligations.

In order to continue qualifying as a REIT, the Company is required to distribute at least 90% of its “REIT taxable income”, as defined in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The Company paid common and preferred stock dividends during 2015, and has continued to declare and pay common and preferred stock dividends during 2016. While the Company intends to continue paying regular quarterly dividends, future dividend declarations will continue to be at the discretion of the Board of Directors, and will depend on the cash flow and financial condition of the Company, capital requirements, annual distribution requirements under the REIT provisions of the Code, and such other factors as the Board of Directors may deem relevant.

Net Cash Flows

 

     2016      2015  

Cash flows provided by (used in):

     

Operating activities

   $ 9,992,000       $ 9,755,000   

Investing activities

   $ 19,000       $ (23,487,000

Financing activities

   $ (10,337,000    $ 14,004,000   

Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities, before net changes in operating assets and liabilities, was $11.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and $14.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015. The $2.5 million decrease was primarily attributable to the increase in acquisition costs, partially offset by a reduction in interest expense.

Investing Activitie s

Net cash flows used in and provided by investing activities were primarily the result of the Company’s property acquisitions, expenditures for property improvements and property disposition activities. During the three months ended March 31, 2016, the Company received $14.5 million in proceeds from the sale of a property classified as held for sale, which was offset by the acquisition of a shopping center, which was partially paid in cash for $12.1 million, expenditures of $2.1 million for property improvements, and expended $0.3 million in construction escrows and other. During the three months ended March 31, 2015, the Company acquired a shopping center for $24.4 million, and incurred expenditures of $1.1 million for property improvements, which was offset by $2.1 million in proceeds received from sale of a property classified as held for sale.

 

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Financing Activities

During the three months ended March 31, 2016, the Company made $7.9 million of preferred and common stock distributions, $2.4 million of repayments of mortgage obligations, and $1.1 million of payments for debt financing costs, which was partially offset by net borrowings of $1.0 million under the revolving credit facility. During the three months ended March 31, 2015, the Company borrowed $50.0 million under a new term loan and received net proceeds of $41.8 million in sales of its common stock, which was offset by $32.1 million of repayments of mortgage obligations, $24.0 million of net repayments under the revolving credit facility, $11.2 million for the purchase of joint venture minority interests share, $7.8 million of preferred and common stock distributions, and $2.6 million of payments for debt financing costs.

Funds From Operations

Funds From Operations (“FFO”) is a widely recognized supplemental non-GAAP measure utilized to evaluate the financial performance of a REIT. The Company presents FFO in accordance with the definition adopted by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”). NAREIT generally defines FFO as net income attributable to common shareholders (determined in accordance with GAAP), excluding gains (losses) from sales of real estate properties, impairment provisions on real estate properties, plus real estate related depreciation and amortization, and adjustments for partnerships and joint ventures to reflect FFO on the same basis. The Company considers FFO to be an appropriate measure of its financial performance because it captures features particular to real estate performance by recognizing that real estate generally appreciates over time or maintains residual value to a much greater extent than other depreciable assets.

The Company also considers Operating Funds From Operations (“Operating FFO”) to be an additional meaningful financial measure of financial performance because it excludes items the Company does not believe are indicative of its core operating performance, such as acquisition costs, amounts relating to early extinguishment of debt and preferred stock redemption costs, management transition costs and certain redevelopment costs. The Company believes Operating FFO further assists in comparing the Company’s performance across reporting periods on a consistent basis by excluding such items.

FFO and Operating FFO should be reviewed with net income attributable to common shareholders, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, when trying to understand the Company’s operating performance. FFO and Operating FFO do not represent cash generated from operating activities and should not be considered as an alternative to net income attributable to common shareholders or to cash flow from operating activities. The Company’s computations of FFO and Operating FFO may differ from the computations utilized by other REITs and, accordingly, may not by comparable to such REITs.

 

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A reconciliation of net loss attributable to common shareholders to FFO and Operating FFO for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 is as follows:

 

     Three months ended March 31,  
     2016      2015  

Net loss attributable to common shareholders

   $ (1,939,000    $ (123,000

Real estate depreciation and amortization

     9,618,000         9,427,000   

Limited partners’ interest

     (7,000      (2,000

Impairment charges

     —           956,000   

Gain on sales

     (59,000      —     

Consolidated minority interests:

     

Share of loss

     (80,000      (78,000

Share of FFO

     (65,000      (126,000
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

FFO applicable to diluted common shares

     7,468,000         10,054,000   

Acquisition costs (a)

     2,597,000         499,000   

Financing costs (b)

     89,000         57,000   

Redevelopment costs (c)

     393,000         —     

Management transition costs (d)

     1,427,000         —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Operating FFO applicable to diluted common shares

   $ 11,974,000       $ 10,610,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

FFO per diluted common share

   $ 0.09       $ 0.12   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Operating FFO per diluted common share

   $ 0.14       $ 0.13   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Weighted average number of diluted common shares:

     

Common shares

     85,214,000         84,302,000   

OP Units

     352,000         393,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     85,566,000         84,695,000   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) Represents costs directly associated with acquiring a property that are expensed pursuant to GAAP such as transfer taxes, brokerage fees and legal expenses.
(b) Represents extinguishment of debt costs.
(c) Includes redevelopment project costs expensed pursuant to GAAP such as certain demolition and lease termination costs.
(d) Costs associated with hiring a new Chief Operating Officer and estimated expenses related to termination of prior Chief Operating Officer.

Inflation

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substantially all of the Company’s tenant leases contain provisions designed to partially mitigate the negative impact of inflation in the near term. Such lease provisions include clauses that require tenants to reimburse the Company for real estate taxes and many of the operating expenses it incurs. Significant inflation rate increases over a prolonged period of time may have a material adverse impact on the Company’s business.

 

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

One of the principal market risks facing the Company is the risk of interest rate changes, primarily through its variable-rate revolving credit facility and term loans. The Company’s objectives with respect to interest rate risk are to limit the impact of interest rate changes on operations and cash flows, and to lower its overall borrowing costs. To achieve these objectives, the Company may borrow at either fixed rates or at variable rates and enter into derivative financial instruments, such as interest rate swaps, to mitigate its interest rate risk. The Company does not enter into derivative or interest rate transactions for speculative purposes. The Company is not subject to foreign currency risk.

The Company has entered into forward interest rate swap agreements which convert the LIBOR rates to fixed rates for certain unsecured term loans. At March 31, 2016, the Company had $9.0 million included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet relating to the fair value of the interest rate swaps applicable to certain unsecured term loans. Based on the Company’s leverage ratio at March 31, 2016, the following table details the unsecured term loans which are subject to interest rate swap agreements:

 

       Effective    Maturity      Effective fixed

            Amount             

    

date

  

date

    

interest rate

$ 75,000,000       July 2014    February 2019      2.9%
$ 50,000,000       July 2015    February 2020      2.8%
$ 75,000,000       July 2014    February 2021      4.0%
$ 50,000,000       July 2015    February 2022      3.3%

At March 31, 2016, long-term debt consisted of fixed-rate mortgage loans payable, unsecured term loans, and the Company’s unsecured variable-rate credit facility. Excluding unamortized premiums and debt issuance costs, the average interest rate on the $555.0 million of fixed-rate debt outstanding was 4.4%, with maturities at various dates through 2029. The average interest rate on the $129.0 million of variable-rate debt outstanding, which consists of the unsecured revolving credit facility and a term loan, was 1.8%. With respect to the $129.0 million of variable-rate debt, if contractual interest rates either increase or decrease by 100 bps, the Company’s interest cost would increase or decrease respectively by approximately $1.3 million per annum.

With respect to the Company’s fixed rate mortgage notes and unsecured term loans, changes in interest rates generally do not affect the Company’s interest expense as these notes are at fixed rates for extended terms. Because the Company intends to hold its existing fixed-rate debt either to maturity or until the sale of the associated property, these fixed-rate notes pose an interest

 

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rate risk to the Company’s results of operations and its working capital position only upon the refinancing of that indebtedness. The Company’s possible risk is from increases in long-term interest rates that may occur as this may increase the cost of refinancing maturing fixed-rate debt. In addition, the Company may incur prepayment penalties or defeasance costs when prepaying or defeasing debt.

 

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in its filings under the Exchange Act is reported within the time periods specified in the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). In this regard, the Company has formed a Disclosure Committee currently comprised of several of the Company’s executive officers as well as certain other employees with knowledge of information that may be considered in the SEC reporting process. The Committee has responsibility for the development and assessment of the financial and non-financial information to be included in the reports filed with the SEC, and assists the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer in connection with their certifications contained in the Company’s SEC filings. The Committee meets regularly and reports to the Audit Committee on a quarterly or more frequent basis. The Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have evaluated its disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2016, and have concluded that such disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

During the three months ended March 31, 2016, there have been no changes in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting or in other factors that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, these internal controls over financial reporting. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, management recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.

 

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Part II   Other Information
Item 1.   Legal Proceedings
  The Company is not presently involved in any litigation, nor, to its knowledge, is any litigation threatened against the Company or its subsidiaries, which is either not covered by the Company’s liability insurance, or, in management’s opinion, would result in a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.
Item 1A.   Risk Factors
  There were no material changes to the Risk Factors disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015.
Item 2.   Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
  None.
Item 3.   Defaults upon Senior Securities
  None.
Item 4.   Mine Safety Disclosures
  Not applicable
Item 5.   Other Information
  None.
Item 6.   Exhibits
  A list of exhibits to this quarterly report on Form 10-Q is set forth on the Exhibit Index immediately preceding such exhibits and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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SIGNATURES

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

 

CEDAR REALTY TRUST, INC.      
By:  

/s/ BRUCE J. SCHANZER

    By:  

/s/ PHILIP R. MAYS

  Bruce J. Schanzer       Philip R. Mays
  President and Chief       Chief Financial Officer
  Executive Officer       (Principal financial officer)
  (Principal executive officer)      
  May 5, 2016      

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit 10.1    Employment Agreement between Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. and Robin McBride Zeigler dated as of February 26, 2016, effective as of March 31, 2016
Exhibit 10.2    Loan Agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) by and among Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P., Regions Bank and other lending institutions which are or may become parties to the Loan Agreement, and KeyBank National Association (as Administrative Agent), dated as of April 26, 2016.
Exhibit 31.1    Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer
Exhibit 31.2    Rule 13a-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer
Exhibit 32.1    Section 1350 Certification of Chief Executive Officer
Exhibit 32.2    Section 1350 Certification of Chief Financial Officer
Exhibit 101.INS    XBRL Instance Document
Exhibit 101.SCH    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
Exhibit 101.CAL    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
Exhibit 101.DEF    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
Exhibit 101.LAB    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
Exhibit 101.PRE    XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

 

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EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT made as of this 26th day of February, 2016, effective as of March 31 st , 2016 (the “Effective Date”), by and among Cedar Realty Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Corporation”), Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), and Robin McBride Zeigler (the “Executive”).

1. Position and Responsibilities .

1.1 The Executive shall serve in an executive capacity as Chief Operating Officer of both the Corporation and the Partnership with duties consistent therewith and shall perform such other functions and undertake such other responsibilities as are customarily associated with such capacity, and shall report to the President and/or Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation. The Executive shall also hold such directorships and officerships in the Corporation, the Partnership and any of their subsidiaries to which, from time to time, the Executive may be elected or appointed during the term of this Agreement.

1.2 The Executive shall devote Executive’s full business time and skill to the business and affairs of the Corporation and the Partnership and to the promotion of their interests.

2. Term of Employment .

The term of employment shall be three (3) years, commencing with the Effective Date set forth above and ending three (3) years thereafter (“Expiration Date”), unless (1) either party terminates the Agreement earlier as provided in this Agreement or (2) the parties mutually agree to renew the Agreement. Either party who wishes to renew the Agreement shall provide the other party with such notice within sixty (60) days prior to the Expiration Date.


2.1 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.1 hereof, each of the Corporation and the Partnership shall have the right, on written notice to the Executive, to terminate the Executive’s employment for Cause (as defined in Section 2.3) or without Cause, such termination to be effective as of the date on which notice is given or as of such later date otherwise specified in the notice and, upon such termination of employment for Cause, Executive shall not be entitled to receive any additional compensation hereunder. The Executive shall have the right, on 30 days advance written notice to the Corporation and the Partnership, to resign the Executive’s employment for Good Reason (as defined in Section 2.4), such termination to be effective as of the 30th day following when such notice is given or as of such later date otherwise specified in the notice or otherwise agreed to by the Corporation and Executive; provided, however, that Good Reason shall cease to exist for any event on the 60th day following the occurrence of the event unless the Executive has given the Corporation and the Partnership written notice, in accordance with this Section 2.2.

2.2 For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Cause” shall be exclusively limited to any of the following actions by the Executive: (a) failure to comply with any of the material terms of this Agreement or of the Corporation’s Code of Ethics, which shall not be cured within 10 days after written notice, or if the same is not of a nature that it can be completely cured within such 10 day period, if Executive shall have failed to commence to cure the same within such 10 day period and shall have failed to pursue the cure of the same diligently thereafter; (b) engagement in gross misconduct injurious to the business or reputation of the Corporation or the Partnership; (c) knowing and willful neglect or refusal to attend to the material duties assigned to the Executive by the Board of Directors of the Corporation, which shall not be cured within 10 days after written notice; (d) intentional misappropriation of

 

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property of the Corporation or the Partnership to the Executive’s own use; (e) the commission by the Executive of an act of fraud or embezzlement, or an attempted act of fraud or embezzlement; (f) Executive’s conviction for a felony; (g) Executive’s engaging in any activity which is prohibited pursuant to Section 5 of this Agreement, which shall not be cured within 10 days after written notice.

2.4 For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Good Reason” shall be exclusively limited to any of the following: (i) a material breach of this Agreement by the Corporation or the Partnership which shall not be cured within 30 days after written notice; (ii) a material reduction in the Executive’s duties or responsibilities without the Executive’s written consent; (iii) the relocation of the Executive’s office to a location more than 30 miles from the Executive’s Port Washington office (or any future office which the Executive agrees to work from); or (iv) a “Change in Control” as defined below. The Corporation or the Partnership, as applicable, shall have 30 days after receipt of the Executive’s notice of termination for Good Reason in which to cure the failure, breach, infraction, or situation described in the notice of termination. If the failure, breach, infraction, or situation is timely cured by the Corporation or the Partnership, the notice of termination for Good Reason shall become null and void.

(a) As used in this paragraph 2.4, a “Change in Control” shall be deemed to occur if: (i) there shall be consummated (x) any consolidation or merger of the Corporation or the Partnership in which the Corporation or the Partnership is not the continuing or surviving corporation or pursuant to which the stock of the Corporation or the units of the Partnership would be converted into cash, securities or other property, other than a merger or consolidation of the Corporation or Partnership in which the holders of the Corporation’s stock immediately

 

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prior to the merger or consolidation hold more than fifty percent (50%) of the stock or other forms of equity of the surviving corporation immediately after the merger, or (y) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or series of related transactions) of all, or substantially all, the assets of the Corporation or the Partnership; (ii) the Board approves any plan or proposal for liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation or the Partnership; or (iii) any person acquires more than 29% of the issued and outstanding common stock of the Corporation.

3. Compensation .

3.1 The Partnership shall pay to the Executive for the services to be rendered by the Executive hereunder to the Corporation and the Partnership as follows:

 

    A base salary at the rate of $400,000 per annum, payable in accordance with the Corporation’s or Partnership’s normal payroll practices, but not less frequently than twice a month. Such base salary will be reviewed at least annually and may be increased (but not decreased) by the Board of Directors of the Corporation in its sole discretion.

 

    Upon the commencement of Executive’s employment, the Corporation shall pay to the Executive a one-time sign-on bonus in the amount of $150,000.00 payable in cash within 30 days of the Effective Date of this Agreement.

 

    The Executive shall participate in the Corporation’s annual bonus plan for senior executive officers. For the period commencing the date of this Agreement and ending December 31, 2016, the Executive’s bonus will be equal to $300,000, payable all in cash. Thereafter, the payment of any bonus is within the discretion of, and subject to the requirements established by, the Board of Directors of the Corporation, based on recommendations of the Compensation Committee.

 

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    The Executive will also be entitled to participate in the Corporation’s long-term incentive compensation plan pursuant to which she will be granted annual long-term restricted stock grants as determined by the Board of Directors, in its discretion, based on the recommendations of the Compensation Committee. The grant of long-term incentive compensation to be awarded on or about February 2017 will be restricted common stock in an amount equal to $560,000, subject to the terms and conditions as set forth in a separate Award Agreement governing the grant.

 

    In addition, Executive will be granted a one-time stock grant in an amount equal to $100,000, with the stock being valued at the closing price on the day prior to the date the Executive commences employment with the Corporation, subject to vesting in one installment on the third anniversary of the date of the grant as described more fully in a separate Award Agreement governing the grant.

3.2 The Executive and her family shall be entitled to participate in, and receive benefits from, on the basis comparable to other senior executives, any insurance, medical, disability, or other employee benefit plan of the Corporation, the Partnership or any of their subsidiaries which may be in effect at any time during the course of Executive’s employment by the Corporation and the Partnership and which shall be generally available to senior executives of the Corporation, the Partnership or any of their subsidiaries.

 

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3.3 The Partnership agrees to reimburse the Executive for all reasonable and necessary out-of-pocket business expenses incurred by the Executive on behalf of the Corporation or the Partnership in the course of Executive’s duties hereunder upon the presentation by the Executive of appropriate vouchers therefore in accordance with the policies and procedures of the Company as are in effect from time to time, including all cell phone, portable computer, professional licenses and organizations and conferences approved in advance by the CEO, such as ICSC and NAREIT.

3.4 The Executive shall be entitled each year of this Agreement to paid vacation in accordance with the Corporation’s or Partnership’s policies in effect from time to time, but not less than four (4) weeks plus personal and floating holidays (and a ratable number of sick days), which if not taken during such year will be forfeited (unless management requests postponement).

3.5 In recognition of Executive’s need for an automobile for business purposes, the Corporation or the Partnership will reimburse the Executive for Executive’s lease payments or financing for an automobile in an amount not to exceed $500.00 a month. In addition, the Executive shall be reimbursed for all costs of the automobile, such as insurance, maintenance and gasoline to the extent the foregoing are not already covered by a mileage allowance paid by the Corporation to the Executive, incurred in connection with the Corporation’s business in the same manner as other senior employees of the Corporation.

3.6 If, during the period of employment hereunder, because of illness or other incapacity, the Executive shall fail for a period of 90 consecutive days, or for shorter

 

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periods aggregating more than six months during the term of this Agreement, to render the services contemplated hereunder, then the Corporation or the Partnership, at either of their options, may terminate the term of employment hereunder by notice from the Corporation or the Partnership, as the case may be, to the Executive, effective on the giving of such notice. During any period of disability of Executive during the term hereof, the Corporation shall continue to pay to Executive the salary and bonus, which the Executive has earned and accrued as of the date of termination of employment.

3.7 In the event of the death of the Executive during the term hereof, the employment hereunder shall terminate on the date of death of the Executive.

3.8 Each of the Corporation and the Partnership shall have the right to obtain for their respective benefits an appropriate life insurance policy on the life of the Executive, naming the Corporation or the Partnership as the beneficiary. If requested by the Corporation or the Partnership, the Executive agrees to cooperate with the Corporation or the Partnership, as the case may be, in obtaining such policy.

3.9 The Corporation will also reimburse the Executive for the following moving expenses (excluding closing costs and all costs associated therewith) reasonably incurred by the Executive and her family in connection with her relocation to New York which includes but is not limited to:

(i) Reasonable costs of temporary housing in New York until the later of Executive’s move to permanent housing or July 31, 2016;

(ii) Reasonable costs of travel between New York and Maryland until the later of Executive’s family relocating to New York or July 31, 2016;

 

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(iii) Costs of storage, packing and unpacking, and/or moving of household goods and vehicles from Maryland to New York; and

(iv) Payment of $100,000.00 towards the Executive’s purchase of a home, payable upon closing.

All moving expenses will be paid upon the presentation by the Executive of appropriate vouchers therefor.

4. Severance Compensation Upon Termination of Employment .

4.1 Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.2 hereof, (a) if the Executive’s employment with the Corporation or the Partnership (or any Successor Entity) is terminated by the Corporation or Partnership (or any Successor Entity) other than (i) for Cause or (ii) pursuant to Sections 3.6 or 3.7; or (b) if the Executive’s employment with the Corporation or the Partnership (or any Successor Entity) is terminated by the Executive for Good Reason; then the Corporation and the Partnership (or any Successor Entity) shall:

(i) pay to the Executive as severance pay, on the eighth (8 th ) day after the Executive signs and delivers to the Corporation a general release of any and all claims she may have against the Corporation and Partnership, a lump sum payment equal to 250% of the sum of the Executive’s annual base salary at the rate applicable on the date of termination, and the highest of the Executive’s annual bonus for the preceding two full fiscal years, exclusive of any long-term incentive stock awards; provided, however, that in the event Executive’s employment terminates due to a Change in Control as defined in Paragraph 2.4 herein, Executive shall not be required to execute a general release as a precondition to receiving her severance pay.

 

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(ii) arrange to provide Executive, for a 12 month period (or such shorter period as Executive may elect), with disability, accident and health insurance substantially similar to those insurance benefits which Executive is receiving immediately prior to the date of termination to the extent obtainable upon reasonable terms; provided, however, if it is not so obtainable the Corporation shall pay to the Executive in cash the annual amount paid by the Corporation or the Partnership for such benefits during the previous year of the Executive’s employment. Benefits otherwise receivable by Executive pursuant to this Section 4.1(ii) shall be reduced to the extent comparable benefits are actually received by the Executive during such 12 month period following her termination (or such shorter period elected by the Executive), and any such benefits actually received by Executive shall be reported by the Executive to the Corporation within ten (10) days of receiving such benefits; and

(iii) any options granted to Executive to acquire common stock of the Corporation, any restricted shares of common stock of the Corporation issued to the Executive, and any other awards granted to the Executive under any employee benefit plan that have not vested shall immediately vest on such termination.

4.2(a) The Executive shall not be required to mitigate damages or the amount of any payment provided for under this Agreement by seeking other employment or otherwise, nor, except to the extent provided in Section 4.1(ii) above, shall the amount of any payment provided for under this Agreement be reduced by any compensation earned by the Executive as a result of employment by another employer.

 

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        (b) The provisions of this Agreement, and any payment provided for hereunder, shall not reduce any amounts otherwise payable, or in any way diminish the Executive’s existing rights, or rights which would accrue solely as a result of the passage of time, under any benefit plan of the Corporation or Partnership, or other contract, plan or arrangement.

4.4 For purposes of this Agreement, a “Successor Entity” shall mean any entity which by way of merger, acquisition, or otherwise has become the Executive’s actual employer.

5. Other Activities During Employment .

5.1 The Executive shall not during the term of this Agreement undertake or engage in any other employment, occupation or business enterprise. Subject to compliance with the provisions of this Agreement, the Executive may engage in reasonable activities with respect to personal investments of the Executive.

5.2 During the term of this Agreement, without the prior approval of the Board of Directors, neither the Executive nor any entity in which she may be interested as a partner, trustee, director, officer, employee, shareholder, option holder, lender of money or guarantor, shall be engaged directly or indirectly in any real estate development, leasing, marketing or management activities other than through the Corporation and the Partnership, except for activities existing on the date of this Agreement which have been disclosed to the Corporation; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not be deemed to (a) prohibit the Executive from being on the Board of Directors of another entity, (b) prevent the Executive from investing in securities if such class of securities in which the investment is so made is listed on a national securities exchange or is issued by a company registered under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, so long as such investment holdings do not, in the aggregate, constitute more than 1% of the voting stock of any company’s securities or (c) prohibit passive investments, subject to any limitations contained in subparagraph (b) above.

 

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5.3 The Executive shall not at any time during this Agreement or after the termination hereof directly or indirectly divulge, furnish, use, publish or make accessible to any person or entity any Confidential Information (as hereinafter defined), except pursuant to subpoena, court order or applicable law. In the event the Executive is required to divulge, furnish, use or publish Confidential Information pursuant to subpoena, court order or applicable law, Executive will provide the Corporation with a minimum of five (5) days’ notice before doing so. Any records of Confidential Information prepared by the Executive or which come into Executive’s possession during this Agreement are and remain the property of the Corporation or the Partnership, as the case may be, and upon termination of Executive’s employment all such records and copies thereof shall be either left with or returned to the Corporation or the Partnership, as the case may be.

5.4 The term “Confidential Information” shall mean information disclosed to the Executive or known, learned, created or observed by Executive as a consequence of or through employment by the Corporation and the Partnership, not generally known in the relevant trade or industry, about the Corporation’s or the Partnership’s business activities, services and processes, including but not limited to information concerning advertising, sales promotion, publicity, sales data, research, copy, leasing, other printed matter, artwork, photographs, reproductions, layout, finances, accounting, methods, processes, business plans, contractors, lessee and supplier lists and records, potential lessee and supplier lists, and contractor, lessee or supplier billing.

 

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6. Post-Employment Activities .

6.1 During the term of employment hereunder, and absent any written waiver or agreement to the contrary, for a period of one year after termination of employment, regardless of the reason for such termination, other than by (x) the Corporation or Partnership (or Successor Entity) without Cause or (y) the Executive for Good Reason; or (z) expiration of this Agreement, the Executive shall not directly or indirectly become employed by, act as a consultant to, or otherwise render any services to any person, corporation, partnership or other entity which is engaged in, or about to become engaged in, the retail shopping center business or any other business which is competitive with the business of the Corporation, the Partnership or any of their subsidiaries nor shall Executive use Executive’s talents to make any such business competitive with the business of the Corporation, the Partnership or any of their subsidiaries. For the purpose of this Section, a retail shopping center business or other business shall be deemed to be competitive if it involves the ownership, operation, leasing or management of any retail shopping centers which draw from the same related trade area, which is deemed to be within a radius of 10 miles from the location of (a) any then existing shopping centers of the Corporation, the Partnership or any of their subsidiaries or (b) any proposed centers for which the site is owned or under contract, is under construction or is actively being negotiated. The Executive shall be deemed to be directly or indirectly engaged in a business if Executive participates therein as a director, officer, stockholder, employee, agent, consultant, manager, salesman, partner or individual proprietor, or as an investor who has made advances or loans, contributions to capital or expenditures for the purchase of stock, or in any capacity or manner whatsoever; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not be deemed to prevent the Executive from investing in securities if such class of securities in which the investment is so

 

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made is listed on a national securities exchange or is issued by a company registered under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, so long as such investment holdings do not, in the aggregate, constitute more than 1% of the voting stock of any company’s securities.

6.2 The Executive acknowledges that Executive has been employed for Executive’s special talents and that Executive’s leaving the employ of the Corporation and the Partnership would seriously hamper the business of the Corporation and the Partnership. The Executive agrees that the Corporation and the Partnership shall each be entitled to injunctive relief, in addition to all remedies permitted by law, to enforce the provisions of Sections 5 and 6 hereof. The Executive further acknowledges that Executive’s training, experience and technical skills are of such breadth that they can be employed to advantage in other areas which are not competitive with the present business of the Corporation and the Partnership and consequently the foregoing obligation will not unreasonably impair Executive’s ability to engage in business activity after the termination of Executive’s present employment.

6.3 The Executive will not, during the period of one (1) year after termination of employment, regardless of the reason for such termination, hire or offer to hire or entice away or in any other manner persuade or attempt to persuade, either in Executive’s individual capacity or as agent for another, any of the Corporation’s, the Partnership’s or any of their subsidiaries’ officers, employees or agents to discontinue their relationship with the Corporation, the Partnership or any of their subsidiaries nor divert or attempt to divert from the Corporation, the Partnership or any of their subsidiaries any business whatsoever by influencing or attempting to influence any contractor, lessee or supplier of the Corporation, the Partnership or any of their subsidiaries.

 

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7. Assignment . This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Corporation, the Partnership and their successors and assigns, and upon the Executive and Executive’s heirs, executors, administrators and legal representatives. The Corporation and the Partnership will require any successor or assign to all or substantially all of their business or assets to assume and perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Corporation and the Partnership would be required to perform if no such succession or assignment had taken place. This Agreement shall not be assignable by the Executive.

8. No Third Party Beneficiaries . This Agreement does not create, and shall not be construed as creating, any rights enforceable by any person not a party to this Agreement, except as provided in Section 7 hereof.

9. Headings . The headings of the sections hereof are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute a part hereof nor to affect the meaning thereof.

10. Interpretation . In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall, for any reason, be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions of this Agreement, and this Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions had never been contained herein. If, moreover, any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall for any reason be held to be excessively broad as to duration, geographical scope, activity or subject, it shall be construed by limiting and reducing it, so as to be enforceable to the extent compatible with the applicable law as it shall then appear.

 

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11. Notices . All notices under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given at the time when mailed by registered or certified mail, addressed to the address below stated of the party to which notice is given, or to such changed address as such party may have fixed by notice:

 

To the Corporation

or the Partnership:

  
  

Cedar Realty Trust, Inc.

44 South Bayles Avenue

Port Washington, NY 11050

Attn: President

To the Executive:

  

Robin McBride Zeigler

c/o Cedar Realty Trust, Inc.

44 South Bayles Avenue, Suite 304

Port Washington, NY 11050

provided, however, that any notice of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt.

12. Waivers . If either party should waive any breach of any provision of this Agreement, she or it shall not thereby be deemed to have waived any preceding or succeeding breach of the same or any other provision of this Agreement.

13. Complete Agreement; Amendments . The foregoing is the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and may not be amended, supplemented, cancelled or discharged except by written instrument executed by both parties hereto.

14. Governing Law . This Agreement is to be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to principles of conflicts of law.

15. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one agreement binding on all of the parties hereto, notwithstanding that all such parties are not signatories to the same counterpart.

 

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16. Arbitration . Mindful of the high cost of litigation, not only in dollars but time and energy as well, the parties intend to and do hereby establish a quick, final and binding out-of-court dispute resolution procedure to be followed in the unlikely event any controversy should arise out of or concerning the performance of this Agreement. Accordingly, the parties do hereby covenant and agree that any controversy, dispute or claim of whatever nature arising out of, in connection with or in relation to the interpretation, performance or breach of this Agreement, including any claim based on contract, tort or statute, shall be settled, at the request of any party to this Agreement, through arbitration by a dispute resolution process administered by JAMS or any other mutually agreed upon arbitration firm involving final and binding arbitration conducted at a location determined by the arbitrator in New York City administered by and in accordance with the then existing rules of practice and procedure of such arbitration firm and judgment upon any award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered by any state or federal court having jurisdiction thereof; provided, however, that the Corporation and the Partnership shall be entitled to seek judicial relief to enforce the provisions of Sections 5 and 6 of this Agreement.

17. Indemnification . During this Agreement and thereafter, the Corporation and the Partnership shall indemnify the Executive to the fullest extent permitted by law against any judgments, fine, amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses (including attorneys’ fees) in connection with any claim, action or proceeding (whether civil or criminal) against the Executive as a result of the Executive serving as an officer or director of the Corporation or the Partnership, in or with regard to any other entity, employee benefit plan or enterprise (other than arising out of the Executive’s act of willful misconduct, gross negligence, misappropriation of funds, fraud or breach of this Agreement). This indemnification shall be in

 

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addition to, and not in lieu of, any other indemnification the Executive shall be entitled to pursuant to the Corporation’s or Partnership’s Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws, Agreement of Limited Partnership or otherwise. Following the Executive’s termination of employment, the Corporation and the Partnership shall continue to cover the Executive under the then existing director’s and officer’s insurance, if any, for the period during which the Executive may be subject to potential liability for any claim, action or proceeding (whether civil or criminal) as a result of her service as an officer or director of the Corporation or the Partnership or in any capacity at the request of the Corporation or the Partnership, in or with regard to any other entity, employee benefit plan or enterprise on the same terms such coverage was provided during this Agreement, at the highest level then maintained for any then current or former officer or director.

18. Section 409A .

18.1 It is the intention of the Corporation and the Partnership that all payments and benefits under this Agreement shall be made and provided in a manner that is either exempt from or intended to avoid taxation under Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Section 409A”), to the extent applicable. Any ambiguity in this Agreement shall be interpreted to comply with the above. The Executive acknowledges that the Corporation and the Partnership have made no representations as to the treatment of the compensation and benefits provided hereunder and the Executive has been advised to obtain her own tax advice.

18.2 Each amount or benefit payable pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed a separate payment for purposes of Section 409A.

 

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18.3 For all purposes under this Agreement, any iteration of the word “termination” (e.g., “terminated”) with respect to the Executive’s employment, shall mean a separation from service within the meaning of Section 409A.

18.4 Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event the stock of the Corporation is publicly traded on an established securities market or otherwise and the Executive is a “specified employee” (as determined under the Corporation’s administrative procedure for such determinations, in accordance with Section 409A) at the time of the Executive’s termination of employment, any payments under this Agreement that are deemed to be deferred compensation subject to Section 409A shall not be paid or begin payment until the earlier of (i) the Executive’s death or (ii) the first payroll date following the six (6) month anniversary of the Executive’s date of termination of employment; provided, however, that the Corporation if so requested by the Executive agrees to contribute any such payments required to be made to the Executive to a rabbi trust established by the Corporation for the benefit of the Executive.

18.5 Any reimbursements provided under this Agreement shall be made no later than the December 31st following the year in which such expenses are incurred, or such earlier date as provided under any plan or policy of the Corporation or Partnership, as applicable.

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

 

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Cedar Realty Trust, Inc.
By:   /s/ BRUCE J. SCHANZER
 

Name: Bruce J. Schanzer

Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer

 

Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P.
By:  

Cedar Realty Trust, Inc.,

General Partner

 

By:   /s/ BRUCE J. SCHANZER
 

Name: Bruce J. Schanzer

Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer

 

/s/ ROBIN MCBRIDE ZEIGLER
Robin McBride Zeigler

 

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Exhibit 10.2

 

LOAN AGREEMENT

Dated as of April 26, 2016

Among

CEDAR REALTY TRUST PARTNERSHIP, L.P.

as Borrower

THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO

REGIONS CAPITAL MARKETS, BB&T CAPITAL MARKETS, KEYBANC CAPITAL

MARKETS and

CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Joint-Lead Arrangers and Joint-Bookrunners

REGIONS BANK, BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY, and CAPITAL ONE,

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

as Co-Syndication Agents

KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Administrative Agent

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

                  Page  

1.

  DEFINITIONS      1   
 

1.1

  Defined Terms      1   
 

1.2

  Other Interpretive Provisions      28   
 

1.3

  Accounting Terms      29   
 

1.4

  Rounding      29   
 

1.5

  Times of Day      29   

2.

  LOAN PROVISIONS      30   
 

2.1

  General Loan Provisions      30   
   

2.1.1

   Loans      30   
   

2.1.2

   Procedures and Limits      31   
   

2.1.3

   Funding Procedures      32   
 

2.2

  Term of Loan      32   
   

2.2.1

   Term Facility      32   
   

2.2.2

   Termination of Commitments      32   
 

2.3

  Interest Rate and Payment Terms      32   
   

2.3.1

   Borrower’s Options      33   
   

2.3.2

   Selection To Be Made      33   
   

2.3.3

   Notice      33   
   

2.3.4

   If No Notice      33   
   

2.3.5

   Telephonic Notice      33   
   

2.3.6

   Limits On Options      33   
   

2.3.7

   Payment and Calculation of Interest      34   
   

2.3.8

   Mandatory Principal Payments      34   
   

2.3.9

   Prepayment      34   
   

2.3.10

   Maturity      34   
   

2.3.11

   Method of Payment; Date of Credit; Administrative Agent’s Clawback      35   
   

2.3.12

   Billings      36   
   

2.3.13

   Default Rate      37   
   

2.3.14

   Late Charges      37   
   

2.3.15

   Breakage Fee      37   
   

2.3.16

   Borrower Information      38   
 

2.4

  Loan Fees      38   
   

2.4.1

   Loan Fees      38   
   

2.4.2

   Unused Fee      38   
   

2.4.3

   Payment of Fees Generally      38   
 

2.5

  Intentionally Omitted      38   
 

2.6

  Additional Provisions Related to Interest Rate Selection      38   
   

2.6.1

   Increased Costs      38   
   

2.6.2

   Capital Requirements      39   
   

2.6.3

   Illegality      39   

 

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2.6.4

   Availability      40   
   

2.6.5

   Base Rate Advances      40   
   

2.6.6

   Delay in Requests      40   
   

2.6.7

   Mitigation      40   
   

2.6.8

   Survival      41   
   

2.6.9

   Taxes      41   
 

2.7

  Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions      41   
   

2.7.1

   Application      41   
   

2.7.2

   Effect      41   
 

2.8

  Taxes      41   
   

2.8.1

   Payments Free of Taxes; Obligation to Withhold; Payments on Account of Taxes      41   
   

2.8.2

   Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower      42   
   

2.8.3

   Tax Indemnifications      42   
   

2.8.4

   Evidence of Payments      43   
   

2.8.5

   Status of Lenders; Tax Documentation      43   
   

2.8.6

   Treatment of Certain Refunds      45   
 

2.9

  Defaulting Lenders      46   
   

2.9.1

   Adjustments      46   
   

2.9.2

   Defaulting Lender Cure      47   

3.

  BORROWING BASE PROPERTIES      47   
 

3.1

  Loan Documents      47   
 

3.2

  Removal of Individual Property as a Borrowing Base Property - Borrower      47   
   

3.2.1

   Borrowing Base Compliance      48   
   

3.2.2

   Financial Covenant Compliance      48   
   

3.2.3

   No Default Upon Release      48   
   

3.2.4

   No Default Prior to Release      48   
   

3.2.5

   [Reserved]      48   
   

3.2.6

   Payment of Fees      48   
 

3.3

  Removal of Individual Property as a Borrowing Base Property - Administrative Agent      48   
   

3.3.1

   Removal Criteria      48   
   

3.3.2

   [Reserved]      49   
   

3.3.3

   Release by Administrative Agent      49   
 

3.4

  Additional Borrowing Base Property      49   

4.

  CONTINUING AUTHORITY OF AUTHORIZED OFFICERS      50   

5.

  CONDITIONS PRECEDENT      50   
 

5.1

  Closing Loan and Funding Initial Loan Advance      50   
   

5.1.1

   Satisfactory Loan Documents      50   
   

5.1.2

   Financial Information; No Material Change      50   
   

5.1.3

   Representations and Warranties Accurate      51   
   

5.1.4

   Lien Searches      51   
   

5.1.5

   Litigation      51   
   

5.1.6

   Formation Documents and Entity Agreements      51   

 

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5.1.7

   Compliance With Laws      52   
   

5.1.8

   Compliance With Financial Covenants      52   
   

5.1.9

   Borrowing Base Property Due Diligence      52   
   

5.1.10

   Condition of Property      52   
   

5.1.11

   Third Party Consents and Agreements      52   
   

5.1.12

   Legal and other Opinions      52   
   

5.1.13

   Intentionally Omitted      52   
   

5.1.14

   No Default      52   
 

5.2

  Conditions to all Credit Extensions      53   
   

5.2.1

   Financial Covenant Compliance      53   
   

5.2.2

   No Default      53   
   

5.2.3

   Loan Notice      53   

6.

  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES      53   
 

6.1

  Formation      53   
 

6.2

  Proceedings; Enforceability      54   
 

6.3

  Conflicts      54   
 

6.4

  Ownership and Taxpayer Identification Numbers      54   
 

6.5

  Litigation      54   
 

6.6

  Information      55   
 

6.7

  Taxes      55   
 

6.8

  Financial Information      55   
 

6.9

  Control Provisions      55   
 

6.10

  Formation Documents      55   
 

6.11

  Bankruptcy Filings      55   
 

6.12

  Investment Company      55   
 

6.13

  [Reserved]      56   
 

6.14

  Borrowing Base Properties      56   
   

6.14.1

   Licenses and Permits      56   
   

6.14.2

   Ownership      56   
   

6.14.3

   Environmental Matters      56   
   

6.14.4

   Leases      57   
   

6.14.5

   Ground Lease      57   
   

6.14.6

   Casualty/Condemnation      57   
   

6.14.7

   Property Condition      58   
 

6.15

  Margin Regulations; Use of Proceeds      58   
 

6.16

  Insurance      58   
 

6.17

  Deferred Compensation and ERISA      58   
 

6.18

  Anti-Corruption; OFAC; Designated Jurisdictions      58   
   

6.18.1

   Anti-Corruption      58   
   

6.18.2

   OFAC; Designated Jurisdictions      58   
 

6.19

  No Default      59   
 

6.20

  Governmental Authorizations; Other Consents      59   
 

6.21

  Qualification as a REIT      59   
 

6.22

  Compliance with Laws      59   
 

6.23

  Property Matters      59   
   

6.23.1

   Major Leases      59   

 

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6.23.2

   Borrowing Base Properties      59   
 

6.24

  Solvency      60   
 

6.25

  Regarding Representations and Warranties      60   

7.

  AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS      60   
 

7.1

  Notices      61   
 

7.2

  Financial Statements; Reports; Officer’s Certificates      61   
   

7.2.1

   Annual Statements      61   
   

7.2.2

   Periodic Statements      61   
   

7.2.3

   Borrowing Base Property Reports      62   
   

7.2.4

   SEC Reports      62   
   

7.2.5

   Compliance Certificates      62   
   

7.2.6

   Data Requested      63   
   

7.2.7

   Tax Returns      63   
   

7.2.8

   [Reserved.]      63   
   

7.2.9

   [Reserved.]      63   
   

7.2.10

   Entity Notices      63   
   

7.2.11

   Property Acquisition or Sale      63   
   

7.2.12

   Property Finance      63   
   

7.2.13

   Notice of Litigation      63   
 

7.3

  Existence      64   
 

7.4

  Payment of Taxes      65   
 

7.5

  Insurance      65   
   

7.5.1

   Insurance      65   
   

7.5.2

   Notice of Damage      65   
 

7.6

  Inspection      65   
 

7.7

  Loan Documents      65   
 

7.8

  Further Assurances      65   
 

7.9

  Books and Records      66   
 

7.10

  Business and Operations      66   
 

7.11

  Estoppel      66   
 

7.12

  ERISA      67   
 

7.13

  [Reserved]      67   
 

7.14

  Costs and Expenses      67   
 

7.15

  Indemnification      67   
 

7.16

  Intentionally Omitted      68   
 

7.17

  Leverage Ratio      68   
 

7.18

  Fixed Charge Ratio      68   
 

7.19

  Net Worth      68   
 

7.20

  Secured Debt Ratio      68   
 

7.21

  Borrowing Base Property Covenants      68   
   

7.21.1

   Occupancy Ratio      68   
   

7.21.2

   Retail Center      68   
   

7.21.3

   Business Strategy      68   
   

7.21.4

   Minimum Borrowing Base Properties      68   
 

7.22

  Variable Rate Debt      68   
 

7.23

  Replacement Documentation      69   

 

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7.24

  Maintenance of REIT Status      69   
 

7.25

  The Lenders’ Consultants      69   
   

7.25.1

   Right to Employ      69   
   

7.25.2

   Functions      69   
   

7.25.3

   Payment      69   
   

7.25.4

   Access      69   
   

7.25.5

   No Liability      69   
 

7.26

  Payment of Obligations      70   
 

7.27

  Compliance with Laws      70   

8.

  NEGATIVE COVENANTS      70   
 

8.1

  No Changes to the Borrower and other Loan Parties      70   
 

8.2

  Restrictions on Liens      70   
   

8.2.1

   Permitted Debt      70   
   

8.2.2

   Tax Liens      71   
   

8.2.3

   Judgment Liens      71   
   

8.2.4

   Personal Property Liens      71   
   

8.2.5

   Intentionally Omitted      71   
   

8.2.6

   Easements, etc.      71   
   

8.2.7

   Title Matters      71   
 

8.3

  Consolidations, Mergers, Sales of Assets, Issuance and Sale of Equity      72   
   

8.3.1

   Transfers      72   
   

8.3.2

   Non-Loan Parties      72   
   

8.3.3

   Loan Parties      72   
   

8.3.4

   Borrowing Base Properties      72   
   

8.3.5

   Leases      72   
   

8.3.6

   Property Transfers      72   
   

8.3.7

   Ordinary Course      72   
   

8.3.8

   With Consent      72   
   

8.3.9

   Permitted Investments      73   
   

8.3.10

   Equity Issuances      73   
   

8.3.11

   Merger of Loan Parties      73   
   

8.3.12

   Cedar-Riverview      73   
   

8.3.13

   Cedar-Revere      73   
 

8.4

  Restrictions on Debt      73   
   

8.4.1

   Debt under this Agreement      73   
   

8.4.2

   Unsecured Debt      73   
   

8.4.3

   Individual Property Debt      73   
   

8.4.4

   Nonrecourse Debt      73   
   

8.4.5

   Ordinary Course      74   
   

8.4.6

   Capital Leases      74   
   

8.4.7

   Cross-Collateralized Debt      74   
   

8.4.8

   Other Unsecured Debt      74   
   

8.4.9

   Other Debt      74   
 

8.5

  Other Business      74   
 

8.6

  Change of Control      74   
 

8.7

  Forgiveness of Debt      74   

 

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8.8

  Affiliate Transactions      74   
 

8.9

  ERISA      74   
 

8.10

  Bankruptcy Filings      74   
 

8.11

  Investment Company      74   
 

8.12

  [Reserved]      75   
 

8.13

  Use of Proceeds      75   
 

8.14

  Distributions      75   
 

8.15

  Restrictions on Investments      75   
 

8.16

  Negative Pledges, Etc.      75   
 

8.17

  Swap Contracts      75   

9.

  SPECIAL PROVISIONS      76   
 

9.1

  Legal Requirements      76   
 

9.2

  Limited Recourse Provisions      76   
   

9.2.1

   Borrower Fully Liable      76   
   

9.2.2

   Certain Non-Recourse      76   
   

9.2.3

   Additional Matters      76   
 

9.3

  Payment of Obligations      77   

10.

  EVENTS OF DEFAULT      77   
 

10.1

  Default and Events of Default      77   
   

10.1.1

   Failure to Pay the Loan      77   
   

10.1.2

   Failure to Make Other Payments      77   
   

10.1.3

   Loan Documents      77   
   

10.1.4

   Default under Other Agreements      78   
   

10.1.5

   Representations and Warranties      78   
   

10.1.6

   Affirmative Covenants      78   
   

10.1.7

   Negative Covenants      78   
   

10.1.8

   Financial Status and Insolvency      78   
   

10.1.9

   Loan Documents      79   
   

10.1.10

   Judgments      79   
   

10.1.11

   ERISA      79   
   

10.1.12

   Change of Control      80   
   

10.1.13

   Indictment; Forfeiture      80   
   

10.1.14

   Generally      80   
 

10.2

  Grace Periods and Notice      80   
   

10.2.1

   No Notice or Grace Period      80   
   

10.2.2

   Nonpayment of Interest      80   
   

10.2.3

   Other Monetary Defaults      80   
   

10.2.4

   Nonmonetary Defaults Capable of Cure      81   
   

10.2.5

   Borrowing Base Property Defaults      81   

11.

  REMEDIES      81   
 

11.1

  Remedies      81   
   

11.1.1

   Accelerate Debt      81   
   

11.1.2

   Pursue Remedies      81   
 

11.2

  Distribution of Liquidation Proceeds      81   

 

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11.3

  Power of Attorney      82   

12.

  SECURITY INTEREST AND SET-OFF      82   
 

12.1

  Security Interest      82   
 

12.2

  Set-Off/Sharing of Payments      82   
 

12.3

  Right to Freeze      83   
 

12.4

  Additional Rights      83   

13.

  THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS      83   
 

13.1

  Rights, Duties and Immunities of the Administrative Agent      83   
   

13.1.1

   Appointment of Administrative Agent      83   
   

13.1.2

   No Other Duties, Etc.      84   
   

13.1.3

   Delegation of Duties      84   
   

13.1.4

   Exculpatory Provisions      84   
   

13.1.5

   Reliance by Administrative Agent      85   
   

13.1.6

   Notice of Default      85   
   

13.1.7

   Lenders’ Credit Decisions      85   
   

13.1.8

   Administrative Agent’s Reimbursement and Indemnification      86   
   

13.1.9

   Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity      86   
   

13.1.10

   Successor Administrative Agent      86   
   

13.1.11

   Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim      87   
   

13.1.12

   Guaranty Matters      88   
 

13.2

  Respecting Loans and Payments      88   
   

13.2.1

   Adjustments      88   
   

13.2.2

   Setoff      88   
   

13.2.3

   Distribution by the Administrative Agent      89   
   

13.2.4

   Removal or Replacement of a Lender      89   
   

13.2.5

   Holders      90   
 

13.3

  Assignments by Lenders      90   
   

13.3.1

   Successors and Assigns Generally      90   
   

13.3.2

   Assignments by Lenders      90   
   

13.3.3

   Register      92   
   

13.3.4

   Participations      92   
   

13.3.5

   Limitations upon Participant Rights      93   
   

13.3.6

   Certain Pledges      93   
 

13.4

  Administrative Matters      93   
   

13.4.1

   Amendment, Waiver, Consent, Etc.      93   
   

13.4.2

   Deemed Consent or Approval      95   

14.

  RESERVED      95   

15.

  GENERAL PROVISIONS      96   
 

15.1

  Notices      96   
 

15.2

  Interest Rate Limitation      98   
 

15.3

  [Reserved]      98   
 

15.4

  [Reserved]      98   
 

15.5

  Parties Bound      98   

 

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15.6

  Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Mutual Waiver of Jury Trial      98   
   

15.6.1

   GOVERNING LAW      98   
   

15.6.2

   SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION      99   
   

15.6.3

   WAIVER OF VENUE      99   
   

15.6.4

   SERVICE OF PROCESS      99   
   

15.6.5

   WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL      99   
 

15.7

  Survival      100   
 

15.8

  Cumulative Rights      100   
 

15.9

  Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver      100   
   

15.9.1

   Costs and Expenses      100   
   

15.9.2

   Indemnification by the Borrower      101   
   

15.9.3

   Reimbursement by Lenders      101   
   

15.9.4

   Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc.      101   
   

15.9.5

   Payments      102   
   

15.9.6

   Survival      102   
 

15.10

  Regarding Consents      102   
 

15.11

  Obligations Absolute      102   
 

15.12

  Table of Contents, Title and Headings      102   
 

15.13

  Counterparts      102   
 

15.14

  Satisfaction of Commitment Letter      103   
 

15.15

  Time Of the Essence      103   
 

15.16

  No Oral Change      103   
 

15.17

  Monthly Statements      103   
 

15.18

  No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility      103   
 

15.19

  USA PATRIOT Act      104   
 

15.20

  Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality      104   

 

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SCHEDULES

 

Schedule 1.1(a)

   Lenders’ Commitment

Schedule 4

   Authorized Officers

Schedule 6.4

   Ownership Interests and Taxpayer Identification Numbers

Schedule 6.14.2

   Borrowing Base Properties

Schedule 6.14.3

   Environmental Reports

Schedule 6.14.5

   Ground Leases

Schedule 6.23.1

   Major Leases

Schedule 15.1

   Notices

 

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EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A

    Form of Loan Notice

Exhibit B

    Form of Note

Exhibit C

    Form of Compliance Certificate

Exhibit D

    Form of Assignment and Assumption

Exhibit E

    Form of Closing Compliance Certificate

Exhibit F-1

    Form of CRT Guaranty Agreement

Exhibit F-2

    Form of Subsidiary Guaranty Agreement

Exhibit H

    Form of Cash Flow Projections

 

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LOAN AGREEMENT

This agreement (this “ Loan Agreement ” or “ Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of April 26, 2016, by and between CEDAR REALTY TRUST PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “ Borrower ”), REGIONS BANK (“ Regions ”), KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“ KeyBank ”) and the several banks and other financial institutions as are, or may from time to time become parties to this Agreement (each a “ Lender ” and collectively, the “ Lenders ”), REGIONS CAPITAL MARKETS, BB&T CAPITAL MARKETS, KEYBANC CAPITAL MARKETS, and CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, REGIONS BANK, BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY, and CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION as Co-Syndication Agents, and KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as administrative agent for the Lenders (the “ Administrative Agent ”).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders provide a term loan facility to the Borrower in the amount of $100,000,000.00 which the Lenders have agreed to provide on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, IN CONSIDERATION of the premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. DEFINITIONS.

1.1 Defined Terms.

As used in this Loan Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings specified below unless the context otherwise requires:

Act ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15.19 .

Additional Borrowing Base Request ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.4 .

Adjusted Capitalized Value ” shall mean with respect to any Borrowing Base Property, the most recent fiscal quarter Adjusted Net Operating Income for such Borrowing Base Property, annualized, capitalized at the Capitalization Rate.

Adjusted FFO ” shall mean, for CRT and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, net income (loss) (computed in accordance with GAAP), excluding gains (or losses) from (i) debt restructurings, (ii) sales of real property, and (iii) extraordinary and/or nonrecurring items, plus real estate related depreciation and amortization and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures, as set forth in more detail under the definitions and interpretations thereof relative to funds from operations promulgated by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts or its successor.


Adjusted Net Operating Income ” shall mean, for any period of determination, for any Individual Property, the Pro Rata Share of (i) Net Operating Income, less (ii) management fees (calculated as the greater of either three percent (3%) of total revenue or actual management expenses incurred), to the extent not already deducted from Net Operating Income, less (iii) allowances for capital expenditures in the amount of $0.20 per annum per rentable square foot of completed improvements.

Administrative Agent ” shall mean, KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, acting as agent for the Lenders, together with its successors and assigns.

Administrative Agent’s Office ” shall mean the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth in Section 15.1 , or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify to the Borrower and the Lenders

Administrative Questionnaire ” shall mean an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

Advance Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.2(a) .

Affiliate ” shall mean, with respect to any 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 Parties ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15.1(c) .

Agreement ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

Anti-Corruption Laws ” means the FCPA, the UK Bribery Act 2010 and similar, applicable legislation in other jurisdictions.

Applicable Margin ” shall mean, for any day, with respect to any LIBO Rate Advances under the Term Facility, or Base Rate Advances under the Term Facility, as the case may be, the applicable rate per annum set forth below under the caption “LIBO Rate Advances” or “Base Rate Advances”:

 

Level

  

Leverage Ratio

   LIBO Rate Advances
Applicable Margin
    Base Rate Advances
Applicable Margin
 
1    ³ 55% but < 60%      2.25     1.25
2    ³ 50% but < 55%      1.95     0.95
3    ³ 45% but < 50%      1.80     0.80
4    < 45%      1.65     0.65

Each change in the applicable LIBO Rate Advances Applicable Margin or the Base Rate Advances Applicable Margin, as the case may be, shall apply during the period commencing on the date of the most recent Compliance Certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent and ending on the date of receipt of the next Compliance Certificate. If a Compliance Certificate is not delivered to the Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms hereof, the Applicable Margin shall be deemed to be based on Level 1 until the required Compliance Certificate is delivered to the Administrative Agent. The provisions of this definition shall be subject to Section 2.3.16 .

 

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Approved Fund ” shall mean any Fund 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.

Arranger ” shall mean, collectively, Regions Capital Markets, BB&T Capital Markets, KeyBanc Capital Markets and Capital One, National Association.

Assignee Group ” shall mean two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one another or two or more Approved Funds managed by the same investment advisor.

Assignment and Assumption ” shall mean an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 13.3 , and accepted by the Administrative Agent), in substantially the form of Exhibit D or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

Authorized Officer ” shall mean, with respect to any Loan Party, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, the Vice President of Operations and their respective successors, it being understood that one individual may hold the office of Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Operations.

Bail-In Action ” shall mean the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.

Bail-In Legislation ” shall mean, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

Base Rate ” shall mean for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus one half of 1% (0.50%), or (b) the Prime Rate in effect for such day. “ Prime Rate ” shall mean the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by KeyBank as its “prime rate.” The “prime rate” is a rate set by KeyBank based upon various factors including KeyBank’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in such rate announced by KeyBank shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.

Base Rate Advance ” shall mean any principal amount outstanding under this Agreement which pursuant to this Agreement bears interest at the Base Rate Accrual Rate.

Base Rate Accrual Rate ” shall mean the greater of (a) the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin or (b) the LIBO Rate (as specified in clause (b) of the definition thereof) plus the Applicable Margin for the corresponding LIBO Rate Advance had such advance been a LIBO Rate Advance.

 

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Book Value ” shall mean the value of such property or asset, as determined in accordance with GAAP.

Borrower ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

Borrower Materials ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.2.13 .

Borrower Subsidiaries ” shall mean, individually and collectively, all of the Subsidiaries of the Borrower and/or CRT.

Borrower Termination Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.2 .

Borrowing Base Property ” and “ Borrowing Base Properties ” shall mean, the Individual Properties initially listed in Schedule 6.14.2(i) hereto, plus any Individual Property which subsequently becomes a Borrowing Base Property in accordance with Section 3.4 hereof, but excluding (i) any Borrowing Base Property which is determined by the Administrative Agent to no longer be a Borrowing Base Property in accordance with Section 3.3 hereof, or (ii) any Borrowing Base Property which is released in accordance with Section 3.2 hereof.

Borrowing Base Property Owner ” and “ Borrowing Base Property Owners ” shall mean, from time to time, the Wholly-Owned Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower or CRT (or an Unconsolidated CRT Entity to the extent approved by the Administrative Agent) which is or are the owner or owners of the fee simple interest in, or the approved ground lessee of, a Borrowing Base Property or the Borrowing Base Properties.

Borrowing Base Property Requirements ” shall mean the requirements, with respect to any Individual Property, set forth below:

(a) The Individual Property satisfies all Eligibility Criteria or is otherwise approved by the Required Lenders.

(b) Each applicable Loan Party has executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent a Guaranty.

(c) The Individual Property is owned in fee simple or ground leased pursuant to a Ground Lease by a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower, except as otherwise approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

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(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received and completed a satisfactory review of such due diligence as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require (with the Borrower delivering such diligence to the Administrative Agent for delivery to the Lenders) with respect to any Individual Property (with the Administrative Agent agreeing to use reasonable efforts to utilize any due diligence previously submitted by the Borrower and received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Existing Facility), including, without limitation:

(i) To the extent in Borrower’s files, a copy of the owner’s title insurance policy or other evidence of the status of title to the Individual Property reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent’s counsel; and

(ii) To the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, copies of all Major Leases; and

(iii) To the extent in the Borrower’s files, a current environmental Phase I Site Assessment performed by a firm reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent within six (6) months of submission to the Administrative Agent, which indicates the property is free from recognized hazardous materials or substances apparent from the inspection, or affected by such environmental matters as may be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

Borrowing Base Value ” shall mean, as of the most recent Compliance Certificate or Borrowing Base Property report, as applicable, delivered to the Administrative Agent, the sum of for all Borrowing Base Properties, (a) the lesser of (i) sixty percent (60%) of the Adjusted Capitalized Value of all such Borrowing Base Properties, or (ii) the Implied Loan Amount for all such Borrowing Base Properties, less (b) all Unsecured Debt of CRT and its Subsidiaries (excluding the Total Outstandings); provided, however, for purposes of calculating Borrowing Base Value, (x) the Borrowing Base Value from any single Borrowing Base Property shall not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the total Borrowing Base Value and any Borrowing Base Value from such Borrowing Base Asset in excess of fifteen percent (15%) shall be excluded from the calculation of total Borrowing Base Value, and (y) aggregate rents from any single tenant or affiliate group of tenants may not exceed twenty five percent (25%) of the total rents of CRT and its Subsidiaries, and any rents from such tenants or affiliated group in excess of twenty five percent (25%) shall be excluded from the calculation of total Borrowing Base Value.

Breakage Fee ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.15 .

Business Day ” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, New York, New York or the state where the Administrative Agent’s Office is located and, if such day relates to any LIBO Rate Advance, shall mean any such day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market. Further, payments shall be due on the first Business Day of each calendar month

Calculation Date ” shall mean the last day of each calendar quarter commencing with March 31, 2016.

Calculation Period ” shall mean for each Calculation Date, the just completed calendar quarter (inclusive of the applicable Calculation Date).

Capital Stock ” shall mean (i) with respect to any Person that is a corporation, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated and whether or not voting) of corporate stock, including without limitation, each class or series of common stock and preferred stock of such Person and (ii) with respect to any Person that is not a corporation, any and all investment units, partnership, membership or other equity interests of such Person.

 

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Capitalization Rate ” shall be equal to seven percent (7.00%).

Cash Flow Projections ” shall mean a detailed schedule of all cash Distributions projected to be made to the Borrower from the Borrower Subsidiaries, as detailed on the model delivered to the Administrative Agent prior to the Closing Date (attached hereto as Exhibit H), and subject to change as shall be detailed in the respective Officer’s Certificate to be provided to the Administrative Agent as set forth herein, as may be requested by Administrative Agent from time to time.

Change in Law ” shall mean the occurrence, after the Closing Date, of any of the following: (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 administration, interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines and directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (ii) 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 in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

Change of Control ” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following:

(a) The acquisition by any Person, or “group” (within the meaning of Sections 13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of Persons acting in concert, of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended), directly or indirectly, of 50% or more of the outstanding shares of voting stock of CRT, other than short term acquisitions necessary in connection with the ultimate sale or other offerings of equity interests otherwise permitted hereunder;

(b) During any period of twelve (12) consecutive calendar months, individuals:

(1) Who were directors of CRT on the first day of such period; or

(2) Whose election or nomination for election to the board of directors of CRT was recommended or approved by at least a majority of the directors then still in office who were directors of CRT on the first day of such period, or whose election or nomination for election was so approved,

shall cease to constitute a majority of the board of directors of CRT; or

(c) CRT shall cease to be the sole general partner of Borrower; or

(d) CRT shall cease to own a minimum of 50% of the beneficial ownership interest in the Borrower, or

 

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(e) With respect to any Borrowing Base Property Owner, the transfer of any ownership interest therein such that such Borrowing Base Property Owner is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower or CRT.

Closing Compliance Certificate ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.2(b) .

Closing Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1 .

Code ” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder. Section references to the Code are to the Code, as in effect at the date of this Agreement and any subsequent provisions of the Code, amendatory thereof, supplemental thereto or substituted therefor.

Combined EBITDA ” shall mean the sum of the Pro Rata Share of EBITDA for each Consolidated CRT Entity and each Unconsolidated CRT Entity.

Commitment ” shall mean, with respect to each Lender, the aggregate amount of such Lender’s Term Commitment.

Commitment Letter ” shall mean that certain Mandate Letter and Confidential Summary of Terms and Conditions, dated as of April 1, 2016, by and among the Borrower and Regions.

Commitment Percentage ” shall mean with respect to any Lender at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the Total Commitments represented by such Lender’s Commitment at such time. If the commitment of each Lender to make Loan Advances has been terminated pursuant to Section 11.2 or if the Term Commitments have expired, then the Commitment Percentage of each Lender shall be determined based on the Commitment Percentage of such Lender most recently in effect, giving effect to any subsequent assignments. The initial Commitment Percentage of each Lender is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 1.1(a) or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable.

Compliance Certificate ” shall mean a compliance certificate in the form of Exhibit C .

Consolidated ” or “ Consolidating ” shall mean consolidated or consolidating as defined in accordance with GAAP.

Consolidated CRT Entity ” or “ Consolidated CRT Entities ” shall mean, singly and collectively, the Borrower, CRT, and any Subsidiary of the Borrower or CRT that is Consolidated.

Control ” shall mean 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 Extension ” shall mean a Loan Advance.

 

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CRT ” shall mean Cedar Realty Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation.

Debt ” shall mean, with respect to any Person, without duplication, (i) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (ii) all indebtedness of such Person for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than property and services purchased, and expense accruals and deferred compensation items arising, in the ordinary course of business), (iii) all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments (other than performance, surety and appeal bonds arising in the ordinary course of business), (iv) all indebtedness of such Person 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), (v) all obligations of such Person under leases which have been, or should be, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, recorded as capital leases, to the extent required to be so recorded, (vi) all reimbursement, payment or similar obligations of such Person, contingent or otherwise, under acceptance, letter of credit or similar facilities (other than letters of credit in support of trade obligations or in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, old-age pensions and other social security benefits in the ordinary course of business), (vii) any Guarantee of any indebtedness or other obligation of any Person, either directly or indirectly, of indebtedness described in clauses (i) through (vi), and (viii) all Debt referred to in clauses (i) through (vii) above secured by (or for which the holder of such Debt has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien, security interest or other charge or encumbrance upon or in property (including, without limitation, accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such Debt. For the purposes of the calculation of the Financial Covenants, Debt of any entity in which a Person owns an ownership interest shall be calculated on its Pro Rata Share of such Debt, unless such Person has delivered a guaranty or other indemnity in connection with such Debt creating a greater proportionate liability, in which event, such greater liability shall apply.

Debtor Relief Laws ” shall mean the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.

Default ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.1 .

Default Rate ” shall mean an interest rate equal to (i) the Base Rate plus (ii) the Applicable Margin, if any, applicable to Base Rate Advances plus (iii) four percent (4.0%) per annum; provided, however, that with respect to a LIBO Rate Advance, the Default Rate shall be an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Margin) otherwise applicable to such Loan plus four percent (4.0%) per annum.

Defaulting Lender ” shall mean Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within two (2) Business Days of the date such Loans or participations were required to be funded hereunder unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions

 

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precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within two (2) Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrower or the Administrative Agent in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three (3) Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it will comply with its funding obligations hereunder ( provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity, or (iii) become the subject of a Bail-in Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a governmental authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender 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 permit such Lender (or such governmental authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under clauses (a) through (d) above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrower and each Lender.

Designated Jurisdiction ” shall mean any country or territory to the extent that such country or territory itself is the subject of any Sanction (including, as of the date of this Agreement, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria).

Development Assets ” shall mean Individual Properties as to which construction of the associated or contemplated improvements has commenced (either new construction or substantial renovation) but has not yet been completed such that a certificate of occupancy (or the local equivalent) for a substantial portion of the intended improvements has not yet been issued or, for any completed project, until one hundred eighty (180) days after completion.

Distribution ” shall mean, with respect to any Person, that such Person has paid a dividend or returned any equity capital to its stockholders, members or partners or made any other distribution, payment or delivery of property (other than common stock or partnership or membership interests of such Person) or cash to its stockholders, members or partners as such, or redeemed, retired, purchased or otherwise acquired, directly or indirectly, for a consideration any shares of any class of its capital stock or any membership or partnership interests (or any options or warrants issued by such Person with respect to its capital stock or membership or partnership

 

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interests), or shall have permitted any of its Subsidiaries to purchase or otherwise acquire for a consideration any shares of any class of the capital stock or any membership or partnership interests of such Person (or any options or warrants issued by such Person with respect to its capital stock or membership or partnership interests). Without limiting the foregoing, “ Distributions ” with respect to any Person shall also include all payments made by such Person with respect to any stock appreciation rights, plans, equity incentive or achievement plans or any similar plans.

Dollars ” shall mean lawful money of the United States.

EBITDA ” shall mean for any Person the sum of (i) net income (or loss), plus (ii) actual interest paid or payable respecting all Debt to the extent included as an expense in the calculation of net income (or loss), plus (iii) total Tax Expenses to the extent included as an expense in the calculation of net income (or loss), plus (iv) total depreciation and amortization expense, to the extent included as an expense in the calculation of net income (or loss), plus (v) losses from extraordinary items, nonrecurring items, asset sales, write-ups or forgiveness of debt, to the extent included as an expense in the calculation of net income, minus (vi) gains from extraordinary items, nonrecurring items, asset sales, write-ups or forgiveness of debt, to the extent included as income in the calculation of net income, minus (vii) allowances for capital expenditures in the amount of $0.20 per annum per rentable square foot of improvements, adjusted (viii) for the elimination of straight line rents, all of the foregoing as determined in accordance with GAAP, as appropriate, minus (ix) to the extent not deducted in calculating net income (or loss), Ground Lease Payments (except to the extent of any portion of such payment which is treated as a payment under a capital lease in accordance with GAAP). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in determining EBITDA, net income shall include as income, Rent Loss Proceeds.

EEA Financial Institution ” shall mean (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.

EEA Member Country ” shall mean any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

EEA Resolution Authority ” shall mean any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.

Eligibility Criteria ” shall mean the following criteria which must be satisfied in a manner acceptable to the Administrative Agent for each Borrowing Base Property:

(a) The Borrowing Base Property is a completed retail center located within the contiguous United States within one of CRT’s then current core markets, and being owned by a Borrowing Base Property Owner and managed by the Borrower;

 

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(b) The Borrowing Base Property is of a scope and of an asset quality consistent with CRT’s other grocery-anchored properties or such other retail center-related assets as is approved by the Administrative Agent;

(c) The Borrower provides reasonably acceptable historical operating and leasing information;

(d) The Borrower provides a certification as to the absence of any material environmental issues;

(e) The Borrower provides certification as to the absence of any material structural issues; and

(f) No security interests, liens or other encumbrances shall exist on the Borrowing Base Property upon its inclusion as a Borrowing Base Property, other than Permitted Liens.

Eligible Assignee ” shall mean any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 13.3.2 (including the requirements or limitations set forth in Sections 13.3.2(c) , (e)  and (f) ), subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 13.3.2(c) .

Environmental Report ” shall mean, each of the environmental reports listed on Schedule 6.14.3 hereto, plus any environmental report delivered to Administrative Agent in connection with the addition of a Borrowing Base Property in accordance with Section 3.4 hereof.

Environmental Legal Requirements ” shall mean any and all applicable Federal, state and local statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including those related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public systems, as the same now exists or may be changed or amended or come into effect in the future, which pertains to any Hazardous Material or the environment including ground or air or water or noise pollution or contamination, and underground or aboveground tanks.

ERISA ” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder. Section references to ERISA are to ERISA, as in effect at the date of this Agreement and any subsequent provisions of ERISA, amendatory thereof, supplemental thereto or substituted therefor.

ERISA Affiliate ” shall mean each person (as defined in Section 3(9) of ERISA) which together with either Borrower or a Loan Party would be deemed to be a “single employer” (i) within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code or (ii) as a result of either Borrower or a Loan Party being or having been a general partner of such Person.

EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule ” shall mean the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person), as in effect from time to time.

 

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Event of Default ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.1 .

Event of Loss ” shall mean, with respect to any Borrowing Base Property, any of the following: (a) any loss or destruction of, or damage to, such Borrowing Base Property; or (b) any actual condemnation, seizure or taking, by exercise of the power of eminent domain or otherwise, of such Borrowing Base Property, or confiscation of such Borrowing Base Property or the requisition of such Borrowing Base Property by a Governmental Agency or any Person having the power of eminent domain, or any voluntary transfer of such Borrowing Base Property or any portion thereof in lieu of any such condemnation, seizure or taking.

Excluded Taxes ” shall mean, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) taxes imposed on or measured by its overall gross or net income (however denominated), and franchise taxes or similar taxes imposed on it (in lieu of net income taxes), by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the Laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable Lending Office is located or with which it has a present of former connection (other than any such connection resulting from its having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, this Agreement or any other Loan Document), (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, (c) any backup withholding tax that is required by the Code to be withheld from amounts payable to a Lender that has failed to comply with Sections 2.8.5(b)(i) , (d) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 13.2.4 ), any United States withholding tax that (i) is required to be imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender pursuant to the Laws in force at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new Lending Office) or (ii) is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure or inability (other than as a result of a Change in Law) to comply with clause (ii) of Section 2.8.5(b) , except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new Lending Office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Sections 2.8.5(b) or  (c) , (e) any tax attributable to a failure or inability to comply with Section 2.8.5(c) , and (f) any U.S. federal withholding taxes imposed under FATCA.

Existing Borrowing Base Properties ” shall mean the Individual Properties that are qualified as Borrowing Base Properties under the Existing Facility as of the Closing Date.

Existing Facility ” shall mean, collectively, (a) the revolving and term loan credit facility provided to Borrower pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement, and various documents and instruments executed in connection therewith, and (b) the term loan credit facility provided to Borrower pursuant to the Existing Term Agreement, and various documents and instruments executed in connection therewith.

Existing Credit Agreement ” shall mean the Third Amended and Restated Loan Agreement dated February 5, 2015, entered into by and among Borrower, various lenders and KeyBank National Association as administrative agent.

 

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Existing Term Agreement ” shall mean the Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement dated February 5, 2015 entered into by and among Borrower, various lenders and KeyBank National Association as administrative agent.

Facility Term ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.1 .

FATCA ” shall mean 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) and any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof.

FCPA ” means the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

Federal Funds Rate ” shall mean, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions in effect on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to KeyBank on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.

Fee Letter ” shall mean that certain fee letter dated April 1, 2016 by and among the Borrower and Regions.

Financial Covenants ” shall mean those covenants of the Borrower set forth in Sections 7.16, 7.17, 7.18, 7.19, 7.20 and 7.22 .

Fiscal Year ” shall mean each twelve month period commencing on January 1 and ending on December 31.

Fixed Charges ” shall mean, without duplication, the aggregate of the Pro Rata Share of all (a) Interest Expenses (excluding any interest expenses required to be capitalized under GAAP), (b) regularly scheduled principal amortization payments (other than any final “balloon” payments due at maturity) on all Debt of the Consolidated CRT Entities and the Unconsolidated CRT Entities, (c) preferred dividend payments or required Distributions (other than Distributions by the Borrower to holders of operating partnership units and Distributions by CRT to common equity holders) paid or payable by the Consolidated CRT Entities and the Unconsolidated CRT Entities, (d) any portion of a payment under a lease which is treated as a payment under a capital lease in accordance with GAAP), and (e) Tax Expenses for the Consolidated CRT Entities and the Unconsolidated CRT Entities, all of the foregoing as determined in accordance with GAAP.

Fixed Charge Ratio ” shall mean, for each Calculation Period, the ratio of (a) Combined EBITDA to (b) Fixed Charges.

 

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Foreign Lender ” shall mean any Lender that is not a United States person within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

Formation Documents ” shall mean, singly and collectively, the partnership agreements, joint venture agreements, limited partnership agreements, limited liability company or operating agreements and certificates of limited partnership and certificates of formation, articles (or certificate) of incorporation and by-laws and any similar agreement, document or instrument of any Person, as amended subject to the terms and provisions hereof.

Fund ” shall mean any Person (other than a natural Person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities.

Funding Evidence ” shall mean, in connection with the Borrower raising the funds necessary to make any Mandatory Principal Payment to be made pursuant to Section 2.3.8 , evidence in connection with (i) the sale of any asset, that the Borrower has entered into a sales agreement, letter of intent, or listed the asset for sale with a recognized broker or (ii) the financing or refinancing of an asset, that the Borrower has obtained a commitment for such financing or submitted a loan application to a recognized financial institution, the proceeds of which together with such other funds as are available to the Borrower will be sufficient to make the required payment.

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

Governmental Authority ” shall mean the government of the United States or any other nation, or of 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 (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

Ground Leases ” shall mean, from time to time, any ground lease relative to an Individual Property and with respect to “Ground Leases” covering Borrowing Base Properties, for which the Administrative Agent has given its prior written approval.

Ground Lease Payments ” shall mean the sum of the Pro Rata Share of (i) payments made by the Consolidated CRT Entities under Ground Leases and (ii) payments made under Ground Leases by Unconsolidated CRT Entities.

Guarantee ” shall mean, as to any Person, any (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Debt or other obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “ primary obligor ”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Debt or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Debt or other obligation of the payment or performance of such Debt or other obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other

 

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financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Debt or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Debt or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Debt or other obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Debt or other obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Debt to obtain any such Lien). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term “ Guarantee ” as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

Guaranty ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1 , as such agreements may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise updated or modified from time to time.

Guarantor ” or “ Guarantors ” shall mean CRT and those certain single-purpose Subsidiaries of the Borrower that have entered into a Guaranty, including without limitation, each Borrowing Base Property Owner and each Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower or CRT which owns a direct or indirect ownership interest in a Borrowing Base Property Owner.

Hazardous Materials ” shall mean and include asbestos, mold, flammable materials, explosives, radioactive substances, polychlorinated biphenyls, radioactive substances, other carcinogens, oil and other petroleum products, pollutants or contaminants that could be a detriment to the environment, and any other hazardous or toxic materials, wastes, or substances which are defined, determined or identified as such in any past, present or future federal, state or local laws, rules, codes or regulations, or any judicial or administrative interpretation of such laws, rules, codes or regulations.

Implied Debt Service ” shall mean the greater of (a) the annual amount of principal and interest payable on a hypothetical loan in an amount equal to the Implied Loan Amount, based upon a thirty (30) year direct reduction monthly amortization schedule and a per annum interest rate equal to the actual blended interest rate for the Loan, or (b) an annual debt service constant of seven and nineteen one- hundredths percent (7.19%) on such hypothetical loan amount.

Implied Debt Service Coverage Ratio ” shall mean as of each Calculation Date, the ratio of (i) the aggregate of (a) Adjusted Net Operating Income for all Borrowing Base Properties for the most recent fiscal quarter, annualized, to (ii) Implied Debt Service; such calculation and results to be as verified by the Administrative Agent.

Implied Loan Amount ” shall mean a principal amount which would generate as of any Calculation Date an Implied Debt Service Coverage Ratio of 1.70 to 1.00, which Implied Loan Amount may be revised by the Administrative Agent after the Closing Date or as of the most recent Compliance Certificate or Borrowing Base Property report, as applicable, delivered to the Administrative Agent, to reflect additions, removals and other adjustments to the Borrowing Base Properties since the Closing Date or the most recent Compliance Certificate or Borrowing Base Property report, as applicable, delivered to the Administrative Agent.

 

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Increase Effective Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.1(b) .

Indemnified Taxes ” shall mean Taxes other than Excluded Taxes.

Indemnitee ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15.9.2 .

Individual Property ” and “ Individual Properties ” shall mean, from time to time, all real estate property owned or ground leased by any Consolidated CRT Entity or any Unconsolidated CRT Entity, together with all improvements, fixtures, equipment, and personalty relating to such property.

Information ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15.20 .

Interest Expense ” shall mean the sum of the Pro Rata Share of the aggregate actual interest expense (whether expensed or capitalized) paid or payable respecting all Debt by the Consolidated CRT Entities and the Unconsolidated CRT Entities.

Interest Period ” shall mean, as to each LIBO Rate Advance, the period commencing on the date such LIBO Rate Advance is disbursed or converted to or continued as a LIBO Rate Advance and ending on the numerically corresponding day in the first, second, third or sixth month thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its Loan Notice; provided that:

(i) any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;

(ii) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and

(iii) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date.

Investment ” shall mean the acquisition of any real property or tangible personal property or of any stock or other security, any loan, advance, bank deposit, money market fund, contribution to capital, extension of credit (except for accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business and payable in accordance with customary terms), or purchase or commitment or option to purchase or otherwise acquire real estate or tangible personal property or stock or other securities of any party or any part of the business or assets comprising such business, or any part thereof.

Joinder Agreement ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.1(c) .

KeyBank ” shall mean KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION and its successors and assigns.

 

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Knowledge ” or “ knowledge ” shall mean, with respect to any Loan Party, the actual knowledge of any Authorized Officer of such Loan Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, such named parties and their successors are not parties to this Agreement and shall have no liability for a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement deemed to be made to their actual knowledge.

Land Assets ” shall mean Individual Properties constituting raw or undeveloped land as to which construction of contemplated improvements has not commenced or which does not generate rental revenues under a Ground Lease.

Late Charge ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.14 .

Laws ” shall mean, collectively, all Federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case having the force of law.

Lease ” shall mean any lease relative to all or any portion of a Borrowing Base Property.

Lenders ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

Lenders’ Consultant ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.25 .

Lending Office ” shall mean, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

Leverage Ratio ” shall mean the quotient (expressed as a percentage) resulting from dividing (i) the aggregate of all Debt of the Consolidated CRT Entities and the Unconsolidated CRT Entities by (ii) the Total Asset Value.

LIBO Rate ” shall mean:

(a) For any Interest Period with respect to a LIBO Rate Advance, the rate per annum equal to (A) the LIBOR Rate as published by Reuters (or other commercially available source providing quotations of LIBOR as designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) (“ LIBOR ”), at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period or (B) if such published rate is not available at such time for any reason, the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in same day funds in the approximate amount of the LIBO Rate Advance being made, continued or converted by KeyBank and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered to major banks, including KeyBank, in the London interbank Eurodollar market at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period;

 

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provided however, if the LIBOR Rate for any Interest Period shall be less than zero (0), such rate shall be deemed to be zero (0) for such Interest Period for all purposes of this Agreement.

(b) For any interest rate calculation with respect to a Base Rate Advance, the rate per annum equal to (i) LIBOR, at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time on the date of determination (provided that if such day is not a London Business Day, the next preceding London Business Day) for Dollar deposits being delivered in the London interbank market for a term of one month commencing that day or (ii) if such published rate is not available at such time for any reason, the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the date of determination in same day funds in the approximate amount of the subject Base Rate Advance being made, continued or converted by KeyBank and with a term equal to one month would be offered to major banks, including KeyBank, in the London interbank Eurodollar market at their request at the date and time of determination; provided however, if the LIBOR Rate as determined under this clause (b) shall be less than zero (0), such rate shall be deemed to be zero (0) for all purposes of this Agreement.

LIBO Rate Advance ” shall mean any principal outstanding under this Agreement which pursuant to this Agreement bears interest at the LIBO Rate plus the Applicable Margin.

Lien ” shall mean any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, security interest, or any other encumbrance, charge or transfer, including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing, and mechanic’s, materialmen’s and other similar liens and encumbrances.

Licenses and Permits ” shall mean all licenses, permits, authorizations and agreements issued by or agreed to by any governmental authority or by a private party, and including, but not limited to, building permits, occupancy permits and such special permits, variances and other relief as may be required pursuant to Laws which may be applicable to any Borrowing Base Property.

Line Fee ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.4.2 .

Line Percentage ” shall mean (i) 0.15% per annum, to the extent the total amounts advanced under the Term Facility are greater than or equal to fifty percent (50%) of the Term Commitments, and 0.25% per annum, to the extent the total amounts advanced under the Term Facility are less than fifty percent (50%) of the Term Commitments.

Liquidation Proceeds ” shall mean amounts received by the Administrative Agent and/or the Lenders in the exercise of the rights and remedies under the Loan Documents.

Loan ” shall mean, individually or collectively, as the context so requires, any extension of credit by a Lender to the Borrower under Article 2 in the form of a Base Rate Advance or a LIBO Rate Advance.

Loan Advance ” or “ Loan Advances ” shall mean any advance of any proceeds of the Term Facility, as the case may be.

 

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Loan Agreement ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

Loan Documents ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1 .

Loan Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.2(b) .

Loan Party ” and “ Loan Parties ” shall mean, singly and collectively, the Borrower, the Guarantors and each Borrowing Base Property Owner.

Major Event of Loss ” shall mean, with respect to any Borrowing Base Property, any of the following: (a) any loss or destruction of, or damage to, such Borrowing Base Property such that either (x) the repairs and restoration thereof cannot be completed, in the judgment of the Lenders’ Consultant and if there is no Lenders’ Consultant, an independent architect or engineer retained by the Borrower, within six (6) months after the occurrence of such loss, damage or destruction or (y) rendering more than fifty percent (50%) of the Borrowing Base Property unusable for the purposes conducted thereon immediately prior to such loss, destruction or damage, as determined by the applicable Lenders’ Consultant and if there is no Lenders’ Consultant, an independent architect or engineer retained by the Borrower; or (b) any actual condemnation, seizure or taking, by exercise of the power of eminent domain or otherwise, of such Borrowing Base Property, or confiscation of such Borrowing Base Property or the requisition of such Borrowing Base Property by a Governmental Agency or any Person having the power of eminent domain, or any voluntary transfer of such Borrowing Base Property or any portion thereof in lieu of any such condemnation, seizure or taking, rendering more than fifty percent (50%) of the leaseable area of such Borrowing Base Property unusable for the purposes conducted thereon immediately prior to action, as determined by the Lenders’ Consultant and if there is no Lenders’ Consultant, an independent architect or engineer retained by the Borrower.

Major Lease ” shall mean (i) any Lease for space in any Borrowing Base Property (x) in excess of 25,000 rentable square feet, or (y) in excess of 15,000 rentable square feet and in excess of ten percent (10%) of the rentable square footage of such Borrowing Base Property, or (ii) any Lease with a tenant who is a tenant in more than one Borrowing Base Property and who leases 25,000 or more rentable square feet, in the aggregate, in all Borrowing Base Properties.

Mandatory Principal Payment ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.8 .

Material Adverse Effect ” shall mean a material adverse effect on (i) the business, assets, operations or financial or other condition of any of the Borrower, CRT, or, taken as a whole, the Loan Parties, (ii) the ability of any of the Borrower, CRT, or, taken as a whole, the Loan Parties to perform any material Obligations or to pay any Obligations which it is or they are obligated to pay in accordance with the terms hereof or of any other Loan Document, or (iii) the rights of, or benefits available to, the Administrative Agent and/or any of the Lenders under any Loan Document.

Maturity Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.1 .

Maximum Loan Amount ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.1(a) .

Maximum Rate ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15.2 .

 

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Net Operating Income ” shall mean, for any period of determination, (i) net operating income generated by an Individual Property for such period (i.e., gross operating income, inclusive of any rent loss insurance, less expenses (including Ground Lease Payments (except to the extent of any portion of such payment which is treated as a payment under a capital lease in accordance with GAAP) and exclusive of debt service, capital expenditures and vacancy allowances and before depreciation and amortization), determined in accordance with GAAP, as generated by, through or under Leases, and (ii) all other income arising from direct operations of or licenses or operating agreements for any part of the Individual Property determined on a GAAP basis. For purposes hereof, all rental income shall be adjusted for straight line rents. Borrower shall provide the Administrative Agent with all information and materials required by the Administrative Agent necessary for the determination of Net Operating Income. If any Leases are scheduled to expire during such period of determination, no rents or other amounts payable under such Leases with respect to any portion of such period occurring after such scheduled expiration date shall be included in the determination of Net Operating Income for such period. If any Leases are scheduled to commence (and rent and occupancy pursuant thereto are also scheduled to commence) during such period of determination, the rents and other amounts payable under such Leases with respect to any period occurring after the scheduled commencement date shall be included in the determination of Net Operating Income for such period.

Net Worth ” shall mean (a) the sum of (i) total CRT shareholders’ equity in the Borrower and (ii) the limited partners’ interest in the Borrower (both controlling and non-controlling interests) as of the Calculation Date appearing on the consolidated financial statements of CRT as determined in accordance with GAAP, plus (b) depreciation and amortization provided after September 30, 2014 through the Calculation Date on a cumulative basis.

Non-Retail Assets ” shall mean Individual Properties that generate more than fifteen percent (15%) of base rental revenues from non-retail tenants.

Note ” shall mean, collectively, the various promissory notes payable to each Lender (if requested by such Lender) in the form of Exhibit B .

Obligations ” shall mean without limitation, all and each of the following, whether now existing or hereafter arising:

(a) Any and all direct and indirect liabilities, debts, and obligations of the Borrower or any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender under or arising out of the Loan Documents, each of every kind, nature, and description.

(b) Each obligation to repay any loan, advance, indebtedness, note, obligation, overdraft, or amount now or hereafter owing by the Borrower or any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (including all future advances whether or not made pursuant to a commitment by the Administrative Agent or any Lender) under or arising out of the Loan Documents, whether or not any of such are liquidated, unliquidated, primary, secondary, secured, unsecured, direct, indirect, absolute, contingent, or of any other type, nature, or description, or by reason of any cause of action which the Administrative Agent or any Lender may hold against the Borrower or any Loan Party including, without limitation, any obligation arising under any Swap Contract with the Administrative Agent or any Lender.

 

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(c) All notes and other obligations of the Borrower or any Loan Party now or hereafter assigned to or held by the Administrative Agent or any Lender under or arising out of the Loan Documents, each of every kind, nature, and description.

(d) All interest, fees, and charges and other amounts which may be charged by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to the Borrower or any Loan Party and/or which may be due from the Borrower or any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender from time to time under or arising out of the Loan Documents.

(e) All costs and expenses incurred or paid by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in respect of any agreement between the Borrower or any Loan Party and the Administrative Agent or any Lender or instrument furnished by the Borrower or any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (including, without limitation, costs of collection, attorneys’ reasonable fees, and all court and litigation costs and expenses) in connection with the Loan.

(f) Any and all covenants of the Borrower or any Loan Party to or with the Administrative Agent or any Lender and any and all obligations of the Borrower or any Loan Party to act or to refrain from acting in accordance with any agreement between the Borrower or any Loan Party and the Administrative Agent or any Lender or instrument furnished by the Borrower or any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent, any Lender in connection with the Loan.

Occupancy Ratio ” shall mean with respect to any Borrowing Base Property, the ratio as determined by the Administrative Agent of the rentable square footage thereof as to which tenants are paying rent, to the total rentable square footage thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with Section 7.21.1 of this Agreement, the Occupancy Ratio for any Borrowing Base Property as to which an Event of Loss has occurred shall be equal to the greater of (i) the actual Occupancy Ratio with respect thereto or (ii) the Occupancy Ratio immediately prior to the said Event of Loss for a period equal to the lesser of (x) six (6) months from the occurrence of the Event of Loss or (y) the determination that the subject Borrowing Base Property is not, or ceases to be, a Restoration Property.

OFAC ” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury.

Officer’s Certificate ” shall mean a certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower, a Borrower Subsidiary, or a Guarantor, as the case may be respectively, which is signed by an Authorized Officer.

Other Taxes ” shall mean all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or under any other Loan Document or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

 

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Outside Funding Date ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.1(a) .

Payment Period ” shall mean each period commencing on the first Business Day of each calendar month, and ending on and including the calendar day immediately preceding the first Business Day of the next calendar month.

Participant ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13.3.4 .

Participant Register ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13.3.4 .

PBGC ” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Section 4002 of ERISA, or any successor thereto.

Permitted Debt ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.4 .

Permitted Distributions ” shall mean (a) so long as no Event of Default exists and is continuing, or would be created thereby, any Distributions (including the repurchase or redemption of stock of CRT or partnership interests in the Borrower) by the Borrower and CRT, (i) in any amount, provided that such Distributions, when added to Distributions for each of the last three calendar quarters, to the extent not included in the determination of Adjusted FFO, shall not exceed ninety-five (95%) percent of Adjusted FFO for the just completed four calendar quarters (with the initial test to be for the quarter ending March 31, 2016); provided that any Distributions by the Borrower or CRT shall be permitted as are necessary for CRT to maintain REIT status including any Distributions that are greater than the amounts set forth in this subclause (a)(i), (ii) concerning the issuance of operating partnership units or stock in return for equity interests in connection with any Permitted Investment, or (iii) in connection with the repurchase or redemption of preferred stock of CRT utilizing the proceeds of new issued preferred or common equity on equal or more favorable terms, or (b) at any time after and during the continuance of any Event of Default, such Distributions as are necessary for CRT to maintain REIT status (measured on a quarterly basis), all of the foregoing tested by the Borrower on each Calculation Date, such calculation and results to be as verified by the Administrative Agent.

Permitted Liens ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.2 .

Permitted Investments ” shall mean the following:

(a) The Pro Rata Share of Investments in Development Assets (valued at undepreciated Book Value) which, in the aggregate, do not exceed twenty percent (20%) of Total Asset Value;

(b) The Pro Rata Share of Investments in Land Assets which, in the aggregate, valued at undepreciated Book Value do not exceed seven and one-half percent (7.5%) of Total Asset Value;

(c) Investments in Unconsolidated CRT Entities including, without limitation, the purchase of all or any portion of any interests held by persons that are not Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of the Borrower;

 

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(d) The Pro Rata Share of Investments in Non-Retail Assets which, in the aggregate, do not exceed five percent (5%) of Total Asset Value; and

(e) Investments in Swap Contracts.

Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the total Permitted Investments described in Sections (a), (b), and (d) above shall not, in the aggregate, exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the Total Asset Value.

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

Plan ” shall mean any multiemployer or single-employer plan as defined in Section 4001 of ERISA, which is maintained or contributed to by (or to which there is an obligation to contribute of) any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate, including each such Plan for the five year period immediately following the latest date on which such Loan Party or an ERISA Affiliate maintained, contributed to or had an obligation to contribute to such Plan.

Platform ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.2.13 .

Preliminary Approval ” shall mean the following:

(a) Delivery by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of the following with respect to any Individual Property proposed to be a Borrowing Base Property, each such item to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders:

(i) A physical description;

(ii) A current rent roll, ARGUS runs and a leasing status report for the Individual Property, along with operating statements;

(iii) To the extent then available in Borrower’s files, the following: a survey, environmental reports, copies of existing title insurance policies or a title commitment, engineering reports and similar information; and

(iv) The Borrower’s certification that to its knowledge the proposed Borrowing Base Property presently satisfies (or is anticipated to satisfy upon the approval of such Borrowing Base Property) the Eligibility Criteria set forth in subsections (a), (d), (e) and (f), of the definition of Eligibility Criteria.

(b) Administrative Agent shall, within ten (10) Business Days after delivery of all items described in subsection (a), above, grant or deny the preliminary approval for the proposed Borrowing Base Property.

 

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Prepayment Premium ” means a premium payable pro rata to the Lenders with respect to a prepayment of the Term Facility, equal to the following amount for the following periods:

 

If Prepayment of the Term Facility

Loans occurs

   Prepayment Fee

On or before April 26, 2017

  

2% of the principal amount

prepaid

After April 26, 2017 but on or before

April 26, 2018

  

1% of the principal amount

prepaid

After April 26, 2018

   0%

Pro Rata Share ” shall mean a calculation based on the percentage of the Capital Stock of or other equity interest in any Person owned, directly or indirectly, by the Borrower and/or CRT.

Public Lender ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.2.13 .

Regions ” shall mean Regions Bank, a national banking association.

Register ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13.3.3 .

REIT ” shall mean a “real estate investment trust” as such term is defined in Section 856 of the Code.

Related Part(y)ies ” shall mean, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates, and the partners, members, shareholders, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.

Release Conditions ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2 .

Release Request ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3 .

Rent Loss Proceeds ” shall mean the proceeds received under any rent loss or business interruption insurance policies.

Repair Work ” shall mean any work necessary to repair, restore, rebuild or replace an affected Borrowing Base Property to its condition immediately prior to an Event of Loss.

Reportable Event ” shall mean an event described in Section 4043(b) of ERISA with respect to a Plan other than those events as to which the 30-day notice period is waived under subsection .13, .14, .16, .18, .19 or .20 of PBGC Regulation Section 2615, or as otherwise now or hereafter defined in ERISA.

Required Lenders ” shall mean, as of any date of determination, Lenders having greater than 50% of the Total Commitments or, if the Commitment of each Lender to make Loans has been terminated pursuant to Section 11 , Lenders holding in the aggregate greater than 50% of the Total Outstandings; provided that the Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.

 

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Restoration Property ” shall mean any Borrowing Base Property as to which an Event of Loss has occurred and as to which the Repair Work can be completed in six (6) months, as determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.

Sanctioned Person ” means any Person that is (i) listed on OFAC’s List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons, (ii) otherwise the subject or target of Sanctions, to the extent U.S. persons are prohibited from engaging in transactions with such a Person, and (iii) fifty percent (50%) or greater owned or controlled by a Person described in clause (i) or (ii) above.

Sanction(s) ” means any sanction administered or enforced by the United States Government (including, without limitation, OFAC), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury or other relevant sanctioning authority, in each case, solely to the extent applicable to CRT or any of its Subsidiaries

Secured Debt ” means, with respect to CRT and its Subsidiaries, (a) all Debt of such Person that is secured in any manner by any Lien on any property owned by such Person, plus (b) such Person’s pro rata share of the Secured Debt of any such Person’s unconsolidated Affiliates; provided that any loan facilities, if secured only by pledges of equity interests in any Subsidiaries of CRT, shall not be deemed Secured Debt.

Secured Debt Ratio ” shall mean the quotient (expressed as a percentage) of (a) all Secured Debt divided by (b) Total Asset Value.

State ” shall mean the State or Commonwealth in which the subject of such reference or any part thereof is located.

Statement ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 15.17 .

Subsidiary ” shall mean, as to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity are at the time owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person.

Swap Contract ” shall mean (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing),

 

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whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any confirmations relating to the foregoing transactions and any Master Agreements related thereto, including, without limitation, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”).

Swap Termination Value ” shall mean, with respect to the Borrower or a Borrower Subsidiary, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s) to be payable by the Borrower or such Subsidiary.

Tax Expenses ” shall mean tax expense (if any) attributable to income and franchise taxes based on or measured by income, whether paid or accrued.

Taxes ” shall mean 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.

Term Commitment ” shall mean the amount set forth on Schedule 1.1(a) hereto as the amount of such Lender’s commitment to make Loans under the Term Facility, as may be amended from time to time by the Administrative Agent as provided in Article 13 .

Term Facility ” shall mean that certain senior unsecured term loan facility provided by Lenders to the Borrower in an amount equal to $100,000,000.00 in accordance with the terms and conditions herein, as such amount may be adjusted pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

Term Facility Loans ” shall mean the loans made by the Lenders as evidenced by, among other things, the Register.

Total Asset Value ” shall mean the aggregate of:

(a) For all Individual Properties (which are neither Individual Properties acquired within the prior ninety (90) days from the Calculation Date, Development Assets, nor Land Assets but shall include any Individual Properties currently held for sale), the Pro Rata Share of the Calculation Period’s aggregate Adjusted Net Operating Income for all such Individual Properties, annualized, capitalized at a rate of 7.00%; plus

(b) For Land Assets, and for all Individual Properties which were acquired within the prior ninety (90) days from the Calculation Date, the Pro Rata Share of the undepreciated Book Value as of the Calculation Date; plus

(c) For Development Assets, at the Borrower’s option, either the Pro Rata Share of the undepreciated Book Value as of the Calculation Date or the Pro Rata Share of the Calculations Period’s aggregate Adjusted Net Operating Income for such Development Asset, annualized, capitalized at a rate of 7.00%; plus

 

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(d) For all unrestricted cash and cash equivalent investments, restricted cash held by a qualified intermediary, and escrows owned by the Consolidated CRT Entities and the Unconsolidated CRT Entities, the Pro Rata Share of the Book Value as of the Calculation Date of such assets; plus

(e) Deposits corresponding to outstanding letters of credit.

The Pro Rata Share of Development Assets completed within the prior ninety (90) days from a Calculation Date will be valued as set forth in (c) above for a maximum of one hundred eighty (180) days from completion (and continuing until end of such Calculation Period) and based on Adjusted Net Operating Income under subsection (a) above thereafter.

Total Commitment ” shall mean the sum of the Commitments of the Lenders, as in effect from time to time. On the Closing Date the Total Commitment equals $100,000,000.00.

Total Outstandings ” shall mean on any date the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans under the Term Facility after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of said Loans occurring on such date.

Treasury Rate ” shall mean, as of the date of any calculation or determination, the latest published rate for United States Treasury Notes or Bills (but the rate on Bills issued on a discounted basis shall be converted to a bond equivalent) as published weekly in the Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15(519) of Selected Interest Rates in an amount which approximates (as determined by Administrative Agent) the amount (i) approximately comparable to the portion of the Loan to which the Treasury Rate applies for the Interest Period, or (ii) in the case of a prepayment, the amount prepaid and with a maturity closest to the original maturity of the installment which is prepaid in whole or in part.

Type ” shall mean, with respect to any Loan, its character as a Base Rate Advance or a LIBO Rate Advance.

UCC ” or the “ Uniform Commercial Code ” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code in effect in the State of New York, provided, that as same relates to a Borrowing Base Property, the UCC shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as adopted in such jurisdiction.

Unconsolidated CRT Entity ” or “ Unconsolidated CRT Entities ” shall mean each Person as to which the Borrower and/or CRT own, directly or indirectly, any Capital Stock, but which is not a Consolidated Subsidiary.

United States ” and “ U.S. ” shall each mean the United States of America.

Unsecured Debt ” means any Debt (including indebtedness arising under any Swap Contract) of CRT and its Subsidiaries which is not Secured Debt.

Variable Rate Indebtedness ” shall mean any Debt that bears interest at a variable rate without the benefit of an interest rate hedge or other interest rate protection agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, Variable Rate Indebtedness shall not include the notional amount of caps which protect against an upward movement of the LIBO Rate up to 300 basis points.

 

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Wholly-Owned Subsidiary ” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person as to which one-hundred (100%) percent of the Capital Stock thereof is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person; provided for purposes of this definition Cedar Riverview, LP, and Hamilton FC Associates, L.P. shall be deemed to be a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower.

Write-Down and Conversion Powers ” shall mean, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

1.2 Other Interpretive Provisions.

With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:

(a) 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, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including any Formation Document) 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 or in any other Loan Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns subject to restrictions on assignments as set forth in this Agreement, (iii) the words “ herein ,” “ hereof ’ and “ hereunder ,” and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document, shall be construed to refer to such Loan Document in its entirety and not to any particular provision thereof, (iv) all references in a Loan Document to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, the Loan Document in which such references appear, (v) any reference to any Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such Law and any reference to any Law or regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such Law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and (vi) 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.

(b) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “ from ” means “ from and including ;” the words “ to ” and “ until ” each mean “ to but excluding ;” and the word “ through ” means “ to and including .”

 

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(c) Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

1.3 Accounting Terms.

(a) Generally . All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the financial statements required by Section 7.2.1 , except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein.

(b) Changes in GAAP . If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Borrower or the Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided that , until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.

1.4 Rounding.

Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number). For example purposes only, in calculating the Fixed Charge Ratio, the calculation shall initially result in three numbers right of the decimal point. If the last number is four or less, the total number shall be rounded down. If the last number is 5 or more, the total number shall be rounded up.

1.5 Times of Day.

Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).

 

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2. LOAN PROVISIONS.

2.1 General Loan Provisions.

2.1.1 Loans.

(a) Subject to all of the terms and conditions hereof, the Lenders hereby agree to make up to an aggregate of three (3) Loan Advances to the Borrower under the Term Facility between the date hereof and October 26, 2016 (the “ Outside Funding Date ”); provided , that the (i) Total Outstandings shall at no time exceed the lesser of (A) the Total Commitment or (B) the Borrowing Base Value; (the lesser of (A) or (B) being the “ Maximum Loan Amount ”). The Term Facility may not be reborrowed under any circumstances, and, subject to the provisions of Section 2.1.1(c) below, no Loan Advances shall be made after the Outside Funding Date.

(b) The obligations of the Lenders hereunder are several and independent and not joint. No Lender shall become obligated to advance more than its Commitment Percentage of a respective Loan including, without limitation, as a result of the failure of any Lender to fulfill its obligations hereunder.

(c) Provided no Default or Event of Default shall then be in existence, the Borrower shall have the right to elect to increase the Term Commitment provided and on condition that no increase in the Term Commitment shall occur after the Maturity Date; and provided further that : (x) the amount of each such increase shall not be less than Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) or in increments of Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000.00) in excess thereof, and (y) the aggregate amount of all such increases shall not cause the Total Commitment to exceed One Hundred Twenty-Five Million Dollars ($125,000,000). Such right may be exercised by the Borrower by written notice to the Administrative Agent, which election shall designate the requested increase in the Total Commitment. At the time of sending such notice, the Borrower (in consultation with the Administrative Agent) shall specify the time period within which each Lender is requested to respond (which shall in no event be less than ten (10) Business Days from the date of delivery of such notice to the Lenders), and each Lender shall endeavor to respond as promptly as possible within such time period. Each Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent within such time period whether or not it agrees to increase its Commitment (which decision shall be in its sole discretion) and, if so, whether by an amount equal to, greater than, or less than its Commitment Percentage of such requested increase. Any Lender not responding within such time period shall be deemed to have declined to increase its Commitment. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and each Lender of the Lenders’ responses to each request made hereunder. To achieve the full amount of a requested increase and subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), the Borrower may also invite additional Eligible Assignees to become Lenders pursuant to a joinder agreement (each a “ Joinder Agreement ”) in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel. If the Total Commitment is increased in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall determine the effective date (the “ Increase Effective Date ”) of each Lender’s increased Commitments and the new or increased Commitments issued in connection with

 

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such increase. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the final allocation of such increase among the Lenders (with such increase being pro rata among existing Lenders choosing to increase their Commitments) and the Increase Effective Date. As a condition precedent to such increase, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of the Borrower dated as of the Increase Effective Date signed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower (i) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by the Borrower approving or consenting to such increase, and (ii) certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the representations and warranties contained in Article 6 and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Increase Effective Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 2.1.1(c) , the representations and warranties contained in Section 6.8 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 7.2.1 and Section 7.2.2 , and except as to the representations and warranties in Sections 6.4, 6.7, 6.9 , and 6.14 which may be modified only to reflect events occurring after the date hereof as specifically disclosed in writing to Administrative Agent prior to or simultaneously with such written request and (B) no Default or Event of Default exists. The amount of any applicable increase in the Term Facility shall be funded on such Increase Effective Date. This Section shall supersede any provisions in Sections 12.2 or 13.4.1 to the contrary.

2.1.2 Procedures and Limits. Subject to the provisions of Section 2.1.1(a) and Section 2.1.1(c) , the Lenders shall, subject to the compliance with all of the other terms, conditions and provisions of this Agreement and the absence of any Default or Event of Default at the time of such disbursement, make disbursements to the Borrower of Loan Advances in installments in accordance with the following:

(a) Written Requests. Loan Advances shall be made, at the Borrower’s written request to Administrative Agent, on the basis of written requests, made in accordance with the method and procedures described in Section2.1.3 below; and Administrative Agent shall act upon such requests within three (3) Business Days following the receipt of a written request from Borrower for a LIBOR Rate Advance and within one (1) Business Day following the receipt of a written request from Borrower for a Base Rate Advance, which action may include, without limitation, funding the requested Loan Advance or specifying the basis for not funding and, when applicable, requesting additional information and supporting documentation. The date on which any Loan Advance is funded is herein called an “ Advance Date .”

(b) Requisitions, Certifications. Each request for a Loan Advance shall be in writing and in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (a “ Loan Notice ”). Each such request shall specify (i) the amount of the Loan Advance requested, (ii) the purpose of the Loan Advance requested, (iii) the Total Outstandings (including the funding of the Loan Advance being requested), (iv) calculations

 

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evidencing the Borrower’s continued compliance with the Financial Covenants, as satisfied by the Closing Compliance Certificate, or once delivered, the most recent Compliance Certificate delivered by the Borrower, (v) the requested interest rate option, and (vi) the Interest Period (if applicable). Each request for a Loan Advance hereunder shall be for (a) a minimum amount as required by Section 2.3.6 , and (b) an amount not to exceed (x) the Maximum Loan Amount less (y) the Total Outstandings (after giving effect to such Loan Advance).

2.1.3 Funding Procedures. Following receipt of a Loan Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the Advance Date and of the amount of its Commitment Percentage of the applicable Loans. In the case of a Loan Advance, each Lender shall make the amount of its Commitment Percentage of such Loan available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified as the Advance Date in the applicable Loan Notice. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 5.2 (and, if such Loan Advance is the initial credit extension, Section 5.1 ), the Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Borrower in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of KeyBank with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower.

2.2 Term of Loan.

2.2.1 Term Facility. The Term Facility shall be for a term (the “Facility Term”) commencing on the date hereof and ending on April 26, 2023 or such earlier date as the Term Facility is accelerated pursuant to the terms of Section 11.1.1 of this Agreement (the “Maturity Date”).

2.2.2 Termination of Commitments. The Borrower shall have the right to terminate this Agreement prior to the originally scheduled Maturity Date by providing the Administrative Agent with ten (10) days’ written notice of the Borrower’s intention to terminate this Agreement (the date of such termination being the “Borrower Termination Date”). In the event that the Borrower provides such written notice to the Administrative Agent, (i) as of the date of the notice, the Lenders shall have no further obligation to make or issue, and the Borrower shall have no further right to receive or request, any Credit Extension hereunder, and (ii) the Borrower shall be obligated on the Borrower Termination Date to pay in full all accrued interest, principal and other charges due with respect to the Loan, including, without limitation, any Breakage Fees or Prepayment Premiums due on account of such payment.

2.3 Interest Rate and Payment Terms. The Loan shall be payable as to interest and principal in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. This Agreement also provides for interest at a Default Rate, Late Charges and prepayment rights and fees. All payments for the account of Lenders shall be applied to the respective accounts of the Lenders in accordance with each Lender’s Commitment Percentage of the Loan. Any and all interest rate selection and conversion provisions in this Agreement are to be administered by the Administrative Agent and to be allocated on a pro rata basis to the portion of the balance held by each Lender based upon such Lender’s Commitment Percentage.

 

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2.3.1 Borrower’s Options. Principal amounts outstanding under the Loan shall bear interest at the following rates, at Borrower’s selection, subject to the conditions and limitations provided for in this Agreement: (i) the Base Rate Accrual Rate or (ii) LIBO Rate plus the Applicable Margin. Borrower’s right to select pricing options shall cease upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any Event of Default.

2.3.2 Selection To Be Made. Borrower shall select, and thereafter may change the selection of, the applicable interest rate, from the alternatives otherwise provided for in this Agreement, by giving Administrative Agent a Loan Notice (in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.3.3 , below): (i) three (3) Business Days prior to each Loan Advance, (ii) three (3) Business Days prior to the end of each Interest Period applicable to a LIBO Rate Advance which shall be continued as a LIBO Rate Advance, or (iii) three (3) Business Days prior to any Business Day on which Borrower desires to convert an outstanding Base Rate Advance to a LIBO Rate Advance.

2.3.3 Notice. Each Loan Advance, each conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, and each continuation of a LIBO Rate Advance shall be made upon the Authorized Officer’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (i) with respect to a LIBO Rate Advance, three (3) Business Days prior to, or (ii) with respect to a Base Rate Advance, the requested date of any Loan Advance, conversion or continuation. Each telephonic notice pursuant to this Section 2.3.3 must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a written Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower.

2.3.4 If No Notice. If (a) the Borrower fails to select an interest rate option in accordance with the foregoing prior to a Loan Advance, or at least three (3) Business Days prior to the last day of the applicable Interest Period of an outstanding LIBO Rate Advance, or (b) a LIBO Rate Advance is not available, then any new Loan Advance made shall be deemed to be a Base Rate Advance, and on the last day of the applicable Interest Period all outstanding principal amounts of the applicable LIBO Rate Advance shall be deemed converted to a Base Rate Advance.

2.3.5 Telephonic Notice. Without any way limiting the Borrower’s obligation to confirm in writing any telephonic notice, the Administrative Agent may act without liability upon the basis of telephonic notice believed by the Administrative Agent in good faith to be from the Borrower prior to receipt of written confirmation. In each case the Borrower hereby waives the right to dispute the Administrative Agent’s record of the terms of such telephonic Loan Notice in the absence of manifest error.

2.3.6 Limits On Options. Each LIBO Rate Advance shall be in a minimum amount of $100,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof and each Base Rate Advance shall be in a minimum amount of $100,000 or a whole multiple of

$100,000 in excess thereof. At no time shall there be outstanding a total of more than six (6) LIBO Rate Advances outstanding at any time.

 

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2.3.7 Payment and Calculation of Interest. All interest for each Payment Period shall be payable in arrears commencing May 1, 2016 and on the first Business Day of each month thereafter until the principal together with all interest and other charges payable with respect to the Loan shall be fully paid. All computations of interest for Base Rate Advances shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed. All other computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365-day year). Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid, provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.3.11 , bear interest for one day. Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding, under any Debtor Relief Law.

2.3.8 Mandatory Principal Payments.

If, on any day, the Total Outstandings exceed the Maximum Loan Amount, then the Borrower shall make a principal payment to Administrative Agent, or, at the Borrower’s option, a principal payment on other Unsecured Debt, in the amount of such excess, in immediately available funds within ten (10) Business Days of demand from the Administrative Agent (a “ Mandatory Principal Payment ”); with such payment (if the Mandatory Principal Payment is made to the Administrative Agent as opposed to being made on other Unsecured Debt) being applied to the principal balances due hereunder in such fashion as the Borrower may designate; provided, however, that if during such ten (10) Business Day period, the Borrower delivers to the Administrative Agent Funding Evidence, such ten (10) Business Day period shall be extended for such additional time as the Administrative Agent determines, in its reasonable discretion, to be required by the Borrower to make the Mandatory Principal Payment but in no event shall such period exceed a maximum of sixty (60) days from the date that the Mandatory Principal Payment would otherwise be due hereunder.

2.3.9 Prepayment. Any Loan or any portion thereof may be prepaid in full or in part at any time upon two (2) Business Days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent subject to the payment of (a) with respect to Base Rate Advances, any applicable Prepayment Premium and, (b) with respect to LIBO Rate Advances, any applicable Prepayment Premium and any applicable Breakage Fee. Amounts prepaid under the Term Facility may not be reborrowed under any circumstances.

2.3.10 Maturity. At the Maturity Date, all accrued interest, principal and other charges due with respect to the Term Facility shall be due and payable in full and the principal balance and such other charges, including unpaid interest, shall, at the option of the Administrative Agent, continue to bear interest thereafter at the Default Rate until so paid.

 

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2.3.11 Method of Payment; Date of Credit; Administrative Agent’s Clawback.

(a) General. All payments to be made by the Borrower shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrower hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the Administrative Agent’s Office in Dollars and in immediately available funds not later than 2:00 p.m. on the date specified herein. The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its Commitment Percentage (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender’s Lending Office. All payments received by the Administrative Agent after 2:00 p.m. shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue. If any payment to be made by the Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be.

(b)(i) Funding by Lenders; Presumption by Administrative Agent. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any LIBO Rate Advance (or, in the case of any Base Rate Advance, prior to 12:00 noon on the date of such Loan Advance) that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Loan Advance, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with Section 2.1 (or, in the case of a Base Rate Advance, that such Lender has made such share available in accordance with and at the time required by Section 2.1 ) 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 Loan Advance 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 in immediately available funds 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 (A) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Administrative Agent in connection with the foregoing, and (B) in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Advances. If the Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays its share of the applicable Loan Advance to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Loan Advance and the Borrower shall have no further obligation with respect thereto under this

 

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Section 2.3.11(b)(i) in respect of such Lender’s share of the Loan Advance; it being understood that such amount advanced by such Lender shall constitute a Loan for all purposes hereunder. Any payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.

(ii) Payments by Borrower; Presumptions by Administrative Agent. 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 hereunder, stating 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 the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender, in immediately available funds 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 Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or the Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this subsection (b) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.

(c) Failure to Satisfy Conditions Precedent. If any Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for any Loan Advance to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing provisions of this Section 2 , and such funds are not made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in Section 5 are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.

(d) Funding Source. Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan Advance in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan Advance in any particular place or manner.

2.3.12 Billings. The Administrative Agent may submit monthly billings reflecting payments due; however, any changes in the interest rate which occur between the date of billing and the due date may be reflected in the billing for a subsequent month. Neither the failure of the Administrative Agent to submit a billing nor any error in any such billing shall excuse the Borrower from the obligation to make full payment of all the Borrower’s payment obligations when due.

 

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2.3.13 Default Rate.

(a) If any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing pursuant to Section 10.1.1 , the Borrower shall pay interest on the principal amount of all outstanding Obligations hereunder at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.

(b) In the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent or upon the request of the Required Lenders, while any other Event of Default exists, the Borrower shall pay interest on the principal amount of all outstanding Obligations hereunder at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.

(c) Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.

2.3.14 Late Charges. The Borrower shall pay a late charge (herein, the “ Late Charge ”) equal to five percent (5%) of the amount of any interest which is not paid within ten (10) days of the due date thereof. Late charges are: (a) payable in addition to, and not in limitation of, the Default Rate, (b) intended to compensate the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for administrative and processing costs incident to late payments, (c) are not interest, and (d) shall not be subject to refund or rebate or credited against any other amount due.

2.3.15 Breakage Fee. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, immediately upon request and notwithstanding contrary provisions contained in any of the Loan Documents, such amounts as shall, in the conclusive judgment of the Administrative Agent (in the absence of manifest error), compensate the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for the loss, cost or expense which it may reasonably incur as a result of (i) any payment or prepayment, under any circumstances whatsoever, whether voluntary or involuntary, of all or any portion of a LIBO Rate Advance on a date other than the last day of the applicable Interest Period of a LIBO Rate Advance, (ii) the conversion, for any reason whatsoever, whether voluntary or involuntary, of any LIBO Rate Advance to a Base Rate Advance on a date other than the last day of the applicable Interest Period, (iii) the failure of all or a portion of a Loan Advance which was to have borne interest at the LIBO Rate pursuant to the request of the Borrower to be made under the Loan Agreement (except as a result of any act or omission of Lender), or (iv) the failure of the Borrower to borrow in accordance with any request submitted by it for a LIBO Rate Advance. Such amounts payable by the Borrower shall be equal to any administrative costs actually incurred plus any amounts required to compensate for any loss, cost or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or redeployment of deposits or other funds acquired by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to fund or maintain a LIBO Rate Advance (herein, collectively, the “ Breakage Fee ”). A certificate from a Lender provided to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent setting forth the calculation and amount of its Breakage Fee shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

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2.3.16 Borrower Information. The parties understand that the applicable interest rate for the Borrower’s Obligations and certain fees set forth herein may be determined and/or adjusted from time to time based upon certain financial ratios and/or other information to be provided or certified to the Lenders by Borrower (the “ Borrower Information ”). If it is subsequently determined that any such Borrower Information was incorrect (for whatever reason, including without limitation because of a subsequent restatement of earnings by the Borrower) at the time it was delivered to the Agent, and if the applicable interest rate or fees calculated for any period were different than they should have been had the correct information been timely provided, then, such interest rate and such fees for such period shall be automatically recalculated using correct Borrower Information. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify Borrower in writing of any additional interest and fees due because of such recalculation, and the Borrower shall pay such additional interest or fees due to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender, within five (5) Business Days of receipt of such written notice. Borrower shall receive a credit or refund of any overpayment promptly after such determination. Any recalculation of interest or fees required by this provision shall survive the termination of this Agreement, and this provision shall not in any way limit any of the Administrative Agent’s or any Lender’s other rights under this Agreement

2.4 Loan Fees.

2.4.1 Loan Fees. The Borrower shall pay the Administrative Agent for the account of the parties specified therein the various fees in accordance with the Fee Letter.

2.4.2 Unused Fee. The Borrower agrees to pay an unused line fee (the “Line Fee”) to the Administrative Agent, for the pro rata benefit of the Lenders, from and after July 26, 2016 through the Outside Funding Date. The amount of the Line Fee on any given day shall equal the applicable Line Percentage multiplied by the amount on such day by which the Total Commitments exceeds the total Loans previously advanced under the Term Facility. The Line Fee shall be payable to the Administrative Agent quarterly in arrears on the first day of each calendar quarter for the immediately preceding calendar quarter or portion thereof, with the first and last payments to be prorated based upon the partial calendar quarters to which they apply.

2.4.3 Payment of Fees Generally. All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent for distribution, in the case of facility fees and participation fees, to the Lenders. Except as otherwise provided herein or in the Fee Letter, fees paid under this Agreement shall not be refundable under any circumstances.

2.5 Intentionally Omitted.

2.6 Additional Provisions Related to Interest Rate Selection.

2.6.1 Increased Costs. If any Change in Law shall:

(a) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (except any reserve requirement reflected in the LIBO Rate);

 

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(b) subject any Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement or any LIBO Rate Advance made by it, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender in respect thereof; or

(c) impose on any Lender or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense affecting this Agreement or LIBO Rate Advances made by such Lender;

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any LIBO Rate Advance (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, promptly upon request of such Lender, the Borrower will pay to such Lender, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered. A certificate from a Lender provided to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent setting forth such amounts together with calculations thereof shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

2.6.2 Capital Requirements. If any Lender determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or any Lending Office of such Lender or such Lender’s holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity ratios or requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by such Lender, to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time (and in any event within twenty (20) days) the Borrower will pay to such Lender, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company for any such reduction suffered. A certificate from a Lender provided to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent setting forth such amounts together with calculations thereof shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

2.6.3 Illegality. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any Change in Law shall make it unlawful, or any central bank or Governmental Authority shall assert by directive, guideline or otherwise, that it is unlawful, for any Lender to make or maintain LIBO Rate Advances or to continue to fund or maintain LIBO Rate Advances, and such Lender, without cost or expense, cannot hold or administer its Commitment from an office where maintaining and funding LIBO Rate Advances can be accomplished, then, on written notice thereof and demand by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, (a) the obligation of the Administrative Agent to make LIBO Rate Advances and to convert or continue any Loan as LIBO Rate Advances shall terminate and (b) at the end of the applicable Interest Period, the Borrower shall convert all principal outstanding under this Agreement into Base Rate Advances.

 

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2.6.4 Availability. If, before or after the Borrower has selected to take or maintain a LIBO Rate Advance, but before the Interest Period with respect thereto commences, the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that:

(a) Dollar deposits in the amount and for the maturity requested are not available to the Lenders in the London interbank market at the rate specified in the definition of LIBO Rate set forth above, or

(b) Reasonable means do not exist for the Administrative Agent to determine the LIBO Rate for the amounts and maturity requested,

then the principal which would have been a LIBO Rate Advance shall be a Base Rate Advance.

2.6.5 Base Rate Advances. Each Base Rate Advance shall continue as a Base Rate Advance until the Maturity Date, unless sooner converted, in whole or in part, to a LIBO Rate Advance, subject to the limitations and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

2.6.6 Delay in Requests. Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation, provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than six months prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of the change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the six-month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).

2.6.7 Mitigation.

(a) Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation under this Section 2.6 , or the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.8 , then such Lender shall, as applicable, 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 2.8 , 2.6.1 or 2.6.2 , as the case may be, and (ii) in each case, 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) Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under Sections 2.6.1 or 2.6.2 , or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.8 , the Borrower may replace such Lender in accordance with Section 13.2.4 .

 

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2.6.8 Survival. All of the Borrower’s obligations under this Section 2.6 shall survive termination of the Total Commitments, repayment of all other Obligations hereunder and resignation of the Administrative Agent.

2.6.9 Taxes. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no additional amounts shall be payable by Borrower under this Section 2.6 with respect to Taxes on any amounts payable under the Loan Documents, which shall be governed by the provisions of Section 2.8 hereof.

2.7 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any EEA Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:

2.7.1 Application. The application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an EEA Financial Institution; and

2.7.2 Effect. The effects of any Bail-in Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:

(a) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;

(b) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent entity, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or

(c) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the write-down and conversion powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.

2.8 Taxes.

2.8.1 Payments Free of Taxes; Obligation to Withhold; Payments on Account of Taxes.

(a) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document (including, without limitation, each Guaranty) shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Laws, be made free and clear of and without reduction or withholding for any Taxes. If, however, applicable Laws require a Loan Party or the Administrative Agent to

 

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withhold or deduct any Tax, such Tax shall be withheld or deducted in accordance with such Laws as determined by such Loan Party or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, upon the basis of the information and documentation to be delivered pursuant to Section 2.8.5 below.

(b) If the Borrower or the Administrative Agent shall be required by the Code to withhold or deduct any Taxes, including both United States Federal backup withholding and withholding taxes, from any payment, then (A) the Administrative Agent shall withhold or make such deductions as are determined by the Administrative Agent to be required based upon the information and documentation it has received pursuant to Section 2.8.5 below (unless the Administrative Agent is not a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code, in which case Borrower shall withhold or make such deductions as are determined by the Borrower to be required based on the information and documentation it has received pursuant to Section 2.8.5 below), (B) the Administrative Agent shall timely pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with the Code (unless the Administrative Agent is not a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code, in which case Borrower shall timely pay the full amount withheld and deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with the Code), and (C) to the extent that the withholding or deduction is made on account of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes, the sum payable by the Borrower shall be increased as necessary so that after any required withholding or the making of all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent or Lender, as the case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such withholding or deduction been made.

2.8.2 Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower. Without limiting the provisions of Section 2.8.1 above, the Borrower shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Laws.

2.8.3 Tax Indemnifications.

(a) Without limiting the provisions of Sections 2.8.1 or 2.8.2 above, the Borrower shall, and does hereby, indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 20 days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) withheld or deducted by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent or paid by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. The Borrower shall also, and does hereby, indemnify the Administrative Agent, and shall make payment in respect thereof within twenty (20) days after written demand therefor, for any amount

 

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which a Lender for any reason fails to pay indefeasibly to the Administrative Agent as required by clause (b) of this subsection. A certificate as to the amount of any 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.

(b) Without limiting the provisions of Sections 2.8.1 or 2.8.2 above, each Lender shall, and does hereby, indemnify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and shall make payment in respect thereof within twenty (20) days after written demand therefor, against any and all Taxes and any and all related losses, claims, liabilities, penalties, interest and expenses (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Borrower or the Administrative Agent) incurred by or asserted against the Borrower or the Administrative Agent by any Governmental Authority as a result of the failure by such Lender to deliver, or as a result of the inaccuracy, inadequacy or deficiency of, any documentation required to be delivered by such Lender to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.8.5 . Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this clause (b). The agreements in this clause (b) shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations.

2.8.4 Evidence of Payments. Upon request by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, after any payment of Taxes by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to a Governmental Authority as provided in this Section 2.8 , the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent or the Administrative Agent shall deliver to the Borrower, as the case may be, the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of any return required by Law to report such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be.

2.8.5 Status of Lenders; Tax Documentation.

(a) Each Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and to the Administrative Agent, at the time or times prescribed by applicable Laws or when reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable Laws or by the taxing authorities of any jurisdiction and such other reasonably requested information as will permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to determine (A) whether or not payments made hereunder or under any other Loan Document are subject to Taxes, (B) if applicable, the required rate of withholding or deduction, and (C) such Lender’s entitlement to any available exemption from, or reduction of, applicable Taxes in respect of all payments to be made to such Lender by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise to establish such Lender’s status for withholding tax purposes in the applicable jurisdiction.

 

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(b) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if the Borrower is resident for tax purposes in the United States,

(i) Any Lender that is a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or such other documentation or information prescribed by applicable Laws or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements; and

(ii) Each Foreign Lender that is entitled under the Code or any applicable treaty to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax with respect to payments hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall 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 request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, but only if such Foreign Lender is legally entitled to do so), whichever of the following is applicable:

(A) Executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party,

(B) Executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI,

(C) Executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY and all required supporting documentation,

(D) 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 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not (A) a “bank” within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (B) a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (C) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and (y) executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, or

(E) Executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable Laws as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in United States Federal withholding tax together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable Laws to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.

 

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(c) If a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender 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 Lender 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 Lender 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 Section 2.8.5(c) , “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

(d) Each Lender shall promptly (A) notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of any change in circumstances which would modify or render invalid any claimed exemption or reduction, and (B) take such steps as shall not be materially disadvantageous to it, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, and as may be reasonably necessary (including the re-designation of its Lending Office) to avoid any requirement of applicable Laws of any jurisdiction that the Borrower or the Administrative Agent make any withholding or deduction for taxes from amounts payable to such Lender.

2.8.6 Treatment of Certain Refunds. Unless required by applicable Laws, at no time shall the Administrative Agent have any obligation to file for or otherwise pursue on behalf of a Lender, or have any obligation to pay to any Lender, any refund of Taxes withheld or deducted from funds paid for the account of such Lender. If the Administrative Agent or any Lender determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Borrower or with respect to which the Borrower has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section, it shall pay to the Borrower an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under this Section with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses actually incurred by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund), provided that the Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, in the event the Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay

 

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such refund to such Governmental Authority. This Section shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person.

2.9 Defaulting Lenders.

2.9.1 Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as that Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable Laws:

(a) Waivers and Amendments. That Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in the definition of “Required Lenders” and in Section 13.4.1 .

(b) Defaulting Lender Waterfall. Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article XI or otherwise) or received by the Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 12.2 shall be applied at such time or times as may be reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first , to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second , as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; third , if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in an interest bearing deposit account and released pro rata in order to satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans under this Agreement; fourth , to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; fifth , so long as no Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and sixth , to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (y) such Loans were made at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 5.2 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied first to pay the Loans of all Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Loans are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the Commitments hereunder. Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this Section 2.9.1(b) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.

 

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(c) Certain Fees.

(i) No Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive any Line Fee pursuant to Section 2.4.3 for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender) pursuant to Section 2.4.3 for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender and the Borrower shall not be required to pay the remaining amount of such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender.

2.9.2 Defaulting Lender Cure. If Borrower and Administrative Agent agree in writing in their sole discretion that a Defaulting Lender should no longer be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender, Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein, that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase at par that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their Commitment Percentages, whereupon that Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided , further , that , except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.

3. BORROWING BASE PROPERTIES.

3.1 Loan Documents. The Loan shall be made, evidenced, administered and governed by all of the terms, conditions and provisions of the following loan documents (the “ Loan Documents ”), each as the same may be hereafter modified or amended, consisting of: (i) this Loan Agreement; (ii) the Notes; (iii) the unconditional, continuing guaranty (individually and collectively the “ Guaranty ”) from each Guarantor, pursuant to which each Guarantor shall guaranty the prompt, punctual, and faithful payment of the Loan and the performance of all Borrower’s other Obligations to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders under the Loan Documents and Swap Contracts in substantially the form of Exhibit F-1 or F-2, as applicable, which shall include each Borrowing Base Property Owner and each direct owner of the equity in a Borrowing Base Property Owner (other than the Borrower) that is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower; and (iv) any other documents, instruments, or agreements heretofore or hereafter executed to further evidence or secure the Loan and obligations arising under the Swap Contracts.

3.2 Removal of Individual Property as a Borrowing Base Property – Borrower. From time to time during the term of this Agreement following (i) Borrower’s written request (“ Release Request ”) and (ii) satisfaction of the Release Conditions, the Administrative Agent shall, in each case to the extent applicable, release the subject Borrowing Base Property Owner (and indirect owners thereof, as applicable) from the Guaranty by executing a Release of

 

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Guaranty in the form of Exhibit B to the Guaranty, and thereafter, to the extent such Borrowing Base Property Owner does not own any other Borrowing Base Property, such Borrowing Base Property Owner (and other Guarantors, as applicable) shall no longer be a Loan Party for the purposes of this Agreement; provided , however , any such release by the Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to terminate or release such Borrowing Base Property Owner from any obligation or liability under any Loan Document which specifically by its terms survives the said release or the payment in full of the Obligations. The “ Release Conditions ” are the following:

3.2.1 B orrowing Base Compliance. After giving effect to the release of the Borrowing Base Property, the Total Outstandings will be less than or equal to the Maximum Loan Amount.

3.2.2 Financial Covenant Compliance. Upon release of the subject Borrowing Base Property, the Financial Covenants shall remain satisfied (or be satisfied if the release cures a Default which resulted from the Financial Covenants not being satisfied).

3.2.3 No Default Upon Release. No Default shall exist under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents at the time of any such release, including, without limitation, under Section 7.21 hereof, except for any Default which is cured or remedied by the removal of such Individual Property from being a Borrowing Base Property.

3.2.4 No Default Prior to Release. No Event of Default shall exist under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents at the time of the Release Request or at the time of any such release, including, without limitation, under Section 7.21 hereof, except for any Event of Default which is cured or remedied by the removal of such Individual Property from being a Borrowing Base Property.

3.2.5 [Reserved].

3.2.6 Payment of Fees. The Borrower shall pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent for all reasonable legal fees and expenses and other reasonable costs and expenses incurred by Administrative Agent in connection with the release.

Any failure of any removal and release requested by the Borrower to meet all of the Release Conditions shall be deemed a rejection of the proposed Release Request and, subject to the other terms and conditions hereof as to whether any Individual Property is a Borrowing Base Property, such Borrowing Base Property shall remain a Borrowing Base Property hereunder.

3.3 Removal of Individual Property as a Borrowing Base Property – Administrative Agent.

3.3.1 Removal Criteria. An Individual Property shall no longer be deemed to be a Borrowing Base Property upon the determination by the Administrative Agent of the occurrence of any of the following:

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(b) A Borrowing Base Property as to which an Event of Loss occurs is not, or ceases to be, a Restoration Property, or upon completion of the Repair Work, will not meet all of the Borrowing Base Property Requirements; or

(c) The Required Lenders have instructed the Administrative Agent to remove a Borrowing Base Property if a tenant or tenants which have Leases in such Borrowing Base Property are subject to bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings and are not paying rent as required under such Leases or have filed a motion to reject such Lease, or have not assumed such Lease within sixty (60) days (or such longer period granted by the applicable bankruptcy court, not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days) after such tenant’s bankruptcy filing.

3.3.2 [Reserved].

3.3.3 Release by Administrative Agent. With respect to any Individual Property determined by the Administrative Agent to no longer be deemed a Borrowing Base Property in accordance with this Section 3.3 , if requested by the Borrower and the Release Conditions are satisfied with respect thereto, the Administrative Agent shall, in each case to the extent applicable, release the subject Borrowing Base Property Owner (and indirect owners thereof, as applicable) from the Guaranty by executing a Release of Guaranty in the form of Exhibit B to the Guaranty, and thereafter, to the extent such Borrowing Base Property Owner does not own any other Borrowing Base Property, such Borrowing Base Property Owner (and other Guarantors, as applicable) shall no longer be a Loan Party for the purposes of this Agreement; provided , however , any such release by the Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to terminate or release such Borrowing Base Property Owner from any obligation or liability under any Loan Document which specifically by its terms survives the said release or the payment in full of the Obligations.

3.4 Additional Borrowing Base Property. From time to time during the term of this Agreement following the Borrower’s written request (“ Additional Borrowing Base Request ”), the Administrative Agent shall accept one or more Individual Properties as Borrowing Base Properties upon the satisfaction of the following conditions, in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent:

(a) If sought by the Borrower, the Borrower shall have obtained Preliminary Approval for the addition of such Individual Property.

(b) The Borrower (or applicable Loan Party) shall have satisfied all of the Borrowing Base Property Requirements as to such Individual Property.

(c) The Borrower and the applicable Loan Parties shall have executed and delivered the documents set forth in Section 3.1 , including a Counterpart to Guaranty in substantially the form of Exhibit A to the Guaranty.

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(e) The Borrower, the subject Borrowing Base Property Owner, and the subject Individual Property shall have satisfied all applicable conditions precedent set forth in Article 5 prior to the inclusion of the Individual Property as a Borrowing Base Property.

The Administrative Agent shall give the Borrower prompt written notice of its determination with respect to the admission or rejection of any Individual Property as a Borrowing Base Property. To the extent that an Individual Property does not meet the requirements set forth above, the Borrower may nevertheless request that such Individual Property be included as a Borrowing Base Property and the Required Lenders may, in their sole and absolute discretion, agree to the acceptance of such Individual Property as an additional Borrowing Base Property.

4. CONTINUING AUTHORITY OF AUTHORIZED OFFICERS.

The Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders are authorized to rely upon the continuing authority of the Authorized Officers with respect to all matters pertaining to the Loan and the Loan Documents including, but not limited to, the selection of interest rates, the submission of requests for Loan Advances and certificates with regard thereto. Such authorization may be changed only upon written notice to Administrative Agent accompanied by evidence, reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, of the authority of such Authorized Officer giving such notice and such notice shall be effective not sooner than five (5) Business Days following receipt thereof by Administrative Agent. The Authorized Officers as of the Closing Date are as set forth on Schedule 4 .

5. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.

5.1 Closing Loan and Funding Initial Loan Advance. It shall be a condition precedent of Lenders’ obligation to close the Loan and fund the Term Facility that each of the following conditions precedent be satisfied in full, unless specifically waived in writing by all of the Lenders at or prior to the date of this Agreement (the “ Closing Date ”):

5.1.1 Satisfactory Loan Documents. On the Closing Date, each of the Loan Documents shall be satisfactory in form, content and manner of execution and delivery to the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent’s counsel, and all Loan Documents shall be in full force and effect.

5.1.2 Financial Information; No Material Change.

(a) No change shall have occurred in the financial condition, business, affairs, operations or control of Borrower and/or the Loan Parties, since the date of their respective financial statements most recently delivered to Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders, which change has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and Borrower and the other Loan Parties shall have furnished Administrative Agent such other financial information, and certifications as reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.

 

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(b) The Borrower shall have provided to the Administrative Agent such certificates and other evidence as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require to evidence that the Borrower, CRT and each of the Borrowing Base Property Owners (both before and after giving effect to the Loan) is solvent, has assets having a fair value in excess of the amount required to pay such Person’s probable liabilities and existing Debts as such become absolute and mature, and has adequate capital for the conduct of such Person’s business and the ability to pay such Person’s Debts from time to time incurred in connection therewith as such Debts mature, including the Closing Compliance Certificate (the “ Closing Compliance Certificate ”) set forth as Exhibit E hereto or in such other form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

5.1.3 Representations and Warranties Accurate. All representations and warranties made by or on behalf of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties, or any of them, to the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders shall be true, accurate and complete in all material respects and shall not omit any material fact necessary to make the same not materially misleading.

5.1.4 Lien Searches. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received the results of a UCC, tax lien and judgment search as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent with respect to the Borrower and any other Loan Parties, and the results of such search shall indicate there are no judgments which the Administrative Agent shall reasonably determine in good faith could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or Liens not permitted under the Loan Documents or to be satisfied with the proceeds of the initial Loan Advance or otherwise permitted by the Administrative Agent.

5.1.5 Litigation. On the Closing Date, there shall not be any actions, suits or proceedings at law or in equity or by or before any governmental instrumentality or other agency or regulatory authority by any entity (private or governmental) pending or, to the best of the Borrower’s knowledge, threatened with respect to the Loan, the transactions contemplated in the Loan Documents, or the Borrower, any other Loan Party, or any other Borrower Subsidiary, which are not fully covered (subject to deductibles) by an insurance policy issued by a reputable and financially viable insurance company, or, to the extent not so covered, which the Administrative Agent shall reasonably determine in good faith could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.1.6 Formation Documents and Entity Agreements. On the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of an Authorized Officer of each Loan Party (or the manager or general partner of such Loan Party, as applicable) certifying (a) as to resolutions of such Loan Party authorizing and approving the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, and the execution and delivery thereof by such Loan Party in respect of the documents to which it is a party on its own behalf, or as a general partner or manager of such Loan Party, in respect of any of the Loan Documents, (b) as to signatures and incumbency of all Authorized Officers of such Loan Party (or the manager or general partner of such Loan Party, as applicable) executing documentation on behalf of such entity or on behalf of such Loan Party, in

 

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connection with the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, (c) that the Formation Documents of such Loan Party delivered on the Closing Date (with respect to the Borrowing Base Properties other than the Existing Borrowing Base Properties) or in connection with the Existing Facility (with respect to the Existing Borrowing Base Properties) have been duly executed, delivered and filed (to the extent required by applicable Laws) and are or remain, as applicable, in full force and effect and unmodified except as stated therein as of the date of such certificate (and annexing copies thereof with respect to the Formation Documents delivered on the Closing Date) and (d) the good standing certificates of such Loan Party for (i) its state of formation and (ii) such other good standing certificates where the conduct of such Loan Party’s business and ownership of its assets requires such qualification unless the failure to be so qualified could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on such Loan Party.

5.1.7 Compliance With Laws. The Administrative Agent shall have received and approved evidence that there are no Laws which prohibit or adversely limit the capacity or authority of the Borrower or any Loan Party to enter into the Loan Documents and perform the obligations of such Person with respect thereto.

5.1.8 Compliance With Financial Covenants. The Lenders shall have received from the Administrative Agent the Closing Compliance Certificate or other evidence reflecting the Borrower’s compliance with the Financial Covenants and the terms and conditions hereof after giving effect to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

5.1.9 Borrowing Base Property Due Diligence. The Administrative Agent shall have received and completed a review of such due diligence as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require with respect to any Borrowing Base Property, consistent with customary commercial lending practices for unsecured lines of credit involving properties of a similar nature including, without limitation, satisfaction of the Borrowing Base Property Requirements.

5.1.10 Condition of Property. There shall have been no material unrepaired or unrestored damage or destruction by fire or otherwise to any of the real or tangible personal property comprising or intended to comprise the Borrowing Base Properties.

5.1.11 Third Party Consents and Agreements. The Administrative Agent shall have received such third party consents and agreements, if any, as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require with respect to the entering into the Loan Documents and the performance of the obligations thereunder.

5.1.12 Legal and other Opinions. The Administrative Agent shall have received and approved legal opinion letters from counsel representing the Borrower and the other Loan Parties which meet Administrative Agent’s legal opinion requirements and covering such matters incident to the transactions contemplated herein as the Administrative Agent may request.

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5.1.14 No Default. There shall not be any Default under any of the Loan Documents.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, with respect to any Existing Borrowing Base Property, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby agree that the only closing requirements with respect to such Existing Borrowing Base Properties shall be receipt of (a) satisfactory legal opinion letters from counsel representing the Borrower and the other Loan Parties with respect to such Existing Borrowing Base Properties, (b) the other documentation set forth on the closing agenda provided by the Administrative Agent, including, without limitation, the Guaranty from each Guarantor, and (c) such other documentation, to the extent not previously delivered and in the possession of the Administrative Agent, required under the definition of Borrowing Base Property Requirements; it being understood that upon execution of this Agreement, each Lender agrees that the Borrowing Base Property Requirements for each Existing Borrowing Base Property have been satisfied.

5.2 Conditions to all Credit Extensions. The obligation of each Lender to honor any Credit Extension (other than a Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Loans to the other Type, or a continuation of LIBO Rate Advances) is subject to the following conditions precedent:

5.2.1 Financial Covenant Compliance. The Borrower shall be in compliance, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Credit Extension, with the Financial Covenants, as satisfied by the Closing Compliance Certificate, or once delivered, the most recent Compliance Certificate delivered by the Borrower.

5.2.2 No Default. No Default or Event of Default shall exist, or would result from such proposed Credit Extension or from the application of the proceeds thereof

5.2.3 Loan Notice. The Administrative Agent shall have received a Loan Notice in accordance with the requirements hereof.

Each request for a Credit Extension (other than a Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Loans to the other Type or a continuation of LIBO Rate Advances) submitted by the Borrower shall be deemed to be a certification that the conditions specified in Sections 5.2.1 , 5.2.2 and 5.2.3 have been satisfied on and as of the date of the applicable Credit Extension.

6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.

To induce the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make each Loan Advance, and to otherwise complete all of the transactions contemplated hereby, the Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and each Lender that:

6.1 Formation. Each Loan Party has been duly formed and is validly existing and in good standing as a corporation, partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be, under the laws of the State of its formation. Each Loan Party has the requisite corporate, partnership or limited liability company power and authority, as applicable, to own its assets and conduct its businesses as currently conducted and owned, and to enter into and perform its

 

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obligations under each Loan Document to which it is a party. Each Loan Party is in good standing and authorized to do business in each jurisdiction where the ownership of its assets and/or the conduct of its business requires such qualification except where the failure to be so qualified could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

6.2 Proceedings; Enforceability. Each Loan Party has taken all requisite corporate, partnership or limited liability company action, as applicable, to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by such Loan Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party. Each Loan Document which is required to be executed and delivered on or prior to the date on which this representation and warranty is being made has been duly authorized, executed and delivered and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party thereto, enforceable against each such Loan Party in accordance with its respective terms except to the extent that the enforceability thereof may be limited by applicable Debtor Relief Laws and to general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law).

6.3 Conflicts. Neither the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents by the Loan Parties nor compliance by any Loan Party with the terms and provisions thereof, (a) will contravene any provision of any Law or any order, writ, injunction or decree of any court or Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Borrower, the Property or any Loan Party, (b) will conflict with or result in any breach of any of the terms, covenants, conditions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition (or the obligation to create or impose) of any Lien upon any of the property or assets of any Loan Party pursuant to the terms of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, credit agreement or loan agreement or any other agreement, contract or instrument to which any Loan Party is a party or by which it or any of its properties or assets is bound or to which it may be subject, or (c) will violate any provision of any Formation Document of any Loan Party.

6.4 Ownership and Taxpayer Identification Numbers. All of the partners, owners, stockholders, and members, respectively and as may be applicable, of each Loan Party (other than the Borrower and CRT) are listed in Schedule 6.4 (as such may be updated from time to time). Set forth on Schedule 6.4 (as such may be updated from time to time) is the exact correct and legal name, tax identification number(s) and state of incorporation or organization of the Borrower, CRT and each other Loan Party and whether such Loan Party owns a Borrowing Base Property. Each Borrowing Base Property Owner is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower.

6.5 Litigation. There are no actions, suits or proceedings at law or in equity or by or before any Governmental Authority or other agency or regulatory authority by any entity (private or governmental) pending or, to the best of each Loan Party’s knowledge, threatened with respect to the Loan, the transactions contemplated in the Loan Documents, any Loan Party, or any Borrower Subsidiary, which are not fully covered (subject to deductibles) by an insurance policy issued by a reputable and financially viable insurance company, or, to the extent not so covered, could (a) materially adversely affect a Borrowing Base Property or (b) have or reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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6.6 Information. All factual information furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent and/or any of the Lenders (including, without limitation, all information contained in the Loan Documents) for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any transaction contemplated herein or therein is, and all other such factual information hereafter furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent and/or any of the Lenders will be, true and accurate in all material respects on the date as of which such information is dated or certified and not incomplete by omitting to state any fact necessary to make such information not misleading in any material respect at such time in light of the circumstances under which such information was provided. There is no material fact presently known to the Borrower which has not been disclosed to the Administrative Agent, and thereupon disclosed by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

6.7 Taxes. All Loan Parties have made all required tax filings and are not delinquent in the payment of any federal, state and local taxes, assessments, impositions or other governmental charges applicable to them and/or their respective assets, except to the extent same are being contested in a manner which complies with the requirements of Section 8.2.4 .

6.8 Financial Information. The Consolidated financial statements of CRT and the consolidating financial statements of the Borrower and each Borrower Subsidiary delivered to the Administrative Agent (and which statements the Administrative Agent has delivered to the Lenders) present fairly the (a) financial condition of CRT and its Subsidiaries and the Borrower and the Borrower Subsidiaries, as applicable, as of the dates of such statements and (b) results of operations for the periods covered thereby. Since the dates of the relevant financial statements, no change has occurred which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. All financial statements of CRT, the Borrower, the Borrower Subsidiaries, or any other Loan Party hereafter furnished to the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders shall be true, accurate and complete in all material respects and shall fairly present the financial condition of CRT, the Borrower, the Borrower Subsidiaries and/or respective Loan Party, as applicable, as of the date thereof.

6.9 Control Provisions. The Borrower controls, directly or indirectly, and without the requirement for consent of any other Person (other than CRT), the management of each Borrowing Base Property Owner, subject to the rights of those minority or other equity interest holders as the Administrative Agent may approve.

6.10 Formation Documents. Subject to the last unnumbered paragraph of Section 5.1 hereof, the Borrower has delivered or caused to be delivered to the Administrative Agent true and complete copies of all Formation Documents of the Loan Parties, and all amendments thereto.

6.11 Bankruptcy Filings. No Loan Party is contemplating either a filing of a petition under any Debtor Relief Laws or the liquidation of all or a major portion of its assets or property, and the Borrower has no knowledge of any Person contemplating the filing of any such petition against any Loan Party.

6.12 Investment Company. No Loan Party is an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company,” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

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6.13 [Reserved].

6.14 Borrowing Base Properties.

6.14.1 Licenses and Permits. The Borrowing Base Property Owners possess such Licenses and Permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, or local regulatory agencies or bodies necessary to own and operate each Borrowing Base Property, except where the failure to possess any such License or Permit could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Borrowing Base Property Owners are in material compliance with the terms and conditions of all such Licenses and Permits, except where the failure so to comply could not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. All of the Licenses and Permits are valid and in full force and effect, except where the invalidity of such Licenses and Permits or the failure of such Licenses and Permits to be in full force and effect could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Borrower nor any of the Borrowing Base Property Owners has received any written notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such Licenses and Permits which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

6.14.2 Ownership. (a) The Borrowing Base Property Owners have either (i) fee simple title to the Borrowing Base Properties or (ii) a leasehold estate interest in the Borrowing Base Properties, as set forth in Schedule 6.14.2 (as such may be updated from time to time), which such schedule (as it may be updated from time to time) also sets forth the current Adjusted Capitalized Value of each such Borrowing Base Property; (b) the interest of the Borrowing Base Property Owners in the Borrowing Base Properties are not subject to any Liens other than Permitted Liens, (c) neither the Borrower, CRT, nor any of the Borrowing Base Property Owners has received written notice of the assertion of any material valid claim by anyone adverse to any Loan Party’s ownership, or leasehold rights in and to any Borrowing Base Property (except as may be disclosed in any update from time to time in accordance with Section 6.25 ) that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (d) no Person has an option or right of first refusal to purchase all or part of any Borrowing Base Property or any interest therein which has not been waived (except as disclosed in Schedule 6.14.2 or in any update from time to time in accordance with Section 6.25 ).

6.14.3 Environmental Matters. Except to the extent (i) the failure of the following to be true could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) disclosed in writing to the Lenders prior to the Individual Property becoming a Borrowing Base Property either pursuant to an Environmental Report or in the S-11 registration statement filed by the Borrower on October 23, 2003 (it being understood that any such disclosure is limited to the facts known at the time such Individual Property became a Borrowing Base Property and does not include any new information or any change in facts regarding such disclosure that occurs at a later date), (a) each Borrowing Base Property is free of any Hazardous Materials in violation of any Environmental Laws applicable to such property; (b) none of the Borrowing Base Property Owners nor any Loan Party has received any written notice of a claim under or pursuant to any

 

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Environmental Legal Requirements applicable to a Borrowing Base Property or under common law pertaining to Hazardous Materials on or originating from any Borrowing Base Property (except as may be disclosed in any update from time to time in accordance with Section 6.25 ) and (c) none of the Borrowing Base Property Owners or any Loan Party has received any written notice from any Governmental Authority claiming any material violation of any Environmental Legal Requirements that is uncured or unremediated (except as may be disclosed in any update from time to time in accordance with Section 6.25 ) .

6.14.4 Leases. Except to the extent the failure of the following to be true would not result in a Material Adverse Effect, (a) with respect to the Borrowing Base Properties, each Major Lease is in full force and effect (except as may be disclosed in any update from time to time in accordance with Section 6.25 ), (b) to the Borrower’s knowledge, none of the Borrowing Base Property Owners is in default after notice and the expiration of all applicable cure periods in the performance of any material obligation under any Major Lease and the Borrower has no knowledge of any circumstances which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute an event of default by any party under any of the Major Leases (except as may be disclosed in any update from time to time in accordance with Section 6.25 ), (c) to the Borrower’s knowledge, no tenant is in default after notice and the expiration of all applicable cure periods in the performance of any material obligation under any Major Lease (except as may be disclosed in any update from time to time in accordance with Section 6.25 ), (d) to the Borrower’s knowledge, there are no actions, voluntary or involuntary, pending against any tenant under a Major Lease under any Debtor Relief Laws (except as may be disclosed in any update from time to time in accordance with Section 6.25 ), and (e) none of the Major Leases and none of the rents or other amounts payable thereunder has been assigned, pledged or encumbered by any of the Borrowing Base Property Owners or any other Person, except with respect to the Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders securing the repayment of Obligations.

6.14.5 Ground Lease. Except to the extent the failure of the following to be true would not result in a Material Adverse Effect, (a) each Ground Lease with respect to a Borrowing Base Property is valid, binding and in full force and effect as against the applicable Borrowing Base Property Owners and, to the Borrower’s knowledge, the other party thereto, (b) none of Borrowing Base Property Owner’s interest in the Ground Leases is subject to any pledge, lien, assignment, license or other agreement granting to any third party any interest therein, (c) no payments under any Ground Lease with respect to a Borrowing Base Property are delinquent, and to the knowledge of the Borrower, there does not exist under any of the Ground Leases any default after notice and expiration of all applicable cure periods in the performance of any material obligation under a Ground Lease, and (d) the identity of each ground lessor under a Ground Lease with respect to a Borrowing Base Property and whether each such ground lessor is an Affiliate of any Loan Party are set forth in Schedule 6.14.5 (as such may be updated from time to time).

6.14.6 Casualty/Condemnation. To each Loan Party’s Knowledge, as of the Closing Date no Borrowing Base Property is the subject of any pending material condemnation proceeding or has suffered any material loss or casualty which has not been restored.

 

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6.14.7 Property Condition. To each Loan Party’s Knowledge, as of the Closing Date each Borrowing Base Property is in good condition and repair, with no material deferred maintenance currently pending with respect to any Borrowing Base Property.

6.15 Margin Regulations; Use of Proceeds. The Loan Parties are not engaged and will not engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock. The proceeds of the Loan shall be used solely and exclusively as provided in Section 8.13 . No portion of the proceeds of the Loan shall be used directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately (a) to purchase or carry any margin stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose thereof or to repay or refund indebtedness previously incurred for such purpose, or (b) for any purpose which would violate or in inconsistent with the provisions of regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System including, without limitation, Regulations T, U and X thereof.

6.16 Insurance. The Borrowing Base Properties are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks in compliance with the requirements of Section 7.5.1 below.

6.17 Deferred Compensation and ERISA. Neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate, has any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) subject to Title IV of ERISA nor maintains any employee welfare benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(l) of ERISA) that primarily provide for health and welfare benefits to retired employees or other former employees (other than as required by Section 601 of ERISA).

6.18 Anti-Corruption; OFAC; Designated Jurisdictions.

6.18.1 Anti-Corruption. In the last five years, the Loan Parties have conducted their respective businesses in compliance in all material respects with applicable Anti-Corruption Laws.

6.18.2 OFAC; Designated Jurisdictions. None of the Loan Parties, any of their respective Subsidiaries, or, to the knowledge of CRT, any Related Party thereof, is (i) a Sanctioned Person, (ii) located, organized or resident in a Designated Jurisdiction or (iii) is or has been (within the previous five (5) years) engaged in any transaction with any Sanctioned Person or any Person who is located, organized or resident in any Designated Jurisdiction to the extent that such transactions would violate Sanctions. No Credit Extension, nor the proceeds from any Credit Extension, has been used, directly or indirectly, or has otherwise been made available to fund any activity or business in any Designated Jurisdiction or to fund any activity or business with any Sanctioned Person, or in any other manner that will result in a violation by any Loan Party or Subsidiary thereof, or the imposition on any Lender, the Arrangers, or the Administrative Agent, of

 

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Sanctions. Neither the making of the Loans hereunder nor the use of proceeds thereof will violate the 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 Act.

6.19 No Default. There is no Default on the part of the Borrower or any of the other Loan Parties under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents and no event has occurred and is continuing which could constitute a Default under any Loan Document.

6.20 Governmental Authorizations; Other Consents. No approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person that has not been obtained or delivered is necessary or required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, any Loan Party of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

6.21 Qualification as a REIT. CRT qualified as a REIT under the provisions of the Code, as applicable, for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, and has remained qualified from December 31, 2010 through the date hereof. All appropriate federal income tax returns for the fiscal years through December 31, 2014 have been filed by CRT with the IRS and no previously filed return has been examined and reported on by the IRS. CRT has not incurred any liability for excise taxes pursuant to Section 4981 of the Code. CRT is organized in conformity with the requirements for qualification as a REIT pursuant to Sections 856 through 860 of the Code, and CRT’s proposed method of operation consistent with CRT’s business and the business activities contemplated by this Agreement will enable it to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code.

6.22 Compliance with Laws. Each Loan Party is in compliance in all material respects with the requirements of all Laws applicable to it or to its properties, except in such instances in which (a) such requirement of Law is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted or (b) the failure to comply therewith, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

6.23 Property Matters.

6.23.1 Major Leases. Set forth on Schedule 6.23.1 is a list of all Major Lease locations and the tenants party to Leases at such Major Lease locations (as updated from time to time, provided however, that notwithstanding Section 6.25 hereof Schedule 6.23.1 shall not be required to be updated more frequently than once per quarter). In the event that Borrower requests a Loan Advance more frequently than once per quarter, the accuracy of the representations made in this Section 6.23.1 shall not be a condition to funding such Loan Advance.

6.23.2 Borrowing Base Properties. Set forth on Schedule 6.14.2 is a list of each Borrowing Base Property with detail indicating the owner of each Borrowing Base Property and the location of each Borrowing Base Property.

 

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6.24 Solvency. After giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby, (a) each of the Loan Parties is solvent and is able to pay its debts and other liabilities, contingent obligations and other commitments as they mature in the normal course of business, and (b) the fair saleable value of each Loan Party’s assets, measured on a going concern basis, exceeds all probable liabilities, including those to be incurred pursuant to this Agreement. After giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby, none of the Loan Parties (i) has unreasonably small capital in relation to the business in which it is or proposes to be engaged or (ii) has incurred, or believes that it will incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they become due; provided that nothing contained in subclause (i) shall require any equity holder to make any capital contribution to comply with such subclause (i). In executing the Loan Documents and consummating the transactions contemplated hereby, none of the Loan Parties intends to hinder, delay or defraud either present or future creditors or other Persons to which one or more of the Loan Parties is or will become indebted.

6.25 Regarding Representations and Warranties. Each request by any Borrower for a Loan Advance: (i) shall constitute an affirmation by Borrower that the foregoing representations and warranties remain true and correct as of the date of such request (except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, and to the extent such representation or warranty is subject to a materiality qualifier, it shall be true and correct in all respects, and except that for purposes of this Section 6.25 , the representations and warranties contained in Section 6.8 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to Section 7.2.1 and Section 7.2.2 ; and except as to the representations and warranties in Sections 6.4, 6.7, 6.9 , and 6.14 which may be modified only to reflect events occurring after the date hereof as specifically disclosed in writing to Administrative Agent prior to or simultaneously with such written request) and, unless Administrative Agent is notified to the contrary prior to the disbursement of the requested Loan Advance, will be so on the date of such Loan Advance, and (ii) shall constitute the representation and warranty of Borrower to Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders that the information set forth in each such request is true and correct in all material respects and omits no material fact necessary to make the same not misleading, provided that to the extent any representation or warranty made by the Borrower in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be incorrect or misleading in any material respect with respect to one or more Borrowing Base Properties such that the affirmations, representations and warranties required by this Section 6.25 cannot be made, the Borrower may remove a Borrowing Base Property pursuant to the terms of Section 3.2 (with a resulting decrease in the Borrowing Base Value) so that the affirmations, representations and warranties required by this Section 6.25 may be made. All representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made in this Agreement or in the other Loan Documents by each Loan Party shall be deemed to have been relied upon by the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders notwithstanding any investigation heretofore or hereafter made by the Administrative Agent and/or any of the Lenders or on its behalf.

7. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS.

So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, the Borrower shall, and shall cause, with respect to Sections 7.3 through 7.12 , inclusive and Sections 7.26 and 7.27 , each Loan Party to:

 

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7.1 Notices. Within five (5) business days after obtaining actual knowledge thereof, notify the Administrative Agent in writing (and the Administrative Agent shall thereafter promptly notify the Lenders) of the following: (a) occurrence of any act, event or condition which constitutes a Default or Event of Default under any of the Loan Documents; and (b) any matter that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Any notification delivered pursuant to clause (a) of this Section 7.1 shall include a written statement of any remedial or curative actions, if applicable, which the Borrower proposes to undertake and/or to cause any of other Loan Parties to cure or remedy such Default or Event of Default.

7.2 Financial Statements; Reports; Officer’s Certificates. Furnish or cause to be furnished to the Administrative Agent (and the Administrative Agent shall thereafter promptly furnish copies of same to the Lenders) from time to time, the following financial statements, reports, certificates, and other information, all in form and manner of presentation reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent:

7.2.1 Annual Statements. As soon as available and in any event no later than the earlier of (a) to the extent applicable, ten (10) days following the date CRT is required by the SEC to deliver its Form 10-K for each Fiscal Year and (b) ninety (90) days after the close of each Fiscal Year, (i) the Consolidated statements of financial condition of CRT, as at the end of such Fiscal Year and the related Consolidated statement of income and retained earnings and statement of cash flows for such Fiscal Year, in each case, commencing with the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2016, setting forth comparative figures for the preceding fiscal year and certified by the Chief Financial Officer or Chief Accounting Officer of Borrower and by Ernst & Young LLP or other independent registered public accounting firm of recognized national standing reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, in an unqualified opinion which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any “going concern” or like qualification or exception or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit, (ii) consolidating income statements for the Borrower and each Borrower Subsidiary; such financial statements to include and to be supplemented by such detail and supporting data and schedules as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably determine and (iii) upon the request of the Administrative Agent, a one (1) year Cash Flow Projection.

7.2.2 Periodic Statements. As soon as available and in any event no later than the earlier of (a) to the extent applicable, ten (10) days following the date CRT is required by the SEC to deliver its Form 10-Q for each fiscal quarter, and (b) forty-five (45) days after the close of each fiscal quarter (except for the quarter ending on December 31), (i) the Consolidated statement of financial condition of CRT, as at the end of such quarterly period, (ii) the related Consolidated statement of income and retained earnings (for the current quarter and on a year to date basis), and (iii) the Consolidated statement of cash flows (on a year to date basis), in each case commencing with the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2016, setting forth comparative figures for the related periods

 

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in the prior Fiscal Year, internally prepared in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments, all in form and manner of presentation reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, such financial statements to be certified by the Chief Financial Officer or Chief Accounting Officer of Borrower and to include and to be supplemented by such detail and supporting data and schedules as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably determine, together with consolidating income statements for the Borrower and each Borrower Subsidiary.

7.2.3 Borrowing Base Property Reports. Quarterly and annually, upon delivery of each of the financial statements required pursuant to Sections 7.2.1 and 7.2.2 , above, the following financial statements for each of the Borrowing Base Property Owners internally prepared by the Borrower and certified by the Borrower to be true, accurate and complete in all material respects: (a) to the extent not included in the deliveries under Sections 7.2.1 or 7.2.2 , an operating statement showing all calculation necessary to determine Adjusted Net Operating Income on a property by property basis, including, without limitation, the results of operation for the current quarter and on a year-to-date basis for the period just ended and, annually, an operating statement for the year just ended; and (b) in the form customarily used by the Borrower, a detailed, current rent roll of the subject Borrowing Base Property, containing such details as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.

7.2.4 SEC Reports. Within ten (10) days after being received, copies of all correspondence from the SEC, other than routine non-substantive general communications from the SEC.

7.2.5 Compliance Certificates. Quarterly and annually, upon delivery of each of the financial statements required pursuant to Sections 7.2.1 and 7.2.2 above, (a) a Compliance Certificate in form of Exhibit C , annexed hereto, together with an Officer’s Certificate from the Chief Financial Officer or Chief Accounting Officer of Borrower providing and otherwise certifying (i) the compliance or non-compliance by the Borrower with the Financial Covenants, including such supporting detail as is reasonably deemed necessary by the Administrative Agent to verify the calculations incorporated therein, (ii) a report containing, to the extent not included in the deliveries under Sections 7.2.1 , 7.2.2 , or 7.2.3 for all Individual Properties, a summary listing of all Net Operating Income, revenues, rent roll, mortgage Debt, if any, the Borrower’s ownership interest therein, and, in addition, for each Individual Property acquired during the quarter just ended, the cost basis and the amount and terms of any assumed Debt, (iii) a certification that the financial statements fairly present in all material respects the Consolidated financial condition of CRT and that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or if it is, a statement as to the nature thereof; (iv) a listing of all filings by the Borrower or CRT with the SEC, including, without limitation, full copies of CRT’s 10-Q and 10-K filings; (v) if requested by the Administrative Agent and to the extent not previously provided, a list of any Major Leases entered into during the most recent fiscal quarter and any existing Leases that became Major Leases during the most recent fiscal quarter; and (vi) any material change in accounting policies required by GAAP or financial reporting practices by any Loan Party or their Subsidiaries.

 

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7.2.6 Data Requested. Within a reasonable period of time and from time to time, such other financial data or information as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request with respect to the Borrowing Base Properties, the Borrower, and/or the other Loan Parties including, but not limited to, rent rolls, aged receivables, aged payables, leases, budgets, forecasts, reserves, cash flow projections, deposit accounts, mortgage information, physical condition of the Borrowing Base Properties and pending lease proposals.

7.2.7 Tax Returns. Upon the Administrative Agent’s request, copies of all federal and state tax returns of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties.

7.2.8 [Reserved.]

7.2.9 [Reserved.]

7.2.10 Entity Notices. Concurrently with the issuance thereof, copies of all material written notices (excluding routine correspondence) given to the partners, owners, stockholders, and/or members, respectively, of the Borrower.

7.2.11 Property Acquisition or Sale. Within five (5) Business Days of receipt thereof, copies of all notices in any way relating to a proposed sale or acquisition of any Individual Property which the Borrower or any Borrower Subsidiary intends to consummate.

7.2.12 Property Finance. Within five (5) Business Days of receipt thereof, copies of all notices in any way relating to (a) a proposed finance or refinance of any Individual Property which the Borrower or any Borrower Subsidiary intends to consummate, (b) the occurrence of any monetary or material non-monetary default or monetary or material non-monetary event of default under any Debt which is recourse to the Borrower, or any other default or event of default under any Debt which is recourse to the Borrower, the occurrence of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (c) the occurrence of any monetary or material non-monetary default or monetary or material non-monetary event of default under any Debt in excess of $40,000,000 which is secured by an Individual Property, or any other default or event of default under any Debt in excess of $40,000,000 which is secured by an Individual Property, the occurrence of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

7.2.13 Notice of Litigation. Within ten (10) Business Days after an Authorized Officer obtains knowledge thereof, written notice of any pending or, to the best of such Person’s knowledge, threatened action, suit or proceeding at law or in equity or by or before any governmental instrumentality or other agency or regulatory authority by any entity (private or governmental) relating in any way to the Loan, the transactions contemplated in the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, with regard to all Distributions), or the transactions contemplated in any documentation executed in connection therewith, or the Borrower, any other Loan Party, any other Borrower Subsidiary or any Borrowing Base Property, which is not fully covered (subject to

 

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deductibles) by an insurance policy issued by a reputable and financially viable insurance company, or, to the extent not so covered, which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or a material adverse effect on a Borrowing Base Property.

The Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent and/or the Arranger will make available to the Lenders materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder (collectively, “ Borrower Materials ”) by posting the Borrower Materials on IntraLinks, Syndtrak or another similar electronic system (the “ Platform ”) and (b) certain of the Lenders (each, a “ Public Lender ”) may have personnel who do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its Affiliates, or the respective securities of any of the foregoing, and who may be engaged in investment and other market-related activities with respect to such Persons’ securities. The Borrower hereby agrees that so long as the Borrower or CRT is the issuer of any outstanding debt or equity securities that are registered or issued pursuant to a private offering or is actively contemplating issuing any such securities (w) all Borrower Materials that are to be made available to Public Lenders shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; (x) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” the Borrower shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, the Arranger and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as not containing any material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its securities for purposes of United States Federal and state securities laws (provided, however, that to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute Information, they shall be treated as set forth in Section 15.20 ); (y) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Side Information;” and (z) the Administrative Agent and the Arranger shall be entitled to treat and shall treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform that is not designated “Public Side Information.” Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Borrower shall be under no obligation to mark any Borrower Materials “PUBLIC” and (ii) no Public Lender shall be permitted to withhold, condition or delay its approval or consent to any matter hereunder based solely on such Public Lender’s failure or refusal to receive and/or review non-Public Borrower Materials.

7.3 Existence. (a) Preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect (i) the partnership, limited liability company or corporate existence, as applicable, of each Loan Party and (ii) the material rights, licenses, permits and franchises of each Loan Party, (b) comply with all Laws and other Laws applicable to it and its assets, business and operations, the non-compliance with which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (c) to the extent applicable, at all times maintain, preserve and protect all material franchises and trade names and all the remainder of its property used or useful in the conduct of its business, and (d) keep and cause each Loan Party to keep, its assets in good working order and repair, ordinary wear and tear and damage by casualty or taking by condemnation excepted, and from time to time make, or cause to be made, all reasonably necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereto.

 

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7.4 Payment of Taxes. Duly pay and discharge, before the same shall become overdue, all taxes, assessments, impositions, and other governmental charges payable by it or with respect to the Borrowing Base Properties, to the extent that same are not paid by the tenants under the respective Leases; provided , however , the failure of any Loan Party to pay such taxes, assessments, impositions, or other governmental charges shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default as long as same are being contested in a manner which complies with the requirements of Section 8.2.3 .

7.5 Insurance.

7.5.1 Insurance. The Borrower shall, and shall cause each other Loan Party and each other Subsidiary or with respect to Individual Properties where the tenant is responsible for providing insurance, the Loan Party shall cause such tenant to maintain insurance in accordance with such tenant’s lease with financially sound and reputable insurance companies against such risks and in such amounts as is customarily maintained by Persons engaged in similar businesses or as may be required by Laws, and from time to time deliver to the Administrative Agent promptly following its request a detailed list, together with copies of all policies of the insurance then in effect (provided Borrower has received same from the issuer thereof), stating the names of the insurance companies, the amounts and rates of the insurance, the dates of the expiration thereof and the properties and risks covered thereby.

7.5.2 Notice of Damage. In the event of any damage or destruction to any Borrowing Base Property by reason of fire or other hazard or casualty, the Borrower shall give immediate written notice thereof to the Administrative Agent. If there is any condemnation for public use of any Borrowing Base Property the Borrower shall give immediate written notice thereof to the Administrative Agent (and the Administrative Agent shall thereafter promptly notify the Lenders). Further, the Borrower shall upon the request of the Administrative Agent provide to the Administrative Agent a report as to the status of any insurance adjustment, condemnation claim, or restoration resulting from any casualty or taking.

7.6 Inspection . Permit the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and its/their agents, representatives and employees to inspect the Borrowing Base Properties, and any and all other assets of the Borrower or any of the Loan Parties, at reasonable hours upon reasonable notice, subject to the rights of tenants therein. The Borrower shall be responsible for the reasonable costs incurred by the Administrative Agent of such inspections if an Event of Default is in existence but all other costs of such inspections shall be borne by the Lenders.

7.7 Loan Documents . Observe, perform and satisfy all the terms, provisions, covenants and conditions to be performed by it under, and to pay when due all costs, fees and expenses, and other Obligations to the extent required under, the Loan Documents.

7.8 Further Assurances . Execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent such documents, instruments, certificates, assignments and other writings, and do such other acts, necessary or desirable in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent, for the better and more effective carrying out of the intents and purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

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7.9 Books and Records. Maintain and keep in accordance with GAAP (or such other accounting basis reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent), proper and accurate books, records and accounts reflecting all of the financial affairs of the Borrower and such other Loan Parties and the Borrower Subsidiaries and all items of income and expense in connection with their respective business and operations and in connection with any services, equipment or furnishings provided in connection with the operation of the business of the Borrower, the other Loan Parties, and the Borrower Subsidiaries, whether such income or expense is realized thereby or by any other Person. The Administrative Agent shall have the right, not more than once each quarter (unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing in which case as often as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably determine), during normal business hours and upon reasonable notice, to examine such books, records and accounts at the office of the Person maintaining such books, records, correspondence, and accounts and to make such copies or extracts thereof as the Administrative Agent shall desire at the Administrative Agent’s cost and expense. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent fifteen (15) Business Days’ notice of any change in the location of its financial records from the address specified at the beginning of this Agreement. The Administrative Agent may discuss the financial and other affairs of the Borrower, the other Loan Parties, and Borrower Subsidiaries with any of its partners, owners, and any accountants hired by the Borrower, it being agreed that the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders shall use reasonable efforts not to divulge information obtained from such examination to others except in connection with Laws and in connection with administering the Loan, enforcing its rights and remedies under the Loan Documents and in the conduct, operation and regulation of its banking and lending business (which may include, without limitation, the transfer of the Loan or of participation interests therein). Any assignee or transferee of the Loan, co-lender, or any holder of a participation interest in the Loan shall deal with such information in the same manner and in connection with any subsequent transfer of its interest in the Loan or of further participation interests therein.

7.10 Business and Operations. (a) Continue to engage in the type of businesses, acquisition, sale, financing, development and operation of retail properties and usual and customary uses incidental to such retail activities presently conducted by them as of the Closing Date, respectively, and (b) be qualified to do business and in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction, and otherwise to comply with all Laws, as and to the extent the same are required for the ownership, maintenance, management and operation of the assets of such Person except where the failure to be so qualified could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

7.11 Estoppel. Within ten (10) Business Days after a request therefor from the Administrative Agent, which request shall not be made by the Administrative Agent more than once each Fiscal Year, furnish to the Administrative Agent a statement, duly acknowledged and certified, setting forth (a) the amount then owing by the Borrower in respect of the Obligations, (b) the date through which interest on the Loan has been paid, (c) any offsets, counterclaims, credits or defenses to the payment by any Loan Party to the Obligations of which the Borrower has knowledge and (d) whether any written notice of Default from the Administrative Agent to the Borrower or any of the other Loan Parties is then outstanding and acknowledging that this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are in full force and effect and unmodified, or if modified, giving the particulars of such modification.

 

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7.12 ERISA. As soon as possible and, in any event, within ten (10) days after any Loan Party, Borrower Subsidiary, or any ERISA Affiliate knows of the occurrence of any of the following which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of an executive officer of the Borrower setting forth details as to such occurrence and the action, if any, that the applicable the Borrower or other Loan Party or Borrower Subsidiary or such ERISA Affiliate is required or proposes to take, together with any notices required or proposed to be given to or filed with or by such the Borrower, Loan Party, the ERISA Affiliate, the PBGC, a Plan participant or the Plan administrator with respect thereto: (a) that a Reportable Event has occurred; (b) that any Plan has been deemed to be in “at risk status” (as defined in Section 430(i)(4) of the Code without regard to 430(i)(4)(B) relating to the transition rule); (c) that the minimum required contribution (as defined in Section 430(a) of the Code) to a Plan has not been timely made; (d) that a Plan has been or may be terminated, reorganized, partitioned or declared insolvent under Title IV of ERISA; (e) that proceedings may be or have been instituted to terminate or appoint a trustee to administer a Plan; (f) that a proceeding has been instituted pursuant to Section 515 of ERISA to collect a delinquent contribution to a Plan; (g) that such the Borrower, Loan Party, Borrower Subsidiary, or ERISA Affiliate will or may incur any liability (including any indirect, contingent, or secondary liability) to or on account of the termination of or withdrawal from a Plan under Section 4062, 4063, 4064, 4069, 4201, 4204 or 4212 of ERISA or with respect to a Plan under Section 401(a)(29), 4971, 4975 or 4980 of the Code or Section 409 or 502(i) or 502(l) of ERISA; or (h) or that such the Borrower, the Loan Party or Borrower Subsidiary may incur any material liability pursuant to any employee welfare benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(l) of ERISA) that provides benefits to retired employees or other former employees (other than as required by Section 601 of ERISA) or any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA). Upon the request of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall (and shall cause the other Loan Parties, ERISA Affiliates and Borrower Subsidiaries to) deliver to the Administrative Agent a complete copy of the annual report (Form 5500) of each Plan required to be filed with the Department of Labor. In addition to any certificates or notices delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the first sentence hereof, copies of any material notices received by the Borrower, a Loan Party, a Borrower Subsidiary, or any ERISA Affiliate with respect to any Plan shall be delivered to the Administrative Agent no later than ten (10) days after the date such report has been filed with the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Labor, or the PBGC or such notice has been received by the Borrower, Loan Party or Borrower Subsidiary or ERISA Affiliate, as applicable.

7.13 [Reserved].

7.14 Costs and Expenses. Pay all costs and expenses as required by Section 15.9.1 .

7.15 Indemnification. At all times, both before and after repayment of the Loan, at its sole cost and expense defend, indemnify, exonerate and save harmless the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders and all those claiming by, through or under the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders as required by Section 15.9.2 .

 

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7.16 Intentionally Omitted.

7.17 Leverage Ratio. Maintain a Leverage Ratio as determined as of each Calculation Date of not more than sixty percent (60%). The Leverage Ratio covenant shall be tested by the Administrative Agent as of each Calculation Date, such calculation and results to be verified by the Administrative Agent.

7.18 Fixed Charge Ratio. Maintain a Fixed Charge Ratio as determined as of each Calculation Date of not less than 1.50:1. The Fixed Charge Ratio covenant shall be tested by the Administrative Agent as of each Calculation Date with results based upon the results for the most recent Calculation Period, such calculation and results to be verified by the Administrative Agent.

7.19 Net Worth. Maintain a Net Worth as determined as of each Calculation Date equal to or greater than the aggregate of (a) $489,826,000.00, plus (b) seventy-five percent (75%) of the cumulative net cash proceeds received from and the value of assets acquired (net of (i) underwriters’ discounts, commissions and other reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of issuance actually paid to any Person (other than a Loan Party or an Affiliate of any Loan Party) and (ii) Debt incurred or assumed in connection therewith) through the issuance of Capital Stock by CRT after September 30, 2014. The Net Worth covenant shall be tested by the Administrative Agent as of each Calculation Date, such calculation and results to be verified by the Administrative Agent.

7.20 Secured Debt Ratio. Maintain a Secured Debt Ratio as determined as of each Calculation Date of not more than forty percent (40%). The Secured Debt Ratio covenant shall be tested by the Administrative Agent as of each Calculation Date, such calculation and results to be verified by the Administrative Agent.

7.21 Borrowing Base Property Covenants.

7.21.1 Occupancy Ratio. Not permit the aggregate Occupancy Ratio for the Borrowing Base Properties (determined on an aggregate rentable square foot basis) to be less than eighty percent (80%).

7.21.2 Retail Center. Maintain each Borrowing Base Property at all times as a retail center located in the United States owned by a Borrowing Base Property Owner.

7.21.3 Business Strategy. Maintain ownership of each Borrowing Base Property at all times consistent with the Borrower’s business strategy, and each Borrowing Base Property shall at all times be of an asset quality consistent with the quality of Borrowing Base Properties owned by the Borrowing Base Property Owners as of the date hereof.

7.21.4 Minimum Borrowing Base Properties. Maintain a minimum of fifteen (15) Borrowing Base Properties at all times.

7.22 Variable Rate Debt. Maintain an aggregate Pro Rata Share of the Debt (including the Loan) of the Consolidated CRT Entities and the Unconsolidated CRT Entities which is Variable Rate Indebtedness of not more than thirty-five (35%) percent of the Total Asset Value.

 

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7.23 Replacement Documentation. Upon receipt of an affidavit of an officer of the Administrative Agent as to the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of the Note or any other loan document which is not of public record, and, in the case of any such loss, theft, destruction or mutilation, upon surrender and cancellation of such Note or other loan document, the Borrower will issue, in lieu thereof, a replacement Note or other loan document in the same principal amount thereof and otherwise of like tenor.

7.24 Maintenance of REIT Status. CRT shall engage in such business activities, and shall refrain from engaging in such activities, so as to continue to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code. CRT shall at all times remain listed and traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

7.25 The Lenders’ Consultants.

7.25.1 Right to Employ. The Borrower agrees that the Administrative Agent shall have the right to employ on its behalf and on behalf of the Lenders, its own personnel, or one or more engineers, architects, environmental advisors, scientists, accountants, and attorneys to act as an advisor to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with the Loan (each of which shall be a “ Lenders’ Consultant ”).

7.25.2 Functions. The functions of a Lenders’ Consultant shall include, without limitation: (i) inspection and physical review of any Borrowing Base Property; (ii) review and analysis of environmental matters; (iii) review and analysis of financial and legal matters; and (iv) providing usual inspection and review services for any Repair Work.

7.25.3 Payment. The reasonable costs and fees of the Lenders’ Consultants shall be paid by the Loan Parties upon billing therefor and, if not so paid within thirty (30) days, may be paid directly by the Lenders through a Loan Advance, provided, however that the costs and fees of any Lenders’ Consultants that are engineers, architects, environmental consultants or scientists shall be borne by the Lenders unless an Event of Default shall exist.

7.25.4 Access. The Loan Parties shall provide the Lenders’ Consultants with reasonable access to all Borrowing Base Properties.

7.25.5 No Liability. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have liability to the Borrower, any Loan Party, or third party on account of: (i) services performed by the Lenders’ Consultant; or (ii) any failure or neglect by the Lenders’ Consultant to properly perform services. The Borrower shall have no rights under or relating to any agreement, report, or similar document prepared by the Lenders’ Consultant for the Administrative Agent or the Lenders. No Lenders’ Consultant shall have liability to the Borrower, any Loan Party, or third party on account of: (x) services performed by such Lenders’ Consultant; or (y) any failure or neglect by such Lenders’ Consultant to properly perform services, except for its gross negligence or willful misconduct.

 

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7.26 Payment of Obligations. Pay and discharge as the same shall become due and payable, all lawful claims which, if unpaid, would by Law become a Lien upon its property (other than Permitted Liens).

7.27 Compliance with Laws. Conduct its business (a) in compliance in all material respects with applicable Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable anti-money laundering laws; and (b) in compliance in all material respects with the requirements of all other Laws applicable to it or to its business or property, except in such instances in which (i) such requirement of Law is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted or (ii) the failure to comply therewith could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

8. NEGATIVE COVENANTS.

So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, the Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any other Loan Party to directly or indirectly:

8.1 No Changes to the Borrower and other Loan Parties. Without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, such consent not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed after not less than thirty (30) days’ prior written notice (with reasonable particularity of the facts and circumstances attendant thereto): (a) change its jurisdiction of organization (with any change to a jurisdiction outside the United States requiring approval of all of the Lenders in their sole discretion), (b) change its organizational structure or type (with any change which would result in a Change of Control requiring approval of the Required Lenders in their sole discretion), (c) change its legal name, or (d) change the organizational number (if any) assigned by its jurisdiction of formation or its federal employment identification number (if any).

8.2 Restrictions on Liens. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon or with respect to any property or assets (real or personal, tangible or intangible, including, without limitation, the Borrowing Base Properties), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or sell any such property or assets subject to an understanding or agreement, contingent or otherwise, to repurchase such property or assets (including sales of accounts receivable with recourse) or assign any right to receive income or permit the filing of any financing statement under the UCC or any other similar notice of Lien under any similar recording or notice statute, or grant rights with respect to, or otherwise encumber or create a security interest in, such property or assets or any portion thereof or any other revenues therefrom or the proceeds payable upon the sale, transfer or other disposition of such property or asset or any portion thereof, or permit or suffer any such action to be taken, except the following (singly and collectively, “ Permitted Liens ”):

8.2.1 Permitted Debt. Liens to secure Permitted Debt, provided that (x) the Borrower will be in compliance with the Financial Covenants considering the consequences of the granting of any such Lien and (y) no such Lien shall be secured by any Borrowing Base Property, the ownership interest in any Borrowing Base Property Owner, or any other assets of any Borrowing Base Property Owner;

 

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8.2.2 Tax Liens. Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet delinquent or which are being diligently contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, if (a) to the extent such contest concerns a Borrowing Base Property, reasonable reserves in an amount not less than the tax, assessment or governmental charge being so contested shall have been established in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or deposited in cash (or cash equivalents) with the Administrative Agent to be held during the pendency of such contest, or such contested amount shall have been duly bonded in accordance with applicable Law, (b) no imminent risk of sale, forfeiture or loss of any interest in any Borrowing Base Property or any part thereof arises during the pendency of such contest and (c) such contest could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

8.2.3 Judgment Liens. Liens in respect of property or assets imposed by Law, which do not secure Debt, such as judgment Liens (provided such judgment Liens do not cause the occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 10.1 ), carriers’, warehousemen’s, material men’s and mechanics’ liens and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business, (a) which, except for such judgment Liens, do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of any property or assets or have, and could not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect, and (b) which, except for such judgment Liens, are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, which proceedings have the effect of preventing the forfeiture or sale of the property or assets subject to any such Lien;

8.2.4 Personal Property Liens. Liens relating to personal property financing leases entered into in the ordinary course of business with respect to equipment, fixtures, furniture, furnishings and similar assets; and

8.2.5 Intentionally Omitted.

8.2.6 Easements, etc. Liens in connection with easements, rights-of-way, zoning restrictions and other similar encumbrances affecting real property which, in the aggregate, do not impose material financial obligations on the Borrower or any Loan Party, and which do not, in the aggregate, materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of such property or the Loan Party that owns such property.

8.2.7 Title Matters. Liens and other matters of record noted on any title insurance policy for a Borrowing Base Property delivered to the Administrative Agent, with the Administrative Agent having received the title insurance policies delivered for the Borrowing Base Properties as of the Closing Date.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that any provision in this Section 8.2 would otherwise constitute a violation of the restrictions on negative pledges set forth in Section 8.16 of each of Existing Credit Agreement and the Existing Term Agreement, such provision will be deemed to be inoperative to the extent required to ensure that this Section 8.2 is not a violation of such restrictions.

 

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8.3 Consolidations, Mergers, Sales of Assets, Issuance and Sale of Equity. (a) Dissolve, terminate or liquidate or, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, consolidate with or merge with or into any other Person, (b) issue, sell, lease, transfer or assign to any Persons or otherwise dispose of (whether in one transaction or a series of transactions) any portion of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired), including, without limitation, any securities, membership or partnership interests, or other interests of any kind in any other Loan Party or Borrower Subsidiary, directly or indirectly (whether by the issuance of rights of, options or warrants for, or securities convertible into, any such security, membership or partnership interests or other interests of any kind), (c) permit another Person to merge with or into it, (d) acquire all or substantially all the capital stock, membership or partnership interests or assets of any other Person, or (e) take any action which could have the effect, directly or indirectly, of diluting the economic interest of any Loan Party in any other Loan Party or Borrower Subsidiary; except the following:

8.3.1 Transfers. Transfers pursuant to the Loan Documents and other agreements in favor of the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Lenders;

8.3.2 Non-Loan Parties. Any such dissolution, liquidation, or termination which does not involve a Loan Party;

8.3.3 Loan Parties. With the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, any consolidation, merger, or issuance so long as the Borrower is the surviving entity, provided that (a) the Borrower will be in compliance with the Financial Covenants considering the consequences of such event, (b) no such event shall cause a Change of Control, and (c) each Borrowing Base Property Owner will continue to be a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower;

8.3.4 Borrowing Base Properties. Sales of any Borrowing Base Property, provided the Release Conditions are satisfied with respect thereto;

8.3.5 Leases. Leases of all or any portion of any Borrowing Base Property;

8.3.6 Property Transfers. Sales, transfers, assignments or other dispositions of other assets of the Borrower, any Loan Party or any Borrower Subsidiary which do constitute Borrowing Base Properties; provided that the Borrower will be in compliance with the Financial Covenants considering the consequences of any such sale;

8.3.7 Ordinary Course. Sales or dispositions in the ordinary course of business of worn, obsolete or damaged items of personal property or fixtures which are suitably replaced;

8.3.8 With Consent. Transactions, whether outright or as security, for which the Administrative Agent’s, the Required Lenders’ or the Lenders’, as applicable, prior written consent has been obtained to the extent such approval is required under this Agreement;

 

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8.3.9 Permitted Investments. In connection with a Permitted Investment;

8.3.10 Equity Issuances. The issuance or sale of equity interests in the Borrower or CRT;

8.3.11 Merger of Loan Parties. Mergers of and between Loan Parties, provided (a) the Borrower and CRT shall at all times remain surviving entities, and (b) the Administrative Agent receives ten (10) Business Days prior written notice of the proposed merger;

8.3.12 Cedar-Riverview. The sale, transfer, assignment, redemption or other disposition of all or a portion of any preferred limited partnership interest in Cedar-Riverview LP; or

8.3.13 Cedar-Revere. The creation of further condominium units in the Individual Property owned by Cedar-Revere, LLC, and the performance of construction in connection therewith, subject to the Administrative Agent’s reasonable approval of the condominium documents creating such additional units and such normal and customary due diligence as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require.

8.4 Restrictions on Debt. (a) Create, incur or assume any Debt, or make any voluntary prepayments of any Debt in respect of which it is an obligor, (b) enter into, acquiesce, suffer or permit any amendment, restatement or other modification of the documentation evidencing and/or securing any Debt under which it is an obligor or (c) increase the amount of any Debt existing as of the Closing Date; except with respect to the following (singly and collectively, “ Permitted Debt ”):

8.4.1 Debt under this Agreement. The Obligations;

8.4.2 Unsecured Debt. The Existing Facility and any Swap Contracts with any Lender are deemed to be Permitted Debt;

8.4.3 Individual Property Debt. Individual Property Secured Debt of the Borrower, CRT or any Borrower Subsidiary (other than any Loan Party) which is recourse to the Borrower or CRT consistent with customary project finance market terms and conditions (excluding the Obligations) in an amount not to exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the Total Asset Value in the aggregate outstanding at any one time, provided that the Borrower will be in compliance with the Financial Covenants and the Total Outstandings will not exceed the Maximum Loan Amount considering the consequences of the incurrence of such Debt;

8.4.4 Nonrecourse Debt. Individual Property secured Debt of the Borrower, CRT or any Borrower Subsidiary (other than any Loan Party) which is nonrecourse to the Borrower (other than recourse in connection with customary nonrecourse or “bad boy” carve out provisions) or CRT, provided that the Borrower will be in compliance with the Financial Covenants considering the consequences of the incurrence of such Debt;

 

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8.4.5 Ordinary Course. Debt incurred in the ordinary course of business for the purchase of goods or services which are payable, without interest, within ninety (90) days of billing;

8.4.6 Capital Leases. Debt under capital leases of the type described in Section 8.2.5;

8.4.7 Cross-Collateralized Debt. Individual Property Debt incurred (other than by any Loan Party) under multi-property, cross-collateralized financings having an outstanding aggregate principal balance not to exceed $45,000,000;

8.4.8 Other Unsecured Debt. Other Unsecured debt so long as (i) Borrower is in compliance with the Financial Covenants after giving effect to the incurrence of such Unsecured Debt, and (ii) the financial covenants in other Unsecured Debt are not any more restrictive than the Financial Covenants; and

8.4.9 Other Debt. Debt, whether secured or unsecured, of a type not contemplated by any of the foregoing, for which Required Lenders’ prior written consent has been obtained.

8.5 Other Business. Enter into any line of business or make any material change in the nature of its business, purposes or operations, or undertake or participate in activities other than the continuance of its present business except as otherwise specifically permitted by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.

8.6 Change of Control. Permit or otherwise suffer to occur any Change of Control.

8.7 Forgiveness of Debt. Voluntarily cancel or otherwise forgive or release any Debt owed to it by any Person, except for adequate consideration and except for settlement of lease obligations of tenants in the Borrower’s reasonable business judgment.

8.8 Affiliate Transactions. Enter into, or be a party to, any transaction with any Person which is an Affiliate of any Loan Party, except transactions (a) involving the offering or sale of a Person’s equity interests on an arm’s length basis, or (b) entered into in the ordinary course of business and on terms which are no less favorable to such Loan Party or Borrower Subsidiary than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with an unrelated third party, provided that this Section 8.8 shall not apply to transactions entirely between and among Loan Parties or entirely between and among Borrower Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties.

8.9 ERISA. Establish or be obligated to contribute to any Plan.

8.10 Bankruptcy Filings. With respect to any of the Loan Parties, file a petition under any Debtor Relief Laws for the liquidation of all or a major portion of its assets or property.

8.11 Investment Company. Become an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company,” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

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8.12 [Reserved].

8.13 Use of Proceeds. Permit the proceeds of the Loan, or any other accommodation at any time made hereunder, to be used for any purpose which entails a violation of, or is inconsistent with, Regulation T, U or X of the Board, any applicable anti-money laundering law or Anti-Corruption Law, or for any purpose other than to (a) repay certain existing indebtedness of the Borrower, (b) provide working capital to the Borrower, CRT, and the Borrower Subsidiaries, (c) provide funds for acquisitions, development, capital expenditures, and refinancings of real estate properties by the Borrower, CRT, and the Borrower Subsidiaries, (d) pay certain closing and transactional costs as approved by the Administrative Agent and (e) for other lawful REIT purposes.

8.14 Distributions. Authorize, declare, or pay any Distributions on behalf of the Borrower, except for Permitted Distributions.

8.15 Restrictions on Investments. Make or permit to exist or to remain outstanding any Investment except which are in:

(a) marketable direct or guaranteed general obligations of the United States of America which mature within one year from the date of purchase;

(b) bank deposits, certificates of deposit and banker’s acceptances, or other obligations in or of the Lenders or banks located within and chartered by the United States of America or a state and having assets of over $500,000,000;

(c) the Borrower’s Subsidiaries (both Subsidiaries as of the date hereof and any other Person that becomes a Borrower Subsidiary), subject in all instances to the terms of this Agreement; and

(d) Permitted Investments.

8.16 Negative Pledges, Etc. Enter into any agreement subsequent to the Closing Date (other than a Loan Document, the Existing Facility and the loan documents thereunder, and any loan document entered into in connection with other Unsecured Debt permitted hereunder) which (a) prohibits the creation or assumption of any Lien upon any of the Borrowing Base Properties or the ownership interest therein, including, without limitation, any hereafter acquired property, (b) specifically prohibits the amendment or other modification of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or (c) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

8.17 Swap Contracts. Enter into any Swap Contract, unless (i) such Swap Contract was entered into by such Person in the ordinary course of business for the purpose of directly mitigating risks associated with liabilities, commitments, investments, assets, or property held or reasonably anticipated by such Person, or changes in the value of securities issued by such Person, and not for purposes of speculation and (ii) such Swap Contract does not contain any provision exonerating the non-defaulting party from its obligation to make payments on outstanding transactions to the defaulting party other than normal setoff or netting rights;

 

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9. SPECIAL PROVISIONS.

9.1 Legal Requirements. The Borrower, any Borrower Subsidiary or any Loan Party may contest in good faith any claim, demand, levy or assessment under any Laws by any Person or entity if: (i) the contest is based upon a material question of Law or fact raised by the Borrower in good faith; (ii) such Person properly commences and thereafter diligently pursues the contest; (iii) the contest will not materially impair the ability to ultimately comply with the contested Law should the contest not be successful; (iv) if the contest concerns a Borrowing Base Property or a Borrowing Base Property Owner, reasonable reserves in an amount necessary to undertake and pay for such contest and any corrective or remedial action then or thereafter reasonably likely to be necessary shall have been established in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or deposited in cash (or cash equivalents) with the Administrative Agent to be held during the pendency of such contest, or such contested amount shall have been duly bonded in accordance with applicable Law; (v) no Event of Default exists; (vi) if the contest relates to an Environmental Legal Requirement, the conditions set forth in the Environmental Indemnity Agreement relating to such contests shall be satisfied; (vii) no imminent risk of sale, forfeiture or loss of any interest in any Borrowing Base Property or any part thereof arises during the pendency of such contest; and (viii) such contest could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

9.2 Limited Recourse Provisions.

9.2.1 Borrower Fully Liable. Borrower shall be fully liable for the Loan and the Obligations of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders.

9.2.2 Certain Non-Recourse. This Agreement and all Loan Documents have been executed by the undersigned in its capacity as an officer of CRT, as general partner of the Borrower on behalf of the Borrower or the Loan Parties, or in its capacity as an authorized signatory of the Borrower or the Loan Parties, and not individually, and none of the trustees, officers, directors, members, limited partners, or shareholders of the Borrower or CRT or any Loan Party shall be bound or have any personal liability hereunder or thereunder except under any Guaranty or other Loan Document signed by such Person, if any, other than a signature in a representative capacity. Under no circumstances shall any party be entitled to seek recourse or commence any action against any of the trustees, officers, directors, members, limited partners, or shareholders of the Borrower or CRT or any such Person’s personal assets for the performance or payment of any obligation hereunder. In all other Loan Documents, all parties shall not seek recourse or commence any action against any of the trustees, officers, directors, members, limited partners, or shareholders of Borrower or CRT or any of such Person’s personal assets for the performance or payment of any obligation hereunder or thereunder, except under any Guaranty or other Loan Document signed by such Person, other than a signature in a representative capacity.

9.2.3 Additional Matters. Nothing contained in the foregoing non-recourse provisions or elsewhere shall: (a) limit the right of the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders to obtain injunctive relief or to pursue equitable remedies under any of the Loan Documents, excluding only any injunctive relief ordering payment of obligations by any

 

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Person or entity for which personal liability does not otherwise exist; or (b) limit the liability of any attorney, law firm, accountant or other professional who or which renders or provides any written opinion or certificate to the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders in connection with the Loan even though such Person or entity may be a limited partner of the Borrower.

9.3 Payment of Obligations. Upon the payment in full of the Obligations, in immediately available funds, including, without limitation, all unreimbursed costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent and of each Lender for which the Borrower is responsible, and the termination of this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall execute and deliver such documents and termination statements as the Borrower or any other Loan Party reasonably requests to evidence such termination. However, such termination by the Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to terminate or release any Person from any obligation or liability under the Loan Documents which specifically by its terms survives the payment in full of the Obligations.

10. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.

The following provisions deal with Defaults, Events of Default, notice, grace and cure periods, and certain rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders following an Event of Default.

10.1 Default and Events of Default. The term “Default” as used herein or in any of the other Loan Documents shall mean any fact or circumstance which constitutes, or upon the lapse of time, or giving of notice, or both, could constitute, an Event of Default. The occurrence of any of the following events, continuing uncured beyond any applicable grace, notice or cure period, respectively, shall constitute an event of default (“ Event of Default ”). Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default described in Section 10.1.8 , any and all Obligations shall become due and payable without any further act on the part of the Administrative Agent. Upon the occurrence of any other Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may, and upon the request of the Required Lenders shall, declare that any and all Obligations shall become immediately due and payable.

10.1.1 Failure to Pay the Loan. The failure by the Borrower to pay when due any principal of, interest on, or fees in respect of, any Loan, and the specific grace period, if any, allowed for the default in question in Section 10.2 or elsewhere in this Agreement shall have expired without such default having been cured.

10.1.2 Failure to Make Other Payments. The failure by the Borrower to pay when due (or upon demand, if payable on demand) any payment Obligation other than any payment Obligation on account of the principal of, or interest on, or fees in respect of, the Loan, and the specific grace period, if any, allowed for the default in question in Section 10.2 or elsewhere in this Agreement shall have expired without such default having been cured.

10.1.3 Loan Documents. Any other default in the performance of any term or provision of the Loan Documents, or a breach, or other failure to satisfy, any other term, provision, condition or warranty under any Loan Document, and the specific grace period, if any, allowed for the default in question in Section 10.2 or elsewhere in this Agreement shall have expired without such default having been cured.

 

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10.1.4 Default under Other Agreements. (i) The Borrower, CRT or any other Subsidiary (A) fails to make any payment when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise) in respect of any Debt or Guarantee (including amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangement but excluding the Debt hereunder) such that as a result thereof the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Debt or Guarantees with respect to which such a failure exists at any time shall exceed $40,000,000, or (B) fails to observe or perform any other agreement or condition relating to any such Debt or Guarantee or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event occurs, the effect of which default or other event is (1) to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Debt or the beneficiary or beneficiaries of such Guarantee (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, with the giving of notice or passage of time, or both, if required, in excess of $40,000,000 in the aggregate of the outstanding principal amount of such Debt to be demanded or to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise) at any time, or (2) an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem in excess of $40,000,000 of the outstanding principal amount of such Debt to be made at any time, prior to its stated maturity, or (3) Guarantees securing in excess of $40,000,000 of the outstanding principal amount of such Debt to become payable at any time or (4) cash collateral in excess of $40,000,000 in respect thereof to be demanded at any time; or (ii) there occurs under any Swap Contract an Early Termination Date (as defined in such Swap Contract) resulting from (A) any event of default under such Swap Contract as to which the Borrower, CRT or any Subsidiary is the Defaulting Party (as defined in such Swap Contract) or (B) any Termination Event (as so defined) under such Swap Contract as to which the Borrower, CRT or any other Subsidiary is an Affected Party (as so defined) and, in either event, the Swap Termination Value owed by the Borrower, CRT or such Subsidiary as a result thereof is greater than $40,000,000 in the aggregate at any time.

10.1.5 Representations and Warranties. If any representation or warranty made by the Borrower or by any of the other Loan Parties in the Loan Documents was untrue or misleading in any material respect as of the date made or deemed made, including, without limitation, all representations and warranties made in Article 6 herein.

10.1.6 Affirmative Covenants. The breach of any covenant contained in Article 7 herein, including, without limitation, the Financial Covenants.

10.1.7 Negative Covenants. The breach of any covenant contained in Article 8 herein.

10.1.8 Financial Status and Insolvency. Any Loan Party shall: (i) admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due; (ii) file a petition in bankruptcy or a petition to take advantage of any insolvency act; (iii) make an assignment for the benefit of creditors; (iv) consent to, or acquiesce in, the appointment of a receiver,

 

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liquidator or trustee of itself or of the whole or any substantial part of its properties or assets; (v) file a petition or answer seeking reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under the Federal Bankruptcy laws or any other applicable Law; (vi) have a court of competent jurisdiction enter an order, judgment or decree appointing a receiver, liquidator or trustee of a Loan Party, or of the whole or any substantial part of the property or assets of a Loan Party, and such order, judgment or decree shall remain unvacated or not set aside or unstayed for ninety (90) days; (vii) have a petition filed against it seeking reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under the Federal Bankruptcy laws or any other applicable Law and such petition shall remain undismissed for ninety (90) days; (viii) have, under the provisions of any other Law for the relief or aid of debtors, any court of competent jurisdiction assume custody or control of a Loan Party or of the whole or any substantial part of its property or assets and such custody or control shall remain unterminated or unstayed for ninety (90) days; or (ix) have an attachment or execution levied against any substantial portion of the property of a Loan Party or against any portion of a Borrowing Base Property which is not discharged or dissolved by a bond within sixty (60) days.

10.1.9 Loan Documents. Any Loan Document, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder or satisfaction in full of all the Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect; or any Loan Party contests in any manner the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document; or any Loan Party denies that it has any or further liability or obligation under any Loan Document, or purports to revoke, terminate or rescind any Loan Document.

10.1.10 Judgments. One or more judgments or decrees shall be entered against Borrower or any Loan Party involving a liability (not paid or fully covered (subject to deductibles) by a reputable and solvent insurance company) and such judgments and decrees either shall be final and non-appealable or shall not be vacated, discharged or stayed or bonded pending appeal for any period of sixty (60) consecutive days, and the aggregate amount of all such judgments exceeds (a) $5,000,000 for the Borrower or CRT and (b) $750,000 for any other Loan Party.

10.1.11 ERISA. (a) If (i) any Plan shall be deemed to be in “at risk status” (as defined in Section 430(i)(4) of the Code without regard to Section 430(i)(4)(B) relating to the transition rule), (ii) any Plan shall have had or is likely to have a trustee appointed to administer such Plan, (iii) any Plan is, shall have been or is likely to be terminated or to be the subject of a distress termination proceeding under ERISA, (iv) a minimum required contribution (as defined in Section 430(a) of the Code) for a Plan has not been timely made, (v) a Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate has incurred or is likely to incur a liability to or on account of a Plan under Section 409, 502(i), 502(l), 515, 4062, 4063, 4064, 4069, 4201, 4204 or 4212 of ERISA or Section 401(a)(29), 4971, 4975 or 4980 of the Code, or (vi) a Loan Party has incurred or is likely to incur liabilities pursuant to one or more employee welfare benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(l) of ERISA) that primarily provide health and welfare benefits to retired employees or other former employees (other than as required by Section 601 of ERISA) and any of the foregoing could have a Material Adverse Effect; (b) if there shall result from any event or events

 

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described in clauses (a)(i), (a)(ii), (a)(iii), (a)(iv) or (a)(v) of this Section 10.1.11 , the imposition of a lien, the granting of a security interest, or a liability or a material risk of incurring a liability which could have, or reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect; or (c) if any such lien, security interest or liability is imposed or granted and, individually, and/or in the aggregate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent could have, or reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.

10.1.12 Change of Control. If a Change of Control shall occur.

10.1.13 Indictment; Forfeiture. The indictment of, or institution of any legal process or proceeding against, the Borrower or any other Loan Party under any applicable Law where the relief, penalties, or remedies sought or available include the forfeiture of any property of Borrower and/or any other such Loan Party and/or the imposition of any stay or other order, the effect of which could be to restrain in any material way the conduct by the Borrower and/or any other such Loan Party of its business in the ordinary course.

10.1.14 Generally. A default by the Borrower in the performance of any term, provision or condition of this Agreement to be performed by the Borrower, or a breach, or other failure to satisfy, any other term provision, condition, covenant or warranty under this Agreement and such default remains uncured beyond any applicable specific grace period provided for in this Agreement, including, without limitation, as set forth in Section 10.2 below.

10.2 Grace Periods and Notice. As to each of the foregoing events the following provisions relating to grace periods and notice shall apply:

10.2.1 No Notice or Grace Period. There shall be no grace period and no notice provision with respect to the payment of principal at maturity and/or in connection with a Mandatory Principal Prepayment (except as provided in Section 2.3.8 ) and no grace period and no notice provision with respect to defaults related to the voluntary filing of bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings or an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or subject to Sections 10.2.4 and 10.2.5 , with respect to a breach of warranty or representation under Article 6 , or (subject to Section 10.2.5 ) with respect to the breach of any of the affirmative covenants set forth in Article 7 (unless a grace or cure period is specifically provided for therein) or (subject to Section 10.2.5 ) with respect to the breach of any of the negative covenants set forth in Article 8 .

10.2.2 Nonpayment of Interest. As to the nonpayment of interest there shall be a three (3) Business Day grace period without any requirement of notice from the Administrative Agent.

10.2.3 Other Monetary Defaults. All other monetary defaults shall have a three (3) Business Day grace period following notice from the Administrative Agent.

 

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10.2.4 Nonmonetary Defaults Capable of Cure. As to non-monetary Defaults which are reasonably capable of being cured or remedied, unless there is a specific shorter or longer grace period provided for in this Loan Agreement or in another Loan

Document, there shall be a thirty (30) day grace period following such Default; provided that if such Default would reasonably require more than thirty (30) days to cure or remedy, such longer period as requested by the Borrower but in no event longer than ninety (90) days following such Default and no extension shall be granted if such Default has caused a Material Adverse Effect.

10.2.5 Borrowing Base Property Defaults. As to any non-monetary Defaults which are capable of being cured or remedied by the removal of any Individual Property or Individual Properties from being Borrowing Base Properties, there shall be a thirty (30) day grace period following such Default for the Borrower to cure or remedy such Default by removing such Individual Properties from being Borrowing Base Properties, if required, or by removing such Borrowing Base Properties from the Borrowing Base Value.

11. REMEDIES.

11.1 Remedies. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, whether or not the Obligations evidenced by this Agreement shall be due and payable or the Administrative Agent shall have instituted any action for the enforcement of the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent may in its sole and absolute discretion, and shall upon the direction of the Required Lenders, in addition to any other remedies which the Administrative Agent may have hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, or otherwise, and not in limitation thereof:

11.1.1 Accelerate Debt. Declare the Obligations immediately due and payable (provided that in the case of a voluntary petition in bankruptcy filed by Borrower or an involuntary petition in bankruptcy filed against Borrower (after expiration of the grace period, if any, set forth in Section 10.1.8 ), such acceleration shall be automatic).

11.1.2 Pursue Remedies. Pursue any and all remedies provided for hereunder, under any one or more of the other Loan Documents, and/or otherwise.

11.2 Distribution of Liquidation Proceeds. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall distribute all Liquidation Proceeds in the order and manner set forth below:

First : To the Administrative Agent, towards any fees and any expenses for which the Administrative Agent is entitled to reimbursement under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents not theretofore paid to the Administrative Agent.

Second : To all applicable Lenders in accordance with their proportional share based upon their respective Commitment Percentages until all Lenders have been reimbursed for all fees and expenses which such Lenders have previously paid to the Administrative Agent and not theretofore paid to such Lenders.

Third : Pari passu, (a) to all applicable Lenders in accordance with their proportional share based upon their respective Commitment Percentages until all Lenders have been paid in full all principal and interest due to such Lenders under the Loan, with

 

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each Lender applying such proceeds for purposes of this Agreement first against the outstanding principal balance due to such Lender under the Loan and then to accrued and unpaid interest due under the Loan, and (b) to payment of breakage, termination or other payments, and any interest accrued thereon, due under any Swap Contract between any Loan Party and Administrative Agent or any Lender, or any Affiliate of a Lender.

Fourth : To all applicable Lenders in accordance with their proportional share based upon their respective Commitment Percentages until all Lenders have been paid in full all other amounts due to such Lenders under the Loan including, without limitation, any costs and expenses incurred directly by such Lenders to the extent such costs and expenses are reimbursable to such Lenders by the Borrower under the Loan Documents.

Fifth : To the Borrower or such third parties as may be entitled to claim Liquidation Proceeds.

11.3 Power of Attorney. For the purpose of exercising the rights granted by this Article 11, as well as any and all other rights and remedies of Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents, the Borrower hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Administrative Agent (or any agent designated by Administrative Agent) its true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution, upon and following any Event of Default which is continuing, to execute, acknowledge and deliver any instruments and to do and perform any acts in the name and on behalf of the Borrower. In connection with the foregoing power of attorney, the Borrower hereby grants unto the Administrative Agent (acting through any of its officers) full power to do any and all things necessary or appropriate in connection with the exercise of such powers as fully and effectually as the Borrower might or could do, hereby ratifying all that said attorney shall do or cause to be done by virtue of this Agreement. The foregoing power of attorney shall not be affected by any disability or incapacity suffered by the Borrower and shall survive the same. All powers conferred upon the Administrative Agent by this Agreement, being coupled with an interest, shall be irrevocable until this Agreement is terminated by a written instrument executed by a duly authorized officer of the Administrative Agent.

12. SECURITY INTEREST AND SET-OFF.

12.1 Security Interest. The Borrower hereby grants (and shall cause each other Loan Party to grant) to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders, a continuing lien, security interest and right of setoff (with setoff being subject to Section 12.2 ) as security for all of the Obligations, upon and against all deposits, credits, collateral and property, now or hereafter in the possession, custody, safekeeping or control of Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders or any of their respective successors and assigns, or in transit to any of them.

12.2 Set-Off/Sharing of Payments. If any Event of Default occurs, any such deposits, balances or other sums credited by or due from Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders, or from any of their respective Affiliates, to the Borrower may to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable Law at any time or from time to time, without regard to the existence, sufficiency or adequacy of any other collateral, and without notice or compliance with any other condition precedent now or hereafter imposed by statute, rule of law or otherwise, all of which are hereby waived, be set off, appropriated and applied by the Administrative Agent against any or all of

 

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Loan Party’s Obligations irrespective of whether demand shall have been made and although such obligations may be unmatured, in the manner set forth herein. Within five (5) Business Days of making any such set off, appropriation or application, the Administrative Agent agrees to notify the Borrower thereof, provided the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set off or appropriation or application. ANY AND ALL RIGHTS TO REQUIRE THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY OF THE LENDERS TO EXERCISE ITS RIGHTS OR REMEDIES WITH RESPECT TO ANY OTHER COLLATERAL WHICH SECURES THE OBLIGATIONS, PRIOR TO EXERCISING ITS RIGHT OF SETOFF WITH RESPECT TO SUCH DEPOSITS, CREDITS OR OTHER PROPERTY OF THE BORROWER OR ANY GUARANTOR, ARE HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVED. Each of the Lenders agrees with each other Lender that (a) if an amount to be set off is to be applied to indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender, other than the Obligations evidenced by this Agreement due to such Lender, such amount shall be applied ratably to such other indebtedness and to the Obligations evidenced by this Agreement due to such Lender, and (b) if such Lender shall receive from the Borrower, whether by voluntary payment, exercise of the right of setoff, counterclaim, cross action, enforcement of the claim evidenced by this Agreement due to such Lender by proceedings against the Borrower at law or in equity or by proof thereof in bankruptcy, reorganization, liquidation, receivership or similar proceedings, or otherwise, and shall retain and apply to the payment of the Obligations due to such Lender any amount in excess of its ratable portion of the payments received by all of the Lenders with respect to Obligations under this Agreement due to all of the Lenders, such Lender will make such disposition and arrangements with the other Lenders with respect to such excess, either by way of distribution, pro tanto assignment of claims, subrogation or otherwise as shall result in each Lender receiving in respect of the Obligations its proportionate payment as contemplated by this Agreement; provided that if all or any part of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from such Lender, such disposition and arrangements shall be rescinded and the amount restored to the extent of such recovery, but without interest.

12.3 Right to Freeze. The Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders shall also have the right, at its option, upon the occurrence of any event which would entitle the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders to set off or debit as set forth in Section 12.2 , to freeze, block or segregate any such deposits, balances and other sums so that Borrower may not access, control or draw upon the same.

12.4 Additional Rights. The rights of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and each of their respective Affiliates under this Article 12 are in addition to, and not in limitation of, other rights and remedies, including other rights of set off, which the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders may have.

13. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE LENDERS.

13.1 Rights, Duties and Immunities of the Administrative Agent.

13.1.1 Appointment of Administrative Agent. Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints KeyBank to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the

 

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Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Section 13.1 (other than Sections 13.1.10 , and as may be limited by Sections 13.2.4 and 13.3.2 ) are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions.

13.1.2 No Other Duties, Etc. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, neither the Arranger nor any other titled agents shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent or a Lender hereunder.

13.1.3 Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document 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 of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article 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.

13.1.4 Exculpatory Provisions.

(a) The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing (but subject to Section 13.1.4(b) ), the Administrative Agent:

(i) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing;

(ii) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents), provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable Law; and

(iii) shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, 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 Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.

 

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(b) The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary), or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Sections 11.2 and 13.4.1 or (ii) in the absence of its own (or its officers’, directors’, employees’, agents’, attorneys in fact or Affiliates’) gross negligence or willful misconduct.

(c) 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 or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article 5 or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.

13.1.5 Reliance by 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 (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated 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 have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan Advance that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender prior to the making of such Loan Advance. 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.

13.1.6 Notice of Default. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice describing such Default is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender.

13.1.7 Lenders’ Credit Decisions. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related

 

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Parties and based on such documents and information 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 other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

13.1.8 Administrative Agent’s Reimbursement and Indemnification. The Lenders agree to reimburse and indemnify the Administrative Agent, ratably in proportion to their respective Commitments, for (i) any amounts not reimbursed by the Borrower for which the Administrative Agent is entitled to reimbursement by the Borrower under this Loan Agreement or the other Loan Documents, (ii) any other expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, amendment, waiver and/or enforcement of this Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and (iii) any liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind and nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent in any way relating to or arising out of this Loan Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any other document delivered in connection therewith or any transaction contemplated thereby, or the enforcement of any of the terms hereof or thereof, provided that no Lender shall be liable for any of the foregoing to the extent that they arise from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent. If any indemnity furnished to the Administrative Agent for any purpose shall, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, be insufficient or become impaired, the Administrative Agent may call for additional indemnity and cease, or not commence, to do the action indemnified against until such additional indemnity is furnished.

13.1.9 Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity. The Person 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 the term “ Lender ” or “ Lenders ” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower, CRT or any Borrower Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.

13.1.10 Successor Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with and, if such appointment is prior to the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default, with the prior approval of, the Borrower, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent

 

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gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, at the direction and with the consent of the Borrower, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above; provided that if the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that no qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and (1) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and (2) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender directly, until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above in this Section. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section). 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 retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Section and Section 15.9 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 the retiring Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent.

13.1.11 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise

(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loan and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.4 , and 15.9 ) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

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and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.4 and 15.9 .

Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.

13.1.12 Guaranty Matters. The Lenders irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary or an owner of a Borrowing Base Property or an indirect owner of a Borrowing Base Property Owner as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder.

Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will promptly confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty pursuant to this Section 13.1.12 .

13.2 Respecting Loans and Payments.

13.2.1 Adjustments. If, after the Administrative Agent has paid each Lender’s proportionate share of any payment received or applied by the Administrative Agent in respect of the Loan and other Obligations, that payment is rescinded or must otherwise be returned or paid over by the Administrative Agent, whether pursuant to any Debtor Relief Law, sharing of payments clause of any loan agreement or otherwise, such Lender shall, at the Administrative Agent’s request, promptly return its proportionate share of such payment or application to the Administrative Agent, together with such Lender’s proportionate share of any interest or other amount required to be paid by the Administrative Agent with respect to such payment or application.

13.2.2 Setoff. If any Lender (including the Administrative Agent), acting in its individual capacity, shall exercise any right of setoff against a deposit balance or other account of the Borrower held by such Lender on account of the obligations of the Borrower under this Loan Agreement, such Lender shall remit to the Administrative Agent all such sums received pursuant to the exercise of such right of setoff, and the Administrative Agent shall apply all such sums for the benefit of all of the Lenders hereunder in accordance with the terms of this Loan Agreement.

 

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13.2.3 Distribution by the Administrative Agent. If in the opinion of the Administrative Agent distribution of any amount received by it in such capacity hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents might involve any liability, it may

refrain from making distribution until its right to make distribution shall have been adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction or has been resolved by the mutual consent of all Lenders. In addition, the Administrative Agent may request full and complete indemnity, in form and substance satisfactory to it, prior to making any such distribution. If a court of competent jurisdiction shall adjudge that any amount received and distributed by the Administrative Agent is to be repaid, each Person to whom any such distribution shall have been made shall either repay to the Administrative Agent its proportionate share of the amount so adjudged to be repaid or shall pay over to the same in such manner and to such Persons as shall be determined by such court.

13.2.4 Removal or Replacement of a Lender. If any Lender requests compensation under Sections 2.6.1 or 2.6.2 , or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.8 , or if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, then in addition to, and not in limitation of, the rights and remedies that may be available to the Borrower at law or in equity, 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, and consents required by, Section 13.3 ), all of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment), provided that:

(a) The Administrative Agent shall be paid the assignment fee specified in Section 13.3.2(d) ;

(b) Such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section 2.3.15 ) 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);

(c) In the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Sections 2.6.1 or 2.6.2 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.8 , such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter; and

(d) Such assignment does not conflict with applicable Laws.

A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or 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.

 

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13.2.5 Holders. The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the Lender designated in the Register as the proportionate owner of such interest in the Obligations for all purposes hereof unless and until a written notice of the assignment, transfer or

endorsement thereof, as the case may be, shall have been filed with the Administrative Agent. Any request, authority or consent of any Person or entity who, at the time of making such request or giving such authority or consent, is the holder of any designated interest in the Obligations shall be conclusive and binding on any subsequent holder, transferee or endorsee, as the case may be, of such interest in the Obligations.

13.3 Assignments by Lenders.

13.3.1 Successors and Assigns Generally. 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, except that neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an assignee in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.3.2 , (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.3.4 , or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of Section 13.3.6 (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void). 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, Participants to the extent provided in Section 13.3.6 and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

13.3.2 Assignments by Lenders. Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it); provided that any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:

(a) Minimum Amounts.

(i) in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it or in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount need be assigned; and

(ii) in any case not described in Section 13.3.2(a)(i) , the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder) or, if the Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of the Loans of the assigning Lender 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 or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date, shall not be less than $5,000,000 unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower otherwise consents

 

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(each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided, however, that concurrent assignments to members of an Assignee Group and concurrent assignments from members of an Assignee Group to a single Eligible Assignee (or to an Eligible Assignee and members of its Assignee Group) will be treated as a single assignment for purposes of determining whether such minimum amount has been met.

(b) Proportionate Amounts. 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 with respect to the Loans or the Commitment assigned.

(c) Required Consents. No consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required by Section 13.3.2(a)(ii) and, in addition:

(i) the consent of the Borrower shall be required unless (1) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment or (2) such assignment is to a Lender (other than a Defaulting Lender), an Affiliate of a Lender (other than a Defaulting Lender) or an Approved Fund; and

(ii) the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required if such assignment is to a Person that is not a Lender, an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to such Lender.

(d) Assignment and Assumption. The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee in the amount of $3,500; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment. The assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.

(e) No Assignment to Borrower. No such assignment shall be made to CRT, the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries.

(f) No Assignment to Natural Persons. No such assignment shall be made to a natural Person.

(g) No Assignment to Defaulting Lenders. No such assignment shall be made to a Defaulting Lender.

Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 13.2.3 , from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement 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,

 

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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 2.8 , 2.6.1 , 2.6.2 , 2.3.15 , and 15.9 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment. Upon request, the Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender; provided that such new Note shall be dated the effective date of such Assignment and Acceptance and shall be otherwise in the form of Exhibit B . To the extent a Lender has assigned all of its Commitment and Loans, it covenants to return any outstanding Note to the Borrower or to provide a lost note indemnity in lieu thereof. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this subsection 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 subsection (d) of this Section.

13.3.3 Register. The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office 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 Commitments of, and principal amounts of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, in the absence of manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the 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 and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

13.3.4 Participations. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural Person or CRT or the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s or CRT’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a “ Participant ”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the 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, waiver or other modification described in the first proviso to Section 13.4.1 that affects such Participant. Subject to Section 13.3.5 , the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be

 

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entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.8 , 2.6.1 , 2.6.2 and 2.3.15 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Section 13.3.2 . To the extent permitted by Law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 12.2 as though it were a Lender, provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 12.2 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, 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 or other obligation under any Loan Document 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.

13.3.5 Limitations upon Participant Rights. A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections 2.8 , 2.3.15 , 2.6.1 or 2.6.2 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent, provided in no instance shall the Borrower’s Obligations be increased as a result thereof. A Participant that would be a Foreign Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.8 unless the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant complies with Section 2.8.5 as though it were a Lender.

13.3.6 Certain Pledges. Any Lender may at any time pledge all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note, if any) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or foreclosure with respect to any such pledge shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee for such Lender as a party hereto.

13.4 Administrative Matters.

13.4.1 Amendment, Waiver, Consent, Etc. Except as otherwise provided herein or as to any term or provision hereof which specifically provides for the consent or approval of the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders and/or the Lenders, as applicable, no term or provision of this Loan Agreement or any other Loan Document may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated, nor may any consent required or

 

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permitted by this Loan Agreement or any other Loan Document be given, unless such change, waiver, discharge, termination or consent receives the written approval of the Required Lenders; provided that , no such waiver and no such amendment, waiver, supplement, modification or release shall:

(a) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment or mandatory prepayment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby,

(b) amend, modify or waive any provision of this Section 13.4 without the written consent of each Lender,

(c) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan, or (subject to clause (iv) of the proviso at the end of this Section 13.4.1 ) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby; provided , however , that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to amend the definition of “ Default Rate ” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the Default Rate,

(d) change the definition of “ Required Lenders ” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder without the written consent of each Lender,

(e) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Article 11 ) without the written consent of such Lender,

(f) release or waive any guaranty of the Obligations or indemnifications provided in the Loan Documents except to the extent the release of the Guarantor is permitted by this Agreement (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone) without the written consent of each Lender;

(g) require or accept any Collateral for the benefit of the Lenders other than on a pro rata basis, without the written consent of each Lender;

(h) require or accept one or more guarantees for the benefit of the Lenders other than on a pro rata basis, without the written consent of each Lender; or

(i) change Section 11.2 or Section 12.2 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender;

 

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and, provided further , that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (ii) the Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.

13.4.2 Deemed Consent or Approval. With respect to any requested amendment, waiver, consent or other action which requires the approval of the Required Lenders or all of the Lenders, as the case may be, in accordance with the terms of this Loan Agreement, or if the Administrative Agent is required hereunder to seek, or desires to seek, the approval of the Required Lenders or all of the Lenders, as the case may be, prior to undertaking a particular action or course of conduct, the Administrative Agent in each such case shall provide each Lender with written notice of any such request for amendment, waiver or consent or any other requested or proposed action or course of conduct, accompanied by such detailed background information and explanations as may be reasonably necessary to determine whether to approve or disapprove such amendment, waiver, consent or other action or course of conduct. The Administrative Agent may (but shall not be required to unless so requested by the Borrower) include in any such notice, printed in capital letters or boldface type, a legend substantially to the following effect:

“THIS COMMUNICATION REQUIRES IMMEDIATE RESPONSE. FAILURE TO RESPOND WITHIN TEN (10) CALENDAR DAYS FROM THE RECEIPT OF THIS COMMUNICATION SHALL CONSTITUTE A DEEMED APPROVAL BY THE ADDRESSEE OF THE ACTION REQUESTED BY THE BORROWER OR THE COURSE OF CONDUCT PROPOSED BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND RECITED ABOVE”,

and if (and only if) the foregoing legend is included by the Administrative Agent in its communication, a Lender shall be deemed to have approved or consented to such action or course of conduct for all purposes hereunder if such Lender fails to object to such action or course of conduct by written notice to the Administrative Agent within ten (10) calendar days of such Lender’s receipt of such notice.

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15. GENERAL PROVISIONS.

15.1 Notices.

(a) Notices Generally. Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in subsection (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 telecopier as follows, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:

(i) if to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 15.1 ; and

(ii) if to any other Lender, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire.

Notices and other communications sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices and other communications sent by telecopier 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 delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in subsection (b) below, shall be effective as provided in such subsection (b).

(b) Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to a Lender hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender pursuant to Section 2 if such Lender has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. 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), provided that if such notice 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, 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.

 

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(c) The Platform. THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING 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 BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “ Agent Parties ”) have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrower’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials through the Internet, except to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses 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 Agent Party; provided, however, that in no event shall any Agent Party have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other Person for indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).

(d) Change of Address, Etc. Each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. Each other Lender may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. In addition, each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to time to ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record (i) an effective address, contact name, telephone number, telecopier number and electronic mail address to which notices and other communications may be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such Lender. Furthermore, each Public Lender agrees to cause at least one individual at or on behalf of such Public Lender to at all times have selected the “Private Side Information” or similar designation on the content declaration screen of the Platform in order to enable such Public Lender or its delegate, in accordance with such Public Lender’s compliance procedures and applicable Law, including United States Federal and state securities Laws, to make reference to Borrower Materials that are not made available through the “Public Side Information” portion of the Platform and that may contain material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its securities for purposes of United States Federal or state securities Laws.

 

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(e) Reliance by Administrative Agent and Lenders. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic Loan Notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower even if (i) such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the Related Parties of each of them from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower. All telephonic notices to and other telephonic communications with the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.

15.2 Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the “ Maximum Rate ”). If the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the Borrower. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by the Administrative Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.

15.3 [Reserved].

15.4 [Reserved].

15.5 Parties Bound. The provisions of this Agreement and of each of the other Loan Documents shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders and their respective successors and assigns, except as otherwise prohibited by this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.

This Agreement is a contract by and among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders for their mutual benefit, and no third Person shall have any right, claim or interest against either Administrative Agent, any of the Lenders or the Borrower by virtue of any provision hereof.

15.6 Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Mutual Waiver of Jury Trial.

15.6.1 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

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15.6.2 SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK LOCATED WITHIN THE FIRST DEPARTMENT OF THE NEW YORK STATE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF 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 AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO 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 COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE 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 OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AGAINST THE BORROWER OR ANY OTHER LOAN PARTY OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.

15.6.3 WAIVER OF VENUE. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN SECTION 15.6.2 . EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.

15.6.4 SERVICE OF PROCESS. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 15.1 . NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

15.6.5 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY 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 ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER

 

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BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON 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 AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

15.7 Survival. All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof. Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by the Administrative Agent and each Lender, regardless of any investigation made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default at the time of any Credit Extension, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied.

15.8 Cumulative Rights. All of the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder and under each of the other Loan Documents and any other agreement now or hereafter executed in connection herewith or therewith, shall be cumulative and may be exercised singly, together, or in such combination as Administrative Agent may determine in its sole good faith judgment.

15.9 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.

15.9.1 Costs and Expenses. The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and the Co-Syndication Agents and their respective Affiliates (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Co-Syndication Agents), in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), and (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent or any Lender), in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights (A) in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or (B) in connection with the Loans made hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans.

 

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15.9.2 Indemnification by the Borrower. The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), 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, damages, liabilities and related expenses (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee), incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any third party or by the Borrower or any other Loan Party arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or, in the case of the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof) and its Related Parties only, the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including in respect of any matters addressed in Section 2.8 ), (ii) any Loan or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom, (iii) any actual presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by the Borrower or any Loan Party in violation of any Environmental Legal Requirements, or any environmental liability of CRT, the Borrower or any Loan Party, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by the Borrower or any other Loan Party, 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 breach in bad faith of such Indemnitee’s obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, if the Borrower or such other Loan Party has obtained a final and nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.

15.9.3 Reimbursement by Lenders. To the extent that the Borrower for any reason fails to indefeasibly pay any amount required hereunder Sections 15.9.1 or  15.9.2 to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof) or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s Commitment 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 (or any such sub-agent) in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) in connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders under this Section 15.9.3 are subject to the provisions of Section 12.2 .

15.9.4 Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, the Borrower shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, and the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall not assert, and hereby waives any claim against a Loan Party, 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, any other Loan

 

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Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof, with the exception of any such damages claimed against the Administrative Agent or any Lender by a third party as to which the Administrative Agent and each Lender has a right of indemnification from the Borrower under Section 15.9.2 . No Indemnitee referred to in Section 15.9.2 above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed to such unintended recipients by such Indemnitee through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby other than for direct or actual damages resulting from a claim described in clause (x) or (y) of Section 15.9.2 .

15.9.5 Payments. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than ten (10) Business Days after demand therefor.

15.9.6 Survival. The agreements in this Section shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Total Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations.

15.10 Regarding Consents. Except to the extent expressly provided herein, any and all consents to be made hereunder by the Administrative Agent, Required Lenders, or Lenders shall be in the discretion of the Party to whom consent rights are given hereunder.

15.11 Obligations Absolute. Except to the extent prohibited by applicable law which cannot be waived, the Obligations of Borrower and the obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents and Swap Contracts shall be joint and several, absolute, unconditional and irrevocable and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents and Swap Contracts under all circumstances whatsoever, including, without limitation, the existence of any claim, set off, defense or other right which Borrower or any Loan Party may have at any time against the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders whether in connection with the Loan, any Swap Contract or any unrelated transaction.

15.12 Table of Contents, Title and Headings . Any Table of Contents, the titles and the headings of sections are not parts of this Loan Agreement or any other Loan Document and shall not be deemed to affect the meaning or construction of any of its or their provisions.

15.13 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents 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 5.1 , this Agreement shall become effective when the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each party hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy or other electronic imaging means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

 

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15.14 Satisfaction of Commitment Letter. The Loan being made pursuant to the terms hereof and of the other Loan Documents is being made in satisfaction of Administrative Agent’s and each of the Lenders’ obligations under the Commitment Letter. The terms, provisions and conditions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents supersede the provisions of the Commitment Letter.

15.15 Time Of the Essence. Time is of the essence of each provision of this Agreement and each other Loan Document.

15.16 No Oral Change. This Loan Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents may only be amended, terminated, extended or otherwise modified by a writing signed by the party against which enforcement is sought (except no such writing shall be required for any party which, pursuant to a specific provision of any Loan Document, is required to be bound by changes without such party’s assent). In no event shall any oral agreements, promises, actions, inactions, knowledge, course of conduct, course of dealings or the like be effective to amend, terminate, extend or otherwise modify this Loan Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.

15.17 Monthly Statements. While the Administrative Agent may issue invoices or other statements on a monthly or periodic basis (a “ Statement ”), it is expressly acknowledged and agreed that: (i) the failure of the Administrative Agent to issue any Statement on one or more occasions shall not affect the Borrower’s obligations to make payments under the Loan Documents as and when due; (ii) the inaccuracy of any Statement shall not be binding upon Lenders and so the Borrower shall always remain obligated to pay the full amount(s) required under the Loan Documents as and when due notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in any Statement; (iii) all Statements are issued for information purposes only and shall never constitute any type of offer, acceptance, modification, or waiver of the Loan Documents or any of Lenders’ rights or remedies thereunder; and (iv) in no event shall any Statement serve as the basis for, or a component of, any course of dealing, course of conduct, or trade practice which would modify, alter, or otherwise affect the express written terms of the Loan Documents.

15.18 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. In connection with all aspects of each transaction completed hereby, the Borrower and each other Loan Party acknowledges and agrees that: (i) the credit facility provided for hereunder and any related arranging or other services in connection therewith (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document) are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Borrower, each other Loan Party and their respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the Arranger, on the other hand, and the Borrower and each other Loan Party is capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or thereof); and (ii) the Administrative Agent and the Arranger have not provided and will not provide any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby (including any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document) and each of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate. Each of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, any

 

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claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent and the Arranger with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty. The Administrative Agent, each Lender and their respective affiliates may have economic interests that conflict with those of the Loan Parties, their stockholders and/or their affiliates.

15.19 USA PATRIOT Act. Each Lender that is subject to the Act (as hereinafter defined) and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “ Act ”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower and each other Loan Party, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and each other Loan Party and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify the Borrower and each other Loan Party in accordance with the Act. The Borrower shall, promptly following a request by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, provide all documentation and other information that the Administrative Agent or such Lender requests in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Act.

15.20 Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent 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’ respective partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, advisors and representatives to the extent such parties require such information in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (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), (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it (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, (d) to any other party hereto, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or any Eligible Assignee invited to be a Lender pursuant to Section 2.1.1 or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower and its obligations, (g) with the consent of the Borrower or (h) to the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (y) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower. In addition, each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may disclose the existence of this Agreement and the information about this Agreement to service providers to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with the administration and management of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

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For purposes of this Section, “ Information ” means all information received from the Borrower or any Subsidiary relating to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower or any Subsidiary. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.

Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders acknowledges that (a) the Information may include material non-public information concerning the Borrower or a Subsidiary, as the case may be, (b) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information and (c) it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with applicable Law, including United States Federal and state securities Laws.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered as of the date first written above.

 

BORROWER:    

CEDAR REALTY TRUST PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a

Delaware limited partnership

    By:   Cedar Realty Trust, Inc., its general partner
      By:   /s/ ROBIN ZEIGLER
      Name:   Robin Zeigler
      Title:   Chief Operating Officer

 

[Signature page to Loan Agreement]


ADMINISTRATIVE

AGENT:

    KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
    By:   /s/ GREGORY W. LANE
      Gregory W. Lane
      Vice President

 

[Signature page to Loan Agreement]


LENDER:     REGIONS BANK
    By:   /s/ KYLE D. UPTON
    Name:   Kyle D. Upton
    Title:   Vice President

 

[Signature page to Loan Agreement]


LENDER:     KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
    By:   /s/ GREGORY W. LANE
      Gregory W. Lane
      Vice President

 

[Signature page to Loan Agreement]


LENDER:     BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY
    By:   /s/ AHAZ ARMSTRONG
    Name:   Ahaz Armstrong
    Title:   Vice President

 

[Signature page to Loan Agreement]


LENDER:     RAYMOND JAMES BANK, N.A.
    By:   /s/ ALEXANDER L. RODY
    Name:   Alexander L. Rody
    Title:   Senior Vice President

 

[Signature page to Loan Agreement]


LENDER:     MANUFACTURERS AND TRADERS TRUST COMPANY
    By:   /s/ PETER J. OSTROWSKI
    Name:   Peter J. Ostrowski
    Title:   Vice President

 

[Signature page to Loan Agreement]


LENDER:     CAPITAL ONE, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
    By:   /s/ FREDERICK H. DENECKE
    Name:   Frederick H. Denecke
    Title:   Senior Vice President

 

[Signature page to Loan Agreement]


SCHEDULE 1.1(a)

COMMITMENTS

AND COMMITMENT PERCENTAGES

 

Lender

   Total
Commitment
     Percentage of
Facility
 

Regions Bank

   $ 25,000,000.00         25

Branch Banking and Trust Company

   $ 25,000,000.00         25

KeyBank National Association

   $ 15,000,000.00         15

Capital One, National Association

   $ 15,000,000.00         15

Raymond James Bank, NA.

   $ 10,000,000.00         10

Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company

   $ 10,000,000.00         10
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 100,000,000.00         100

 

SCHEDULE 1.1(a) - 1


SCHEDULE 4

AUTHORIZED OFFICERS

1. Bruce J. Schanzer, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. and the Borrowing Base Property Owners

2. Robin McBride Zeigler, Chief Operating Officer of Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. and the Borrowing Base Property Owners

3. Philip R. Mays, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. and the Borrowing Base Property Owners

 

SCHEDULE 4 - 1


SCHEDULE 6.4

OWNERSHIP INTERESTS AND TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS

OF LOAN PARTIES

 

Legal Name of

Loan Party

  

State of

Organization

   Partners/Members   

Tax

Identification

     Number     

   Borrowing
Base
Property
     Owner     
   Prop
Ref.
     No     
Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P.    Delaware    N/A    11-3440066    No   
Cedar Realty Trust, Inc.    Maryland    N/A    42-1241468    No   
Cedar-South Philadelphia I, LLC    Delaware    Cedar-South Philadelphia II, LLC (100%)    90-0082050    Yes    1
Cedar-South Philadelphia II, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (99.9%); CIF-Loyal Plaza Associates, Corp. (0.01%)    90-0082060    No    1
CIF- Loyal Plaza Associates, Corp.    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    42-1597273    No    1
Cedar-Riverview LP    Pennsylvania    Cedar-Riverview LLC (1% of common interests; general partner); CSC-Riverview LLC (99% of common interests; limited partner); Firehouse Realty Corp. (preferred limited partner); Reed Development Associates, Inc. (preferred limited partner); South River View Plaza, Inc. (preferred limited partner); River View Development Corp. (preferred limited partner); Riverview Commons, Inc. (preferred limited partner)    20-0422200    Yes    2

 

SCHEDULE 6.4 - 1


Legal Name of

Loan Party

  

State of

Organization

   Partners/Members   

Tax

Identification

     Number     

   Borrowing
Base
Property
     Owner     
   Prop
Ref.
     No     
Cedar-Riverview LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    20-0151534    No    2
CSC-Riverview LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    20-0151125    No    2
Cedar Lender LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    20-0447171    No    2
Cedar Dubois, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    20-0768567    Yes    3
Cedar Brickyard, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    20-2011661    Yes    4
Cedar Brickyard II, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    27-0844498    Yes    4
Cedar-Valley Plaza, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    42-1596164    Yes    5
Cedar-Glen Allen UK, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    20-3797757    Yes    6
Cedar-Fredericksburg UK, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    20-3797657    Yes    7
Cedar-Revere LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    20-3528504    Yes    8
Cedar-Palmyra, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    20-3897470    Yes    9

 

SCHEDULE 6.4 - 2


Legal Name of

Loan Party

  

State of

Organization

   Partners/Members   

Tax

Identification

     Number     

   Borrowing
Base
Property
     Owner     
   Prop
Ref.
     No     
Cedar-Fairview Commons, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    20-8241755    Yes    10
Cedar-Norwood, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    20-5610606    Yes    11
Cedar-Metro Square II, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    26-3478262    Yes    12
Greentree Road L.L.C. 1    Delaware    Greentree Road L.L.C. 2 (100%)    11-3620398    Yes    13
Greentree Road L.L.C. 2    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    11-3620395    No    13
Cedar-Bristol, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    20-8328145    Yes    14
Hamilton FC Associates, L.P.    Pennsylvania    Cedar-Hamilton, LLC (60%) and Hamilton FC General, LLC (0.01%) and Various Other Individuals (39.99%)    20-8783810    Yes    15
Cedar-Hamilton, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    26-2475771    No    15
Cedar-PC Plaza, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    26-1293357    Yes    16
Cedar-Trexler Plaza 2, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    20-5065081    Yes    17
Cedar-Trexler Plaza 3, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    20-5220380    Yes    17
Cedar-Campbelltown, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    26-1675368    Yes    18

 

SCHEDULE 6.4 - 3


Legal Name of

Loan Party

  

State of

Organization

   Partners/Members   

Tax

Identification

     Number     

   Borrowing
Base
Property
     Owner     
   Prop
Ref.
     No     
Cedar-Carll’s Corner, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    26-1286374    Yes    19
Washington Center L.L.C. 1    Delaware    Washington Center L.L.C. 2 (100%)    11-3620386    Yes    20
Washington Center L.L.C. 2    Delaware    Cedar Center Holdings L.L.C. 3 (100%)    11-3620385    No    20
Cedar Center Holdings L.L.C. 3    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    11-3632594    No    20
Academy Plaza L.L.C. 1    Delaware    Academy Plaza L.L.C. 2 (100%)    11-3620380    Yes    21
Academy Plaza L.L.C. 2    Delaware    Cedar Center Holdings L.L.C. 3 (100%)    11-3620382    No    21
Cedar Center Holdings L.L.C. 3    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    11-3632594    No    21
Port Richmond L.L.C. 1    Delaware    Port Richmond L.L.C. 2 (100%)    11-3620392    Yes    22
Port Richmond L.L.C. 2    Delaware    Cedar Center Holdings L.L.C. 3 (100%)    11-3620390    No    22
Cedar Center Holdings L.L.C. 3    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    11-3632594    No    22
Virginia Kempsville, LLC    Virginia    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. and Cedar-Second Member LLC    25-1823129    Yes    23
Cedar-Second Member LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    20-8845411    No    23

 

SCHEDULE 6.4 - 4


Legal Name of

Loan Party

  

State of

Organization

   Partners/Members   

Tax

Identification

     Number     

   Borrowing
Base
Property
     Owner     
   Prop
Ref.
     No     
Virginia General Booth, LLC    Virginia    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. and Cedar-Second Member LLC    25-1823132    Yes    24
Cedar-Second Member LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    20-8845411    No    24
Fort Washington Fitness, L.P.    Delaware    Cedar-Fort Washington, LLC (General Partner) and Cedar-Second Member LLC (Limited Partner)    13-4227049    Yes    25
Cedar-Fort Washington, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    54-2074245    No    25
Cedar-Second Member LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    20-8845411    No    25
Newport Plaza Associates, L.P.    Delaware    CIF-Newport Plaza Associates, LLC (General Partner) (1%) and Fairport Associates, L.P. (Limited Partner) (99%)    56-2312995    Yes    26
CIF-Newport Plaza Associates, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    59-3770320    No    26
Fairport Associates, L.P.    Delaware    CIF-Fairport Associates, LLC (General Partner) and Cedar-Second Member LLC (Limited Partner)    59-3763393    No    26
CIF-Fairport Associates, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    59-3763400    No    26

 

SCHEDULE 6.4 - 5


Legal Name of

Loan Party

  

State of

Organization

   Partners/Members   

Tax

Identification

     Number     

   Borrowing
Base
Property
     Owner     
   Prop
Ref.
     No     
Cedar-Second Member LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    20-8845411    No    26
Virginia Suffolk, LLC    Virginia    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. and Cedar-Second Member LLC    20-1823128    Yes    27
Cedar-Second Member LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    20-8845411    No    27
Halifax Plaza Associates, L.P.    Delaware    CIF-Halifax Plaza Associates, LLC (General Partner) (1%) and Fairport Associates, L.P. (Limited Partner) (99%)    56-2312992    Yes    28
CIF-Halifax Plaza Associates, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    59-3770319    No    28
Fairport Associates, L.P.    Delaware    CIF-Fairport Associates, LLC (General Partner) and Cedar-Second Member LLC (Limited Partner)    59-3763393    No    28
CIF Fairport Associates, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    59-3763400    No    28
Cedar-Second Member LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    20-8845411    No    28
Coliseum FF, LLC    Virginia    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. and Cedar-Second Member LLC    25-1819781    Yes    29
Cedar-Second Member LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    20-8845411    No    29

 

SCHEDULE 6.4 - 6


Legal Name of

Loan Party

  

State of

Organization

   Partners/Members   

Tax

Identification

     Number     

   Borrowing
Base
Property
     Owner     
   Prop
Ref.
     No     
Cedar-Kings, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    26-0532800    Yes    30
Cedar Quartermaster II, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Quartermaster Holding, LLC (100%)    46-4174145    Yes    31
Cedar Quartermaster Holding, LLC    Delaware   

Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (99.9%);

CIF-Loyal Plaza Associates, Corp. (0.1%)

   46-4248660    No    31
CIF-Loyal Plaza Associates, Corp.    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    42-1597273    No    31
Cedar Quartermaster III, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Quartermaster Holding, LLC (100%)    46-4186944    Yes    32
Cedar Quartermaster Holding, LLC    Delaware   

Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (99.9%)

CIF-Loyal Plaza Associates, Corp. (0.1%)

   46-4248660    No    32
CIF-Loyal Plaza Associates, Corp.    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    42-1597273    No    32
Cedar-Trexler, LLC    Delaware    Cedar-Trexler SPE, LLC (100%)    20-3916293    Yes    33
Cedar-Trexler SPE, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    20-3916335    No    33
Cedar-Yorktowne, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    26-0532880    Yes    34
Cedar-Fieldstone Marketplace, LP    Delaware    Cedar-Fieldstone SPE, LLC (100%)    20-3941157    Yes    35
Cedar-Fieldstone SPE, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    20-3941589    No    35

 

SCHEDULE 6.4 - 7


Legal Name of

Loan Party

  

State of

Organization

   Partners/Members   

Tax

Identification

     Number     

   Borrowing
Base
Property
     Owner     
   Prop
Ref.
     No     
Cedar-Mechanicsburg LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    20-2956328    Yes    36
Cedar-Elmhurst, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    20-5957270    Yes    37
Cedar-Timpany, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    26-1286225    Yes    38
CF Pottsgrove Associates, LP    Pennsylvania   

Cedar-Pottsgrove

General LLC

(0.01%) and Cedar

Pottsgrove LLC

(99.9%)

   20-8744143    Yes    39
Cedar-Pottsgrove General, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    46-4043688    No    39
Cedar-Pottsgrove, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    26-2647585    No    39
Cedar-Bethel, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    46-4039486    Yes    40
Cedar PCP-New London, LLC    Delaware    Cedar-New London SPE, LLC (100%)    26-3769424    Yes    41
Cedar-New London SPE, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    11-3440066    No    41
Cedar-Oak Ridge, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    20-5841437    Yes    42
Lawndale I, LP    Delaware    Lawndale II, LP (11%); Cedar Lawndale, LLC (89%)    11-3440066    Yes    43
Lawndale II, LP    Delaware    Lawndale III, LP (11%); Cedar Lawndale, LLC (89%)    11-3440066    No    43

 

SCHEDULE 6.4 - 8


Legal Name of

Loan Party

  

State of

Organization

   Partners/Members   

Tax

Identification

     Number     

   Borrowing
Base
Property
     Owner     
   Prop
Ref.
     No     
Lawndale III, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Lawndale, LLC (100%)    11-3440066    No    43
Cedar Lawndale, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (99.9%); CIF-Loyal Plaza Associates, Corp. (0.1%)    47-3105507    No    43
CIF-Loyal Plaza Associates, Corp.    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    42-1597273    No    43
Pine Grove Plaza Associates, LLC    Delaware    CIF-Pine Grove Plaza Associates, LLC (100%)    11-3440066    Yes    44
CIF-Pine Grove Plaza Associates, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    11-3440066    No    44
Cedar Quartermaster, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Quartermaster Holding, LLC (100%)    46-4248660    Yes    45
Cedar Quartermaster Holding, LLC    Delaware    CIF-Loyal Plaza Associates, Corp. (0.1%); Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (99.9%)    46-4248660    No    45
CIF-Loyal Plaza Associates, Corp.    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    42-1597273    No    45
Cedar-Groton, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    11-3440066    Yes    46
Cedar-Jordan Lane, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    11-3440066    Yes    47
Cedar Southington Plaza, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    11-3440066    Yes    48
Cedar-Kutztown, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    11-3440066    Yes    49

 

SCHEDULE 6.4 - 9


Legal Name of

Loan Party

  

State of

Organization

   Partners/Members   

Tax

Identification

     Number     

   Borrowing
Base
Property
     Owner     
   Prop
Ref.
     No     
Oakland Mills Business Trust    Maryland    Cedar Oakland Mills, LLC (100%)    11-3440066    Yes    50
Cedar Oakland Mills, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    11-3440066    No    50
Gold Star Plaza Associates    Pennsylvania    Gold Star Realty, Inc. (1% General Partner); Cedar -Second Member, LLC (99% Limited Partner)    23-2935086    Yes    51
Gold Star Realty, Inc.    Pennsylvania    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    23-2934424    No    51
Cedar Second Member, LLC    Delaware    Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (100%)    20-8845411    No    51

 

SCHEDULE 6.4 - 10


SCHEDULE 6.14.2

BORROWING BASE PROPERTIES

 

Legal Name of Loan

Property/Property

Owner

  

Borrowing Base

Property/Purchase Options

     Fee Simple or
Leasehold Estate
     Prop. Ref.
No.

Cedar-South

Philadelphia I, LLC

  

South Philadelphia Shopping

Plaza

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

     Fee Simple      1
Cedar-Riverview LP   

Riverview Shopping Center

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

     Fee Simple (Parking is Leasehold)      2
Cedar Dubois, LLC   

Dubois Commons Shopping

Center

Sandy, Pennsylvania

     Fee Simple      3

Cedar Brickyard, LLC

Cedar Brickyard II, LLC

  

Brickyard Shopping Center

Berlin, Connecticut

     Fee Simple      4
Cedar-Valley Plaza, LLC   

Valley Plaza Shopping Center,

Hagerstown, Maryland

     Fee Simple      5
Cedar-Glen Allen UK, LLC   

Ukrop’s Shopping Center,

Glen Allen, Virginia

 

Ukrop’s Super Markets, Inc. has a

purchase option.

     Fee Simple      6

Cedar-Fredericksburg

UK, LLC

  

Ukrop’s Shopping Center,

Fredericksburg, Virginia

 

Ukrop’s Super Markets, Inc. has a

purchase option.

     Fee Simple      7
Cedar-Revere LLC   

Unit 2 of The Shops at Suffolk

Downs Condominium,

Revere, Massachusetts

 

The Stop & Shop Supermarket

Company LLC has a purchase

option.

     Fee Simple      8
Cedar-Palmyra, LLC   

Palmyra Shopping Center

Palmyra, Pennsylvania

     Fee Simple      9

Cedar-Fairview

Commons, LLC

  

Fairview Commons

Fairview Township, Pennsylvania

     Fee Simple      10

 

SCHEDULE 6.14.2 - 1


Legal Name of Loan

Property/Property

Owner

  

Borrowing Base

Property/Purchase Options

     Fee Simple or
Leasehold Estate
     Prop. Ref.
No.
Cedar-Norwood, LLC   

Hannaford Plaza

Norwood, Massachusetts

     Fee Simple      11
Cedar-Metro Square II, LLC   

Metro Square at Owings Mills,

Owings Mills, Maryland

     Fee Simple      12
Greentree Road L.L.C. 1   

Washington Center Shops,

Washington, New Jersey

     Fee Simple      13
Cedar-Bristol, LLC   

Oakland Commons, Bristol,

Connecticut

     Fee Simple      14

Hamilton FC

Associates, L.P.

  

Crossroads II Shopping Center,

Dunmore, PA

     Fee Simple      15
Cedar-PC Plaza, LLC   

Price Chopper Plaza, Webster,

MA

     Fee Simple      16

Cedar-Trexler Plaza 2,

LLC and Cedar-Trexler

Plaza 3, LLC

  

Trexler Plaza Shopping Center,

Lower and Upper Macungie

Townships, PA

     Fee Simple      17
Cedar-Campbelltown, LLC   

Northside Commons Shopping

Center, South Londonderry

Township, PA

     Fee Simple      18
Cedar-Carll’s Corner   

Carll’s Corner, 15 Cornwell

Drive, Bridgeton, NJ

     Fee Simple      19

Washington Center

L.L.C. 1

  

Washington Center, 415 Egg

Harbor Road, Sewell, NJ

     Fee Simple      20
Academy Plaza L.L.C. 1   

Academy Plaza, 3200-3296 Red

Lion Road, Philadelphia, PA

     Fee Simple      21
Port Richmond L.L.C. 1   

Port Richmond, 2401-2499

Aramingo Ave., Philadelphia, PA

     Fee Simple      22

Virginia Kempsville,

LLC

  

Kempsville Crossing, 1830

Kempsville Rd., Virginia Beach,

VA

     Fee Simple      23

Virginia General Booth,

LLC

  

General Booth Shopping Center,

1615 General Booth Blvd.,

Virginia Beach, VA

     Fee Simple      24

 

SCHEDULE 6.14.2 - 2


Legal Name of Loan

Property/Property

Owner

  

Borrowing Base

Property/Purchase Options

     Fee Simple or
Leasehold Estate
     Prop. Ref.
No.

Fort Washington

Fitness, L.P.

  

LA Fitness Facility, 1175 Virginia

Rd., Fort Washington, PA

     Fee Simple      25

Newport Plaza

Associates, L.P.

  

Newport Plaza, 2-18 Newport

Plaza, Newport, PA

     Fee Simple      26
Virginia Suffolk, LLC   

Suffolk Plaza, 1401 N. Main St.,

Suffolk, VA

     Fee Simple      27
Halifax Plaza Associates, L.P.   

Halifax Plaza, 3761-3777 Peters

Mountain Rd., Halifax, PA

     Fee Simple      28
Cedar-Kings, LLC   

Kings Plaza

1024 Kings Highway

New Bedford, MA 02745

     Fee Simple      29
Coliseum FF, LLC   

Coliseum Marketplace,

2170 Coliseum Dr.

Hampton, VA 23466

     Fee Simple      30
Cedar Quartermaster II, LLC   

Quartermaster Shopping Center

Oregon Ave. and 23 rd St.

Philadelphia, PA 19145

     Fee Simple      31
Cedar Quartermaster III, LLC   

Quartermaster Shopping Center

Oregon Ave. and 23 rd St.

Philadelphia, PA 19145

     Fee Simple      32
Cedar-Trexler, LLC   

Trexler Mall

6900 Hamilton Blvd.

Trexlertown, PA 18087

     Fee Simple      33
Cedar-Yorktowne, LLC   

Yorktowne Plaza

122 Cranbrook Road

Cockeysville, MD 21030

     Fee Simple      34
Cedar-Mechanicsburg LLC   

Mechanicsburg Center

5301 Simpson Ferry Road

Mechanicsburg, PA 17055

     Fee Simple      35

Cedar-Fieldstone

Marketplace, LP

  

Fieldstone Marketplace

500 Kings Highway

New Bedford, MA 02745

     Fee Simple      36
Cedar-Elmhurst, LLC   

Elmhurst Square

5600 Portsmouth Blvd.

Portsmouth, VA 23701

     Fee Simple      37
Cedar-Timpany, LLC   

Timpany Plaza

360 Timpany Blvd.

Gardner, MA 01440

     Fee Simple      38

 

SCHEDULE 6.14.2 - 3


Legal Name of Loan

Property/Property

Owner

  

Borrowing Base

Property/Purchase Options

     Fee Simple or
Leasehold Estate
     Prop. Ref.
No.

CF Pottsgrove

Associates, LP

  

Upland Square

Route 100 and Upland Square Dr.

Pottstown, PA 19464

     Fee Simple      39
Cedar-Bethel, LLC   

Big Y Shopping Center

Old Hawleyville Rd. & Stony Hill

Rd.

Bethel, CT 06801

     Fee Simple      40

Cedar PCP-New

London, LLC

  

New London Mall, 317, 351 &

369 North Frontage Road, New

London, Connecticut

     Fee Simple      41
Cedar-Oak Ridge, LLC   

Oak Ridge Shopping Center, 1524

Holland Road, Suffolk, Virginia

     Fee Simple      42
Lawndale I, LP   

Lawndale Plaza, 6301-6395

Oxford Avenue, Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania

     Fee Simple      43

Pine Grove Plaza

Associates, LLC

  

Pine Grove Plaza, 18 Broadway

Street, Brown Mills, New Jersey

     Fee Simple      44
Cedar Quartermaster, LLC   

Quartermaster Shopping Center,

Oregon Ave. and 23 rd St.

Philadelphia, PA 19145

     Fee Simple      45
Cedar-Groton, LLC   

Groton Shopping Center, 646-720

Long Hill Road, Groton,

Connecticut

     Fee Simple      46

Cedar-Jordan Lane,

LLC

  

Jordan Lane Shopping Center,

1380-1420 Berlin Turnpike,

Wethersfield, Connecticut

     Fee Simple      47

Cedar Southington

Plaza, LLC

  

Walmart Shopping Center, 235

Queen Street, Southington,

Connecticut

     Fee Simple      48
Cedar-Kutztown, LLC   

Kutztown Shopping Center,

Kutztown Road and Sheradin

Road, Maxatawny Township,

Pennsylvania

     Fee Simple      49

 

SCHEDULE 6.14.2 - 4


Legal Name of Loan

Property/Property

Owner

  

Borrowing Base

Property/Purchase Options

     Fee Simple or
Leasehold Estate
     Prop. Ref.
No.

Oakland Mills Business

Trust

  

Oakland Mills Village Center,

5865 Robert Oliver Place,

Columbia, Maryland

     Fee Simple      50

Gold Star Plaza

Associates

  

Gold Star Plaza, 1 Gold Star

Highway (Route 924),

Shenandoah, Pennsylvania

     Fee Simple      51

 

SCHEDULE 6.14.2 - 5


SCHEDULE 6.14.3

ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTS

 

Legal Name of Loan
Party/Property

Owner

    

Environmental Report

    

Prop. Ref. No.

Cedar-South

Philadelphia I, LLC

     Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, South Philadelphia Shopping Plaza, 24 th Street, and Passyunk Avenue, South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19145, prepared by EMG, dated January 11, 2012      1
Cedar-Riverview LP      Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, Riverview Plaza, 1100-1400 South Christopher Columbus Boulevard and 1401 South Water Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19147, prepared by IVI Assessment Services, Inc., dated December 19, 2011      2
Cedar Dubois, LLC      Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, Commons at DuBois Site, 118-324 Commons Drive, Sandy Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, prepared by BL Companies Pennsylvania, Inc., dated December 21, 2011      3

Cedar Brickyard, LLC

Cedar Brickyard II,

LLC

     Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, Brickyard Plaza Shopping Center, 129 & 225-295 Berlin Turnpike, Town of Berlin, Hartford County, Connecticut, prepared by BL Companies Pennsylvania, Inc., dated December 21, 2011      4

Cedar-Valley Plaza,

LLC

     Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, Valley Plaza Shopping Center, 1701 to 1729 Massey Boulevard, Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland 31525, prepared by Eckland Consultants Inc., dated January 12, 2012      5

Cedar-Glen Allen

UK, LLC

     Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Report, Martin’s Food & Drugstore, 10150 Brook Road, Glen Allen, Virginia, prepared by ECS Mid-Atlantic, LLC, dated December 19, 2011      6

Cedar-Fredericksburg

UK, LLC

     Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Report, Former Ukrop’s Grocery Store, 4503 Plank Road, Fredericksburg, Virginia 22407, prepared by ECS Mid-Atlantic, LLC, dated December 23, 2011      7
Cedar-Revere LLC      Draft Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, The Shops and Suffolk Downs, Furlong Drive, Revere, Massachusetts, prepared by Sanborn, Head & Associates, Inc., dated December 16, 2011      8

 

SCHEDULE 6.14.3 - 1


    

 

Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, The Shops and Suffolk Downs, Furlong Drive, Revere, Massachusetts, prepared by Sanborn, Head & Associates, Inc., dated February 2010

    
Cedar-Palmyra, LLC      Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, Palmyra Shopping Center Site, 901 East Main Street, Borough of Palmyra, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, prepared by BL Companies Pennsylvania, Inc., dated December 21, 2011      9
Cedar-Fairview Commons, LLC      Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, Fairview Commons Shopping Center, 110 Old York Road, Fairview Township, York County, Pennsylvania, prepared by Mountain Research, LLC, dated December 2011      10
Cedar-Norwood, LLC     

Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, Hannaford Plaza Site, 418-444 Walpole Street, Town of Norwood, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, prepared by BL Companies Pennsylvania, Inc., dated December 21, 2011

 

Phase II Environmental Site Assessment, Hannaford Plaza 418-444 Walpole Street, Norwood, Massachusetts, prepared by Professional Service Industries, Inc., dated September 25, 2006

     11

Cedar-Metro Square

II, LLC

     Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Report, Metro Square at Owings Mills, 11130 Reisterstown Road, Owings Mills, Baltimore County, Maryland, prepared by Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc., dated December 19, 2011      12
Greentree Road L.L.C. 1      Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, 304 Greentree Road, Block 193, Lot 5, Washington Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey, prepared by Brinkerhoff Environmental Services, Inc., December 20, 2011      13
Cedar-Bristol, LLC      Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, Shaws Supermarket, 325 Oakland Street, Bristol, Connecticut 06010, prepared by EBI Consulting, dated December 20, 2011      14
Hamilton FC Associates, L.P.      Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, Shoppes at Crossroads Site, 3560 and 3578 Route 611, Townships of Stroud and Hamilton, Monroe County, Pennsylvania, prepared by BL Companies Pennsylvania, Inc., dated December 22, 2011      15
Cedar-PC Plaza, LLC      Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Report, Price Chopper Plaza, 112, 118 & 120 E Main Street, Webster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, prepared by Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc., dated December 18, 2011      16

 

SCHEDULE 6.14.3 - 2


    

 

Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Report, Price Chopper Plaza, East Main Street, Webster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, prepared by Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc., dated September 2009

    

Cedar-Trexler Plaza

2, LLC and Cedar-

Trexler Plaza 3, LLC

    

Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, Trexlertown Plaza Shopping Center, 7150 Hamilton Boulevard, Trexlertown, Pennsylvania, 18087, prepared by IVI Assessment Services, Inc., dated December 19, 2011

 

Report of Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, Proposed Tractor Supply Company, 7450 Hamilton Boulevard, Trexlertown, Pennsylvania 18087, prepared by Professional Service Industries, Inc., dated April 22, 2011

 

Report of Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, Automobile Dealership, 7450 Hamilton Boulevard, Trexlertown, Pennsylvania 18087, prepared by Professional Service Industries, Inc., dated December 3, 2010

 

Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Report, Mobile Home Park, 7450 Hamilton Boulevard, Trexlertown, Pennsylvania 18087, prepared by Professional Service Industries, Inc., dated January 18, 2008

 

Report of Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, Automobile Dealership, 7450 Hamilton Boulevard, Trexlertown, Pennsylvania 18087, prepared by Professional Service Industries, Inc., dated February 26, 2007

     17

Cedar-Campbelltown,

LLC

     Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, Northside Commons Shopping Center Site, 103-112 Northside Drive, South Londonberry Township, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, prepared by BL Companies Pennsylvania, Inc., dated December 21, 2011      18
Cedar-Carll’s Corner      Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, Carll’s Corner Shopping Center Site, 9-47 Cornwell Drive and 1070 North Pearl Street, Upper Deerfield Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey, prepared by BL Companies Pennsylvania, Inc., dated May 30, 2012.      19

 

SCHEDULE 6.14.3 - 3


Washington Center

L.L.C. 1

    

Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Report, Washington Center, 415 Egg Harbor Road, Sewell, New Jersey 08080, prepared by Professional Service Industries, Inc., dated September 12, 2012

 

Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Report, Washington Center, 415 Egg Harbor Road, Sewell, New Jersey 08080, prepared by LandAmerica Assessment Corporation, dated October 17, 2007

 

Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (Update), Washington Centre Shoppes, 415 Egg Harbor Road, Block 193, Lots 5.01 and 6, Sewell Gloucester County, New Jersey, prepared by Brinkerhoff Environmental Services, Inc., dated July 11, 2001

     20
Academy Plaza L.L.C. 1      Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, Academy Plaza, 3200-3280 Red Lion Road, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, prepared by Brinkerhoff Environmental Services, Inc., dated July 12, 2001      21

Port Richmond

L.L.C. 1

    

Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Report, 2401-2499 Aramingo Avenue, Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19125, prepared by Professional Service Industries, Inc., dated February 25, 2013

 

Report of Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, Port Richmond Village Shopping Center, 2401 Aramingo Avenue, Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19125, prepared by Professional Service Industries, Inc., dated June 3, 2008

 

Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (Phase I/II ESA Addendum), Port Richmond Village Shopping Center, 2403-2499 Aramingo Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, prepared by Brinkerhoff Environmental Services, Inc., dated July 11, 2001

 

Phase II Environmental Site Assessment, Port Richmond Village Shopping Center, 2403-2499 Aramingo Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, prepared by Dames & Moore, dated January 17, 1996

     22

 

SCHEDULE 6.14.3 - 4


Virginia Kempsville,

LLC

     Phase I Environmental Assessment, Kempsville Shopping Center, 1830 & 1832 Kempsville Road, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23464, prepared by Property Solutions Inc., dated December 16, 1998      23
Virginia General Booth, LLC      Phase I Environmental Assessment, General Booth Shopping Center, 1615 General Booth Boulevard, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23454, prepared by Property Solutions Inc., dated December 17, 1998      24
Fort Washington Fitness, L.P.      Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, LA Fitness, 1175 Virginia Drive, Ft. Washington, Pennsylvania, prepared by EBI Consulting, dated November 11, 2007      25
Newport Plaza Associates, L.P.      Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, Newport Plaza, Route 34, 2-18 Newport Plaza, Newport, Perry County, Pennsylvania 10774, prepared by Eckland Consultant, Inc., dated August 22, 2002      26
Virginia Suffolk, LLC      Phase I Environmental Assessment, Farm Fresh Store and Pharmacy, Suffolk, Virginia, prepared by Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc., dated June 8, 2005      27
Halifax Plaza Associates, L.P.      Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, 3616 Peters Mountain Road, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, prepared by Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc., dated December 16, 2005      28
Cedar-Kings, LLC     

Kings Plaza-Environmental-2004-05-28-Phase I

Kings Plaza-Environmental-2007-06-05-Phase I

     29
Coliseum FF, LLC      [_______________________________]      30

Cedar Quartermaster

II, LLC

     Quartermaster-Environmental-2002-09-17-EDR Radius Map      31

Cedar Quartermaster

III, LLC

     Quartermaster-Environmental-2002-10-02-Soil Gas Analysis      32
    

Quartermaster-Environmental-2003-04-17-Soil Screening and Health Safety Monitoring Protocol

Quartermaster-Environmental-2003-04-24-Conditions Summary

Quartermaster-Environmental-2003-04-24-HASP

Quartermaster-Environmental-2003-04-24-Soil Mgmt Plan

Quartermaster-Environmental-2003-04-24-Summary of Environmental Investigations (1)

Quartermaster-Environmental-2003-04-24-Summary of Environmental Investigations (2)

Quartermaster-Environmental-2003-04-24-Summary of Environmental Investigations (3)

    

 

SCHEDULE 6.14.3 - 5


    

Quartermaster-Environmental-2003-04-24-Summary of Environmental Investigations (4)

Quartermaster-Environmental-2003-04-24-Summary of Environmental Investigations (5)

Quartermaster-Environmental-2003-04-24-Summary of Environmental Investigations (6)

Quartermaster-Environmental-2003-04-24-Summary of Environmental Investigations (7)

Quartermaster-Environmental-2003-04-24-Summary of Environmental Investigations (8)

Quartermaster-Environmental-2003-04-24-Summary of Environmental Investigations (9)

Quartermaster-Environmental-2003-04-24-Summary of Environmental Investigations (10)

Quartermaster-Environmental-2003-04-24-Summary of Environmental Investigations (11)

Quartermaster-Environmental-2003-04-24-Summary of Environmental Investigations (12)

Quartermaster-Environmental-2003-04-24-Summary of Environmental Investigations (13)

Quartermaster-Environmental-2003-04-24-Summary of Environmental Investigations (14)

Quartermaster-Environmental-2013-10-31-Phase I

Quartermaster-Environmental-2014-03-14-Phase I

    
Cedar-Trexler, LLC     

Trexler Mall Phase I 3.12.00

Trexler Mall Phase I 7.26.05

Trexler Plaza Phase I Keybank.2011

     33

Cedar-Yorktowne,

LLC

    

Yorktowne Plaza Phase I 6.6.07

Yorktowne Plaza Phase II 6.13.07

Yorktowne Plaza Soil Vapor Sampling 6.21.07

     34

Cedar-Mechanicsburg

LLC

    

Mechanicsburg-Environmental-2002-10-29-Phase I

Mechanicsburg-Environmental-2002-12-19-Phase II

     35
Cedar-Fieldstone Marketplace, LP     

Fieldstone Marketplace-Environmental-2005-10-18-Phase I

Fieldstone Marketplace-Environmental-2007-05-03-CEC Memo

     36
Cedar-Elmhurst, LLC     

Elmhurst Square-Environmental-2004-12-03-Phase I

Elmhurst Square-Environmental-2006-09-01-Phase I

Elmhurst Square-Environmental-2006-10-04-Phase I

Elmhurst Square-Environmental-2006-11-01-Phase II

     37
Cedar-Timpany, LLC     

Timpany Plaza Phase I 3.16.07.pdf

Timpany-01-10-07 Phase IV RIP Pgs 401-450.pdf

     38

 

SCHEDULE 6.14.3 - 6


CF Pottsgrove Associates, LP     

Upland Square Environemntal-2008-09-25 Phase I

2007-05-02 Phase I ESA

2007-05-16 Giant Enviro Reliance Letter

     39
Cedar-Bethel, LLC     

Big Y-Environmental-2001-02-26-Phase I

Big Y-Environmental-2002-07-08-Phase I

Big Y-Environmental-2002-09-27-Phase I

Big Y-Environmental-2002-10-04-Phase II

Big Y-Environmental-2007-09-21-Phase I

Big Y-Environmental-2008-01-31-Phase I

Big Y-Environmental-2013-09-30-Phase I-ESA

     40

Cedar PCP-New

London, LLC

     Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, 317, 351 & 369 North Frontage Road, New London, Connecticut, Project No. 08L1612, September 5, 2008      41
Cedar-Oak Ridge, LLC      Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, Oak Ridge Shopping Center, Project No. 412-6F013, September 11, 2006      42
Lawndale I, LP     

Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, Lawndale Plaza, BL Project No. 14L4234, September 16, 2014

Phase II Limited Site Investigation, Lawndale Plaza, BL Project No. 14L4234, September 16, 2014

     43
Pine Grove Plaza Associates, LLC     

Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, Pine Grove Plaza, Project Number 7434-01-E, March 16, 2000

Updated Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, Pine Grove Plaza, Project Number 2377-01-E, March 12, 2003

Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, Pine Grove Plaza, AEC Project Number 05-130, August 5, 2005

     44

Cedar Quartermaster,

LLC

     Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, Quartermaster Plaza Shopping Center, Project No. CDRT 1301, March 14, 2014      45
Cedar-Groton, LLC     

Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, Groton Shopping Center, LM Project No. 773.006.03, June 6, 2007

Limited Phase II Site Investigation, Groton Shopping Center, BL Companies Project Number 07L1217, June 13, 2007

     46
Cedar-Jordan Lane, LLC     

Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Update, 1380-1420 Berlin Turnpike, Wethersfield, Connecticut, May 30, 2001

Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, Jordan Lane Shopping Center, CEC Project 051-591.0004, October 18, 2005

     47

 

SCHEDULE 6.14.3 - 7


Cedar Southington Plaza, LLC     

Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, Wal-Mart Shopping Center, PSI Project No. 800-3E005, May 2, 2003

Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, Southington Plaza, EBI Project #11053616, October 6, 2005

     48
Cedar-Kutztown, LLC      Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, Proposed Kutztown Shopping Center Site, BL Project No. 09C3154-B, March 6, 2009      49
Oakland Mills Business Trust     

Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, Oakland Mills Village Center, IVI Project No. E1116408, December 18, 2001

Phase II Environmental Site Assessment, Oakland Mills Village Center, IVI Project No. E2012730, January 23, 2002

Phase II Environmental Site Assessment, Oakland Mills Village Center, URS Project No. 15294628, September 19, 2003

Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, Oakland Mills Village, March 1, 2004

Phase II Environmental Site Assessment, Oakland Mills Village Center, URS Project No. 15294628 March 1, 2004

Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, Oakland Mills Village Center, CEC Project 051-271.0001, July 11, 2005

Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, Oakland Mills Shopping Center, AEC Project Number 05-200, November 14, 2005

     50
Gold Star Plaza Associates      Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, Gold Star Plaza Shopping Center, Project Number #06.0270, June 2, 2006      51

 

SCHEDULE 6.14.3 - 8


SCHEDULE 6.14.5

GROUND LEASES

That certain Lease, dated as of June 24, 1992, between Interstate Land Management Corporation and Riverview Commons, Inc.

That certain First Amendment to Lease, dated as of February 10, 1993, between Interstate Land Management Corporation and Riverview Commons, Inc.

That certain Lease, dated as of October 16, 1991, between Interstate Land Management Corporation and Riverview Commons, Inc.

That certain Assignment and Assumption of Lease Agreement and Estoppel Certificate, between Interstate Land Management Corporation and Riverview Commons, Inc. (with regard to the Lease dated June 24, 1992).

That certain Assignment and Assumption of Lease Agreement and Estoppel Certificate, between Interstate Land Management Corporation and Riverview Commons, Inc. (with regard to the Lease dated October 16, 1991).

As of the Closing Date, no ground lessor is an Affiliate of any Loan Party.

 

SCHEDULE 6.14.5 - 1


SCHEDULE 6.23.1

MAJOR LEASE LOCATIONS

 

Legal Name of Loan Party/Property Owner

  

Borrowing Base Property

  

Major Leases

   Square
Feet
     Prop.
Ref.
No.

Cedar-South Philadelphia I, LLC

  

South Philadelphia

Shopping Plaza

Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania

  

LA Fitness

Ross Dress for Less

Shop Rite

Dollar Tree

    

 

 

 

31,000

31,349

54,388

6,930

  

  

  

  

   1

Cedar-Riverview LP

  

Riverview Shopping

Center

Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania

  

Avalon Carpet, Tile, Etc.

Pep Boys

United Artist Theatre

Group

Staples

    

 

 

 

25,000

22,000

77,700

18,000

  

  

  

  

   2

Cedar Dubois, LLC

  

Dubois Commons

Shopping Center

Sandy, Pennsylvania

  

The Bon-Ton Dept

Stores

Dollar Tree

TJ Maxx

Petco

    

 

 

 

54,500

6,250

24,404

11,951

  

  

  

  

   3

Cedar Brickyard, LLC

Cedar Brickyard II, LLC

  

Brickyard Shopping

Center

Berlin, Connecticut

  

Home Depot

Kohl’s

Michael’s

    

 

 

103,003

58,966

21,429

  

  

  

   4

Cedar-Valley Plaza, LLC

  

Valley Plaza Shopping

Center, Hagerstown,

Maryland

  

K-Mart

Ollie’s Bargain Outlet

Tractor Supply Company

    

 

 

95,810

41,888

32,095

  

  

  

   5

Cedar-Glen Allen UK, LLC

  

Ukrop’s Shopping Center,

Glen Allen, Virginia

   Giant Food Store/Martin’s      63,328       6

Cedar-Fredericksburg UK, LLC

  

Ukrop’s Shopping Center,

Fredericksburg, Virginia

   Ukrop’s      63,000       7

Cedar-Revere LLC

  

Unit 2 of The Shops at

Suffolk Downs

Condominium, Revere, Massachusetts

  

Stop & Shop

Dollar Tree

Famous Footwear

    

 

 

74,977

9,500

6,494

  

  

  

   8

Cedar-Palmyra, LLC

  

Palmyra Shopping Center

Palmyra, Pennsylvania

  

Weis Markets

Goodwill

    

 

46,912

18,104

  

  

   9

 

SCHEDULE 6.23.1 - 1


Legal Name of Loan Party/Property Owner

  

Borrowing Base Property

  

Major Leases

   Square
Feet
     Prop.
Ref.
No.

Cedar-Fairview Commons, LLC

  

Fairview Commons

Fairview Township,

Pennsylvania

   Family Dollar      10,789       10

Cedar-Norwood, LLC

  

Hannaford Plaza

Norwood, Massachusetts

  

Dollar Tree Stores

Hannaford Brothers

Planet Fitness

    

 

 

16,798

42,598

18,830

  

  

  

   11

Cedar-Metro Square II, LLC

  

Metro Square at Owings

Mills, Owings Mills,

Maryland

  

Shoppers Food

Warehouse

     58,668       12

Greentree Road L.L.C. 1

   Washington Center Shops, Washington, New Jersey          13

Cedar-Bristol, LLC

  

Oakland Commons,

Bristol, Connecticut

  

Bristol Ten Pin

Wal-Mart

    

 

35,189

54,911

  

  

   14

Hamilton FC Associates, L.P.

  

Crossroads II Shopping

Center, Dunmore, PA

  

Giant Food Store

Dollar Tree

    

 

78,815

10,029

  

  

   15

Cedar PC Plaza, LLC

  

Price Chopper Plaza,

Webster, MA

         16

Cedar-Trexler Plaza 2, LLC and Cedar-Trexler Plaza 3, LLC

  

Trexler Plaza Shopping

Center, Lower and Upper

Macungie Townships, PA

  

Giant Food Stores

Hobby Lobby

Big Lots

Tractor Supply

    

 

 

 

78,335

57,512

33,824

19,097

  

  

  

  

   17

Cedar-Campbelltown, LLC

  

Northside Commons

Shopping Center, South Londonderry Township,

PA

  

Redner’s Market

Dollar Tree

    

 

53,019

8,640

  

  

   18

Cedar-Carll’s Corner

  

Carll’s Corner, 15

Cornwell Drive,

Bridgeton, NJ

  

Acme Markets

Peebles

Rite Aid

Family Dollar

    

 

 

 

55,000

18,858

13,050

8,280

  

  

  

  

   19

Washington Center L.L.C. 1

  

Washington Center, 415

Egg Harbor Road, Sewell,

NJ

  

Acme Stores

Planet Fitness

    

 

66,046

20,742

  

  

   20

Academy Plaza L.L.C. 1

  

Academy Plaza, 3200-

3296 Red Lion Road,

Philadelphia, PA

  

Acme Markets

Rite Aid

    

 

50,918

11,860

  

  

   21

 

SCHEDULE 6.23.1 - 2


Legal Name of Loan Party/Property Owner

  

Borrowing Base Property

  

Major Leases

   Square
Feet
     Prop.
Ref.
No.

Port Richmond L.L.C. 1

  

Port Richmond, 2401

-2499 Aramingo Ave.,

Philadelphia, PA

  

Thriftway

Pep Boys

Family Dollar

Dollar Tree

    

 

 

 

40,000

20,615

11,948

9,630

  

  

  

  

   22

Virginia Kempsville, LLC

  

Kempsville Crossing,

1830 Kempsville Rd.,

Virginia Beach, VA

  

Farm Fresh

Walmart

Goodwill

    

 

 

16,938

41,975

1,245

  

  

  

   23

Virginia General Booth, LLC

  

General Booth Shopping

Center, 1615 General

Booth Blvd., Virginia

Beach, VA

   Farm Fresh      53,758       24

Fort Washington Fitness, L.P.

  

LA Fitness Facility, 1175

Virginia Rd., Fort

Washington, PA

   LA Fitness      41,000       25

Newport Plaza Associates, L.P.

  

Newport Plaza, 2-18

Newport Plaza, Newport,

PA

  

Giant

Rite Aid

    

 

43,400

10,004

  

  

   26

Virginia Suffolk, LLC

  

Suffolk Plaza, 1401 N.

Main St., Suffolk, VA

   Farm Fresh      67,216       27

Halifax Plaza Associates, L.P.

  

Halifax Plaza, 3761-3777

Peters Mountain Rd.,

Halifax, PA

  

Giant

Rite Aid

    

 

32,000

7,930

  

  

   28

Cedar-Kings, LLC

  

Kings Plaza

1024 Kings Highway

New Bedford, MA 02745

  

Fallas

Work Out World

Savers

Family Dollar

    

 

 

 

28,504

42,997

19,339

8,400

  

  

  

  

   29

Coliseum FF, LLC

  

Coliseum Marketplace,

2170 Coliseum Dr. Hampton, VA 23466

  

Farm Fresh

Michaels

    

 

57,662

23,981

  

  

   30

Cedar Quartermaster II, LLC

  

Quartermaster Shopping

Center

Oregon Ave. and 23rd St. Philadelphia, PA 19145

   Home Depot      150,000       31

Cedar Quartermaster III, LLC

  

Quartermaster Shopping

Center

Oregon Ave. and 23rd St. Philadelphia, PA 19145

   BJs Wholesale Club      117,718       32

 

SCHEDULE 6.23.1 - 3


Legal Name of Loan Party/Property Owner

  

Borrowing Base Property

  

Major Leases

   Square
Feet
     Prop.
Ref.
No.

Cedar-Trexler, LLC

  

Trexler Mall

6900 Hamilton Blvd.

Trexlertown, PA 18087

  

Marshalls

The Bon Ton

Oxy Fit Gym

Kohl’s

Lehigh Wellness Partners

Dollar Tree

Famous Footwear

Home Goods

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28,488

62,000

28,870

88,248

33,227

14,765

6,076

28,181

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

   33

Cedar-Yorktowne, LLC

  

Yorktowne Plaza

122 Cranbrook Road

Cockeysville, MD 21030

  

Food Lion

Rite Aid

Dollar Tree

    

 

 

37,692

10,700

9,153

  

  

  

   34

Cedar-Mechanicsburg LLC

  

Mechanicsburg Center

5301 Simpson Ferry Road

Mechanicsburg, PA 17055

   Giant      51,500       35

Cedar-Fieldstone Marketplace, LP

  

Fieldstone Marketplace

500 Kings Highway

New Bedford, MA 02745

  

Shaws

Flagship Cinema

Dollar Tree

    

 

 

68,000

41,975

8,710

  

  

  

   36

Cedar-Elmhurst, LLC

  

Elmhurst Square

5600 Portsmouth Blvd.

Portsmouth, VA 23701

   Food Lion      38,272       37

Cedar-Timpany, LLC

  

Timpany Plaza

360 Timpany Blvd.

Gardner, MA 01440

  

Stop & Shop

Big Lots

Gardner Theater

Dollar Tree

    
 

 

 

59,947
28,027

27,576

12,000

  
  

  

  

   38

CF Pottsgrove Associates, LP

  

Upland Square

Route 100 and Upland

Square Dr.

Pottstown, PA 19464

  

Giant

Carmike Cinema

LA Fitness

Best Buy

TJ Maxx

Staples

Petco

Chili’s

AC Moore

Famous Footwear

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

78,900

45,276

42,000

30,000

25,000

18,336

13,500

5,594

21,600

7,000

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

   39

Cedar-Bethel, LLC

  

Big Y Shopping Center

Old Hawleyville Rd. &

Stony Hill Rd.

Bethel, CT 06801

  

Big Y

Dollar Tree

    

 

63,817

8,023

  

  

   40

 

SCHEDULE 6.23.1 - 4


Legal Name of Loan Party/Property Owner

  

Borrowing Base Property

  

Major Leases

   Square
Feet
     Prop.
Ref.
No.

Cedar PCP-New London, LLC

  

New London Mall, 317,

351 & 369 North Frontage

Road, New London,

Connecticut

  

Shop Rite

Marshalls

Petsmart

AC Moore

Chili’s

Famous Footwear

Home Goods

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

64,017

30,627

23,500

20,932

8,468

6,700

25,432

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

   41

Cedar-Oak Ridge, LLC

  

Oak Ridge Shopping

Center, 1524 Holland

Road, Suffolk, Virginia

   Food Lion      33,000       42

Lawndale I, LP

  

Lawndale Plaza, 6395

Oxford Avenue,

Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania

   Shop Rite      63,342       43

Pine Grove Plaza Associates, LLC

  

Pine Grove Plaza, 18

Broadway, Brown Mills,

New Jersey

  

Peebles

Dollar Tree

    

 

24,963

9,000

  

  

   44

Cedar Quartermaster, LLC

  

Quartermaster Shopping

Center, 2300 Oregon

Avenue, Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania

  

Planet Fitness

Staples

Chili’s

Pet Smart

    

 

 

 

23,146

20,388

10,949

19,089

  

  

  

  

   45

Cedar-Groton, LLC

  

Groton Shopping Center,

646-720 Long Hill Road,

Groton, Connecticut

  

T.J. Maxx

Goodwill

Dollar Tree

    

 

 

30,000

21,306

9,750

  

  

  

   46

Cedar-Jordan Lane, LLC

  

Jordan Lane Shopping

Center, 1380-1420 Berlin

Turnpike, Wethersfield, Connecticut

  

Stop and Shop

Fallas

Dollar Tree

    

 

 

60,632

39,280

12,553

  

  

  

   47

Cedar Southington Plaza, LLC

  

Walmart Shopping Center,

235 Queen Street,

Southington, Connecticut

   Walmart      95,482       48

Cedar-Kutztown, LLC

  

Kutztown Shopping

Center, Kutztown Road, Maxatawny Township, Pennsylvania

   Giant      53,914       49

 

SCHEDULE 6.23.1 - 5


Legal Name of Loan Party/Property Owner

  

Borrowing Base Property

  

Major Leases

   Square
Feet
     Prop.
Ref.
No.

Oakland Mills Business Trust

  

Oakland Mills Village

Center, 5865 Robert

Oliver Place, Columbia,

Maryland

   Food Lion      43,470       50

Gold Star Plaza Associates

  

Gold Star Plaza, Route

924, Shenandoah,

Pennsylvania

  

Redner’s Markets

Dollar Tree

    

 

48,920

8,000

  

  

   51

 

SCHEDULE 6.23.1 - 6


SCHEDULE 15.1

NOTICES

BORROWER:

Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P.

44 South Bayles Avenue

Port Washington, New York 11050

Attention: Philip R. Mays

Telephone: (516) 944-4572

Telecopier: (516) 767-6497

Electronic Mail: pmays@cdrrt. com

Website Address: www.cedarrealtytrust.com

U.S. Taxpayer Identification Number: 11-3440066

with copies to:

Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P.

44 South Bayles Avenue

Port Washington, New York 11050

Adina G. Storch, Esq.

Telephone: (516) 944-4583

Telecopier: (516) 883-5975

Electronic Mail: astorch@cdrrt.com

and

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

180 Maiden Lane

New York, NY 10038-4982

Attention: Karen Scanna, Esq.

Telephone: (212) 806-5400

Telecopier: (212) 806-6006

Electronic Mail: kscanna@stroock.com

 

SCHEDULE 15.1 - 1


ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:

Administrative Agent’s Office

(for payments and Requests for Credit Extensions):

KeyBank National Association

225 Franklin Street, 18th Floor

MA-01-22-0018

Boston, Massachusetts 02110

Attention: Gregory W. Lane

Telephone: 617-385-6212

Telecopier: 617-385-6293

Electronic Mail: gregory_w_lane@keybank.com

Account No.: 1292000883

Ref: Cedar Realty Trust Partnership L.P.

ABA# 026009593

Other Notices as Administrative Agent :

KeyBank National Association

225 Franklin Street, 18th Floor

MA-01-22-0018

Boston, Massachusetts 02110

Attention: Gregory W. Lane

Telephone: 617-385-6212

Telecopier: 617-385-6293

Electronic Mail: gregory_w_lane@keybank.com

 

SCHEDULE 15.1 - 2


EXHIBIT A

FORM OF

LOAN NOTICE

Date:                          ,         

To: KeyBank National Association, as Administrative Agent

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to that certain Loan Agreement, dated as of                      , 2016 (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 Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (the “ Borrower ”), the Lenders from time to time party thereto, Regions Bank and KeyBank National Association, as Administrative Agent.

 

  The undersigned hereby requests (select one):

 

  ¨ A Loan Advance for the Term Facility

 

  ¨ A conversion or continuation of Loans

 

  1. On                                                                           (a Business Day).

 

  2. In the amount of $                                 

 

  3. Comprised of                                         
       [Type of Loan requested]

 

  4. For a LIBO Rate Advance: an Interest Period of:          months

The undersigned hereby represents and warrants the following: 1

 

  1. The Loan Advance is for the purpose of:                                      .

 

  2. The Total Outstandings reflecting the funding of the Loan Advance being requested hereby are:                              .

 

  3. Maximum Loan Amount pursuant to Section 2.1.1(a) of the Agreement (lesser of Total Commitment and the Borrowing Base Value) is: $                                                                                                .

 

1   Only include for a Loan Advance.

 

Exhibit A - 1


  4. The aggregate remaining amount which may be funded under the Agreement is:                                                       .

 

  5. Attached as Exhibit A hereto are calculations evidencing the Borrower’s continued compliance with the Financial Covenants, as satisfied by the Closing Compliance Certificate, or once delivered, the most recent Compliance Certificate delivered by the Borrower.

 

  6. The representations and warranties of the Borrower and each other Loan Party contained in Article 6 of the Agreement or any other Loan Document, or which are contained in any document furnished at any time under or in connection herewith or therewith, are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of the Credit Extension requested hereby, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this notice, the representations and warranties contained in Section 6.8 of the Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to Section 7.2.1 and 7.2.2 of the Agreement and except as to the representations and warranties in Sections 6.4, 6.7, 6.9, and 6.14 of the Agreement which may be modified only to reflect events occurring after the date hereof as specifically disclosed in writing to Administrative Agent prior to or simultaneously with such written request.

 

  7. No Default or Event of Default exists, or would result from the Loan Advance requested hereby or from the application of the proceeds thereof.

Note: Each request for a Loan Advance hereunder shall be for (a) a minimum amount as required by Section 2.3.6 of the Loan Agreement, and (b) an amount not to exceed (x) the Maximum Loan Amount less (y) the Total Outstandings (after giving effect to such Loan Advance).

Delivery of executed counterparts of this Loan Notice by telecopy or other electronic means shall be effective as an original.

 

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CEDAR REALTY TRUST

PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership

By:   Cedar Realty Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation, its general partner
  By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

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EXHIBIT A

[to be completed by Borrower]

 

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EXHIBIT B

FORM OF

NOTE

                     ,         

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned (the “ Borrower ”), hereby promises to pay to                                      or registered assigns (the “ Lender ”), in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement (as hereinafter defined), the principal amount of the Loan from time to time made by the Lender to the Borrower or so much thereof as shall be outstanding from time to time under that certain Loan Agreement, dated as of                      , 2016 (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 the Borrower, the Lender, the other financial institutions named therein and from time to time party thereto, and KeyBank National Association, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”).

The Borrower promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Loan Advance from the date of such Loan Advance until such principal amount is paid in full, at such interest rates and at such times as provided in the Agreement. All payments of principal and interest shall be made to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lender in Dollars in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office. If any amount is not paid in full when due under the terms of the Agreement, such unpaid amount shall bear interest, to be paid in accordance with the terms of the Agreement, from the due date thereof until the date of actual payment (and before as well as after judgment) computed at the per annum rate set forth in the Agreement. Loan Advances may be repaid and re-borrowed in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Agreement.

This Note is a Note as referred to in the Agreement, is entitled to the benefits thereof and may be prepaid in whole or in part subject to the terms and conditions provided therein. This Note is also entitled to the benefits of the Guaranty. Upon the occurrence and continuation of one or more of the Events of Default specified in the Agreement, all amounts then remaining unpaid on this Note may be declared to be, immediately due and payable, all as provided in the Agreement. Loan Advances made by the Lender shall be evidenced by one or more loan accounts or records maintained by the Lender in the ordinary course of business. The Lender may also attach schedules to this Note and endorse thereon the date and amount of its Loan Advances and payments with respect thereto; provided , however , that if any of said schedules shall be inconsistent with the terms of the Agreement, the terms of the Agreement shall control.

The Borrower, for itself, its successors and assigns, hereby waives diligence, presentment, protest and demand and notice of protest, demand, dishonor and non-payment of this Note, except as otherwise provided in the Agreement.

The terms of Sections 13.4, 15.2, 15.6 and 15.16 of the Agreement are incorporated herein by reference, mutatis mutandis.

 

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THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

Delivery of executed counterparts of this Note by telecopy or other electronic means shall be effective as an original.

Any notices given with respect to this Note shall be given in the manner provided for in the Loan Agreement.

 

Exhibit B - 2


CEDAR REALTY TRUST

PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership

By:   Cedar Realty Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation, its general partner
  By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

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EXHIBIT C

FORM OF

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

Financial Statement Date:                      ,         

To: KeyBank National Association, as Administrative Agent

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to that certain Loan Agreement, dated as of                      , 2016 (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 Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (the “ Borrower ”), the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and KeyBank National Association, as Administrative Agent.

THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT:

1. I am the duly elected/authorized                                               of Cedar Realty Trust, Inc., general partner of the Borrower.

2. I have reviewed the terms of the Agreement and I have made, or have caused to be made under my supervision, a review of the transactions and conditions of the Borrower during the accounting period covered by the accompanying financial statements.

3. The financial statements accompanying this certificate fairly present in all material respects the Consolidated financial condition of CRT. The examinations described in paragraph 2 did not disclose, and I have no knowledge of, the existence of any condition or event which constitutes a Default or an Event of Default during or at the end of the accounting period covered by the accompanying financial statements or as of the date of this Certificate, except as set forth below.

4. The financial covenant analyses and information accompanying this certificate are true and accurate on and as of the date of this Certificate, except as set forth below.

Described below are the exceptions, if any, to paragraphs 3 and 4, listing the nature of the condition or event, the period during which it has existed and the action which the Borrower has taken, is taking, or proposes to take with respect to each such condition or event:

 

 

 

 

5. Accompanying this certificate are the following: (a) a report containing, to the extent not included in the deliveries under Sections 7.2.1, 7.2.2, or 7.2.3 of the Agreement for all Individual Properties, a summary listing of all Net Operating Income, revenues, rent roll,

 

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mortgage Debt, if any, and, in addition, for each Individual Property acquired during the quarter just ended, the cost basis and the amount and terms of any assumed Debt, (b) a listing of all filings by the Borrower or CRT with the SEC, including, without limitation, full copies of CRT’s 10-Q and 10-K filings, (c) if requested by the Administrative Agent and to the extent not previously provided, a list of any Major Leases entered into during the most recent fiscal quarter and any existing Leases that became Major Leases during the most recent fiscal quarter and (d) any material change in accounting policies required by GAAP or financial reporting practices by any Loan Party or their Subsidiaries.

Delivery of executed counterparts of this Compliance Certificate by telecopy or other electronic means shall be effective as an original.

 

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

 

CEDAR REALTY TRUST

PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership

By:   Cedar Realty Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation, its general partner
  By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

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SCHEDULE 1

to the Compliance Certificate

For the Quarter/Year ended                      ,         

[Quarterly/Annual] Financial Statements

 

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SCHEDULE 2

to the Compliance Certificate

For the Quarter/Year ended                      ,         

[FINANCIAL COVENANT CALCULATIONS TO BE ATTACHED BY BORROWER]

 

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SCHEDULE 3

to the Compliance Certificate

[TO BE ATTACHED BY BORROWER]

 

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EXHIBIT D

FORM OF

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

This Assignment and Assumption (this “ Assignment and Assumption ”) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [the][each] 2 Assignor identified in item 1 below ([the][each, an] “ Assignor ”) and [the][each] 3 Assignee identified in item 2 below ([the][each, an] “ Assignee ”). [It is understood and agreed that the rights and obligations of [the Assignors][the Assignees] 4 hereunder are several and not joint.] 5 Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Loan Agreement identified below (the “ Loan 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][each] Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to [the Assignee][the respective Assignees], and [the][each] Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from [the Assignor][the respective Assignors], subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Loan Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of [the Assignor’s][the respective Assignors’] rights and obligations in [its capacity as a Lender][their respective capacities as Lenders] under the Loan 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][the respective Assignors] under the respective facilities identified below 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)][the respective Assignors (in their respective capacities as Lenders)] against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Loan 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, but not limited to, 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 by [the][any] Assignor to [the][any] Assignee pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as [the][an] “ Assigned Interest ”). Each such sale and assignment is without recourse to

 

2   For bracketed language here and elsewhere in this form relating to the Assignor(s), if the assignment is from a single Assignor, choose the first bracketed language. If the assignment is from multiple Assignors, choose the second bracketed language.
3   For bracketed language here and elsewhere in this form relating to the Assignee(s), if the assignment is to a single Assignee, choose the first bracketed language. If the assignment is to multiple Assignees, choose the second bracketed language.
4   Select as appropriate.
5  

Include bracketed language if there are either multiple Assignors or multiple Assignees.

 

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[the][any] Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Assumption, without representation or warranty by [the][any] Assignor.

 

1.  

Assignor[s] :

       
         
2.  

Assignee[s] :

       
         
[for each Assignee, indicate [Affiliate][Approved Fund] of [ identify Lender ]]
3.  

Borrower : Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P.

4.  

Administrative Agent : KeyBank National Association, as the administrative agent under the Loan Agreement

5.  

Loan Agreement : Loan Agreement, dated as of                      , 2016, among Cedar Realty Trust, L.P., the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and KeyBank National Association, as Administrative Agent

6.  

Assigned Interest:

 

Assignor[s] 6

   Assignee[s] 7    Aggregate
Amount of
Commitment/Loans
for all Lenders 8
     Amount of
Commitment/Loans
Assigned
     Percentage
Assigned of
Commitment/
Loans 9
    CUSIP
Number
      $                                $                                                        
      $                                $                                                        
      $                                $                                                        

[7. Trade Date:                      ] 10

 

 

6   List each Assignor, as appropriate.
7   List each Assignee, as appropriate.
8   Amounts in this column and in the column immediately to the right to be adjusted by the counterparties to take into account any payments or prepayments made between the Trade Date and the Effective Date.
9   Set forth, to at least 9 decimals, as a percentage of the Commitment/Loans of all Lenders thereunder.
10   To be completed if the Assignor and the Assignee intend that the minimum assignment amount is to be determined as of the Trade Date.

 

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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 terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:

 

ASSIGNOR

[NAME OF ASSIGNOR]

By:    
      Title:

 

ASSIGNEE

[NAME OF ASSIGNEE]

By:    
      Title:

[Consented to and] 11 Accepted:

KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as

Administrative Agent

 

By:    
      Title:

[Consented to:] 12

 

By:    
      Title:

 

11   To be added only if the consent of the Administrative Agent is required by the terms of the Loan Agreement.
12   To be added only if the consent of the Borrower and/or other parties is required by the terms of the Loan Agreement.

 

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ANNEX 1 TO ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

1. Representations and Warranties .

1.1. Assignor . [The][Each] Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of [the][[the relevant] Assigned Interest, (ii) [the][such] Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (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 (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Loan Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents, (iii) the financial condition of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of any Loan Document or (iv) the performance or observance by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Loan Document.

1.2. Assignee . [The][Each] 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 Loan Agreement, (ii) it meets all the requirements to be an assignee under the Loan Agreement (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under the Loan Agreement), (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Loan Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of [the][the relevant] Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to acquire assets of the type represented by [the][such] Assigned Interest and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to acquire [the][such] Assigned Interest, is experienced in acquiring assets of such type, (v) it has received a copy of the Loan Agreement, and has received or has been accorded the opportunity to receive copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to the terms of the Loan Agreement, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it deems appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase [the][such] Assigned Interest, (vi) it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase [the][such] Assigned Interest, and (vii) if it is a Foreign Lender, attached hereto is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Loan Agreement, duly completed and executed by [the][such] Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, [the][any] 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 Loan Documents, and

 

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(ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents 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][each] Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to [the][the relevant] Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to [the][the relevant] 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 successors and assigns. This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Assumption by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption. This Assignment and Assumption shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.

 

Exhibit D - 5


EXHIBIT E

FORM OF

CLOSING COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

Closing Date:                      , 20     

 

To: KeyBank National Association, as Administrative Agent

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is made to that certain Loan Agreement, dated as of                      , 2016 (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 Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (the “ Borrower ”), the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and KeyBank National Association, as Administrative Agent. All capitalized terms used herein which are not otherwise defined shall have the meaning ascribed to such term under the Agreement.

The undersigned Authorized Officer hereby certifies as of the date hereof that he/she is the                              of CRT, the general partner of the Borrower, and that, as such, he/she is authorized to execute and deliver this Certificate to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Borrower, and that:

1. No Default or Event of Default has occurred or would occur after giving effect to the Agreement, the Loan Documents and all Credit Extensions occurring on the Closing Date.

2. The financial covenant analyses and information set forth on Schedule 1 attached hereto are true and accurate on and as of the date set forth therein.

3. The Borrower, CRT and each of the Borrowing Base Property Owners (both before and after giving effect to the Credit Extensions occurring on the Closing Date) (a) is solvent, (b) has assets having a fair value in excess of the amount required to pay such Person’s probable liabilities and existing Debts as such become absolute and mature, and (c) has adequate capital for the conduct of such Person’s business and the ability to pay such Person’s Debts from time to time incurred in connection therewith as such Debts mature.

4. No change has occurred in the financial condition, business, affairs, operations or control of Borrower and/or the Loan Parties, since the date of their respective financial statements most recently delivered to Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders, which change has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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5. All representations and warranties made by or on behalf of any of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties, or any of them, to the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders are true, accurate and complete in all material respects and shall do not omit any material fact necessary to make the same not misleading.

6. There are not any actions, suits or proceedings at law or in equity or by or before any governmental instrumentality or other agency or regulatory authority by any entity (private or governmental) pending or, to the best of the Borrower’s knowledge, threatened with respect to the Loan, the transactions contemplated in the Loan Documents, or the Borrower, any other Loan Party, or any other Borrower Subsidiary, which are not fully covered (subject to deductibles) by an insurance policy issued by a reputable and financially viable insurance company or, to the extent not so covered, could (a) materially adversely affect a Borrowing Base Property or (b) have or reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

7. No Laws prohibit or adversely limit the capacity or authority of the Borrower or any Loan Party to enter into the Loan Documents and perform the obligations of such Person with respect thereto.

8. There has not been any material unrepaired or unrestored damage or destruction by fire or otherwise to any of the real or tangible personal property comprising the Borrowing Base Properties.

9. No third party consents and/or agreements are required with respect to entering into the Loan Documents or performing the obligations thereunder.

Delivery of executed counterparts of this Compliance Certificate by telecopy or other electronic means shall be effective as an original.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate as of the date and year set forth above.

 

   

CEDAR REALTY TRUST

PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a Delaware limited

partnership

    By:  

Cedar Realty Trust, Inc., a Maryland

corporation, its general partner

      By:    
      Name:  
      Title:  

 

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SCHEDULE 1

to the Closing Certificate

[TO BE COMPLETED BY BORROWER]

 

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EXHIBIT F-1

GUARANTY

This Guaranty (hereinafter, the “ Guaranty ”) is given pursuant to the terms and conditions of that certain Loan Agreement, dated as of                      , 2016 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “ Loan Agreement ”), among Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (the “ Borrower ”), the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and KeyBank National Association, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity as Administrative Agent, the “ Agent ”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise specifically defined shall have the same meaning herein as in the Loan Agreement.

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, and to induce Agent and the Lenders to extend credit to the Borrower as provided for in the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents, CEDAR REALTY TRUST, INC., a Maryland corporation (hereinafter, “ Guarantor ”), hereby unconditionally agrees as follows:

1. Guaranty . Guarantor, as a primary party and not merely as a surety, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees the prompt and full payment (and not merely the collectability), performance, and observance of all of the obligations, terms and conditions to be paid, performed or observed by Borrower under the Note, Loan Agreement and each other Loan Document and any Swap Contract, to or on behalf of the Agent, the Lenders, or any one of them, each as the same may be hereafter amended, modified, extended, renewed or recast, including, without limitation, all of the Obligations and the payment of all principal, interest, fees, all obligations and other charges when due under the Note, the Loan Agreement and each other Loan Document and any Swap Contract (hereinafter, the “ Guaranteed Obligations ”).

Upon the occurrence of and during the continuance of any Event of Default under the Loan Agreement, or any of the other Loan Documents, or if Agent has accelerated the Loan pursuant to a right to do so under the Loan Agreement, Agent may at its option proceed directly and at once, without notice (except as otherwise provided under the Loan Agreement), against Guarantor hereunder, without proceeding against Borrower, any other Guarantor, or any other person for the Obligations or the Guaranteed Obligations.

If Borrower, or Guarantor if so required, shall fail or refuse to perform or continue performance of all of the Obligations on the part of Borrower to be kept and performed, then, if an Event of Default exists on account thereof under the Loan Documents or this Guaranty, in addition to any other rights and remedies which Agent or any Lender may have hereunder or elsewhere, and not in limitation thereof, Agent or any Lender, at such party’s option, may exercise any or all of its rights and remedies under the Loan Agreement and each other Loan Document.

This Guaranty shall survive and continue in full force and effect beyond and after the payment and satisfaction of the Guaranteed Obligations and the Obligations in the event Agent or any Lender is required to disgorge or return any payment or property received as a result of any laws pertaining to preferences, fraudulent transfers or fraudulent conveyances.

 

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  2. Waivers . Guarantor hereby waives and relinquishes to the fullest extent now or hereafter not prohibited by applicable law:

 

  2.1 all suretyship defenses and defenses in the nature thereof;

 

  2.2 any right or claim of right to cause a marshaling of the assets of Borrower, or, if there shall be more than one Guarantor, to require Agent to proceed against any other Guarantor or any of the Guarantors in any particular order;

 

  2.3 until satisfaction in full of the Obligations of the Borrower to the Agent and the Lenders, and the satisfaction in full of the Guaranteed Obligations, all rights and remedies, including, but not limited to, any rights of subrogation, contribution, reimbursement, exoneration or indemnification pursuant to any agreement, express or implied, or now or hereafter accorded by applicable law to indemnitors, guarantors, sureties or accommodation parties; provided, however, unless Agent otherwise expressly agrees in writing, such waiver by Guarantor shall not be effective to the extent that by virtue thereof Guarantor’s liability under this Guaranty is rendered invalid, voidable, or unenforceable under any applicable state or federal law dealing with the recovery or avoidance of so-called preferences or fraudulent transfers or conveyances or otherwise;

 

  2.4 notice of the acceptance hereof, presentment, demand for payment, protest, notice of protest, or any and all notice of nonpayment, nonperformance, nonobservance or default, or other proof or notice of demand whereby to charge Guarantor therefor;

 

  2.5 the pleading of any statute of limitations as a defense to Guarantor’s obligations hereunder;

 

  2.6 the right to a trial by jury in any matter related to this Guaranty; and

 

  2.7 the benefit of all other provisions of law which may be validly waived.

GUARANTOR, AGENT AND LENDERS MUTUALLY HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION BASED ON THIS GUARANTY, ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALINGS, STATEMENTS (WHETHER VERBAL OR WRITTEN) OR ACTIONS OF ANY PARTY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, STATEMENTS OR ACTIONS OF AGENT OR ANY LENDER RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE LOAN OR ENFORCEMENT OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS, AND AGREE THAT NONE OF THE PARTIES WILL SEEK TO CONSOLIDATE ANY SUCH ACTION WITH ANY OTHER ACTION IN WHICH A JURY TRIAL CANNOT BE OR HAS NOT BEEN WAIVED. EXCEPT AS PROHIBITED BY LAW, GUARANTOR HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO CLAIM OR RECOVER IN ANY LITIGATION ANY SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES OTHER THAN, OR IN ADDITION TO, ACTUAL

 

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DAMAGES. GUARANTOR CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF AGENT OR ANY LENDER HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT AGENT OR ANY LENDER WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER. THIS WAIVER IS GIVEN AS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT TO AGENT AND THE LENDERS TO ACCEPT THIS GUARANTY AND TO MAKE THE LOAN.

3. Cumulative Rights . Agent’s and any Lender’s rights under this Guaranty shall be in addition to and not in limitation of all of the rights and remedies of Agent and any Lender under the Loan Documents. All rights and remedies of Agent and any Lender shall be cumulative and may be exercised in such manner and combination as Agent or any Lender may determine.

4. No Impairment . The liability of Guarantor hereunder shall in no way be limited or impaired by, and Guarantor hereby assents to and agrees to be bound by, any amendment or modification of the provisions of the Loan Documents and any Swap Contract to or with Agent or any Lender by Borrower. In addition, the liability of Guarantor under this Guaranty and the other Loan Documents and any Swap Contract shall in no way be limited or impaired by:

 

  4.1 any extensions of time for performance required by any of the Loan Documents and any Swap Contract;

 

  4.2 any amendment to or modification of any of the Loan Documents and any Swap Contract;

 

  4.3 any sale or assignment of the Loan, or any sale, transfer or exchange of all or part of any Borrowing Base Property;

 

  4.4 any exculpatory, or nonrecourse, or limited recourse, provision in any of the Loan Documents and any Swap Contract limiting Agent’s or any Lender’s rights to a deficiency judgment against Borrower or any other person or entity;

 

  4.5 the accuracy or inaccuracy of any of the representations or warranties made by or on behalf of Borrower, any general partner, owner, principal, or agent of Borrower, or Guarantor, under any Loan Document or otherwise;

 

  4.6 the release of Borrower, any general partner, owner, principal, or agent of Borrower, or any other person or entity, from performance or observance of any of the agreements, covenants, terms or conditions contained in any of the Loan Documents and any Swap Contract by operation of law, Agent’s or any Lender’s voluntary act, or otherwise;

 

  4.7 the filing of any bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding by or against Borrower or any general partner, owner, principal, or agent of Borrower or Guarantor;

 

  4.8 the release of any other party now or hereafter liable upon or in respect of this Guaranty or any of the other Loan Documents and any Swap Contract; or

 

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  4.9 the invalidity or unenforceability of all or any portion of any of the Loan Documents and any Swap Contract as to Borrower, any Guarantor, or any other person or entity.

Any of the foregoing may be accomplished with or without notice to Borrower, any general partner, owner, principal, or agent of Borrower, or Guarantor, and with or without consideration.

5. Delay Not Waiver . No delay on Agent’s or any Lender’s part in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder or under any of the Loan Documents shall operate as a waiver of any such privilege, power or right. No waiver by Agent or any Lender in any instance shall constitute a waiver in any other instance.

6. Warranties and Representations . Guarantor warrants and represents to Agent and each of the Lenders for the express purpose of inducing Agent and the Lenders to enter into the Loan Agreement, to make each Loan Advance, to accept this Guaranty, and to otherwise complete the transactions contemplated by the Loan Agreement, that as of the date of this Guaranty, upon the date of each Loan Advance, and at all times thereafter until the Loan is repaid and all Guaranteed Obligations to Agent and the Lenders have been satisfied in full, as follows:

 

  6.1 Financial Information . Copies of the financial statements of Guarantor have been delivered to Agent and each Lender and each of the same fairly present Guarantor’s financial condition as of the dates thereof and no material and adverse change has occurred in Guarantor’s financial condition or business since the respective dates thereof; and each financial statement of Guarantor submitted in the future shall fairly present Guarantor’s financial condition as of the dates thereof.

 

  6.2 No Violation . The payment and performance by Guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations and Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty does not and shall not constitute a violation of any law, order, regulation, contract or agreement to which Guarantor is a party or by which Guarantor or Guarantor’s property may be bound;

 

  6.3 No Litigation . There is no material litigation now pending or, to the best of Guarantor’s knowledge threatened in writing, against Guarantor which, if adversely decided would materially impair the ability of Guarantor to pay and perform the Guaranteed Obligations, Guarantor’s obligations under the Loan Agreement, this Guaranty or any other Loan Document.

 

  6.4 Entity Matters . The Guarantor is a duly organized, validly existing entity organized and in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland, and has all requisite power and authority to conduct its business and to own its property as now conducted or owned, and is qualified to do business in all jurisdictions where the nature and extent of its business is such that such qualification is required by law.

 

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  6.5 Valid and Binding . Each of the Loan Documents to which Guarantor is a party constitutes Guarantor’s legal, valid and binding obligation in accordance with the respective terms thereof, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws of general application affecting the rights and remedies of creditors and with respect to the availability of remedies of specific enforcement subject to the discretion of the court before which proceedings therefor may be brought.

 

  6.6 Solvency . Guarantor is solvent and is not rendered insolvent by the obligations undertaken in this Guaranty. Guarantor is not contemplating either the filing of a petition or proceeding under any state or federal bankruptcy or insolvency or reorganization laws or the liquidating of all or a major portion of Guarantor’s property.

 

  6.7 Material Economic Benefit . The granting of the Credit Extensions to Borrower will constitute a material economic benefit to Guarantor.

7. Notices . Any notice or other communication in connection with this Guaranty shall be in writing and (i) deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid by registered or certified mail, (ii) hand delivered by any commercially recognized courier service or overnight delivery service such as Federal Express, or (ii) sent by facsimile transmission if a FAX Number is designated below, addressed as follows:

If to Guarantor:

Cedar Realty Trust, Inc.

44 South Bayles Avenue

Port Washington, New York

Attention: Philip Mays

FAX Number: (516) 767-6497

with a copy to:

Cedar Realty Trust, Inc.

44 South Bayles Avenue

Port Washington, New York

Attention: Adina G. Storch

FAX Number: (516) 883-5975

with copies by regular mail or such hand delivery or facsimile transmission to:

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

180 Maiden Lane

New York, New York 10038-4982

Attention: Karen Scanna, Esquire

FAX Number: (212) 806-6006

 

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If to Agent:

KeyBank National Association

225 Franklin Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02110

Attention: Gregory W. Lane

FAX No.: (617) 385-6293

with copies by regular mail or such hand delivery or facsimile transmission to:

Riemer & Braunstein LLP

Three Center Plaza, Suite 600

Boston, Massachusetts 02108

Attention: Kevin J. Lyons, Esquire

FAX No.: (617) 880-3456

Any such addressee may change its address for such notices to any other address in the United States as such addressee shall have specified by written notice given as set forth above.

All periods of notice shall be measured from the deemed date of delivery. A notice shall be deemed to have been given, delivered and received upon the earliest of: (i) if sent by such certified or registered mail, on the third Business Day following the date of post-mark, or (ii) if hand delivered by such courier or overnight delivery service, when so delivered or tendered for delivery during customary business hours on a Business Day at the specified address, or (iii) if so mailed, on the date of actual receipt (or tender of delivery) as evidenced by the return receipt, or (iv) if so delivered, upon actual receipt, or (v) if facsimile transmission is a permitted means of giving notice, upon receipt an evidenced by confirmation.

8. No Oral Change . No provision of this Guaranty may be changed, waived, discharged, or terminated orally (in person or by telephone) or by any other means except by an instrument in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of the change, waiver or discharge or termination is sought.

9. Parties Bound; Benefit . This Guaranty shall be binding upon Guarantor and Guarantor’s respective successors, assigns, heirs and personal representatives and shall be for the benefit of Agent and each Lender, and of any subsequent holder of Agent’s or any Lender’s interest in the Loan and of any owner of a participation interest therein. In the event the interest of Agent or any other Lender under the Loan Documents is sold or transferred, then the liability of Guarantor to Agent or such Lender shall then be in favor of both the Agent or Lender originally named herein and each subsequent holder of Agent’s or Lender’s interest therein, to the extent of their respective interests.

10. Joint and Several . If there is more than one (1) Guarantor, the obligations of each Guarantor, and such Guarantor’s respective successors, assigns, heirs and personal representatives, shall be and remain joint and several.

11. Partial Invalidity . Each of the provisions hereof shall be enforceable against Guarantor to the fullest extent now or hereafter not prohibited by applicable law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof shall not limit the validity or enforceability of each other provision hereof.

 

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12. Governing Law . This Guaranty and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall in all respects be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York. Agent or any Lender may enforce its rights hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, including, but not limited to, its rights to sue Guarantor or to collect any outstanding indebtedness in accordance with applicable law.

13. Consent to Jurisdiction . Each of Guarantor, Agent and Lenders (by their acceptance of this Guaranty) irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York located within the First Department of the New York State Unified Court System and of the United States District Court of 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 any other Loan Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of said parties 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 Court or, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in such Federal Court. Each of said parties 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 or in any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the Agent or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Guaranty or any other Loan Document against Guarantor or any other Loan Party or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction. Guarantor hereby agrees and consents that in addition to any methods of service of process provided for under applicable law, all service of process in any such suit, action or proceeding in any New York State or Federal Court located within the Southern District of the State of New York may be made by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, directed to Guarantor at the address indicated in Section 7 above and service so made shall be deemed completed five (5) days after the same shall have been so mailed.

14. Additional Covenant of the Guarantor . Guarantor shall pay, perform, observe and comply with all of the obligations, terms, covenants and conditions set forth in this Guaranty and by any provisions of the Loan Agreement specifically applicable to Guarantor.

15. Subordination .

 

  15.1

Except as may be otherwise specifically provided for in the Loan Agreement with respect to Permitted Distributions, any indebtedness of Borrower to Guarantor, or to any affiliated entity, now or hereafter existing together with any interest thereon shall be, and such indebtedness is, hereby deferred, postponed and subordinated to the prior, full and Non-Contestable Payment and satisfaction of all Obligations of Borrower to the Agent and the Lenders. Payment and satisfaction of the Obligations shall be deemed “Non-Contestable Payment” only upon such payment and satisfaction and the expiration of all periods of time within which a claim for the recovery of a preferential payment, or fraudulent conveyance, or fraudulent transfer, in respect of payments received by Agent or

 

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  any Lender as to the Obligations could be filed or asserted with: (A) no such claim having been filed or asserted, or (B) if so filed or asserted, the final, non-appealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction denying the claim or assertion.

 

  15.2 Except as may be otherwise specifically provided for in the Loan Agreement with respect to Permitted Distributions, at all times until the full and Non-Contestable Payment and satisfaction of the Obligations of Borrower to Agent and the Lenders with respect to the Loan (and including interest accruing on the Loan Advances after the commencement of a case by or against Borrower under any Debtor Relief Laws now or hereafter in effect, which interest the parties agree shall remain a claim that is prior and superior to any claim of Guarantor or any affiliated entity notwithstanding any contrary practice, custom or ruling in cases under the Debtor Relief Laws, as now or hereafter in effect, generally), Guarantor, and each affiliated entity, agrees not to accept any payment or satisfaction for any kind of indebtedness of Borrower to Guarantor, or any affiliated entity, and hereby assigns such indebtedness to Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, including, but not limited to, the right to file proofs of claim and to vote thereon in connection with any such case under any Debtor Relief Laws, as now or hereafter in effect, and the right to vote on any plan of reorganization.

 

  15.3 In addition to the foregoing, and not in limitation thereof, until the full payment and satisfaction of all Obligations of Borrower to Agent and the Lenders, any claims of Guarantor, or any affiliated entity, of subrogation, contribution, reimbursement, exoneration, indemnification, or reimbursement arising out of any payment made on this Guaranty, whether such claim is based upon an express or implied contract, or operation of law, are hereby waived; provided , however , unless Agent otherwise expressly agrees in writing, such waiver by Guarantor shall not be effective to the extent that by virtue thereof Guarantor’s liability under this Guaranty or under any other Loan Document is rendered invalid, voidable, or unenforceable under any applicable state or federal law dealing with the recovery or avoidance of so-called preferences or fraudulent conveyances or otherwise.

16. Legal Fees, Costs and Expenses . Guarantor further agrees to pay within thirty (30) days after demand all costs and expenses reasonably incurred by Agent and the Lenders, or their successors or assigns, in connection with enforcing any of the rights or remedies of Agent or any Lender, or such successors or assigns, under or with respect to this Guaranty including, but not limited to, attorneys’ fees and the out-of-pocket expenses and disbursements of such attorneys. Any such amounts which are not paid within thirty (30) days of demand therefor shall bear interest at the Default Rate from the date of demand until paid.

17. Setoff . Subject to the terms of this Section 17, Guarantor hereby grants to Agent and each of the Lenders, a lien, security interest and right of setoff as security for all liabilities and obligations to Agent and the Lenders, whether now existing or hereafter arising, upon and against all deposits, credits, collateral and property, now or hereafter in the possession, custody, safekeeping or control of Agent or any Lender or any entity under the control of Agent or

 

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Lender, or in transit to any of them. At any time, from and after the occurrence of and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Agent or any Lender may set off the same or any part thereof and apply the same to any liability or obligation of Guarantor even though unmatured and regardless of the adequacy of any other collateral securing the Loan. Within five (5) Business Days of making any such set-off, Agent agrees to notify Guarantor thereof, provided that the failure by Agent to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off.

18. Counterparts . Delivery of executed counterparts of this Guaranty by telecopy or other electronic means shall be effective as an original.

[Signature page to follow]

 

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Witness the execution and delivery hereof as an instrument under seal as of the date first written above.

 

GUARANTOR:

 

CEDAR REALTY TRUST INC. , a Maryland corporation

By:    
Name:    
Title:    

 

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EXHIBIT F-2

GUARANTY

This Guaranty (hereinafter, the “ Guaranty ”) is given pursuant to the terms and conditions of that certain Loan Agreement, dated as of                      , 2016 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “ Loan Agreement ”), among Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (the “ Borrower ”), the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and KeyBank National Association, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity as Administrative Agent, the “ Agent ”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise specifically defined shall have the same meaning herein as in the Loan Agreement .

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, and to induce Agent and the Lenders to extend credit to the Borrower as provided for in the Loan Agreement and the other Loan Documents, each of the undersigned guarantors LISTED ON SCHEDULE 1 attached hereto (individually and collectively, jointly and severally, hereinafter, “ Guarantor ”), hereby unconditionally agrees as follows:

1. Guaranty . Each Guarantor, as a primary party and not merely as a surety, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees the prompt and full payment (and not merely the collectability), performance, and observance of all of the obligations, terms and conditions to be paid, performed or observed by Borrower under the Note, Loan Agreement and each other Loan Document and any Swap Contract, to or on behalf of the Agent, the Lenders, or any one of them, each as the same may be hereafter amended, modified, extended, renewed or recast, including, without limitation, all of the Obligations and the payment of all principal, interest, fees, all obligations and other charges when due under the Note, the Loan Agreement and each other Loan Document and any Swap Contract (hereinafter, the “ Guaranteed Obligations ”).

Upon the occurrence of and during the continuance of any Event of Default under the Loan Agreement, or any of the other Loan Documents, or if Agent has accelerated the Loan pursuant to a right to do so under the Loan Agreement, Agent may at its option proceed directly and at once, without notice (except as otherwise provided under the Loan Agreement), against any Guarantor hereunder, without proceeding against Borrower, any other Guarantor, or any other person for the Obligations or the Guaranteed Obligations.

If Borrower, or any Guarantor if so required, shall fail or refuse to perform or continue performance of all of the Obligations on the part of Borrower to be kept and performed, then, if an Event of Default exists on account thereof under the Loan Documents or this Guaranty, in addition to any other rights and remedies which Agent or any Lender may have hereunder or elsewhere, and not in limitation thereof, Agent or any Lender, at such party’s option, may exercise any or all of its rights and remedies under the Loan Agreement and each other Loan Document.

 

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This Guaranty shall survive and continue in full force and effect beyond and after the payment and satisfaction of the Guaranteed Obligations and the Obligations in the event Agent or any Lender is required to disgorge or return any payment or property received as a result of any laws pertaining to preferences, fraudulent transfers or fraudulent conveyances.

2. Waivers . Each Guarantor hereby waives and relinquishes to the fullest extent now or hereafter not prohibited by applicable law:

 

  2.1 all suretyship defenses and defenses in the nature thereof;

 

  2.2 any right or claim of right to cause a marshaling of the assets of Borrower, or, if there shall be more than one Guarantor, to require Agent to proceed against any other Guarantor or any of the Guarantors in any particular order;

 

  2.3 until satisfaction in full of the Obligations of the Borrower to the Agent and the Lenders, and the satisfaction in full of the Guaranteed Obligations, or such Guarantor has been released from its obligations under this Guaranty pursuant to Section 12 hereof, whichever is earlier, all rights and remedies, including, but not limited to, any rights of subrogation, contribution, reimbursement, exoneration or indemnification pursuant to any agreement, express or implied, or now or hereafter accorded by applicable law to indemnitors, guarantors, sureties or accommodation parties; provided, however, unless Agent otherwise expressly agrees in writing, such waiver by any particular Guarantor shall not be effective to the extent that by virtue thereof such Guarantor’s liability under this Guaranty is rendered invalid, voidable, or unenforceable under any applicable state or federal law dealing with the recovery or avoidance of so-called preferences or fraudulent transfers or conveyances or otherwise;

 

  2.4 notice of the acceptance hereof, presentment, demand for payment, protest, notice of protest, or any and all notice of nonpayment, nonperformance, nonobservance or default, or other proof or notice of demand whereby to charge any Guarantor therefor;

 

  2.5 the pleading of any statute of limitations as a defense to any Guarantor’s obligations hereunder;

 

  2.6 the right to a trial by jury in any matter related to this Guaranty; and

 

  2.7 the benefit of all other provisions of law which may be validly waived.

EACH GUARANTOR, AGENT AND LENDERS MUTUALLY HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE THE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION BASED ON THIS GUARANTY, ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS GUARANTY OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALINGS, STATEMENTS (WHETHER VERBAL OR WRITTEN) OR ACTIONS OF ANY PARTY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, STATEMENTS OR ACTIONS OF AGENT OR ANY LENDER RELATING

 

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TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE LOAN OR ENFORCEMENT OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS, AND AGREE THAT NONE OF THE PARTIES WILL SEEK TO CONSOLIDATE ANY SUCH ACTION WITH ANY OTHER ACTION IN WHICH A JURY TRIAL CANNOT BE OR HAS NOT BEEN WAIVED. EXCEPT AS PROHIBITED BY LAW, EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO CLAIM OR RECOVER IN ANY LITIGATION ANY SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES OTHER THAN, OR IN ADDITION TO, ACTUAL DAMAGES. EACH GUARANTOR CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF AGENT OR ANY LENDER HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT AGENT OR ANY LENDER WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER. THIS WAIVER IS GIVEN AS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT TO AGENT AND THE LENDERS TO ACCEPT THIS GUARANTY AND TO MAKE THE LOAN.

3. Cumulative Rights . Agent’s and any Lender’s rights under this Guaranty shall be in addition to and not in limitation of all of the rights and remedies of Agent and any Lender under the Loan Documents. All rights and remedies of Agent and any Lender shall be cumulative and may be exercised in such manner and combination as Agent or any Lender may determine.

4. No Impairment . The liability of each Guarantor hereunder shall in no way be limited or impaired by, and each Guarantor hereby assents to and agrees to be bound by, any amendment or modification of the provisions of the Loan Documents and any Swap Contract to or with Agent or any Lender by Borrower or any other Guarantor or any person who succeeds any Guarantor as owner (or indirect owner as the case may be) of a Borrowing Base Property (hereinafter, the “ Property ”). In addition, the liability of each Guarantor under this Guaranty and the other Loan Documents and any Swap Contract shall in no way be limited or impaired by:

 

  4.1 any extensions of time for performance required by any of the Loan Documents and any Swap Contract;

 

  4.2 any amendment to or modification of any of the Loan Documents and any Swap Contract;

 

  4.3 any sale or assignment of the Loan, or any sale, transfer or exchange of all or part of the Property;

 

  4.4 any exculpatory, or nonrecourse, or limited recourse, provision in any of the Loan Documents and any Swap Contract limiting Agent’s or any Lender’s rights to a deficiency judgment against Borrower or any other person or entity;

 

  4.5 the accuracy or inaccuracy of any of the representations or warranties made by or on behalf of Borrower, any general partner, owner, principal, or agent of Borrower, or any Guarantor, under any Loan Document or otherwise;

 

  4.6

the release of Borrower, any general partner, owner, principal, or agent of Borrower, or any other person or entity (other than such Guarantor pursuant to Section 12 hereof), from performance or observance of any of the agreements,

 

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  covenants, terms or conditions contained in any of the Loan Documents and any Swap Contract by operation of law, Agent’s or any Lender’s voluntary act, or otherwise;

 

  4.7 the filing of any bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding by or against Borrower, any general partner, owner, principal, or agent of Borrower, any Guarantor, or any subsequent owner of the Property;

 

  4.8 the release of any other party now or hereafter liable upon or in respect of this Guaranty or any of the other Loan Documents and any Swap Contract; or

 

  4.9 the invalidity or unenforceability of all or any portion of any of the Loan Documents and any Swap Contract as to Borrower, any Guarantor, or any other person or entity.

Any of the foregoing may be accomplished with or without notice to Borrower, any general partner, owner, principal, or agent of Borrower, or any Guarantor, and with or without consideration.

5. Delay Not Waiver . No delay on Agent’s or any Lender’s part in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder or under any of the Loan Documents shall operate as a waiver of any such privilege, power or right. No waiver by Agent or any Lender in any instance shall constitute a waiver in any other instance.

6. Warranties and Representations . Each Guarantor warrants and represents to Agent and each of the Lenders for the express purpose of inducing Agent and the Lenders to enter into the Loan Agreement, to make each Loan Advance, to accept this Guaranty, and to otherwise complete the transactions contemplated by the Loan Agreement, as to such Guarantor, that as of the date of this Guaranty, upon the date of each Loan Advance, and at all times thereafter until the Loan is repaid and all Guaranteed Obligations to Agent and the Lenders have been satisfied in full, or such Guarantor has been released from its obligations under this Guaranty pursuant to Section 12 hereof, whichever is earlier, as follows:

 

  6.1 Financial Information . Copies of the financial statements of such Guarantor have been delivered to Agent and each Lender and each of the same fairly present such Guarantor’s financial condition as of the dates thereof and no material and adverse change has occurred in such Guarantor’s financial condition or business since the respective dates thereof; and each financial statement of such Guarantor submitted in the future shall fairly present such Guarantor’s financial condition as of the dates thereof.

 

  6.2 No Violation . The payment and performance by such Guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations and such Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty, does not and shall not constitute a violation of any law, order, regulation, contract or agreement to which such Guarantor is a party or by which such Guarantor or Guarantor’s property may be bound;

 

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  6.3 No Litigation . There is no material litigation now pending or, to the best of such Guarantor’s knowledge threatened in writing, against such Guarantor which, if adversely decided would materially impair the ability of such Guarantor to pay and perform the Guaranteed Obligations, such Guarantor’s obligations under the Loan Agreement, this Guaranty or any other Loan Document.

 

  6.4 Entity Matters . If such Guarantor is a Delaware Guarantor (as defined in Schedule 1), such Guarantor is duly organized, validly existing entity organized and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and has all requisite power and authority to conduct its business and to own its property as now conducted or owned, and is qualified to do business in all jurisdictions where the nature and extent of its business is such that such qualification is required by law. If such Guarantor is a Pennsylvania Guarantor (as defined in Schedule 1), such Guarantor is duly organized, validly existing entity organized and in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and has all requisite power and authority to conduct its business and to own its property as now conducted or owned, and is qualified to do business in all jurisdictions where the nature and extent of its business is such that such qualification is required by law. If such Guarantor is a Virginia Guarantor (as defined in Schedule 1), such Guarantor is duly organized, validly existing entity organized and in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and has all requisite power and authority to conduct its business and to own its property as now conducted or owned, and is qualified to do business in all jurisdictions where the nature and extent of its business is such that such qualification is required by law.

 

  6.5 Valid and Binding . Each of the Loan Documents to which such Guarantor is a party constitutes such Guarantor’s legal, valid and binding obligation in accordance with the respective terms thereof, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws of general application affecting the rights and remedies of creditors and with respect to the availability of remedies of specific enforcement subject to the discretion of the court before which proceedings therefor may be brought.

 

  6.6 Solvency . Such Guarantor is solvent and is not rendered insolvent by the obligations undertaken in this Guaranty. Such Guarantor is not contemplating either the filing of a petition or proceeding under any state or federal bankruptcy or insolvency or reorganization laws or the liquidating of all or a major portion of such Guarantor’s property, and such Guarantor has no knowledge of any such petition or proceeding being filed against any other Guarantor.

 

  6.7 Material Economic Benefit . The granting of the Credit Extensions to Borrower will constitute a material economic benefit to such Guarantor.

7. Notices . Any notice or other communication in connection with this Guaranty shall be in writing and (i) deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid by registered or certified mail, (ii) hand delivered by any commercially recognized courier service or overnight delivery service such as Federal Express, or (ii) sent by facsimile transmission if a FAX Number is designated below, addressed as follows:

 

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If to any Guarantor:

c/o Cedar Realty Trust Partnership L.P.

44 South Bayles Avenue

Port Washington, New York

Attention: Philip Mays

FAX Number: (516) 767-6497

with a copy to:

Cedar Realty Trust Partnership L.P.

44 South Bayles Avenue

Port Washington, New York

Attention: Adina G. Storch

FAX Number: (516) 883-5975

with copies by regular mail or such hand delivery or facsimile transmission to:

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

180 Maiden Lane

New York, New York 10038-4982

Attention: Karen Scanna, Esquire

FAX Number: (212) 806-6006

If to Agent:

KeyBank National Association

225 Franklin Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02110

Attention: Gregory W. Lane

FAX No.: (617) 385-6293

with copies by regular mail or such hand delivery or facsimile transmission to:

Riemer & Braunstein LLP

Three Center Plaza, Suite 600

Boston, Massachusetts 02108

Attention: Kevin J. Lyons, Esquire

FAX No.: (617) 880-3456

Any such addressee may change its address for such notices to any other address in the United States as such addressee shall have specified by written notice given as set forth above.

All periods of notice shall be measured from the deemed date of delivery. A notice shall be deemed to have been given, delivered and received upon the earliest of: (i) if sent by such certified or registered mail, on the third Business Day following the date of post-mark, or (ii) if

 

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hand delivered by such courier or overnight delivery service, when so delivered or tendered for delivery during customary business hours on a Business Day at the specified address, or (iii) if so mailed, on the date of actual receipt (or tender of delivery) as evidenced by the return receipt, or (iv) if so delivered, upon actual receipt, or (v) if facsimile transmission is a permitted means of giving notice, upon receipt an evidenced by confirmation.

8. No Oral Change . No provision of this Guaranty may be changed, waived, discharged, or terminated orally (in person or by telephone) or by any other means except by an instrument in writing signed by the party against whom enforcement of the change, waiver or discharge or termination is sought.

9. Parties Bound; Benefit . This Guaranty shall be binding upon each Guarantor and such Guarantor’s respective successors, assigns, heirs and personal representatives and shall be for the benefit of Agent and each Lender, and of any subsequent holder of Agent’s or any Lender’s interest in the Loan and of any owner of a participation interest therein. In the event the interest of Agent or any other Lender under the Loan Documents is sold or transferred, then the liability of each Guarantor to Agent or such Lender shall then be in favor of both the Agent or Lender originally named herein and each subsequent holder of Agent’s or Lender’s interest therein, to the extent of their respective interests.

10. Joint and Several . If there is more than one (1) Guarantor, the obligations of each Guarantor, and such Guarantor’s respective successors, assigns, heirs and personal representatives, shall be and remain joint and several. Except as otherwise provided herein, reference to Guarantor shall include each Guarantor separately as well as all Guarantors collectively.

11. Additional Guarantors . The initial Guarantors hereunder shall be each of the Guarantors that are signatories hereto and that are listed on Schedule 1 attached hereto. From time to time subsequent to the time hereof, additional Guarantors may become parties hereto, pursuant to the provisions of the Loan Agreement (each an “ Additional Guarantor ”) by executing a counterpart of this Guaranty in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto. Upon delivery of any such counterpart to Agent, notice of which is hereby waived by Guarantors, each such Additional Guarantor shall be a Guarantor and shall be a party hereto effective as of the date of execution by such Guarantor. Each Guarantor expressly agrees that its obligations arising hereunder shall not be affected or diminished by the addition or release of any other Guarantor hereunder, or by any election by Agent not to cause any Guarantor to become an Additional Guarantor hereunder. This Guaranty shall be fully effective as to any Guarantor that is or becomes a party hereto regardless of whether any such person becomes or fails to become or ceases to be a Guarantor hereunder.

12. Release of Guarantors . Pursuant to the provisions of the Loan Agreement, a Guarantor may be released from its obligations under this Guaranty by Agent’s execution of a Release of Guaranty in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto. Each Guarantor expressly agrees that its obligations arising hereunder shall not be affected or diminished by the release of any other Guarantor hereunder.

 

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13. Partial Invalidity . Each of the provisions hereof shall be enforceable against each Guarantor to the fullest extent now or hereafter not prohibited by applicable law. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof shall not limit the validity or enforceability of each other provision hereof.

14. Governing Law . This Guaranty and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall in all respects be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York. Agent or any Lender may enforce its rights hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, including, but not limited to, its rights to sue any Guarantor or to collect any outstanding indebtedness in accordance with applicable law.

15. Consent to Jurisdiction . Each of Guarantor, Agent and the Lenders (by their acceptance of this Guaranty) irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York located within the First Department of the New York State Unified Court System and of the United States District Court of 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 any other Loan Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of said parties 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 Court or, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in such Federal Court. Each of said parties 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 or in any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the Agent or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Guaranty or any other Loan Document against any Guarantor or any other Loan Party or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction. Each Guarantor hereby agrees and consents that in addition to any methods of service of process provided for under applicable law, all service of process in any such suit, action or proceeding in any New York State or Federal Court located within the Southern District of the State of New York may be made by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, directed to such Guarantor at the address indicated in Section 7 above and service so made shall be deemed completed five (5) days after the same shall have been so mailed.

16. [Reserved]

17. Additional Covenant of the Guarantor . Each Guarantor shall pay, perform, observe and comply with all of the obligations, terms, covenants and conditions set forth in this Guaranty and by any provisions of the Loan Agreement specifically applicable to such Guarantor.

18. Subordination .

 

  18.1

Except as may be otherwise specifically provided for in the Loan Agreement with respect to Permitted Distributions, any indebtedness of Borrower to any Guarantor, or to any affiliated entity, now or hereafter existing together with any interest thereon shall be, and such indebtedness is, hereby deferred, postponed and subordinated to the prior, full and Non-Contestable Payment and satisfaction of

 

Exhibit F-2 - 8


  all Obligations of Borrower to the Agent and the Lenders. Payment and satisfaction of the Obligations shall be deemed “Non-Contestable Payment” only upon such payment and satisfaction and the expiration of all periods of time within which a claim for the recovery of a preferential payment, or fraudulent conveyance, or fraudulent transfer, in respect of payments received by Agent or any Lender as to the Obligations could be filed or asserted with: (A) no such claim having been filed or asserted, or (B) if so filed or asserted, the final, non-appealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction denying the claim or assertion.

 

  18.2 Except as may be otherwise specifically provided for in the Loan Agreement with respect to Permitted Distributions, at all times until the full and Non-Contestable Payment and satisfaction of the Obligations of Borrower to Agent and the Lenders with respect to the Loan (and including interest accruing on the Loan Advances after the commencement of a case by or against Borrower under any Debtor Relief Laws now or hereafter in effect, which interest the parties agree shall remain a claim that is prior and superior to any claim of any Guarantor or any affiliated entity notwithstanding any contrary practice, custom or ruling in cases under the Debtor Relief Laws, as now or hereafter in effect, generally), each Guarantor, and each affiliated entity, agrees not to accept any payment or satisfaction for any kind of indebtedness of Borrower to any Guarantor, or any affiliated entity, and hereby assigns such indebtedness to Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, including, but not limited to, the right to file proofs of claim and to vote thereon in connection with any such case under any Debtor Relief Laws, as now or hereafter in effect, and the right to vote on any plan of reorganization.

 

  18.3 In addition to the foregoing, and not in limitation thereof, until the full payment and satisfaction of all Obligations of Borrower to Agent and the Lenders, any claims of any Guarantor, or any affiliated entity, of subrogation, contribution, reimbursement, exoneration, indemnification, or reimbursement arising out of any payment made on this Guaranty, whether such claim is based upon an express or implied contract, or operation of law, are hereby waived; provided , however , unless Agent otherwise expressly agrees in writing, such waiver by any Guarantor shall not be effective to the extent that by virtue thereof such Guarantor’s liability under this Guaranty or under any other Loan Document is rendered invalid, voidable, or unenforceable under any applicable state or federal law dealing with the recovery or avoidance of so-called preferences or fraudulent conveyances or otherwise.

19. Legal Fees, Costs and Expenses . Each Guarantor further agrees to pay within thirty (30) days after demand all costs and expenses reasonably incurred by Agent and the Lenders, or their successors or assigns, in connection with enforcing any of the rights or remedies of Agent or any Lender, or such successors or assigns, under or with respect to this Guaranty including, but not limited to, attorneys’ fees and the out-of-pocket expenses and disbursements of such attorneys. Any such amounts which are not paid within thirty (30) days of demand therefor shall bear interest at the Default Rate from the date of demand until paid.

 

Exhibit F-2 - 9


20. Setoff . Subject to the terms of this Section 20, each Guarantor hereby grants to Agent and each of the Lenders, a lien, security interest and right of setoff as security for all liabilities and obligations to Agent and the Lenders, whether now existing or hereafter arising, upon and against all deposits, credits, collateral and property, now or hereafter in the possession, custody, safekeeping or control of Agent or any Lender or any entity under the control of Agent or Lender, or in transit to any of them. At any time, from and after the occurrence of and during the continuance of an Event of Default, Agent or any Lender may set off the same or any part thereof and apply the same to any liability or obligation of each Guarantor even though unmatured and regardless of the adequacy of any other collateral securing the Loan. Within five (5) Business Days of making any such set-off, Agent agrees to notify each Guarantor thereof, provided that the failure by Agent to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off.

21. Counterparts . Delivery of executed counterparts of this Guaranty by telecopy or other electronic means shall be effective as an original.

22. ISDA ECP Guarantor Keepwell Terms . The ISDA ECP Guarantor Keepwell Terms published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., on April 18, 2013, attached hereto as Schedule 2 , are incorporated and apply to this Guaranty. For the avoidance of doubt, a “Qualified Keepwell Provider,” as such term is used in the ISDA ECP Guarantor Keepwell Terms, shall mean Cedar Realty Trust, Inc.

[Signature page to follow]

 

Exhibit F-2 - 10


Witness the execution and delivery hereof as an instrument under seal as of the date first written above.

GUARANTOR :

 

 

CEDAR-SOUTH PHILADELPHIA I, LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
  CEDAR-SOUTH PHILADELPHIA II, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
 

CEDAR-RIVERVIEW LP ,

a Pennsylvania limited partnership

  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
 

CEDAR-RIVERVIEW, LLC ,

a Delaware limited liability company

  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
 

CEDAR LENDER, LLC ,

a Delaware limited liability company

  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
 

CSC-RIVERVIEW LLC ,

a Delaware limited liability company

  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory

[Signature pages to Subsidiary Guaranty]

 

Exhibit F-2-11


  CEDAR-DUBOIS, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
  CEDAR BRICKYARD, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
  CEDAR BRICKYARD II, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
  CEDAR-VALLEY PLAZA, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
  CEDAR-GLEN ALLEN UK, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
  CEDAR-FREDERICKSBURG UK, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory

[Signature pages to Subsidiary Guaranty]

 

Exhibit F-2-12


 

CEDAR-REVERE LLC ,

a Delaware limited liability company

  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
  CEDAR-PALMYRA, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
  CEDAR-FAIRVIEW COMMONS, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
  CEDAR-NORWOOD, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
  CEDAR-METRO SQUARE II, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
  GREENTREE ROAD L.L.C 1 , a Delaware limited liability company
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory

[Signature pages to Subsidiary Guaranty]

 

Exhibit F-2-13


  GREENTREE ROAD L.L.C. 2 , a Delaware limited liability company
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
  CEDAR-BRISTOL, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
  HAMILTON FC ASSOCIATES, L.P. , a Pennsylvania limited partnership
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
 

CEDAR-HAMILTON, LLC ,

a Delaware limited liability company

  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
  CEDAR- PC PLAZA, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
  CEDAR-TREXLER PLAZA 2, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory

[Signature pages to Subsidiary Guaranty]

 

Exhibit F-2-14


  CEDAR-TREXLER PLAZA 3, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
  CEDAR-CAMPBELLTOWN, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
  CEDAR-CARLL’S CORNER, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
  WASHINGTON CENTER L.L.C. 1 , a Delaware limited liability company
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
  WASHINGTON CENTER L.L.C. 2 , a Delaware limited liability company
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
  CEDAR CENTER HOLDINGS L.L.C. 3 , a Delaware limited liability company
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory

[Signature pages to Subsidiary Guaranty]

 

Exhibit F-2-15


  ACADEMY PLAZA L.L.C. 1 , a Delaware limited liability company
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
  ACADEMY PLAZA L.L.C. 2 , a Delaware limited liability company
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
  PORT RICHMOND L.L.C. 1 , a Delaware limited liability company
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
  PORT RICHMOND L.L.C. 2 , a Delaware limited liability company
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
 

CEDAR-SECOND MEMBER, LLC ,

a Delaware limited liability company

  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
  VIRGINIA KEMPSVILLE, LLC , a Virginia limited liability company
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory

[Signature pages to Subsidiary Guaranty]

 

Exhibit F-2-16


  VIRGINIA GENERAL BOOTH, LLC , a Virginia limited liability company
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
  VIRGINIA SUFFOLK, LLC , a Virginia limited liability company
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
  FAIRPORT ASSOCIATES, L.P. , a Delaware limited partnership
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
  FORT WASHINGTON FITNESS, L.P. , a Delaware limited partnership
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
  CEDAR-FORT WASHINGTON, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
  NEWPORT PLAZA ASSOCIATES, L.P. , a Delaware limited partnership
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory

[Signature pages to Subsidiary Guaranty]

 

Exhibit F-2-17


  CIF-NEWPORT PLAZA ASSOCIATES, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
  HALIFAX PLAZA ASSOCIATES, L.P. , a Delaware limited partnership
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
  CIF-HALIFAX PLAZA ASSOCIATES, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
  CIF FAIRPORT ASSOCIATES, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
  CEDAR-TIMPANY, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
  CF POTTSGROVE ASSOCIATES, L.P. , a Pennsylvania limited partnership
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory

[Signature pages to Subsidiary Guaranty]

 

Exhibit F-2-18


  CEDAR-POTTSGROVE GENERAL, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
 

CEDAR-POTTSGROVE, LLC ,

a Delaware limited liability company

  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
  CEDAR-BETHEL, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
 

COLISEUM FF, LLC ,

a Virginia limited liability company

  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
 

CEDAR-KINGS, LLC ,

a Delaware limited liability company

  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
 

CEDAR QUARTERMASTER II, LLC ,

a Delaware limited liability company

  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory

[Signature pages to Subsidiary Guaranty]

 

Exhibit F-2-19


 

CEDAR QUARTERMASTER HOLDING, LLC ,

a Delaware limited liability company

  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
 

CIF-LOYAL PLAZA ASSOCIATES, CORP. ,

a Delaware corporation

  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
 

CEDAR QUARTERMASTER III, LLC ,

a Delaware limited liability company

  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
 

CEDAR-TREXLER, LLC ,

a Delaware limited liability company

  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
 

CEDAR-TREXLER SPE, LLC ,

a Delaware limited liability company

  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
 

CEDAR-YORKTOWNE, LLC ,

a Delaware limited liability company

  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory

[Signature pages to Subsidiary Guaranty]

 

Exhibit F-2-20


 

CEDAR-FIELDSTONE MARKETPLACE, LP ,

a Delaware limited partnership

  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
 

CEDAR-FIELDSTONE SPE, LLC ,

a Delaware limited liability company

  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
 

CEDAR-MECHANICSBURG LLC ,

a Delaware limited liability company

  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
 

CEDAR-ELMHURST, LLC ,

a Delaware limited liability company

  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
 

PINE GROVE PLAZA ASSOCIATES, LLC ,

a Delaware limited liability company

  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
 

CIF-PINE GROVE PLAZA ASSOCIATES, LLC ,

a Delaware limited liability company

  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory

[Signature pages to Subsidiary Guaranty]

 

Exhibit F-2-21


 

CEDAR LAWNDALE, LLC ,

a Delaware limited liability company

  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
 

LAWNDALE I, LP ,

a Delaware limited partnership

  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
 

LAWNDALE II, LP ,

a Delaware limited partnership

  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
 

LAWNDALE III, LLC ,

a Delaware limited liability company

  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
 

CEDAR PCP-NEW LONDON, LLC ,

a Delaware limited liability company

  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
 

CEDAR-NEW LONDON SPE, LLC ,

a Delaware limited liability company

  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory

[Signature pages to Subsidiary Guaranty]

 

Exhibit F-2-22


 

CEDAR-OAK RIDGE, LLC ,

a Delaware limited liability company

  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
 

CEDAR QUARTERMASTER, LLC ,

a Delaware limited liability company

  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
 

CEDAR-GROTON, LLC ,

a Delaware limited liability company

  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
 

CEDAR-JORDAN LANE, LLC ,

a Delaware limited liability company

  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
 

CEDAR SOUTHINGTON PLAZA, LLC ,

a Delaware limited liability company

  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
 

CEDAR-KUTZTOWN, LLC ,

a Delaware limited liability company

  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory

[Signature pages to Subsidiary Guaranty]

 

Exhibit F-2-23


 

CEDAR OAKLAND MILLS, LLC ,

a Delaware limited liability company

  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
  OAKLAND MILLS BUSINESS TRUST , a Maryland business trust
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
 

GOLD STAR PLAZA ASSOCIATES ,

a Pennsylvania limited partnership

  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
  GOLD STAR REALTY, INC. , a Pennsylvania corporation
  By:    
  Name:    
  Title:   Authorized Signatory

[Signature pages to Subsidiary Guaranty]

 

Exhibit F-2-24


SCHEDULE 1

INITIAL GUARANTORS

CEDAR-SOUTH PHILADELPHIA I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-SOUTH PHILADELPHIA II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-RIVERVIEW LP, a Pennsylvania limited partnership

CEDAR-RIVERVIEW, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR LENDER, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CSC-RIVERVIEW LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-DUBOIS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR BRICKYARD, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR BRICKYARD II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-VALLEY PLAZA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-GLEN ALLEN UK, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-FREDERICKSBURG UK, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-REVERE LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-PALMYRA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-FAIRVIEW COMMONS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-NORWOOD, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-METRO SQUARE II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

GREENTREE ROAD L.L.C 1, a Delaware limited liability company

GREENTREE ROAD L.L.C. 2, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-BRISTOL, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

HAMILTON FC ASSOCIATES, L.P., a Pennsylvania limited partnership

CEDAR-HAMILTON, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR- PC PLAZA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-TREXLER PLAZA 2, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-TREXLER PLAZA 3, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-CAMPBELLTOWN, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-CARLL’S CORNER, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

WASHINGTON CENTER L.L.C. 1, a Delaware limited liability company

WASHINGTON CENTER L.L.C. 2, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR CENTER HOLDINGS L.L.C. 3, a Delaware limited liability company

ACADEMY PLAZA L.L.C. 1, a Delaware limited liability company

ACADEMY PLAZA L.L.C. 2, a Delaware limited liability company

PORT RICHMOND L.L.C. 1, a Delaware limited liability company

PORT RICHMOND L.L.C. 2, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-SECOND MEMBER, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

VIRGINIA KEMPSVILLE, LLC, a Virginia limited liability company

VIRGINIA GENERAL BOOTH, LLC, a Virginia limited liability company

VIRGINIA SUFFOLK, LLC, a Virginia limited liability company

FAIRPORT ASSOCIATES, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership

FORT WASHINGTON FITNESS, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership

CEDAR-FORT WASHINGTON, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

NEWPORT PLAZA ASSOCIATES, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership

CIF-NEWPORT PLAZA ASSOCIATES, LLC a Delaware limited liability company

HALIFAX PLAZA ASSOCIATES, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership

CIF-HALIFAX PLAZA ASSOCIATES, LLC a Delaware limited liability company

CIF FAIRPORT ASSOCIATES, LLC a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-TIMPANY, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

 

Exhibit F-2-25


CF POTTSGROVE ASSOCIATES, L.P., a Pennsylvania limited partnership

CEDAR-POTTSGROVE GENERAL, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-POTTSGROVE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-BETHEL, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

COLISEUM FF, LLC, a Virginia liability liability company

CEDAR-KINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR QUARTERMASTER II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR QUARTERMASTER HOLDING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CIF-LOYAL PLAZA ASSOCIATES, CORP., a Delaware corporation

CEDAR QUARTERMASTER III, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-TREXLER, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-TREXLER SPE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-YORKTOWNE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-FIELDSTONE MARKETPLACE, LP, a Delaware limited partnership

CEDAR-FIELDSTONE SPE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-MECHANICSBURG LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-ELMHURST, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR PCP-NEW LONDON, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-NEW LONDON SPE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-OAK RIDGE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

PINE GROVE PLAZA ASSOCIATES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CIF-PINE GROVE PLAZA ASSOCIATES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR LAWNDALE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

LAWNDALE I, LP, a Delaware limited partnership

LAWNDALE II, LP, a Delaware limited partnership

LAWNDALE III, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR QUARTERMASTER, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-GROTON, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-JORDAN LANE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR SOUTHINGTON PLAZA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-KUTZTOWN, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR OAKLAND MILLS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

OAKLAND MILLS BUSINESS TRUST, a Maryland business trust

GOLD STAR PLAZA ASSOCIATES, a Pennsylvania limited partnership

GOLD STAR REALTY, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation

 

Exhibit F-2-26


SCHEDULE 2

 

LOGO

International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.

ISDA ECP GUARANTOR KEEPWELL TERMS

published on April 18, 2013

by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.

 

 

 

(a) Incorporation

These ISDA ECP Guarantor Keepwell Terms (“ Keepwell Terms ”) may be incorporated into any agreement, document, instrument, confirmation or other writing, whether in physical or electronic form (“ Writing ”) by indicating in the Writing that, or the extent to which, these Keepwell Terms are incorporated into or otherwise applicable to such Writing. These Keepwell Terms will be deemed to be part of or otherwise applicable to such a Writing to the same extent as if set forth therein except as otherwise modified or provided in that Writing. Terms defined herein shall have their meanings solely for purposes of these Keepwell Terms unless otherwise provided in the relevant Writing.

 

(b) Keepwell

Each Qualified Keepwell Provider with respect to a Swap Counterparty hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or other credit support as may be needed by any Supported Guarantor of such Swap Counterparty from time to time to honor all of such Supported Guarantor’s obligations under any Guaranty in respect of Swap Obligations of such Swap Counterparty (but, in each case, only up to the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering such party’s obligations hereunder voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount). The obligations and undertakings of a Qualified Keepwell Provider with respect to any Swap Counterparty under this paragraph shall remain in full force and effect until all Swap Obligations of such Swap Counterparty in respect of which a Supported Guarantor has provided a Guaranty have been indefeasibly paid and performed in full. The parties intend this provision to constitute, and this provision shall be deemed to constitute, a guarantee of the obligations of, and a “keepwell, support, or other agreement” for the benefit of each Supported Guarantor for all purposes of the CEA.

 

(c) Definitions

As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

Exhibit F-2-27


CEA ” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

CFTC ” means the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

DCM ” means a board of trade designated as a contract market under Section 5 of the CEA.

ECP ” means an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the CEA and regulations thereunder.

Eligibility Date ” means, with respect to a Guarantor and a Swap, the date on which a Guaranty becomes effective with respect to such Swap. For the avoidance of doubt, the Eligibility Date shall be the date of the execution of a Swap if the corresponding Guaranty is then in effect, and otherwise it shall be the date of execution and delivery of such Guaranty unless the Guaranty specifies a subsequent effective date.

Guarantor ” means any person or entity issuing or providing a Guaranty.

Guaranty ” means a guaranty or assumption of liability as surety with respect to obligations of one or more Swap Counterparties.

Qualified Keepwell Provider ” means with respect to a Swap Counterparty, each person specified as such in this Writing, and if no such persons are specified, each Guarantor in respect of Swap Obligations of such Swap Counterparty that is, as of the Eligibility Date, (i) a corporation, partnership, proprietorship, organization, trust, or other entity other than a “commodity pool” as defined in Section 1a(10) of the CEA and CFTC regulations thereunder that has total assets exceeding $10,000,000 or (ii) an ECP that can cause another person to qualify as an ECP on the Eligibility Date under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the CEA by entering into a keepwell.

Supported Guarantor ” means with respect to a Swap Counterparty, each person specified as such in this Writing, and if no such persons are specified, each Guarantor in respect of Swap Obligations of such Swap Counterparty that is, as of the Eligibility Date, (i) a corporation, partnership, proprietorship, organization, trust or other entity other than a “commodity pool” as defined in Section 1a(10) of the CEA and CFTC regulations thereunder that would not be an ECP on the Eligibility Date but for the effect of these Keepwell Terms or (ii) a person that the CFTC has determined is eligible to qualify as an ECP under Section 1a(18) of the CEA by virtue of being a beneficiary of a keepwell and that would not qualify as an ECP but for the effect of these Keepwell Terms.

Swap ” means any “swap” as defined in Section 1a(47) of the CEA and regulations thereunder other than (i) a swap entered into on, or subject to the rules of, a DCM, or (ii) a commodity option entered into pursuant to CFTC Regulation 32.3(a).

Swap Counterparty ” means any party hereto who is party to a Swap with one or more Swap Providers, whether at inception, by novation, or otherwise, including any successors to such party.

Swap Obligation ” means any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a Swap between a Swap Counterparty and a Swap Provider of such Swap Counterparty.

 

Exhibit F-2-28


Swap Provider ” with respect to a Swap Counterparty, means the person or persons specified as such in this Writing, and if no such persons are specified, each person who is the counterparty to a Swap with such Swap Counterparty hereunder, whether at inception, by novation, or otherwise, including any successors to such party.

 

Exhibit F-2-29


EXHIBIT A

COUNTERPART TO GUARANTY

Reference is hereby made to that certain Guaranty (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “ Guaranty ”) dated as of                      , 2016, executed and delivered by the parties listed on Schedule 1 attached thereto pursuant to that certain Loan Agreement, dated as of                      , 2016 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “ Loan Agreement ”), among Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (the “ Borrower ”), the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and KeyBank National Association, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity as Administrative Agent, the “ Agent ”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Guaranty .

In witness whereof, the undersigned Additional Guarantor has caused the Guaranty to be executed and delivered by its officer thereunto duly authorized as of                      , 20      . Schedule 1 of the Guaranty is hereby updated with the attached Schedule 2 .

 

Dated as of:                      , 20           
    [NAME OF ADDITIONAL GARANTOR]
    By:    
    Name:    
    Title:    

 

Exhibit F-2-30


SCHEDULE 1

EXISTING SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS

CEDAR-SOUTH PHILADELPHIA I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-SOUTH PHILADELPHIA II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-RIVERVIEW LP, a Pennsylvania limited partnership

CEDAR-RIVERVIEW, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR LENDER, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CSC-RIVERVIEW LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-DUBOIS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR BRICKYARD, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR BRICKYARD II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-VALLEY PLAZA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-GLEN ALLEN UK, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-FREDERICKSBURG UK, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-REVERE LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-PALMYRA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-FAIRVIEW COMMONS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-NORWOOD, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-METRO SQUARE II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

GREENTREE ROAD L.L.C 1, a Delaware limited liability company

GREENTREE ROAD L.L.C. 2, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-BRISTOL, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

HAMILTON FC ASSOCIATES, L.P., a Pennsylvania limited partnership

CEDAR-HAMILTON, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR- PC PLAZA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-TREXLER PLAZA 2, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-TREXLER PLAZA 3, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-CAMPBELLTOWN, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-CARLL’S CORNER, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

WASHINGTON CENTER L.L.C. 1, a Delaware limited liability company

WASHINGTON CENTER L.L.C. 2, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR CENTER HOLDINGS L.L.C. 3, a Delaware limited liability company

ACADEMY PLAZA L.L.C. 1, a Delaware limited liability company

ACADEMY PLAZA L.L.C. 2, a Delaware limited liability company

PORT RICHMOND L.L.C. 1, a Delaware limited liability company

PORT RICHMOND L.L.C. 2, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-SECOND MEMBER, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

VIRGINIA KEMPSVILLE, LLC, a Virginia limited liability company

VIRGINIA GENERAL BOOTH, LLC, a Virginia limited liability company

VIRGINIA SUFFOLK, LLC, a Virginia limited liability company

FAIRPORT ASSOCIATES, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership

FORT WASHINGTON FITNESS, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership

CEDAR-FORT WASHINGTON, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

NEWPORT PLAZA ASSOCIATES, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership

CIF-NEWPORT PLAZA ASSOCIATES, LLC a Delaware limited liability company

HALIFAX PLAZA ASSOCIATES, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership

CIF-HALIFAX PLAZA ASSOCIATES, LLC a Delaware limited liability company

CIF FAIRPORT ASSOCIATES, LLC a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-TIMPANY, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

 

Exhibit F-2-31


CF POTTSGROVE ASSOCIATES, L.P., a Pennsylvania limited partnership

CEDAR-POTTSGROVE GENERAL, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-POTTSGROVE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-BETHEL, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

COLISEUM FF, LLC, a Virginia liability liability company

CEDAR-KINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR QUARTERMASTER II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR QUARTERMASTER HOLDING, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CIF-LOYAL PLAZA ASSOCIATES, CORP., a Delaware corporation

CEDAR QUARTERMASTER III, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-TREXLER, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-TREXLER SPE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-YORKTOWNE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-FIELDSTONE MARKETPLACE, LP, a Delaware limited partnership

CEDAR-FIELDSTONE SPE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-MECHANICSBURG LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-ELMHURST, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR PCP-NEW LONDON, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-NEW LONDON SPE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-OAK RIDGE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

PINE GROVE PLAZA ASSOCIATES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CIF-PINE GROVE PLAZA ASSOCIATES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR LAWNDALE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

LAWNDALE I, LP, a Delaware limited partnership

LAWNDALE II, LP, a Delaware limited partnership

LAWNDALE III, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR QUARTERMASTER, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-GROTON, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-JORDAN LANE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR SOUTHINGTON PLAZA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR-KUTZTOWN, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

CEDAR OAKLAND MILLS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

OAKLAND MILLS BUSINESS TRUST, a Maryland business trust

GOLD STAR PLAZA ASSOCIATES, a Pennsylvania limited partnership

GOLD STAR REALTY, INC., a Pennsylvania corporation

 

Exhibit F-2-32


SCHEDULE 2

SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS

 

Exhibit F-2-33


EXHIBIT B

FORM OF RELEASE OF GUARANTOR

Reference is hereby made to that certain Guaranty (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “ Guaranty ”) dated as of                      , 2016, executed and delivered by the parties listed on Schedule 1 attached thereto pursuant to that certain Loan Agreement, dated as of                      , 2016 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “ Loan Agreement ”), among Cedar Realty Trust Partnership, L.P. (the “ Borrower ”), the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and KeyBank National Association, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity as Administrative Agent, the “ Agent ”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Guaranty .

In witness whereof, the undersigned Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, hereby releases and discharges                              from any and all obligations and liabilities of                              to Agent and the Lenders under the Guaranty.

Dated as of:                      , 20     

 

KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Agent
By:    
  Name:    
  Title:    

 

Exhibit F-2-34


EXHIBIT G

INTENTIONALLY OMITTED

 

Exhibit G-1


EXHIBIT H

FORM OF

CASH FLOW PROJECTIONS

 

CEDAR REALTY TRUST, INC.

  

Projected Funds From Operations (“FFO”), Operating Funds From Operations (“Operating FFO”) and Cash Flow Items Year Ending December 31, 20XX

  

(Unaudited—dollars in thousands)

  

Revenues

  

Rents

  

Expense recoveries

  

Other

  
  

 

 

 

Total revenues

     —     

Property expenses

  

Rental expenses

  

Real estate taxes

  
  

 

 

 

Total property expenses

     —     
  

 

 

 

Property Operating Income

     —     

Other expenses and income

  

General and administrative

  

Interest expenses, net

  

Minority interests in consolidated joint ventures

  

Other noncash and unusual items

  

Depreciation and amortization

  
  

 

 

 

Net Income (Loss)

     —     

Preferred stock dividends

  

Limited partners’ interest

  
  

 

 

 

Income (Loss) Attributable to Common Shareholders

     —     

Add/(deduct)

  

Real estate depreciation

  

Gains on sales—dispositions

  

Limited partners’ interest

  

Minority interest in consolidated joint ventures

  

Minority interests’ share of FFO applicable to consolidated JVs

  
  

 

 

 

FFO

     —     

 

Exhibit H-1


Add/(deduct) the pro rata share of

  

Management transition charges

  

Preferred stock redemption costs

  

Costs related to early extinguishment of debt

  
  

 

 

 

Operating FFO

     —     

Add (deduct) pro rata share:

  

Straight-line rents

  

Amortization of intangible lease liabilities

  

Expense accruals related to share-based compensation

  

Amortization of debt discount/premium

  

Amortization of deferred financing costs

  

Capitalized Interest

  

Capitalized lease origination expenses

  

Maintenance capital expenditures (excluding redevelopments)

  

Scheduled debt principal amortization payments

  
  

 

 

 

AFFO

   $ —     
  

 

 

 

 

Exhibit H-2

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, Bruce J. Schanzer, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. (the “Company” or “registrant”);

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and


5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: May 5, 2016

/s/ BRUCE J. SCHANZER

Bruce J. Schanzer, Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION

I, Philip R. Mays, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. (the “Company” or “registrant”);

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and


5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: May 5, 2016

 

/s/ PHILIP R. MAYS

Philip R. Mays, Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION

PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Bruce J. Schanzer, Chief Executive Officer of Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. (the “Company”), pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, do hereby certify, to the best of my knowledge, as follows:

1. The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the period ended March 31, 2016, fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2. The information contained in such Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this Certification this 5 th day of May, 2016.

 

/s/ BRUCE J. SCHANZER

Bruce J. Schanzer, Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION

PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Philip R. Mays, Chief Financial Officer of Cedar Realty Trust, Inc. (the “Company”), pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, do hereby certify, to the best of my knowledge, as follows:

1. The Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the period ended March 31, 2016, fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2. The information contained in such Form 10-Q fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this Certification this 5 th day of May, 2016.

 

/s/ PHILIP R. MAYS

Philip R. Mays, Chief Financial Officer